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Bowie basketball teams win at Henrietta

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Both Bowie basketball teams played Friday morning at Henrietta, the games rescheduled since a funeral for classmate Colby Price was later in the afternoon.
The different time of the games and the emotional circumstances seemed to push both teams in the best ways on the court as the Lady Rabbits won 74-43 and the Jackrabbits won 78-46.
It was not the first game since the tragedy, but with the funeral coming later in the day and after several days to process it was not any easier. The weird start time of the games being played in the morning would have been a good enough excuse for either team to not play well.
The Bowie girls were coming into the game with a four-game win-streak and a 2-1 district record. The Lady Cats had yet to win a district game and the Lady Rabbits did not want to stumble due to outside circumstances affecting their play.
The main key for Bowie defensively was making sure Henrietta did not get clean 3-point looks as the team averages 10 made per game. The Lady Rabbits limited the team to only six, with all but one coming from one player for the Lady Cats. It was not enough to prop up Henrietta as the team scored in double-figures in two of the quarters.
More importantly Bowie’s offense was humming along, scoring 14 or more points in each quarter, with it climaxing with the Lady Rabbits scoring 25 points coming out of halftime in the third quarter.
Even with the bench emptied for most of the fourth quarter, Bowie still scored 16 points to coast to the one-sided win 74-43.
Ziba Robbins led the team with 18 points and four assists.
Neely Price was second with 14 points, 12 of them coming in that big third quarter.
Ella Richey came off the bench to score 10 points and block two shots. Maddie Mandela scored nine points, but led the team with five rebounds.
The Bowie boy’s team then followed with a similar performance. The team was 2-0 in district so far and had won its last four games as well.
Playing fast from the jump, the Jackrabbits scored a season high 35 points in the first quarter. Coach Andy Atkins was not sure what he would get from his team, but it proved to be one of the best shooting performances of the season
“Very weird emotional day and you cannot predict how anyone is going to react or respond,” Atkins said. “When we came out and scored 35 in the first quarter and made 6-7 3-pointers, it was very much needed and took some outside emotional stress off. We continued shooting the ball well and getting stops. The boys could then just focus on each other and playing hard without too much pressure.”
Leading 35-7 after the first quarter, Bowie could only cool off from there. The Jackrabbits scored in double-figures the final three quarters, but Henrietta did find its footing during that time as well.
Unfortunately for the Bearcats, Bowie’s 28-point lead was out of reach as the Jackrabbits won 78-46.
Andrew Sandhoff led Bowie with 18 points and made four 3-pointers. Brody Armstrong was right behind him scoring 17 points and making three 3-pointers as he scored 13 of his points in that explosive first quarter.
Bayler Swint scored 15 points and A.J. Whatley finished in double-figures to score 10 points.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

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