Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles picked up their first win of the season and of its most recent history against Vernon Northside on Feb. 27.
The Eagles won 9-1 to jump start this season after struggling last year in the program’s inaugural season after many decades of no baseball.
Bellevue dominated from start to finish as the game went six innings. Bryce Ramsey struck out 17 batters on the mound while giving up one run on three hits and one walk. Most importantly, the defense committed no fielding errors.
With the bats, River Trail and Brycen Bancroft led the team two RBIs each. Ryan Jones led the team with three hits.

Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team had a great weekend hosting the American Cancer Society Tournament.
The Jackrabbits went 3-1 overall, winning some close games as they start to come together as a team.
Bowie started the tournament against Archer City.
The Jackrabbits took control scoring four runs in the first inning to lead 4-1. After that, Bowie’s offense slowly added more runs the next four innings while shutting out the Wildcat offense. The Jackrabbits won 9-1.
Edmon De Leon and Caden Belcher led the team with two RBIs each, with De Leon hitting a home run.
On the mound, Rayder Mann pitched most of the game and struck out nine batters while giving up two hits, two walks and one run (zero earned).
Bowie’s second game came a day later against Whitesboro. It was a pitcher’s dual that went down to the final batter. De Leon pitched seven complete shut out innings while giving up one hit and striking out 17 batters.
In the bottom of the seventh inning with one runner on third base and one out, Weston Walker hit a groundball to third base which induced an error that allowed Hunter Rodriguez to score and the game to end. Bowie won 1-0.
The final day of the tournament did not start great for the Jackrabbits. Playing a tough Muenster team, the Hornets were up 4-0 after four innings and Bowie was having trouble scoring giving its limited chances. The Jackrabbits did score one run in the sixth inning, but the game was called before the seventh inning could start. Bowie lost 4-1. Boston Farris drove in the one run for the Jackrabbits.
Bowie was able to bounce back and end the tournament on a fun note. Playing an overmatched Electra team, the Jackrabbits easily beat the Tigers 16-0 after three and half innings played.
Four different players drove in two runs apiece to lead the team as Bowie finished with 13 hits. On the mound, Trae Siegler struck out seven batters in three innings of work while giving up no runs and one hit.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians only got to play two games on the final day of the Jacksboro tournament last week on Saturday due to the state basketball consuming the whole community.
The Indians went 1-1 and competed well in both of their games.
Nocona first played Comanche and won a good game 10-5 after five and half innings played. RJ Walker, Brody Langford and Miller Jhett each drove in two runs to lead the team.
Walker struck out 11 batters and allowed five runs (one earned) on five hits while walking two batters. The defense committed two fielding errors.
The Indians then played Wichita Falls Memorial JV team. It was even after four innings with the score tied at 5-5, each run Nocona scoring being answered by the Mavericks within the same inning.
The Indian offense failed to score any runs in the fifth inning and Memorial was able to score one run on a walk-off single to end the game. Nocona lost 6-5.
Landon Fatheree led the team with two RBIs and three hits while Walker drove in one run. Three different pitchers threw for the Indians and the defense committed only one fielding error.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers struggled in their three games played at the Era tournament last week.
The Panthers did not win, but showed flashes of good play.
Saint Jo first played Callisburg last week and lost 8-2. Tren Gaston and Sam Martin led the team by driving in one run each offensively.
The Panthers then played Tioga and lost 17-8. Charlie Evans and Martin led the team with three RBIs each.
The final game against Sam Rayburn was close, but Saint Jo lost 5-1. Rylan Forrester drove in the one run for the Panthers in the game.

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Bowie’s fifth Rhonda Relay’s track meet started the track season for many schools this year on Feb. 27.
The Bowie boy’s team finished first overall while athletes from Bellevue and Gold-Burg competed as well.
Not all results were posted by Monday morning, including most of the girl running events. The Bowie News reached out to the coaches and never received updated results.
The Bowie boy’s team had a handful of athletes win their races or events during the meet. Isaac Renteria won both the 3200 and 1600 meter races while also finishing third in the 800 meter race.
Braden Rhyne won the 300 meter hurdles and the triple jump while finishing second in the high jump. Tyler Richey won the pole vault while finishing second in the 300 meter hurdles and triple jump.
Russell Anderson won the 400 meter race, Aiden Lawhorn won the high jump and Jorge De Leon won the shot put.

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The Bowie golf team competed in a multi-day tournament at the Squaw Valley Golf Course in Glen Rose last week, competing against schools as large as 6A.
The Lady Rabbits team finished 12th overall and the boy’s team finished 15th overall while competing in the Dinosaur Classic.
The girl’s team shot a consistent 388 and 389 the two days. Tess Egenbacher led the team shooting 89/92. Hanna Bell was second shooting 96/96. Miley Thompson shot 103/97.
Kendall Fallis shot well to the first day 100 to round out the team’s scoring, but shot 117 the second day and it was not included in the team’s score. Emma Read’s 110 score the first day did not count towards the team’s total, but her score the second day 104 did count.
The boy’s team shot a little better the second day overall, shooting 324 and 321 during the two days. Zac Harris led the team shooting, a team low 77 on both days. Hunter Lea was second shooting 80/81. Rayder Mann had a little more variance, but shot the same as Lea overall shooting 82/79.
Casen Airington’s first day score of 89 did not count towards the team’s total, but his second day score of 84 did. Hunter Fluitt’s score on day one of 85 went towards the team total, but his second day score of 89 did not.
Competing against some of the top programs in the state from mostly bigger schools, it was the tournament where Bowie gets pushed. With the program aiming for the state tournament the last several years, it is a good tournament early in the season to get the players out of their comfort zone.
That competition came on Monday and Tuesday when Bowie competed at the Lady Rabbit and Jackrabbit Invitational at the Top of Lake Golf Club and both teams won.
The girl’s team shot 365 overall. Egenbacher led the team shooting 85, good for third place individually. Thompson shot 92, Bell and Read shot 94 to round out the scoring.
Other Lady Rabbit players who played but whose scores did not affect the team’s score included Lillie Maddox who shot 98, Reegen Ferguson who 100, Molly Enlow and Fallis who shot 107.
The boy’s team shot 318 overall despite dealing with heavy winds on Tuesday throughout the whole day.
Lea led the team shooting 76. Harris and Mann followed shooting 79 and 80.
Fluitt’s 83 rounded out the team’s scoring. Belcher shot 88, but it did not count towards the team total.

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