By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net

The Bowie High School baseball team has advanced one step further than last year by virtue of a best-of-3 sweep over Whitesboro in the Conference 3A Bi-District round last weekend.
The Jackrabbits will take on Palmer on May 15-16 in a best-of-3 Area series scheduled for Chisholm Trail High School in Saginaw, a suburb of Fort Worth.
With weather permitting, Game One is set for 7 p.m. on May 15. Game Two will be at noon on May 16. If needed, Game Three will begin around 2:30 p.m. the same day.
Bowie head baseball coach Ryan Rogers said Palmer has a standout right-handed pitcher in Brian Archibald.
“They are a good team; I think they’ll throw No. 3 (Archibald) on Friday,” Rogers said. “He’s a big, strong kid. It’s going to be a big challenge coming up.”
Bowie stands at 26-1-2 on the season. The Jackrabbits haven’t lost since March 6, falling to Decatur 4-3. The team tied Castleberry at the NTX Tournament of Champions on March 19.
Then Bowie went through the District 3A-9 slate unblemished, before picking up the bi-district crown on Saturday, complete with gold glove.
The Jackrabbits have cranked up the offense recently, scoring double-digit runs in seven of their past eight games. Bowie has plated 104 runs during such time. Read more, and see complete game recaps and box scores, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Bowie’s Chandler Dean (5) and Coby Bentley (10) react after turning a double play during the first game of a Conference 3A bi-district series against Whitesboro. The Jackrabbits swept the Bearcats by scores of 12-1 and 14-7. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)