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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Playoffs in peril for Bowie

Published

7 years ago

05/01/2017

By ERIC VICCARO
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The Bowie High School baseball team has put itself in a do-or-die predicament.
The Jackrabbits suffered an 11-3 loss to District 3A-8 rival Holliday on Tuesday night, forcing the team into winning Friday just for a shot at the postseason.
There’s a whole litany of playoff positions that could still shake out over the final day of the season, which was Friday.
If Bowie defeated Paradise, it would then face Henrietta in a District 3A-8 play-in game today at 7 p.m. at Hoskins Field in Wichita Falls. Heston Tole was set to take the bump for the Jackrabbits.
Also, Jacksboro played Boyd for the 3A-8 title, and the Tigers, Yellow Jackets and Eagles were slated to finish among the top-3.
“You have to tip your hat to Boyd and Jacksboro,” said Ryan Rogers. “They both had impressive seasons.”
Bowie would face Henrietta in the play-in game because the Jackrabbits would have swept the season series from Paradise.
Sure, Bowie opened up the game versus Holliday well – plating two first-inning runs. Payton Price smacked a line-drive single to score Gabe Allen – and later Imanol Walker drew a walk to score Tole, who also walked.
But, Bowie left the bases loaded in the first and the only other offense the Jackrabbits could muster was a Heston Tole home run to left field in the fifth inning.
Holliday answered Bowie’s call with a three-run spot in the first, and raised it with three more in the third. The Eagles were up 6-2, and the Tole homer still left Bowie in striking distance of a possible rally.
However, the rally simply never materialized. Read more, and see the complete box score and district standings, in the April 29 Bowie News.

Bowie’s Pete Cunningham tags out Zack Gowen from Holliday during Tuesday’s District 3A-8 game at Holliday. The Jackrabbits plated two runs in the first inning, only to see the Eagles respond with three in the half. Holliday defeated Bowie, 11-3.

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Nocona new press box put into place

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.

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Richey repeats at IFYR

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.

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Youth rodeo awards presented

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3 days ago

07/20/2024

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The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo presented awards for its summer season this week. Tess Egenbacher won the top cowgirl buckle for the 13-18 age division, which was presented to her by Kyle Bishop. (Courtesy photo)

The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.

To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.