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Comeback bid falls short against Jacksboro 6-3
Another late comeback attempt from the Bowie baseball team on Friday against Jacksboro was thwarted with some late runs by the Tigers.
The Jackrabbits tied the score headed into the last inning only to see Jacksboro score three runs in the seventh to win 6-3.
Bowie started the game off strong. A leadoff single in the bottom of the first by Juan Mares was then worked into scoring position. With two outs, Payton Price hit a ball to first base that got through the fielder on an error. This allowed the run to score and Price to end up on second. Unfortunately, the next batter struck out to end the inning with the Jackrabbits leading 1-0.
After both teams exchanged a scoreless second inning, Jacksboro was able to grab the lead in the top of the third. An infield error allowed one runner on base.
The next batter hit a single to that put two runners on base. After a wild pitch both runners were in scoring position, which the next batter took advantage of by hitting a line drive single into the outfield that scored both runners. The Tigers then led 2-1.
Bowie could not answer back offensively the next two innings. The Jackrabbits were able to load the bases up in the bottom of the fourth with one out, but just could not get any runs aboard as they struck out and hit an infield pop fly.
Jacksboro was able to add one more run in the top of the fifth. A one out double put a runner in scoring position. Next batter was able to drive in the run with a line drive single to right field to put the Tigers up 3-1.
Things were not looking good for Bowie as another three up three down inning with no base runners did not inspire much momentum for a team that needed to score several runs to get back into the game and with only a couple innings left to do it.
In the bottom of the sixth, price was hit with one out to give the Jackrabbits a base runner. Next batter struck out and Bowie now had two outs. Weston Partridge was able to draw a walk on four straight pitches to get the game tying run on base.
Chance Tomlinson then came up to bat. He had struck out and ground out earlier in the game. He had also been in the same situation the game before and delivered. Tomlinson came through again with a line drive into the gap that scored both runners and put him on second. The score was tied 3-3 heading into the seventh inning.
Jacksboro was able to get two runners on with one out. An errant throw from the infield to first base allowed one run to score. The next batter hit a double that allowed another run to score. A ground out to the shortstop allowed the third run to score before Bowie got out of the inning the next batter, trailing 6-3. Unfortunately, three straight ground outs from the Jackrabbits was how the game ended.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
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The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
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Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
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