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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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Bowie had six players play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl football all-star game. For pictures from not just the football game, but the basketball and volleyball games as well that feature athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6875584&T=1
Nocona is welcoming back Coach Sandy Langford, former coach and alumnus for the Lady Indians, as its new volleyball head coach.
Langford comes back to Nocona after spending the past 11 years leading the Glen Rose volleyball program.
Her circumstances with her family allowed her to jump at the opportunity once she became aware the position at Nocona was available.
“My youngest graduated and is playing football at Midwestern (State University),” Langford said. “All of our family is here and I knew that Coach Kara (Lucherk) was leaving. We were eventually going to retire here. Our oldest son plays college football at West Texas A&M and we’ll be two hours closer to him as well.”
She again will lead the Lady Indians volleyball program, one that she led all the way to the state title game in 2011, which is the farthest the volleyball program has ever gone in its prestigious history.
Langford kept up that level of success during her 11 years at the bigger 4A Glen Rose. She won less than 20 games only twice during her time, winning her 500th career game back in 2023. Her teams were ranked among the top 10 in the state five times and Langford led Glen Rose to the state tournament in 2017, the best finish in program history.
With the Lady Indians also having its own string of success, appearing in back-to-back regional finals while finishing atop the district standings both years, Langford is excited to not just keep the success going, but shoot for the stars.
“We are not expecting anything less than a state championship,” Langford said.
She has stacked the non-district schedule with strong, state-ranked 3A and 4A teams as well as big tournaments that will test Nocona’s mettle early next season in the hopes it will prepare them for a long playoff run.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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