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Lady Rabbits hot bats continue with win
Two big innings were all the Bowie softball team needed from their offense to win easily on Friday against Jacksboro.
The Lady Rabbits never trailed as they won 12-6 in their second straight game scoring 12 runs in back-to-back district wins.
Bowie got things going in the first inning. They quickly loaded the bases with their first three batters. Carrington Davis blasted a ball through Jacksboro’s third baseman for an error that scored two runs.
Katelyn Allison was able to score from third on a wild pitch. Two batters later, Callie Melton hit an infield ground ball single to shortstop that scored another run to put the score at 4-0.
Two batters later, Emily Cox hit a line drive to right field to hit in a run. Next batter Maylie Short then blasted a triple to the left field wall that scored two more runs to put Bowie up 7-0 leading into the second inning.
Jacksboro answered back in the top of the third. After two leadoff singles, an error in the outfield scored both runners. Two outs later, a line drive into the outfield allowed another run to cut the lead to 7-3.
The Lady Rabbits were able to answer back immediately in the bottom of the third. Melton hit a leadoff double. Season Eudey then laid down a bunt. An error by the infield allowed Melton to score and Eudey to get on second.
Sensing Jacksboro was not good at covering bunts, next batter Cox laid down a bunt. Another error allowed both runners to advance to second and third. Short hit a groundball out to the shortstop, but it allowed both runners to advance home and third.
Taylor McCarty hit a groundball to second base and was able to reach first on an error, allowing another run to score. McCarty later stole second and was able to advance to third on errant throw. Allison was then able to hit her in on a line drive double.
Two batters later, Davis hit a ground ball to the shortstop who committed an error that allowed Allison to score. It made the score 12-3 heading into the fourth inning.
In the top of the fifth, Jacksboro hit leadoff back-to-back singles. Two batters later, another single that got into the outfield allowed one of the runners to score to cut the lead to 12-4.
A controversial out at second when the runner ran off the base to get a wristband from a teammate while the pitcher had the ball on the mound and no time was called.
A pop out to shortstop ended the inning.
In the top of the seventh, Jacksboro hit a two-run home run to cut the lead to 12-6. Fortunately, the Lady Rabbits were able to force three straight outs to end the game.
To read more, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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.
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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