SPORTS
Lady Rabbits keep playoff hopes alive with win at Jacksboro, 6-3
Following a three-game skid that threatened to put an end to Bowie’s playoff chances, the Lady Rabbits pulled out the clutch win at Jacksboro Tuesday to keep the dream alive.
Bowie won 6-3 in a game they wrestled control of in the fifth inning due to pitching, defense and timely hitting.
The Lady Rabbits got out to a lead immediately. Leadoff hitter Callie Melton got on base due to a fielding error. Two batters later, Katelyn Allison drew a walk.
After the next batter popped out to the catcher for the second out, Carrington Davis drilled a double that scored both base runners to give Bowie a 2-0 lead.
Kalee Case got the start on the mound and shut down the Lady Tigers in the first inning, allowing no base runners as the game moved into the second inning. After a great first inning, the Lady Rabbits struggled in the top of the second, striking out all three times with no base runners.
Luckily, Case repeated her first inning, allowing no base runners as the game moved into the top of the third.
Taylor McCarty hit a single to center field with one out. Unfortunately, the next batter grounded out to third and McCarty got caught stealing second to end the chance.
Jacksboro led off with a double. A bunt moved the runner to third and another bunt scored her while advancing another runner to third. The next batter grounded out to first, but it allowed the runner on third to score and tie the game 2-2 heading into the fourth inning.
A leadoff single from Kylie Fleming led to nothing as neither team had any offensive luck in the fourth as the game moved in the fifth inning.
Emily Cox led off the inning with a single. Chelsey Ketchum bunted and was allowed to reach base due to an error while Cox advanced to third. After Ketchum stole second, Melton came up and smacked a double into left field, driving both runners in to score.
Two batters later, Allison drove Melton home with a single to right field to make the score 5-2. They were able to move Allison to third with two outs, but the next batter lined out to left field to end the top of the inning.
The Lady Tigers had back-to-back one out singles. A sacrifice bunt moved them both into scoring position. Fortunately, Case forced the next batter to pop out to end the fifth inning.
A two out double from Emily Cox was the only base runner for either team in the sixth inning as the game advanced into the final inning with Bowie still leading 5-2.
A leadoff double from Melton and an error that allowed her to reach third spelled good things. Next batter McCarty was able to drive her in with a single to left field to make the score 6-2. The next two batters lined out to right field and a double play to the shortstop to end the half inning.
Jacksboro was not going to lay down quietly. A leadoff single led to another run when the next batter drove her in with a double.
The base runner advanced to third on a ground out and was in prime position to score again. Fortunately, Case was able to get the last two outs to give the Lady Rabbits the 6-3 win.
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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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