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Bowie softball beats Nocona
With softball district play in full swing, the Bowie Lady Rabbits hosted rival Nocona on Friday.
The Lady Rabbits took it to the Lady Indians to the tune of 17-2 in four innings.
Nocona opened the game with a base runner as the leadoff was hit by a pitch. Bowie pitcher Bailey Grant bounced back with three straight strike outs, leaving the Lady Indians Gisel Hernandez stranded at third base.
The Lady Rabbits Kylie Fleming led off with a single. She stole second and third base. After a drawn walk, Carrington Davis drove in a run by grounding out to third to give Bowie a lead they would never relinquish.
After another walk, Gracie Bentley doubled to left field to clear the bases. Next batter Jasmine Jones tripled to left field to make it 4-0 before Nocona could get the final two outs.
The second inning was more of the same for the Lady Rabbits. Grant struck out the side swinging. Addie Farris led off with a single. Fleming laid down a bunt that allowed Farris to reach third.
After Fleming stole second base, a passed ball allowed Farris to score and Fleming to reach third. After an error at third base, Fleming was able to score.
Chelsey Ketchum hit a single to right field. After stealing second, she was able to score due to a fielding error that allowed Davis to reach second. After Season Eudey singled to the shortstop, Jones flew out to left field that allowed another run to score. Bowie led 8-0 going into the third inning.
Nocona had its best inning in the third. Jenna McBride was able to single on a fly ball to center field with one out. A ground out moved her to second base with two outs. Laci Stone drew a walk and a wild pitch allowed McBride to reach third base. Kelsee Harrington ran for stone and stole second base.
A passed ball allowed McBride to score and Harrington to advance to third. Koryahanna Ramsey was allowed to reach first on a dropped third strike that allowed Harrington to score. The Lady Indians had cut the lead to 8-2.
On defense, the third inning was also good for Nocona. Besides an error that allowed Farris to get on base with one out, Bowie could not get her home as Farris was stranded at third base.
The Lady Indians could not replicate the offensive success in the fourth inning. The Lady Rabbits Grant struck out two more batters to give her 10 for the game before forcing a ground out to the short stop.
Bowie then went on to end the game scoring nine runs in the fourth inning. Davis scored on a wild pitch. Jones hit an inside the park home run that scored two runs.
Davis then drove in three runs on a double to center field. Two batters later Bentley drove in two runs on a single to center field that ended the game due to run rule. The Lady Rabbits won 17-2.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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