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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.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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