SPORTS
Lady Rabbits play final tournament
The Bowie Lady Rabbits softball team saw a big improvement last weekend at their second tournament in Wichita Falls.
The Lady Rabbits went 2-1 at the Sunrise Tournament overall in the frigid temperatures.
Bowie first took on Wichita Falls High School on Thursday. The Lady Coyotes struck first in the bottom of the first inning. A wild pitch allowed the first the run to score from third. Three batters later a double scored another run as Wichita Falls led 2-0.
The Lady Rabbits answered back in the top of the second. Gracie Bentley was able to drive in a run grounding out to the shortstop to cut the lead to 2-1.
In the next inning Bowie was able to tie the score. Chelsey Ketchum hit a triple to center field with one out. Next batter Carrington Davis was able to get her home as she grounded out to the shortstop to make it 2-2.
The Lady Coyotes were able to retake the lead in the bottom of the fourth. They strung together four hits and took advantage of a fielding error to score two runs to go up 4-2.
The Lady Rabbits immediately answered. They loaded the bases before Davis hit a sacrifice fly ball to score one of the runners.
Two batters later Hannah Love drove in a run on a single to tie the game up. Next batter Bentley hit a double to right field that scored the remaining two base runners that gave Bowie a 6-4 lead they were able to keep the rest of the way as they won.
With such a fun win behind them, the Lady Rabbits had to turn right around and play Burkburnett. For whatever reason Bowie got hit early and never recovered. The Lady Bulldogs scored nine runs in the first inning and ended up winning 12-0 as the Lady Rabbits mounted no offense and struggled all around.
Bowie was able to recover as they came back Friday morning to play Rider. The Lady Rabbits offense came alive on this day. RBIs from Bailey Grant, Bentley and Kimber Clower got Bowie a 3-0 in the first inning. The Lady Raiders cut the lead to 3-1 in the second inning, but that was as close as they got.
The Lady Rabbits scored two runs in each of the next four innings while Rider scored once more as Bowie ended up winning big 11-2.
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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