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Bowie baseball loses to Holliday 11-6
The Bowie Jackrabbits hoped they could avenge the lone district loss at home against Holliday.
Despite the Jackrabbits leading for half the game, two explosive innings from the Eagles played a part in Bowie’s 11-6 loss.
Holliday led off and was able to get two base runners on with a base hit and a walk with one out. A fly out to right field allowed the runner on second to move to third base, but the Jackrabbit’s Payton Price was able to force a ground out for the third out.
Evan Kennedy led off with a drawn walk. Kennedy stole second base and Taylor Pigg moved him to third with a sacrifice bunt.
Price then came through with a single that drove in Kennedy standing up to give Bowie a 1-0 lead. The Jackrabbits hoped to score more with one out. With a hit and run on, the next batter flew out to center field. The runner could not beat the throw back to first as the Eagles completed the inning ending double play.
The second inning again saw Holliday get two base runners on with a walk and a base hit. Again Price worked out of it by inducing a fly ball to the right fielder. Braden Armstrong led off with a walk for Bowie again.
Unfortunately he was thrown out trying to steal second just before Ozzie Phillips hit a line drive single. He was left stranded at first as the next batter struck out to end the second inning.
The Eagles batters kept threatening. A single and a fielding error at shortstop allowed two runners on base. A walk with two outs loaded the bases. Again Price was able to force a ground out to get out of inning with Bowie still leading 1-0. Besides a single from Kennedy with one out, the Jackrabbits did not have much luck as the game moved to the fourth inning.
The Eagles leadoff was hit by a pitch to get on base. After a fly out, Price forced a fly out to center fielder Armstrong.
Just like Bowie fell victim before, Holliday had a hit and run on call. Armstrong was able to throw the runner out right before he got back to first for the inning ending double play. The Jackrabbits offense failed to get any runners on as the game moved to the fifth inning.
It was here where the wheels fell off for Bowie. A leadoff double from Holliday, a steal and a wild pitch tied up the score. A dropped strike three allowed the next batter to get on base. Two steals and a sacrifice fly allowed the Eagles to take their first lead.
Holliday was not done. Three straight walks loaded the bases and led to a pitching change. A single and a double scored three more runs as the Eagles lead was now 5-1.
The Jackrabbits had Kash Stockard and Kennedy hit back-to-back singles with two outs to try and start something. The next batter popped out to first to end that hope before it got going.
Holliday had more to add. A walk and two base hits loaded the bases with no outs. Three hits, a walk and a sacrifice fly later and the Eagles had scored five more runs to up their lead to 10-1.
Coach Glen Dunnam challenged his to team, saying he was going to see how much character they had after suddenly falling behind by so much. To an extent, they did not disappoint.
After Cooper Little hitting a single with one out, Armstrong hit a triple to right field to drive him in. Weston Partridge followed with a line drive to left field to score Armstrong, cutting the lead to 10-3.
Holliday added one more run in the seventh with a leadoff single followed by a double to make the score 11-3. Relief pitcher Luis DeLeon was then able to retire the next three batters to keep the runner stranded at second base.
Kennedy led off with his third hit of the game for a single. With two outs Little joined Kennedy on base with a single. Armstrong followed and hit a three-run home run over the left field fence to make the score 11-6. It would not be enough as two batters later the Eagles forced the third out to end the game.
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It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
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Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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