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Bowie softball loses 10-0 on road
The Bowie softball team was in for another tough road game on Friday as it traveled to City View on Friday.
The Lady Rabbits fell into an ugly third inning and ended up losing by run rule 10-0 after five innings.
Facing one of the district’s toughest customers on the mound, Maddie Chalenburg with a nasty changeup, Bowie knew it would have to take what it could get early. Working fast, Chalenburg got up early on the Lady Rabbits first two batters and retired both of them.
Senior captain Carrington Davis was able to hit a line drive to right field to get on base, but the next batter struck out before much pressure could be forced on the base paths.
City View led off with a bunt on the first pitch for a single. Two wild pitches and a passed ball allowed the runner to score to give the Lady Mustangs a 1-0 lead.
City View loaded the bases thanks to a walk and back-to-back errors, but Bowie worked its way out of the pickle as the game moved to the second inning.
The Lady Rabbits had no shot in the inning. Chalenburg struck out the side, working fast with first pitch strikes on all batters and finishing most off with nasty breaking balls.
The Lady Mustangs tried to bunt for a base hit. Bowie was there to cover, but the throw went wide and the City View’s runner ended up on second base. After a single put runners at the corners with one out, a sacrifice fly ball allowed one runner to score. The other runner had advanced to second earlier on a steal.
The next batter hit a single to drive the runner in to make the score 3-0 before the Lady Rabbits could get the third out. While only minimal damage had been done on the scoreboard considering all the defensive mistake Bowie had made, a storm was coming in the third inning.
The Lady Rabbit offense again failed to get a runner on base to pressure the defense as two of the three batters struck out. On defense, the first batter was able to reach first due to an error, an omen that would prove to be telling for what was to come.
Two walks, two singles and one hit batter scored three runs and loaded the bases. After a pop up for the first out, a triple was hit that cleared bases. A bad throw home for an error allowed the batter to score as Bowie trailed 10-0. After a pitching change, the Lady Rabbits were able to retire the next two batters to end the disaster of a third inning.
Down double digits, Bowie needed to get some sort of offensive momentum going. Kylie Fleming led off with a single on a bunt. Davis followed with her second hit of the game. With no outs, it was the best opportunity the Lady Rabbits had had all game.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking. The runners did both advance into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt for the second out, but the next batter struck out to end the chance.
Besides a leadoff walk that eventually advanced to second on a passed ball, Bowie had its first clean inning on defense as the next three batters were retired.
Moving to the fifth inning, the Lady Rabbits knew they needed to score at least one run to avoid being run ruled.
After the first two batters struck out, a throwing error from the Lady Mustangs allowed Addie Farris to no just reach base, but put herself in scoring position at second bases.
Next batter Chelsey Kectchum hit a single. Farris was called home and was thrown out ending the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Several Bowie athletes competed at the Wildcat Relays in Santos on March 20.
A couple of athletes did well enough to break school records along with placing well in their events.
Samara McChesney got second place in the girl’s pole vault with a vault of 8 feet 6 inches, breaking the school record for the Lady Rabbits.
Isaac Renteria got first place in the 3200 meter race, with his time of 9:59 that broke the school’s record in the event.
There were several athletes who also did well for Bowie even if they did not break school records.
Brayden Willett got first in the 800 meters and second in the 3200 meter race.
Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and got second in the high jump. Tyler Richey got second in the 110 meter hurdles.
Laney Segura and Ollie Gaston got third and fourth in the 800 meter race.
Olivia Richey got fifth in the 100 meter hurdles and Angela Alvarez got fifth in the 3200 meter race.
Both the boy and girl teams competed in the 4×100 relay event and finished in sixth place.
To see results for all varsity athletes who finished in the top six in their events, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians went 1-1 in their first round of district play last week.
The Lady Indians won a competitive game at Era 5-2, but then fell to Muenster by run-rule 15-0 after four innings.
Nocona came in with a big winning streak, but most of the wins were against familiar teams and the Lady Indians knew they would have to play at their best in a district that is expected to be tough.
The Lady Indians played at Era on March 18. The Lady Hornets took the early lead 1-0 in the first inning. Nocona tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning when Kaitlyn Tiffner scored on the base paths thanks to an error.
Era got the lead back with one run in the fourth inning , but then the Lady Indians got their first lead in the fifth inning. Ma’leigha Franklin drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly ball to put Nocona up 3-2.
The Lady Indians got some insurance in the sixth inning when Tinley Cable hit a two-run inside the park home run.
Nocona held on to win 5-2. Kylea Wallace led the team two hits as the team only had six all game. The hits were extremely opportunistic for the Lady Indians to score as much as they did.
Reagan Phipps allowed only two runs on seven hits while striking out 12 batters and walking three. The defense committed only one fielding error behind her.
Nocona was happy to get the close win to start district, but then came a big dose of bummer that threw sand in the potato salad of last week.
It was the Lady Indians home district opener, but Muenster had a huge second inning scoring 11 runs and it was all over from there. Nocona only got one hit from Phipps on offense as the Lady Indians lost 15-0 after four innings.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers were able to pick up a win against 1A Bryson last week, but fell to Graford and Perrin-Whitt later.
The Lady Panthers beat the Cowgirls 19-4, but then fell to 2A Graford 18-6 and fellow 1A team Perrin-Whitt 23-13.
Saint Jo played Bryson at home on March 18 and dominated, getting the win in three innings by run-rule 19-4.
Symbri Evans led the team with three RBIs while Kamron Skidmore and Mercedes Diaz each drove in two runs each. The team drew 15 walks and were hit by seven pitches.
So all three hits were big deals, like Skidmore hitting a home run.
Maxey Johnson allowed four runs (three earned) on two hits while striking out four batters. The defense committed only two fielding errors.
The next two games saw Saint Jo walk too many batters to keep the games close. Against Graford the team walked 15 batters and against Perrin-Whitt it was 16 batters.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie golf teams competed last week in their final events before district play starts this week.
The Lady Rabbits played at the Jim Ned Invitational at Shady Oaks and got second place. The boy’s team played in the Waxahachie Spring Fling at the Golf Club of Dallas and got sixth place.
The girl’s team shot 391 and was led by Miley Thompson who scored 91 and got third place individually. Tess Egenbacher (95), Hanna Bell (101) and Kendall Fallis (104) rounded out the team’s score.
Lillie Maddox shot 108, but it did not add to the team’s total.
Reegen Ferguson competed individually and shot 97.
The boy’s team shot 351 and the player with the lowest score was Hunter Lea who got an 83. Zac Harris (85) Huntter Fluitt (90) and Rayder Mann (93) rounded out the team’s final score.
Caden Belcher’s score of 96 did not add to the team’s total.
Cason Airington competed individually and shot an 86.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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