SPORTS
Jackrabbits run rule City View
The Bowie baseball team traveled to City View on Friday in a game that was about as competitive as if the two team’s mascots had actually gotten into a fight.
In the world of sports, the Jackrabbits beat the Mustangs 12-0 in five innings due to run rule.
Knowing from history Bowie would likely have the advantage in skill, the Jackrabbits were aggressive with their bats and on the base paths early.
A leadoff single from Evan Kennedy immediately put pressure on City View. Kennedy stole second base and advanced to third on a balk. Two batters later Payton Price hit a triple to right field as he traded places with Kennedy to score Bowie’s first run.
The hit was followed with a double from Cooper Little that drove in Price to make the score 2-0.
The Jackrabbits were maybe a little too aggressive early on. Two pitches in and a fly out to the Mustangs shortstop and Little getting caught trying to steal third base were the last two outs of the inning.
Defensively, Bowie was on point in the first game. Pitcher Parker Price did not have to work hard as City View hitters looked to make contact early in the count and ended up grounding out three straight times.
In the second inning, the Jackrabbits drew two walks in their first three at-bats to put runners at the corners. What followed was five straight hits that scored five runs.
Kash Stockard, Kennedy and Taylor Pigg hit back-to-back-to-back singles to score three runs. With runners at the corners, Bowie pulled off the sacrifice double steal as the runner got thrown out at second, but it allowed the runner on third to score.
Price came up and hit his second triple of the game. Just like the first inning, Little hit a double to drive him in again. Bowie led 7-0 before striking out for third out.
The Jackrabbits ran into some trouble on defense. The Mustangs leadoff batter was hit by a pitch. While Bowie was able to throw the runner out trying to steal second base, an error allowed the next batter to reach first. A drawn walk put two runners on base.
After a balk allowed both runners to advance into scoring position, Parker was able to strike out the next two batters to get out of the pickle.
The Jackrabbits did not slow down in the third inning. A leadoff walk from Weston Partridge quickly turned into a problem for City View. The Mustangs tried to pick him off at first, but an error allowed Partridge to reach second anyway. Ozzie Phillips then hit a single to put runners at the corners with no outs.
Boo Oakley then hit a triple into the gap that scored both runners. Stockard hit a fly ball to City View’s shortstop for an error that allowed Oakley to score. Throughout all the chaos of trying to prevent Oakley scoring, Stockard somehow made it to third.
A fly out and a ground out fielder’s choice where Stockard was thrown out at home, Bowie had only Pigg on base with two outs. After a wild pitch allowed Pigg to advance to second base, Price hit a single. A throwing error from the Mustangs allowed Price to reach second and Pigg to score. Little followed with a line drive single, but the next batter struck out looking for the third out as the Jackrabbits were up 11-0.
After retiring the first two batters, Bowie gave up a single and a walk. A wild pitch allowed both runners into scoring position. Thankfully, the Jackrabbits were able to pick off the runner at third base for the third out.
At this point Bowie was starting to sub out starters with a double digit lead. Logan Hutson led off with a double to left field. The next two batters could not advance him as a strike out and a shallow fly ball kept Hutson planted at second base.
During the next at bat, a passed ball and a wild pitch allowed Hutson to go from second to home plate to score and put the Jackrabbits up 12-0.
Stockard drew a walk, Jed Castles was able to reach first after an error at second base and Taylor Pigg hit an infield single when he beat out the throw to first to lead the bases.
The next batter lined out to left field for the third out. Parker was able to retire all three of the Mustangs batters to advance the game into the fifth inning.
Only a drawn walk and a hit batter were the only types of offense Bowie could muster with the game in hand as the Jackrabbits were held scoreless for the only time all game. Only fielding error allowed City View from going down cleanly in the bottom of the fifth. The Mustangs needed to score at least three runs to avoid being run ruled, but Parker was able to preserve the shut out as the he retired the final two batters to win 12-0.
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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