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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.
The Nocona Indians wrapped up their first playoff berth since 2005 with a dominant win against Chico on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 10-0 in four and half innings due to run-rule to earn the district’s final playoff spot and break a nearly two decade drought.
Nocona was in a similar situation last year after beating Chico in the first game before losing twice more to the Dragons, once in the regular season finale and then in the play-in series.
The Indians won the first game earlier in the week 9-4, but knew they could play better. On Thursday they then proved it.
In the bottom of the first inning, Nocona got the scoring going as Wesley Murphey hit an RBI double. Two batters later, Landon Fatheree drove in two runs with a double.
Konnor Harrington followed with a groundout that scored another run as the Indians led 4-0.
In the second inning, Nocona kept up the pressure. Brody Langford drove in a run with a single. Later with the bases loaded, Caden Belcher was hit by a pitch that scored a run. A later passed ball allowed one more run to score as the Indians extended their lead to 7-0.
Nocona got one more run in the third inning. With the bases loaded, Wesley Murphey grounded into a fielder’s choice out that scored one run to make it 8-0.
The Indians got the final two runs they needed in the fourth inning. Walker Murphey and RJ Walker hit back-to-back RBI singles to put Nocona up 10-0.
Chico needed to score at least one run to prevent the game from ending early due to run-rule. Instead Walker Murphey completed the shutout performance by retiring the next three batters to end the game and the Dragon’s season.
The Indians won 10-0 and earned the district’s final playoff spot.
Wesley Murphey and Fatheree drove in two runs each to lead the team. Walker Murphey led the team with three hits. The team finished with 11 hits and drew six walks.
Walker Murphey also allowed zero runs and one hit while striking out five batters and walking none. The defense behind him committed only one fielding error.
Coach Zach Denson was beyond proud of this team for breaking the playoff drought.
“The amount of growth that they have shown throughout the year has been the most incredible I’ve seen in 13 years of coaching,” Denson said. “We went on a little skid in the middle of the year and that could have derailed our young team, but it actually brought us closer together as a unit.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Jackrabbits were able to clinch the final playoff spot on Thursday with a senior night home win against Henrietta.
The Jackrabbits won 6-1 in a game where all of the offensive action happened in the first three innings for both teams.
Bowie came into the game needing to win. Failing to do so would mean setting up a series with the Bearcats for the final playoff spot. If the Jackrabbits just took care of business against a team they had already beaten once pretty easily then they could avoid that whole situation.
Henrietta knew it was playing for the future of its season and struck first. A one out double followed by a single two batters later put the Bearcats up 1-0 against Bowie’s top pitcher Edmond De Leon on the mound.
The offense responded in the same inning with a two-out rally. Troy Kesey hit a single and Hayden Rodriguez drew a walk. De Leon then hit a double to drive one run in.
Cooper Hammer was then hit a by a pitch to load the bases up. Rayder Mann then drew a walk that scored one run and the Jackrabbits led 2-1 before the next batter popped up for out three.
Bowie added to that lead in the second inning. Boston Farris led off with a triple. Tucker Jones then hit a groundball to second base that resulted in an error that allowed Farris to score and make it 3-1 for the Jackrabbits.
Bowie then extended the lead in the third inning. Hammer hit a one-out single. Mann and Cy Egenbacher followed with hits that resulted in fielding errors for the Bearcats. The Jackrabbits scored one run on the second error.
Farris then hit a single that drove in another run. After a strikeout, a wild pitch then allowed another runner to score as Bowie was up 6-1. Another strikeout ended the scoring for the Jackrabbits.
The next three and half innings saw neither team score runs, though both had several chances with two runners getting on at times.
Henrietta’s best chance came in the fifth inning with two singles, but De Leon and Bowie’s defense shut that down. De Leon retired the final seven batters he faced as the Jackrabbits won 6-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Last week all of the area schools competed in their district’s tennis tournament and several schools had athletes qualify for the regional tournament.
In the end, 10 athletes finished second or better at district to move on for a chance to qualify for state.
Unfortunately, no players from Bowie were able to break through and qualify.
Many faced early seeding opponents from tennis power Vernon that ended their tournament.
The highest finish for a Bowie player was Lily Hodges who placed fourth in girls singles.
From Nocona, one girl was able to break through as Kaygan Stone finished second in girls singles to qualify for regionals.
Stone has had a tough year, dealing with shoulder problems that shortened both her volleyball and basketball seasons, but she bounced back this spring to qualify for regionals in tennis.
Her teammate Melissa Segura was not so lucky, as she finished third in girls singles and just missed the cut, having to settle for an alternate spot
At the 1A tournament, several schools had multiple athletes in one division qualify.
From Saint Jo, last year’s state qualifying girl’s doubles team of Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the division.
They beat out the second place finisher and their teammates, the girl’s doubles team of Maxey Johnson and Bailey Nobile, who also qualified for regionals.
From Gold-Burg, Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girls singles to move on to the regional tournament.
Other schools only had one team or individual.
From Forestburg, the mixed doubles team of Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros finished second as they qualified for regionals.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter finished second in the boys singles division.
To read the full story and see pictures of all of the qualifiers, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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