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County athletes take part in FCA All-Star games Thursday night
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes had its second area softball and baseball all-star game on Thursday night at Iowa Park.
Seven Montague County athletes who recently graduated took part in the games as a chance to put the jersey on one last time and represent their schools.
In the softball game, Bowie’s battery of Bailey Grant and Carrington Davis were on the red team while Nocona outfielder Gisel Hernandez was on the blue team.
Hernandez and the blue team were able to keep the red team’s bats at bay for most of the game and won easily 9-2. Hernandez drove in a run on a blooper over the second basemen to help get the win.
Grant pitched a little more than two innings for the red team and also one inning at first base.
Davis picked up one hit and got the luxury of running the bases, something she did not get to do playing for the Lady Rabbits too often. She scored the game’s final run and also filled in at first base for the first base when not playing catcher, a position she had little familiarity with.
The baseball game featured pitcher Payton Price and infielder Evan Kennedy from Bowie and outfielders Logan Barnes and Tyler Richards from Nocona. All four played on the blue team, which wound up being the losing side as the red team put together back-to-back seven run innings to win 14-2.
Price came in during the second seven run inning and put out the fire while pitching a scoreless inning afterwards. He later drove in one of the blue team’s only runs. Despite the one sided game, the boys relished getting to play high school baseball one last time.
To read the full story and see photos of all seven athletes, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
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Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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