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Lady Rabbits lose to Ponder 3-1

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came into Tuesday night’s home game on a high.
Following a great performance at the Godley tournament that saw the Lady Rabbits beat two state-ranked teams, one twice, saw Bowie rise all the way to number 10 in 3A after not being previously ranked.
Unfortunately, things would eventually come back down to earth for the Lady Rabbits as they lost a frustrating game to Ponder 3-1.
The first set saw Bowie play well throughout. Jumping out to an early 7-3 lead, even when the Lady Lions came back to cut it to 8-7, the Lady Rabbits were playing with the lead for the whole set.
The lead quickly went back up to four 17-13 where Bowie was able to keep them at bay as it won 25-21.
The second set was more of the same. The opening points were back and forth with the Lady Rabbits holding a small 8-7 lead. From there Bowie played its best stretch of the night as it went on a 13-3 run to build a huge 20-10 lead.
It looked like the Lady Rabbits were headed for another set victory that would have put them 2-0, but something happened after a timeout.
Ponder, who had been making a lot of self-inflicted errors, including from the service line, started to tighten things up. Bowie had been solid for the most part in their serve-receive, but things started to snowball on them.
Hitting errors and inconsistent serve-receive passes did not add up to a good thing for a Lady Rabbits’ team that all of sudden had trouble scoring one point.
The Lady Lions came all the way back to tie the set at 23-23. Bowie retook the lead and had match point 24-23, but Ponder scored the next three points to steal the set and tie the match at 1-1.
While the Lady Rabbits hoped to put that set behind them, the match was different afterward. The early third set was close with the score tied 5-5 and then 10-10. Quickly, unlike in sets one or two, the Lady Lions were able to build a big lead going on a 9-1 run to go up 19-11.
Another bad stretch of serve-receive and inefficient offense was the culprit again and Ponder was not bailing Bowie out with service errors.
The Lady Rabbits turned things around to eventually cut the lead to three, but it was too little too late as the Lady Lions won set three 25-21 to take the match lead 2-1.
Bowie needed to win set four if it wanted to force a fifth set for a chance to win. Hoping some of the momentum from the end of set three, that saw the Lady Rabbits go on a 10-6 run, would be able to shake off the last two sets.
The early points had some of the same feeling to it. Ponder was able to get an early 12-8 lead. Bowie was able to make it up with solid play and great blocking as the score was tied at 18-18.
From this point, neither team was able to get much of an advantage.
The teams exchanged points all the way up to being tied 22-22. From there, the Lady Lions were able to convert the final three points to win the set 25-22 and the match 3-1.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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