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Bowie starts football season 0-2

The Bowie Jackrabbits had their home opener on Friday against the Bridgeport Bulls in a game that featured a lot of big plays.
While both offenses started off the game with touchdowns on their first plays, it was the Bulls who kept that type of play up for the rest of the game while the Jackrabbits had spurts. Bridgeport won 54-19 as Bowie starts the season 0-2.
The Bulls got the ball first and scored on a 60-yard touchdown pass to their uncovered running back Bryant Reynolds down the left sideline. The Jackrabbits answered as quarterback Colby Miller kept the ball on a zone read and took it 79 yards for a touchdown. The missed extra point made it 7-6 Bridgeport after less than a minute of game action.
The Bulls scored on their next drive that was finished by Reynolds again, this time from a yard out, to make the score 14-6. Bowie turned the ball over on its next possession with an interception. Bridgeport then threw a 31-yard touchdown pass on its next play to make the score 21-6 only halfway through the first quarter.
After punting the ball away, the Jackrabbits defense got their first stop as cornerback Tru’Vion Sansom picked off a slant route at mid-field. While the offense could not capitalize, it motivated Bowie’s defense to play better for the rest of the half.
In the second quarter, the Jackrabbits defense did not give up any points and even forced a turnover on downs at its own 25-yard line at one point.
Bowie’s offense stalled at Bridgeport’s 21-yard line before throwing two more interceptions and fumbling the ball in the shadow of its own end zone which was recovered by the Bulls. The touchdown extended Bridgeport’s lead to 28-6 at halftime.
The third quarter saw both offenses struggle to make much happen for the first eight minutes. Bridgeport eventually capped a drive off with a 14-yard touchdown pass to make the score 34-6 after a missed extra point.
The score opened the floodgates as the Jackrabbits’ offense responded immediately as running back Ty Harris broke through to the second level broke through with a 33-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 34-13.
The Bulls turned around as Reynolds got lose for a 63-yard touchdown run. The score was 41-13 heading into the fourth quarter.
The big plays kept coming for Bridgeport. A wide receiver screen went 63 yards for a touchdown to up the lead to 48-13. Bowie answered quickly as Harris again got lose, this time from 44 yards out to cut the lead to 48-19, but the Bulls offense would not let their foot off the gas.
A short two-yard touchdown pass would follow Bridgeport’s next drive to make the score 54-19. A final interception thrown would cap seal the game for the Bulls as the game ended.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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