SPORTS
Jackrabbits win on final shot
In their final game before the Christmas break, the Bowie Jackrabbits hosted Wichita Falls High School on Friday.
In a tight game that went down to the wire, a Riley Harris three-pointer in the final seconds was the difference to give the Jackrabbits a 46-45 win.
Bowie started the game on a great note, scoring the game’s first 11 points in the first three minutes. The Jackrabbits led 16-7 after the first quarter.
Bowie was getting some good looks in transition after turnovers and rebounds. The energy from both the team and crowd was great to start.
The Coyotes slowly started to get back in the game as they put together a solid second quarter. The Jackrabbits offense struggled to score while Wichita Falls made up some ground. Bowie led 22-18 at halftime.
The Jackrabbits tried to shake up some things in the third quarter to try and keep their energy up. They started to press a bit and was able to keep the little bit of lead for most of the quarter leading 27-23.
With less than four minutes to go in the quarter, the Coyotes came back to tie the score up at 32-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
It was back and forth as Bowie scored the first four points before Wichita Falls came back to gain its first lead of the game 39-38 with 3:40 left in the game.
The Jackrabbits Harris came down and immediately made a three-pointer to take back the lead, but the Coyotes tied it at 41-41 with 2:31 left.
The teams exchanged baskets to make it 43-43, but Bowie would miss its next shot. Wichita Falls pushed the ball following the rebound and pulled up from 15-feet in transition to make a shot, putting the Coyotes up 45-43 with 42 seconds left.
The Jackrabbits called a time out and made the decision to try and hunt for the perfect shot. The ball was passed all around as Bowie was trying not to settle for a good look, but a great one. The ball touched every players hand at least twice as the ball kept moving.
With eight seconds left, the ball found Harris open in the corner from three-point range. He let it fly and the ball went in to give the Jackrabbits a one-point lead 46-45.
With eight seconds left, Wichita Falls still had a chance to win the game. Near midcourt, Braden Armstrong poked the ball out of bounds with 2.7 seconds left. After multiple timeouts, the Coyotes got a desperate shot off that was not too close as Bowie won 46-45.
Cade Thompson led the Jackrabbits with 15 points and fives assists. Harris scored 13 points and also had five assists.
Bowie next plays at the Whataburger tournament against Burkburnett at noon at Chisholm Trail High School on Dec. 27.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie golf teams competed at another tough tournament on Monday and Tuesday, this time at the Canyon West Golf Club in Weatherford.
Featuring 26 teams, the Lady Rabbits did well and finished third overall while the boy’s team finished in 12th place.
The Bowie girl’s team was led by Miley Thompson who shot a 93. Tess Egenbacher was a few shots behind with a 96 and Kendall Fallis shot 99. Lillie Maddox shot 108 to round out the team’s 396 score.
Emma Read’s 112 did not count towards the team’s total. Reegen Ferguson and Molly Enlow competed as individuals and shot 108 and 120.
The Jackrabbit boy’s team had Zac Harris led the team with an 81. Rayder Mann and Hunter Lea were a few shots back, shooting 82 and 83. Hunter Fluitt and Cason Airington both shot 87, with only one of their scores going towards the team’s 333 total.
Bowie had another boy’s team compete, this one at the Graham County Club on Monday. Caden Belcher led the team with an 84. Trae Seigler (94), Bear Combs (97) and Lane Smith (102) rounded out the team’s scoring which was 377. Bryce Tate’s 115 score did not contribute towards the team total.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a great week last week, winning a district game and going 3-1 in their final tournament at Graham.
The Lady Rabbits were able to pick up their second district win against Vernon 10-2 before going on a much needed run of wins.
Bowie traveled to Vernon on March 5. The Lady Rabbits had played the Lady Lions the previous week to start off district and easily won 13-3, but since then a string of tough losses at the preceeding tournament soured the memory.
Bowie started the game well, scoring one run in three of the first four innings to go up 3-0. Vernon cut into the lead in the fourth inning, scoring two runs. The Lady Rabbits answered by turning up the heat with their bats, scoring three runs in both the fifth and seventh innings as Bowie pulled away. The Lady Rabbits won easily 10-2.
Sadie Britt led the team with three RBIs while Victoria Watson drove in two runs. KP Rutherford got the start on the mound and was dominant, striking out 16 batters and allowing two runs (zero earned) on three hits while Bowie’s defense committed two fielding errors.
The Lady Rabbits then traveled to Graham on March 6-7 and played four games and were able to keep up the good play.
Bowie started off playing Windthorst. After exchanging one run in the first two innings, the Lady Rabbits scored three runs in the third inning to take the lead. The Lady Trojans cut the lead to one in the same inning. Bowie added one run in the final inning to its lead. Windthorst answered with one run, but came up short. The Lady Rabbits won 5-4.
Chloe Kinney led the team with two RBIs in the game. Rutherford pitched and allowed four runs on six hits while striking out seven batters and walking two. The defense committed three fielding errors.
Bowie next played Bridgeport. It was a close and low-scoring game the first four innings. The score was tied at 1-1 when the Lady Rabbits scored four runs in the fifth inning.
The Sissies could not answer and Bowie won 5-1 after five innings.
Laci Goodwin led the team with two RBIs while Britt and Kinney each had two hits to lead the team. Rutherford struck out 11 batters and allowed one run on four hits. The defense committed no fielding errors in the game.
The second day of the tournament saw the Lady Rabbits play the tournament host Graham. The Lady Blues had a successful run of scoring in four of the innings as they led 5-0 entering the sixth inning. Bowie’s offense showed some life, scoring three runs, but it was not enough. Graham won 5-3 after five and half innings played.
Britt and Goodwin both had one RBI to lead to the team. Britt had three of the team’s six hits. Rutherford allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits while striking out five batters. The defense committed one fielding error.
Bowie finished the tournament with a high-scoring game against Jonesboro. The Lady Rabbits scored three runs in each of the first three innings as they led 9-5. Bowie then scored four runs in the fifth inning and held on as the Lady Eagles also scored five runs. Thankfully, the Lady Rabbits held them off to win 13-10 after five innings of play.
Serenity Klump led the team with three RBIs while Rutherford was second with two RBIs. The team finished with 11 hits and drew four walks.
On the mound, Rutherford allowed 10 runs (four earned) on seven hits while striking out seven and walking nine batters. The defense committed five fielding errors.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Montague County will be sending three boys to the state powerlifting meet from Bowie and Nocona.
Robert Zambrano and Jorge De Leon from Bowie won their weight classes while Mathew Johnson from Nocona got second in his while competing at the regional meets on March 4 at Decatur.
The Jackrabbits had six lifters who qualified for regionals, but three completed all three lifts. Zambrano, who qualified for the state meet last year, won the 148 pound weight class as he lifted a total of 1,270 pounds. Zambrano broke his weight class’ regional bench press record as he lifted 340 pounds.
De Leon also broke a regional record, squatting 735 pounds as he won the 308 pound weight class. He lifted a total of 1,695 pounds.
Bowie’s other lifter was Landyn Walker who finished seventh in the 308 pound class as he lifted 1,085 total pounds.
For Nocona, Johnson finished second in the 275 pound weight class as he lifted 1,495 pounds. His 590 pound deadlift set a regional record within his weight class.
The Indians had two other lifters compete and both completed all three lifts.
Kaeden Wallace finished sixth in the 114 class as he lifted 710 total pounds. Omar Salinas got eighth in the 123 class as he lifted 730 total pounds.
The boy’s state powerlifting meet is scheduled for March 21-22 at the Taylor Expo Center in Abilene.
The boy’s from Bowie will lift in Division 3 on March 21 while Johnson from Nocona will lift in Division 4 on March 22.
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