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Bowie opens district with win

The Bowie Jackrabbits started off district play hosting City View on Friday.
Playing the athletic and pressing Mustangs, the Jackrabbits put together one of their best efforts of the season to win 73-62.
With a week to prepare and coming off playing a tough non-district schedule featuring many teams from bigger classifications or that are held in high regard, Bowie was ready to play a district team more on its level.
The Mustangs came in with a solid record (13-5) and a hope its dream season in football would carry over into the basketball season. The program has continued to trend upward with playoff berths each of the past three seasons.
The first quarter was up and down as the Jackrabbits created several transition opportunities and took advantage. City View stayed right with Bowie though as its press created opportunities as well for easy scores.
Fouls were freely given out to both teams early and foul trouble cropped up. The Jackrabbits lead was a small 15-13 heading into the second quarter.
Similar play continued as Bowie executed its offense while the Mustangs made some shots while also having moments their press got to the Jackrabbits. Bowie’s lead did not waiver, but it never grew to the size of being comfortable. At halftime the Jackrabbits led 28-24.
The third quarter saw Bowie really separate. Transition opportunities became more abundant off turnovers and rebounds while the Jackrabbits were making shots. Bowie opened up a double-digit lead by the end of the third quarter as it scored 21 points, leading 49-35.
Early in the fourth quarter, City View charged back. The Mustangs scored the quarter’s first eight points in the first three minutes as their press created quick scoring chances.
The Jackrabbits were also dealt a blow as starter Trevor Vann fouled out, who had scored 10 points in the game. With its lead down to 49-43, a starter out, a City View team with momentum and plenty of time left Bowie could have started to panic.
A turning point came when the Mustangs got a clean steal and their player tried to dunk it. The score would have cut the lead to four and the dunk would have sent the City View bench into a frenzy.
Instead he missed and the Jackrabbits came down to score on their next two trips to up their lead to 53-46.
The Mustangs would not give up as they did cut the lead to 55-51 with three minutes still to play. Bowie continued to score at a good clip though as the team attempted 13 free throws in the quarter alone, making 10 of them.
Cade Thompson eventually fouled out late for the Jackrabbits, but not before he scored nine of his 17 points in the fourth quarter.
As the Jackrabbits continued to knock down free throws, the hot shooting from City View ran out of gas. Thanks to the good free throw shooting, Bowie would win by double-digits 73-62.
Bowie will have a tough first full week with a game at Holliday earlier in the week before hosting the county rival Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 24.
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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