SPORTS
Bowie completes comeback win against Cisco
The Bowie Lady Rabbits pulled off a remarkable comeback against Cisco on Friday night in the area playoff game at Mineral Wells.
The Lady Rabbits came back from 11 points down midway through the fourth quarter to win 50-45, upsetting the favored Lady Loboes who had led since the end of the first quarter.
The game got off to a slow start for both teams. Cisco came out in a full-court press defense that bothered Bowie before it could get anything going. The Lady Rabbits struggled to put the ball in the hoop, but did a good job of limiting the Lady Loboes with their zone trapping scheme. Cisco led 8-5 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie continued to struggle to score while the Lady Loboes started having success pushing the ball in transition off of rebounds despite relaxing on the press defense.
Cisco’s lead got into the double-digits and led 24-13 at halftime with the Lady Rabbits needing to find someone to get the offense going.
The third quarter was more even, but this meant Bowie did not make up much of the deficit. Abbi Gamblin provided a spark offensively as she nailed 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions. Still, the Lady Rabbits trailed 36-27 heading into the final quarter.
Camberley Gunter nailed a 3-pointer from the corner to cut the lead to 36-30 in the opening minute of the quarter. Bowie changed to press defense to change things up as well as prevent Cisco from holding the ball. The Lady Rabbits hoped with this good start and the change in defense things would turn around.
That did not happen right away. The Lady Loboes stretched their lead out to double-digits again in the next four minutes while Bowie’s offense continued to run cold. Cisco led 41-30 with 4:20 left to play when things started to change.
Jayci Logan scored while being fouled and made the free throw to complete the three-point play. Only a few seconds later Brysen Richey dribbled into a pull-up 3-pointer from the top of the arc and drilled it.
The Lady Rabbits now only trailed 41-36 with 3:45 left to play.
After time out, the Lady Loboes held the ball for a minute and scored a basket before Bowie got the ball back. Richey was fouled and sent to the free throw line and drilled both free throws to cut the lead to 43-38 with 2:12 left in the game.
On the inbounds afterwards, the team stole the ball and Taygon Jones scored on a quick layup. Another steal led to Hope Jones scoring a layup. Right after that the Lady Rabbits got another quick steal in the back court and Taygon was fouled under the basket, but not before scoring and giving Bowie a 44-43 lead with 1:31 left to play before her free throw.
After a time out, Taygon missed the free throw and the Lady Loboes drew a foul and were sent to the free throw line, making both to take back the lead 45-44 with 1:18 left to play.
The Lady Rabbis went inside to Hope on their next possession. After a variety of post moves and an extra defender coming late, Hope scored to give Bowie back the lead with just less than a minute to go.
The teams took turns throwing the ball the away out of bounds the next 10 seconds before the Lady Rabbits stole the ball away. After running some clock, Richey was sent to the free throw line with 27 seconds left for a one and one.
The shot hit the back rim, bounced high before rattling in, but not before the officials called the ball dead due to the ball being called out of the field of play.
What could have been a huge break for Cisco was thrown away as Hope jumped a pass at mid-court to steal another ball giving Bowie possession. Taygon was sent to the line with 16 seconds left and made both to up the Lady Rabbits lead to 48-45.
The Lady Loboes made their way to Bowie’s side of the court before calling timeout with 10 seconds left to try and set up the last shot. Another mistake from Cisco came when on the inbounds, the player caught the ball with a foot on the line, giving the ball back to the Lady Rabbits.
Taygon got fouled again and sank both free throws to ice the game. A final heave from the Lady Loboes that did not batter missed and Bowie completed the comeback win 50-46.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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