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Bowie girls upset Childress 56-44
In a rematch with one of the top teams in the district the Lady Rabbits got revenge, beating the Lady Cats 56-44.
It was not only one of their best played games of the season, but their most important win to this point.
Bowie came in with a different strategy from its first game at Childress, a game that saw the Lady Cats win 58-37. One of the biggest issues in that game was dealing with big and versatile post player Grace Foster. Last year’s district co-most valuable player scored 26 points in that game.
Seeing a strategy that Nocona had used to beat Childress, Bowie did its own version of it. The strategy involves assigning a defender to be on Foster’s hip the entire game and do their best to prevent her from ever touching the ball.
The remaining four defenders would be in a zone defense. The change came from the Lady Rabbits doing a diamond shape instead of a box shape.
The assignment was put onto Landra Parr and Camberley Gunter, who despite both giving up several inches to Foster, did a great job of frustrating her.
Bowie started the game looking to attack. The team was rewarded with free throw attempts, making six of its nine attempts in the quarter. Only a couple of 3-pointers kept Childress in it as the Lady Rabbits led 13-8.
The second quarter was more of the same, with Jayci Logan scoring seven of the team’s 11 points. While Bowie got the free throw five times in the quarter, nothing went in.
Still, the defense frustrated as the Foster’s only shot in the first half came on a desperate step back 3-pointer at the buzzer. Childress’ Addilyn Keys and Chloe Teichelman were picking up the slack a little bit, but the Lady Rabbits led 24-15 at halftime.
Things picked up for the Lady Cats in the third quarter. Keys scored seven points and Childress were doing little things to earn points here and there, more than doubling its total from the first half despite Foster still not being a factor.
Bowie struggled to score as the team seemed to have a tougher time getting into the lane. A couple of 3-pointers and baskets allowed the Lady Rabbits to not fully collapse, tying the score up in the final minute of the quarter after falling behind. The teams were tied 34-34 heading into the fourth quarter.
Both teams had a slow start to the start of the final period. Bowie led only 37-34 and were still having trouble scoring the ball. Abbi Gamblin, who had missed the last two games with a wrist injury, was inserted.
While she had not started the game, she had played some minutes earlier in the game. In the next two minutes she provided an offensive boost, scoring five points before being subbed out. Along with a 3-pointer from Logan, the Lady Rabbits lead was now 45-36 with only four minutes left to play.
Bowie ran down the clock a minute before Childress started to send the Lady Rabbits to the free throw line.
The Lady Cats Teichelman scored seven points in the quarter to try and keep pace, but Bowie made 10 of its 17 free throw attempts in the quarter to extend its lead.
It was enough as the Lady Rabbits won 56-44.
The Lady Rabbits host the Lady Eagles at 6 p.m. on Feb. 7 on senior night.
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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