SPORTS
Bowie falls to Iowa Park 11-0
The Bowie Lady Rabbits faced a tough test at home on Tuesday night against Iowa Park.
The Lady Hawks were able to end the game early after five innings, winning 11-0 as the Lady Rabbits struggled against the bigger school.
In the first inning Bowie allowed a leadoff walk to start the game. Fortunately, the defense was able to get the runner out trying to steal as catcher Kenzi Short made a great throw to second base. The next two batters were out with no problem thanks to solid defense and the Lady Rabbits escaped with no runs given up.
Bowie did not have much luck with its first time up to bat. All three batters struck out as the team had an issue getting its bat on the ball.
In the second inning, pitcher Alexa Holzer forced a ground out to the shortstop and struck out the next batter for the first two outs. The next batter hit a blooper over the shortstop for a single as Iowa Park hoped to rally with two outs.
Two wild pitches allowed the runner to advance to third base, where a base hit would score. The batter hit the ball hard into the outfield, but it had enough air under it for the outfielder to catch the ball cleanly for the third out, escaping another inning with a runner on base.
Unfortunately on offense, the Lady Rabbits did not have much more success. All three batters were sat down with strike outs as the game moved to the top of the third inning still scoreless.
The leadoff batter was hit to get on base. After a strike out, an infield single and fielder’s choice loaded the bases up. A bases clearing double and a triple followed, scoring four runs for the Lady Hawks as they took the lead 4-0. Bowie was able to get out of the inning with a pop up double play.
The Lady Rabbits needed to respond with their bats, but still could not make much contact. The first two batters struck out. The third batter laid down a successful bunt and tried to run out the throw, but Iowa Park covered it well and threw the runner out at first base for the third out.
The fourth inning did not start well again for Bowie. The leadoff batter hit a single into left field and the next batter was hit by a pitch to put two runners on base. A successful bunt advanced both runners into scoring position, where they would eventuaully score on a single and a steal home, upping the score to 6-0 for the Lady Hawks.
While the Lady Rabbits leadoff batter avoided striking out with a hard hit ground ball to second base, Iowa Park made the play for the first out. The next two batters struck out swinging as the game moved to the fifth inning.
A hit batter and single started the inning off not well for Bowie. After a strike out, an error in right field allowed the bases to be loaded. The Lady Rabbits defense was able to force a fielder’s choice out at home for the second out as the team hoped to get out of the jam.
Unfortunately another fielding error this one on a tough pop fly in the shallow outfield, allowed two runs to score. A bunt was laid down that loaded the bases again and a double drilled into the gap cleared the bases, putting Iowa Park up 11-0. Bowie got out of the inning two batters later with a fly out to center field.
The Lady Rabbits needed to score at least two runs to avoid having the game stopped due to run rule. The first batter struck out, the teams 11th of the game. Though it was dropped, the batter could not beat the throw to first base and was out.
The next and final two batters were able to put the bat on the ball. A bunt down the third base line was fielded well by the Lady Hawks for the second out. That was followed with a ground ball hit to third base. Again, Iowa Park fielded the ball clean and the throw was good for the third and final out as Bowie would lose 11-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
This past week found your outdoor scribe doing some rather mundane things such as yard work, vegetable gardening and repairs around the old cabin. Oh, I also wrapped up a couple of magazine articles. I always enjoy sharing my adventures with all of you in this column but to be perfectly honest, not nearly as much as my ‘field work’ hunting and fishing which is an iatrical part of any good outdoor column. If you’re like me, you much prefer reading about an adventure that you can also partake.
I am far more comfortable telling you about an outdoor experience I had firsthand knowledge of rather than the reporting part of my job as an outdoor communicator. So, this week, I’d do a bit of ‘reporting’ and share some planned adventures I have scheduled for the next couple weeks. By the time you’re reading this, I will have already been in the woods in quest of a fat ‘eater’ hog and probably have some freshly caught blue catfish fillets in the freezer, details will follow in the next couple of weeks.
I’ll kick things off early in the week heading down to my friend Jeff Rice’s Buck and Bass Ranch located on the upper end of Lake Fork. Jeff produces our weekly TV show “A Sportsman’s Life” which airs on Carbon TV and YouTube. Our plan is to film a segment of our show on stalking wild hogs. It will be a challenge to capture the shot with all the thick grown spring vegetation. It could happen fast and require a fast shot. We will be breaking in my CVA Cascade scout rifle in 308 caliber. This short barrel little rifle is light and easy to handle in thick cover, ideal for this type of hunting. Our plan is to hit the woods during the last couple hours of daylight and ease along the trails, watching and especially listening for hogs. Wild porkers are vocal critters and it’s common to hear them before seeing them. We will play the wind and attempt to get downwind and then close the distance for a shot but you can never guess how a hog hunt will unfold. Wild pork or not, Jeff and I always have a great time together and I plan to bring a side of wild pork ribs already slow smoked and covered in brown sugar and BBQ sauce with a side of camp baked beans!
After a tasty dinner we plan to get a good night’s sleep and head out the next morning for a planned fishing trip with guide David Hanson at Lake Tawakoni. Both channel and blue catfish are on a very good bite right but it’s hard to pass up those snow white blue catfish fillets when the bite is good. David is, to my knowledge, the most veteran catfish guide on the lake and became friends close to a quarter-century ago when we first began fishing
together. The plan is to use freshy cut shad in shallow water and target eater size blues weighing between 2 and about 10 pounds but as every catfish angler knows, it’s always possible to connect with a big trophy size blue when fishing Tawakoni.
Next week, I plan to join my long-time friend J.C. McCollough on the Red River below the Texoma dam. I’ve been fishing and hunting with J.C. for many years and look forward to getting with him again. I would describe this to catching big catfish in a barrel but in this case the deep holes in the river are comprised of several acres. The water level in the river below Texoma are dictated by the water release at the dam by the Corp of Engineers. When there is a current in the river, fish move upstream to feed on baitfish coming through the dam. When the water recedes, they fish move into the deeper holes where baitfish also seek refuge from the falling water. Catching will be fast paced with the chance to connect with some big fish as well as limits of “eater” size fish. We’ll be rigging with big live gizzard shad fished weightless on a free line, using medium spinning gear. The bigger fish will often nail the frisky live shad and the fresh cut bait is a sure way to connect with lots of smaller fish. There is something very exciting about fishing big live baits on a slack line. One minute your bait will be darting around and you will occasionally feel it taking up slack and the next when a big blue catfish grabs the bait, the rod will bow and the fight will be on. There is usually no ‘setting the hook’, by the time you feel the fish, it will already be hooked and making a strong run to the nearest submerged brush. Your job will be to keep the drag set just enough to keep pressure on the fish but not so much as to cause the line to break.
J.C. uses his airboat to access these deeper holes because of the very shallow water. While it’s not impossible to portage a kayak or small boat in the river, it often requires a few miles travel to get to these deep holes, this is best accomplished by experienced kayakers with plenty of endurance. There was a time when I was game for this type fishing but I much prefer to do my river fishing these days from a boat designed to negotiate the shallow waters.
Squirrel season is underway in many of the east Texas counties and there’s some pretty good fox squirrel hunting here close to home in Kaufman county and I’ve been thinking about how tasty a big skillet of smothered squirrel with rice, gravy and biscuits would be. Bream are on the beds now and my friend Edgar Cotton invited me to come do some ‘perch jerking’ with him and his son David-it’s in the plans! Well, hopefully next week I will have a ‘sure nuff’ adventure of two to relate you you-I’m ready to get some relief from all this work around the homeplace! LC
You can contact Tawakoni/Fork catfish guide David Hanson at 902-268-7391. Contact J.C. McCollough at 580-372-0320.
Listen to Luke’s podcast, “Catfish Radio” just about everywhere podcast are found.
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