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Bowie softball lights it up
In their final tournament of the season, the Bowie Lady Rabbits softball team had a winning record at Iowa Park last week.
The Lady Rabbits went 3-2 during three days of games, winning in dominating fashion while also being challenged.
The Bowie team did not start the tournament well. The Lady Rabbits played Archer City and lost in frustrating fashion. No Bowie pitcher could find the strike zone. The Lady Rabbits walked 12 Lady Cat batters and hit seven batters during four innings.
Despite only giving up three hits and committing only one fielding error, Archer City still scored 12 runs.
On offense, Bowie had trouble stringing hits together or finding its way on base in any other way. The Lady Cats would go on to win 12-0.
Highlights included extra base hits from Jasmine Jones and Season Eudey.
The Lady Rabbits had nowhere to go but up. Facing Rider next, Bowie bounced back to win in five innings 13-5, scoring at least one run in every inning on offense.
Kyle Fleming led the team with three RBIs while Jayci Logan and Kenzi Short each drove in two. The team had six extra base hits and stole 13 bases, led by Hannah Love swiping three bases.
The next day started bad again for Bowie. Petrolia hit all over the Lady Rabbits, scoring eight runs in the first inning and never looking back. Bowie did good to recover, giving up only one more run in the next three innings, but unfortunately its offense failed to get anything going.
The Lady Rabbits had four hits, with one being an extra base hit from Season Eudey, and failed to draw any walks. Bowie would lose 9-0 to the Lady Pirates.
The Lady Rabbits came into the final day on Saturday looking to finish the tournament strong. Playing a tough game against Tascosa, the teams exchanged runs the entire game.
The Lady Rebels had the lead for most of the game, up 8-3 heading into the bottom of the third inning. Bowie would tie the game the next two innings where the score would stay until Tascosa scored one run in the sixth inning to take a 9-8 lead.
The Lady Rabbits rallied in the final inning, drawing two walks with one out before an RBI single by Love tied the game. With runners in scoring position and only one put, the Lady Rebels allowed a pitch to get by the catcher, allowing Addie Farris to score the winning run on a passed ball. Bowie won 10-9.
Highlights included Jones hitting a three-run home run in the fourth inning to initially tie the game up. She finished with a team high four RBIs. Kenzi Short had two doubles in the game and Jayci Logan had a team high three steals to go with the team’s eight for the game.
The final game of the tournament against Seymour turned out to be a fun one. Both teams were scoring runs in bunches and the Lady Panthers actually led 7-6 after two innings.
Bowie would more than double its run total in the third inning and take over from there. The Lady Rabbits would score three runs or more in five of the six innings in the game while their defense shut Seymour out from the fourth inning on. Bowie would win big 21-9.
Highlights included Gracie Bently driving in a team high four RBIs, including a home run a two doubles.
Logan drove in four runs as well as hitting two doubles. Jones hit her second home run of the day as she drove in three runners.
Holzer only allowed one walk while striking out five batters in four innings of work while the defense had two fielding errors.
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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