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Bowie boys lose in Holliday 56-39
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost a tough game at Holliday on Friday after week from their last game.
The Jackrabbits offense fell flat in the second half as the Eagles coasted to a 56-39 with a parade of free throws at the end.
Bowie started the game well against the big and physical front line of Holliday. Cade Thompson had a great start to the game, making two 3-pointers and scoring nine of the team’s 13 points in the first quarter.
The Jackrabbits did a lot of switching defenses from possession to possession, pressing after some made baskets and going into a two-three zone or just straight up man defense.
All of it was to try and keep the Eagles post players from getting the ball cleanly and scoring around the basket.
It was a team effort, but Bowie did a good job of making every shot a tough contest and Holliday’s players struggled to finish.
Bowie did a good job of finding lanes and driving to the rim, finishing among tough contests and even earning a few free throws. Brody Armstrong came off the bench to score seven points in the first half for the Jackrabbits.
The Eagles got a lift in the first half from Nathan Williams off the bench. He made four 3-pointers and finished with 13 points, half of his teams points during that time. Thanks to him, Holliday led 26-24 heading into halftime.
The second half did not start well for Bowie. The Eagles immediately scored baskets on their first three possessions, even finishing inside and doing what they wanted with little opposition. Up 32-24 barley a minute into the second half, the back-and-forth nature of the first half was broken open.
The Jackrabbits would need to answer with a run themselves but turnovers, forced and unforced, prevented them from getting into any sort of a flow. Creating good looks at the basket seemed to be harder and outside shots were not going in.
Thompson scored on two baskets and scored five points, but Bowie only scored eight in the quarter as a team.
While the defense did eventually come back to make things more difficult for Holliday as the quarter went along, The Jackrabbits did not completely shut the Eagles down for the rest of the quarter.
Holliday scored enough to stretch its lead to nearly double-digits 41-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
A big run or a flurry of consecutive baskets never came for Bowie as the team’s offense continued to struggle. Even if the Jackrabbits defense would have somehow held the Eagles scoreless for the whole quarter, the Jackrabbits seven points would have fallen short of coming back.
Unfortunately, Holliday did continue to score mostly thanks to the 17 free throw attempts in the final quarter since Bowie was not just going to sit there and let them run the clock out. The increased defensive intensity did not lead to many turnovers or easy baskets in transition for the Jackrabbits either.
The Eagles did not shoot a high percentage from the free throw line, but made enough down the stretch to make the final score 56-39.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Lady Indians played their final game of the regular season with a drubbing of Alvord at home.
The Lady Indians won 11-1 after six innings due to run-rule to end their season on a positive note despite no playoffs.
The game was rescheduled from last week due to weather.
Nocona was coming off a tough loss against Muenster the previous game, but knew it had a chance against Alvord after beating the Lady Bulldogs 6-4 in the first game.
The game started slow, but the Lady Indians got the lead with one run in the first inning. Alvord answered with one run in the third inning before Nocona retook the lead and never let it go.
The Lady Indians scored three runs in the third inning, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and the final two in the sixth inning to end the game on Charity Claxton’s sacrifice bunt that scored the last run.
Nocona won 11-1.
Coach Nolan Lanham thought it was the most complete game the team had played all season.
While he is sad this year’s season is complete, he is excited about what the team accomplished this year and what it can build off of it in the coming years.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians won their first game against Chico on Tuesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Indians won 9-4 against the Dragons.
Nocona was coming into the game after a close, low-scoring series against Perrin-Whitt that saw the Indians win one game and lose another.
The Indians took an early lead with Brody Langford driving in a run on a single. Chico answered with two runs in the same inning to take back the lead 2-1.
The teams exchanged runs in the next four innings.
Nocona tied the score at 2-2 in the second inning when RJ Walker hit a sacrifice fly ball deep enough to score one run. The Dragons took the back the lead with an RBI double in the third inning to make it 3-2.
The Indians again tied the score in the fourth inning when Langford hit into a fielder’s choice out with the bases loaded. Once again, Chico retook the lead in the fifth inning, also scoring on a fielder’s choice groundout to go up 4-3.
After a scoreless sixth inning, Nocona was down to its final three outs of the game.
With two runners on base and two outs and looking at a full-count, Caden Belcher came through for the Indians with a base hit. It scored the tying run and the second runner was waived home and had a chance to score the game’s winning run. He was just tagged out for out three, but not before Nocona had tied the score at 4-4.
Chico loaded the bases up with one out in the seventh inning, but Wesley Murphey stepped up and struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam scot free and force the game into extra-innings.
Nocona was still reeling from the momentum of the last inning and it came through in the eighth inning.
With two runners on base and two outs, the Indians started a two-out rally with Wesley Murphey hitting a triple that brought both runners home to score.
Langford followed with a single that drove in one run. Following another single, Konnor Harrington hit a single that drove in another run. Following a walk that loaded the bases, a passed ball allowed Nocona to score another run.
The Indians more than doubled their seven inning total, scoring five runs and leading 9-4.
Wesley Murphey and the defense then closed the door, striking out the first batter before inducing groundouts to shortstop and second base for outs two and three to end the game.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played their final regular season series in a double-header on Tuesday against Lindsay.
The bigger Knights won both games by run-rule, 12-2 after six innings and 15-2 after five innings.
Saint Jo had last played a week ago in a double-header against Muenster’s JV and varsity teams. The Panthers competed well with the JV team, but struggled more against the varsity team.
Lindsay had no JV team so Saint Jo had to play the 2A school twice and hoped it could compete.
The Knights got off to a fast start in game one, scoring seven runs in the first inning and never looking back.
The Panther defense played better from then on, never allowing Lindsay to score more than two runs in an inning and even holding the Knights scoreless in two innings.
Saint Jo was able to score in the fifth inning when the team loaded the bases and drew two walks to score two runs.
That was enough to keep the game from ending after five innings, but Lindsay scored two runs in the sixth inning to end the game early with the score 12-2.
The second game saw Lindsay score at least one run in every inning, highlighted by seven in the second inning.
Saint Jo scored two runs in the fourth inning. Charlie Evans hit an RBI double. Later he scored on the base paths after Lindsay failed to prevent a stolen base elsewhere.
The game ended after five innings with the Knights winning 15-2.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost its final regular season game against Alvord on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings due to run-rule.
Bellevue knew it was going to be tough competing against a bigger school, but was hoping to compete.
Unfortunately, the Bulldogs came through and scored 14 runs in the first inning to suck any momentum from the Eagles before they had even had a chance to bat.
Bellevue prevented Alvord from scoring in the second inning, but not the third or fourth innings.
The Eagle bats did not have much luck scoring any runs as the Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings.
Bryce Ramsey and Blake Reese got the only two hits for Bellevue in the game. Alvord racked up 15 hits, drew nine walks and were hit by five pitches which led to all of the runs.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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