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The Bowie Jackrabbits suffered a setback on Friday with a loss at district leader City View.
The Mustangs won 74-47, beating the Jackrabbits for the second time this season by an almost identical score.
Bowie came into the contest hopeful, riding a three-game winning streak and feeling like their outside shooting was starting to peak. Three weeks since the first game, this time it was going to be different.
The Mustangs also were looking vulnerable. After sweeping through district beating every team by at least 20 or more points besides Holliday, City View had just barley escaped beating Nocona in overtime by one point.
The game started and the teams traded shots on offense. Bowie avoided complete disaster against the Mustangs full-court press.
The Jackrabbits were able to find some penetration, but with the long athletes City View had, the help defense made many shots at the rim a tough contest.
Bowie did a good job of kicking it out to shooters and the team made three 3-pointers in the first quarter. The Mustangs made three as well and had a one basket advantage 15-12 heading into the second quarter.
The Jackrabbits went small to try and match up more athletically with City View. Shots were not going in as much for Bowie, but the team was still hanging around down 26-22 late in the quarter.
The Mustangs would go on one of their runs though, closing the quarter scoring seven straight points, upping their lead to 33-22 at halftime. The Jackrabbits looked like they had just been stunned, with the first half being much closer before City View’s quick run all of sudden put them in a double-digit hole.
Bowie would need to come out in the third quarter to try and change the momentum of the game, but that did not happen.
The first two minutes saw the Mustangs score every possession, upping their lead to 41-26.
The Jackrabbits flow on offense was not there like they would have needed to come back from double-digit deficit.
Every shot proved tough, open 3-pointers that needed to go in missed. The physicality from City View grew wearisome.
While the Mustangs did a good job of taking advantage of transition opportunities while attacking defenders in isolation in the first game, City View also made more 3-pointers on Friday night at the right times.
Bowie did a good job to fight back from what was once a 20 point lead in the third quarter to trailing 51-34 heading into the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately the Mustangs’ offense exploded for 23 points in the final period, not giving the Jackrabbits a chance to try and come back. City View’s lead grew and grew as the game wore on, with the final score 74-47.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

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.

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