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The Bowie Lady Rabbits won on the road Friday night at City View in a game they are happy to escape.
The Lady Rabbits held on to win 69-63 in a game they were usually comfortably ahead until the end.
Bowie came out on fire in the first quarter making six 3-pointers. The last half of the quarter saw the Lady Rabbits end on a 15-2 run, building their lead to 24-8.
Bowie had a tough time trying to corral some of the Lady Mustangs quick guards, but when the team did with full court trapping, some turnovers were converted to points.
The Lady Rabbits offense calmed down a bit in the second quarter. The team scored pretty well and outscored City View 14-10, extending its lead to 20 points at halftime 38-18.
The game changed significantly in the second half. The physical full-court trapping defense from Bowie started getting fouls called at a much more rapid pace than the first half.
Before the third quarter was over the Lady Mustangs were already in the double-bonus, drawing more than 10 fouls and having attempted 14 free throws after only six in the first half.
This made the Lady Rabbits turn away from full-court pressure on defense to try and avoid committing more fouls, but that did not work.
With all of the free throw attempts and no longer having to worry about navigating the press, the Lady Mustangs more than doubled their first half total in the third quarter, scoring 22 points.
Thankfully for Bowie, despite dealing with foul issues, the team’s offense picked back up. Even with younger players playing large chunks, the Lady Rabbits had seven different players score while putting up 25 points.
Bowie still had more than a 20 point lead heading into the fourth quarter up 63-40, with the foul issue seeming like more of an annoyance that extended the game longer delaying the inevitable.
The Lady Rabbits played a lot of the fourth quarter with bench players with the game wrapped up and since most starters were in some sort of foul trouble. Unfortunately, Bowie’s offense went away in the fourth quarter while City View had a head of steam.
Midway through the quarter with the lead on the brink of shrinking to single digits, Lady Rabbit Coach Joe Crabb inserted his starters back into the game, but little changed.
One of the team’s leading scorers, Abbi Gamblin, quickly picked up her fifth and final foul.
At the end Bowie players started getting sent to the line to preserve time. The Lady Rabbits struggled, making only three out of 12 attempts in the quarter.
The Lady Mustangs kept getting closer, cutting the score to 69-63 with 43 seconds left. Fortunately for Bowie, City View ran out of fire power and time as the Lady Rabbits held on to win.

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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Baseball Roundup

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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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