SPORTS
Bowie wins 16-1
The Bowie Jackrabbits picked up an easy district win on Friday against City View.
The Jackrabbits won by run rule 16-1 in the fifth inning to close out a good week.
The Mustangs were able to take advantage of some Bowie mistakes in the first inning. Their leadoff hitter got on base with a single. One batter and a stolen second base later, an infield error allowed the runner to score and give City View a 1-0 lead.
It would not last long.
The Jackrabbits scored six runs in the first inning. Devin Melton, Kynan DeMoss and Logan Hutson all drove in one run. With the bases loaded, Hutson would score thanks to an error at second base on the base paths. A hit from Tucker Jones into the outfield produced an error and allowed the other two base runners to score.
In the second inning, the Mustangs were able to get one base runner on due to another infield error from Bowie with one out. Fortunately, pitcher Cade Thompson struck out the next batter and induced a fly out into the outfield.
The Jackrabbits offense picked up right where it left off. Melton led off with a hit. The bases were loaded after a fly out as both batters were hit back-to-back.
Colton Richey then came through with a bases clearing double to drive in all three runs. A wild pitch allowed him to advance to third base where Jake Fallis drove him in with a single to make the score 10-1.
Jones followed with a single, but the next batter would ground into an inning ending double-play.
The third inning was a rare three-up, three-down for both teams as neither had any luck getting any base runner on to initiate any offense. Bowie repeated it in the fourth inning, but its offense picked back up again.
With Thompson and Kawlyer Swearingin hitting singles and both stealing bases to be in scoring position, Fallis drove them in with a single.
Following a walk, A.J. Whatley would then drive a run in on a single. Melton then hit a ball into the outfield. Fielding errors from City View would allow both Whatley and Melton to score to make the score 16-1.
The Mustangs batted one more time, but pitcher Troy Kesey struck out the side the end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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