Bowie baseball hosted its tournament last weekend and got things going in a better direction by the end of Saturday.
The Jackrabbits rebounded from a sloppy start the first couple of days to win both games on Saturday and finish 2-3.
The tournament started less than 24 hours after the team’s comeback win against Dodd City on Wednesday night playing area power Iowa Park.
Things did not go well for Bowie. The highlight was Cade Thompson driving in Logan Hutson on a single to cut the score to 2-1 in the bottom of the second inning.
The Hawks responded by scoring eight runs in the third inning and four more in the sixth inning. Bowie had trouble matching that, totaling only four hits and two walks during the game as the team lost 14-1.
The team could only play better Friday morning against Alvord, but things were still not great. The Bulldogs scored the game’s first seven runs before the Jackrabbits started scoring in the third inning.
Bowie scored in twos and threes in the final three innings, but could not keep Alvord off the board. The Bulldogs scored at least one run every inning besides the first and scored five in the fourth inning to extend their lead.
The Jackrabbits could not put together a big scoring inning to catch back up before the game was called after five innings, Alvord winning 13-7. Jacob Fallis led the team with two RBIs and scored two runs.
Bowie had all day to get ready to play better against Whitesboro on Friday night. It did not start well. The Bearcats came out hitting early and scored four runs in the first three innings.
The Jackrabbits had little success creating scoring chances for the first four innings. In the fifth inning the team loaded the bases with no outs. Hutson drove in one run with a single. Devin Melton then scored on a wild pitch and Thompson drove in a run on a ground out.
Bowie had cut the lead to 4-3, but only had one more chance to take the lead. Carson Sanders drew a walk with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the next batter struck out to end the game.
Even with the loss on Friday night, Coach Tyler Price felt like his team’s defense had stepped up from the first two games and was feeling hopeful about Saturday.
Bowie played Sanger at noon and battled like the team was ready. The Indians scored in the opening inning one run, but the Jackrabbits would answer with four run innings in the second and sixth inning. With one more run scored in the fourth and no runs from Sanger for the rest of the game, Bowie won easily 9-1.
Melton, Hutson and Thompson each drove in two runs apiece to lead the team. Sanders led the team with three hits and scored three runs to lead the team. Kawlyer Swearingin stuck out nine batters and gave up only three hits as he pitched a complete game. The run was unearned.
Following a one-sided win the team had needed after a difficult two days, Bowie then immediately played Archer City.
The Jackrabbits were still feeling some of the momentum from the first game as they scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Two runs were scored thanks to fielding errors, then Colton Richey drove in a run and then Thompson scored on a steal home.
The Wildcats would answer back in the second and third as they scored three runs to cut into the lead.
Bowie would score once more in the bottom of the third inning. Kynan DeMoss drove in a run on a double to extend the lead to 5-3.
Archer City would keep it close as it scored once more in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 5-4, but the Jackrabbits would hold on in the final two innings to win the game.

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