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Bowie beats Nocona 13-2
The Bowie baseball team beat rival Nocona at home on Tuesday in five innings due to run rule.
The Jackrabbits won 13-2 as they overcame a bad start that allowed the Indians to take the lead first.
Nocona led off the game and Trey Pepper drew a walk with one out. Kooper Hansard followed with a hit towards third base that resulted in an error that allowed him to safely reach first and Pepper to reach third.
A wild pitch allowed Pepper to score. Another wild pitch during the same at bat allowed Hansard to advance to third base. Following a fly out to left field. Hansard would score thanks to a passed ball, giving the Indians a 2-0 lead.
Bowie bounced back with its bats. Carson Sanders led off with a single. Following a steal, Sanders would be advanced to third base following a groundout for out two.
Devin Melton drew a walk before Kawlyer Swearingin drove in Sanders on a single.
Logan Hutson followed with a double that drove in both base runners, giving Bowie the lead 3-2 before a fly out ended the first inning.
The Indians tried to get things going on offense as Carlos Castro was able to reach first thanks to a fielding error at shortstop. Castro would then be picked off at first, which was unfortunate for Nocona as Johnny Stone then hit a single to get on base.
Bowie pitcher Troy Kesey would strike out the next batter for out three to end things.
The Jackrabbits added to their lead. Jake Fallis led off with a single. Following a steal, Sanders would move him to third with a single. Sanders would be allowed to second base due to defensive indifference.
Cade Thompson then flew out to center field, but it was deep enough to score Fallis and advance Sanders. Sanders would later score on a wild pitch to make the score 5-2.
Kynan DeMoss and Melton followed with singles. Both advanced to scoring position on a passed ball, but DeMoss would later get caught trying to steal home for the third out.
The Indians’ offense failed to get a base runner on in the third inning while Bowie’s offense kept rolling.
Swearingin and Hutson led off the inning with singles. An error in the outfield on Hutson’s hit allowed Swearingin to score and Hutson to reach third base. Colton Richey followed and grounded out to the shortstop, but it allowed Hutson to score.
Fallis followed with a single. He advanced to second base on a groundout where Sanders would drive him in on a single. Thompson followed with a single and DeMoss’ hit into right field produced an error that allowed Sanders and Thompson to score, upping the Jackrabbit’s lead 10-2.
Nocona’s Colton Russell got on base with a single to left field. He would later steal second base to put himself into scoring position. Unfortunately for the Indians, that is where he would stay as a fly out and strike out followed.
Bowie was in position to add more runs to its lead with the bases loaded and one out. A fly out to centerfield and a relay throw home in time to throw out the runner produced an inning ending double play for the Indians. Nocona hoped it could spark its offense.
Stone drew a leadoff walk, Ty Presley was hit by a pitch and Trey Pepper hit a single to load the bases for the Indians. It would be Nocona’s best scoring chance.
Stone would be caught trying to steal home and caught in a pickle. The next batter grounded out to second base as Bowie worked its way out of the jam.
The Jackrabbits needed to score two runs to end the game early due to run rule. Thompson drew a one out walk. After stealing second base, DeMoss’ hit to shortstop produced an error that allowed Thompson to score.
DeMoss would then steal second base before Melton’s hit to third base also produced an error that allowed Melton to reach first safely.
Swearingin then came up and ended the game with a two-RBI triple, making the final score 13-2.
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It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
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Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
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Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
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