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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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of weekend edition of the Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
This past week found your outdoor scribe doing some rather mundane things such as yard work, vegetable gardening and repairs around the old cabin. Oh, I also wrapped up a couple of magazine articles. I always enjoy sharing my adventures with all of you in this column but to be perfectly honest, not nearly as much as my ‘field work’ hunting and fishing which is an iatrical part of any good outdoor column. If you’re like me, you much prefer reading about an adventure that you can also partake.
I am far more comfortable telling you about an outdoor experience I had firsthand knowledge of rather than the reporting part of my job as an outdoor communicator. So, this week, I’d do a bit of ‘reporting’ and share some planned adventures I have scheduled for the next couple weeks. By the time you’re reading this, I will have already been in the woods in quest of a fat ‘eater’ hog and probably have some freshly caught blue catfish fillets in the freezer, details will follow in the next couple of weeks.
I’ll kick things off early in the week heading down to my friend Jeff Rice’s Buck and Bass Ranch located on the upper end of Lake Fork. Jeff produces our weekly TV show “A Sportsman’s Life” which airs on Carbon TV and YouTube. Our plan is to film a segment of our show on stalking wild hogs. It will be a challenge to capture the shot with all the thick grown spring vegetation. It could happen fast and require a fast shot. We will be breaking in my CVA Cascade scout rifle in 308 caliber. This short barrel little rifle is light and easy to handle in thick cover, ideal for this type of hunting. Our plan is to hit the woods during the last couple hours of daylight and ease along the trails, watching and especially listening for hogs. Wild porkers are vocal critters and it’s common to hear them before seeing them. We will play the wind and attempt to get downwind and then close the distance for a shot but you can never guess how a hog hunt will unfold. Wild pork or not, Jeff and I always have a great time together and I plan to bring a side of wild pork ribs already slow smoked and covered in brown sugar and BBQ sauce with a side of camp baked beans!
After a tasty dinner we plan to get a good night’s sleep and head out the next morning for a planned fishing trip with guide David Hanson at Lake Tawakoni. Both channel and blue catfish are on a very good bite right but it’s hard to pass up those snow white blue catfish fillets when the bite is good. David is, to my knowledge, the most veteran catfish guide on the lake and became friends close to a quarter-century ago when we first began fishing
together. The plan is to use freshy cut shad in shallow water and target eater size blues weighing between 2 and about 10 pounds but as every catfish angler knows, it’s always possible to connect with a big trophy size blue when fishing Tawakoni.
Next week, I plan to join my long-time friend J.C. McCollough on the Red River below the Texoma dam. I’ve been fishing and hunting with J.C. for many years and look forward to getting with him again. I would describe this to catching big catfish in a barrel but in this case the deep holes in the river are comprised of several acres. The water level in the river below Texoma are dictated by the water release at the dam by the Corp of Engineers. When there is a current in the river, fish move upstream to feed on baitfish coming through the dam. When the water recedes, they fish move into the deeper holes where baitfish also seek refuge from the falling water. Catching will be fast paced with the chance to connect with some big fish as well as limits of “eater” size fish. We’ll be rigging with big live gizzard shad fished weightless on a free line, using medium spinning gear. The bigger fish will often nail the frisky live shad and the fresh cut bait is a sure way to connect with lots of smaller fish. There is something very exciting about fishing big live baits on a slack line. One minute your bait will be darting around and you will occasionally feel it taking up slack and the next when a big blue catfish grabs the bait, the rod will bow and the fight will be on. There is usually no ‘setting the hook’, by the time you feel the fish, it will already be hooked and making a strong run to the nearest submerged brush. Your job will be to keep the drag set just enough to keep pressure on the fish but not so much as to cause the line to break.
J.C. uses his airboat to access these deeper holes because of the very shallow water. While it’s not impossible to portage a kayak or small boat in the river, it often requires a few miles travel to get to these deep holes, this is best accomplished by experienced kayakers with plenty of endurance. There was a time when I was game for this type fishing but I much prefer to do my river fishing these days from a boat designed to negotiate the shallow waters.
Squirrel season is underway in many of the east Texas counties and there’s some pretty good fox squirrel hunting here close to home in Kaufman county and I’ve been thinking about how tasty a big skillet of smothered squirrel with rice, gravy and biscuits would be. Bream are on the beds now and my friend Edgar Cotton invited me to come do some ‘perch jerking’ with him and his son David-it’s in the plans! Well, hopefully next week I will have a ‘sure nuff’ adventure of two to relate you you-I’m ready to get some relief from all this work around the homeplace! LC
You can contact Tawakoni/Fork catfish guide David Hanson at 902-268-7391. Contact J.C. McCollough at 580-372-0320.
Listen to Luke’s podcast, “Catfish Radio” just about everywhere podcast are found.
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