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Comeback rabbits win 11-10
The Bowie Jackrabbits were able to come back again in their win against Jacksboro at home on a windy Friday night.
The Jackrabbits won 11-10 on another walk-off RBI that completed a comeback in the final inning, the team’s third this season and the second time during district play.
Bowie came into the game hoping to get some measure of revenge. The Tigers beat the Jackrabbits during spring break 11-4 in a game the coaches and players felt they did not play up to their standard.
Colton Richey got the start on the mound for Bowie and the defense started out the game well. Richey did not allow a base runner as he induced two groundouts and had one strike out.
While the Jackrabbits did not have trouble making contact with their bats in the first inning, all balls went right to Jacksboro players for outs as both teams ended the inning with no base runner in sight.
A hit batter with one out allowed the Tigers to get their first of the game in the second inning. Following a strike out, a walk put another runner on base.
The lead runner then stole third base to threaten Bowie’s defense, but Richey got out of the jam with a strike out for out three.
This left the door open for the Jackrabbits to grab control of the game. Kaylwer Swearingin got on first with a one out double. A wild pitch allowed him to reach third base before Logan Hutson drew a walk.
Another wild pitch allowed Swearingin to score and Hutson to reach second base. A ground out for the second out then allowed Hutson to advanced to third base.
Jake Fallis then drew a walk before Tucker Jones drove in Hutson with a single to make the score 2-0 as the game moved to the third inning.
Jacksboro got some things going with the bats. After the leadoff batter got hit by a pitch, a single followed. A groundout moved both runners into scoring position. Another groundout scored one run.
A fly ball to deep left field resulted in an error that scored the other base runner, tying the game at 2-2 before a strike out ended things.
Bowie took back the lead right away. Kynan DeMoss got on first with a one out double. Three straight drawn walks from Melton, Swearingin and Hutson drove in one run, before Richey came up and hit a double that drove in two more to make the score 5-2.
Despite two runners being in scoring, two strike outs followed to end the third inning.
The Jackrabbits did not allow any base runners in the fourth inning. Richey struck out two of the three batters and forced a fly out to right field.
Carson Sanders led off for Bowie with a single. A sacrifice bunt moved him to second base where DeMoss drove him in with a double to up the Jackrabbits lead to 6-2.
That is where DeMoss would stay even as Swearingin drew a walk, a strike out and ground out followed for the last two outs.
Bowie had seemed to have control for most of the game, but the fifth inning undid that momentum as things went wrong right away.
The Tigers leadoff batter got on base due to an error in the outfield, allowing him to reach second base. After a strike out, a hit batter, two singles, a fielder’s choice and an error trying to pick off a base runner allowed four runs to score.
Jacksboro had tied the game up at 6-6 and carried that over going forward. Fallis and Jones were both able to get on base with one out. Fallis drew a walk and Jones hit a single as it looked like Bowie would bounce right back to take the lead once again.
A sacrifice bunt moved both players into scoring position, but unfortunately a fly out into foul territory ended the scoring chance.
The sixth inning proved just as bad for the Jackrabbits on defense. Even with the team cycling through three different pitchers during the inning as Hutson came in for Richey before Swearingin came in, Jacksboro had scored four runs again to take a 10-6 lead.
The staff combined for four walks, one hit batter while giving up one single along with a fielding error at shortstop.
With the Jackrabbits giving up eight runs the last two innings, the team needed to do something to get back on track or it was in position to lose late to the Tigers again.
DeMoss led off and was able to reach first thanks to a fielding error. Melton followed with a drawn walk before back-to-back singles from Swearingin and Hutson drove both runners.
Richey was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs when Fallis hit a single to drive in one run.
After a strike out, Sanders hit into a fielder’s choice for the second out, but not before another run scored, tying the game at 10-10. Bowie fell short of taking back the lead as the batter struck out to end the sixth inning.
While the Jackrabbits had taken back some of Jacksboro’s momentum, the Tigers still had scored the previous two innings. With Swearingin on the mound now for Bowie, the inaccuracy from the previous inning was gone.
Despite giving up a one out single, Swearingin struck out two batters and forced a ground out to the shortstop for the third out to keep the score tied.
Just like the previous inning, DeMoss led off and was able to get on base by drawing a walk. Melton followed with a single. After a fly out, Hutson grounded into a fielder’s choice that moved both base runners into scoring position.
With two outs, Richey came up to bat with a chance to win the game. He had come through in a similar spot. In the team’s second game of the season he hit a walk-off RBI to complete a comeback win against Dodd City.
DeMoss had done something similar during district play with a walk-off RBI hit to win against Holliday.
The two came together on Friday as Richey came through again with a hit into left field that allowed DeMoss to score the game’s winning run. The final score was 11-10.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week 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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