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Lady Rabbits win in five sets

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits won an up and down five-set match at Paradise on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits were coming off a tough, but positive stretch at their final tournament and was trying to keep that energy and level of competition up.
The Lady Panthers came into the game ranked in the top 20 in the state in 3A according to the Texas Girls Coaching Association so Bowie knew it would not be easy.
For most of the first set the Lady Rabbits made it look easy though. They led by multiple points for most of the set, with the biggest lead being 19-11 at one point as Paradise was not sharp at first.
The Lady Panthers then came storming back to make it a set as Bowie tried to close it out while not completely losing all of its momentum. The Lady Rabbits did eventually win the set 25-22, but how the set ended was telling of things to come.
In a reversal from the first set, it was Paradise who got out to a big early lead in the second set. The Lady Panthers scored the first seven points as Bowie had trouble receiving Paradise’s server for a stretch.
The Lady Rabbits cut the lead to five points 10-5, but could not get much closer for the rest of the set. With the lead extending to 19-11 for Paradise, there was no big comeback for Bowie to try and get any momentum going.
The Lady Panthers won 25-16 to tie the match at 1-1.
The beginning of the third set had a long 5-10 minute stretch of inaction after the first two points were played. Some error had the Lady Rabbits out of their rotation and despite protests from Coach Breanna Jones, Bowie just had to play on.
For most of the set being out of rotation did not seem to negatively affect the Lady Rabbits as they led for the majority. Up 16-14 and both teams playing competitive, Paradise then went on an 8-2 run to take the lead.
Bowie could not recover as the Lady Panthers won the set 25-21 to take the match lead 2-1.
It looked like the match was heading towards an end in the fourth set in favor of Paradise. Still in control, Paradise got out to a lead early in the set and led 10-5.
Instead of giving up, the Lady Rabbits came back to tie the score immediately at 10-10. The two teams traded one-point leads for the next 20 points, with Bowie opening up a small lead 21-19 heading into the final stretch.
The Lady Rabbits were then able to close out the set well as they won 25-21 to tie the match at 2-2 and force a fifth and final set.
With the set played to 15 instead of 25, fifth sets are much more tight as each point and lead is precious since there are up to 20 less points.
Therefore when Bowie went up 6-1 at the start, a lot of the pressure and drama seemed to disappear. Paradise then won the next three points to cut the lead to 6-4 to rise the tension back a bit.
The Lady Rabbits extended their lead again to 9-5, but again the Lady Panthers came back to make it 10-8.
Then Bowie won the next five points with solid play to win the set 15-8 and the match 3-2, ending an up and down frustrating game with a little bit of an anti-climax.

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Bowie Baseball Interview

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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Baseball Roundup

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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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