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Lady Rabbits lose tough one to Holliday
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a frustrating game in their rematch against Holliday at home on Tuesday night.
The Lady Eagles came out on top 60-54 in a game where the Lady Rabbits had plenty of chances to steal the win.
Bowie came into the game after getting Friday off and after wrapping up the first round of district play in third place with a 4-2 record. One of those two losses came against Holliday, that had just dropped its first district game at Nocona the previous game. The Lady Eagles were also without one of their key players due to injury.
The first game between the teams back in December saw the game played pretty even save for one two minutes stretch before halftime where Holliday went on an 11-0 run before halftime.
Despite facing a size disadvantage, the Lady Rabbits knew they could play with the Lady Eagles if they could just avoid giving up a bad stretch.
Unfortunately, that was how the game started for Bowie. Playing in a 2-3 zone to try and prevent Holliday from using its size to score around the basket, the Lady Eagles bombed away from the 3-point range and made four in the first quarter.
Holliday built its lead to 16-3 in the first four minutes, another double-digit hole the Lady Rabbits were hoping to avoid. Bowie switched up its defense to man-to-man after that to avoid giving up open 3-point shots and did better the rest of the game.
The Lady Rabbits got going offensively thanks to Taygon Jones and Maddie Mandela putting their heads down, getting in the lane and drawing free throw attempts. The referees were quick on the whistle for both teams as both picked up seven fouls in the first quarter alone. Bowie did a better job of taking advantage of that by drawing more free throws against the physical Lady Eagles.
Unfortunately, it was not the best free throw shooting day for the Lady Rabbits. It was enough to slow the game down and disrupt Holliday’s momentum to cut the lead to 22-11 heading into the second quarter.
Foul trouble became an issue for both teams in the second quarter. It was turning the game into a free throw shooting contest with both teams already in the bonus. Unfortunately for Bowie, despite doing a better job of drawing free throws the team continued to struggle from the line.
On the flip side, with the Lady Rabbits only playing eight girls, the team tried desperately not to let players get too many fouls which was not as worrisome for a Lady Eagles’ team that had more players suited out.
Still, Bowie did a good job of closing the lead down to single-digits with eight points scored from Jones and a 3-pointer from Haley Webb making the score 30-23 at halftime.
The third quarter saw both teams score quite a bit as the foul calls were cut down. The Lady Rabbits seemed to never be able to get any closer than six points from Holliday as the Lady Eagles always had an answer for them. Bowie did try to turn up the pace by bringing full-court pressure and traps into the equation with some success near the end of the quarter.
Holliday still led 49-43 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Eagles slowed the pace down and made the Lady Rabbits pay with good offense to build a 60-48 lead with a little more than three minutes to play. Thanks to poor free throw shooting from Holliday down the stretch, Bowie was able to scrape back into the game to make the lead within reach.
Time was running out and a turnover with seven seconds left made a miracle comeback impossible as the Lady Eagles won 60-54.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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