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Bowie baseball goes 4-1 at first tournament
The Bowie Jackrabbits went 4-1 in the weekend’s hosted American Cancer Society tournament.
The Jackrabbits got wins against Muenster, Southwest Christian, Sanger and Alvord while a losing a close one against Peaster.
Bowie’s first game against Muenster saw the Jackrabbits get out to a good start. Troy Kesey and Zach Gilmore both hit a RBI singles and a wild pitch allowed Bowie to score three runs in the first inning.
The Hornets cut the lead to one run in the fourth inning, but an RBI from Colton Richey followed.
The fifth inning ended up being the final one and the Jackrabbits pulled away with an RBI double from Tucker Jones and a two-run home run from Cade Thompson. Bowie won the game 7-2.
Richey pitched all five innings and allowed six hits and one earned run while strike out three and walking three.
The next game that same day was against private school Southwest Christian, who were state-runners up last year.
It was scoreless for the first three innings until Devin Melton drove in a run a run on a sacrifice fly to right field. Thompson then hit a groundball to the shortstop who committed an error that allowed another run to score.
In the fifth inning, Logan Hutson drove in two more runs on a single to left field. The Eagles cut the lead to one in the sixth inning thanks to an RBI single and a two-run home run, but the Jackrabbits held on to win 4-3.
Carson Sanders pitched all seven innings, giving up six hits and three earned runs while striking out five.
Friday was not a good day for Bowie against Peaster. The Greyhounds scored two runs in the first inning two in the fourth inning to take the lead 4-0.
The Jackrabbits scored on run in the fourth by loading the bases and Hutson getting hit by a pitch. Kynan DeMoss drove in another run in the fifth inning on a single, but it would not be enough. Peaster won 4-2.
Hutson started the game on the mound and pitched 3.2 innings while allowing four runs on three hits, six walk and striking out three. Jake Fallis came in to pitch the final 2.1 innings and allowed no runs on two hits while striking out two. The team left 11 base runners stranded.
Saturday proved to be a good day for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits run-ruled Sanger 15-0 in three and half innings. DeMoss and Kesey both led the team with three RBIs. DeMoss and Kawlyer Swearingin both hit home runs in the game while Kesey hit a triple.
Swearingin also pitched all four innings allowing one hit and two walks while striking out six.
Bowie’s next game against Alvord was a bit more challenging.
Both teams scored one run in the first inning. Richey hit a sacrifice fly to right field to drive in the run.
The Jackrabbits then scored four runs in the second inning. Swearingin drew a walk with a bases loaded and A.J. Whatly was then hit by a pitch to drive in runs. Swearingin would later score on a wild pitch and Whatley would score on a passed ball to give Bowie a 5-1 lead.
The Bulldogs would the cut the lead to one in the fourth inning, but the Jackrabbits would hold on to win after five innings 5-4.
It was not the prettiest game with only three hits from the team and pitchers Melton, Fallis and Swearingin combining for nine walks, but Bowie found a way to win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona golf teams competed at their hosted tournament at Indian Oaks Golf Course on March 12 and both did well.
The Lady Indians team finished second overall while the boy’s team got fourth.
The Nocona girl’s team shot 426 total and was led by Jessie Howard who shot a 97. The Lady Indians top four players included Estella Womble (104), Paige Davis (112) and Heidi Atteberry (113).
Alex Sosa shot 115 and Avery Crutsinger shot 119, but their scores did not count towards the team total.
The Nocona boy’s had two teams compete. The first team shot 349 overall and was led by Landon Fatheree who got a score of 78.
The team’s top four scorers included Jake Pribble (85), Kutter Cabrera (92) and Caden Gaston (94). Logan Gaston shot 97, but it did not count towards the team’s total.
The second team shot 370 overall and was led by Jax Fuller who shot 88. The team’s top four scorers included Jentry Miller (91), Brody Langford (92) and Caleb Cavallaro (99). Cooper Johnson shot 113, but it did not count towards the final total.
Stetson Forsyth competed individually and shot a 93.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona hosted a track meet on March 10 that featured four area schools.
Both Bowie track teams finished first overall ahead of Muenster in second place.
For Nocona, the boy’s team finished third and the girl’s team got fourth place. Saint Jo saw its girl’s team finish third and its boy’s team get fourth place. The Bellevue girls team got fifth place.
The Jackrabbit team won nine events. Isaac Renteria got first in the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 3200 meter races. Russell Anderson won both the 200 meter and 400 meter races.
Braden Rhyne won the 300 meter hurdles and Tyler Richey won the 110 meter hurdles. Jorge De Leon won the shot put event. Bowie closed out the meet by then winning the 4×400 meter relay race.
The Lady Rabbits had three first place finishes. Individually, Samara McChesney won the pole vault event. In the relays, both the 4×100 and 4×200 teams earned first place as well.
The Nocona boy’s team won only one event, but finished second in six events. McCrae Crossen won the pole vault event.
The Lady Indians finished first in five events. Grace Brown and Ava Johnson both won two races. Brown won the 400 and 800 meter races, Johnson won the 100 and 200 meter races. Nocona finished the meet winning the 4×400 meter relay.
For the Saint Jo girls team, the team won two events and got second in three events. Savannah Hill won the 300 meter hurdles and Bryndle Brewer won the long jump.
The Saint Jo boy’s team had Damon Byrd win both the long jump and triple jump as the Panthers finished second in two other events.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles had Mattie Broussard win the high jump and the 1600 meter race while the team got second in five other events.
To see results for all varsity athletes from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo and Bellevue who finished in sixth place or better, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Nocona
The Nocona Indians played only one game last week due high winds later in the week, losing at Petrolia.
The Pirates won 9-0 in a game where not much went right for the Indians.
Petrolia scored five runs in the first inning thanks to three singles and three fielding error. The Pirates added one run in the third inning, two in the fifth and one more in the sixth inning.
Nocona had much trouble with its bats all game, finishing with only one hit and drawing five walks. Petrolia’s defense was stingy, only committing one fielding error, so the Indian offense struggled to say the least.
Landon Fathree got the team’s one hit in the game. The team struck out 10 times while drawing five walks.
Brody Langford got the start on the mound and pitched five innings while giving up eight run (three earned) on six hits while striking out six batters. The defense committed six fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played Electra on last week and lost a close game against the Tigers.
Electra won 7-6 in a game the Panthers knew they should have been able to win.
Saint Jo fell behind early in the game by five runs and spent the rest of it trying to catch back up. In the end, despite the Panthers ending with 12 hits, the team fell one run short.
Trent Gaston had a team high two RBIs. Sam Martin had three hits to lead the team.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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