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Bowie completes comeback win against Nocona
The Bowie Lady Rabbits came back from seven runs to down to beat rival Nocona on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits won 17-9, with 16 runs scored in the final two innings to come back from what looked like a game controlled by the Lady Indians threw five innings.
Both teams started the second round of district play against the other. The first game was a back-and-forth high scoring affair that ended with Bowie winning 19-18 on a walk-off RBI hit.
It was the most competitive game both teams played throughout the first round of district as neither were able to win in their next six games.
Nocona struck first. Tobie Cable led off with a triple and Makenna Nobile’s groundball induced an error that allowed one run to score. Nobile would later on score the basepaths thanks to an error trying to prevent her from stealing second base.
Two more errors on hits from Stephany Gutierrez and Katy Barrtt allowed two more runs to score to make it 4-0 after the first inning in favor of the Lady Indians.
Bowie was able to get one run back in the second inning. Maddie Mandela grounded out which allowed Addie Farris to score from third base to make it 4-1.
Nocona made up for it with its next time to bat. Cable hit another triple to drive in a run. Nobile then drove her in on a groundout at third base to make it 6-1 heading into the third inning.
It was the rare scoreless inning as Lady Indian pitcher Sydnee Mowry struck out the side and Bowie pitcher Kaylie Kinney worked her way out of a bases loaded jam with one out.
After the Lady Rabbit bats again failed to produce in the fourth inning, Nocona added another run to its lead as Gutierrez hit an RBI single to make it 7-1.
The fifth inning saw Bowie get two base hits, but those runners were left stranded. The Lady Indians got their biggest lead of the game thanks to Cable’s bat again. After hitting the ball in right field, an error on the throw into the infield and then at third base allowed her to score.
With Nocona’s lead up 8-1 heading into the sixth inning, the Lady Indians could feel the program’s first victory against their rival in who knows how long coming if they could keep their composure defensively. Unfortunately for them, that slowly slipped away in the final two innings.
Kenzie Short led off for Bowie and hit a triple. Rylie Vieth followed and hit a groundball that induced an error that also led to Short scoring.
The Lady Rabbits loaded the bases with a single and drawn walk before an infield pop up was caught for out one. Mandela came through and hit a double that cleared the bases for three runs.
Following a strikeout for out two, Sadie Britt hit a double to drive another run. Traycee Stewart followed and hit a groundball that induced another fielding error that drove in another run.
Short came back up for the second time in the inning and hit a hard hit groundball to right field. An error trying to field the ball allowed the seventh run of the inning and tied the game up at 8-8 before Nocona got out three with the next batter.
The feeling of frustration on the Lady Indians side was palpable following the inning, but the team was determined to try and hold onto this game while they still could.
Following a fielding error at shortstop from Bowie that put one runner on base, Avery Crutsinger came through and hit a double to drive in the run and give Nocona back the lead 9-8 heading into the final inning.
Unfortunately for the Lady Indians and fortunately for the Lady Rabbits, the combination of timely hitting, some pitching wildness and some key errors led to another big inning for Bowie.
Farris would drive in a run on a groundout following Hannah Love’s leadoff double. Haley Webb hit another double that allowed Mandela to drive her home on an infield hit. Kinney then drove in a run thanks to an error on a groundball to the shortstop.
Following a strikeout for out two and the Lady Rabbits lead was only 11-9, but Bowie would keep the two out rally going for awhile.
The Lady Rabbits loaded the bases following two drawn walks. Vieth then hit a groundball to the shortstop that induced another error and scored one more run. Love drew a walk to score another run. Farris hit a groundball to second base and an error fielding it allowed three runs to score.
Following a hit batter, Mandela hit a single to drive in another run to make it 17-9 before the next batter struck out for out three.
All of the energy seemed sapped out of Nocona at this point as the game seemed out of reach following an inning where nothing seemed to go right for them. Still, the Lady Indians had some big bats coming up.
Raylee Sparkman led off with a single in the final inning. Cable then followed with a double for her third extra base hit of the night to put two runners in scoring position.
Unfortunately, the next two batters hit infield pop flys that were caught, followed by a groundball hit to pitcher Kinney, who mad the throw to first for the final out of the game.
Bowie won 17-9.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Lady Indians played their final game of the regular season with a drubbing of Alvord at home.
The Lady Indians won 11-1 after six innings due to run-rule to end their season on a positive note despite no playoffs.
The game was rescheduled from last week due to weather.
Nocona was coming off a tough loss against Muenster the previous game, but knew it had a chance against Alvord after beating the Lady Bulldogs 6-4 in the first game.
The game started slow, but the Lady Indians got the lead with one run in the first inning. Alvord answered with one run in the third inning before Nocona retook the lead and never let it go.
The Lady Indians scored three runs in the third inning, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and the final two in the sixth inning to end the game on Charity Claxton’s sacrifice bunt that scored the last run.
Nocona won 11-1.
Coach Nolan Lanham thought it was the most complete game the team had played all season.
While he is sad this year’s season is complete, he is excited about what the team accomplished this year and what it can build off of it in the coming years.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians won their first game against Chico on Tuesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Indians won 9-4 against the Dragons.
Nocona was coming into the game after a close, low-scoring series against Perrin-Whitt that saw the Indians win one game and lose another.
The Indians took an early lead with Brody Langford driving in a run on a single. Chico answered with two runs in the same inning to take back the lead 2-1.
The teams exchanged runs in the next four innings.
Nocona tied the score at 2-2 in the second inning when RJ Walker hit a sacrifice fly ball deep enough to score one run. The Dragons took the back the lead with an RBI double in the third inning to make it 3-2.
The Indians again tied the score in the fourth inning when Langford hit into a fielder’s choice out with the bases loaded. Once again, Chico retook the lead in the fifth inning, also scoring on a fielder’s choice groundout to go up 4-3.
After a scoreless sixth inning, Nocona was down to its final three outs of the game.
With two runners on base and two outs and looking at a full-count, Caden Belcher came through for the Indians with a base hit. It scored the tying run and the second runner was waived home and had a chance to score the game’s winning run. He was just tagged out for out three, but not before Nocona had tied the score at 4-4.
Chico loaded the bases up with one out in the seventh inning, but Wesley Murphey stepped up and struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam scot free and force the game into extra-innings.
Nocona was still reeling from the momentum of the last inning and it came through in the eighth inning.
With two runners on base and two outs, the Indians started a two-out rally with Wesley Murphey hitting a triple that brought both runners home to score.
Langford followed with a single that drove in one run. Following another single, Konnor Harrington hit a single that drove in another run. Following a walk that loaded the bases, a passed ball allowed Nocona to score another run.
The Indians more than doubled their seven inning total, scoring five runs and leading 9-4.
Wesley Murphey and the defense then closed the door, striking out the first batter before inducing groundouts to shortstop and second base for outs two and three to end the game.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played their final regular season series in a double-header on Tuesday against Lindsay.
The bigger Knights won both games by run-rule, 12-2 after six innings and 15-2 after five innings.
Saint Jo had last played a week ago in a double-header against Muenster’s JV and varsity teams. The Panthers competed well with the JV team, but struggled more against the varsity team.
Lindsay had no JV team so Saint Jo had to play the 2A school twice and hoped it could compete.
The Knights got off to a fast start in game one, scoring seven runs in the first inning and never looking back.
The Panther defense played better from then on, never allowing Lindsay to score more than two runs in an inning and even holding the Knights scoreless in two innings.
Saint Jo was able to score in the fifth inning when the team loaded the bases and drew two walks to score two runs.
That was enough to keep the game from ending after five innings, but Lindsay scored two runs in the sixth inning to end the game early with the score 12-2.
The second game saw Lindsay score at least one run in every inning, highlighted by seven in the second inning.
Saint Jo scored two runs in the fourth inning. Charlie Evans hit an RBI double. Later he scored on the base paths after Lindsay failed to prevent a stolen base elsewhere.
The game ended after five innings with the Knights winning 15-2.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost its final regular season game against Alvord on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings due to run-rule.
Bellevue knew it was going to be tough competing against a bigger school, but was hoping to compete.
Unfortunately, the Bulldogs came through and scored 14 runs in the first inning to suck any momentum from the Eagles before they had even had a chance to bat.
Bellevue prevented Alvord from scoring in the second inning, but not the third or fourth innings.
The Eagle bats did not have much luck scoring any runs as the Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings.
Bryce Ramsey and Blake Reese got the only two hits for Bellevue in the game. Alvord racked up 15 hits, drew nine walks and were hit by five pitches which led to all of the runs.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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