SPORTS
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.
Bowie
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won on the road on Tuesday night, winning in Vernon to improve their district record to 3-2.
The Lady Rabbits won in straight sets, with two of the three being pretty competitive.
Bowie was coming off a tough loss at Holliday and needed to bounce back against the Lady Lions.
The first set was as competitive as it could be. The Lady Rabbits barely escaped with the win 25-23 to go up early in the match.
Following the big momentum swing of pulling out the close set, Bowie then went on to dominate in set two. Vernon never got anything going as the Lady Rabbits rolled over the Lady Lions 25-8 to go up 2-0.
Vernon woke up for the final set, not ready to roll over and give Bowie set three so easily. It was competitive and though not quite as dramatic as set one, the Lady Rabbits did have to execute at the end to close it out. Bowie won 25-20 to win the set and the match 3-0.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians won their ninth match in a row with a win on the road at Collinsville.
The Lady Indians won a tight match 3-1, with all but one of the sets being competitive.
Nocona had barely been challenged in the past several weeks, but the Lady Pirates offered a challenge.
The Lady Indians barely won sets one and four, winning by the smallest margin in both with the score being 26-24.
Collinsville did win set two 25-22 to initially tie the match up, also winning the first set off of Nocona in the last eight matches.
The Lady Indians bounced back strong to win set three in the most one-sided set of the match 25-15 before clutching things out in the final set to win.
Saint Jo vs Forestburg
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won their second district match on Tuesday with a win against Forestburg.
The Lady Panthers won in straight sets against the Lady Horns. The set scores were 25-9, 25-14 and 25-14.
Saint Jo came in expecting to win as the team is planning another playoff run later this season. The win moves the Lady Panthers to 2-0 in district and into first place.
Missing scores
Bellevue had a bye-game earlier this week.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs won their first district match at Gold-Burg on Tuesday night.
The Lady Bulldogs won 3-1, coming back to win after losing the opening set of the match.
Prairie Valley was coming into the match after losing its opening district match at Saint Jo the previous week in ugly fashion. For the Lady Bears, it was their opening district game.
Last year the two teams battled for second place in the district, ultimately needing to have a play-in game after splitting the regular season matches. It was Gold-Burg that came out on top last year.
This year, both teams look radically different with much younger rosters and less depth overall.
The Lady Bears grabbed control with their good serving and scrappy defensive style in the first set. They led 16-9 at one point.
Prairie Valley came back to tie the set up at 17-17, but once Gold-Burg broke the serve it was in control for the rest of the set.
The Lady Bears went 8-2 to close the set, winning 25-19 to take the lead.
The second set saw the Lady Bulldogs get under control to play a bit more solid, not getting sucked into playing Gold-Burg’s style of play. Prairie Valley led 15-10, but the Lady Bears tied up the score at 16-16.
The Lady Bulldogs then went on a good streak of good serving and solid play to close out the set. Prairie Valley went 9-1 on its way to win 25-17 to tie the match up at 1-1.
The third set went all to the Lady Bulldogs. Gold-Burg struggled with serve-receive and Prairie Valley was not bailing them out with service errors.
The Lady Bulldogs dominated, winning 25-6 to take the lead 2-1 and with a big boost of momentum.
The opening 20 points of set four was competitive with Prairie Valley leading only 11-9 at that point. Then the Lady Bulldogs got hot from the service line again and Gold-Burg had not answer.
Prairie Valley extended its lead to 20-10 and everyone could see the end was near.
The Lady Bears did win six of the final 11 points of the set to make it respectable, but the Lady Bulldogs won 25-16 to win the set and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
County cross country teams ran at Lindsay and at Prairie Valley on Wednesday morning.
The Nocona boy’s team got first running at Lindsay while the Bowie team finished third.
At Prairie Valley, the Bellevue girl’s team finished first overall while the hosts finished second. On the boy’s side, it was Prairie Valley that won first while Bellevue finished third.
The Nocona Indians were led by Claudio Segura who finished first overall with a time of 18:42. The top five Nocona runners included Ivan Vera (4th), Freddy Duran (5th), Omar Salinas (7th) and Jhett Miller (11th).
The Jackrabbit team was led by Alex Castro who finished second with a time of 18:55. Bowie’s top five runners included Liam Pearson (10th), Ryder McChesney (20th), Monte Mayfield (24th and Kaz Williams (38th).
The Nocona girls were one runner short of competing as a team. Jayce Rose had the highest finish, getting fifth place with a time of 15:12.
Bowie had only girl compete, with Samara McChesney finishing second in the JV race with a time of 18:55.
At Prairie Valley’s race, the Lady Eagles were led by Brylie Hager who finished second with a time of 14:41. Bellevue’s top five runners also included Brittany Gill (3rd), Kaycee Conner (5th), Callie Martin (6th) and Tristan Shook (7th).
The Prairie Valley girls finished second overall and were led by Linzie Priddy who finished first with a time of 14:31. The top five runners also included Natalee Young (9th), Renee Stout (12th), Christy Anderson (13th) and Kennedy Stone (14th).
The Prairie Valley boys team ended up finishing first overall in that race. Josh Stout was the team’s top runner finishing 3rd with a time of 20:08. The Bulldogs top five runners also included JR Jones (4th), Tyson Easterling (5th), Matt Deen (13th) and Hunter Camden (18th).
Bellevue finished third and was led by River Trail who finished 2nd with a time of 19:18. The Eagles top five runners included Brycen Bancroft (9th), Jayson Gill (16th), Ryan Jones (19th) and Evan Chavez (21st).
Gold-Burg did not have enough runners in either race to compete as a team, but some still did well. Isaac Renteria finished first overall in the boys race with a time of 17:52. In the girls race, Ollie Gaston finished fourth overall with a time of 16:35.
Pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News for results of all varsity runners.
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