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Jackrabbits win game one 9-5
The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team took game one of its regional quarterfinals series against Wall on Thursday night.
The Jackrabbits won 9-5 in a game that went to extra-innings after nearly giving the game away in the seventh inning when the Hawks came back to tie the score.
Up until then the underdog Bowie team, playing a Wall team that was ranked 10th in the state in the last poll, led for most of the game from the very beginning.
In the first inning, Carson Sanders got on base with a one out single. Kynan DeMoss then drove him in on a double into the gap to put the Jackrabbits up 1-0.
There were no more scores in the second and third inning from either team. The Jackrabbits added to their lead in the fourth inning thanks to some good plate discipline and overall erratic pitching from the Hawk’s pitcher. Bowie drew three walks, had a hit batter and had one fielding error from Wall that got the leadoff runner on base.
Two runs came in to score to put the Jackrabbits up 3-0.
Bowie added some more runs in the fifth inning. After DeMoss and Devin Melton drew walks, Colton Richey drove them both in with a triple to up the lead to 5-0. The Hawks had seen enough and changed pitchers and got out of the inning without letting Richey score from third.
It also was the inning where Wall bats finally broke through. Sanders got the start on the mound for Bowie. He and the defense had been keeping the Hawks at bay by making the routine plays though they had been threatening almost every inning up until then.
After loading the bases up with a base hit, a drawn walk and a hit batter with no outs, Wall finally was able to get one home with a single two batters later to cut the lead to 5-1. The Hawks were set up to score more with only one out at that point, but Sanders retired the next two batters with pop ups to first base to limit the bleeding.
After a scoreless sixth inning and a 1-2-3 inning from Bowie with its bats, the Jackrabbits were three outs away from ending the game. Wall was not going to make it that easy with its backs against the wall.
A leadoff double triggered Jackrabbit Coach Tyler Price to change pitchers to Cade Thompson. After a walk and a forced out at home, a single drove in one run. A sacrifice fly to right field followed that scored another run and made it two outs. A triple was then hit that drove in another run and also put the tying run at third base.
Price made another change at pitcher and put Kawlyer Swearingin in to try and get the last out. With a full count, Swearingin got the strikeout, but it was dropped. It took some bad bounces and it allowed not only the batter to reach first safely, but it also allowed the runner from third base to come in and score to tie the game up at 5-5.
Swearingin retired the next batter with a fly out to right field, but the damage had been done and the game would go to extra innings.
A lot of teams would have been spooked giving up four runs in the last inning, at certain points being one strike away from ending the game. Instead, this Bowie team went back out for the eighth inning with the goal to get its lead back.
Swearingin led off and set the tone. After failing to prevent the tying run from coming in to score on the mound in the previous inning, Swearingin saw only two pitches before he sent the ball over the centerfield wall for a sole home run.
The Jackrabbits were not satisfied with just a one run lead. Logan Hutson and Brody Armstrong followed with back-to-back singles. Following a strikeout, Sanders hit a single that drove in one run. An error in the outfield allowed the other runner to come around and score and for Sanders to reach third base. DeMoss then drove him in with a single. Bowie got the four runs it gave up the previous inning back and led 9-5.
Price changed pitchers again to DeMoss for the start of the eighth inning. After two infield pop ups for outs, a single put one base runner on and the fear of a two-out rally coming from the Hawks again after the last inning was on everyone’s mind.
Luckily DeMoss forced a fly out to left field for out three to end the game. The Jackrabbits won 9-5.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
This past week found your outdoor scribe doing some rather mundane things such as yard work, vegetable gardening and repairs around the old cabin. Oh, I also wrapped up a couple of magazine articles. I always enjoy sharing my adventures with all of you in this column but to be perfectly honest, not nearly as much as my ‘field work’ hunting and fishing which is an iatrical part of any good outdoor column. If you’re like me, you much prefer reading about an adventure that you can also partake.
I am far more comfortable telling you about an outdoor experience I had firsthand knowledge of rather than the reporting part of my job as an outdoor communicator. So, this week, I’d do a bit of ‘reporting’ and share some planned adventures I have scheduled for the next couple weeks. By the time you’re reading this, I will have already been in the woods in quest of a fat ‘eater’ hog and probably have some freshly caught blue catfish fillets in the freezer, details will follow in the next couple of weeks.
I’ll kick things off early in the week heading down to my friend Jeff Rice’s Buck and Bass Ranch located on the upper end of Lake Fork. Jeff produces our weekly TV show “A Sportsman’s Life” which airs on Carbon TV and YouTube. Our plan is to film a segment of our show on stalking wild hogs. It will be a challenge to capture the shot with all the thick grown spring vegetation. It could happen fast and require a fast shot. We will be breaking in my CVA Cascade scout rifle in 308 caliber. This short barrel little rifle is light and easy to handle in thick cover, ideal for this type of hunting. Our plan is to hit the woods during the last couple hours of daylight and ease along the trails, watching and especially listening for hogs. Wild porkers are vocal critters and it’s common to hear them before seeing them. We will play the wind and attempt to get downwind and then close the distance for a shot but you can never guess how a hog hunt will unfold. Wild pork or not, Jeff and I always have a great time together and I plan to bring a side of wild pork ribs already slow smoked and covered in brown sugar and BBQ sauce with a side of camp baked beans!
After a tasty dinner we plan to get a good night’s sleep and head out the next morning for a planned fishing trip with guide David Hanson at Lake Tawakoni. Both channel and blue catfish are on a very good bite right but it’s hard to pass up those snow white blue catfish fillets when the bite is good. David is, to my knowledge, the most veteran catfish guide on the lake and became friends close to a quarter-century ago when we first began fishing
together. The plan is to use freshy cut shad in shallow water and target eater size blues weighing between 2 and about 10 pounds but as every catfish angler knows, it’s always possible to connect with a big trophy size blue when fishing Tawakoni.
Next week, I plan to join my long-time friend J.C. McCollough on the Red River below the Texoma dam. I’ve been fishing and hunting with J.C. for many years and look forward to getting with him again. I would describe this to catching big catfish in a barrel but in this case the deep holes in the river are comprised of several acres. The water level in the river below Texoma are dictated by the water release at the dam by the Corp of Engineers. When there is a current in the river, fish move upstream to feed on baitfish coming through the dam. When the water recedes, they fish move into the deeper holes where baitfish also seek refuge from the falling water. Catching will be fast paced with the chance to connect with some big fish as well as limits of “eater” size fish. We’ll be rigging with big live gizzard shad fished weightless on a free line, using medium spinning gear. The bigger fish will often nail the frisky live shad and the fresh cut bait is a sure way to connect with lots of smaller fish. There is something very exciting about fishing big live baits on a slack line. One minute your bait will be darting around and you will occasionally feel it taking up slack and the next when a big blue catfish grabs the bait, the rod will bow and the fight will be on. There is usually no ‘setting the hook’, by the time you feel the fish, it will already be hooked and making a strong run to the nearest submerged brush. Your job will be to keep the drag set just enough to keep pressure on the fish but not so much as to cause the line to break.
J.C. uses his airboat to access these deeper holes because of the very shallow water. While it’s not impossible to portage a kayak or small boat in the river, it often requires a few miles travel to get to these deep holes, this is best accomplished by experienced kayakers with plenty of endurance. There was a time when I was game for this type fishing but I much prefer to do my river fishing these days from a boat designed to negotiate the shallow waters.
Squirrel season is underway in many of the east Texas counties and there’s some pretty good fox squirrel hunting here close to home in Kaufman county and I’ve been thinking about how tasty a big skillet of smothered squirrel with rice, gravy and biscuits would be. Bream are on the beds now and my friend Edgar Cotton invited me to come do some ‘perch jerking’ with him and his son David-it’s in the plans! Well, hopefully next week I will have a ‘sure nuff’ adventure of two to relate you you-I’m ready to get some relief from all this work around the homeplace! LC
You can contact Tawakoni/Fork catfish guide David Hanson at 902-268-7391. Contact J.C. McCollough at 580-372-0320.
Listen to Luke’s podcast, “Catfish Radio” just about everywhere podcast are found.
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