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Lady Rabbits lose home opener to Boyd 3-1

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits hosted their first game on Tuesday playing a young but talented Boyd team that had given the team its only loss of the season a few days earlier.
The Lady Jackets won 3-1, coming back from losing the first set to convincingly win the next three sets.
The Lady Rabbits were hoping to get another shot at a Boyd team that prevented them from playing in the Burkburnett tournament championship game three days earlier. Bowie instead lost in two sets and ended up beating Vernon to finish third overall.
Boyd has regularly been rated in the top 10 teams in the state in 3A in recent years, but a new coach and a young inexperienced team means the team is as vulnerable as it has been.
Tournament results are not always respected since the games are played only to a best of three sets instead of the normal five. Teams are also right in the middle of having played several games that day or the previous day that wears on them physically and mentally more than the normally scheduled games.
The Lady Rabbits were hoping being fresh and at home would give them a better chance against the Lady Jackets.
The first set saw Bowie come out ready to play. It was competitive for the first 25 points as neither team built any sort of a substantial lead over the other.
The Lady Rabbits led 13-12, but a 4-1 run saw that lead blossom to 17-13.
Boyd came back to close the lead down to one or two points, but Bowie was able to close things out in control and playing well 25-22, taking a 1-0 lead.
Unfortunately, that would be the highlight for the Lady Rabbits.
After starting set two down before rallying to tie, the Lady Jackets took control and led 9-6. That lead grew and never got any closer for Bowie. Hitting errors and mistakes not present in the first set seemed to happen frequently and the energy was noticeably down for the Lady Rabbits.
Boyd easily won the set 25-17 to tie the score at 1-1.
Unfortunately, it was rinse and repeat for sets three and four that were scored 25-17 and 25-19. Bowie fell behind early and could never play as solid or with as much energy as it did in set one to make up any of the deficits.

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Bowie Baseball Interview

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

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.

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