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Lady Rabbits lose home opener to Boyd 3-1
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News
Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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