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Bowie falls short at Henrietta

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The Bowie Jackrabbits ran out of time for a second week in a row playing at Henrietta on Friday night.
The Bearcats held off a fourth quarter rally from the Jackrabbits to win 29-26.
Henrietta came in as favorite after winning its first two games while Bowie was still looking for its first victory. While the Jackrabbits were coming in with some confidence after coming back from 30 points down against Bridgeport the previous week and falling only one point short.
Bowie’s offense was going to take a hit as quarterback Brody Armstrong would have to sit out the first half of the game after being disqualified at the end of the previous game. Back-up sophomore Zac Harris would lead the Bowie offense and hope to put the team in a good position to win.
The Jackrabbit offense got into Bearcat territory on their first drive after a good kickoff return. Unfortunately, the offense fumbled the ball to Henrietta who returned it into Bowie territory. Later the Bearcats scored on a 16-yard touchdown pass to go up 7-0.
Henrietta scored on its next drive featuring a heavy dose of the run game, steadily driving down the field until punching it in from the one-yard-line to make it 14-0.
The Jackrabbit defense got their first stop of the game before the first quarter was done. Case Curry jumped up to intercept a pass a midfield.
The Bowie offense would take advantage. After converting a fourth and long during the drive, Harris would connect downfield with receiver A.J. Whatley for a 17-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 14-6 to begin the second quarter.
Both defenses were able to stifle any more scoring from the other team’s offense for the rest of the half, including forcing turnover on downs deep in their own territories. While the Jackrabbit defense did tighten things up, the Bearcats shot themselves in the foot every drive with penalties that set them back that helped Bowie.
The Jackrabbits were down only one score heading into halftime and would be getting their starting quarterback back who hopefully could jumpstart the offense.
Henrietta cleaned up the penalties and took the opening drive right down the field before scoring on a short run to up the lead to 21-6.
Bowie’s offense did not immediately change with Armstrong in the game as it turned the ball over on downs on its own 35 after only four plays. The Bearcats took advantage of the shortened field and scored on another short run to make it 29-6 midway through the third quarter.
The Jackrabbits were not going to give up though as they had been down worse just the previous week. On Bowie’s next drive, Armstrong used his legs to extend the play before firing deep and connecting with Whatley on a 46-yard touchdown that energized the Jackrabbit side, cutting the lead to 29-12.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter after the Bowie defense was able to get a stop the Jackrabbit offense drove into the Henrietta territory, but unfortunately turned the ball over on an interception while facing a fourth and long.
Thankfully Bowie’s defense was able to get another stop and the Jackrabbits quickly moved down field and scored when Armstrong took off down the right side for a 24-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 29-18 with 5:47 to play.
Bowie went for an onside kick that was pooched into air instead of on the ground and it was recovered by the Jackrabbits Trevor Hopson.
Things were not looking good as two negative plays pushed the Jackrabbits back into their own territory despite starting at midfield, facing a third and forever.
Bowie somehow converted thanks to a 41-yard pass to Hunter Taylor and later would score when Armstrong found running back Matthew McCarty open out in the flats and he ran around the right side for a 27-yard catch and run touchdown.
The Jackrabbits then scored their only two-point conversion of the game to cut the lead to 29-26 with 4:22 left to play.
The previous scoring sequence somehow only took 1:25 and everything had been going Bowie’s way during the quarter. The team still had two timeouts and the defense had been getting stops since midway through the third quarter. Even if the team could not recover another onside kick, surely the defense could get the ball back.
Unfortunately, the Jackrabbit offense never saw the field again. Henrietta recovered the onside kick and slowly but surely ran out the remaining time, never facing a scary fourth down conversion that would have stopped things.
Bowie ran out of time again, losing 29-26.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie football loses to Childress

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The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their final non-district game on Friday at Childress.
The Bobcats won 41-13, doing most of their damage in the first half while taking advantage of the Jackrabbits mistakes.
Bowie knew the game was going to be tough. Childress was coming off two losses against Bushland and Holliday, but had won close games in the first two weeks against Breckenridge and Abernathy.
The first quarter saw the Bobcats jump out ahead, scoring twice on a 31-yard run from the quarterback and 16 yards out by the running back to lead 14-0.
In the second quarter, Childress finished one more drive with a short run from the running back before disaster struck the Jackrabbits. An interception and then a fumble recovery were both returned for the touchdowns in the quarter, extending the Bobcats lead to 34-0 heading into halftime.
Bowie played better in the second half, limiting Childress to only one more touchdown, a 24-yard pass in the third quarter that put the Bobcats up 41-0.
The Jackrabbits finished the rest of the game playing better, technically winning the second half thanks to a pair of explosive runs from Tucker Jones. He scored on runs of 68 and 70 yards in the fourth quarter to help Bowie make the final score 41-13.
Those long runs helped Jones lead the Jackrabbits in rushing with 158 yards. Justin Clark was second with 93 yards.
As a team Bowie finished with 325 yards rushing for the game and had more than six minutes more time of possession.
Unfortunately, three turnovers in the first half, including two that went back for touchdowns, put the Jackrabbits behind.
The defense allowed Childress’ balanced offensive attack to gain nearly 400 yards of offense, but limited the Bobcats to only one score in the second half. Also, it forced a turnover in the game when Austin Cheney intercepted a pass.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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Interview with Saint Jo volleyball players Aubrey Morman (left) and Reagan Wilson following their win against Prairie Valley on Sept. 22, 2023.
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Area schools run at Alvord

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There were five different area schools running at Alvord’s Wyatt Dickerson Invitational on Wednesday.
Both Nocona teams finished second overall as the highest finishes for area teams that day.
The Lady Indians were led by Bayler Smith who finished second overall with a time of 12:38. The team’s top five runners also included Melissa Segura finishing fourth, Jolie Rose finishing 13th, Jayce Rose finishing 33rd and Ayden Patton finishing 37th.
On the Nocona boy’s team, Claudio Segura led the team by finishing fifth overall with a time of 19:03.
The Indians top five runners that counted towards team points also included Ivan Vera (9th), Andrew Perez (22nd), Karson Kleinhans (23rd) and Freddy Duran (29th).
The Bowie Jackrabbits finished sixth as a team in the same race. They were led by Alex Castro who finished eighth overall with a time of 19:09. The top five runners also included Liam Pearson finishing 19th, Monte Mayfield finishing 62nd, Isaiah Willett finishing 67th and Austin Jones finishing 74th.
The only Bowie girl runner, Samara McChesney, ran in the JV race and finishing ninth overall with a time of 15:17.
The Prairie Valley Bulldog team finished eighth overall. Josh Stout was the top runner for the team finishing 13th with a time of 19:35. The team’s top five runners also included Luckacey Peters (31st), Jayton Jones (35th), Hunter Camden (75th) and Dale Neugebauer (85th).
The Lady Bulldog team was one runner short of having enough for a team total. Linzie Priddy was the top runner for them, finishing third overall with a time of 12:47. Kasi Phillips, Emma Stout and Christy Anderson finished right after the other 65-67.
The Bellevue girls finished in ninth place as a team. The Lady Eagles were ledy by Brylie Hager who finished 10th overall with a time of 13:05. The team’s top five runners also included Brittany Gill (40th), Kaycee Conner (53rd), Tristan Shook (57th) and Callie Martin (62nd).
The Eagles team finished 11th overall at the meet. Bellevue was led by River Trail who finished 10th overall with a time of 19:16.
The Eagles top five runners also included Brysen Bancroft (64th), Ryan Jones (66th), Jayson Gill (83rd) and Braden Moore (86th).
Forestburg had one runner in each race represent its school. Bret Briles finished 47th overall with a time of 21:30. Justynne Roller finished 49th overall in her race with a time of 14:48.

To see results for all varsity high school runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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