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Bowie loses heartbreaker in overtime
It was a hugely disappointing ending to Friday’s game for the Bowie Jackrabbits.
Iowa Park came back to not only tie the score in the final seconds, but eventually win in overtime 25-22.
The Jackrabbits came into the game still seeking their first win of the season, though they had come close more than once. After a better than expected showing against Jim Ned the previous week and facing a similarly struggling Hawks team that came in with only one win, expectations were high for Bowie to get its first win.
The first quarter went by scoreless as neither team had much success moving the ball. The Jackrabbit defense early on seemed to be winning the line of scrimmage and shutting down Iowa Park’s run game, pushing the Hawks backwards on most plays.
That did not spread to the offensive side of the ball as Bowie’s offense failed to get much push running the ball consistently.
Still, the Jackrabbits did have the most successful drive of the quarter as quarterback Brody Armstrong used his legs to extend a pass play before hitting deep on a pass that put Bowie into Iowa Park territory. Unfortunately, the Jackrabbits stalled at the Hawks 24-yard line.
A beautiful punt from Iowa Park was downed at the one-yard line and Bowie’s offense embarked on the first scoring drive of the game. Armstrong plunged in from a yard out about midway through the second quarter to put the Jackrabbits up 6-0.
The defense kept up its energy for Bowie and forced a turnover on downs near midfield. The offense took over and then drove down the field again, punctuating the drive with running back Matthew McCarty scoring on a short run. A successful two-point conversion put the Jackrabbits up 14-0.
Running out of time before halftime, the Hawks offense made their first real bid to score hitting on some big run plays from quarterback Parker Allen. With less than two minutes to play, Allen hit his receiver on a contested 14-yard catch in the end zone cut the lead to 14-7.
Bowie tried to answer, but ended up punting the ball away with a little more than a minute left to play. The Hawks bid to try and tie the score up before halftime was interrupted as Brycen Park intercepted a pass on the drive’s first play to keep the Jackrabbits lead heading into the second half.
Bowie’s offense started the second half driving into Iowa Park territory. A touchdown run that would have put the Jackrabbits up two scores was called back thanks to a taunting penalty during the run. Later in the drive a desperate throw to the end zone was intercepted by the Hawks, wiping out that score and coming back to haunt Bowie later in the game.
The Jackrabbit defense held strong on the next drive, forcing a turnover on downs at their own 24-yard line, but they could not hold forever now that Iowa Park’s offense had some momentum running the ball from the end of the first half.
After Bowie punted the ball away, the Hawks drove down the field and scored on a short jet sweep run to tie the score at 14-14 right before the end of the third quarter.
Coming into the final period, the Jackrabbit offense responded on their next drive. Armstrong scrambled up the middle of the defense mostly untouched on a 12-yard run. The good two-point conversion put Bowie up 22-14 with 9:08 left to play.
The Jackrabbit defense then tried to seal the game. On the next drive Braden Rhyne intercepted a pass near midfield.
After the offense could not do much, the Hawks drove down into Bowie territory before the defense again got a big stop, forcing a turnover on downs at its own 17-yard line with 1:42 left to play.
Iowa Park had two timeouts left and the Jackrabbit offense failed to move the ball after three plays and had to punt the ball back to the Hawks with less than a minute left.
Unfortunately, disaster struck as an Iowa Park player came through to the punt and recovered the ball at Bowie’s one-yard line with 34 seconds left.
The Jackrabbit defense somehow held on the first quarterback sneak attempt, but could not stop the second hurried attempt that was pushed over with seven seconds left.
The Hawks then needed to convert on the two-point conversion and succeeded to tie the game up at 22-22 to force overtime.
Bowie got the ball first at Iowa Park’s 25-yard line. If the Jackrabbits scored first and then held the Hawks then they would have won.
Unfortunately, the first offensive play saw Bowie throw an interception. Iowa Park then got the ball on the Jackrabbit’s 25-yard line and just needed to score in any way, even a field goal, to win the game.
The Hawks moved the ball to Bowie’s 12-yard line, but was stalled on third down.
This set up Iowa Park for a 29-yard field goal to win the game. The kick went through the uprights to give the Hawks the 25-22 overtime win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers picked up a high-scoring win against Perrin-Whitt on Thursday to get their second straight district win and some revenge.
The Lady Panthers won 35-20 against the Lady Pirates, nearly equaling the total when both programs played on the gridiron during the fall.
Saint Jo was coming off a big win the previous week against Bryson, but had lost the last time it played Perrin-Whitt by 10 runs in another high-scoring game.
The Lady Panthers did not start the game off well, allowing 11 runs in the top of the first inning before they had even gotten a chance to bat yet.
Most teams would crumble, but Saint Jo fought back slowly at first before picking things up.
The Lady Panthers scored three runs in the first inning to cut the lead to 11-3.
Perrin-Whitt added four more runs in the second inning to go up 15-3, which in most games is insurmountable.
Saint Jo answered with eight runs in the bottom of the second inning, cutting the lead to 15-11.
The Lady Pirates scored five runs in the third inning and went up by nine runs 20-11. Then the Lady Panthers had a monster offensive inning that went on for awhile.
Saint Jo scored 18 runs in the third inning, not only getting its first lead, but going up by nearly double-digits 29-20.
The Lady Panthers had the momentum and it showed on defense in the fourth inning, allowing no runs for the first time all game by either team.
Saint Jo then went for the kill, scoring six runs to end the game early due to run-rule with the final score being 35-20.
Mercedes Diaz led the team with seven RBIs as she hit one of the two home runs for the Lady Panthers, with the other going to Lily Cook. Maxey Johnson was right behind with six RBIs and Kamron Skidmore had four.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians started the second round of district with a dominant win against Era on Monday.
The Lady Indians won 16-0 after four innings, winning by run-rule against the Lady Hornets.
Nocona went 3-2 in the first round of district, only losing to big dogs Lindsay and Muenster. The first time the Lady Indians had played Era, it had been a close 5-2 win for Nocona so the team knew it had to come to play.
The Lady Indians started off well, scoring five runs in the first inning to take the early lead. Nocona added three runs during the next two innings to go up 8-0 as the Lady Indian defense shut down the Lady Hornets.
Nocona then went for the kill, scoring eight runs in the fourth inning to end the game early, winning 16-0.
Reagan Phipps and Tinley Cable each had home runs. Phipps had a team high three RBIs while Cable, Heidi Atteberry and Gwyndelyn Forsyth each finished with two RBIs.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their series against Henrietta last week as they search for their first district win.
The Jackrabbits lost to the Bearcats 10-0 and 9-5.
Bowie was coming off two series losses to Jacksboro and Iowa Park, but hoped it could compete better against a team not quite on those teams’ level.
The first game saw Henrietta jump out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning due to a fielding error and an RBI single. In the third inning, an RBI double and a fielding error at first base allowed two more runs to score as the Bearcats led 4-0.
The fourth inning saw Henrietta load the bases and score twice on drawn walks and hit two separate two RBI singles to extend its lead to 10-0.
Bowie needed to score at least one run to avoid getting run-ruled in the fifth inning, but besides drawing a two out walk, the Jackrabbits could not come through.
Bowie got hits from Boston Farris, Rayder Mann and Edmond De Leon, but those were the only hits in the game for the Jackrabbits.
On defense the team allowed 11 hits on the mound and had two fielding errors.
Bowie could only play better in the second game which was at home as well.
The Bearcats scored in the first inning on an RBI single to kick off the game. They added to it in the second inning, scoring two runs on a fielding error at third base and another run on a RBI double to go up 4-0.
The Jackrabbits answered in the bottom of the second inning. With the bases loaded Caden Belcher grounded into a fielder’s choice for an out at second base, but an error on the throw home allowed two runs to score. Later with a runner on third base, Austin Cheney laid down a bunt that scored a run and he was able to reach first safely to cut the lead to 4-3.
It did not stay close for long. Henrietta had a big fourth inning, scoring on an RBI single, two RBI double and a walk with the bases loaded as the Bearcats lead extended to 8-3
Henrietta added one more run in the fifth inning, hitting a sacrifice fly ball following a triple to make the score 9-3.
The score was the same entering the bottom of the seventh inning and Bowie down to its last three outs.
With runners at the corners, Mann tried to steal second base. An error on the throw allowed Mann to reach not just second base, but third base safely as Hayden Rodriguez scored from third base with no issue.
Next batter Trae Seigler struck out, which would have ended the game but it was dropped. He beat out the throw to first base which meant Mann’s run home counted and cut the lead to 9-5. Unfortunately, the next batter did strike out to end the game.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News. For more pictures from last week’s home game, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6874157&T=1
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