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Jackrabbits open district with loss to Jim Ned

Published

2 years ago

10/12/2022

The Bowie Jackrabbits started district play on Friday by taking on perennial state power Jim Ned at home on Friday.
The Jackrabbits gave the Indians a competitive first half, but the game got away from them in the fourth quarter as Jim Ned won 48-18.
Bowie came into the game following a bye week and is hoping district play can be a fresh start for the team after a disappointing pre-district run of 0-5.
The Indians have been one of those programs that have been among the top 10 in the state the past several seasons. This year’s team though had a 2-3 pre-district record which was more losses than the previous two seasons combined.
Bowie was hoping it could shock the Texas High School football world and show things were going to be different during district play.
For most the first half, the Jackrabbits showed that. Jim Ned took the lead in the first quarter, capping off a drive with its run heavy attack on a short touchdown run to make it 7-0.
Bowie came back and scored a short touchdown as quarterback Brody Armstrong found Brycen Park for a four-yard touchdown pass. It was 7-6 heading into the second quarter.
The Indians scored again, this time on a six-yard pass to extend the lead to 14-6. The Bowie defense answered back as Park intercepted a pass and took it 43 yards for a touchdown to cut the lead down to 14-12.
Bowie had the ball back with the chance to go ahead, but unfortunately an interception was returned by Jim Ned deep in Bowie territory. This set up a short touchdown run to make it 20-14 heading into halftime, taking some of the wind out of the Jackrabbits sails after a competitive two quarters.
More of that momentum went to the Indians’ side to start the third quarter. On Jim Ned’s first possession, the team executed an offensive drive that was punctuated by a 20-yard touchdown run. This put the Indians ahead 27-12.
Bowie was not just going to lay down as it had come back from bigger deficits this season. The defense buttoned up for the rest of the quarter, but the offense kept getting in its own way.
Big plays were hard to come by and anything that put the Jackrabbits behind the sticks, like negative plays or penalties, proved to be drive killers.
It was the same score at the start of the fourth quarter. The Bowie defense that had been battling against a big Indian line and a bruising offensive attack started to wear down the Jackrabbits.
Jim Ned took advantage, scoring three touchdowns in the quarter on a 31-yard run, an 11-yard pass and a one-yard plunge to run away with the game up 48-12.
With the time running out on the chance for a come back, the Jackrabbits got one last thing highlight for the night. Jaden Hopson got his first carries of the season and while not all of them produced good results, he did break off a 61-yard touchdown run to make the final score 48-18.

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

SPORTS

Bowie track breaks school records at Santos

Published

3 days ago

03/27/2025

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Several Bowie athletes competed at the Wildcat Relays in Santos on March 20.
A couple of athletes did well enough to break school records along with placing well in their events.
Samara McChesney got second place in the girl’s pole vault with a vault of 8 feet 6 inches, breaking the school record for the Lady Rabbits.
Isaac Renteria got first place in the 3200 meter race, with his time of 9:59 that broke the school’s record in the event.
There were several athletes who also did well for Bowie even if they did not break school records.
Brayden Willett got first in the 800 meters and second in the 3200 meter race.
Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and got second in the high jump. Tyler Richey got second in the 110 meter hurdles.
Laney Segura and Ollie Gaston got third and fourth in the 800 meter race.
Olivia Richey got fifth in the 100 meter hurdles and Angela Alvarez got fifth in the 3200 meter race.
Both the boy and girl teams competed in the 4×100 relay event and finished in sixth place.

To see results for all varsity athletes who finished in the top six in their events, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

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Softball Roundup

Published

3 days ago

03/27/2025

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians went 1-1 in their first round of district play last week.
The Lady Indians won a competitive game at Era 5-2, but then fell to Muenster by run-rule 15-0 after four innings.
Nocona came in with a big winning streak, but most of the wins were against familiar teams and the Lady Indians knew they would have to play at their best in a district that is expected to be tough.
The Lady Indians played at Era on March 18. The Lady Hornets took the early lead 1-0 in the first inning. Nocona tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning when Kaitlyn Tiffner scored on the base paths thanks to an error.
Era got the lead back with one run in the fourth inning , but then the Lady Indians got their first lead in the fifth inning. Ma’leigha Franklin drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly ball to put Nocona up 3-2.
The Lady Indians got some insurance in the sixth inning when Tinley Cable hit a two-run inside the park home run.
Nocona held on to win 5-2. Kylea Wallace led the team two hits as the team only had six all game. The hits were extremely opportunistic for the Lady Indians to score as much as they did.
Reagan Phipps allowed only two runs on seven hits while striking out 12 batters and walking three. The defense committed only one fielding error behind her.
Nocona was happy to get the close win to start district, but then came a big dose of bummer that threw sand in the potato salad of last week.
It was the Lady Indians home district opener, but Muenster had a huge second inning scoring 11 runs and it was all over from there. Nocona only got one hit from Phipps on offense as the Lady Indians lost 15-0 after four innings.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers were able to pick up a win against 1A Bryson last week, but fell to Graford and Perrin-Whitt later.
The Lady Panthers beat the Cowgirls 19-4, but then fell to 2A Graford 18-6 and fellow 1A team Perrin-Whitt 23-13.
Saint Jo played Bryson at home on March 18 and dominated, getting the win in three innings by run-rule 19-4.
Symbri Evans led the team with three RBIs while Kamron Skidmore and Mercedes Diaz each drove in two runs each. The team drew 15 walks and were hit by seven pitches.
So all three hits were big deals, like Skidmore hitting a home run.
Maxey Johnson allowed four runs (three earned) on two hits while striking out four batters. The defense committed only two fielding errors.
The next two games saw Saint Jo walk too many batters to keep the games close. Against Graford the team walked 15 batters and against Perrin-Whitt it was 16 batters.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie golf ready for district tournament

Published

3 days ago

03/27/2025

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The Bowie boy’s golf team got sixth place last week at the Waxahachie Spring Fling tournament. (Courtesy photo)

The Bowie golf teams competed last week in their final events before district play starts this week.
The Lady Rabbits played at the Jim Ned Invitational at Shady Oaks and got second place. The boy’s team played in the Waxahachie Spring Fling at the Golf Club of Dallas and got sixth place.
The girl’s team shot 391 and was led by Miley Thompson who scored 91 and got third place individually. Tess Egenbacher (95), Hanna Bell (101) and Kendall Fallis (104) rounded out the team’s score.
Lillie Maddox shot 108, but it did not add to the team’s total.
Reegen Ferguson competed individually and shot 97.
The boy’s team shot 351 and the player with the lowest score was Hunter Lea who got an 83. Zac Harris (85) Huntter Fluitt (90) and Rayder Mann (93) rounded out the team’s final score.
Caden Belcher’s score of 96 did not add to the team’s total.
Cason Airington competed individually and shot an 86.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.