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Both Bowie basketball teams win at Jacksboro

The Bowie basketball teams played and won at Jacksboro on Friday night to pick up important wins in district play.
The Lady Rabbits won 47-24 while the Jackrabbits battled for a close 42-36 win.
The Bowie girl’s team wanted to keep its place at second in the district and while it was favored against Jacksboro, the Lady Tigers did have one big advantage.
Jacksboro’s tall post player Erin Jonas in the past has been called one of the more skilled players in the district by Bowie Coach Matthew Miller. One of the areas this Lady Rabbits team lacks the most is height.
Still, Bowie has been able to overcome that shortcoming all season in certain matchups by playing fast and putting pressure on opposing ball handlers on defense so entry passes into the post are more difficult.
It was a fast paced first quarter with the Lady Rabbits scoring at will as Ziba Robbins scored 13 of the team’s 18 points in the quarter. Jacksboro had answers offensively with four different players making one basket, but Bowie still led 18-11 after the first quarter.
The Lady Rabbits grew a bit more diverse on offense as Robbins cooled down, but they still scored at a good pace in the second quarter putting up 14 points.
More importantly, Bowie shut down the Lady Tigers holding them to four points. The Lady Rabbits led 32-15 going into halftime.
Bowie’s offense slowed down in the second half, scoring 10 points in the third quarter and only five in the fourth quarter. This was alright because the Lady Rabbits continued to play lights out defense, holding Jacksboro to nine total points in the second half.
Bowie easily won 47-24.
Robbins led the team with 21 points and five steals. Maddie Mandela was second with 14 points while grabbing a team high 10 rebounds along with three assists. Kayleigh Crow added six points and five rebounds from the post area.
The Jackrabbits were in a different boat coming into the game. They had lost earlier in the week against an Iowa Park team it had beaten in the first round and had one of Bowie’s worst shooting performances of the season. Surely a blowout win against a Tigers’ team that was 1-6 in district would get the team back on track.
Instead it was a tough game from start to until the close finish.
The first half saw the Tigers come out in a matchup zone defense that made movement difficult. Besides making four 3-pointers, including 11 points from A.J. Whatley, the Jackrabbits struggled make many baskets in the first half.
Jacksboro led 25-18 at halftime and things were not looking much better from the previous game.
Bowie turned things up in the second half on both sides of the ball which led to more free throw attempts and points near the basket thanks to turnovers.
The Tigers scored only 11 points in the second half which allowed the Jackrabbits to take the lead in the end.
Bowie won 42-36.
Whatley led the team with 15 points while Brody Armstrong was second with 12 points.
The win keeps the Jackrabbits in the playoff hunt as several teams have roundabout losses to each other.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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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.
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