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Baseball Roundup
Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbits baseball team did well at their hosted Walker Stallcup tournament last week.
The Jackrabbits went 4-1 overall during the three days of competition in the run up to start of district play this week.
Bowie first played Burkburnett and won 5-0 after five and half innings of play. Cy Egenbacher drove in three runs to lead the team while Troy Kesey drove in another run.
Edmond DeLeon allowed no runs through 4.2 innings while striking out seven batters and allowing four hits and two walks.
The Jackrabbits then played Gainesville to wrap up the first day and won 9-4. Carson Sanders led the team with three RBIs while six other batters all drove in one run each.
Kynan DeMoss, Tucker Jones and Brody Armstrong combined to pitch seven innings, with DeMoss and Jones pitching three innings each and Armstrong getting the save with the last inning.
The start of the second day saw Bowie lose in a high scoring game to Grand Saline 13-10 after only five innings. Kesey led the team with four RBIs and a home run while A.J. Whatley drove in three runs and also had a home run. Sanders drove in three runs as well.
Though the Jackrabbits had four players pitch, the unit gave up 12 hits and 12 earned runs along with three home runs.
Bowie bounced back later in the day with a dominant run rule win against Ector 15-0 through three and half innings. DeMoss hit a home run and drove in five runs to lead the team while Seth Hall drove in three runs and Whatley drove in two. Armstrong allowed no runs while giving up one hit and walking one batter while striking out five batters through four innings.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians only got to play one day of the two day tournament at Saint Jo on Friday due to the rainy weather last week.
The Indians lost both of their games as the young team hopes to improve with more experience in the pre-district schedule.
Nocona first lost a close game to Thackerville 3-1, with hits coming in short supply on both sides. Charlie Fuller drove in the teams only run with the only hit in the last inning of the game.
Walker Murphey pitched four innings and all three runs given up were unearned as he struck out seven batters and allowing two hits and one walk. Konor Harrington struck out two batters and allowed no hits or runs in one inning of work.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers hosted their tournament last week despite dealing with rainy weather that cost them a day.
The Panthers went 2-1 during the two days of games.
Saint Jo first played Electra and won 6-1 after four innings. Trevor O’Neal and Cooper Henson each drove in one run each as the rest of the runs came on the basepaths with the Panthers drawing nine walks. Brice Durham pitched all four innings and struck out six batters while allowing three hits. The one run given up came unearned due to an error.
The Panthers next played Sacred Heart and won 3-0 through five innings. Matthew Butler-Everson and O’Neal each drove in one run each to lead the team. Collin Thomas pitched all five innings and struck out 10 batters while giving up three hits and walking one batter.
To read about the last game played in all three team’s tournaments, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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