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Bowie baseball beats City View
The Bowie baseball team easily won at City View on Friday so it took a trip to play at private school Fort Worth Country Day on Saturday in a double-header.
The Jackrabbits beat the Mustangs 14-1 due to run rule after five innings and then loss both games against the Falcons 7-5 and 8-7.
City View has routinely struggled to compete well in recent seasons and this year was no different. Bowie won the first game 10-0 by run rule. After closely losing at Holliday earlier in the week, the Jackrabbits have second place locked up if they didn’t lose either of their final two district games against non-playoff teams.
Still, Bowie did not want to have an off game despite playing a team it expected to easily beat.
The Jackrabbits took a 5-0 lead in the first inning. City View’s only success came in the opening inning as well. The Mustangs led off with their only hit of the game. That was followed up with an error from Bowie trying to field a bunt.
This later allowed City View to score a run on a fielder’s choice, cutting the lead to 5-1.
The Jackrabbit defense bounced back, not committing an error for the rest of the game while pitcher Kynan DeMoss allowed only one other base runner for the next four innings by walking one batter.
The offense did not slow down, scoring four runs in the second inning and five more in the third before taking its foot off the gas in the fourth and fifth inning while subbing in bench players to get some valuable at-bats.
Still, it was enough to win after five innings with the score 14-1.
Carson Sanders and Colby Nichols each drove in two runs each to lead the team. Sanders hit his second home run of the season. Tucker Jones had a team high three hits and was able to score each time he got on base. Brody Armstrong had a team high three stolen bases as well.
DeMoss’s one run allowed came unearned due to the fielding error as he allowed only one hit and walked one batter while striking out seven through five innings.
With the playoffs on the horizon the tough district games looking like it might be behind Bowie, Coach Tyler Price wanted to further challenge his team by scheduling a double-header against private school Fort Worth Country Day on Saturday.
The first game saw the Jackrabbits trail for most the game. After scoring the game’s first run in the top of the first inning, the Falcons came back to retake the lead 2-1 heading into the second inning.
Country Day added one more run in the second and sixth inning to lead 4-1 heading into the final inning.
Bowie staged a comeback. With two outs and two runners on base, Cy Egenbacher hit an RBI single followed by Armstrong driving in two runs with double then followed by Jones driving in a run with a single. The Jackrabbits now led 5-4 heading into the bottom of the seventh.
Unfortunately, similar to what happened at Holliday, a three-run home run ended the game for the Falcons in walk-off fashion as they won 7-5.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo hosted its own volleyball tournament Sept. 10-12.
In its first match, the Lady Panthers bested Sam Rayburn in a b est-of-three match 2-1 (25-11, 23-25, 25-14.) In the opener, senior Tatum Morman staked the Lady Panthers to a 4-0 lead with help from Kamron Skidmore and Olivia Johnson kills. The Lady Rebels would come back and tie the game at seven.
Savannah Hill’s kill broke serve and allowed Abby Carter to string together seven points. An ace and a Hill kill helped keep the drive alive. Hill later rolled off six points in a row, helped by two aces, to go up 23-10. Sam Rayburn broke serve but Saint Jo finished the game with a single Morman point.
Sam Rayburn came right out of the gate firing in the second game leading 4-0. A single Carter point, thrown down by a Hill block, and Hill’s four-point skein put the Lady Panthers up 8-6. Sam Rayburn tied the game at eight.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Forestburg’s volleyball team gave visiting Chico a solid test Sept. 8, but the Lady Dragons rebounded from a third-set loss to pull out the 3-1 win (25-23, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19).
The Lady Longhorns got out to a quick start with aces from freshmen Madi Wadsworth and Lacie Shotwell staking the squad to a 4-1 lead in game one. Wadsworth later broke a 4-all tie with a kill.
Addy Conway rolled off four straight points, helped by a Wadsworth kill to give Forestburg an 11-9 lead. Chico took a 16-14 lead but a Brenna Briles ace and Jocelyn Rich’s two points forced Chico into a timeout down 17-19.
The respite worked as it would be Forestburg’s last lead of game one, the Lady ‘Horns not having another serving point.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After splitting the first two games with Vernon Northside, Bowie’s volleyball team turned things out and wound with a 3-1 match win (25-17, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17).
Molly Enlow used two aces amidst a four-point string to give the Lady Rabbits a 5-1 lead in game one. Senior KP Rutherford’s pair of points extended the lead to 8-3.
Northside cut the deficit to 10-11 before Rutherford’s kill broke serve.
Bella Culwell’s point, aided by an Ellie Mowery kill, put Bowie up 13-10. Northside tied the game at 13 before Rutherford came through with another pair for a 17-14 lead. Lillie Maddox also had a deuce for a 20-15 lead and force a Lady INdian timeout.
Northside broke serve but a Sophie Maddox block and Lillie Maddox three-point string gave the squad game point at 24-16. The squads exchanged side outs to end the game.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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