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Bowie baseball beats Seymour 4-1
The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team won its official last home game on Tuesday playing a non-district game against Seymour on senior night.
The Jackrabbits won 4-1 against the Panthers.
Bowie was trying to get a good game in with an off date in its schedule. Seymour is a 2A team, but is heading to the playoffs as well and is sitting second in its district so both teams could benefit from the game despite no stakes.
Kynan DeMoss got the start on the mound and despite a two-out single later advancing to second on a wild pitch, nothing came of it as the next batter grounded out to third base.
The Bowie bats came out looking to grab control of the game. Tucker Jones and Carson Sanders took advantage of some early control problems from the Panther pitcher and drew walks with one out.
DeMoss then came through with his bat, hitting a single that drove in one run, advancing to second base on the throw home and putting two runners in scoring position on second and third.
Troy Kesey then took advantage with a deep fly ball to left field that drove in both base runners. He advanced to second base on the throw and Bowie led 3-0. Unfortunately, that would be the end despite Kesey eventually making it to third base.
The next three innings were a scoreless affair. The only highlights for either team offensively were both drawing two out walks that did not lead to anything.
The fifth inning saw some offense pick up for both sides. Seymour led off with a single. The base runner took advantage of two passed balls and a wild pitch to work around bases before scoring, cutting the lead to 3-1. DeMoss responded by striking out the next two batters and forcing a groundout at shortstop.
Bowie responded the same inning. With two outs, Jones was hit by a pitch to get on base. He successfully stole second and then third base during the next at-bat before Sanders drove him in with a single to right field. Getting the run back, the Jackrabbits now led 4-1.
DeMoss followed and a hard hit ground ball got past the shortstop for an error that put two runners on base. Unfortunately the next batter struck out on a foul tip for out three.
The sixth inning saw one runner get on for both teams, but each were caught on the base paths for out three. The Panthers got one runner on thanks to a dropped third strike that was a passed ball with one out. He was later caught trying to steal second by catcher Connor Earp.
With two outs, Bowie’s A.J. Whatley was able to get on base with a single. Trying to use his speed to get into scoring position, unfortunately he was caught at second base as well.
DeMoss and the defense then ended the game in the top of the seventh inning.
A groundout to the shortstop for out one, a strikeout swinging for out two and then a groundout to third base for out three ended the game with little drama.
Bowie won 4-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
It was announced last week Nocona Athletic director/football coach Blake Crutsinger is resigning from his position at the school after serving four years.
Crutsinger said now is the time for his family to make the move, with his daughter Avery graduating after spending four years at Nocona and with his son Kellar about to enter high school and wanting the same for him at another school.
“With her going off to college, she had a really good four years here and just looking at Keller heading into high school and exploring some opportunities that might be better for him, it is just time,” Crutsinger said.
Crutsinger went 19-22 overall, helping the Indians to two playoff appearances in 2022 and 2023. The team’s best season was 2023, when it went 8-2 and won the district title, the first one in 11 years for the program.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo senior Payzlie Cervantes signed her letter of intent to play college basketball last week at Highland College in Kansas. She also played volleyball, softball and ran track at Saint Jo. “After talking with Coach Tana Coleman, I really connected with her and loved the campus vibe and direction she wants for the team,” Cervantes said. “I’m looking forward to continuing my basketball career while getting my associates degree in nursing to become a registered nurse.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Last week Montague County had five girls from Bowie and Saint Jo compete at the state tennis tournament, and one team brought back some hardware.
Sisters from Bowie, junior Heidi and freshman Willow Siebert brought back a bronze medal competing in the 3A girl’s doubles bracket.
The pair were the first people from the program to make it back to state since their half sisters, Meagan and Myah Russell, advanced nine years previously.
The Sieberts came into state as a two-seed, having finished second at the regional tournament the previous week.
The duo was ready as they blew through their first two matches. They beat a team from Hondo in the first round with the scores being 6-1, 6-1 and dominated even more in the second round against a team from Tatum, winning 6-0, 6-1.
That got them through to the second day of the tournament, but Coach Dayna Boothe was worried they had had it too easy on day one.
Playing in the semifinals, the Lady Rabbits faced a familiar foe, a team from Peaster they had beaten in the regional tournament the previous week. Unfortunately, near the end of the first set, with the Sieberts fighting to stay alive, Heidi went after a high lob and slammed into the fence. She hurt her right arm and had to play through it for the rest of the match.
They lost the match with the scores being 6-3, 6-3.
It was an all Peaster final, with the other side of the bracket producing the team that both beat the Sieberts at the regional tournament and won their second straight state title.
Still, despite the disappointment, Bowie is bringing back a bronze medal. According to Boothe, after contacting people who would know dating back to the late 1970s, it could possibly be the program’s first medals from the state tournament in tennis.
Of course, Bowie was not the only school represented. Saint Jo had Taylor Patrick competing in girl’s singles and the team of Bailie Nobile and Maxey Johnson competing in girl’s doubles in the 1A classification.
Senior Patrick was making her third appearance at the state tournament, but her first in the singles competition.
She finished third at the regional meet which meant she had a tough first round matchup against a second seed from Fort Davis.
It took everything from Patrick in a match that lasted two and a half hours. She went down in the first set 6-2, but rebounded in a tight second set to win 6-4 to force a third and final set. She had the momentum and won 6-2 to move on.
She had to summon the energy to play later that day against a fresh one-seed player from Utopia. Patrick lost 6-1, 6-1 to end her Saint Jo career. Her opponent would go on to finish second.
Juniors Johnson and Nobile were making their first appearances at the state meet after finishing second at the regional tournament. In the first round they played a tough match against a team from Marathon. It seemed evenly matched throughout, but small mistakes at inopportune times cost them throughout the match. In the end, the team lost by the scores of 6-3, 6-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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