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The Bowie Jackrabbits wrapped up district play and the second seed with a win at Henrietta on Friday.
The Jackrabbits won in extra innings 5-2 against a tough Bearcats team.
Bowie came into the game with a ton of confidence and playing well, with a win locking up second place in district.
The game was scoreless through the first three innings until Kynan DeMoss led off for the Jackrabbits in the top of the fourth inning with a solo home run to centerfield.
After a scoreless fifth inning, Bowie added to its lead in the sixth inning. DeMoss led off with a single and following two outs, Seth Hall hit a ball into the gap for a double that drove in DeMoss to put the Jackrabbits up 2-0.
Bowie pitcher Edmond DeLeon had pitched well, but got into trouble in the bottom of the sixth inning. A walk, a single on a bunt and a fielding error drove in one. Later in the inning, an error by the catcher allowed the tying run to come in and score despite the next two batters striking out for outs two and three.
The score was 2-2 for the seventh and eighth innings until the top of the ninth inning.
Hall led off with a triple. Connor Earp hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to drive in the runner and put Bowie up 3-2.
Despite having no baserunners on and two outs, the Jackrabbits were not done. Cy Egenbacher hit a single and Brody Armstrong followed with a triple to drive him in. Carson Sanders then hit a groundball towards first base that resulted in an error that allowed Armstrong to come home and give Bowie a 5-2 lead.
Despite loading the bases with a DeMoss hit and Troy Kesey drawing a walk, the next batter grounded out to first base for out three.
Armstrong had come in to pitch clean seventh and eighth innings for the Jackrabbits, but after walking two batters with one out, Egenbacher came in to pitch. He struck out the next batter and induced a fly out to right field for out three to end the game.
Bowie won 5-2.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians went into the final district game at Chico on Friday night with a chance to still make the playoffs.
Unfortunately, the Indians fell to the Dragon 12-8 to end their season and not breaking the long playoff draught.
Nocona came into the game having just won its first district game of the season against the same Chico team at home earlier in the week on senior night 8-7.
That gave the Indians the opportunity to earn the district’s final playoff spot if they could beat the Dragons again, who only had one district win as well.
Nocona struck first as Konor Harrington drove in two runs with a double to put the Indians up 2-0.
Chico came back in the same inning as a fielding error followed by back-to-back singles drove in two runs to tie the game up at 2-2. Pitcher Walker Murphey bounced back as he then struck out the next three batters to end the inning.
Chico took the lead in the bottom of the second inning. A leadoff single then worked hits way around to third base before scoring on a passed ball to put the Dragons up 3-2.
Chico added another run in the third inning to go up 4-2 before Nocona answered in the fourth inning.
Luke Fuller drove in one run with a single followed by Javier Gaytan hitting a double that drove in one run as well to tie the game up at 4-4.
The Dragons retook the lead the same inning with two RBI singles and a walk with the bases loaded to make it 7-4. Chico added one more in the fifth inning on an RBI triple to go up 8-4.
Nocona came back in the sixth inning thanks to some erratic pitching from Chico. A hit batter and three straight walks scored one run. Following a strikeout, another walk scored another run.
Wesley Murphey was up to bat and hit a groundball to second base that resulted in an error that scored two runs to tie the game up at 8-8.
Unfortunately, Nocona’s defense could not hold the Dragons hitters back. Four singles, a hit batter and a walk allowed Chico to score four runs and take a 12-8 lead into the final inning.
Nocona could not get anything going as all three batters were retired to end the game.

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

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Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory

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In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.

The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.

Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.

After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney

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Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.

After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.

From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.

To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages

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County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.

Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.

“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”

Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.

For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.

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