SPORTS
Bowie baseball runs into Wall in the playoffs
The Bowie Jackrabbits baseball team fell to Wall on Friday in the area round of the playoffs to end their season.
The 10th ranked Eagles won both games by run-rule 11-1 and 10-0 against the Jackrabbits.
Bowie came into the series confident, but knew it would be a challenge. The Jackrabbits swept Peaster in the bi-district round and came into the playoff feeling extremely battle-tested after finishing second in a district where Coach Tyler Price felt they were playing playoff level teams in almost ever game.
The Eagles are a familiar foe. Bowie played the young Wall team last year in the regional quarterfinals and won three games despite the Eagles also being ranked 10th in the state last year as well.
Bowie was not intimidated by that rank. Despite not being rated in the top 25, after last year’s run and also after competing well against similarly ranked Holliday during district, the Jackrabbits were ready to pull the upset again this year against a still young, but talented Wall team.
Bowie led off and with two outs, Carson Sanders drew a walk to try and start a two-out rally. Kynan DeMoss hit a pop fly to the pitcher, but an error allowed him to reach first base and Sanders to reach third base. Unfortunately, DeMoss was later thrown out trying to steal second base for out three.
Freshman Edmond DeLeon got the start on the mound for Bowie and the Eagle batters got to him first. Back-to-back doubles scored one run before an error by the catcher allowed another run to come in as Wall went up 2-0.
Bowie showed some life in the second inning as Troy Kesey led off and hit a solo home run to deep centerfield on the first pitch. It cut the lead to 2-1 and fired up the Jackrabbits, but it did not lead to any more runs that inning.
After only giving up a double in the second inning and no runs, Bowie was up to bat in the third inning. Sanders got on base with one out by getting hit by a pitch, but unfortunately the next batter hit into a double-play for outs two and three.
For the Eagles, they started a two-out rally with three batters in a row drawing walks that loaded the bases. The next batter hit a single that drove in two runs to improve the Wall lead to 4-1 heading into the fourth inning.
After Bowie batters failed to get any runners on base, the Eagles added two more runs in the fourth inning. After a leadoff double followed by a single, two batters later drove in both runners with a single to centerfield as Wall led 6-1.
Brody Armstrong tried to start a two-out rally after drawing a walk, but the next batter grounded out.
After a leadoff single given up, Cy Egenbacher came in to pitch relief. After a walk and single loaded the bases, a base hit scored one run. Bowie got the ball back into the infield and due to some base running errors, picked up a double-play with outs at second and third base.
Unfortunately the Eagles were not done. Following another walk, the next batter hit a three-run home run to centerfield that extended Wall’s lead to 10-1. Sanders came in to pitch and forced a groundout for out three.
Despite having the most the dangerous part of Bowie’s lineup coming up to bat, only Kesey’s drawn walk with two outs prevented it from being an entirely unfruitful inning.
Wall led off with a line drive into left field that was dropped for an error that would come back to bite Bowie. The runner reached second base and later advanced to third on a passed ball.
After a groundout, a wild pitch then allowed the runner to come home and the game to end due to run rule. The Eagles won the game 11-1.
To read the full story about game two and see more pictures, 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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