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Saint Jo softball wins first playoff series

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Saint Jo beat Bryson both times in a double-header on Thursday to advance in the playoffs.

The Saint Jo Lady Panthers made school history on Thursday night by winning the softball programs first playoff series against Bryson at Windthorst.
The Lady Panthers won 13-9 in the first game and 18-4 by run rule in the second game to win in a sweep.
Saint Jo came into the game after a rough stretch playing only 2A schools during district play. The last win was during a tournament beating some bigger schools junior varsity teams in early March.
Last year’s playoff series against Bryson was only one game and the Cowgirls won easily by run rule 18-3.
The Lady Panthers added some young talent this year and hoped the team’s morale was not too depleted from the rough district stretch to give Bryson their best shot.
Saint Jo got on the board first in the bottom of the second inning. With two runners on base and one out, Bailie Nobile hit an inside the park home run to put the Lady Panthers up 3-0.
The Cowgirls got two of the runs back in the top of the third, but Saint Jo doubled its score in response. Payzlie Cervantes drove in one run with a double. She later scored on the base paths thanks to an error. Taylor Patrick hit a double and worked her way around the bases before scoring on a wild pitch to put the Lady Panthers up 6-2 heading into the fourth inning.
Bryson came back in a big way. Several hard hit balls into the outfield resulted in some fielding errors along with extra base hits. The Cowgirls scored six runs to take the lead 8-6 and looked primed to score more with two runners on base and one out. A line drive to first basemen Kayden Skidmore was caught and she tagged first base for an unassisted double-play to end the bad inning.
Saint Jo tied back up the score in the bottom of the fourth inning. With the bases loaded and two outs, Patrick came through with a single that drove in one run. A hit batter then drove in another to make it 8-8 before a groundout ended the inning.
The Lady Panthers took the led in the bottom of the fifth inning. With two runners on base and two outs, Cervantes drove in both with a single. After a hit batter put another runner on base, Patrick came up and hit a fly ball to left field, but an error in the outfield allowed two more runs to score. Patrick would later come around to score on a steal home to put Saint Jo up 13-8.
After a scoreless sixth inning, Bryson started the seventh inning by drawing three straight walks to load the bases. After retiring the next two batters, a passed ball allowed one run to come in and score to make it 13-9 before a pop out to shortstop ended the game.
Cervantes led the team with three RBIs while Nobile was second with two. Nevaeh Spann and Patrick each led the team with three hits each.
The team finished with 10 hits while drawing four walks and getting hit by five pitches.
Maxey Johnson pitched the first 4.2 innings before Cervantes came in to finish the final 2.1 innings. Johnson allowed eight runs (five earned) on seven hits and five walks while striking out four. Cervantes allowed one run on one hit while walking four.
Saint Jo’s depth at pitcher would prove to be a factor heading into the second game, which started only 30 minutes after the end of the first. Bryson seemed to rely on only one and she started to fade the longer the second game went on.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

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