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Jackrabbit football loses at Burkburnett
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost at Burkburnett on Friday night.
The Bulldogs won 34-21 in a game that got away from the Jackrabbits in the second half.
Burkburnett was coming off of two losses against Krum and Iowa Park.
Bowie came into the game a little rusty after having only played five minutes in its previous game against Henrietta. That game was canceled due to lightning.
Maybe that is why the Jackrabbits found themselves down 14-0 in the first quarter. Bowie responded with its own drive, finished off by Justin Clark scoring from four yards out to cut the lead to 14-6 heading into the second quarter.
The defense then came through with a stop and forced a punt. Nick Salazar then came through blocked the punt.
With a shorter field to work with and momentum on their side, the Jackrabbits went down to score again, this time with Tucker Jones scoring on a 14-yard run. The successful two-point conversion tied the score up at 14-14.
Unfortunately, Bowie was not able to keep the momentum going its way. The Bulldogs responded with a scoring on drive, continuing to have good success running the football. Burkburnett scored to make it 21-14.
The Jackrabbits had enough time for one more drive before halftime, but could not produce any points as they went into the locker room trailing by one touchdown.
Unfortunately, Bowie would not play better in the second half as the Bulldogs lead continued to grow.
Burkburnett scored the only points in the third quarter on a 13-yard run to go up 28-14.
Then in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs leading rusher Kyler Kirkland, who finished with a game high 189 yards rushing, scored his third touchdown of the game on a 59-yard run that put Burkburnett up 34-14.
The Jackrabbit offense, having to get out of their run-first approach and try to force things more than they would like, finally broke through later in the game. Quarterback Rayder Mann scored on a 17-yard run before the final whistle.
It made the final score 34-21.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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