The Bowie Jackrabbits lost a tough matchup at home on Friday night against undefeated Clyde in a district game.
The Bulldogs won 48-21 as the Jackrabbits did not pull the upset as they look for their first district win.
Bowie knew it was going to be a tough game. Clyde was coming off a win against a Jim Ned team many thought would be the favorite to win the district title.
Still, the Jackrabbits wanted to give the Bulldogs everything they have in case they caught them slipping thinking it was going to be easy.
Unfortunately, the first quarter saw Clyde come out and get a big lead.
After stopping Bowie on the first drive, Clyde got the ball and on the first play connected on a 48-yard touchdown pass over the top to go up early.
The Bulldogs had to drive a little bit on their next drive before scoring on a 14-yard pass to go up two scores. Still in the first quarter, an interception committed by the Jackrabbits allowed Clyde to score on a 15-yard run up the middle to make the score 20-0 heading into the second quarter.
Bowie got a big lift as its offense slowly started to work down the field on a drive that chewed up a lot of clock as well with short runs up the middle and off tackle. It ended with Seth Mann punching the ball into the end zone on a five-yard run to cut the lead to 20-7.
Things did not change all of a sudden just because the Jackrabbits scored. The Bulldogs answered with a quick touchdown drive capped by a five-yard run by their running back to make it 27-7.
Bowie tried to score once more before halftime. The offense drove the ball all the way to Clyde’s 21-yard line before turning the ball over on downs with 28 seconds left in the half.
The Bulldogs made sure they were not going to be caught by the Jackrabbits now that their offense showed some life in the second quarter. Clyde scored on three touchdown passes to the same speedy receiver in the third quarter to pull ahead for good.
Bowie was not giving up. The offense finished another drive in the third quarter with Justin Clark scoring on a short run. It was set up earlier with quarterback Rayder Mann connecting with Troy Kesey on a long catch and run down into the red zone.
The fourth quarter saw Clyde take its foot off the gas. This allowed Bowie’s defense to force the first punt and later a turnover on downs at its own 29-yard line as the Jackrabbits did not allowed the Bulldogs to score again.
One last highlight saw Rayder connect with his brother Seth on a long touchdown pass. There was some contact as the defender covering Seth fell down, but the flag was on the defense which allowed a non-contested catch and run on a post route to complete a 73-yard touchdown pass.
The score made the final 48-21.

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