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Bowie basketball teams lose at Iowa Park
Boys
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost a tough game as they let Iowa Park come from behind to win in the fourth quarter on the road on Tuesday night.
The Hawks won 43-36, closing the game on a 14-2 run in the fourth quarter against a Jackrabbits team that led from the beginning.
Bowie was coming off a loss against Holliday, but was sitting nice tied with City View and Vernon for second place with a 4-2 district record after the first round.
Iowa Park was the first team on the outside of the playoff hunt with a 2-4 district record, but it would be far from easy.
The two team’s first game saw the Hawks late game scrambling able to force overtime and only some clutch baskets at the end of regulation and again in overtime allowed Bowie to escape with a 49-47 win.
The Jackrabbits started off the game leaning on its frontcourt as Tucker Jones, Braden Rhyne and Brady Lawhorn combined to score 10 of the team’s 13 points in the first quarter. The defense was playing well and Bowie led 13-6.
The Jackrabbits offense got going on their best roll in the second quarter as more perimeter players got involved. Five different players scored at least two points each as they scored 15 points.
Even with Iowa Park’s offense finding some life and scoring 11 points, Bowie was still in control and up 28-17 at halftime.
The Jackrabbits roll stopped coming out for the second half. Bowie’s offense was stifled for the final two quarters, scoring six in the third and then only two in the final period.
Meanwhile, the Hawks got carried big time by Austin Stokes, who eight of the team’s 12 points in the third quarter. He then added seven more in the fourth quarter, but enough of his teammates joined in, mostly on two point shots, as Iowa Park scored a game high 14 points in the fourth quarter.
This allowed Iowa Park to pull ahead and win 43-36.
Girls
The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short at Iowa Park on Tuesday night as they search for their first district win.
The Lady Hawks just held on to win 42-39 against the Lady Rabbits team that just can’t catch a break during district play.
Bowie came into the game with a 0-7 district record as it has missed having its leading scorer Ziba Robbins, who is committed to play at Midwestern State University, out with an injury. An inability to score even when the team plays great defense has been the team’s biggest struggle.
Iowa Park came into the game with a 3-5 district record and battling for the final playoff seed in the district.
The whistles were getting called early and often and the Lady Hawks took advantage early and often. Iowa Park led 11-5 after the first quarter and Bowie’s offensive struggles were continuing.
The Lady Rabbits turned it around in the second quarter, with their front court players scoring eight of the team’s 12 points in the quarter. With the defense limiting the Lady Hawks to only one made field goal and seven points, Bowie cut the lead down to 18-17 at halftime.
Both offenses showed up in the third quarter. The Lady Rabbits had five different players scored two or more points in the quarter they almost equaled their first half total with 14 points.
Unfortunately, Iowa Park was able to keep pace despite making only two field goals in the quarter. The Lady Eagles were finding ways to the free throw line a lot and making Bowie pay as they scored 14 points as well.
Iowa Park led by one point 32-31 heading to the fourth quarter.
The Lady Rabbit’s offense ran out of gas in the final period. They were propped up by Railey Martin making two 3-pointers, but the team only made one more basket and missed both free throws in their only trip to the free throw line.
On the other side, the Lady Hawks made only one basket all quarter, but again were propped up by 14 attempts at the free throw line. Iowa Park made enough to stay ahead and win 42-39.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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