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Lady Rabbits lose to Holliday despite good defensive effort
The Bowie Lady Rabbits fell to Holliday on Friday night in the second round of district play.
The Lady Eagles won a low-scoring game 38-20 as the Lady Rabbits made them work in the first half.
Bowie came into the game hoping it could try and turn things around. The Lady Rabbits have not won a district game in the first round of district play, missing their leading scorer Ziba Robbins who was still out with an injury.
Bowie hoped it could get an upset win with Holliday coming off two straight losses, the first losses in district for the Lady Eagles.
Early on it looked like the Lady Rabbits were doing the things they could do to make it happen.
Bowie was shadowing Holliday’s top player Kenna Wood to try and deny her touching the ball and making things difficult for her. The Lady Rabbits defense, which has been solid despite recent results, were playing physical and hustling like they wanted this game.
The biggest struggle for Bowie, scoring, was solved with Maycie Metzler getting to the free throw line several times and converting 4-7 in the first quarter. With baskets from Ella Richey and a 3-pointer from Emily Cueva, the Lady Rabbits held a one basket lead 9-7 heading into the second quarter.
Unfortunately, that would be the highest scoring period for Bowie for the rest of the game. The team scored only one basket each the next two quarters as Holliday pulled ahead.
Bowie’s team seemed to wear down as the game went along against the Lady Eagles press defense. Even if only a few turnovers led directly to quick points in transition, the Lady Rabbits had too many in the form of traveling or off off-target passes that went out of bounds.
Bowie scored multiple baskets in the fourth quarter as the team found Imala Walker open in the post after driving the lane for five points.
The Lady Eagles offense never fully broke out against the Lady Rabbits. Even with Wood finding ways to score in the second half after being held to only basket in the first half, Bowie’s defense still did a consistently tough job. Holliday scored 17 points in the first half and 21 in the second half.
It was not enough as the Lady Rabbits offense let them down again as Holliday won 38-20.
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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