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Jackrabbits win close game at Henrietta
The Bowie Jackrabbits won a close game down the stretch at Henrietta on Tuesday night.
The Jackrabbits won 62-55 in a game that was close from beginning to end.
Bowie was sitting at a 4-4 district record and had a three-game losing streak. Most importantly, the Jackrabbits had lost games to Iowa Park and Jacksboro, two teams they had beaten the first time around and who they had to hold off to earn the district’s final playoff spot.
The Bearcats were 0-8 in district and Bowie had beaten them at home in the first round of district by 10 points. Still, the Jackrabbits knew it could not have a letdown.
Henrietta was looking of the upset up 6-2 early and 14-10 after the first quarter. The Bearcats were giving Bowie a lot of defensive looks, from man-to-man, zone, full-court press, to diamond-and-one where they tried to deny the Jackrabbits top scorer Andrew Sandhoff.
Both teams were having great success crashing the offensive glass and getting second and third chances at the basket.
Bowie started the second quarter getting its first lead as Rayder Mann made back-to-back 3-pointers. Henrietta then went on a 9-0 run to go up 23-16, but the Jackrabbits came back to tie it up at 23-23 just two minutes later.
The Bearcats closed the first half with back-to-back 3-pointers to go up 29-25 at halftime.
Bowie coaches put 112 on the board during halftime and asked the team what it represented. After no one knew, they said it was the amount of minutes left in the team’s season if the Jackrabbits lost the game.
Initially the motivation tactic did not work as Henrietta came out and extended its lead to 35-27 within the first two minutes.
Bowie answered as it started to find opportunities to push the ball after defensive stops. It only took two minutes for the Jackrabbits to get the lead 36-35.
Bowie eventually extended its lead all the way to 45-38 before the Bearcats came back to cut the lead to one basket 45-42 heading into the fourth quarter.
Henrietta came out in a tough full-court press that seemed to initially give the Jackrabbits trouble.
The Bearcats were getting good shots around the baskets and drawing free throws while Bowie’s good looks were tougher to find.
Henrietta went on a 10-1 run in the first four minutes as it got the lead back and led 52-46.
After the Jackrabbits scored a basket, Sandhoff found enough room to launch back-to-back 3-pointers that gave Bowie back the lead 54-52 with 2:15 left.
The Bearcats quickly drew free throws and had a chance to tie the game up, but only made one to cut it to 54-53.
The Jackrabbits upped their lead thanks to defense as Mann stole the ball in the backcourt and scored on a layup. Quickly afterwards, Sandhoff poked the ball away and Tucker Jones scored in transition.
Bowie’s lead was up to 58-53. After getting a stop on defense and running the clock down, Mann then finished at the rim while getting fouled to ice the game with 39 seconds left.
The Bearcats only made two more free throws and Mann made one more free throw in the closing seconds to win secure the win 62-55.
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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