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Lady Rabbits win first district game at Henrietta
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their first district game of the season in a thriller at Henrietta on Tuesday night.
The Lady Rabbits just held on to win 46-44, barely surviving a furious late run by the Lady Cats in the final four minutes.
Bowie came into the game 0-9 in district play, having lost its leading scorer Ziba Robbins to a foot injury right before district started.
The Lady Rabbits have had struggles scoring consistently in games since then, not always sure where or who the points would come from game to game.
Henrietta came into the game with a 3-6 district record and had beaten Bowie the first time around 35-27.
Robbins returned for the first time the previous game, but was limited by caution and general rustiness. The gloves were off on Tuesday night.
Bowie got out to a scorching good start, up 10-1 midway through the first quarter. The Lady Rabbits were up 15-8 heading into the second quarter, feasting against the Lady Cats zone defense as they made four 3-pointers, each by different player.
After a couple of quick 3-pointers from Robbins to start the second quarter, Henrietta changed its defense to a box-and-one, shadowing her while playing zone.
It initially worked as Bowie was only able to score three more points in the quarter as the Lady Cats battled back to cut the lead to 24-20 at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Lady Rabbits did a good job getting control back. Bowie was able to get to the free throw line a lot, though the team did not make Henrietta pay as much as it could have going 3-10.
Still, the Lady Rabbits spread the scoring out, overloading one side of the floor to have a numbers advantage against the box-and-one look Henrietta was doing and finding more success.
Bowie also employed a light full-court press on defense to wear on the Lady Cats ball handlers.
The Lady Rabbits led 36-27 heading into the fourth quarter.
Halfway through the final period, Bowie was up 41-31 and looked like it had the game in hand. The Lady Cats got into desperation mode, upping the defensive pressure and playing harder.
Henrietta had cut the lead down to 41-39 with 1:55 to play on some tough baskets as momentum was building.
Following a made free throw from the Lady Rabbits, the Lady Cats cut the lead to one point 42-41 following an offensive put back with 1:14 left.
Bowie went ahead by three points when Hanna Bell scored following a steal in the back court. Henrietta then pulled up for a game-tying 3-pointer that went in with 33 seconds left.
With the score tied and the Lady Rabbits lead now gone, the home crowd was roaring as they seemed to sense the momentum would eventually put Henrietta ahead.
The Lady Cats were a bit overzealous with their pressure and fouled Robbins in the backcourt going for a steal with 24 seconds left.
She made both clutch free throws to put Bowie ahead 46-44.
Henrietta’s first driving layup was blocked, but the ball was stolen out of the Lady Rabbits players hands seconds later and another shot was blocked out of bounds underneath the basket. After an inbound pass to a player fell down, a desperate left-handed push shot was air-balled by a Lady Cat player.
Bowie had the ball underneath its own basket with four seconds left.
The pass inbounds was intercepted around half court and Henrietta threw up a desperate prayer of a shot that was not close at the buzzer.
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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