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Bowie softball wins at Vernon 14-3
The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their first district game on the road at Vernon on Monday.
The Lady Rabbits won 14-3 against the Lady Lions which broke a several game winless streak and gave the team some confidence moving forward.
Bowie struggled in district on defense giving up a big inning that dug itself too big of a hole to hit its way out of against Henrietta, Jacksboro and Iowa Park.
Against Vernon, the Lady Rabbits never let an inning get out of hand and took advantage of the Lady Lions many errors at the plate.
In the first inning, a groundout with two runners on base resulted in an error trying to throw to home plate. Bowie’s Rhyan Carle and Serenity Klump came in to score to give the Lady Rabbits a 2-0.
In the second inning, Bowie got a two out scoring rally going when Payton Holt got on base thanks to a fielding error at shortstop. After a passed ball, Victoria Cox then hit a single into right field. An error allowed the run to come in to score.
Chloe Kinney then hit a triple into left field that drove in Cox to put Bowie up 4-0.
The third inning saw Klump lead off and reach second base thanks to a fielding error. Following a groundout that advanced her to third base, she scored on a passed ball.
Sadie Britt later hit a double. Laney Oliver hit a fly ball to center field that resulted in an error that allowed Britt to score and make it 6-0 for Bowie.
Vernon’s offense got one run back in the third inning. After allowing a single, an error trying to pick off the runner allowed her to reach third base. Later a single brought the runner home for the Lady Lions to make it 6-1.
The Lady Rabbits offense was shut out in the fourth inning, with no hitters getting on base as well. Vernon’s offense built on that momentum and it looked like the game going to be competitive.
The Lady Lions got runners on with a fielding error and a hit batter. A successful bunt brought one run home and a single got another one to come in. Vernon cut the lead down to 6-3 heading into the fifth inning with some momentum on its side.
Bowie got one run back. Klump led off with a single and advanced to second base thanks to an error. Another error trying to pick her off allowed Klump to come in and score to make it 7-3 for the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie’s defense did not allow a hit batter with two outs to evolve into anything as the Lady Rabbits headed into the final two innings.
Bowie’s offense turned up the pressure in the sixth and seventh inning to break the game open.
A fielding error allowed Beau Combs to get on base to lead off the sixth. Cox followed with a single to put runners at the corners.
Carle then hit a groundball to the shortstop that resulted in a fielding error that allowed both runners to come in and score. Klump followed and her fly ball to right field resulted in another error from Vernon that drove in Carle while Klump ended up on third base.
Imala Walker drove in Klump with a single to make it 11-3 for Bowie.
The Lady Lions drew a walk and hit a single to put two runners on base with one out and looking to retaliate. Pitcher Kaylie Kinney caught a line drive hit at her and then tossed the ball to second base before the base runner could get back for an inning ending double-play.
Bowie continued to pour it on in the seventh inning. Combs led off with a single.
After a fielder’s choice out, Chloe Kinney hit a double into left field. An error from the outfield throw allowed the runner to come in and score and Kinney to reach third base.
Carle then followed with a successful bunt down the third base line that allowed Kinney to score and Carle to reach first safely. Klump was then hit by a pitch and a passed ball allowed both base runners to advance to second and third base. Another pitch got away from the catcher and Carle came in to score and make it 14-3 for Bowie.
The defense shut out the Lady Lions in their final at-bats, not allowing any base runners to seal the win.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Two former Bowie boy’s golf members played in the PGA University Championship on Nov. 12-13. (L-R) Cy Egenbacher and Imanol Walker are both in the Sam Houston University PGA Golf Managerment program. The team finished 16th overall. Egenbacher shot 168 during the two rounds and finished tied for 67th. Walker shot 180 and finished 84th. The tournament is a fun one for univesities that have PGA Golf Management programs, which is for individuals who want to work in the golf industry after graduation.
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers came up short at the regional final for the third straight season, one game away from state, on Saturday at the regional tournament in Midlothian.
The Lady Panthers beat Evant in straight sets 3-0 on Friday to reach the final game against Harrold which they lost 3-0.
Saint Jo knew before the season even started it would likely come to this big challenge, but it still had to go through all the steps to get there.
The Panthers reached the regional finals the previous two seasons, losing both times to eventual state champion Blum.
With district realignment meant a new region so a rematch with a Blum program that had graduated several key players from those teams would have to wait until state possibly.
Instead, a showdown against last year’s state runner-up Harrold was forecast in the regional final.
With the team having six seniors, with five of them having been on varsity since they were freshman, it was this year or bust for Saint Jo.
First, the Lady Panthers had to beat Evant. The Lady Elks leaned heavily on a big front court player. When she rotated to the back row, Evant showed almost no net resistance which meant Saint Jo hitters had free reign during that time.
The Lady Panthers won each set pretty easily, with the scores being 25-17, 25-17 and 25-19.
This set up the match with Harrold the team had been anticipating. The Lady Hornets had been at or near the top of the state standings since the beginning of the season.
Harrold had so much respect it had even played bigger local schools this season, beating Bowie in straight sets and Nocona in five sets during its pre-district schedule.
The two teams had met earlier in the season when the Lady Hornets attended Saint Jo’s hosted tournament. The two teams met in the tournament championship where Harrold won 2-1.
Still, with the tournament format being a best of three instead of five and the match after playing an exhausting schedule of five matches the previous two days, that result was not gospel, especially two months later.
The challenge is Harrold had multiple big hitters at the net, which is a big deal since most 1A teams are lucky to have one or two, which meant constant pressure on Saint Jo’s defense.
This also meant the Lady Panthers constantly had to find ways to attack the Lady Hornet defense as well or it would face strong hit after strong hit which was unsustainable for any team.
The first set saw the Lady Hornets get out to a good start before the Lady Panthers rallied back and took a little lead 8-7. Unfortunately, it started turn from there.
Harrold had some good runs from the service line that Saint Jo struggled to make much offense out of and led to the Lady Hornets pulling away. Harrold won 4-1 to get the lead to 11-9 and then extended it to 14-11, 17-13. Another 4-1 run and the Lady Hornets could smell the end of the first set coming.
The Lady Hornets won 25-17 to take the lead 1-0.
Saint Jo needed to bounce back, but unfortunately never got anything going in set two.
Harrold led 4-1 and then 8-2. The Lady Panthers would have needed a huge run at some point from the service line to get back into the set, but it never came as the Lady Hornets lead grew more and more.
Harrold took set two 25-13 to go up 2-0 and had all of the momentum.
Saint Jo had its back against the wall, knowing the only option was to hope for a comeback that would lead to a fifth set, but to get there it needed to win set three.
The Lady Panthers initially started on the right foot. After falling being 4-1 to start the previous two sets, it was Saint Jo that started well up 4-1. Unfortunately, the Lady Hornets came roaring back, going on an 8-2 run as it led 9-6, then 12-8 and 15-10.
It looked like it was heading towards a similar place as set one with Harrold slowly running away with the set before the Lady Panthers made one last gasp.
Saint Jo eventually cut the lead down to one point, trailing 20-19 as the set entered the final stretch and the Lady Panthers had their best momentum of the match.
Unfortunately, it was Harrold that was able to close the set out with momentum, earning the final five points to win 25-19 and the match 3-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News. For pictures from Friday’s match, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6870620&T=1
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