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Jackrabbits lose to Eagles
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost to Holliday at home on Friday night in a one-sided game that ended early.
The Eagles won 16-2 after five innings due to run-rule as the Jackrabbits let two bad defensive innings get away from them.
Bowie came into the game following its first district win at Vernon earlier in the week. While defending district champs Holliday is always a tough game to win, the Jackrabbits can usually compete well and even beat the Eagles on any given night the last few years.
The first inning was the most competitive of stretch of the game.
Trae Seigler got the start on the mound. Holliday got on base with an infield single with one out. When the runner went to steal second base, an error on the throw allowed him to then advance to third base. A deep fly ball off the centerfield wall resulted in a triple and the run to score. Thankfully, Seigler induced an infield pop out to limit the Eagles to one run, up 1-0.
Bowie got the run back in the same inning. With two outs, Troy Kesey hit a fly ball to right field that resulted in an error that allowed him to reach second base. Seth Mann then followed with a single to get him home and tie the score at 1-1.
The problems started in the second inning for the Jackrabbits.
Holliday drew a leadoff walk. After a fly out and a stolen second base, a groundball to shortstop and some indecision allowed both runners at the corners to be safe.
The base runner then stole second base to put two runners in scoring position for the Eagles. The next batter then hit to shortstop and another fielding error allowed both runners to score.
Two hard hit singles followed that drove in two more runs and Cy Egenbacher came in to pitch relief.
After a line out for out two and an intentional walk, Holliday went to steal third and second base.
An error on the throw to third base allowed the runner to come in and score to put the Eagles up 6-1 before a fly out ended things for Bowie.
The Jackrabbit offense could not respond and things only got worse in the third inning.
Three pitchers took turns in the inning as Holliday scored nine runs on eight singles, a home run and a walk to go up 15-1 and essentially end the game.
Bowie got one of the runs back in the same inning.
Rayder Mann drew a walk with one out and would steal second and third base. Boston Farris then drove him in with a single to make it 15-2.
Seth Mann had come in to pitch later in the previous inning and besides hitting a batter, shut down Holliday’s offense and allowed no runs in the fourth inning.
He then led off the same inning with a triple, but unfortunately Bowie hitters could not get him home.
The Eagle hitters drew three straight walks to load the bases to start the fifth inning and Andrew Sandhoff came in to pitch relief.
After a strikeout, a groundout allowed one run to score to make it 16-2 before Sandhoff induced another groundout for out three.
Bowie needed to score five runs to keep the game from ending early due to run-rule.
Unfortunately, there would be no miracle come back.
All three batters struck out to end the ugly game for the Jackrabbits.
Holliday won 16-2.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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