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Bowie football loses to Paradise 40-7
The Bowie Jackrabbits suffered their worst defeat of the season against possibly the best team in district Paradise on Friday night.
The Wildcats won 40-7, but did most of their damage in the first half.
Bowie came into the game following a low-scoring defensive struggle type of game against Peaster it lost by only one point 10-9 to start off district play.
Paradise had easily beaten Vernon 34-7 to open up district play and the Jackrabbits knew the Wildcats speed in their skill position players would be a threat all night if they were not cautious on defense.
The defense held on the first series, but unfortunately Bowie’s first offensive drive started the game off on a bad note for the Jackrabbits. After several procedural penalties pushed the team back, a fumbled exchange on a jet sweep was scooped up by Paradise and returned 27 yards for a touchdown.
The Wildcats next offensive possession went down the field in little chunks. It looked like Bowie’s defense was on the verge of getting a stop, putting Paradise in a fourth and goal at the 16-yard line.
Unfortunately, after the Wildcats quarterback bought some time with his legs, he found a receiver open for a 16-yard touchdown pass. Paradise led 13-0 heading into the second quarter.
The Wildcats scored once more on a 20-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter to go up 19-0. Bowie’s offense continued to struggle even when the early penalties were cleaned up and turned the ball over on downs at its 42-yard line.
It looked like Paradise was on its way in to score when cornerback Mo Ozouk intercepted a pass at the Jackrabbits 13-yard line to prevent it.
Unfortunately, Bowie’s offense gave the ball back when a linebacker intercepted a pass over the middle and returned it to the Jackrabbits three-yard line. A few plays later and the Wildcats quarterback scored on a short run to put Paradise up 26-0.
With time running down before halftime and the offense struggling, Bowie changed out its personnel into a heavy run package and had slot receiver Tyler Richey in at quarterback.
It was enough of a mix up to work, especially with the Jackrabbits regular offense coming in on passing downs.
Bowie had its most productive offensive drive of the half as it moved to around Paradise’s 20 yard line. With time running down, the Jackrabbits had a heave towards the end zone, but it came up blank.
Bowie went into halftime down 26-0, but had seen its way forward towards better offensive success in the second half.
The Jackrabbit defense tightened up in the second half like they usually have, allowing only one drive midway through the third quarter to score on a short touchdown run.
Later in the fourth quarter, one long 89-yard touchdown run made up most of the Wildcats rushing yards for the game.
It was more impressive since Bowie’s defense saw both of its starting cornerbacks go down during the game. Paradise relentlessly attacked the Jackrabbits with deep passes that were just out of reach or defended well which led to a lot more stops for Bowie in the second half.
The Jackrabbits offense was able to finish one drive as Richey scored on a seven-yard run near the end of the third quarter.
Unfortunately, two other trips into Paradise territory for Bowie in the fourth quarter were ended with interceptions.
Paradise got one more extra possession when it recovered a pouched kickoff after the long touchdown run. Thankfully, the Wildcats just kneeled the ball to end the game.
Paradise won 40-7.
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Several Bowie athletes competed at the Wildcat Relays in Santos on March 20.
A couple of athletes did well enough to break school records along with placing well in their events.
Samara McChesney got second place in the girl’s pole vault with a vault of 8 feet 6 inches, breaking the school record for the Lady Rabbits.
Isaac Renteria got first place in the 3200 meter race, with his time of 9:59 that broke the school’s record in the event.
There were several athletes who also did well for Bowie even if they did not break school records.
Brayden Willett got first in the 800 meters and second in the 3200 meter race.
Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and got second in the high jump. Tyler Richey got second in the 110 meter hurdles.
Laney Segura and Ollie Gaston got third and fourth in the 800 meter race.
Olivia Richey got fifth in the 100 meter hurdles and Angela Alvarez got fifth in the 3200 meter race.
Both the boy and girl teams competed in the 4×100 relay event and finished in sixth place.
To see results for all varsity athletes who finished in the top six in their events, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians went 1-1 in their first round of district play last week.
The Lady Indians won a competitive game at Era 5-2, but then fell to Muenster by run-rule 15-0 after four innings.
Nocona came in with a big winning streak, but most of the wins were against familiar teams and the Lady Indians knew they would have to play at their best in a district that is expected to be tough.
The Lady Indians played at Era on March 18. The Lady Hornets took the early lead 1-0 in the first inning. Nocona tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning when Kaitlyn Tiffner scored on the base paths thanks to an error.
Era got the lead back with one run in the fourth inning , but then the Lady Indians got their first lead in the fifth inning. Ma’leigha Franklin drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly ball to put Nocona up 3-2.
The Lady Indians got some insurance in the sixth inning when Tinley Cable hit a two-run inside the park home run.
Nocona held on to win 5-2. Kylea Wallace led the team two hits as the team only had six all game. The hits were extremely opportunistic for the Lady Indians to score as much as they did.
Reagan Phipps allowed only two runs on seven hits while striking out 12 batters and walking three. The defense committed only one fielding error behind her.
Nocona was happy to get the close win to start district, but then came a big dose of bummer that threw sand in the potato salad of last week.
It was the Lady Indians home district opener, but Muenster had a huge second inning scoring 11 runs and it was all over from there. Nocona only got one hit from Phipps on offense as the Lady Indians lost 15-0 after four innings.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers were able to pick up a win against 1A Bryson last week, but fell to Graford and Perrin-Whitt later.
The Lady Panthers beat the Cowgirls 19-4, but then fell to 2A Graford 18-6 and fellow 1A team Perrin-Whitt 23-13.
Saint Jo played Bryson at home on March 18 and dominated, getting the win in three innings by run-rule 19-4.
Symbri Evans led the team with three RBIs while Kamron Skidmore and Mercedes Diaz each drove in two runs each. The team drew 15 walks and were hit by seven pitches.
So all three hits were big deals, like Skidmore hitting a home run.
Maxey Johnson allowed four runs (three earned) on two hits while striking out four batters. The defense committed only two fielding errors.
The next two games saw Saint Jo walk too many batters to keep the games close. Against Graford the team walked 15 batters and against Perrin-Whitt it was 16 batters.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie golf teams competed last week in their final events before district play starts this week.
The Lady Rabbits played at the Jim Ned Invitational at Shady Oaks and got second place. The boy’s team played in the Waxahachie Spring Fling at the Golf Club of Dallas and got sixth place.
The girl’s team shot 391 and was led by Miley Thompson who scored 91 and got third place individually. Tess Egenbacher (95), Hanna Bell (101) and Kendall Fallis (104) rounded out the team’s score.
Lillie Maddox shot 108, but it did not add to the team’s total.
Reegen Ferguson competed individually and shot 97.
The boy’s team shot 351 and the player with the lowest score was Hunter Lea who got an 83. Zac Harris (85) Huntter Fluitt (90) and Rayder Mann (93) rounded out the team’s final score.
Caden Belcher’s score of 96 did not add to the team’s total.
Cason Airington competed individually and shot an 86.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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