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Lady Rabbits get back on track with win at Iowa Park
The Bowie Lady Rabbits were able to start the second round of district play on Friday at Iowa Park by breaking up their four game losing skid with a win.
The Lady Rabbits won the close, low-scoring game 36-30 against the Lady Hawks to hopefully get them going in the right direction down the stretch.
Bowie came into the game with a 2-4 district record. After starting off district 2-0 before the holiday break, the Lady Rabbits lost the next four district games and were sitting just outside of the playoff picture with the start of round two.
Bowie had beaten the Lady Hawks pretty easily the first time around, winning by 15 points as it played one of its best defensive games of the season.
The Lady Rabbits would need that again in a game that was a slobber knocker from start to finish. From the start, Iowa Park showed it was not going to shoot as badly from 3-point range as it did in the first game, making only one in that game.
The Lady Hawks first points came off a 3-point shot and the team finished with five in the game.
Thankfully, Bowie held up well and made the other 15 points Iowa Park had to score hard to come by.
The Lady Rabbits led 8-7 after the first quarter and 14-11 at halftime in the type of low-scoring game they can thrive in.
Bowie pulled away a bit to start third quarter, up 23-16. The Lady Hawks closed the quarter strong to cut the lead down to four points 26-22 heading into the final period.
The Lady Rabbits were playing well with a small lead, up 31-25 with four minutes left to play in the fourth quarter. Iowa Park brought a full-court press on defense to try and prevent Bowie from comfortably running clock.
This led to an Iowa Park steal and a pull-up jumper from its leading scorer Raylee Huse to again cut the Lady Rabbits lead to four points 31-27.
Thankfully, Bowie did a better job of taking care of the ball and forcing the Lady Hawks to foul and send its players to the free throw line. Hanna Bell and Ollie Gaston stepped up and made both of their free throws to extend the Lady Rabbits lead to 35-29 following an Iowa Park score.
Both teams added one more point from free throws as Bowie held on to win 36-30.
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Landry Norwood has agreed to become the new Head Boys Basketball Coach for Bowie High.
Norwood grew up in Paradise, playing a number of sports for the Panthers during his high school career. With a number of family members still in the area and the position coming open, Norwood applied and was hired.
“I know the tradition up here,” Norwood said. “I was glad (Athletic Director and Head Football) Coach Tyler Price felt he could put his trust in me.”
Bowie’s varsity went 2-10 last year, both wins coming against Vernon. Norwood spent five years as an assistant in Lipan before spending the next four years at Llano, three years as head coach. He said his last two years in Llano were rough after graduation of nine seniors his first year and a 26-7 squad.
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Nocona came into game two of its Class 2A Division I bi-district series with Archer City looking to rebound from a 17-0 loss in game one.
The Lady Indians took a quick lead but the Lady ‘Cats had too much in the tank and knocked Nocona out of the playoffs courtesy of a 13-3, five-inning victory winning the best of three series, 2-0.
Kylea Wallace reached base on a second baseman’s error. With one out, M’leigha Franklin took a pitch over the wall in left field for a home run, igniting the Lady Indian crowd with a 2-0 lead.
Archer City prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters. The Lady ‘Cats struck in the bottom of the inning for seven runs.
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Culture. It’s a beautiful word.
Bowie Softball Coach Griffin Fields has been trying to install a positive, winning culture since taking over the job. For the first time since 2019, the Lady Rabbits qualified for the postseason, facing District 8 top seed Early in the bi-district round.
After beating the Lady ‘Horns 9-8 in game one of the best-of-three series April 23, Early came back and evened the series less than 24 hours later, 15-0. The Lady Rabbits used the aforementioned culture and got out to a quick lead in game three.
Bowie was then forced to come from behind for the second straight night. Kinley Baker, who had the game winning RBI in game one, came through again in game three and broke a 6-all tie with a single to lift the Lady Rabbits to a 9-6 victory in the finale.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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