SPORTS
Bowie boys make it four straight
The Bowie Jackrabbits improved their win streak to four games after picking up two close district wins against Holliday and Vernon last week.
The Jackrabbits completed a comeback to beat the Eagles 40-35 and just outmuscled the Lions 34-33 on the road to improve their standings in district.
Bowie came into last week with a 4-4 district record, but were coming off two wins against teams it had previously lost against. The Jackrabbits played another one of those teams on Jan. 28 at home in Holliday.
The first game between the teams went into overtime as the Eagles pulled out the win by two points. This time around, the game was a bit different.
The first quarter was low-scoring and competitive. Bowie tried to prevent Holliday from getting the ball inside the paint into its athletic front court players. The Eagles countered by hitting on their open 3-point shots against the Jackrabbits zone, making three in the first quarter as they led 11-8.
Bowie had trouble attacking Holliday’s zoning press defense. The team had a bad sequence late in the second quarter, allowing the Eagles to force some turnovers they converted to quick points as Holliday went on a 7-2 run and was up 23-15 at halftime.
The Jackrabbits were still in range for a comeback and was playing solid defense, but they just had not been able to get much of anything going offensively.
That continued in the third quarter as the Eagles broke away. It seemed every pass was one step ahead of Bowie’s zone defense and Holliday was getting good shots while the Jackrabbits continued to struggle.
The Jackrabbits were only outscored 10-5 in the third quarter, but that 33-20 lead felt insurmountable by the end of the quarter. Bowie had made only two field goals all quarter and nothing seemed to change from the first half besides not turning the ball over in the back court.
The Jackrabbits were already trying to turn up the pressure on defense, but with so little success offensively they were only able to bring it so much following a rebound instead of a made basket.
The final period started and immediately it seemed like Bowie found another gear with its sheer effort. The Jackrabbits scored a quick seven points in only a two and half minutes, forcing things to happen with extra effort plays that forced turnovers, earned second chance shots and generally changed the nature of the game.
Holliday took a time out to try and regroup and tried to emphasize holding the ball to run the clock before getting a shot. That slowed Bowie’s offense a bit, but the momentum was out of the bag and the Jackrabbits kept coming.
The Eagles sometimes would get a good shot, but how those shots were going in the first three quarters, they were just rolling out in the fourth quarter.
After only scoring one point in the next three minutes, the Jackrabbits had back-to-back sequences where Boston Farris and Rayder Mann made 3-pointers to cut the lead to one point as they trailed 35-34.
After getting a stop, Gaige Goodman was fouled getting a rebound and was sent to the free throw line thanks to Holliday being over the foul limit. He stepped up and made both clutch free throws to give Bowie its first lead of the game 36-35 with 1:14 left to play.
The Jackrabbits got another stop on defense and after running a lot of clock Goodman again was sent to the free throw line. Again he made both free throws, giving Bowie a 38-35 lead with 23 seconds left.
Holliday threw the ball away to give Bowie back the ball. Mann was sent to the free throw line where he also made both to put the game out of reach. The Jackrabbits completed the comeback, outscoring the Eagles 20-2 in the fourth quarter to win 40-35.
Goodman led the team with 14 points while Mann was second with 11 points.
Bowie then traveled to play at Vernon on Friday to wrap up the week. The Jackrabbits had easily beaten the Lions the first time the two teams played, with Bowie’s superior size being too much for Vernon to handle. With the Lions being the team that had struggled all district long, it looked like the Jackrabbits might have an easy night, but Vernon did not let that happen.
It was another low-scoring game, but initially Bowie had the advantage, up 6-2 after the first quarter.
The Lions bounced back in the second quarter and dominated the Jackrabbits, outscoring Bowie 17-6 as they took a 19-12 lead into halftime.
The Jackrabbits knew they had to play better defense and use their size advantage better offensively as well in the second half.
Bowie equaled its first half total in the third quarter scoring 12 points as the team went to the basket more and earned several free throw attempts.
Vernon had cooled off offensively and now led 26-24 heading into the final period.
Both teams had trouble scoring in the fourth quarter. Bowie held the Lions to only two field goals while the Jackrabbits went cold from the perimeter. Bowie looked inside to its post player Goodman who came through, scoring all eight of the teams 10 points.
It proved just enough to give the Jackrabbits the 34-33 win.
Goodman led the team with 16 points while Adam Pickett and Farris each scored four points.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed on Saturday at Eagle Mount Lake as the club finished fifth overall out of 28 clubs.
The club had two teams that brought in fish at the end of the day, but one also finished highly.
The team of Carson Caudle and Hunter Blackburn got fourth overall out of more than 100 teams. The pair caught three fish that weighed in at 7.99 pounds.
The club had one more pair that brought in fish. Walker Strahan and Bryce Ramsey got one fish that weighed in a 1.95 pounds that was good for 33rd place.
Only 37 out of the 126 teams were fortunate enough to bring fish to the weigh-in.
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Bowie
Superlatives
Offensive most valuable player: Rayder Mann
First team
Gaige Goodman
Second team
Boston Farris
Honorable mention
Adam Pickett, Bradly Horton, Braden Rhyne
Academic all-district
Hayden Sutton, Keller Dosch, Anthony Jaraleno, Finn Riddle, Tyler Richey, Adam Pickett, Bradly Horton, Hayden Heugatter, Boston Farris, Rayder Mann
Nocona
Superlatives
Co-newcomer of the year: Landon Fatheree
Fighting heart award: Jose Gomez Jr.
First team
Karson Kleinhans, Oscar Salomon-Gomez
Second team
Zyrus Moreno, Walker Murphey
Honorable mention
Adrian Gutierrez
Academic all-district
Jose Gomez Jr., Kyle Waters, Kasch Johnson, RJ Walker, William Henley, Skye Kirby, Landon Fatheree, Karson Kleinhans, Oscar Salomon-Gomez, Zyrus Moreno, Walker Murphey, Adrian Gutierrez
1A
Superlatives: Jesus Sanchez, Forestburg, most valuable player; Barrett Johnson, Saint Jo, offensive MVP; Evan Chavez, Bellevue, sixth man of the year; Camden Dreyer, Gold-Burg, co-newcomer of the year; Josiah Wadsworth, Forestburg, co-newcomer of the year; Curtis Enis, Forestburg, coach of the year
First team
Ryan Jones, Bellevue; Jesse Wadsworth, Forestburg; Kyler Willett, Forestburg; Lee Yeley, Saint Jo; Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Second team
Aaron Allison, Bellevue; Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; River Trail, Bellevue; Jayton Epperson, Gold-Burg; Trae Campbell, Prairie Valley; Zeke Bonn, Saint Jo; Landon Shannon, Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue; Brenna Criswell, Bellevue; Eli White-Freeland, Gold-Burg; Keelyn Case, Gold-Burg; Barrett Allen, Gold-Burg; Angel Cruz, Forestburg; Hayden Halliburton, Forestburg; John Carranza, Forestburg; Hunter Camden, Prairie Valley; Jarrett Horton, Prairie Valley; Landen Williams, Saint Jo; Jayden Curry, Saint Jo; Colton Curry, Saint Jo
Academic all-district
Bellevue: Walker Strahan, Brycen Bancroft, Bryce Ramsey, Will Bonds, Cowyn Langford
Forestburg: Rafeal Sanchez, Josiah Wadsworth, Tristan Cumby, Hayden Halliburton, Jesse Wadsworth
Prairie Valley: Hunter Camden, Jarrett Horton, Josh Stout, Dayne Sadler, Kasey Caruthers
Saint Jo: Jayden Curry, Colton Curry, Landon Shannon, Barrett Johnson, Trent Gaston, Zeke Bonn, Lee Yeley
Gold-Burg: Levi Hellinger, Brady Allen, Barrett Allen
For pictures from players from every team, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians’ softball team had a great first week as a full team, winning all of their games and going 4-0 at their hosted tournament against a Seymour program.
The Lady Indians were able to add some players from basketball, which only ended the previous week after winning the state title.
Nocona kicked off the week with a blowout win against Perrin-Whitt on March 4. The Lady Indians scored 12 runs in the first inning and seven in the second as the game ended after three innings due to run-rule, Nocona winning 19-1.
Skye Kirby led the team with four RBIs while Kylea Wallace and Heidi Atteberry were second with two RBIs each. The team drew 12 walks.
Reagan Phipps, fresh from the basketball court, allowed one run (zero earned) on two hits while striking out seven batters.
Nocona on March 6-7 played double-headers on each day against Seymour and its JV team.
The first game against the Lady Panthers varsity team saw the Lady Indians win 14-6 after four and half innings. Gwyndelyn Forsyth led the team with three RBIs while Tinley Cable, Kirby and Phipps each drove in two runs. Phipps hit a home run as well.
On the mound, Phipps allowed six runs on nine hits while striking out nine batters.
The next game against the JV team from Seymour was strangely closer, but Nocona came out on top, winning 10-7 after four innings played.
Forsyth led the team with two RBIs as five different players drove in one run each. Atteberry got the start on the mound and allowed seven runs on six hits while striking out six batters and walking seven.
The next day Nocona dominated the Seymour varsity team again, winning 11-2 after five innings played. Evelyn Marquez led the team with two RBIs while four other players had one in a balanced approach. Phipps allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out seven batters.
The Lady Indians made sure not to let up against the Seymour JV team in the next game. Nocona won 16-3 after four innings played to end the week off right.
Kaitlyn Tiffner led the team with four RBIs while Marquez drove in three, Kirby and Cable drove in two. Atteberry allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits while striking out two batters.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had tough games last week against 2A team Chico and Muenster.
The Lady Panthers lost by the scores 21-2 and 22-0 as they try to look for the positive while playing against mostly bigger schools.
Saint Jo played Chico on March 7. Most of the damage was done in the second inning, with the Lady Dragons scored 13 runs. The Lady Panthers did score runs in two of the three innings played, but the game ended after three due to run-rule as Chico won 21-2.
Reagan Wilson led the team with one RBI. On defense, the team had 17 walks and allowed 10 hits, though the team committed zero fielding errors.
It did not get any easier hosting Muenster on March 10. The Lady Hornets scored 10 runs in the first inning before Saint Jo could come up to bat and had dug itself a big hole. The Lady Panthers had little success with their bats in the game, with Maxey Johnson being the sole base runner as she got a hit.
Muenster won 22-0 as the Lady Hornets had 14 hits and drew 16 walks.
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