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Bowie baseball competes against tough competition
The Bowie Jackrabbits had a tough four games playing in Muenster’s tournament last week.
The Jackrabbits went 1-3 overall, though they played competitive and close games as they are set to start district play this week.
Bowie started the tournament playing the host team, Muenster. The Jackrabbits took the lead in the first inning 1-0 before the Hornets grabbed the lead in the second inning with two runs scored. Bowie tied the score 2-2 with one run in the third inning.
In the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs and the bases loaded, Muenster was able to get a base hit to end the game. The Hornets won 3-2.
Edmond De Leon and Rayder Mann each drove in one run each. De Leon pitched four innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits while striking out 10 batters.
Bowie next played a state ranked 2A team in Axtell later in the day. The Jackrabbits did not start the game off well, giving up four runs in the first inning to start behind the eight ball.
Bowie regrouped to play good defense the rest of the way while scoring two runs in the third and fifth innings to tie the game at 4-4.
In the seventh inning, with the game needing to end so the tournament could stay on schedule, both teams started with a runner on second base to hopefully induce scoring. The Jackrabbits could not while the Longhorns came through with a single that brought the runner home to end the game. Axtell won 5-4.
Hayden Rodriguez led the team as he hit a two-run home run. De Leon and Mann also both drove in one run each. On the mound, Trae Seigler pitched five innings and allowed four runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out two batters.
The second day Bowie only played one game against Edgewood. With the Jackrabbits up 2-1 in the second inning, the Bulldogs pulled ahead by scoring four runs. Edgewood added two more runs in the fourth inning as it pulled ahead. Bowie’s offense had no answer as the game ended after five and half innings, the Bulldogs winning 7-2.
Both of the Jackrabbits runs were scored on fielding errors, scored by Caden Belcher and De Leon.
Bowie was able to come back on the final day and end the tournament on a good note playing state-ranked team Howe. The Bulldogs got the lead in the first inning with one run and kept that lead until they added to it in the sixth inning with one more run.
The Jackrabbits rallied to scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take the lead. Howe answered with one run in the final inning, but could not tie or take the lead as Bowie held on to win 4-3.
Boston Farris, Austin Cheney and Belcher each drove in one run each. Farris also got the start on the mound and pitched 5.1 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out five and walking four. Bowie’s defense committed four fielding errors.
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The Nocona golf teams competed at their hosted tournament at Indian Oaks Golf Course on March 12 and both did well.
The Lady Indians team finished second overall while the boy’s team got fourth.
The Nocona girl’s team shot 426 total and was led by Jessie Howard who shot a 97. The Lady Indians top four players included Estella Womble (104), Paige Davis (112) and Heidi Atteberry (113).
Alex Sosa shot 115 and Avery Crutsinger shot 119, but their scores did not count towards the team total.
The Nocona boy’s had two teams compete. The first team shot 349 overall and was led by Landon Fatheree who got a score of 78.
The team’s top four scorers included Jake Pribble (85), Kutter Cabrera (92) and Caden Gaston (94). Logan Gaston shot 97, but it did not count towards the team’s total.
The second team shot 370 overall and was led by Jax Fuller who shot 88. The team’s top four scorers included Jentry Miller (91), Brody Langford (92) and Caleb Cavallaro (99). Cooper Johnson shot 113, but it did not count towards the final total.
Stetson Forsyth competed individually and shot a 93.
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Nocona hosted a track meet on March 10 that featured four area schools.
Both Bowie track teams finished first overall ahead of Muenster in second place.
For Nocona, the boy’s team finished third and the girl’s team got fourth place. Saint Jo saw its girl’s team finish third and its boy’s team get fourth place. The Bellevue girls team got fifth place.
The Jackrabbit team won nine events. Isaac Renteria got first in the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 3200 meter races. Russell Anderson won both the 200 meter and 400 meter races.
Braden Rhyne won the 300 meter hurdles and Tyler Richey won the 110 meter hurdles. Jorge De Leon won the shot put event. Bowie closed out the meet by then winning the 4×400 meter relay race.
The Lady Rabbits had three first place finishes. Individually, Samara McChesney won the pole vault event. In the relays, both the 4×100 and 4×200 teams earned first place as well.
The Nocona boy’s team won only one event, but finished second in six events. McCrae Crossen won the pole vault event.
The Lady Indians finished first in five events. Grace Brown and Ava Johnson both won two races. Brown won the 400 and 800 meter races, Johnson won the 100 and 200 meter races. Nocona finished the meet winning the 4×400 meter relay.
For the Saint Jo girls team, the team won two events and got second in three events. Savannah Hill won the 300 meter hurdles and Bryndle Brewer won the long jump.
The Saint Jo boy’s team had Damon Byrd win both the long jump and triple jump as the Panthers finished second in two other events.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles had Mattie Broussard win the high jump and the 1600 meter race while the team got second in five other events.
To see results for all varsity athletes from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo and Bellevue who finished in sixth place or better, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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Nocona
The Nocona Indians played only one game last week due high winds later in the week, losing at Petrolia.
The Pirates won 9-0 in a game where not much went right for the Indians.
Petrolia scored five runs in the first inning thanks to three singles and three fielding error. The Pirates added one run in the third inning, two in the fifth and one more in the sixth inning.
Nocona had much trouble with its bats all game, finishing with only one hit and drawing five walks. Petrolia’s defense was stingy, only committing one fielding error, so the Indian offense struggled to say the least.
Landon Fathree got the team’s one hit in the game. The team struck out 10 times while drawing five walks.
Brody Langford got the start on the mound and pitched five innings while giving up eight run (three earned) on six hits while striking out six batters. The defense committed six fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played Electra on last week and lost a close game against the Tigers.
Electra won 7-6 in a game the Panthers knew they should have been able to win.
Saint Jo fell behind early in the game by five runs and spent the rest of it trying to catch back up. In the end, despite the Panthers ending with 12 hits, the team fell one run short.
Trent Gaston had a team high two RBIs. Sam Martin had three hits to lead the team.
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