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Bowie softball competes well but struggles
The Bowie Lady Rabbits struggled with losses last week, but most importantly they competed well against some really good teams in the team’s final stretch before district play fully kicks off this week.
The Lady Rabbits went 0-3, losing a double-header against Muenster and Petrolia before later losing to state-ranked Brock.
Still, despite the losses, this young team competed well in all three games.
Against Muenster on March 11, Bowie started off the game great scoring five runs in the first inning. Unfortunately, the Lady Hornets answered with five runs in the third inning and four in the fourth inning. The Lady Rabbits scored one run each in both innings, but trailed 9-7.
Muenster added two more runs in the sixth inning and Bowie could not answer as the game ended after six innings. The Lady Hornets won 11-7.
Sadie Britt led the team with three RBIs while Hanna Bell and Chloe Kinney each drove in one run each as well. The defense committed five fielding errors.
The Lady Rabbits did not have time to sulk. Bowie played Petrolia shortly thereafter.
Again the Lady Rabbits started the game well up 2-0 after the first inning. The Lady Pirates scored three runs in the third inning to take the lead from Bowie.
Petrolia added one more run in the fourth inning, but the Lady Rabbits scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at 4-4. The Lady Pirates then scored one run in the fifth inning. Bowie could not answer and the game ended after that. Petrolia won 5-4.
Serenity Klump and Victoria Watson led the team with one RBI each. The Bowie defense committed six fielding errors in the game.
The Lady Rabbits then later in the week on March 13 hosted state-power Brock. The Lady Eagles used to be the team’s foil in the playoffs, but that is no longer the case with Brock now moved up to 4A.
The Lady Eagles started off the game showing why they are so highly regarded, scoring five runs in the first two innings. Bowie’s defense was able to shut down Brock in the third and fourth innings while the Lady Rabbits scored two runs to cut the lead to 5-2.
The Lady Eagles scored two runs in the fifth inning but Bowie answered with three in the same inning to stay within reach trailing 7-5.
Unfortunately, Brock then scored four runs in the sixth inning and the Lady Rabbit bats had no response.
The Lady Eagles went on to win 11-5.
Laci Goodwin, Bell, Kinney and Watson each drove in one run each. KP Rutherford allowed 11 runs (four earned) on eight hits while striking out five batters. The defense committed seven fielding errors.
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Bellevue’s girl’s basketball team led at halftime but a quick 9-0 Jacksboro run in the opening moments of the second half would prove the difference in a 28-25 Lady Eagle loss June 15 in a Nocona Summer League game.
Leading 12-9 at the half, Bellevue continued to shut down the inside game of the Tigerettes. Jacksboro switched tactics and began firing from outside. Three 3-pointers in the span of just under two minutes gave Jacksboro an 18-12 lead.
Bellevue kept things close, however, getting on the second half scoreboard with Mattie Broussard’s basket and free throws cutting the deficit to two, 18-16. A Haven Jones 3-pointer put the Lady Eagles up 19-18 midway through the second half.
The Tigerettes had just one 3 -pointer the rest of the way but got inside for a pair of buckets to take a 25-21 lead with 4:50 to go. Both offenses shut down late.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Most school-age athletes start off playing everything. By the time they graduate, they whittle it down to just one or two.
New Bowie girl’s track and overall cross country coach Shawnda Childers is no exception. While at Iowa Park she competed in volleyball, cross country and track before cutting out volleyball and focusing on track and cross country to close out high school.
Childers did not stay with athletics while moving on to Midwestern State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s Degrees. After graduation, shestarted coaching in Electra. She came to Bowie for one year, then went back to her old stomping grounds in Iowa Park where she spent the next four years.
The return home also put her in contact with now-Bowie Coach Griffin Fields, who was a coach there at the time. From Iowa Park, she spent the next three years at City View.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Girl’s Basketball Coach Grant Gooch isn’t completely unfamiliar with the area.
“We went to Muenster quite a bit when I was a kid,” Gooch, who will be going into his 20th year as a coach, said. “We’d load up the cooler from the meat markets. It’s good to be back.”
Gooch worked with Saint Jo Athletic Director CJ Hantz when the pair were in Throckmorton. Gooch comes to town from Menard where he spent three years at the West Texas school.
Gooch says coaching and education kind of come naturally to him.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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