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Lady Rabbits have great week
The Bowie Lady Rabbits had a great week last week, winning a district game and going 3-1 in their final tournament at Graham.
The Lady Rabbits were able to pick up their second district win against Vernon 10-2 before going on a much needed run of wins.
Bowie traveled to Vernon on March 5. The Lady Rabbits had played the Lady Lions the previous week to start off district and easily won 13-3, but since then a string of tough losses at the preceeding tournament soured the memory.
Bowie started the game well, scoring one run in three of the first four innings to go up 3-0. Vernon cut into the lead in the fourth inning, scoring two runs. The Lady Rabbits answered by turning up the heat with their bats, scoring three runs in both the fifth and seventh innings as Bowie pulled away. The Lady Rabbits won easily 10-2.
Sadie Britt led the team with three RBIs while Victoria Watson drove in two runs. KP Rutherford got the start on the mound and was dominant, striking out 16 batters and allowing two runs (zero earned) on three hits while Bowie’s defense committed two fielding errors.
The Lady Rabbits then traveled to Graham on March 6-7 and played four games and were able to keep up the good play.
Bowie started off playing Windthorst. After exchanging one run in the first two innings, the Lady Rabbits scored three runs in the third inning to take the lead. The Lady Trojans cut the lead to one in the same inning. Bowie added one run in the final inning to its lead. Windthorst answered with one run, but came up short. The Lady Rabbits won 5-4.
Chloe Kinney led the team with two RBIs in the game. Rutherford pitched and allowed four runs on six hits while striking out seven batters and walking two. The defense committed three fielding errors.
Bowie next played Bridgeport. It was a close and low-scoring game the first four innings. The score was tied at 1-1 when the Lady Rabbits scored four runs in the fifth inning.
The Sissies could not answer and Bowie won 5-1 after five innings.
Laci Goodwin led the team with two RBIs while Britt and Kinney each had two hits to lead the team. Rutherford struck out 11 batters and allowed one run on four hits. The defense committed no fielding errors in the game.
The second day of the tournament saw the Lady Rabbits play the tournament host Graham. The Lady Blues had a successful run of scoring in four of the innings as they led 5-0 entering the sixth inning. Bowie’s offense showed some life, scoring three runs, but it was not enough. Graham won 5-3 after five and half innings played.
Britt and Goodwin both had one RBI to lead to the team. Britt had three of the team’s six hits. Rutherford allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits while striking out five batters. The defense committed one fielding error.
Bowie finished the tournament with a high-scoring game against Jonesboro. The Lady Rabbits scored three runs in each of the first three innings as they led 9-5. Bowie then scored four runs in the fifth inning and held on as the Lady Eagles also scored five runs. Thankfully, the Lady Rabbits held them off to win 13-10 after five innings of play.
Serenity Klump led the team with three RBIs while Rutherford was second with two RBIs. The team finished with 11 hits and drew four walks.
On the mound, Rutherford allowed 10 runs (four earned) on seven hits while striking out seven and walking nine batters. The defense committed five 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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