SPORTS
Bowie baseball loses to Hawks
The Bowie Jackrabbits two-game series against Iowa Park last week is one the team hopes they can put behind them after some rough performances.
The Hawks won with the scores 10-0 and 13-0 in games the Jackrabbits had little success getting anything going.
Bowie was coming into the series after starting out district with two competitive losses against Jacksboro the previous week.
The Jackrabbits knew Iowa Park is considered one of the favorites to win the district title along with Jacksboro and hoped they could do the small things to get over the hump against the Hawks.
Unfortunately game one got off to a bad start and Bowie never recovered. Iowa Park scored six runs on two doubles, two singles, one triple, one fielding error and one walk in the top of the first inning.
The Hawks then added to it in the second inning, loading the bases with no outs before scoring on two sacrifice fly balls and one walk. Iowa Park led 9-0 after two innings and the Jackrabbits were had no success getting anyone on base.
Bowie’s pitching and defense played better the next three innings. Caden Belcher turned an inning ending double play from his centerfield position in the third inning. Hayden Rodriguez caught a base runner stealing in the fourth inning.
The Jackrabbits turned another inning ending double play in the fifth inning that saved a run and extended the game. Hunter Rodriguez caught a fly ball in right field and was able to gun out a base runner at home plate for out three. The run would have put Iowa Park up by 10 runs which would have ended the game due to run-rule.
Unfortunately, Bowie’s defense could not hold off the Hawks forever.
In the sixth inning, Iowa Park drew two walks before a double drove home a run to end the game one inning early.
The Hawks won 10-0.
The Jackrabbits offense avoided getting no-hit when Rayder Mann hit a lead off single in the fifth inning.
While he stole a base and eventually advanced to third base, he was left stranded. Bowie was not able to draw any walks and Iowa Park committed no fielding errors.
On defense, the team committed three fielding errors and allowed 12 hits and walked seven batters. Out of the four pitchers the Jackrabbits pitched, Boston Farris had the most success, pitching 3.2 innings in relief while allowing no runs on three hits and two walks.
Bowie hoped a better start at its home field a few days later could get a better performance while surely having more success against the Hawks other starting pitcher.
Unfortunately for the Jackrabbits, Iowa Park started game two on Friday with a three-run home run in the first inning to get on the board and go up 3-0.
Bowie bats showed some life as Hayden Rodriguez led off with a drawn walk and was eventually moved to second base and into scoring position. Unfortunately, the Jackrabbits could not get him home.
In the second inning, two walks, a passed ball and a fielding error by the catcher allowed one run to score. A single later drove in the other base runner as the Hawks extended their lead to 5-0.
In the third inning, an error at first base allowed the leadoff batter to get on base. He was eventually drove in three batters later with a single to make it 6-0.
Hayden Rodriguez again got on base his next time up in the bottom of the third inning, reaching after a dropped third strike. Unfortunately, he remained Bowie’s only base runner after three innings.
A walk and two singles loaded the bases up with no outs in the fourth inning for Iowa Park. An error at third base allowed one run to score. A sacrifice fly ball scored another run. Even though the Jackrabbits did a good job of limiting the bleeding with the bases loaded, the Hawks lead was up to 8-0.
Edmond De Leon led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a drawn walk, but unfortunately it did not spark Bowie’s bats as the game moved to the fifth inning.
It looked like Iowa Park was going to score more in the fifth inning after starting the inning with two singles. Thankfully, the Jackrabbits got a double play from second basemen Jose Delgado, catching a line drive before flipping it to shortstop Mann at second base for the second out. A caught fly ball ended the inning without further incident.
In the sixth inning, a single and walk had two runners on base with two outs. Pitching in relief again, Farris was able to pick a runner off at first base for out three.
Austin Cheney led off the sixth inning for Bowie with a single, breaking up the no-hitter for Iowa Park. Unfortunately, that was the highlight as the Jackrabbits could not advance him forward.
The seventh inning was one to forget for the Bowie defense. After not giving up any runs the previous two innings and limiting the Hawks to one or two runs for most of the game, the final inning got away from the Jackrabbits.
Three singles, two walks, a hit batter and a fielding error allowed Iowa Park to score five runs.
Bowie tried to answer in its last at-bat, but could not respond as the Hawks won 13-0.
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A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
This past week found your outdoor scribe doing some rather mundane things such as yard work, vegetable gardening and repairs around the old cabin. Oh, I also wrapped up a couple of magazine articles. I always enjoy sharing my adventures with all of you in this column but to be perfectly honest, not nearly as much as my ‘field work’ hunting and fishing which is an iatrical part of any good outdoor column. If you’re like me, you much prefer reading about an adventure that you can also partake.
I am far more comfortable telling you about an outdoor experience I had firsthand knowledge of rather than the reporting part of my job as an outdoor communicator. So, this week, I’d do a bit of ‘reporting’ and share some planned adventures I have scheduled for the next couple weeks. By the time you’re reading this, I will have already been in the woods in quest of a fat ‘eater’ hog and probably have some freshly caught blue catfish fillets in the freezer, details will follow in the next couple of weeks.
I’ll kick things off early in the week heading down to my friend Jeff Rice’s Buck and Bass Ranch located on the upper end of Lake Fork. Jeff produces our weekly TV show “A Sportsman’s Life” which airs on Carbon TV and YouTube. Our plan is to film a segment of our show on stalking wild hogs. It will be a challenge to capture the shot with all the thick grown spring vegetation. It could happen fast and require a fast shot. We will be breaking in my CVA Cascade scout rifle in 308 caliber. This short barrel little rifle is light and easy to handle in thick cover, ideal for this type of hunting. Our plan is to hit the woods during the last couple hours of daylight and ease along the trails, watching and especially listening for hogs. Wild porkers are vocal critters and it’s common to hear them before seeing them. We will play the wind and attempt to get downwind and then close the distance for a shot but you can never guess how a hog hunt will unfold. Wild pork or not, Jeff and I always have a great time together and I plan to bring a side of wild pork ribs already slow smoked and covered in brown sugar and BBQ sauce with a side of camp baked beans!
After a tasty dinner we plan to get a good night’s sleep and head out the next morning for a planned fishing trip with guide David Hanson at Lake Tawakoni. Both channel and blue catfish are on a very good bite right but it’s hard to pass up those snow white blue catfish fillets when the bite is good. David is, to my knowledge, the most veteran catfish guide on the lake and became friends close to a quarter-century ago when we first began fishing
together. The plan is to use freshy cut shad in shallow water and target eater size blues weighing between 2 and about 10 pounds but as every catfish angler knows, it’s always possible to connect with a big trophy size blue when fishing Tawakoni.
Next week, I plan to join my long-time friend J.C. McCollough on the Red River below the Texoma dam. I’ve been fishing and hunting with J.C. for many years and look forward to getting with him again. I would describe this to catching big catfish in a barrel but in this case the deep holes in the river are comprised of several acres. The water level in the river below Texoma are dictated by the water release at the dam by the Corp of Engineers. When there is a current in the river, fish move upstream to feed on baitfish coming through the dam. When the water recedes, they fish move into the deeper holes where baitfish also seek refuge from the falling water. Catching will be fast paced with the chance to connect with some big fish as well as limits of “eater” size fish. We’ll be rigging with big live gizzard shad fished weightless on a free line, using medium spinning gear. The bigger fish will often nail the frisky live shad and the fresh cut bait is a sure way to connect with lots of smaller fish. There is something very exciting about fishing big live baits on a slack line. One minute your bait will be darting around and you will occasionally feel it taking up slack and the next when a big blue catfish grabs the bait, the rod will bow and the fight will be on. There is usually no ‘setting the hook’, by the time you feel the fish, it will already be hooked and making a strong run to the nearest submerged brush. Your job will be to keep the drag set just enough to keep pressure on the fish but not so much as to cause the line to break.
J.C. uses his airboat to access these deeper holes because of the very shallow water. While it’s not impossible to portage a kayak or small boat in the river, it often requires a few miles travel to get to these deep holes, this is best accomplished by experienced kayakers with plenty of endurance. There was a time when I was game for this type fishing but I much prefer to do my river fishing these days from a boat designed to negotiate the shallow waters.
Squirrel season is underway in many of the east Texas counties and there’s some pretty good fox squirrel hunting here close to home in Kaufman county and I’ve been thinking about how tasty a big skillet of smothered squirrel with rice, gravy and biscuits would be. Bream are on the beds now and my friend Edgar Cotton invited me to come do some ‘perch jerking’ with him and his son David-it’s in the plans! Well, hopefully next week I will have a ‘sure nuff’ adventure of two to relate you you-I’m ready to get some relief from all this work around the homeplace! LC
You can contact Tawakoni/Fork catfish guide David Hanson at 902-268-7391. Contact J.C. McCollough at 580-372-0320.
Listen to Luke’s podcast, “Catfish Radio” just about everywhere podcast are found.
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