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Lady Rabbits fall to Henrietta last week
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost two close games to Henrietta last week.
The Lady Cats won 6-3 and 9-8 as the Lady Rabbits were hoping to get back in the win column after losing series to Jacksboro and Iowa Park the previous two weeks.
The first game at Henrietta saw the Lady Cats get ahead in the second inning when an infield fly ball resulted in an error and scored one run. A single on the next at-bat then saw two more runs come across as Henrietta led 3-0.
Bowie answered in the top of the third inning, taking advantage of the Lady Cat pitcher’s inaccuracy, drawing three walks and getting hit by a pitch as one run came across to cut the lead to 3-1.
The Lady Rabbits tied the score up in the fifth inning as KP Rutherford hit an RBI double followed by Madi Heugatter driving in a run on a single. The score did not stay tied at 3-3 for long though.
Henrietta answered in the same inning, scoring two runs on two RBI singles to go up 5-3. The Lady Cats added one more run in the sixth inning, scoring with two outs thanks to an error in the outfield.
Down 6-3 in the final inning, Bowie gave itself a chance.
After drawing two walks, a passed ball put both runners in scoring position with no outs. The lead runners was picked off and a sacrifice bunt put the only base runner on third base with two outs. After two more walks loaded up the bases, the next batter struck out to end the game.
Henrietta won 6-3.
Rutherford and Heugatter had the team’s only hits in the game, but both resulted in RBIs since the team drew nine walks and were hit by four pitches.
On the mound, Rutherford allowed six runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out five batters. The defense committed five errors.
Bowie hoped if it could clean some things up and get a few more hits, it would have a chance to get a win at home a few days later. Unfortunately, the start of the game saw Henrietta come out strong.
Two RBI singles with two outs saw the Lady Cats go up 2-0 after the first inning. An RBI triple in the second inning and another RBI single in the third inning saw Henrietta go up 4-0 before the Lady Rabbit bats woke up and got things going.
In the bottom of the third inning, two leadoff singles got things going. Lead runner Virginia Watson scored on a passed ball. A batter later with two runners on, Rutherford hit a two RBI triple. Next batter Sadie Britt then hit an RBI single to tie the game up at 4-4 and change the momentum of the game.
Bowie’s defense then blanked Henrietta in the fourth inning and it seemed like the Lady Rabbits were about to get in control. It did not last.
In the fifth inning with two outs, a Lady Cat runner beat out an infield single to keep the inning alive. That sparked Henrietta scoring four runs thanks to two more singles, two fielding errors and a double as the Lady Cats were back in control up 8-4.
Bowie showed some life, answering in the same inning with Hanna Bell hitting an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-5. Henrietta got the run back in the sixth inning, hitting a two out RBI triple to make it 9-5.
Bowie needed something big to get it going and it got it in the bottom of the sixth inning. With two outs, Rhyan Carle drew a walk followed by Chloe Kinney hitting a single. Rutherford then hit a three-run home run, cutting the lead to one run 9-8 and giving the Lady Rabbits some life heading into the final inning.
Unfortunately, Bowie could not come through. Despite the defense getting an important scoreless inning to keep the score close, the Lady Rabbits could not get a base runner on during the seventh inning.
Henrietta hung on to win 9-8.
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The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
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Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
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