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Bowie takes dramatic ‘walk-off’ win in extra innings against Cats
It came down to extra innings, but the Bowie Jackrabbits were able to get the win on senior night Friday against Henrietta in dramatic fashion.
Taylor Pigg came through with the walk-off RBI in the bottom of the eighth to give the Jackrabbits a 5-4 win.
It was a back and forth game that saw both teams have small leads throughout. Bowie took the early lead in the bottom of the first. A leadoff single from Pigg and a drawn walk from Keck Jones put two runners on base.
A double steal moved the runners to second and third with no outs. The next two batters struck out, but with two outs, Pigg scored on a wild pitch to give the Jackrabbits a 1-0 lead.
Henrietta was able to get one base runner on with an infield error, but with two outs it did not lead to anything. Bowie could not get anything going as the game went into the third inning.
A leadoff walk was amended when pitcher Payton Price forced the next batter to ground into a double play. He was not out of the woods yet though. A single, a drawn walk and a steal put runners at the corners, but Price was able to strike out the next batter for the final out.
The Jackrabbits looked like they would be able to add to their lead. With two outs, Bowie was able to load the bases by reaching base on an error, a hit batter and a drawn walk. The chance ended when the next batter hit a ground ball to second base, who threw the runner out at home for the final out of the third inning.
The Bearcats rode that momentum into the top of the fourth. A leadoff single was moved to second on a groundout. The next batter hit a double to score that runner and tie the game at 1-1. A leadoff single from Chance Tomlinson did not lead to anything for the Jackrabbits as the game headed into the fifth inning.
Henrietta took the lead in the top of the fifth. Three hits in a row scored two runs. With an error and a drawn walk loading the bases, the next batter flew out to center field deep enough to score another runner to bring the score up to 4-1.
Another walk loaded the bases, but Boo Oakley came in and forced the next batter to pop out to stop the bleeding. Price was hit by a pitch with two outs, but it did not lead to anything for Bowie offensively heading into the sixth inning.
Oakley shut down the Bearcats in the top of the sixth. In the bottom of the sixth a hit batter, a fielding error and a drawn walk loaded the bases for the Jackrabbits with one out.
Evan Kennedy came through with a line drive to centerfield that scored two runs. Next batter Pigg then hit another line drive that scored one run to tie the game at 4-4. Unfortunately, the next two batters got out to end the scoring chance heading into the seventh inning.
Neither team could get any offensive momentum going in the seventh inning. It forced the game into extra innings.
The Bearcats drew a one out walk to get a base runner on. A fielder’s choice kept a base runner at first with two outs. The next batter hit a single that moved a base runner in scoring position. Luckily, Oakley forced the next batter to hit a line drive right at the centerfielder for the third out.
Rylan Dorman led off in the bottom of the eight in promising fashion. He hit a line drive into the gap for a double. Next batter Oakley then laid down a sacrifice bunt. A bad throwing decision led to both runners being safe at third and first with no outs.
The next batter grounded into a fielders choice as Dorman was thrown out at home. This did allow Oakley to make it to third to give Bowie a runner in prime scoring position for the winning run. Next batter Pigg came through with a line drive to center field that was deep enough to allow Oakley to tag up and score the winning run 5-4.
To read more, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Indians wrapped up their first playoff berth since 2005 with a dominant win against Chico on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 10-0 in four and half innings due to run-rule to earn the district’s final playoff spot and break a nearly two decade drought.
Nocona was in a similar situation last year after beating Chico in the first game before losing twice more to the Dragons, once in the regular season finale and then in the play-in series.
The Indians won the first game earlier in the week 9-4, but knew they could play better. On Thursday they then proved it.
In the bottom of the first inning, Nocona got the scoring going as Wesley Murphey hit an RBI double. Two batters later, Landon Fatheree drove in two runs with a double.
Konnor Harrington followed with a groundout that scored another run as the Indians led 4-0.
In the second inning, Nocona kept up the pressure. Brody Langford drove in a run with a single. Later with the bases loaded, Caden Belcher was hit by a pitch that scored a run. A later passed ball allowed one more run to score as the Indians extended their lead to 7-0.
Nocona got one more run in the third inning. With the bases loaded, Wesley Murphey grounded into a fielder’s choice out that scored one run to make it 8-0.
The Indians got the final two runs they needed in the fourth inning. Walker Murphey and RJ Walker hit back-to-back RBI singles to put Nocona up 10-0.
Chico needed to score at least one run to prevent the game from ending early due to run-rule. Instead Walker Murphey completed the shutout performance by retiring the next three batters to end the game and the Dragon’s season.
The Indians won 10-0 and earned the district’s final playoff spot.
Wesley Murphey and Fatheree drove in two runs each to lead the team. Walker Murphey led the team with three hits. The team finished with 11 hits and drew six walks.
Walker Murphey also allowed zero runs and one hit while striking out five batters and walking none. The defense behind him committed only one fielding error.
Coach Zach Denson was beyond proud of this team for breaking the playoff drought.
“The amount of growth that they have shown throughout the year has been the most incredible I’ve seen in 13 years of coaching,” Denson said. “We went on a little skid in the middle of the year and that could have derailed our young team, but it actually brought us closer together as a unit.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Jackrabbits were able to clinch the final playoff spot on Thursday with a senior night home win against Henrietta.
The Jackrabbits won 6-1 in a game where all of the offensive action happened in the first three innings for both teams.
Bowie came into the game needing to win. Failing to do so would mean setting up a series with the Bearcats for the final playoff spot. If the Jackrabbits just took care of business against a team they had already beaten once pretty easily then they could avoid that whole situation.
Henrietta knew it was playing for the future of its season and struck first. A one out double followed by a single two batters later put the Bearcats up 1-0 against Bowie’s top pitcher Edmond De Leon on the mound.
The offense responded in the same inning with a two-out rally. Troy Kesey hit a single and Hayden Rodriguez drew a walk. De Leon then hit a double to drive one run in.
Cooper Hammer was then hit a by a pitch to load the bases up. Rayder Mann then drew a walk that scored one run and the Jackrabbits led 2-1 before the next batter popped up for out three.
Bowie added to that lead in the second inning. Boston Farris led off with a triple. Tucker Jones then hit a groundball to second base that resulted in an error that allowed Farris to score and make it 3-1 for the Jackrabbits.
Bowie then extended the lead in the third inning. Hammer hit a one-out single. Mann and Cy Egenbacher followed with hits that resulted in fielding errors for the Bearcats. The Jackrabbits scored one run on the second error.
Farris then hit a single that drove in another run. After a strikeout, a wild pitch then allowed another runner to score as Bowie was up 6-1. Another strikeout ended the scoring for the Jackrabbits.
The next three and half innings saw neither team score runs, though both had several chances with two runners getting on at times.
Henrietta’s best chance came in the fifth inning with two singles, but De Leon and Bowie’s defense shut that down. De Leon retired the final seven batters he faced as the Jackrabbits won 6-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Last week all of the area schools competed in their district’s tennis tournament and several schools had athletes qualify for the regional tournament.
In the end, 10 athletes finished second or better at district to move on for a chance to qualify for state.
Unfortunately, no players from Bowie were able to break through and qualify.
Many faced early seeding opponents from tennis power Vernon that ended their tournament.
The highest finish for a Bowie player was Lily Hodges who placed fourth in girls singles.
From Nocona, one girl was able to break through as Kaygan Stone finished second in girls singles to qualify for regionals.
Stone has had a tough year, dealing with shoulder problems that shortened both her volleyball and basketball seasons, but she bounced back this spring to qualify for regionals in tennis.
Her teammate Melissa Segura was not so lucky, as she finished third in girls singles and just missed the cut, having to settle for an alternate spot
At the 1A tournament, several schools had multiple athletes in one division qualify.
From Saint Jo, last year’s state qualifying girl’s doubles team of Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the division.
They beat out the second place finisher and their teammates, the girl’s doubles team of Maxey Johnson and Bailey Nobile, who also qualified for regionals.
From Gold-Burg, Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girls singles to move on to the regional tournament.
Other schools only had one team or individual.
From Forestburg, the mixed doubles team of Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros finished second as they qualified for regionals.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter finished second in the boys singles division.
To read the full story and see pictures of all of the qualifiers, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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