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After fighting to get into the postseason, the Bowie softball team fell to mighty Brock in their first round series in two games, making the Lady Eagles work for it in the last one.
After falling behind early and losing 9-3 at Brock in the first game on Friday, the Lady Rabbits played a tight second game at home on Saturday to try to force a third game. The Lady Eagles were able to take the lead in the seventh inning to win 2-1 and win the series.
Bowie came into the series knowing they would have to play their best to have a chance to beat a state ranked team who won their district handedly.
In Friday’s game, Brock was able to get a lead in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs, the Lady Eagles were able to turn four hits and a walk into a 4-0 lead before the Lady Rabbits could force the third out.
Bowie answered back in the top of the third. Emily Cox led off with a bunt. Due to an error by the pitcher, Cox was allowed to reach second. Two batters later, Taylor McCarty was able to get her home with a double to right field. Two batters later, Callie Melton was able to drive McCarty in with a single to cut the lead down to 4-2.
Unfortunately, the Lady Rabbits defense could not keep Brock down in the next three innings.
The Lady Eagles led off the third with a double they were able get home to extend their lead to 5-2. In fourth inning, Brock loaded the bases. With two outs, a hit batter and a single scored three runs to push the lead to 8-2.
In the fifth, a one out single was moved to second on a ground out. Again with two outs, the Lady Eagles found a way to get her home with a single the next at bat to push the lead to 9-2.
Bowie was able to cut the lead down a little in the sixth inning. A leadoff walk by Melton, followed by a drawn walk from Kylie Fleming put two runners on base with one out. Gracie Bentley put down a bunt and Brock again had trouble fielding it as an error allowed Melton to score from second to cut the lead down to 9-3.
Bentley was able to steal second to put two runners in scoring position with only one out. Unfortunately, the next batter struck out and Bentley was picked off at second to end the inning.
The Lady Rabbits ended up losing the first game 9-3.
Game two was played at Bowie on Saturday. The stands were packed with home support as the Lady Rabbits hoped to win so they could force a game three right afterwards.
It was a different game as both defenses were locked in. With Brock scoring a lot of their runs with two outs the previous night, Bowie focused on closing innings out.
They faced an early test in the top of the first. With two outs, the Lady Eagles hit back-to-back singles that put runners at the corners. Luckily, pitcher Maylie Short was able to force a line out to center field to get out of the inning.
Neither team had much luck in the second inning as individual hits or base runners were kept isolated. Brock was able to get runners at the corners with one out. They tried to steal home and second, but the Lady Rabbits were able to get the runner out at home.
The other runner eventually stole third and the next batter drew a walk and stole second to put two runners in scoring position. Fortunately, Short was able to strike out the next batter to keep the game scoreless.
Bowie was able to strike first in the bottom of the third inning. A leadoff bunt from Ketchum allowed her to get on base. She was able to get worked around the bases with a passed ball and a ground out allowing her to end up on third. Next batter McCarty was able to get her home with single to give them a 1-0 lead.
Each team was able to get one runner on base in the fourth inning, but they did not lead to anything as the game went into the fifth inning.
With one out, Brock showed their power the batter hit a ball deep to right field. The ball took a weird bounce that allowed the runner to hit an inside the park home run that tied the game up at 1-1.
It was the only hit of the inning as Bowie worked through the next two batters easily. A drawn walk from the Lady Rabbits with one out did not lead to anything as the game went into the sixth inning.
The Lady Eagles looked primed to take the lead in the top of the sixth. Back-to-back singles led off the inning. The next batter grounded into a fielder’s choice, but a single loaded the bases up with only one out.
Kalee Case came in to pitch and try to get Bowie out of the jam. She forced the next batter to ground into a fielder’s choice as they got the out at home.
The next drew a full count, but Case struck her out looking to get out of inning with the score still tied 1-1.
The Lady Rabbits could not get anything going as the game moved into the seventh inning.
Brock was able to leadoff the inning with a single. A sacrifice bunt was able to move the runner into scoring position. The next batter then hit a hard ground ball to left field that was able to score the runner and give the Lady Eagles their first lead of the game 2-1.
Bowie tried to answer back, but could not get a base runner on as the game ended.

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Two teams compete at state tourney

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Colt Henry, Lane Smith, Cooper Johnson and Corbyn Patton competed at the state high school bass tournament at Lake Conroe. (Courtesy photo)

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.

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15 athletes playing in Oil Bowl

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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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Hill upgraded to Nocona AD

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New Nocona Athletic Director Jeff Hill along with his wife Amy and their kids Kason, Camden and Kinsley. (Courtesy photo)

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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