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Lady Rabbits beat down City View to move to 3-0
The Bowie Lady Rabbits were able to keep up their hot start to district play on Friday by dominating City View on the road with a suffocating defense and hustle.
The Lady Rabbits won big 69-18 in a game that after the opening minutes the Lady Mustangs were never in as Bowie moved on to 3-0 in district play.
City View came out and scored on their first shot on a drive to the basket and looked to be physical out of their 1-3-1 zone defense. Unfortunately for the Lady Mustangs, they were a little over eager and quickly started picking up silly fouls while the opening shot was not an omen for things to come offensively.
Bowie soundly started moving the ball one step ahead of the closing defenders until they got the shot they wanted. Taking advantage of the zone and fearing no City View player in transition, the Lady Rabbits crashed the offensive glass relentlessly as they racked up more offensive rebounds than the Lady Mustangs had total rebounds.
Bowie led 15-5 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter Coach Chuck Hall busted out the full-court press. This led to many steals and chances to score in transition, but the overall play kind of evolved into sloppy play from both teams. It did not matter much as the Lady Rabbits almost repeated the first quarter as they led 30-11 at halftime.
With the game in hand, Hall was free to empty his bench and get minutes for every player anytime he wanted in the second half. They continued to press and make good things happen as Bowie forced 18 steals in the game as a team.
Taking advantage of all the extra shots and playing time, the bench offered a spark in the second half that was not always there in the first half despite the outcome already decided.
As the fouls piled up for City View, the Lady Rabbits trips to the free throw line kept coming. Not a great free throw shooting team, Bowie’s 32 trips to the line produced 22 points, higher than their season average.
When the Lady Mustangs got in their half court offense, scoring only really came from drives to the basket that went in infrequently or the free throw line. Bowie would go on to win 69-18.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
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Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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