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Jackrabbits beat feisty Bearcats 49-40 at home improving to 3-1
The Bowie Jackrabbits were able to secure the team’s first home district win Tuesday night as they took on Henrietta.
Despite the Bearcats having no answer for Bowie’s players inside, the Jackrabbits less than stellar outside shooting allowed the final score to be 49-40.
The first quarter was relatively slow offensively for both teams. With a little less than three minutes to go, Bowie only led 6-3. The Jackrabbits were able to end the quarter well by doubling their score and leading 12-5.
The second quarter was more of the same, except no momentous push came from either team’s offense. To counteract Bowie’s strength of size and skill in the post, the Bearcats sat back in a tight two-three zone and dared the Jackrabbits to take good three-point shots.
While the Jackrabbits have had moments where the team has been on fire from deep, they have not shot a good percentage on the year and were not having their best night Tuesday.
The two teams each scored only six points in the second quarter as Bowie led 18-11 at halftime.
The pace picked up in the second half and especially in the third quarter. The Jackrabbits started pushing the ball and were able to finish several two on one and three on two situations with guard Justin Franklin getting his teammates easy looks to score as he dished out a season high 11 assists in the game.
Henrietta made enough shots from three while scoring through gritty means to keep pace. While Bowie did go up by double digits 32-21 with 3:30 to play in the third, the Bearcats closed the score to 36-28 heading into the fourth quarter, refusing to go away.
In fourth quarter Henrietta’s Jonah Lyde, who was held scoreless in the first half, scored 11 of his game high 18 points with a couple of three-pointers and getting to the free throw line. The Jackrabbits scored and played just well enough not to feel threatened even as the Bearcats cut the lead to 43-39 with 3:06 left to play.
Bowie takes awhile to run its offense under normal circumstances, but when trying without actually stalling, only the most aggressive of teams have succeeded in rattling the Jackrabbits with the lead.
Bowie was able to stay calm and play the game out normally as they won 49-40.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend 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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