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Bowie softball beats Nocona
With softball district play in full swing, the Bowie Lady Rabbits hosted rival Nocona on Friday.
The Lady Rabbits took it to the Lady Indians to the tune of 17-2 in four innings.
Nocona opened the game with a base runner as the leadoff was hit by a pitch. Bowie pitcher Bailey Grant bounced back with three straight strike outs, leaving the Lady Indians Gisel Hernandez stranded at third base.
The Lady Rabbits Kylie Fleming led off with a single. She stole second and third base. After a drawn walk, Carrington Davis drove in a run by grounding out to third to give Bowie a lead they would never relinquish.
After another walk, Gracie Bentley doubled to left field to clear the bases. Next batter Jasmine Jones tripled to left field to make it 4-0 before Nocona could get the final two outs.
The second inning was more of the same for the Lady Rabbits. Grant struck out the side swinging. Addie Farris led off with a single. Fleming laid down a bunt that allowed Farris to reach third.
After Fleming stole second base, a passed ball allowed Farris to score and Fleming to reach third. After an error at third base, Fleming was able to score.
Chelsey Ketchum hit a single to right field. After stealing second, she was able to score due to a fielding error that allowed Davis to reach second. After Season Eudey singled to the shortstop, Jones flew out to left field that allowed another run to score. Bowie led 8-0 going into the third inning.
Nocona had its best inning in the third. Jenna McBride was able to single on a fly ball to center field with one out. A ground out moved her to second base with two outs. Laci Stone drew a walk and a wild pitch allowed McBride to reach third base. Kelsee Harrington ran for stone and stole second base.
A passed ball allowed McBride to score and Harrington to advance to third. Koryahanna Ramsey was allowed to reach first on a dropped third strike that allowed Harrington to score. The Lady Indians had cut the lead to 8-2.
On defense, the third inning was also good for Nocona. Besides an error that allowed Farris to get on base with one out, Bowie could not get her home as Farris was stranded at third base.
The Lady Indians could not replicate the offensive success in the fourth inning. The Lady Rabbits Grant struck out two more batters to give her 10 for the game before forcing a ground out to the short stop.
Bowie then went on to end the game scoring nine runs in the fourth inning. Davis scored on a wild pitch. Jones hit an inside the park home run that scored two runs.
Davis then drove in three runs on a double to center field. Two batters later Bentley drove in two runs on a single to center field that ended the game due to run rule. The Lady Rabbits won 17-2.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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