SPORTS
Jackrabbits run rule City View
The Bowie baseball team traveled to City View on Friday in a game that was about as competitive as if the two team’s mascots had actually gotten into a fight.
In the world of sports, the Jackrabbits beat the Mustangs 12-0 in five innings due to run rule.
Knowing from history Bowie would likely have the advantage in skill, the Jackrabbits were aggressive with their bats and on the base paths early.
A leadoff single from Evan Kennedy immediately put pressure on City View. Kennedy stole second base and advanced to third on a balk. Two batters later Payton Price hit a triple to right field as he traded places with Kennedy to score Bowie’s first run.
The hit was followed with a double from Cooper Little that drove in Price to make the score 2-0.
The Jackrabbits were maybe a little too aggressive early on. Two pitches in and a fly out to the Mustangs shortstop and Little getting caught trying to steal third base were the last two outs of the inning.
Defensively, Bowie was on point in the first game. Pitcher Parker Price did not have to work hard as City View hitters looked to make contact early in the count and ended up grounding out three straight times.
In the second inning, the Jackrabbits drew two walks in their first three at-bats to put runners at the corners. What followed was five straight hits that scored five runs.
Kash Stockard, Kennedy and Taylor Pigg hit back-to-back-to-back singles to score three runs. With runners at the corners, Bowie pulled off the sacrifice double steal as the runner got thrown out at second, but it allowed the runner on third to score.
Price came up and hit his second triple of the game. Just like the first inning, Little hit a double to drive him in again. Bowie led 7-0 before striking out for third out.
The Jackrabbits ran into some trouble on defense. The Mustangs leadoff batter was hit by a pitch. While Bowie was able to throw the runner out trying to steal second base, an error allowed the next batter to reach first. A drawn walk put two runners on base.
After a balk allowed both runners to advance into scoring position, Parker was able to strike out the next two batters to get out of the pickle.
The Jackrabbits did not slow down in the third inning. A leadoff walk from Weston Partridge quickly turned into a problem for City View. The Mustangs tried to pick him off at first, but an error allowed Partridge to reach second anyway. Ozzie Phillips then hit a single to put runners at the corners with no outs.
Boo Oakley then hit a triple into the gap that scored both runners. Stockard hit a fly ball to City View’s shortstop for an error that allowed Oakley to score. Throughout all the chaos of trying to prevent Oakley scoring, Stockard somehow made it to third.
A fly out and a ground out fielder’s choice where Stockard was thrown out at home, Bowie had only Pigg on base with two outs. After a wild pitch allowed Pigg to advance to second base, Price hit a single. A throwing error from the Mustangs allowed Price to reach second and Pigg to score. Little followed with a line drive single, but the next batter struck out looking for the third out as the Jackrabbits were up 11-0.
After retiring the first two batters, Bowie gave up a single and a walk. A wild pitch allowed both runners into scoring position. Thankfully, the Jackrabbits were able to pick off the runner at third base for the third out.
At this point Bowie was starting to sub out starters with a double digit lead. Logan Hutson led off with a double to left field. The next two batters could not advance him as a strike out and a shallow fly ball kept Hutson planted at second base.
During the next at bat, a passed ball and a wild pitch allowed Hutson to go from second to home plate to score and put the Jackrabbits up 12-0.
Stockard drew a walk, Jed Castles was able to reach first after an error at second base and Taylor Pigg hit an infield single when he beat out the throw to first to lead the bases.
The next batter lined out to left field for the third out. Parker was able to retire all three of the Mustangs batters to advance the game into the fifth inning.
Only a drawn walk and a hit batter were the only types of offense Bowie could muster with the game in hand as the Jackrabbits were held scoreless for the only time all game. Only fielding error allowed City View from going down cleanly in the bottom of the fifth. The Mustangs needed to score at least three runs to avoid being run ruled, but Parker was able to preserve the shut out as the he retired the final two batters to win 12-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie track team competed in its final meet before district last week on March 27 at Peaster.
The boy’s team finished fourth overall while the girl’s team got seventh place.
The boy’s team had three athletes who won their events.
Russell Anderson won the 400 meter race, Braden Rhyne won the triple jump and Tyler Richey won the pole vault events.
Some other highlights for the team included Cody West getting second in the shot put, the 4×400 relay team getting second place, Richey getting fourth in the 110 meter hurdles, Rhyne getting third in the 300 meter hurdles and Jorge De Leon getting fourth in both the discus and shot put.
Brayden Willett got second place in the 3200 meters, third place in the 1600 meters and fourth place in the 800 meter race.
The Lady Rabbit highlights included Dallie Monroe getting fourth in the shot put, Laney Segura getting fifth in the 800 meters and Olivia Richey getting sixth in the 100 meters.
The 4×200 relay got fifth place and the 4×100 relay got sixth place to earn points.
Bowie competes in the district rack meet this week at Iowa Park. The running finals are scheduled for 5 p.m. on April 4.
Results for all Bowie varsity athletes who finished sixth or better are in the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona’s Meg Meekins (above) not only earned all-region honors, she also earned all-state honors and was named the Texas Girls Coaches Association 1A-4A Player of the Year.
Other Montague County basketball athletes who were named to all-region teams including Rayder Mann from Bowie and Reagan Phipps from Nocona. From Saint Jo, Payzlie Cervantes, Taylor Patrick and Barrett Johnson were named to the all-region team. From Forestburg, Jesus Sanchez, Brenna Briles and Kyler Willett were named to the all-region team.
For pictures of all nine athletes, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost a close game at home against Perrin-Whitt on March 28.
The Pirates won 8-3, only taking the lead in the seventh inning after the Panthers had come back to tie up the game.
Saint Jo was coming into the game after a close one-run loss in extra innings against Perrin-Whitt earlier last week.
The second game started with two scoreless innings before the Pirates got on the board in the third inning. A line drive into left field resulted in a fielding error that allowed one run to score. A double followed that drove in another run as Perrin-Whitt went up 2-0.
The Pirates added to the lead in the fourth inning, driving in a run on a single to extend its lead to 3-0.
Saint Jo answered back in the same inning. Charlie Evans drove in one run with a single. Later in the inning, with a runners on second on third base, the Perrin-Whitt pitcher balked twice, an illegal pitching motion, that allowed both runners to advance to home plate. The Panthers had tied the score at 3-3.
After a scoreless fifth and sixth inning, the Pirates had the pressure on in the seventh inning.
With the bases loaded, a hit batter and later a walk scored two runs for Perrin-Whitt. Then a bases clearing double scored three more runs to break the game open in the final inning.
Saint Jo tried to answer in its final at-bats, getting two singles and drawing a walk but could not get enough things going to score.
The Pirates won 8-3.
Evans led the team with one RBI and two hits as the team finished with five hits and drew six walks.
Sam Martin allowed eight runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out six and walking three batters in 6.2 innings of work. The defense committed three fielding errors overall.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a tough start to district last week, losing both games in their series against Lindsay.
The Knights won 11-4 and 7-3 against the Indians last week as Nocona hopes to get back into the playoffs.
Nocona was coming off a string of good wins the previous week against smaller schools, but knew Lindsay would be tough.
The first game saw Lindsay continually score runs in the first four innings, building a 9-0 lead before the Indians could get on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning with two runs.
Nocona added two more runs in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 9-4 and get some momentum heading into the final two innings.
After a scoreless sixth inning, the Knights scored two runs in the seventh inning to extend their lead and eventually win 11-4.
Miller Jentry led the team with two RBIs while RJ Walker also drove in two runs. The team had only two hits, but drew nine walks in the game.
Brody Langford allowed six runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out three in three innings pitches. Landon Fatheree allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out one and walking four. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Nocona knew it could play better and tried to in the second game later in the week while playing on the road at Lindsay.
The Knights again took the early lead, scoring in three of the first four innings and going up 6-0. The Indians scored two runs in the fifth inning and one in the top of the sixth inning to initially cut the lead to 6-3. Lindsay answered with one run in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to win 7-3.
Walker Murphey led the team with two RBIs after hit a double. Kutter Cabrera drove in the other run for Nocona. The Indians finished with three hits and drew only two walks, making the most of their limited opportunities.
Walker got the start on the mound and allowed seven runs (two earned) on eight hits while striking out six batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed six fielding errors overall.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles started district last week playing a series against fellow 1A team Bryson.
Unfortunately, the Cowboys won both games handily 11-1 and 10-1.
Bellevue was coming off a tough week where it hung tough playing 2A teams Nocona and Chico, not getting wins but competing well against the more experienced and bigger schools.
Unfortunately against Bryson in the first game, a few bad defensive innings threw away a good start to the game. Bryce Ramsey drew a leadoff walk in the first inning and stole his way around to second base, third base before eventually coming home on a steal.
Bellevue led 1-0 after the first inning.
That was the highlight as the Cowboys scored four runs in both the third and fourth inning to take control of the game. Bryson eventually added three more in the sixth inning.
The Eagles needed to score at least one run to avoid getting run-ruled and play the seventh inning, but could not do it. The Cowboys won 11-1.
Walker Strahan, Ryan Jones and Ramsey each had one hit to lead the team. With the Eagles drawing only one walk, it was a tough day swinging the bats for Bellevue.
Defensively, the Eagles allowed 12 hits and walked four batters, though avoided committing any fielding errors.
The second game on the road was not much better.
Bryson built up a 6-0 lead before Bellevue scored in the fifth inning. Cam Blaylock scored on the base paths to cut the lead to 6-1. The Cowboys responded in the same inning scoring four runs to go up 10-1.
The game cuts off on the Game Changer app from there.
Ramsey led the team with three hits in the game and Strahan was behind him with two hits as the team finished with six total and drew one walk.
Defensively, Bryson had nine hits and drew eight walks, but Bellevue did not commit any fielding errors.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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