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Bowie baseball loses close game on the road 4-2
In the last game of the regular season the Bowie baseball team traveled the two plus hours to Childress.
While Jackrabbits were able to take an early lead, the Bobcats won the low scoring game 4-2, giving Bowie only its third defeat during district play.
Evan Kennedy led off with a groundball single. Two batters later Payton Price followed with a single. Cooper Little drove in Kennedy with a single for the games first run.
Childress tries to pick off Little at first base, but an error not only allows him to reach second, but for Price to score, giving the Jackrabbits a 2-0 lead early on.
The leadoff batter for Childress drew a walk, but it was maid up for as the runner was thrown out trying to steal second base. Pitcher Boo Oakley then struck out the next two batters to keep Bowie’s lead heading into the second inning.
The Jackrabbits did not have any luck on offense. While the batters made good contact, they were right at Bobcat defenders who made the plays to get the outs.
Again the leadoff batter for Childress was allowed to get on base, this time do to an error at second base. A balk moved the runner to second base with no out.
Oakley and the Bowie defense went to work. A ground out to third base for the first out also kept the runner planted at second. A three-pitch strikeout swinging was good for the second out. The next batter hit the first pitch he saw to straightaway centerfield for the third out.
The third inning saw the Jackrabbits top of the lineup come back around. Leadoff Kennedy got on base thanks to an error from the shortstop. He quickly stole second and third base to put him in scoring position.
The next batter hit a groundball to third base. The player quickly threw the ball home in time to get Kennedy out at home. Price followed with a drawn walk. A fly out to right field allowed the lead runner to advance to third base. A wild pitch allowed Price to reach second, but not for the lead runner to advance home.
Unfortunately, a line out to center field on a 2-0 count was good for the third out as the Jackrabbits runners were left stranded at third and second base.
The Bobcats’ offense strung along some runs after barley avoiding falling further behind. A leadoff single followed by a sacrifice bunt started the things. A wild pitch moved the runner to third base in the same at bat as a walked batter.
A passed ball allowed a runner to advance to second base, but the lead runner stayed at third base. Oakley struck out the next batter for the second out of the inning, but a clutch double drove in both base runners to tie the game up.
A wild pitch allowed the runner to reach third base. From there, a steal home was successful, giving the Bobcats a 3-2 lead heading into the fourth inning.
Bowie’s bats tried to respond. Weston Partridge led off with a line drive to center field for a single. After a line out, pinch runner Camden Starnes stole second base. A groundout to the shortstop followed for the second out, but it allowed Starnes to reach third base. Unfortunately, Starnes was left stranded as the next batter struck out swinging.
Oakley followed the last inning with a furry on the mound, striking out the side with just 14 pitches to keep the Bobcats lead to just one run.
The top of the lineup came again for the Jackrabbits. For the third straight time, leadoff batter Kennedy found his way on base by drawing a walk. A fielder’s choice hit to second base saw Kennedy out at second base. Taylor Pigg advanced to second base from first thanks to a wild pitch.
Price also hit into a fielder’s choice where Pigg was thrown out at third base. Price replaced him at second. A wild pitch allowed Price to go to third base, but that is where he stayed as the next batter grounded out to the pitcher for the third out.
Childress got its leadoff hitter on base with a drawn walk. After a ground out into a fielder’s choice, the Jackrabbits picked off the runner trying to steal second base. The next batter lined out to centerfield for the third out.
Bowie continued to threaten with one base runner. Partridge was hit by a pitch with one out. Pinch runner Starnes advanced to second on a ground out, but he was stranded again as another ground out to second base ended things.
Childress added to its lead a little bit. A leadoff double to right field was followed by a stolen third base and a ground ball single. The Bobcats lead was 4-2. Pigg came in to relieve Oakley. He struck out two of the three batters to keep the game within reach as the Jackrabbits entered the final inning.
Kennedy hit a groundball single with one out. Unfortunately, he was caught trying to steal second base for the second out. Pigg hit a single to get on base and advanced to second base on a passed ball. With the tying run up to bat, the game ended on a pop out to second base. The Bobcats won 4-2.
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The Nocona Lady Indians played their final game of the regular season with a drubbing of Alvord at home.
The Lady Indians won 11-1 after six innings due to run-rule to end their season on a positive note despite no playoffs.
The game was rescheduled from last week due to weather.
Nocona was coming off a tough loss against Muenster the previous game, but knew it had a chance against Alvord after beating the Lady Bulldogs 6-4 in the first game.
The game started slow, but the Lady Indians got the lead with one run in the first inning. Alvord answered with one run in the third inning before Nocona retook the lead and never let it go.
The Lady Indians scored three runs in the third inning, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and the final two in the sixth inning to end the game on Charity Claxton’s sacrifice bunt that scored the last run.
Nocona won 11-1.
Coach Nolan Lanham thought it was the most complete game the team had played all season.
While he is sad this year’s season is complete, he is excited about what the team accomplished this year and what it can build off of it in the coming years.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians won their first game against Chico on Tuesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Indians won 9-4 against the Dragons.
Nocona was coming into the game after a close, low-scoring series against Perrin-Whitt that saw the Indians win one game and lose another.
The Indians took an early lead with Brody Langford driving in a run on a single. Chico answered with two runs in the same inning to take back the lead 2-1.
The teams exchanged runs in the next four innings.
Nocona tied the score at 2-2 in the second inning when RJ Walker hit a sacrifice fly ball deep enough to score one run. The Dragons took the back the lead with an RBI double in the third inning to make it 3-2.
The Indians again tied the score in the fourth inning when Langford hit into a fielder’s choice out with the bases loaded. Once again, Chico retook the lead in the fifth inning, also scoring on a fielder’s choice groundout to go up 4-3.
After a scoreless sixth inning, Nocona was down to its final three outs of the game.
With two runners on base and two outs and looking at a full-count, Caden Belcher came through for the Indians with a base hit. It scored the tying run and the second runner was waived home and had a chance to score the game’s winning run. He was just tagged out for out three, but not before Nocona had tied the score at 4-4.
Chico loaded the bases up with one out in the seventh inning, but Wesley Murphey stepped up and struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam scot free and force the game into extra-innings.
Nocona was still reeling from the momentum of the last inning and it came through in the eighth inning.
With two runners on base and two outs, the Indians started a two-out rally with Wesley Murphey hitting a triple that brought both runners home to score.
Langford followed with a single that drove in one run. Following another single, Konnor Harrington hit a single that drove in another run. Following a walk that loaded the bases, a passed ball allowed Nocona to score another run.
The Indians more than doubled their seven inning total, scoring five runs and leading 9-4.
Wesley Murphey and the defense then closed the door, striking out the first batter before inducing groundouts to shortstop and second base for outs two and three to end the game.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers played their final regular season series in a double-header on Tuesday against Lindsay.
The bigger Knights won both games by run-rule, 12-2 after six innings and 15-2 after five innings.
Saint Jo had last played a week ago in a double-header against Muenster’s JV and varsity teams. The Panthers competed well with the JV team, but struggled more against the varsity team.
Lindsay had no JV team so Saint Jo had to play the 2A school twice and hoped it could compete.
The Knights got off to a fast start in game one, scoring seven runs in the first inning and never looking back.
The Panther defense played better from then on, never allowing Lindsay to score more than two runs in an inning and even holding the Knights scoreless in two innings.
Saint Jo was able to score in the fifth inning when the team loaded the bases and drew two walks to score two runs.
That was enough to keep the game from ending after five innings, but Lindsay scored two runs in the sixth inning to end the game early with the score 12-2.
The second game saw Lindsay score at least one run in every inning, highlighted by seven in the second inning.
Saint Jo scored two runs in the fourth inning. Charlie Evans hit an RBI double. Later he scored on the base paths after Lindsay failed to prevent a stolen base elsewhere.
The game ended after five innings with the Knights winning 15-2.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles lost its final regular season game against Alvord on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings due to run-rule.
Bellevue knew it was going to be tough competing against a bigger school, but was hoping to compete.
Unfortunately, the Bulldogs came through and scored 14 runs in the first inning to suck any momentum from the Eagles before they had even had a chance to bat.
Bellevue prevented Alvord from scoring in the second inning, but not the third or fourth innings.
The Eagle bats did not have much luck scoring any runs as the Bulldogs won 22-0 after four innings.
Bryce Ramsey and Blake Reese got the only two hits for Bellevue in the game. Alvord racked up 15 hits, drew nine walks and were hit by five pitches which led to all of the runs.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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