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Bowie girls beat Mineral Wells 10-3
The Bowie Lady Rabbits continued their great play on Tuesday beating Mineral Wells at home.
The Lady Rabbits won 10-3 in a game they never trailed.
Bowie got off to a good start as pitcher Alexa Holzer forced all three Lady Ram batters to hit balls to the Lady Rabbit defense, who made the plays to sit the runners down.
On offense, Kenzi Short led off Bowie with a drawn walk. After stealing second base, Season Eudey laid down a bunt that moved Short to third while Eudey also reached first unscathed.
There was an error with the play at first base, the first of many for Mineral Wells in the game, which allowed Short to score, putting the Lady Rabbits up. Bowie was able to get another runner on base and had both runners in scoring position, but the next three batters were sat down as the Lady Rabbits lead stayed 1-0 after the end of the first inning.
The Lady Rams looked poised to respond as their leadoff batter got on base with a single. Holzer responded well with two strike outs and another batter grounding out into a fielder’s choice.
On offense Holzer got on base with a one out single. Chelsey Ketchum came in to run bases and stole second and third base before Jayci Logan laid down a squeeze bunt to score her for the second run. Logan was also able to beat the throw to get on base.
After stealing second base, Logan reached third on a passed ball to put her in scoring position. She stole home and was able to score for Bowie’s second run of the inning, putting the Lady Rabbits up 3-0.
Mineral Wells got two runners on base with singles and moved them into scoring position with two outs. A deep fly ball to center field got down and both runners scored, cutting the lead to 3-2.
This was followed with a walk and the Lady Rams seemed to be on the edge of more with a two-out rally, but Holzer struck out the next batter for the third out to end the third inning.
Jasmine Jones got on base thanks to another error throwing to first base. She stole second base where she was driven in by Addie Farris with two outs. Farris reached second thanks to an error and then stole third base to put herself in scoring position. Unfortunately the next batter struck out for the third out, Bowie up 4-2.
The Lady Rabbits sat down the three Lady Rams in order in the fourth inning, two ground balls fielded cleanly and the third batter striking out swinging. On offense, Holzer and Logan led off with back-to-back singles for Bowie.
A ground out and an infield fly ball followed before Gracie Bentley was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Jones then worked the count to a full count before drawing ball four to score a run. Unfortunately, the next batter struck out to end any more scoring, but the Lady Rabbits lead did grow to 5-2.
Bowie sat down the first two batters to start the fifth inning, but a two-out rally from Mineral Well saw three straight hits score one run before the third out, cutting the lead to 5-3.
The Lady Rabbits blew the game open in the fifth inning. Farris led off with a single and easily reached third base thanks to an error and a passed ball. A wild pitch scored her while two walks followed her before Bowie’s first out was followed by a second.
Back-to-back singles from Eudey and Bentley drove in both runners. Another error on the throw to first base allowed Eudey to score. Bentley reached third when an error at second base trying to prevent her from stealing when awry. A passed ball allowed her to score the fifth run of the inning, putting Bowie up 10-3.
The Lady Rabbits did not look to be done. Jones reached first on a dropped third strike. Kylie Flemming drew a walk to put two runners on base. Unfortunately, Jones was caught trying to steal third base for the third out.
Mineral Wells showed some life as its leadoff hitter hit a bullet into center field and legged out a triple. Bowie’s defense did not get rattled. Holzer struck out the next batter and forced infield pop outs to short stop and first base to get out of the inning with no harm done.
The Lady Rabbits had no luck on offense as all with three batters striking out. It was the first inning Bowie did not score a run let alone not get a base runner on as the game moved into the final inning.
The Lady Rams needed a huge inning to have a chance, but the defense came up big again. Holzer struck out the leadoff batter, fielded a ball off the mound for the second out and forced a ground out to the short stop for the final out. Bowie won 10-3.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
This past week found your outdoor scribe doing some rather mundane things such as yard work, vegetable gardening and repairs around the old cabin. Oh, I also wrapped up a couple of magazine articles. I always enjoy sharing my adventures with all of you in this column but to be perfectly honest, not nearly as much as my ‘field work’ hunting and fishing which is an iatrical part of any good outdoor column. If you’re like me, you much prefer reading about an adventure that you can also partake.
I am far more comfortable telling you about an outdoor experience I had firsthand knowledge of rather than the reporting part of my job as an outdoor communicator. So, this week, I’d do a bit of ‘reporting’ and share some planned adventures I have scheduled for the next couple weeks. By the time you’re reading this, I will have already been in the woods in quest of a fat ‘eater’ hog and probably have some freshly caught blue catfish fillets in the freezer, details will follow in the next couple of weeks.
I’ll kick things off early in the week heading down to my friend Jeff Rice’s Buck and Bass Ranch located on the upper end of Lake Fork. Jeff produces our weekly TV show “A Sportsman’s Life” which airs on Carbon TV and YouTube. Our plan is to film a segment of our show on stalking wild hogs. It will be a challenge to capture the shot with all the thick grown spring vegetation. It could happen fast and require a fast shot. We will be breaking in my CVA Cascade scout rifle in 308 caliber. This short barrel little rifle is light and easy to handle in thick cover, ideal for this type of hunting. Our plan is to hit the woods during the last couple hours of daylight and ease along the trails, watching and especially listening for hogs. Wild porkers are vocal critters and it’s common to hear them before seeing them. We will play the wind and attempt to get downwind and then close the distance for a shot but you can never guess how a hog hunt will unfold. Wild pork or not, Jeff and I always have a great time together and I plan to bring a side of wild pork ribs already slow smoked and covered in brown sugar and BBQ sauce with a side of camp baked beans!
After a tasty dinner we plan to get a good night’s sleep and head out the next morning for a planned fishing trip with guide David Hanson at Lake Tawakoni. Both channel and blue catfish are on a very good bite right but it’s hard to pass up those snow white blue catfish fillets when the bite is good. David is, to my knowledge, the most veteran catfish guide on the lake and became friends close to a quarter-century ago when we first began fishing
together. The plan is to use freshy cut shad in shallow water and target eater size blues weighing between 2 and about 10 pounds but as every catfish angler knows, it’s always possible to connect with a big trophy size blue when fishing Tawakoni.
Next week, I plan to join my long-time friend J.C. McCollough on the Red River below the Texoma dam. I’ve been fishing and hunting with J.C. for many years and look forward to getting with him again. I would describe this to catching big catfish in a barrel but in this case the deep holes in the river are comprised of several acres. The water level in the river below Texoma are dictated by the water release at the dam by the Corp of Engineers. When there is a current in the river, fish move upstream to feed on baitfish coming through the dam. When the water recedes, they fish move into the deeper holes where baitfish also seek refuge from the falling water. Catching will be fast paced with the chance to connect with some big fish as well as limits of “eater” size fish. We’ll be rigging with big live gizzard shad fished weightless on a free line, using medium spinning gear. The bigger fish will often nail the frisky live shad and the fresh cut bait is a sure way to connect with lots of smaller fish. There is something very exciting about fishing big live baits on a slack line. One minute your bait will be darting around and you will occasionally feel it taking up slack and the next when a big blue catfish grabs the bait, the rod will bow and the fight will be on. There is usually no ‘setting the hook’, by the time you feel the fish, it will already be hooked and making a strong run to the nearest submerged brush. Your job will be to keep the drag set just enough to keep pressure on the fish but not so much as to cause the line to break.
J.C. uses his airboat to access these deeper holes because of the very shallow water. While it’s not impossible to portage a kayak or small boat in the river, it often requires a few miles travel to get to these deep holes, this is best accomplished by experienced kayakers with plenty of endurance. There was a time when I was game for this type fishing but I much prefer to do my river fishing these days from a boat designed to negotiate the shallow waters.
Squirrel season is underway in many of the east Texas counties and there’s some pretty good fox squirrel hunting here close to home in Kaufman county and I’ve been thinking about how tasty a big skillet of smothered squirrel with rice, gravy and biscuits would be. Bream are on the beds now and my friend Edgar Cotton invited me to come do some ‘perch jerking’ with him and his son David-it’s in the plans! Well, hopefully next week I will have a ‘sure nuff’ adventure of two to relate you you-I’m ready to get some relief from all this work around the homeplace! LC
You can contact Tawakoni/Fork catfish guide David Hanson at 902-268-7391. Contact J.C. McCollough at 580-372-0320.
Listen to Luke’s podcast, “Catfish Radio” just about everywhere podcast are found.
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