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Bowie baseball plays well at final tournament
In the team’s final action for at least the next two weeks, the Bowie baseball team hosted the Walker Stallcup Tournament last week.
The Jackrabbits went 2-2 during the three days of action.
Bowie first played Bridgeport early on Thursday to start off the tournament action. In the first inning, Parker Price worked himself out of an early jam on the mound. After walking two batters with one out, Price struck out two batters back-to-back to end the inning, even with both runners in scoring position after a double steal.
In the second inning the Bulls took advantage of two leadoff walks to score on a sacrificed ground out to the short stop.
The Jackrabbits had no base runners get on in the first two innings as they fell behind 1-0.
Bowie came back in the third inning. First turning a double play to get out of defense, the Jackrabbits loaded the bases with no outs when Cade Thompson drove in two runs on a double. Colton Richey followed him with a ground out to first base, but it scored one more run as Bowie took a 3-1 lead.
That proved to be enough as neither team allowed more than one base runner on for the rest of the game while the defense and pitching shut down any chances getting those players home. The Jackrabbits would win.
Bowie would play later that night against Pampa. The Harvesters would score one run in the first inning to take the lead while the Jackrabbits struggled to get any base runners on base in response.
In the second inning, Pampa would add another run thanks to base running and go up 2-0. Bowie drew two walks to lead off the inning. Kawlyer Swearingin would drive in one run on a single. An error at third base would allow the other base runner to score, tying the game at 2-2 after two innings.
The Harvesters would take back the lead in the third inning, loading the bases with one out before drawing a walk. The Jackrabbits limited Pampa to just that one run as the inning ended with the bases still loaded and the score 3-2.
The Harvesters would add four more runs in the fourth inning with three big hits, upping their lead to 7-2. Bowie struggled to respond and the game ended after the fifth inning and the Jackrabbits losing.
It was a rainy day on Friday, but the tournament continued thanks to the turf field. Bowie’s one game played that day was against Wichita Falls High School.
The Coyotes started out the game taking the lead 1-0 in the first inning with some extra base hits. A few innings later Wichita Falls added another run on a sacrifice fly ball, upping its lead to 2-0 in the third inning.
The Jackrabbits responded in the bottom of the inning. Weston Partridge hit a triple that drove in two runs. Next batter Price hit a single to left field to drive in another run, giving Bowie the lead 3-2 heading into the fourth inning.
While both teams had chances in the fourth inning to score, neither could take advantage as the game moved into the fifth inning. There Jake Fallis drove in two runs with a triple with no outs. A couple of batters later, Fallis stole home for another run and Brae Ogle drove in a run on a single.
With the Jackrabbits up 7-2, the game was called after that to keep the tournament moving and on schedule.
Bowie played its final game of the tournament on Saturday against Vernon. The Lions scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back. The Jackrabbits got hits here and there, but could never link hits together to score any runs.
Vernon would score two runs or more in all but one inning as the Lions would win 11-0 after five innings of play.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona Indians wrapped up their first playoff berth since 2005 with a dominant win against Chico on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 10-0 in four and half innings due to run-rule to earn the district’s final playoff spot and break a nearly two decade drought.
Nocona was in a similar situation last year after beating Chico in the first game before losing twice more to the Dragons, once in the regular season finale and then in the play-in series.
The Indians won the first game earlier in the week 9-4, but knew they could play better. On Thursday they then proved it.
In the bottom of the first inning, Nocona got the scoring going as Wesley Murphey hit an RBI double. Two batters later, Landon Fatheree drove in two runs with a double.
Konnor Harrington followed with a groundout that scored another run as the Indians led 4-0.
In the second inning, Nocona kept up the pressure. Brody Langford drove in a run with a single. Later with the bases loaded, Caden Belcher was hit by a pitch that scored a run. A later passed ball allowed one more run to score as the Indians extended their lead to 7-0.
Nocona got one more run in the third inning. With the bases loaded, Wesley Murphey grounded into a fielder’s choice out that scored one run to make it 8-0.
The Indians got the final two runs they needed in the fourth inning. Walker Murphey and RJ Walker hit back-to-back RBI singles to put Nocona up 10-0.
Chico needed to score at least one run to prevent the game from ending early due to run-rule. Instead Walker Murphey completed the shutout performance by retiring the next three batters to end the game and the Dragon’s season.
The Indians won 10-0 and earned the district’s final playoff spot.
Wesley Murphey and Fatheree drove in two runs each to lead the team. Walker Murphey led the team with three hits. The team finished with 11 hits and drew six walks.
Walker Murphey also allowed zero runs and one hit while striking out five batters and walking none. The defense behind him committed only one fielding error.
Coach Zach Denson was beyond proud of this team for breaking the playoff drought.
“The amount of growth that they have shown throughout the year has been the most incredible I’ve seen in 13 years of coaching,” Denson said. “We went on a little skid in the middle of the year and that could have derailed our young team, but it actually brought us closer together as a unit.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Bowie Jackrabbits were able to clinch the final playoff spot on Thursday with a senior night home win against Henrietta.
The Jackrabbits won 6-1 in a game where all of the offensive action happened in the first three innings for both teams.
Bowie came into the game needing to win. Failing to do so would mean setting up a series with the Bearcats for the final playoff spot. If the Jackrabbits just took care of business against a team they had already beaten once pretty easily then they could avoid that whole situation.
Henrietta knew it was playing for the future of its season and struck first. A one out double followed by a single two batters later put the Bearcats up 1-0 against Bowie’s top pitcher Edmond De Leon on the mound.
The offense responded in the same inning with a two-out rally. Troy Kesey hit a single and Hayden Rodriguez drew a walk. De Leon then hit a double to drive one run in.
Cooper Hammer was then hit a by a pitch to load the bases up. Rayder Mann then drew a walk that scored one run and the Jackrabbits led 2-1 before the next batter popped up for out three.
Bowie added to that lead in the second inning. Boston Farris led off with a triple. Tucker Jones then hit a groundball to second base that resulted in an error that allowed Farris to score and make it 3-1 for the Jackrabbits.
Bowie then extended the lead in the third inning. Hammer hit a one-out single. Mann and Cy Egenbacher followed with hits that resulted in fielding errors for the Bearcats. The Jackrabbits scored one run on the second error.
Farris then hit a single that drove in another run. After a strikeout, a wild pitch then allowed another runner to score as Bowie was up 6-1. Another strikeout ended the scoring for the Jackrabbits.
The next three and half innings saw neither team score runs, though both had several chances with two runners getting on at times.
Henrietta’s best chance came in the fifth inning with two singles, but De Leon and Bowie’s defense shut that down. De Leon retired the final seven batters he faced as the Jackrabbits won 6-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Last week all of the area schools competed in their district’s tennis tournament and several schools had athletes qualify for the regional tournament.
In the end, 10 athletes finished second or better at district to move on for a chance to qualify for state.
Unfortunately, no players from Bowie were able to break through and qualify.
Many faced early seeding opponents from tennis power Vernon that ended their tournament.
The highest finish for a Bowie player was Lily Hodges who placed fourth in girls singles.
From Nocona, one girl was able to break through as Kaygan Stone finished second in girls singles to qualify for regionals.
Stone has had a tough year, dealing with shoulder problems that shortened both her volleyball and basketball seasons, but she bounced back this spring to qualify for regionals in tennis.
Her teammate Melissa Segura was not so lucky, as she finished third in girls singles and just missed the cut, having to settle for an alternate spot
At the 1A tournament, several schools had multiple athletes in one division qualify.
From Saint Jo, last year’s state qualifying girl’s doubles team of Kyler Dunn and Taylor Patrick won the division.
They beat out the second place finisher and their teammates, the girl’s doubles team of Maxey Johnson and Bailey Nobile, who also qualified for regionals.
From Gold-Burg, Jimena Garcia and Alyson Rojas placed first and second in girls singles to move on to the regional tournament.
Other schools only had one team or individual.
From Forestburg, the mixed doubles team of Jesse Wadsworth and Alli Cisneros finished second as they qualified for regionals.
From Prairie Valley, Case Carpenter finished second in the boys singles division.
To read the full story and see pictures of all of the qualifiers, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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