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Lady Rabbits beat City View 74-51

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits stayed undefeated in district with a win at home against City View on Tuesday.
The Lady Rabbits blew the game open in the second half to win by a comfortable margin 74-51.
This wasn’t the typical Lady Mustangs’ team of the past. City View possessed several quick guards who caused Bowie some problems in the first half.
The Lady Rabbits’ full-court press and trapping defense forced some turnovers that led to points in the first quarter. Bowie elected to get to their spots and try to shoot over the Lady Mustangs zone defense. Some shots went in, but the Lady Rabbits also crashed the offensive glass for some easy points and multiple chances to score.
Bowie scored 22 points in the first quarter and usually would be in firm control of the game by the end of it in the past. This City View team punched back.
The Lady Mustangs were able to break through the press several times and create scoring chances with their speed. City View also did a good job of drawing fouls, with the Lady Rabbits picking up eight in the first quarter alone.
Bowie led after the first, but the Lady Mustangs were not far behind 22-16.
The second quarter was not nearly as explosive as the first was. The Lady Rabbits had fewer opportunities to attack in transition with City View taking better care of the ball.
Less shots from outside were going in and players were hesitant to drive into the paint where most of the Lady Mustangs defense was.
Almost all of Bowie’s good looks in the second quarter came thanks to the team continuing to grab offensive rebounds that led to free throws. Unfortunately, the team made only half of its 10 attempts and made only one field goal in the quarter.
City View continued to create chances on offense, making two 3-pointers and making their free throws to take the lead right before halftime 30-29.
The Lady Rabbits were in an unexpected fight and had to turn up their intensity after such a lackluster second quarter. Bowie did with its press.
Thanks to some minor adjustments and an increased emphasis to get after the Lady Mustangs ball handlers, the Lady Rabbits turned the game around.
Bowie caused several turnovers that stifled any offensive momentum City View had going. These turnovers led to some easy points which got the Lady Rabbits back the lead quickly as well and fueled their defensive intensity.
In the half court, Bowie also made the adjustment to place someone in the middle of the Lady Mustangs zone so the Lady Rabbits were not always attacking from the outside-in, but inside-out as well.
Everything was working for Bowie as the team trailing by one at halftime was now leading 54-40 heading into the fourth quarter.
City View’s points mostly came from 3-pointers in the second half, but were not making them at near high enough clip to keep up with the Lady Rabbits scoring.
Bowie was the aggressor for the entirety of the second half. The early foul trouble in the first half never became an issue as it was the Lady Rabbits now getting to the free throw line, missing only three of their 15 attempts in the second half.
Bowie’s lead kept growing as the game went on even when the bench was cleared and most of the starters were out. The Lady Rabbits made the final score the expected result as they won 74-51.

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Bowie Baseball Interview

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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