SPORTS
Lady Rabbits win at Nocona 10-5
The Bowie Lady Rabbits started off district play Tuesday night in Nocona with a win.
The Lady Rabbits won 10-5 thanks in large part to a great opening inning.
Bowie came into the game not at 100 percent. The team had injuries to some starters and a 2-3 record from the previous week.
The Lady Indians were coming in on a roll. Nocona went 5-2 the previous week of games, were opening at home and looking to give the rival Lady Rabbits more of a challenge than they have in recent memory. Instead, Bowie started the game with a bang.
Addie Farris got things going with a one out double. That was followed by three singles from Layla Felts, Alexa Holzer and Madison Hartin that drove in two runs.
A strikeout followed for the second out of the inning.
Holzer scored on a passed ball. Rylie Vieth then drove in Hartin on a single. Kayden Shafer reached first base on a dropped third strike.
Kaylie Kinney then drove in a run with a single down the third base line. Stephanie Allen then reached first on another dropped third strike.
Farris brought it all back again with another double that cleared the loaded bases to up Bowie’s score to 8-0 in the opening inning. The next batter then popped out to first base for the third out to end Nocona’s suffering.
The Lady Indians tried to respond. Jenna McBride led off with a drawn walk followed by Katy Barrett reaching first thanks to a fielding error.
Lady Rabbit pitcher Kinney rallied forcing two outs before hitting Laney Yates to load the bases. Kinney bounced back as she picked off the runner at third base for the third out to get out of the first inning unscathed.
Bowie’s Holzer led off the second inning with a single. She advanced to second on a groundout, but was caught stealing third for the second out.
Traycee Stewart then drew a walk with two outs. She stole second base to put herself in scoring position where Vieth drove her in with a double to up the Lady Rabbits lead to 9-0 before the next batter struck out for out three.
The Lady Indians did not do much in response. The next three batters were sat down in order with little fuss as the game moved to the third inning.
Nocona made a change a pitcher as Sydnee Mowery came in for relief. After striking out the lead off batter, Mowery got into some trouble.
Mowery hit Allen, who would advance to second on a steal and third thanks to a passed ball. Farris then drew walk.
Mowery would strike out the next batter, but hit Holzer to load up the bases. Mowery would get out of the jam by forcing a ground out at second base.
The Lady Indians were then finally able to get things going offensively. Paige James reach first on an error and Cobi Womack drew a walk. With two outs Tobi Cable then hit a double that drove both runners in to cut the lead to 9-2.
Nocona kept that momentum in the fourth inning. Bowie batters were set down one-two-three with little drama. The Lady Indians Logan Patterson then led off with a drawn walk followed by back-to-back singles from Nobile and Kamryn Weaver that drove in one run.
A passed ball on a third strike allowed Mowery to reach first and then Nobile and Weaver to score, cutting Bowie’s lead to 9-5.
The Lady Rabbits needed something to gain back a little bit of the momentum they had at the beginning of the game. They got that in the fifth inning as Allen hit a solo home run to center field.
While Bowie failed to get any other offense going during the inning and it was only one run to up the lead to 10-5, it proved to crucial to stop Nocona’s steady comeback attempt.
The Lady Rabbits Kinney sat down the Lady Indians with three straight groundouts as the game went into the sixth inning.
Bowie’s Hartin hit a one out single to try and get some offense going, but was picked off at first base.
Nocona’s Nobile looked to reach first base thanks to a bobbled ground ball, but an awkward fall into the field of play led to her getting called out much to the chagrin of the Lady Indians since she was injured on the play.
Kinney then got the final two outs of the inning as Holzer made two great catches in the left field, including one where she collided with teammate Allen.
The seventh inning saw Bowie try to get a two out rally going. Kinney drew a walk and Allen reached first thanks to a fielding error. Unfortunately for the Lady Rabbits, the next batter struck out to end the chance.
Nocona had one last chance to try and either come back or take the lead. Bowie’s Kinney instead forced a line out to first base and struck out the last two Lady Indian batters to end the game and secure the 10-5 win.
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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