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Bowie baseball loses to Jacksoboro; softball loses at Holliday
Baseball
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost a tough district game against Jacksboro on Monday.
The Tigers won 8-6 after getting out to a big lead in the first two innings.
The Jackrabbits were feeling confident coming into the game following a good run at the Walker Stallcup tournament.
Jacksboro split the two games last season against Bowie so it was going to be a big game no matter what.
The Tigers made a statement in the opening inning though. A single, a walk and an error loaded the bases up. With two outs, a two RBI single was followed up by a two RBI double. A flyball to right field produced an error to allow another run to score before the Jackrabbits got out three, but the Tigers led 5-0.
A leadoff single in the second inning for Jacksboro proved troublesome. Following a steal and a groundout to get the runner on third, an error at third base allowed the runner to score and make it 6-0.
Bowie tightened up its defense in the next two innings and got its first run across the board in the bottom of the fourth.
Leadoff hitter Troy Kesey was able to reach first thanks to a dropped third strike. Two wild pitches followed that led Kesey advance to third base. Kynan DeMoss then hit a fly ball to left field that produced an error, but allowed Kesey to score.
Jacksboro got the run back in the fifth inning. The Tigers loaded the bases with one out and hit a sacrifice fly to score one to make it 7-1.
The Jackrabbits bats were hitting now though. Cade Thompson led off and got hit by a pitch. Colton Richey then hit a double to drive Thompson in.
The next two batters got out and base runner A.J. Whately advanced to third on a passed ball. Carson Sanders drove him in on a single. An error fielding the ball allowed him to reach third base. A wild pitch later allowed Sanders to score and cut the lead to 7-4 before the third out.
The Tigers’ bats could not be silenced. In the top of the sixth inning, a one out double and single put runners at the corners. Another sacrifice fly allowed one run to score and up the lead to 8-4.
Outside of a drawn walk with one out, Bowie did not have an answer with its bats and the game moved to the final inning.
The Jackrabbits limited Jacksboro to a two out double that did not lead to anything before heading into their final at bats down four runs.
Brody Armstrong led off and got on second base thanks to an error on the throw to first base. A strikeout and a groundout followed that moved him to third base, but got Bowie down to its last out.
Kesey drove him in with a single. Jake Fallis followed with a single to left field.
An error by the outfielder allowed Kesey to score and Fallis to reach second base.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out to end the game. Jacksoboro won 8-6.
Softball
The Bowie Lady Rabbits lost a tough game at Holliday on Tuesday.
The Lady Eagles won 15-0 in four innings due to run-rule.
The Lady Rabbits were hoping to compete well after coming off two district losses where they played good at the beginning and the end.
On Tuesday there was not much good to take away.
Kenzie Short led off for Bowie and drew a walk in the game’s first at-bat. That would be the Lady Rabbits only base runner the rest of the game.
Holliday scored three or more runs in each of the four innings, thanks to wracking up 17 hits and Bowie committing five fielding errors.
Then again, the Lady Eagles are coming off a season where they made a run to the state tournament and are ranked in the state.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl is this week on June 6-7 and graduating athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo are confirmed to be playing.
In total, seven athletes from Bowie, five from Nocona and three from Saint Jo are planning to play in the all-star games this week. Nocona also will have a pair of coaches participating as well.
The girl’s basketball game kicks off events on June 6, scheduled for 6 p.m. at Wichita Falls Memorial High School. In the game, the east team will have Nocona players Avery Crutsinger, Meg Meekins and Reagan Phipps playing while Kyler Spitzer and Clayton Brown coach them one last time.
On the west team, Saint Jo’s Payzlie Cervantes is confirmed to be playing.
The boy’s basketball game is scheduled to follow at 7:30 p.m. On the east team, Bowie’s Boston Farris and Nocona’s Jose Gomez Jr. will be playing.
On June 7, the volleyball games are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. with the small school game. On the west team, Nocona’s Kaygan Stone and Saint Jo’s Taylor Patrick are confirmed to play. On the east team, Saint Jo’s Aubrey Morman will get to play her teammate.
There are no local athletes confirmed to be playing in the big school volleyball game.
The final event is the football game, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It is an all Bowie affair with six players confirmed to be playing for the east team: Justin Clark, Jorge De Leon, Hunter Fluitt and Braden Rhyne, Preacher Chambers and Moh Azouak.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona Independent School District officials looked inward for a new athletic director/head football coach, selecting Jeff Hill for the position.
Hill, who served last year as Nocona football’s offensive coordinator and also led the softball program to the playoffs for the first time in a while as its head coach, was upgraded to the role.
This came on the heels of former Athletic Director Blake Crutsinger, who served in the role the last four years, resigned in May.
For Hill, the choice to apply for the position was a no brainer. His one year in Nocona had impressed upon him and his wife that it was the place they would like to be long term.
“I’m looking for a town to raise my kids in and Nocona has treated my family really well,” Hill said. “There are some really good people. The kids work hard. Everything I am looking for in a hometown is right here in Nocona and I want to try and make it as best as it can be, especially through athletics.”
Before Nocona, Hill served as the athletic director at S&S Consolidated while also spending time at Hebron and Whitewright in his coaching career.
Hill expresses great respect for the departing Crutsinger and besides changing a few small things in how he personally wants to do things, he is not trying to come in with a sweeping restructuring of the whole athletic department.
The program had five of its six team sports make the playoffs, with volleyball playing in the regional final and the girl’s basketball team winning the state championship.
That along with two athletes competing at the state championship in cross country and track with one earning a gold medal, it was one of the more successful school years in athletic program history.
“Coach Crutsinger was awesome and did a great job so honestly just little tweaks, a little bit of structure and cohesion amongst the coaching staff between boys and girls,” Hill said. “I hope to keep the winning tradition going overall in the athletic department.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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