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Bowie baseball loses non-district game at Grandview

Published

2 years ago

04/20/2022

The Bowie Jackrabbits took a trip to Grandview on Saturday morning to play a non-district game following a couple of tough losses.
The Zebras won a high scoring game 12-10 against the Jackrabbits.
Bowie’s previous two games were losses against Jacksboro and Holliday where the team had trouble scoring runs in super competitive pitching duels.
That went out the window on Saturday as the game also was used to get everyone on the roster some playing time at certain points in the every evolving lineup.
The Jackrabbits struck first with five runs in the first inning. Cade Thompson drove in one run on a single followed by Colton Richey driving in two runs with a single. Later Logan Hutson drove in two more runs on a single to make it 5-0.
Grandview answered back with two runs in the first inning on a steal of home plate and wild pitch.
Bowie added to its lead in the second inning as Jake Fallis hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to make it 6-2.
The Jackrabbits then had an uncharacteristic inning from hell. Bowie gave up four singles while walking three batters and hitting another as the Zebras scored seven runs to take the lead 9-6.
That took the wind out of the Jackrabbits sails and the team failed to score runs in both the third and fourth innings. Grandview continued to add to its lead, scoring one run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly and two runs in the fourth inning on a two-RBI double.
The Zebras led 12-6 entering the fifth inning when Bowie started to fight back. Hutson drove in an un-earned run thanks to an error fielding the ball. Kawlyer Swearingin then drove in two runs on a single to cut the lead to 12-9.
In the next inning, the Jackrabbits had runners at the corners with only one out.
The team did a double-steal, with Thompson getting thrown out at second base, but Fallis scoring on his steal of home. The run cut the lead to 12-10 heading into the final inning.
Unfortunately, there would be no seventh inning magic this day. Bowie failed to get any runners on base and would lose the game 12-10.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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District awards for 1A released

Published

14 hours ago

05/18/2024

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Bellevue’s Bryce Ramsey was named his district’s newcomer of the year.

With the baseball and softball seasons over for the area 1A schools, district awards have been released.
Listed below are those earned honors on the field and in the classroom for Saint Jo and Bellevue.

Softball
Saint Jo
Honorable mention
Utility player: Taylor Patrick; Catcher: Jordyn O’Neal

Baseball
Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Devin Stewart, Saint Jo
Newcomer of the Year: Bryce Ramsey, Bellevue

Pitcher: Trent Gaston, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Jayden Curry, Saint Jo

Second team
Pitcher: Charlie Barclay, Saint Jo
Infielder: Brycen Bancroft, Bellevue; Sam Martin, Saint Jo
Outfielder: Rylan Forrester, Saint Jo
Catcher: Charlie Evans, Saint Jo
Utility: Logan Hoover, Saint Jo
DH: Amzy Barclay, Saint Jo

Honorable mention
Cody Gaston, Saint Jo; Xander Joyner, Saint Jo

To see academic awards from Saint Jo players, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Forestburg coach retiring

Published

15 hours ago

05/18/2024

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Forestburg boys basketball coach Eldon Van Hooser helped lead the program to its first playoff win in nine years in his last year coaching.

Eldon Van Hooser is leaving Forestburg better than he found it.
The head boy’s basketball coach is retiring after more than 30 years, spending the last five at Forestburg.
Van Hooser did not come to this decision because of a lack of fire or feeling tired after decades in the profession. He had to for family reasons.
“My wife has MS (multiple sclerosis) and it’s a disease where you have trouble standing and walking and she needs help,” Van Hooser said. “I am able to so I am going to step away from teaching and coaching to be there for her.”
Van Hooser was hired in 2019. Along with being the boy’s basketball coach, he also was the football team’s defensive coordinator.
There were some lean years for Forestburg on the boy’s athletic side, with numbers being low and the available athletes being mostly underclassmen.
For two years, the Longhorns’ boy’s basketball team won few games and one of those seasons saw the team field five players on the high school team.
“One of those years we had COVID-19 and the other we had five kids,” Van Hooser said. “It was very rough. After that we worked with the kids and we had a good freshman group coming up. Next year they are going to be seniors.”
That group has helped to turn the program around. Last year the young Longhorns team contested for a playoff spot and just barely missed it finishing fifth in the district.
This season, that same group took a leap and finished second in district with a record of 7-5.
Despite losing its last two regular season games in dramatic fashion heading into the playoffs, the team stepped up in the bi-district game.
Playing against an athletic Newcastle team, Forestburg led for most of the game.
Unfortunately, the previous game against Bellevue saw the Longhorn team blow the lead late in the fourth quarter against a hard pressing style team and they were suffering the same fate against the Bobcats down the stretch.
Fortunately, Forestburg held on just enough to win 53-46. It was the first boy’s basketball playoff win in nine years for Forestburg.
“It was huge for our program,” Van Hooser said. “This new year we will have new goals. The new coach will have some goals of his own, but I set some for the team and think that we have come a long way.”

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Bowie Sports Banquet

Published

4 days ago

05/15/2024

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The Bowie sports banquets was on Monday night. Olivia Gill and Tucker Jones were named Jackrabbit and Lady Rabbit of the year. Pick up the mid-week paper for all of the sports team awards and pictures.