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Bowie baseball lose to Holliday 12-4
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost a tough game at home against on Friday against usual district power Holliday.
The Eagles scored eight runs in the final two innings to pull away from a one-run game to win 12-4 against the Jackrabbits.
Bowie came into the game off the heels of a close win against Vernon. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Holliday, but with the recent rain the Jackrabbits turf field was in better condition to be played in by that night.
Brody Armstrong got the start on the mound for Bowie and kept Holliday off the board in the first inning despite allowing two two-out walks to get on base. The Jackrabbit bats were similarly unsuccessful in the inning despite Carson Sanders hitting a single with two outs.
A leadoff single from the Eagles came back to bite the Jackrabbits. A passed ball allowed the runner to get to second base. The runner then stole third base. Following a walk, a groundout at second base allowed the runner to come in and score to put Holliday up 1-0.
The Eagles got one other runner on base with a walk, but Armstrong struck out two batters to limit the damage.
Bowie was able to get two runners on base as Seth Hall led off with a single and A.J. Whatley was later hit by a pitch. With two outs, unfortunately, the next batter popped out to the catcher to end the second inning.
The Eagles added to their lead in the top of the third inning. Following a leadoff single, Holliday’s big hitter Grant Cox drove him in with a triple into the gap. Following a walk, a passed ball allowed him to score and make the score 3-0.
The next batter then hit a ground ball to the shortstop who committed an error to put two runners on base with no outs and it looking like Bowie was reeling.
The Jackrabbits bounced back with a double play and then a ground out at first base to prevent any more runs to come in.
Bowie came back in the same inning. Armstrong led off by getting on base thanks to an error at third base. Tucker Jones and Sanders followed with walks to load the bases up with no outs.
Kynan DeMoss then hit a sacrifice flyball to left field that was deep enough to allow all runners to advance and one run coming in to score.
The next batter grounded into a fielder’s choice, with Jones getting tagged out coming home for out two. Still, Troy Kesey came through with a single to drive in one more run to cut the score to 3-2 before a strikeout ended the third inning.
Holliday got a two out rally going in the fourth inning. A single and walk put two runners on base before Cox drove in one of them with a single to make it 4-2 before a pop up at third base got the third out.
Bowie tried to get a two out rally going to answer with Armstrong hitting a double, but could not build on it.
Sanders came in to pitch in relief for the Jackrabbits. After a leadoff walk, Bowie converted on a double play to clear the bases before striking out the next batter.
With their bats, the Jackrabbits cut the lead to one. Sanders and DeMoss led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Hall then laid down a bunt to move both runners. Holliday’s pitcher then sailed his throw over the first basemen’s head for an error, allowing Sanders to come in to score from second base and cut the lead to 4-3.
Unfortunately, Bowie could not get any more runs through despite having runners on second and third base with no outs. A strikeout followed by a fielder’s choice out and fly out to left field followed to get the Eagles out of the jam.
Holliday led off the sixth inning with a single and a hit batter. A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position, but Bowie did then force two outs including one at home plate and it looked like it might get out of the jam.
Unfortunately, the Eagles went on to score five runs thanks to four straight singles and a passed ball to make it 9-3. DeMoss came in to pitch and got the third out on a fly ball to right field, but the damage was done.
Jones tried to get a two out rally going with a single for Bowie, but nothing came of it heading into the last inning.
A leadoff single and later a two out hit batter came back to bite Bowie again. Cox hit a three-run home run to extend Holliday’s lead to 12-3 before striking out the next batter for out three.
The Jackrabbits would need the biggest of miracles to come back from nine runs. With two outs, Kesey did send a ball over the left field fence for a solo home run for Bowie, but it did not inspire miracle.
A strikeout followed to end the game and the Eagles winning 12-4.
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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