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Bowie boys improve to 3-0
The Bowie Jackrabbits improved to 3-0 in district play with a win against Henrietta at home on Friday night.
The Jackrabbits won 58-48 against the Bearcats in a game where Bowie got out to a huge lead to start the game and tried to keep it up the rest of the game.
The Jackrabbits first two district games easily could have been losses. Their overtime win against Iowa Park was won by two points (49-47) and the win against Jacksboro earlier last week was by three points (38-35).
Bowie finally had a chance against a young and struggling Henrietta team to win without raising its fans blood pressure and took advantage right away.
The Jackrabbits started the game on a 21-1 run to start the game and ended the first quarter up 21-3.
Bowie was pushing the ball in transition off the many misses and turnovers it got on defense. Leading scorers Andrew Sandhoff and Tucker Jones finished around the rim and combined for 15 of the team’s points while Aiden Lawhorn and Boston Farris knocked in 3-pointers.
The thing was there were still three more quarters to play. Eventually, Henrietta would wake up and the Jackrabbits would cool off a bit. When that happened, Bowie would have to play good enough to keep the Bearcats at bay and the lead comfortable enough to not give Henrietta enough hope to try and mount a comeback.
The second quarter saw both teams switch defenses. The Jackrabbits wanted to give the Bearcats a different look to keep them off balance and threw in some press defense and zone.
Henrietta could only play better. The team also switched up its defense to some press defense, if only to give the Bearcats some urgency down big.
Neither change did much. Henrietta started to make some shots, especially several 3-pointers, which Bowie was not expecting on defense.
With fewer opportunities to run and with the lead still in place, the Jackrabbits offense did cool down a bit, but still scored 14 points. It was enough to be leading at halftime by nearly double the Bearcats first half total 35-18.
The second half was more of the same though Bowie’s offense was bit more muted and Henrietta was starting to win the 50/50 balls and the hustle points.
The Bearcats made three more 3-pointers in the third quarter and again outscored the Jackrabbits. At one point Henrietta cut the lead down to 10 points late in the third quarter.
Bowie ended the quarter well to extend the lead up a bit and led 46-33 heading into the fourth quarter.
Early in the final period, the Bearcats cut the lead down to single-digits 46-37, setting up a scenario where they could come all the way back unless the Jackrabbits continued to score.
Bowie woke up and extended the lead back up to a comfortable margin, up 15 points with 1:57 left in the game.
Henrietta had a last gasp, scoring nine points during the final few minutes, but the Jackrabbits made their free throws and avoided catastrophic end of game mistakes to win comfortably 58-48.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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