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Lady Rabbits fall to City View
The Bowie Lady Rabbits dropped their first district game of the season against City View on Tuesday.
The Lady Mustangs won 42-29 against the Lady Rabbits.
Before the game, Bowie joined City View players in a moment of solidarity following the loss of City View Athletic Director Heath Aldrich during the holiday break as he succumbed to pancreatic cancer.
The Lady Rabbits were 2-0 to start district, with good wins against Iowa Park and Jacksboro before the holiday break. Bowie had recently played a non-district warm-up game against state-ranked Pottsboro last week to try and get some rust off, hoping it could prepare the team for this game.
City View was also 2-0 and was a pre-season favorite to win the district title despite staring several underclassmen.
Bowie started the game hoping to clog the middle with a tight 2-3 zone defense and dare the Lady Mustangs to shoot from the perimeter.
It was working initially, but the Lady Rabbits also were having trouble getting good looks or making shots when the opportunity presented itself against City View’s tough man defense.
Once the Lady Mustangs made a few baskets near the end of the first quarter that allowed them to establish their full-court press defense. That played a bigger role in the following quarter as Bowie trailed only 8-2.
The second quarter saw City View pick up its intensity a notch. Every pass and dribble was tough for the Lady Rabbits.
While Bowie could break through the press most of the time, trying to run half court sets was tough with the Lady Mustangs looking to jump any obvious pass.
The Lady Rabbits were not able to make City View pay often enough for its aggressive defensive play and turned the ball over too much.
This led to the Lady Mustangs getting more scoring opportunities in transition. Also, despite Bowie living with giving them open perimeter shots to certain players, City View made it pay by making several in the quarter.
The Lady Mustangs led 25-10 at halftime as they established control of the game. The Lady Rabbits went into halftime searching for answers.
Bowie cleaned up some of the turnovers from the second quarter.
This allowed the team to double its fist half total in the third quarter alone, but unfortunately scoring was still tough for the Lady Rabbits.
Bowie’s defense tried to hold up, but despite the Lady Rabbits best efforts, City View players founds lanes to drive to the basket and picked up plenty of free throw attempts that made up most of its offensive output in the second half.
The Lady Mustangs led 35-20 after the third quarter and was able to slow the pace down and hold the ball in the fourth quarter to win comfortably 42-29.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
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Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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