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Bowie baseball competes against tough competition
The Bowie Jackrabbits had a tough four games playing in Muenster’s tournament last week.
The Jackrabbits went 1-3 overall, though they played competitive and close games as they are set to start district play this week.
Bowie started the tournament playing the host team, Muenster. The Jackrabbits took the lead in the first inning 1-0 before the Hornets grabbed the lead in the second inning with two runs scored. Bowie tied the score 2-2 with one run in the third inning.
In the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs and the bases loaded, Muenster was able to get a base hit to end the game. The Hornets won 3-2.
Edmond De Leon and Rayder Mann each drove in one run each. De Leon pitched four innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits while striking out 10 batters.
Bowie next played a state ranked 2A team in Axtell later in the day. The Jackrabbits did not start the game off well, giving up four runs in the first inning to start behind the eight ball.
Bowie regrouped to play good defense the rest of the way while scoring two runs in the third and fifth innings to tie the game at 4-4.
In the seventh inning, with the game needing to end so the tournament could stay on schedule, both teams started with a runner on second base to hopefully induce scoring. The Jackrabbits could not while the Longhorns came through with a single that brought the runner home to end the game. Axtell won 5-4.
Hayden Rodriguez led the team as he hit a two-run home run. De Leon and Mann also both drove in one run each. On the mound, Trae Seigler pitched five innings and allowed four runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out two batters.
The second day Bowie only played one game against Edgewood. With the Jackrabbits up 2-1 in the second inning, the Bulldogs pulled ahead by scoring four runs. Edgewood added two more runs in the fourth inning as it pulled ahead. Bowie’s offense had no answer as the game ended after five and half innings, the Bulldogs winning 7-2.
Both of the Jackrabbits runs were scored on fielding errors, scored by Caden Belcher and De Leon.
Bowie was able to come back on the final day and end the tournament on a good note playing state-ranked team Howe. The Bulldogs got the lead in the first inning with one run and kept that lead until they added to it in the sixth inning with one more run.
The Jackrabbits rallied to scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take the lead. Howe answered with one run in the final inning, but could not tie or take the lead as Bowie held on to win 4-3.
Boston Farris, Austin Cheney and Belcher each drove in one run each. Farris also got the start on the mound and pitched 5.1 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out five and walking four. Bowie’s defense committed four fielding errors.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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