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Bowie golf sweeps district titles
The Bowie golf teams swept the district tournament for the first time since 2021 last week when they dominated the competition after playing two rounds at the River Creek Golf Course in Burkburnett.
The boy’s team kept their streak going, winning its sixth straight district title by 36 strokes. The Lady Rabbits were finally able to jump Jacksboro, winning the district title by 47 strokes. Bowie had finished second behind the Lady Tigers the previous three seasons.
Coach Matthew Miller, always knowing a better round could have been played by all players, was proud of his teams and how they dominated.
“I felt like our kids played well,” Miller said. “We still have some things we need to fix over the next few weeks, but I am proud of how our kids played and competed.”
The course and weather conditions were perfect, according to Miller, for the first day on March 24, but two days later on March 26 the wind picked up for round two. This reflected in the majority of everyone’s scores being lower on day two, but there were some exceptions.
The Jackrabbit team came into the tournament confident. Most of their regular season tournaments, including the previous week’s, had been at unfamiliar courses against competition as big as 6A schools. Bowie is coming off two straight third place finishes at the state tournament and has qualified for state three of the last four years.
The Jackrabbits team shot 314 the first day and 317 the second day and were led by Zac Harris who shot 75-81 and got second place individually.
Hunter Lea shot 77-80 and Rayder Mann shot 81-76 and were both tied for third place individually. They competed in a playoff hole which Lea won.
Cason Airington shot 81 the first day to round out Bowie’s scoring, but his 83 score the second day was not included. Hunter Fluitt shot 88 the first day and it was not included in the team’s score, but he improved to shoot 80 for round two, which was included in the final score.
The Lady Rabbits shot 360-358 during the two days, led by Tess Egenbacher who shot 83-89 as she also finished first overall individually. Teammate Mile Thompson shot 85-89 and finished third overall while Hanna Bell shot 94-88.
Reegen Ferguson shot 98 the first day, which contributed to the team’s total score since it was one shot better than Kendall Fallis who shot 99. On the second day, both girls improved, with Fallis’ 92 going towards the team’s total while Ferguson’s 96 did not.
While not competing with the Lady Rabbits team, Lillie Maddox and Emma Read played as individuals. Maddox shot 96-100, which was good enough to qualify for the regional tournament while Read shot 95-103.
All seven girl players were among the top 11 players in the district.
The Bowie boy’s had enough players to feature a second team that got sixth place. The team shot 353-379 and was led by Caden Belcher who shot 80-90. Trae Seigler was behind him shooting 82-91 and Russell Anderson’s scores of 98-100 counted towards the team totals both days.
Bear Combs shot 93 on day one, which was better than Lane Smith’s score of 107 and counted towards the team’s total. On day two, Smith shot 98, which was better than Comb’s score of 105 as Smith’s score was counted toward the round total.
Overall, the Bowie boy’s top six players all placed in the top 11 individually as well.
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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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