SPORTS
Lady Rabbits keep playoff hopes alive
The Bowie Lady Rabbits broke out of their slump as they swept their district series against City View last week and beat Holliday this week to keep themselves alive in the playoff hunt with one game left to play.
The Lady Rabbits run-ruled City View in both games 16-1 and 24-7 before beating Holliday 8-4 on Monday.
Bowie came into last week on the heels of losing three straight district series against Jacksboro, Iowa Park and Henrietta. The Lady Rabbits district wins came in its first series against Vernon all the way back in early March, when the team was still playing in their tournaments during the weekend.
Bowie had senior night after its first game against City View last week and the team made sure it was a happy one. The Lady Rabbits took care of the Lady Mustangs in four innings, winning by run-rule 16-1.
Hanna Bell led the team with four RBIs and she also hit her first home run of the season. Sadie Britt had three RBIs and the two seniors were able to bask in having great games leading into a celebration.
KP Rutherford allowed only two hits and one run (zero earned) while striking out six batters. The defense committed two fielding errors.
Bowie followed up the game with another dominant showing in the second game on the road. The Lady Rabbits scored every inning and led 13-2 in the sixth inning. City View showed some life, scoring five runs to avoid getting run-ruled and cutting the lead to 13-7.
Bowie then closed the game by scoring 11 runs in the seventh and final inning to make the final score 24-7.
Britt led the team with four RBIs and she hit a home run. Her and Bell had a team high five hits as the team racked up 25 in the game.
On the mound, Rutherford allowed seven runs (one earned) on seven hits while striking out nine batters. The defense committed seven fielding errors.
While Bowie was glad to pick up district wins after so long, if the team wanted to keep its playoff hopes alive it would have to beat Holliday in its final series this week.
The first game was played on Monday.
The Lady Rabbits scored four runs in the first inning and held the lead until the top of the fifth inning when the Lady Eagles scored two runs to tie the score up at 4-4.
Bowie then rattled off four more runs to double their total and held on to win 8-4.
Laci Goodwin led the team with three RBIs while Britt and Bell each had two and Rutherford drove in one.
On the mound, Rutherford allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits while striking out three. The defense committed two fielding errors.
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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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