By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net

For the second time this season, the Bowie High School baseball team won a game with a walk-off walk.
On March 13 in a 6-5 victory over Pampa at the Walker Stallcup Tournament, Keck Jones scored the game-winner on a Kamry Weber walk.
This time, the walk-off was exceedingly dramatic as Carter Shackelford dug out from a no-ball, two-strike count, Shackelford forced Brandon Hardee to throw one more strike.
Hardee never did as he threw four straight balls, including one an inch from the zone.
“It’s an interesting way to win, but we’ll take it,” Bowie head coach Ryan Rogers said. “It’s a testament to the guys’ plate discipline. We’re doing a better job of laying off pitches.”
Rogers was proud of how Shackelford battled, working the count back in his favor, and ultimately drawing the winning walk to score Chandler Dean.
This was the latest tight District 3A-9 game Bowie has been a part of, and the Jackrabbits completed the first half of the slate undefeated. The now sixth-ranked Bowie is 17-1-2 overall.
“I think it was a good game for us,” Rogers said. “We are battle-tested, and the kids are playing with confidence in this competitive district.”
Bowie is two games clear of Holliday. Read more, and see the complete box score, in the weekend Bowie News.

Chandler Dean (left) is congratulated by R.J. Oliver after scoring the game-winning run for Bowie in the bottom of the seventh. The Jackrabbits prevailed 2-1. Click on the image itself for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)