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County teams run at Alvord

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Teams from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo, Prairie Valley and Forestburg all competed at Alvord on Wednesday morning.
Of all the teams from Montague County it was the Saint Jo boy’s team that came away with the best overall place. The Panthers finished fifth while the boys from Nocona, Bowie and Prairie Valley finished sixth, eighth and ninth.
On the girl’s side the Nocona Lady Indians finished seventh overall while the Lady Bulldogs from Prairie Valley finished ninth. The Lady Rabbits were running shorthanded and did not have enough runners to compete as a team.
The Saint Jo boy’s team was led by two-time state qualifier Collin Thomas, who finished third overall with a time of 18:49. The top five finishers for the Panthers also included Devin Stewart (17), Kile Thurman (24), Jayden Curry (34) and Brice Durham (54).
Coach Lyndon Cook was proud of how his team competed until the end of the race.
“One thing we pride ourselves on is not getting beat in footraces to the end and we did that multiple times and it just speaks to how competitive these kids really are,” Cook said.
The Nocona boy’s team was led by Freddy Duran who finished in 20th place with a time of 20:35. The top five runners for the Indians also included Alex Stephens (23), Claudio Segura (27), Frank Espinoza (29) and Ivan Hernandez (39).
Coach Colby Schniederjan thought his team did alright considering the circumstances.
“We are currently battling some injuries and were shorthanded, but I thought the guys ran well and competed,” Schniederjan said.
The Nocona girl’s team was led by Allie Brown who finished third overall with a time of 11:57. The top five runners also included Graci Brown (19), Jayce Rose (22), Melissa Segura (53) and Honey Walker (64).
Coach Kyle Spitzer was proud Brown earned an individual medal, but was most pleased with all of his girl’s times coming down.
The top runner for the Bowie boy’s team was Nathan Rogers who finished 12th with a time of 19:53. The top five runners for the Jackrabbits also included Ignacio Saucedo (19), Alex Castro (28), Ethan Malone (47) and Jax Williams.
The Bowie girls had three runners compete. Laisha Johnson finished 46th with a time of 14:31. Jojo Villarreal and Hadley Morris finished right after the other in 50th and 51st places.
The Prairie Valley girl’s team top runner was Linzie Priddy who finished 10th with a time of 12:49. The team’s top five runners included Karagan Ritchie (49), Veronica Gutierrez (61), Randi Gilleland (73) and Kennedy Stone (76).
The Bulldog’s top runner was Michael Cole who finished 31st with a time of 21:47. The top five runners included Isaac Yeargin (58), Tyson Easterling (59), Kooper Croxton (61) and Konner Ritchie (63).
Boy’s coach Seth Stephens thought his team did not run up to its potential after the first meet despite several of the team’s top runners out with injury.
“We were a little disappointed that our times were not as good this week as last week,” Stephens said. “The course was a little more challenging, but we have to be able to make up that difference by training hard. I know our guys will always work hard so I expect us to bounce back next week.”
On the girl’s side individual runners Aubrey Morman from Saint Jo and Justynne Roller from Forestburg ran as well. Roller finished 59th with a time of 15:13 which was more than 50 seconds faster than her best run this season.
Morman finished 60th with a time of 15:17. Coach Cook made sure to point out how the time was more than a minute and half faster than last week’s race at Ponder.
The next race leads the schools to separate meets. Bowie is scheduled to run at Lindsay on Sept. 29. Nocona is scheduled to run at Brock on Sept. 29.
Prairie Valley is hosting its own meet on Sept. 29 and Saint Jo is scheduled to run there. Forestburg is next scheduled to run at Decatur on Oct. 2.

To see results for all high school runners, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.

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