The Bowie baseball team slid into the district championships for the second straight season after compiling a 10-3 district record.
The team ended up winning both the bi-district title and area championship before losing in the Region 2 state quarterfinals.
“Yeah it felt pretty good to win all that stuff,” junior and pitcher Chris Logan said. “It made us really confident going into playoffs.”
The team made it to the regional quarterfinal playoffs and lost to 17th ranked Klein Collins High School, two games to one, leaving players disappointed.
“It was a bummer when we lost to Klein Collins,” Logan said. “We played really well but it just wasn’t enough.”
The Bowie team who were ranked 25th in the state, lost 9-8 in the final game of the three game set, when Klein Collins pitcher Hunter Strawn struck out seniors Austin Eschenburg and A.J. Lionberger.

 
“When we made the comeback it was exciting,” Logan said. “It was like a feeling of adrenaline pumping through your veins.”
With the regular season over coach Sam Degelia still felt great about his team.
“Our regular season has come to an end,” Degelia said on his website. “On and off the field I have gotten nothing but compliments about this team.”
This is Degelia’s first year as the baseball team coach, and it could be considered very successful.           “Coach Degelia did really well his first year,” Logan said. “If you had a question you could ask him, and he’d be there for you when you needed help, I feel like he was a good choice, and he helped lighten the load on coach Alvarez.”

 
Retired varsity coach Rudy Alvarez retired from Bowie last year after coaching for over 40 years, but still assists the team throughout the year.
“Coach Alvarez seemed a lot less stressed this year,” Logan said. “He spent a lot of time with us and we will miss him a lot when he stops coaching.”
In the final, down 9-4, senior Jake Moore jacked a three-run homer, leaving the team down one run and with only one out.
“I thought we could really pull it off there,” Logan said. “I didn’t pitch as well as I wanted to in the end, but I feel like it did what I could do to help the team, and if it wasn’t enough then I’ll do better next year.”

 
This season the  team will graduate a large number of seniors.
“I hope we do well next year, we have got good pitchers and catchers,” Logan said. “I just hope the kids come out well if they can stay focused I think they can do pretty good.”
The team is already excited about next season.
“We’re excited about next year,” Logan said. “We like a big crowd too-it helps to get us going.”