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VYPE Live Series Spotlight: Bowie vs. Dripping Springs
Bowie and Dripping Springs might have two of the most overshadowed sports teams in the state. Yet, there they are, year after year, punching their respective tickets to the postseason in most sports right alongside Westlake and Lake Travis.
That’s especially true when it comes to baseball. So far, at least, 2025 is following that same script, which is why this week’s clash between the Dawgs and the Tigers makes for a perfect Series Spotlight.
Dripping Springs entered the 2025 season as one of the favorites to win the district – and most prognosticators feel like they’ll make a deep playoff run. Coach Chris Payne’s Tigers are coming off a 2024 campaign that saw Drip go 26-11 overall and 14-2 in what was then a 9-team District 26-6A. Last year’s season ended on a brutal walk-off balk in Game 3 of the Area round.
Speaking of brutal, this veteran team with virtually all the key players back from last year’s squad survived a brutal tournament season. The Tigers held their own against a plethora of state powerhouses and seem to be hitting their stride as we’ve reached district play. Dripping Springs enters this critical series with Bowie at 11-7 overall and 3-1 in the district.
The Bowie Bulldogs have followed a different path this season. Unlike their Hill Country rivals, the Dawgs graduated a ton of talent from last year’s squad that went 22-12 and 10-6 in the district before similarly, if less dramatically, falling in the Area Round. As might be expected with so many new faces, Coach Sam Degelia’s team has experienced some ups and downs this year -- but Bowie has defeated some solid area teams in tournament play as the Bulldogs rebuild on the fly. The Dawgs enter this series at 8-8 overall and 2-2 in the district.
With Spring Break in the mirror, teams will get back to a more normal Tuesday/Friday schedule and this series will follow that same path. Game 1 will be tomorrow (3/25) from venerable Burger Field before the series moves to Tigers Field in Dripping Springs on Friday (3/28).
VYPE Live will have two separate broadcasts for each game, one for each team, so fans can find “their” broadcasts as Dripping Springs and Bowie step into the spotlight.
What: Bowie vs. Dripping Springs
When: Tuesday 3/25, 7:15 Pregame & Friday 3/28, 6:45 Pregame
Where: Burger Field & Dripping Springs HS
Who: Tyler Ulses (Bowie Broadcasts); Melvin Jones (Dripping Springs Broadcasts)
Watch:https://www.vype.com/7-30pm-baseball-bowie-vs-dripping-springs-2671396953 AND http://vypelive.com/web/broadcast/index
VYPE Live Series Spotlight: Liberty Hill vs. Rouse
In prehistoric times – i.e. about a decade or so ago – Liberty Hill was a sleepy 4A powerhouse playing the likes of Llano, Burnet, Lampasas and others. For a few years, it became an unofficial tradition that the first baseball game K-MAC Sports, VYPE Live’s precursor, would broadcast was the season-opener between Liberty Hill and a still relatively new, hard-charging 5A Rouse team. It was usually cold and maybe a little drizzly and the baseball was not exactly mid-season form – but it was baseball, and it set the table for better games to come.
Fast forward to 2025, when Liberty Hill and Rouse will meet for a couple of afternoon matinees this Spring Break week as established 5A powers and intense District 25-5A rivals.
Both squads are off to good starts this season, tied at 2-0 atop the 25-5A standings. Liberty Hill (2-0, 10-4 overall) entered the season with a chip on its shoulder. Coach Brandon Creek’s Panthers roared to a 24-win season last year, only to get swept from the playoffs in the first round by Kerrville Tivy in two intense games. Although the Panthers don’t have a ton of guys back from last year’s squad, they appear to have supplemented their returnees with newcomers from their always solid JV teams.
Rouse (2-0, 11-3-2) went a bit further last season. Coach Chad Krempin’s Raiders got red-hot in the playoffs, finally falling in the State Semifinals and finishing 2024 with an impressive 34-10 mark. Like their exurban rivals, Rouse is “rebuilding” on paper, but their skeleton appears to have fleshed out fast.
While District 25-5A has been bunched like grapes the past few seasons, there appears to be a bit more separation in the early going. Whatever happens in these early-season clashes between Rouse and Liberty Hill, this week’s games will mean a lot more than those chilly non-district tune-ups of a decade ago.What: Liberty Hill vs. Rouse
When: Tuesday 3/18 & Wednesday 3/19 - 12:50 Pregame; 1:00 First Pitch
Where: Liberty Hill HS; Rouse HS
Who: Michael Rose
Watch:https://www.vype.com/ANDhttp://vypelive.com/web/broadcast/index