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Former Badger battling cancer; donations available

Hunter King
Monday, December 22, 2025
A former Badger football and baseball player is going through a battle with cancer less than a year after graduating.Eli Calderon was a multiyear letterman in both football and baseball and a four-year starter for the baseball team in Lampasas.
HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Lady Badgers win big over Llano

Hunter King
Thursday, December 18, 2025
The Lady Badger basketball team picked up a dominant win over Llano on the road Tuesday night.Lampasas jumped out to an early 13-2 lead after the first quarter and never really looked back from that point.
HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Laeton Kepler grapples with his opponent during the wrestling meet Wednesday night.

HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Laeton Kepler grapples with his opponent during the wrestling meet Wednesday night.

Wrestling team competes against Lake Belton

Hunter King
Thursday, December 18, 2025
In what originally was scheduled to be a tri competition between Lampasas, Salado and Lake Belton, the Badgers wound up wrestling in just a dual against Lake Belton High School because of some injuries Salado is dealing with early in the season.
Name: Roy Carr Class: Senior Sport: Basketball, Football and Cross Country Favorite Teacher or Coach: Coach Kolby Favorite Place in Town: 7/11 One Person You Look up To: Patrick Mahomes Main Goal This Season: Get a playoff win

Name: Roy Carr Class: Senior Sport: Basketball, Football and Cross Country Favorite Teacher or Coach: Coach Kolby Favorite Place in Town: 7/11 One Person You Look up To: Patrick Mahomes Main Goal This Season: Get a playoff win

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News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Name: Roy Carr Class: Senior Sport: Basketball, Football and Cross Country Favorite Teacher or Coach: Coach Kolby Favorite Place in Town: 7/11 One Person You Look up To: Patrick Mahomes Main Goal This Season: Get a playoff win Name: Phoenix Jones Class: Sophomore Sport: Basketball, Volleyball and...
FILE PHOTO Ryleejo Westra is expected to be one of the senior leaders for the Lady Badgers this season.

FILE PHOTO Ryleejo Westra is expected to be one of the senior leaders for the Lady Badgers this season.

Coach brings new energy to Lady Badger soccer program

Hunter King
Monday, December 15, 2025
The Lady Badger soccer program has gotten an injection of excitement with the hiring of Kim Burnside to be the new head coach.She came to Lampasas from Burnet, where Burnside built a successful program that had success against Lampasas while she was there.

Wrestling team participates in Santa Slam in Burleson

Hunter King
Monday, December 15, 2025
In what was their second wrestling meet of the season, the Badger wrestlers traveled to Burleson for the Santa Slam event.Head coach Donovan Kleckner said some of the standouts for Lampasas were Kaiden Fernandez, Campbell Roberts, Lane Conner, Jordan Winfree and Dionna Schulz.
COURTESY PHOTO The Lady Badgers pose with the STAMP award at the Brady tournament.

COURTESY PHOTO The Lady Badgers pose with the STAMP award at the Brady tournament.

Girls’ basketball sweeps Brady tournament, moves to 10-8

Hunter King
Monday, December 15, 2025
Over the weekend, the Lady Badger basketball team went 4-0 in the Brady tournament and took home the championship.The girls opened the tournament with a 5442 win over Brady on Thursday, then followed that with a 53-32 win over May.
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