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Burnside high-fives a former player with the Lady Bulldogs. COURTESY PHOTO

Burnside high-fives a former player with the Lady Bulldogs. COURTESY PHOTO

New family affair within Lampasas coaching staff

Hunter King
Monday, August 4, 2025
The coaches for the soccer program in Lampasas are now part of the same family.Kim Burnside is the new girls’ head soccer coach and head cross country coach. She also is the wife of current head boys’ soccer coach Samuel Burnside, who also is an assistant football coach.
Bryson Roberts got his first start at quarterback last season against Lorena. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Bryson Roberts got his first start at quarterback last season against Lorena. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Predictions for the coming Badger football season

Hunter King
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Every year, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine releases its annual edition in which the writers break down and make predictions on the 1,500 high school football programs. I decided it was about time I took a shot at this and offer some of my predictions for the Badgers in 2025.
Final two camps of the summer set this week

Final two camps of the summer set this week

Final two camps of the summer set this week

Hunter King
Monday, July 28, 2025
The last two youth sports camps of the summer are taking place this week.Football camp for incoming seventh-, eighthand ninth-grade athletes is running from Monday through Wednesday, and a volleyball camp for incoming freshmen is Tuesday and Wednesday.The football camp will be from 8-10 a.m.
Parker Boykin, front, and Gabriel Allison round the corner during the Monday morning run. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Parker Boykin, front, and Gabriel Allison round the corner during the Monday morning run. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Practice begins this week as Lampasas sports return

Hunter King
Monday, July 28, 2025
Monday morning saw the start of cross country practice for the new high school season, representing the beginning of sports practices that take off as school gets closer to starting.
Case Brister leads a drill during SWAT on Tuesday morning at the high school. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Case Brister leads a drill during SWAT on Tuesday morning at the high school. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Former Badger returns to coach at the middle school

Hunter King
Thursday, July 24, 2025
A former four-year varsity football player has returned to Lampasas to start coaching at the middle school level.Case Brister was a high-level linebacker and running back for the Badgers during his time on the football field.
FILE PHOTO

FILE PHOTO

Lampasas golf course back open

News Staff
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Justin Schulze hits a tee shot at Hancock Park Golf Course during a tournament in 2023. After being closed recently because of flooding, Hancock Park Golf Course opened back up on Wednesday and resumed play on all 18 holes.
Jaden McElwain will make an impact at receiver in 2025. FILE PHOTO

Jaden McElwain will make an impact at receiver in 2025. FILE PHOTO

High school: The final frontier for amateur sports

Hunter King
Monday, July 21, 2025
As the Wild West of college sports rages on in the NIL and transfer portal era, it has become abundantly clear that high school athletics is the final place where amateur sports still exist.
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Final week of SWAT workouts underway

News Staff
Monday, July 21, 2025
Corbin Kepler runs through a SWAT workout this summer. The Badgers are going through their final week of summer conditioning before school resumes and football, volleyball, cross country season and more officially get underway.

Between 400 and 500 runners participate in Toughest 10K

Hunter King
Thursday, July 17, 2025
The Toughest 10K in Texas once again drew a crowd of 400 to 500 competitors last Saturday morning in front of Lampasas Middle School.Runners participating in the 10K took off from the starting line first, followed by the5K participants, and then the 1-mile runners started last.
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