WIRE TO WIRE
Taylor 21, Lampasas 16 Ducks' running game, onside kick recovery dooms LHS
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer
      Taylor's Tristan Meyer might have carried the ball 37 times for 256 yards and three touchdowns, but teammate Cory Kruse made the play of the game in the Ducks' 21- 16 win Friday at Badger Field. With 1:13 left in the game and Lampasas coming off a four-play, 65-yard scoring drive, Kruse gambled b...
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District 25-4A Standings
      Overall W-L Last Week Taylor 21, Lampasas 16 Austin Anderson 27, Vista Ridge 24 Brownwood 12, Burnet 9 Dripping Springs 24, Austin Akins 14 Killeen Ellison 20, Connally 3 Lake Travis 18, RR Westwood 10 Marble Falls 26,
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Outdoors With Mat Taylor
Antler restrictions to be enforced
      It's difficult to believe, but the fall deer and turkey season is almost here. The white-tailed deer and Rio Grande turkey archery season opens in 11 days on Sept. 29. The archery season closes on Oct. 2. There is also a special youth-only deer and turkey weekend Oct. 27-28.
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New Covenant Church initiates hunting event
      Hunting brings numerous visitors -- and their dollars -- to Lampasas businesses every fall, but New Covenant Church wants to offer area vendors extra support. New Covenant's Lampasas Hunting Celebration, slated for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church, will offer vendors a chance to display o...
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LHS tennis team drops two matches on road
      The Lampasas tennis team dropped road matches to Fredericksburg and Kerrville Tivy on Saturday. Fredericksburg topped LHS 13- 6, and Tivy beat the Badgers 14-5. Lampasas is scheduled to play host to Marble Falls at 4 p.m. today in a District 25-4A match.
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LHS XC boys 2nd at Liberty Hill
      The Lampasas boys' cross coun- try teams shone on Saturday, while every varsity girl lowered her paceper mile at the Liberty Hill Invitational. The varsity and junior varsity boys both finished second in the team standings, with seven runners medaling from those two groups combined.
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Almost there
      LHS senior Allie Spivey goes up for a block attempt in the Lady Badgers' sweep loss to No. 16 Cedar Park Vista Ridge on Friday.
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Null's passing sparks team in LSC-opener
      Lampasas product Keith Null threw for 394 yards in leading West Texas A&M University to a 45-14 win against Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday. Null, who leads all of NCAA Division II in passing, completed 34- of-47 passes, throwing two touchdowns and one interception. The win improved the 14th-ranke...
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Hornet swarm
      Lometa's James Smith (11) and Jorge Salinas bring down a Rising Star ball-carrier in the Hornets' 60-14 win on Friday. The Hornets (2-1) play host to Iredell on Friday.
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Ducks stop JV White
      After falling behind 12-0 in the first quarter the Lampasas High junior varsity White Team matched the Ducks the rest of the way in an 18-6 loss on Thursday. After Taylor took an 18-0 lead in the third quarter, LHS' Tanner Mobley got the Badgers on the board with a three-yard scoring run.
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SPORTS SHORTS
      SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT The family of Ramona Mae Lopez is hosting the fifth annual Ramona Mae Lopez Benefit Softball Tournament Oct. 13 at the Kiwanis Youth Baseball Field in Hamilton. Starting time is 8 a.m. The tournament assists families whose child has special needs. Proceeds will help offset me...
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Locks of Love
      Lampasas High School junior soccer player Ross Weems recently clipped the blond locks he started growing before his freshman year.
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