Gatesville 20, Lampasas 17 (2OT)
BIZARRE Second-chance overtime kick lifts Gatesville to first win
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer
      Bizarre doesn't begin to cover it. When Gatesville kicker Chance Taylor's 32-yard field goal plummeted to the earth roughly five yards beyond the same spot on the crossbar his 37-yard attempt bounced off minutes earlier, the capacity crowd at Badger Field fell silent.
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Bow hunting OK during gun seasons
Outdoors With Mat Taylor
      First, let me correct an error in last week's column. An observant reader called to let me know I had listed the wrong dates for the upcoming archery deer and turkey season. I stated the archery season opens Sept. 29 and ran through Oct. 2. The correct dates are Sept. 29 through Nov. 2.
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Bulldawgs topple LHS tennis team
      The Lampasas tennis team took a break from District 25-4A play on Saturday to play host to a Copperas Cove team that blanked it 19-0 earlier this year. After losing early leads in a handful of matches, the overall result was similar as the Bulldawgs came away with an 18-1 win.
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JV sweeps Gatesville
      Aston Murray and Zach Radenz hooked up twice on touchdown strikes as the Lampasas junior varsity White team slipped past Gatesville, 14-13, on the road Thursday. Murray completed 5 of 11 passes for 149 yards and two scores, with 134 of those yards on three receptions to Radenz.
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Getting up
      Shay Norris hits an attack into the Dripping Springs defense in the Lady Badgers' loss on Friday. LHS will go for its first District 25-4A win when it plays host to Pflugerville Connally at 7 tonight.
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Null throws for 306 in WT win
      Keith Null led West Texas A&M University to a 4-0 mark with its second consecutive Lone Star Conference win on Saturday. Lampasas product Null, who leads NCAA Division II with 357 passing yards per game, completed 35 of 58 passes for 306 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-0 road win against Northe...
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XC competes at USTA
      The Lampasas varsity girls' and boys' cross country teams finished 14th out of 30 teams and 25th out of 33 teams, respectively, at the University of Texas- San Antonio Six Flags Invitational on Saturday. There were 255 girls and 267 boys competing at the varsity level.
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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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