Burnet 48, Lampasas 21 'A Blast'
Badgers finish strong, take edge off lopsided loss
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer
      The scoreboard at Badger Field might as well have been shut off Friday night. The 48-21 tally it showed certainly didn't jibe with the scene on the field after the game. Lampasas players were almost jovial, congratulating each other, and, for the first time this season, smiling and having a good...
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SPORTS SHORTS
      SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT A Care Giving Campaign will take place throughout the year in Lampasas and neighboring communities to benefit the Manuel Torrez Jr. Liver Transplant Fundraising Committee. Torrez, who was diagnosed with a liver disease, needs a transplant. He was born and raised in Lampasas a...
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Outdoors With Mat Taylor
Mountain lion population should be controlled
      A number of years ago, I was selected to participate in an elk hunt on the National Rifle Association Whittington Ranch near Raton, N.M. I hunted for several days and saw a lot of game, including some trophy mule deer. Unfortunately, I did not bag an elk or even see one, but the hunt was still en...
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JV White gridders stop Burnet, 7-3
Sub-Varsity Football
      Luis Capallera intercepted three passes, and the LHS junior varsity White defense held strong in a win against the Bulldogs on Thursday. Burnet's only score came via field goal in the opening quarter after the first of two LHS goal-line stands.
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Can you dig it?
      LHS' Mariah Jones keeps a ball off the floor in the Lady Badgers' four-game home loss to Burnet on Friday. The win gave Burnet a season sweep of the Lady Badgers with both matches going to four games.
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Cross country finishes strong at Temple Meet
      The Lampasas boys' and girls' cross country teams finished third and fourth, respectively, at the Temple Meet on Saturday. Ryan Tedford placed seventh in a field of 39 runners to lead the Badgers. Brandon Willie finished 10th, Jonathan Lohmann 15th, Michael Fisher 21st and Lane Christianson 27th.
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10-point bow shot
      Koal Rainwater, 15, harvested this buck with his bow on the opening day of deer season. Rainwater took down the animal on his family's land.
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