FLYIN' RYAN
Local motocross standout qualifies for national finals
By JEREMY HEATH Staff Writer
      Some of Ryan Fesler's first memories are of his dad, Randy, holding him and cruising around their property on his dirt bike. Now, 8-year-old Ryan is making his own memories atop a bike. The biggest difference between his early memories and the recent ones is that Ryan doesn't need his dad to hold...
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Cyclones claim silver at Burnet
      The Lampasas Cyclones 8 and under baseball team advanced to the championship game of the Burnet Super Series Tournament last weekend and will play in the South State Championship Friday and Saturday.
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Semi-automatic pistol has quite a history
John Johnston
      Since the adoption of the John M. Browning designed, semiautomatic pistol by the U.S. Army in 1911, never has a gun been more copied, improved and customized. The .45 ACP round was used to duplicate the man-stopping power of the .45 Long Colt in a semi-automatic pistol.
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Don't call them duffers
      Hancock Park Golf Course manager Van Berry recently tutored three groups of youth golfers. Those groups are shown below.
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SPORTS SHORTS
      BADGER FOOTBALL Lampasas High School football season tickets will be on sale at the LHS athletics office Aug. 4-8 for current ticket holders and Aug. 11-15 for non-ticket holders. Sales will be cut off Aug. 15. Call 556-2327 for more information.
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Coming up...
      Pick up upcoming issues of the Dispatch Record for action-photo galleries highlighting LHS summer camps for volleyball and football and a youth golf tournament held at Hancock Springs Golf Course.
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Don't lose any sleep over preseason prep rankings
Jeremy Heath
      One of the toughest gigs in this business is predicting the order of finish for a high school football district. Back in Amarillo, a group of five or six sports writers would split up a few dozen Panhandle-area districts from six-man all the way up to Class 5A.
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