With a win, Badgers open season at 1-0

  • Jett Walker stares down an Elgin defender as he runs toward the end zone. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD
    Jett Walker stares down an Elgin defender as he runs toward the end zone. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD
  • HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Brock Langford (10) and Ayden Shaw (2) knock away the final pass of the game.
    HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Brock Langford (10) and Ayden Shaw (2) knock away the final pass of the game.
  • HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Haegan Oncken breaks up the middle of the field after a screen pass.
    HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Haegan Oncken breaks up the middle of the field after a screen pass.

    As Brock Langford and Ayden Shaw leaped into the air and each got a hand on the final pass of the game to knock it away, the Badgers officially started their 2023 campaign with a win.

    The final score was 31-23, as the Badgers outlasted the Elgin Wildcats at home in a game where the second half really decided the outcome.

    Lampasas had a 31-15 lead in the fourth quarter with 6:37 to go after Reed Jero…