Sports

Badger baseball to miss playoffs after loss to Gateway

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The Badger baseball team didn’t play the way they hoped to in the final home game of the season against the Gateway Gators. A 10-0 loss in six innings to Gateway and a Jarrell win over Marble Falls on Tuesday meant the Badgers no longer can make the playoffs.

Lampasas track season comes to an end at regional meet

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The Lampasas track teams had to finish their season on Monday after the regional track meet was moved from Saturday due to bad weather that swept through most of Texas. The Badgers took two relay teams to the regional meet in Bullard.

Badgers lose in the last inning to Lago Vista

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A throwing error in the bottom of the seventh inning last Friday allowed the walkoff winning run to cross the plate for Lago Vista in a tough, low-scoring 3-2 loss for the Badgers. Calum Mitchell pitched a great six innings for Lampasas, giving up only three runs, one of them earned.

New girls’ basketball coach ready to take the reins and lead

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Experience, community and drive are some of the important qualities that new head girls’ basketball coach Marcus Chapa is bringing to the table as he takes over ahead of next season. Chapa brings 12 years of head coaching experience after spending last year and this one at the middle school coaching football, basketball and track.