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HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD The wet bulb reading was consistent around 87 on Wednesday afternoon.

HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD The wet bulb reading was consistent around 87 on Wednesday afternoon.

New UIL temperature restrictions create difficulties for athletics

Hunter King
Thursday, June 18, 2026
The wet bulb is a tool that may have created a few nightmares for athletic directors around the state. Coaches now will be required to pull their athletes off the field or court if the temperature reaches a certain point.
FILE PHOTO Dax Brookreson is back in Badger blue as a middle school coach.

FILE PHOTO Dax Brookreson is back in Badger blue as a middle school coach.

Former Badger returns to coach at middle school

Hunter King
Thursday, June 18, 2026
A former multisport athlete for the Badgers is officially back in Lampasas. Dax Brookreson has accepted a job as a teacher and coach at Lampasas Middle School for the upcoming school year.

Badgers split summer league games in Hamilton

Hunter King
Thursday, June 18, 2026
The Badger basketball team took on Goldthwaite and Hamilton on Monday for their next summer league action.Lampasas lost 55-45 to Goldthwaite and then beat Hamilton 48-36.In the game against Goldthwaite, scoring was as follows.
HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Ross Kothmann throws a pass during 7-on-7 against Gatesville last Wednesday.

HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD Ross Kothmann throws a pass during 7-on-7 against Gatesville last Wednesday.

Badgers play first of three weeks of 7-on-7 against Gatesville

Hunter King
Monday, June 15, 2026
Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Lampasas football players took on Gatesville in 7-on-7 play for the first time in what will be a three-week stretch of the Hornets coming to town.On Tuesday, the middle school teams played against Gatesville. That was their first taste of 7-on-7 action this year.

Badgers win two games at Georgetown summer league

Hunter King
Monday, June 15, 2026
Last Thursday, the Badger basketball team played once again in the Georgetown summer league, this time taking on split squads from Georgetown and Eastview.In the first game against a varsity/junior varsity squad from Georgetown, the Badgers won 64-41.
Young Badgers work with medicine balls during SWAT workouts on Wednesday. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Young Badgers work with medicine balls during SWAT workouts on Wednesday. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Athletes discuss how SWAT helps them when the season starts

Hunter King
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Everyone knows about the SWAT conditioning program Lampasas hosts every summer. There has never been much doubt that it helps the athletes prepare for their seasons the next school year.
FILE PHOTO

FILE PHOTO

Badger catcher joining teammate in college

News Staff
Monday, June 8, 2026
Corbin Kepler verbally committed to play baseball at Western Texas College next season. He will join fellow Badger Calvin Phelps at the next level. These two were a successful battery for three years in Lampasas.
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