Badgers hit the gridiron

Badgers start practice right on cue, with returners at about half the positions
  • ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
  • Assistant coaches TJ Cleavinger, left, and Donovan Kleckner oversee a special teams drill on Tuesday. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    Assistant coaches TJ Cleavinger, left, and Donovan Kleckner oversee a special teams drill on Tuesday. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
  • Lampasas’ Head Football Coach Troy Rogers looks over notes on Tuesday, the second day of practice. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    Lampasas’ Head Football Coach Troy Rogers looks over notes on Tuesday, the second day of practice. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

    Ross Kothmann, left, makes a handoff to Luke Lambert on Tuesday afternoon, the second day of football practice at Lampasas High School. See page 4 for related story on Coach Troy Rogers’ reaction to the opening practices.

    In his 11th season as Lampasas High School’s head football coach, Troy Rogers said he rarely has seen a better first day of practice than the one he watched Monday.

    After a busy of…