The Hill Country 100 Club will hold its 14 th Annual Golf Classic at the Escondido Golf Course in Horseshoe Bay on Sept. 20.

The Badgers will host the Elgin Wildcats Friday night in their second game of the year, and they are looking to bounce back after losing to Brownwood in week one. Elgin also lost its first game of the football season to Akins, 27-0.

Dove season is finally here, and shotguns will be ringing out as birds fly overhead for the next several weeks, while other hunters await the start of deer season. With dove season comes a sense of excitement as autumn approaches, football returns, temperatures start to drop, and the peace of being out in the woods fills every outdoorsman’s heart.

The Lampasas Lady Badgers put up a hard fight but came up short against the Jarrell Cougars in their most recent volleyball match on Tuesday. The final scores were 12-25, 22-25 and 21-25.

Coming Up: Lometa’s football game Sept. 3 has been canceled.

Dylan Sanchez hands the ball to Case Brister for a run off tackle during the Badgers’ week one game against the Brownwood Lions. Brister approached 200 yards on the ground in the game.

A field goal as time expired gave the Brownwood Lions a 58-55 win Friday night at home in a back-and-forth affair that Lampasas led for long stretches. Standouts for the Badgers were Case Brister, Dylan Sanchez, Ethan Moreno and Nate Borchardt.

The Lometa Hornets put up more than 70 points on their way to winning their first game of the season on Thursday. The final score was 74-40 for the Hornets over the Lingleville Cardinals.

The Badger cross country squad came away with five medals and a second-place finish for the girls’ team after they ran at Wildflower Country Club in Temple on Friday morning. “Abby Valdez, Nyla Long and Tate Brown each brought home a medal from the varsity girls’ race,” head coach Macey Siegert said.

The Lady Badgers won one match against Chilton, 25-12, 25-19, of the five they played during the recent tournament at Academy. Lampasas head coach Christy Wiley said multiple players were out for the Lady Badgers, so the team played in the tournament with a different rotation than usual.