Sports

Procter sisters win horsemanship events

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Katie Procter earned the overall senior speed events championship at the District 7 4-H Horse Show. She also placed first in barrel racing and pole bending, and took second in stakes.

Badgers break away from Hornets and ’Dogs

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Lampasas won both games Thursday in boys’ basketball summer league action. Lometa had a strong start for a 1A team facing the 4A Badgers, staying within two points until about the 5:30 mark of the first half.

SUMMER GOLF TOURS

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Layton Eckermann, left, placed first at the Beltway Junior Golf Tour tournament at Hancock Park Golf Course last week. Braden Brewer, right, placed second in the same age group, the Boys - Bronze Division. COURTESY PHOTO

Golfers place at WTJCT event

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LeeAnn Parker tied for first in the Girls’ 15-18 Division of the West Texas Junior Champions Tour event Thursday in Fredericksburg. She shot a 79 on Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course. Kenlee Turner placed fifth at 89.

UT in record 37th College World Series run

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Outfielder Douglas Hodo III runs bases for the Texas Longhorns, who fell 2-1 against Mississippi State Sunday night in the Longhorns’ 37th College World Series apperance. Hodo is a Boerne graduate who played against Lampasas in the 2019 bi-district series that the Badgers won after days of storm delays. Hodo received honorable mention on the all-Big 12 team and had scored 49 runs as of June 19. Texas will face Tennessee on Tuesday in an elimination game. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ATHLETICS

Youth baseball players train under elite 5A coach

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Members of the Lampasas-based Lil Amigos baseball team recently attended a camp with former Badger head coach Chad Krempin, center, who led Leander Rouse to the 5A state semifinals this year. Pictured, left to right, are 8U Lil Amigos players Holt Bumpas, Kase Tolson, Lucky Bumpas, Kooper Tolson, Riggin Bocanegra, Krempin, Easton Garner, Garret Milloway, Tagg Dimas and Kade Landry, who plays for the 12U Amigos. Krempin’s career accomplishments include more than 400 wins, multiple state tournament appearances and reaching the playoffs in all but one season as a head coach. COURTESY PHOTO

Sluggers win rematch against Gatesville

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Coy Harrison hits into a fielder’s choice, bringing in a run in the Sluggers’ 14U victory over Gatesville at home on Friday. The Sluggers (7-2-2) won 14-6 to place first in the league. They will advance to the district tournament June 28 in Gatesville. JEFF LOWE

Badgers take two of three games in 7-on-7

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Case Brister receives a touchdown pass from Dylan Sanchez last week in 7-on-7 action. On Monday, the second week of the Georgetown league, Lampasas rotated in its younger players more, and seasoned seniors like Brister and Dax Brookreson saw slightly less action. Sanchez and Brookreson both spent time at quarterback. Lampasas beat Georgetown’s Second Team 4 touchdowns to 0 (extra points were not counted) and beat Liberty Hill’s JV 3 touchdowns to 1, but lost to Liberty Hill’s varsity 3 touchdowns to 1. JEFF LOWE

Badger grads play together one last time on gridiron

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Keagan Richardson (25) had multiple carries playing running back in the first and third quarters of the FCA Victory Bowl last week. The Blue Team -- which included LHS graduates Richardson, Lane Haviland, Hayden Waldrip, Ian McKinney and Anthony Harris -- beat the Red Team 33-20. MICHELLE YEZAK

Locals win at Hancock Park and Kerrville

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Layton Eckermann won by seven strokes in his first Beltway Junior Golf tournament of the summer on Wednesday at Hancock Park. Eckermann had a ninehole score of 47 on his home course in the Boys’ Bronze Division. Brayden Brewer, another Lampasan, placed second at 54.