The Lampasas junior varsity track teams opened the season on Monday at Brownwood, and the varsity will compete on Friday at the same site. Lampasas was not able to place in the top three as a team but medaled in many individual events.

Lometa’s strongest stretch of momentum against topranked Slidell came near the end of the first half and start of the second in Tuesday’s 1A basketball playoff match. Before eventually losing 70-32 in the regional semifinals, the Hornets closed the gap to nine points early in the third quarter.

In JV tennis at Brownwood, Allison Valdez and Hannah Durbin won their third tournament in a row in girls’ doubles. “They are playing great,” coach Kenneth Peiser said after Tuesday’s tournament.

The defending state co-champion Slidell Greyhounds eliminated the Lometa Hornets, 70-32, in the regional semifinals.

Argyle’s starting five stood an average of 6’4”, about 4 1/2” taller than the Badgers, and that was a crucial difference in the Eagles’ 65-45 victory. The third-ranked Eagles improved to 27-1.

Several Lady Badgers made the all-district girls’ basketball team. Selections were announced after Glen Rose, the final District 6-4A team remaining in the playoffs, was eliminated by Canyon in the regional semifinals.

Case Brister was named first-team all-state on the Texas Sports Writers’ Association 4A football team. Brister and several teammates earlier earned all-state honors from Carl Padilla and David Smoak’s smoaky.com.

Lampasas shut out Jarrell 3-0 on the Cougars’ home turf after the Cougars had beaten the Badgers in the first round of district soccer. Cody Woods scored all three goals for Lampasas on Friday.

The Lady Badgers broke a four-match losing streak with a 4-0 shutout at Jarrel on Friday. Freshman Bella Lindsey scored a hat trick.

The Badger tennis team was able to play a few matches, despite long rain delays in the Fredericksburg tournament Friday and Saturday. Mario Aguirre and Sam Zmolik won both their matches and were in the semifinals before the remainder of the tournament was canceled.