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Name: Ayden Vanliew Class: Senior Sport: Soccer, Track and Football Favorite Teacher or Coach: Coach Vanliew Favorite Place in Lampasas: Memo’s One Person You Look Up To: Lebron James Main Goal This Season: Win a defensive award

Name: Ayden Vanliew Class: Senior Sport: Soccer, Track and Football Favorite Teacher or Coach: Coach Vanliew Favorite Place in Lampasas: Memo’s One Person You Look Up To: Lebron James Main Goal This Season: Win a defensive award

Ayden Vanliew

News Staff
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Name: Ayden VanliewClass: SeniorSport: Soccer, Track and FootballFavorite Teacher or Coach:Coach VanliewFavorite Place in Lampasas:Memo’sOne Person You Look Up To:Lebron JamesMain Goal This Season: Win adefensive award
Cruz Rodriguez

Cruz Rodriguez

Cruz Rodriguez

News Staff
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Name: Cruz RodriguezClass: JuniorSport: SoccerFavorite Teacher or Coach:Ms. EckerFavorite Place in Lampasas:Taco BellOne Person You Look Up To:Luka ModricMain Goal This Season:To improve

Badger baseball has success at first tournament

Hunter King
Monday, February 23, 2026
Over the weekend, the Badger baseball team went to Fredericksburg for their first tournament of the season.Lampasas finished the tournament 2-1-1. The Badgers earned a 12-2 win over Big Spring, a 9-5 win over Fredericksburg, a 9-9 tie with Austin McCallum and had a 5-2 loss to Bracken Christian.
Chris Mendoza had the assist on the lone goal for the Badgers against Brownwood. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Chris Mendoza had the assist on the lone goal for the Badgers against Brownwood. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Boys’ soccer team ties Brownwood but loses on penalty kicks

Hunter King
Monday, February 23, 2026
The Badger soccer team suffered a tough loss to the district-leading Brownwood Lions on the road Friday.After the full 80 minutes of play, the two teams were deadlocked at 1-1 and went on to penalty kicks.
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Girls basketball All-District awards announced

News Staff
Monday, February 23, 2026
Adalya White received Second Team All-District honors for her freshman season in Lampasas. The rest of the All-District recognitions will be available in Friday’s edition of the Dispatch Record. The Lady Badgers ended their season in the bi-district round of the playoffs last week.

Softball team wins four of five games at Cameron Yoe tournament

Hunter King
Monday, February 23, 2026
This past weekend, the Lady Badger softball team went 4-1 at the Cameron Yoe tournament.The team beat Cedar Creek 6-3, beat Bartlett 19-3, beat Cameron Yoe 6-1 and beat Killeen 18-1. The Lady Badgers’ only loss of the weekend was to Caldwell in a 4-0 defeat.The team posted a batting average of .
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Badger basketball playing China Spring in bi-district round tonight

News Staff
Monday, February 23, 2026
Beau Patterson and the Badger basketball team are set to play China Spring in the bi-district round of the playoffs tonight. The game will be played in Little River-Academy at 8 p.m. In these playoffs, the Badgers will look to reach at least the third round for the first time since 2000.
Caroline White, front, and Madelynn White went undefeated at the quad last Friday. COURTESY PHOTO | KENNETH PEISER

Caroline White, front, and Madelynn White went undefeated at the quad last Friday. COURTESY PHOTO | KENNETH PEISER

Lampasas tennis plays three other teams in home event

Hunter King
Monday, February 23, 2026
Last Friday, the Lampasas tennis team hosted a tournament that included squads from Pflugerville, Harker Heights and Brownwood.Head coach Kenneth Peiser said each player got three matches and played two of three full sets.“So much more play today.
Aidan Nuckles reaches up to cut down the net as the Badgers celebrate their district title. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

Aidan Nuckles reaches up to cut down the net as the Badgers celebrate their district title. HUNTER KING | DISPATCH RECORD

District Champs

Hunter King
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Tuesday night was one that will be remembered in the history of Lampasas basketball as a group of young Badgers, most of whom have been playing together for years, finally reached the top of the mountain and won a district championship.
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