The Badgers will be back in action on the football field for the first time since last November. They travel to Elgin to play the Wildcats tonight and will kick off the 2022 season with a new group of players.

The Lometa Hornets will face another playoff team from a year ago in the Gorman Panthers for their seasonopener tonight. After success last year, an 8-3 record and a second-round playoff loss, the Hornets want to build on that with a mostly new and young group this year.

The Lady Badgers traveled to Waco Tuesday night for a regularseason, non-district matchup with the Waco University Lady Trojans. In a hard-fought game, Waco University came out on top in four sets.

The Lady Badgers traveled to Gatesville over the weekend to play in a freshman, junior varsity and varsity tournament from Thursday through Saturday. The varsity started out 0-3 in pool play, but the team went 2-1 in bracket play.

On Friday, the Badger cross country team traveled to Temple to run in the Invitational Cross Country Meet, the first meet of the year. “We had a great day, walking away with medals in every division,” Lampasas head coach Macey Siegert said.

The Lady Badgers hosted Harker Heights for their volleyball homeopener on Tuesday. Despite coming up short and losing in three sets, the Lady Badgers showed why they are looking to have some success this season.

The Lampasas tennis team traveled to Copperas Cove on Tuesday for its second match of the fall season and came away with a 13-6 win. The team started by winning five of the seven doubles matches.

Lampasas High School cheer squads attended the Universal Cheerleaders Association camp in July at Angelo State University. They received several awards and honors during the camp.

With the regular season just around the corner, the Badgers worked toward improvement and getting themselves into football shape when they scrimmaged Brownwood at home Thursday evening. While no scores or statistics were available by press time, some updates are available on the Dispatch Record’s Facebook page.