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.

The Badger and Lady Badger tennis teams traveled to Killeen Friday for their first matches of the new season. Lampasas got off to a hot start in doubles, winning six of the seven matches to take a 6-1 lead going into singles competition.

An undefeated Saturday led to the Lady Badgers winning the silver bracket in the Cameron varsity volleyball tournament that took place Thursday and Saturday. In that 3-0 stretch, the Lady Badgers beat the Cameron junior varsity 25-17, 25-18; Granger 25-18, 25-22; and Mumford 25-18, 23-25, 25-14.

Lometa High School’s volleyball team is in its first year, and with that comes growing pains for the program. “You know, day one we had three girls who could hit the ball over the net,” head coach Gabe Henry said.

Aug. 16 vs. Harker Heights at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18 and Aug. 20 -- Gatesville Tourney. Aug. 23 at Waco University at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25 and Aug. 27 -- Academy Tourney Aug. 26 vs. Florence at 6 p.m. Aug. 30 vs. Shoemaker at 6 p.m.