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STATE TEE TIME

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STATE TEE TIME- Hamilton High School senior Karsyn Smyth was scheduled to tee off Monday and Tuesday at the UIL State Golf Tournament at The Legends Golf Course in Kingsland. Smyth qualified for state after shooting a two-day, 36-hole round of 186 three weeks ago at the Region 2-2A Golf Championships in Ferris. Hamilton’s District 12-2A champion and third-place Region 2-2A finishing Bulldogs are scheduled to play their state rounds in Kingsland Monday and Tuesday of next week. Coached by O.J.

Eagle Baseball is back

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After the program was discontinued in 1986, Jonesboro High School baseball reemerged this season with a vengeance.

In their first playoff appearance in over three decades, the Eagles scattered 17 hits in an 18-4 win over Gordon in Hamilton last Thursday and followed it up with a bi-district clinching 7-6 victory over the Longhorns on Saturday at Fair Park.

Jonesboro will face the winner of Hubbard and Blum in the area-round of the playoffs. Hubbard defeated Blum on Saturday, 7-1.

Game two of the best of three bi-dsitrict series was scheduled for Monday.

Bi-District champs

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The Hamilton Bulldogs made quick work of Stamford in the bi-district round of the baseball playoffs last week, shellacking the opposing Bulldogs by margins of 18-0 and 12-2 respectively in games played on Thursday and Saturday in Glen Rose.

On Thursday, Colby Bailey sat down seven batters on just 40 pitches through three innings of work.

Sophomore Caden Hopper closed out the final two innings and the victory, striking out five on 39 pitches.

Hamilton’s offense produced 15 hits in the win.

LEADING THE PACK

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LEADING THE PACK- Taylor Long (4) and Caleb Lengefeld (2), pictured leading the pack in the state 2A 800-meter run, entered the meet with the top two fastest times in state and placed first and fourth respectively in Austin Friday.

HANDOFF- Hamilton’s 4x200-meter relay

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HANDOFF- Hamilton’s 4x200-meter relay - Colby Bailey, Jaydon Watson, Taylor Long and Jakob Walton - narrowly missed the medal stand, placing fourth out of the state’s top nine teams. Above, Bailey takes the baton from Watson before a crowd of more than 12,000 spectators.

AWAITING RESULTS

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AWAITING RESULTS- Fourth in state Bulldog mile relayers (l-r) Jakob Walton, Hudson Haile, Caleb Lengefeld and Taylor Long, along with young Bulldog spectators behind them, anxiously await the final results of the photo finish 4x400-meter run in Austin.

WALTON RUNNING

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WALTON RUNNING- Senior Jakob Walton, pictured running in the mile relay Friday, anchored both of Hamilton’s state-qualifying relays in Austin, and he placed sixth overall in the 2A state 200-meter dash. 

STATE CONTENDERS

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With the Capitol Building in the background, HHS senior Macie Parrish, left, is pictured with Coach Sonny DeLaGarza prior to competing in the state high jump competition. Pictured above in Austin, Hamilton’s mile relay team, including Chloe Dolloff, Cortland Mehaffey, Campbell Lengefeld and Madi Henkes after posting the eighth fastest time in the state. 

POWERHOUSE SISTERS

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Chloe and Cydney Dolloff competed on Powerhouse Cheer teams at Summit All-Star Cheer Championship at the ESPN complex in Orlando, FL last week. Cydney’s team Godfidence is the reigning National Cheer Association Champions. Cydney is a student at Evant Elementary. Chloe, a sophomore, is a Bulldog cheerleader at Hamilton High School. Courtesy Photo

STATE FLIGHT

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Alyssa Shumate and Ian Shoaf will be representing the Jonesboro Eagles at the state track meet on Saturday. Shumate will compete in the 200-meter dash, and Shoaf will race in the 110-meter hurdles. Courtesy Photos