Sports

Following scrimmages versus multiple teams in both West and Early on Friday and Saturday of last week, Hamilton’s varsity and two junior varsity volleyball squads were scheduled to officially tipoff the 2022 season by hosting Dublin on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs will compete in the Whitney Tournament on Thursd a y through Saturday of this week and will return home to host Comanche next Tuesday in the Larry Eilers Gymnasium with JV matches scheduled for 4:30 and 5:30 p.m., followed by the varsity at 6:30.

After two weeks of civil revelry between the red and black, the Hamilton Bulldogs will finally have an opportunity to sic their efforts on opposing colors this Friday evening beginning at 6 p.m. at Kooken Field.

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Gary Wayne Schoen, Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament was a wonderful weekend at Perry Country Club. After a two-year break, we were very happy to have all of our golf family back together again to celebrate. Our golf tournament is a BIG golfing family reunion. The tournament was opened with a prayer by Pastor Aaron Kalbus. This year we had a total of fifty-six three-man teams. Twenty- eight teams began play at seven in the morning and twenty-eight teams began play in the afternoon. Many thanks go to all of the golfers that came out to help celebrate the 30th anniversary.

Incoming Freshman Case Koether competed at the Grand American National Trap Shooting Championships in Sparta, Illinois at the World Shooting Complex. Case competed on the Texas State Trap Shooting team with shooters from across the state. The Texas team took the championship title in Singles Trap Class AA and second in the nation overall as sub juniors. Individually, Case was the 3-gun champion in the Sub Junior division.

Hamilton High School cheerleaders welcomed future Bulldog cheerleaders to cheer camp last week. Below, Karsyn Wagner; bottom photo, Kathryn Ojo Staff Photos/Kim Hinton

30th ANNUAL GARY WAYNE SCHOEN, JR. MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT: The 30th Annual Gary Wayne Schoen, Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament was held over the weekend at the Perry Country Club. 57 three-person teams participated in the two-day event. Pictured, participants and volunteers in the Saturday morning flight gather around parents Gary and Tootie Schoen and other family members of Gary Wayne Schoen, Jr. before teeing off for the first round of the tournament. Staff photo/Lengefeld

TEEING OFF: Ross McElroy, brother-in-law to Gary Wayne Schoen, Jr., tees off on hole number one at the Perry Country Club under the watchful eye of Gary Schoen, Sr., signaling the start of the 30th Annual GWS Memorial Golf Tournament. Staff photo/Lengefeld

STATE MEDALIST: Incoming Lady Bulldog freshman Anna Pearcy qualified for and competed in the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Games of Texas State Track and Field Championships in Corpus Christi on Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24. Competing in the 14U Division versus 34 of the state’s top runners, Pearcy raced to a third in state finish in the 800-meter run in a personal best time of 2:28.63, and she placed fifth out of an elite field of 24 competitors by clearing 4’10” in the state high jump competition. Pearcy advanced to state by winning both the regional 800-meter run and high jump competitions in Waco a few weeks prior. In Waco, Pearcy cleared a regional best height of 5’0” in the high jump. Pictured, Pearcy (middle-2444) races for a bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the state track meet in Corpus Christi, and Pearcy displays her 800-meter bronze medal and a fifth-placed ribbon earned in the state high jump competition. Courtesy photos

HJH CHEER: Following a three-day working retreat, the 2022-23 Hamilton Junior High cheer team showed off their newly learned stunts and dance routines for the public last Saturday. Pictured, the cheer squad builds an impressive 10-person pyramid. Team members pictured (lr) on the back row prior to their performance include National Cheerleaders Association Coach Vallery Perez, Harper Lengefeld, Piper Hanson, Addy Clowdus, Blayklee Reed as Spike, Jentry Coalson and Berkley Lengefeld. In the front, Marley Boatwright, Emery McElroy, Addley Yates, Emma Ensor and Cydney Dolloff. Not pictured, the HJH Cheerleaders are led by Team Sponsor Brittany Lackey. Staff photos/Lengefeld

KING OF THE HILL: Postseason accolades continue to pour in for Hamilton Bulldog pitcher Chase Weaver. Weaver helped lead the Bulldogs last spring to the regional quarterfinal round of the baseball playoffs. In addition to being named the District 7-2A Most Valuable Player and to the 2A Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association all-state first team, the junior lefty was also recently honored with third team all-state recognition by the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association. Staff photo/Lengefeld