Sports

FLAG TIME - The Hamilton County Youth Athletic Association flag foot ball teams will play in the Superbowl this Saturday in Hico. Grades 5 and 6 Yellow team, grades 3 and 4 Red team and grades 1 and 2 Red team have all advanced to the Super Bowl in Hico at the Tigers Stadium Saturday, Oct. 30. Grades 1 and 2 play Hico at 9a.m., grades 3 and 4 play Deleon at 10:15 a.m. and grades 5 and 6 play Deleon at 11:30 a.m. Staff Photos/ Kim Hinton

Due to a scheduling conflict with a UIL regional band competition, the District 12-2A Champion Lady Bulldog and Bulldog cross country teams are now scheduled to compete in the Region II-2A Cross Country Championships on Monday, October 25.

- Hamilton’s seventh and eight grade Lady Bulldog cross country teams capped their 2021 running seasons by each placing first in the Mona Gloff Invitational before sprinting to District 12-2A championships on Monday of last week.

DISTRICT CO-CHAMPS - Hamilton’s junior varsity Lady Bulldog volleyball team wrapped up their 2021 campaign and a share of the District 11-2A title with wins over Hico and Tolar last week.

BIG WIN - The Lady Bulldogs hush a spirited Hico crowd while celebrating a hard earned point during last Tuesday’s District 11-2A volleyball showdown between Hamilton and Hico. The Bi-district playoff game will be either Monday, Nov.

Hamilton County 4-H member David Byer won Grand Champion Junior AOP and Best Junior Doe in the State Fair of Texas Pan American Dairy Goat Show and Junior Grand Champion AOP and Senior Champion Showman at the Youth Dairy Goat Show this weekend.

Hamilton’s high school cross country teams left no doubt on Monday who the top Dogs were, earning three team and three individual district titles in the varsity and junior varsity divisions. Pictured with their hardware, HHS XC team members including (front row, l-r) Jennifer Arteaga, Peyton Raibourn, Isabela Ayala, Grace Killian, Campbell Lengefeld, Madison Henkes, Mia Coker, Ashtyn Hansard, Grace Carson, Joseph Polster, Hunter Mize, Hayden Blackwell, Garrison Blackwell. Back row- Coach Patrick Blount, Jaydon Watson, Caleb Lengefeld, Coach Brandun Massingill, Taylor Long, Cuyler Pearcy, Caden Hopper, Dawson Melde, Ben Cooper, John Polster, Aiden Chambers, Landon Thompson. Staff photo/Lengefeld

Hamilton’s high school and junior high cross country teams held court at the Perry Country Club the past couple of weeks, hosting the 17 annual Mona Gloff Invitational on Wednesday, October 6 and the District 12-2A Championships on Monday.

Coming off a sixth in state finish last spring, the Hamilton Bulldog golf team opened the fall season at Squaw Valley in Glen Rose last Wednesday and earned a third-placed team finish behind only first-placed Brock with a cumulative score of 310 and runner-up Bridgeport with a 311.