Sports

Hamilton’s powerlifting Bulldogs placed third out of 12 teams competing in the Dublin Invitational on Saturday with first place finishes by Kennon Lee and Daniel Olalde, silver- medalist individual performances by Jake Gutierrez and Cade Branquinho and a bronze medal grab by Illia Kononov.

Hamilton Bulldog Baseball is underway with a home game and an away tournament under first-time head coach Dylan Driskill.

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PCC tourney next week

Bi-District Champions

The playoff bound Hamilton Bulldogs entered the week at 13-5 on the season and 7-4 in district with a final regular season contest scheduled against Graford in Hamilton on Tuesday. The still unbeaten in district and first in stateranked Lipan Indians held a firm grip on the District 11-2A reins, trailed by Hamilton, Graford and Poolville, all vying for second and third positions. After already avenging a first-round loss to Poolville, the Dogs were looking to even the score with Graford on Tuesday.

Photo by Jaxon Hansard

Led by second-year Head Coach Maddi Sims and first year Assistant Coach Zach Wood, the Lady Bulldog softball team punched a season- opening 14-1 victory over a junior varsity squad from Killeen during the Troy Tournament on Thursday of last week. Though the now 1-1 Lady Dogs fell to Normangee five runs to none later in the day, the win over Killeen marked one more than the Diamond Dogs managed to earn all of last season.

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