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The Hamilton Bulldog powerlifting team racked a second-place team finish with 28 points, behind only DeLeon with 54, during a powerlifting meet held in Hico on Thursday of last week.

The varsity Hamilton Bulldogs will tip off round two of district competition versus Italy this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Hamilton.

The varsity Bulldogs left the Frost Polar Bears in the cold last Friday night as they snared their first district win of the season, improving to 7-14 on the year and 1-2 in district.

On Tuesday of last week in Valley Mills, the Lady Dogs delivered the Lady Eagles their first and only district loss with a wing clipping 63-36 beatdown.

Hamilton’s high school powerlifting teams competed in their first meet of the season on Saturday in Dublin.

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HJH 8th

COLD CASE

Despite jumping out to a 28-24 third quarter lead last Friday in Italy, the Hamilton Bulldogs were upended by a 16-9 fourth quarter push by the Gladiators and fell in their district opener by a competitive 40-37 score.

A pair of Hamilton High School juniors on the 29-8 regional quarterfinalist 2022 Lady Bulldog volleyball team were named to the Texas Sports Writers Association all-state volleyball team over the weekend. Both receiving all-state recognition as middle blockers, Brooklyn Bragg (28) was named to the TSWA all-state third team, and Kelton Wright (5) received an honorable mention all-state nod. Photos by Tracy Cox