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After claiming a regional title for the second consecutive year, the Hamilton Bulldog track team earned a place on the UIL State Track and Field Championships medal stand for the first time in program history. Perhaps more impressively, the Dogs accomplished the feat with just four athletes competing in Austin last Friday. 71 2A schools were represented in Austin, and the Bulldogs claimed silver with 47 points scored, behind only Refugio. Caleb Lengefeld earned a team high 24 points, including individual gold, silver and bronze medals, and Taylor Long staked 21 points with two gold medal performances and a sixth-placed finish in the 200-meter dash. Also adding a pair of points to Hamilton’s tally was Dawson Melde with a fifth-place finish in the 3200-meter run. Pictured (l-r) on the front row, Athletic Director Casey Jones and coaches Zach Wood, Patrick Blount, Howard Cox, Brandun Massingill and Ryan Marwitz. In the back, athletes Taylor Long, Caleb Lengefeld and Mason Guinn. Not pictured, Coach Cathe Allen and Dawson Melde. Staff photo/Lengefeld

For the second consecutive year, Hamilton’s Bulldog golfers joined the state’s top 12 Class 2A golf teams in Austin for the UIL State Golf Tournament held at the Lions Municipal Golf Course. Hamilton placed sixth last season in Austin and returned on Monday and Tuesday of last week to stake a fourth in state finish with a team score of 697.

For the second consecutive year, the Hamilton Bulldogs will face the Anson Tigers in the regional quarterfinal round of the Texas 2A UIL Baseball Playoffs. Anson bounced the Bulldogs from the playoffs last season in a tight three-game series. After sneaking past the Dogs 1-0 in game one played in Weatherford, the Tigers advanced with a 3-2 decision over the Dogs the following day in Hermleigh. This year’s regional quarterfinal rematch will be decided in just one game to be played at 7 p.m. this Thursday at Brock High School.

TURN TWO- Second baseman Caden Hopper toe taps second before attempting a double-play throw to first versus Hawley. Staff photos/Lengefeld

HARRY BULLARD MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT - 63-2 person teams battled the heat at Perry Country Club during the 12TH annual Harry Bullard Memorial Golf Tournament last weekend. Staff Photo/ Kim Hinton

On the heels of Cinco de Mayo, the Hamilton Bulldog baseball team stuck the bat on the ball like salt on a virgin margarita and licked Hawley in back-to-back bi-district championship contests by scores of 6-0 and 13-9 last Friday and Saturday in Cleburne.

After day one of the 2A UIL State Golf Championships on Monday of this week at the Lions Municipal Golf Course in Austin, the Hamilton Bulldogs were sitting in fourth position out of the state’s top 12 2A golf teams.

TRIPLE CROWN - Senior Caleb Lengefeld will be returning to state in pursuit of a triple crown. The regional champion 3200 and 1600-meter runner, and regional 800-meter silver medalist, will first compete in the state 3200-meter run on Friday at 9:15 a.m. followed by the 800-meter run at 5:20 p.m. and the 1600-meter run at 8:15. Lengefeld placed fourth in state in the 800-meter run last year and was part of the fourth in state Hamilton 4x400-meter relay team. Staff photo/Lengefeld

STATE BOUND GOLFERS - The 2022 Bulldog golf team, coached by O.J. Kemp and Maury Heers and led by senior duo Tyner Haile and Mason Guinn, will be leaving on a bus from Hamilton High School this Sunday at 11 a.m. for the Texas UIL 2A State Golf Championships. The Bulldogs will tee off at the state tournament to be held at the Lions Municipal Golf Course in Austin beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Following up on a District 12-2A title grab, Hamilton’s state bound golf squad, including Haile, Guinn, Garrett Guinn, Darby Craig and Davin Crouch, placed third out of the region’s top 16 teams at the 2A Region II Golf Tournament held April 18-19 at the Old Brickyard Golf Course in Ferris. Last season, the Bulldogs placed sixth overall at the state tournament. Four of Hamilton’s 2021 state competitors are returning to represent the Dogs in Austin this year with Hamilton’s newest addition, freshman standout Garrett Guinn, filling the shoes of 2021 graduate Denver Poe. Pictured playing a state-qualifying round in Ferris are Bulldog golfers (l-r) Davin Crouch, Garrett Guinn, Darby Craig, Mason Guinn and Tyner Haile Staff photos/Lengefeld

Hamilton High School is sending nine representatives to the 2022 Texas UIL 2A State Track and Field Championships to be held at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of University of Texas in Austin on Friday, May 13.