Sports

The junior high District 12-2A Track and Field Championships were pushed from Monday of last week to Wednesday in Italy due to expected inclement weather. Regardless of the change, Hamilton Junior High thundered out of the starting blocks in Italy to claim three district team championships and a team silver.

With just two district games remaining, the Lady Bulldogs currently sit in third place with a 7-5 district record behind first-placed Hico and secondplaced Rio Vista with Itasca and Meridian battling it out for the fourth and final District 12-2A playoff seat.

All cutting their teeth at the local Perry Country Club, the Hamilton Bulldog varsity golf teams took first and third at the District 12 Golf Tournament held at the Cleburne Golf Links.

DISTRICT LEADERS -- Izaac Wood slides safely into second for a double versus Gorman. Courtesy photo/Barbara Fowler

WARMING UP - Right fielder Jaileigh Young warms up between innings. Staff photo/Hinton

Hamilton’s eighth grade Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs deposited team gold medals on Monday of last week during the annual Extraco Relays. Anna Pearcy accumulated 41 of Hamilton’s winning 179 points and was the top scoring eighth grade female athlete. The gold medalist Bulldogs were paced by top performer Morgan Henkes with 36 points.

Hamilton High School hosted another successful Extraco Relays at Kooken Field last Friday. As coaches and volunteers feasted on the always popular steak and shrimp served up by Greg Eilers and Extraco employees, the Dogs and Lady Dogs were busy sinking their teeth into precious medals.

The Hamilton Bulldog tennis team competed at the district tennis tournament on Monday and Tuesday of last week at Robinson High School.

The Hamilton Bulldog and Lady Bulldog golf program will be represented by two teams at the Region II Golf Tournament on April 18-19 at the Old Brickyard Golf Course in Ferris.