Sports

With the Capitol Building in the background, HHS senior Macie Parrish, left, is pictured with Coach Sonny DeLaGarza prior to competing in the state high jump competition.

Scooter New, 14-year old grandson of Shirley and Leon New, shot this hog northeast of Hamilton in the Lanham community.

Chloe and Cydney Dolloff competed on Powerhouse Cheer teams at Summit All-Star Cheer Championship at the ESPN complex in Orlando, FL last week. Cydney’s team Godfidence is the reigning National Cheer Association Champions. Cydney is a student at Evant Elementary. Chloe, a sophomore, is a Bulldog cheerleader at Hamilton High School. Courtesy Photo

Alyssa Shumate and Ian Shoaf will be representing the Jonesboro Eagles at the state track meet on Saturday. Shumate will compete in the 200-meter dash, and Shoaf will race in the 110-meter hurdles. Courtesy Photos

The bi-district qualifying Hamilton Bulldog baseball team improved to 19-8-1 on the year and 9-4 in district, picking up decisive 10-0, 10-1 and 13-0 wins respectively in their final three regular season games versus district foe’s Goldthwaite, Cross Plains and May.

Hamilton High School’s tennis teams fought hard at the 2A Region 2 championships last Monday and Tuesday in North Richland Hills, but failed to advance.

Evant senior Amy Pritchard will be competing on Saturday in the UIL State Track and Field Championships in the 800, 1600 and 3200-meter runs. Just recently, Pritchard also placed first in Copy Editing and second in Headline Writing at the UIL 1A State Academic Meet. Courtesy Photo

Hamilton’s Lady Bulldog softball team, affectionately referred to as the Road Dogs, capped an electrifying season last Thursday and Friday evenings in Glen Rose as they faced Lipan in the bi-district round of the playoffs.

The starting gun for the 2021 UIL Track and Field State Championships is set to fire this coming Thursday and will run through Saturday at the University of Texas Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Several local athletes will be representing their communities and their schools in Austin.