Sports

The Hamilton ISD Athletic Booster Club had another successful year for the 2019- 2020 school year.

The Hamilton Bulldogs strapped on the pads for the first time Saturday for an inter-squad scrimmage. Varsity and JV teams will face opposing colors Aug. 20 in Comanche. Head coach Casey Jones said, “We will release information later this week regarding attendance requirements for fans looking to travel to Comanche. Practice is going well, and our guys are excited and ready to face an opposing team.” Junior high players will report to the John D. Hall Field House at 8 a.m. Thursday. HHS football practice will be at the end of the school day from 2:50 to 5:30 p.m. Above, Denver Poe and Austin Clark (#1) successfully haul in passes from quarterback Colby Bailey. Staff Photos

For 17 years, Oscar Zepeda of San Saba has been developing basketball players from San Saba and surrounding areas through the MOE basketball program. MOE is an acronym for “Matter of Effort”.

FALL BALL-According to head football coach and athletic director Casey Jones, 50 young men reported for the first day of football practice Monday with a couple more expected over the next couple of weeks.

It only seems fitting to start this write-up with the notion that all information following this opening line is subject to change.

As questions linger over both if and when high school football might kick off this fall in the wake of COVID-19 uncertainty, a staple of normalcy found its way to the magazine stands last week.

American Legion Cunningham Post 222 members Glenn Jones, Jim Keay and Bob Self display the 12-gauge Mossburg 590 shotgun won by Sonny Banker on July 4.

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