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Softball aces opener

Softball aces opener

Led by second-year Head Coach Maddi Sims and first year Assistant Coach Zach Wood, the Lady Bulldog softball team punched a season- opening 14-1 victory over a junior varsity squad from Killeen during the Troy Tournament on Thursday of last week. Though the now 1-1 Lady Dogs fell to Normangee five runs to none later in the day, the win over Killeen marked one more than the Diamond Dogs managed to earn all of last season.

Playoff picture sharpens for Lady Dogs

Playoff picture sharpens for Lady Dogs

Though the Lady Bulldogs dropped a pair of district contests last week in Lipan and at home versus Santo on Friday, they entered this week firmly seated in fourth position with a 6-5 record behind unbeaten in district Lipan at 11-0, second-place Santo at 9-2 and Hico with a 7-4 district record and a head-to-head victory over the Lady Dogs. Four-win Graford, two-win Poolville and winless DeLeon are relegated to wrapping up their regular seasons this week with no hope of a playoff bid.

POSTSEASON SUPERLATIVES:

POSTSEASON SUPERLATIVES: Additional postseason honors have been bestowed upon members of the 2025 2A Division I State Champion Hamilton Bulldogs over the past couple of weeks, with more likely still to come. The Padilla Poll recognized seven Bulldogs with all-state accolades, and the Waco Tribune-Herald recently named 13 of Hamilton’s state champions to the 2025 Super Centex Team. Six Bulldog seniors earned Academic All-State honors as recognized by the Texas High School Coaches Association. Fourth-year Athletic Director and Head Coach Ryan Marwitz was named Coach of the Year by both the Waco Tribune-Herald and Padilla. After leading last year’s 14-1 Bulldogs to the state semifinals for the first time in program history, Marwitz led this season’s 14-2 Bulldogs to a second ever 14-win season and the program’s first state football championship in 111 years. The displayed graphics presenting Hamilton’s most recent postseason football award recipients were designed by HHS Yearbook and Business Teacher Angela Burgan, with photos by Tracy Cox.

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