Sports

A pair of Hamilton High School seniors, including (l-r) Kyle McKandless and Garrett Guinn, holed top 10 individual finishes during the District 11-2A Golf Championships to advance to regionals. Two teams out of District 11-2A qualified to compete this Wednesday and Thursday at the Old Brickyard Golf Course during the 2A UIL Region 2 Golf Championships. Lipan claimed a District 11 title with a two-round score of 633, and DeLeon punched the final ticket with a team tally of 678. The Bulldogs narrowly missed boarding a bus to Ferris as a team, posting a third-placed score of 722. Guinn led the effort, placing ninth individually with a 36-hole tally of 167. Hamilton’s second varsity squad placed fourth as a team with a score of 757 and was led by individual regional qualifier McKandless who placed 10th individually in district with a two-day score of 171.

Sophomore anchor leg Anna Claire Cooper leaves a nest of competitors in the dust as she flies down the homestretch for a regional qualifying bronze-medalist finish in the area-round 4x200meter relay last Thursday in Hico. Cooper also advanced to regionals in the 200-meter dash and in the high jump competition and was joined on the regional qualifying relay team by Emma Ensor, Berkley Lengefeld and Kaitlyn Walton.

The speedy quad-squad of Colton DeLaGarza, Pierce Summers and brothers Morgan and Myles Henkes, pictured (l-r) with future Bulldog runner Luke Ruffin during this year’s Extraco Relays in Hamilton, placed second in the area 4x200-meter relay and first in the 4x400-meter relay. In addition to qualifying for the regional meet in both events, Summers advanced in the 200-meter dash, Morgan Henkes qualified in the 400-meter dash and Myles Henkes punched a ticket to regionals in the 800-meter run.

Hamilton’s tennis players were scheduled for a final pre-district tuneup in Waco on Tuesday of this week prior to the District 11-2A Tennis Championships to be held in Weatherford this coming Monday. Senior tennis titans Laney Lane and Kinsey Mizell joined forces this season and have become a formidable doubles team. Pictured, Mizell retreats to cover the backcourt as Lane elevates to smash a winner at the net.

Jonesboro High School will be represented by a convocation of 16 Eagle student-athletes during the UIL 1A Region 4 Track and Field Championships this Friday and Saturday in Seguin.

FAST TIMES

Emotions ran high and low last week as the Bulldog baseball team split a homeand- away series with the Moody Bearcats.

Hamilton’s Lady Bulldog softball team hosted a pair of district opponents last week. After falling Tuesday to Jonesboro 18-1, the Diamond Dogs were on the wrong end of a 19-0 decision versus state-ranked Bosqueville on Friday.

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