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BATTING IT FORWARD

It was a “close but no cigar” kind of game April 13 when Hamilton lost 6-5 to Bosqueville in a late comeback. The Bulldogs would score at least a run every other innings and lead 5-3 after the fifth inning when Madden Weaver struck a ground ball single with loaded bases. Bosqueville’s consistency and defense kept them in the game until they were ready to strike from behind late in the game. After back-to-back singles, a quick ground ball scored two bosqueville runs in the sixth inning and tied the game with the pressure back on Hamilton. In the seventh innings a Bosqueville bulldog was hit by a pitch and then stole two bases and home plate to take the lead for the Hamilton. A scoreless final innings from Hamilton ended the game with a quick come from behind loss to Bosqueville.

Hamilton High School FCCLA members represented the Bulldogs well at the Texas FCCLA State Leadership Conference.

Though the Lady Bulldogs concluded their season with a 15-5 road-loss to Bruceville- Eddy last Friday, they took great strides in Coach Maddi Sims’ second year at the helm. After going winless last season, the Lady Dogs earned seven victories this year, ending at 7-21 overall and 0-12 in one of the more competitive 2A softball districts in the state. A pair of those district losses were by a mere run. On Friday, in her final game donning the red and black, senior Emery Parrott led the Lady Dogs offensively, going one-for-three at the plate with a two-run double. Freshman center fielder Aleena Ramirez was one-for-three with an RBI single, and Aria Fry, Halle Wood and Emma Ensor also each recorded base hits during Hamilton’s season finale. Members of the 2026 Lady Bulldog softball team pictured, l-r, on the back row include Coach Zach Wood, Halle Wood, Landry Gardner, Ella Thomasy, Emma Johnson and Head Coach Maddi Sims. In the middle, Aria Fry, Emma Ensor, Aleena Ramirez, Audra Ibanez and Kinsey Schroeder. On the front row, Taylin Slone, Lila Lozano, Reese Kelley, Emery Parrott, Bethany Thompson and Killie Medina. Photo by Tracy Cox

Hamilton High School will again be well represented this year in Springtown at the 2A Region 2 Track and Field Championships to be held May 1-2. Last week’s area meet in Rio Vista pitted the top four competitors out of Districts 11 and 12 in every event versus each other, and by the end of the day, Hamilton’s Lady Bulldogs had tallied enough points to claim an area championship, and the Bulldogs tracked a runners-up finish.

Photo by Grant Lengefeld

The Hamilton Bulldogs stacked back-to-back district wins this past week with two 13 run victories against the Moody Bearcats. The Bulldogs improved to 10-11-1, and 5-2 in district.

FINAL FRAME

Hamilton High School Academic UIL participants and their coaches had a great outing April 7 with multiple top finishes results in 488 points and a runner up finish for the Bulldogs. Hamilton ISD has some good number crunchers and earned first place finishes in events such as accounting, mathematics and numbers sense.

The Hamilton Master Gardeners are on the “grow” in Hamilton! We welcome our three newest interns who have completed their 35 hours of online classes, passed their tests, and are now working on their volunteer and education hours! Angela Bivens-Hico, Jennifer Bland-Evant, and Elizabeth Pietzsch-Hamilton. So proud of them and we will detail more on our newest members in a future article.