The varsity portion of the Bluebonnet Relays is slated to take place Friday at Gordon Wood Stadium with a format the features essentially two track and field meets in one.
The Class 1A-3A schools will begin competing with field events at 9 a.m. and running finals at noon, while the Class 4A-6A schools start their field events at 4 p.m. and running finals at 7 p.m.
Due to COVID guidelines established by the UIL, no more than eight teams can compete in a meet which has led to the staggered starts.
“We always want to make this as big as we can make it and had this overbooked when the restrictions came out so I had to go with the first eight that committed,” said Lions track and field head coach Andy Howard. “At 9 a.m. Friday we’re going to have our small school division and that’s Early Bangs, Cherokee, Roscoe, San Saba, Eastland, Whitney and Brady coming to that. Once we’ve cleared them from the stadium then we’ll bring in our big schools, which is going to consist of
Fighting for their 12
th consecutive trip to the playoffs, another cold shooting night doomed the Lady Lions, who fell to the Lampasas Lady Badgers, 51-36, in a battle for District 6-4A’s fourth and final playoff seed.
The Lady Lions, who defeated Lampasas by a 57-52 count at Warren Gym in the first meeting, dropped the last two, including a 62-40 road loss to the Lady Badgers.
“Our effort and game plan was where it needed to be, but that third quarter again was a plague for us only scoring four points,” said Lady Lions 12th-year head coach Heather Hohertz. “Lampasas brought it more in every category that they needed tonight and that was the difference in the ball game.”
Mady Pyle (right), pictured against Gatesville, was one of four Lady Lions to finish with three points in Friday’s loss at Stephenville. [File photo by Derrick Stuckly]
STEPHENVILLE – Needing a victory over the sixth-ranked team in the state to avoid a postseason play-in game, the Brownwood Lady Lions were plagued by a scoreless third quarter en route to a 45-27 loss Brownwood, Lampasas to meet at 6 p.m. Monday in San Saba to determine 6-4A’s fourth and final playoff seed to District 6-4A champion Stephenville Friday night.
“We battled in the first two quarters and kept it to where it needed to be,” said Lady Lions head coach Heather Hohertz. “They missed some easy shots and we missed some easy shots, but it was a two-point game going in at halftime. I challenged my girls to come out and keep fighting, but it’s hard to win a ball game when you don’t score in the third quarter.”