Sports

The Breckenridge High School community was deeply impacted Sunday, March 3 when word got out regarding a car accident involving two of its own.

Friends and family rallied together in support of Jaxon Escalon and Hudson Woodward who were injured in a rollover accident on Hwy. 180 West while returning home from a football camp.

While both students and athletes face varying roads to their recoveries, the Buckaroos baseball team has taken this as an opportunity to rally together and play not only for each other but for their teammate, number 8.

Breckenridge High School was represented by three Lady Bucks last week at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association State Championships.

Joni Jackson, Isabelle Biddison and Rylee Fuller. The 3A portion of the state championship took place Thursday, March 14 in Frisco.

The three Lady Bucks powerlifters earned their trips to the state championship by qualifying March 2 at Bells.
Biddison was the lone Lady Buck to officially record a total weight with Jackson bombing out and Fuller getting a disqualification.

Buckaroos baseball will enter the last half of spring break riding high with a pair of blowout wins to open the district season. Following a pair of weekend wins in Wichita Falls against Windthorst and Olney, the Buckaroos start the district schedule with wins over Comanche and Eastland.

The Buckaroos’ offense trampled the Indians and Mavericks by scoring 13 runs in both of the wins in games played March 12-13.

After a hot start to the district schedule, the Lady Bucks struggled through two games during spring break. Despite the struggles, the Lady Bucks overcame a late rally Wednesday, March 13 to split games against Comanche and Eastland.
The Lady Bucks opened the back-to-back with a loss Tuesday, March 12 against the Maidens and followed with an eight-inning win Wednesday over the Lady Mavericks.

Both varsity and junior varsity teams for the Buckaroos and Lady Bucks track had strong showings Wednesday, March. 6 at the Tiger Relays in Jacksboro. The Buckaroos took first place as a team in both varsity and JV. The Lady Bucks took fourth in both varsity and JV.

The Lady Bucks earned a big win Friday in Brock. By taking advantage of a six-run fifth inning, the Lady Bucks improved to 2-0 in district play with a 9-5 win over the Lady Eagles.

Going into the game, the Lady Bucks knew it would be a tough game. The Lady Eagles swept the Lady Bucks in two games last season. Compounding early season struggles with closing out games, it was going to be a tough game.

Wet weather forced Windthorst High School to move its tournament to Hoskins Field last weekend. The Bucks, after only getting one inning of play Friday, March 8 due to rain, won back-to-back games Saturday, March 8.

Bucks 11, Windthorst 5
A six-run first inning propelled the Buckaroos to a win in the first of two games played Saturday, March 9. The Buckaroos took a 5-0 lead before recording a single out in the game. The runs started with the bases loaded and Ashton Reyes up to bat. His ground ball to third base brought home Junior Duran.

The Breckenridge American announces Ryleigh Cowan and Ashton Reyes as this week’s Athletes of the Week.
This week’s athletes are being recognized for performances in games and events which took place March 4-9.

Ashton Reyes
Reyes, a senior infielder for Buckaroos baseball, had a busy week last week. He played three games of baseball and competed in a region powerlifting meet.

During the powerlifting regional Friday, March 8 in Decatur, Reyes took second overall in his weight class and earned a trip to the state powerlifting meet.

Breckenridge Junior High School competed Monday, March 4 at the Jacksboro Middle School track meet. The teams will compete again Friday, March 8 at the Lobo JH Relays taking place in Cisco. Following spring break, BJHS will compete in the Yellowjacket Relays Tuesday, March 19 in Boyd. The season will conclude in Breckenridge with the district meet Tuesday, March 26.

A popular cliche in sports is to take what the defense gives you and the Buckaroos did just that Tuesday night in their 8-5 win at Stamford. While combining for seven hits, the Bucks took advantage of five errors by the Bulldogs for five unearned runs.