The Bucks and Lady Bucks each had a successful two days at the District 8-3A meet held in Dublin last week at Bob and Norma Cervetto Stadium. After all was said and done, the Bucks came out as district runners-up and the Lady Bucks earned a third place finish.
After holding the lead for a majority of the game, the Breckenridge Buckaroos (8-9-1, 6-2) allowed the Millsap Bulldogs (7-11, 3-5) to tie the game in the final inning of regulation, before ultimately falling, 5-4, in nine innings Monday, April 7.
After narrowly falling last Tuesday to the Peaster Lady Greyhounds, 3-2, the Lady Bucks were the first to get on the scoreboard to start the game Friday, March 28 against the Comanche Maidens. In the first inning, Raegan Robinson ripped a rocket double off the right field wall to drive in Olyvia Perez with two outs.
With two 11-1 wins Tuesday, March 25 and Friday, March 28, the Buckaroos (7-8-1, 5-1) swept the Dublin Lions (5-10, 0-6) last week for their fourth and fifth wins in a row. Nieko Martinez went 4-for-4 in the first game, doubling in the second and fifth innings and singling in the first and fourth innings.
For their final tuneup before the district meet starting today, Breckenridge High School competed Thursday, March 27 in the Colonel Mobley Optimist Relays in Stephenville. The Buckaroos and Lady Buckaroos each had a handful of top six finishers, including a first-place finish for Chance Stewart in the varsity boys 1600-meter run, a first-place finish for Kamden Tidwell in the varsity girls pole vault and a first-place finish for Rihana Fuller in the JV girls discus.
In their first game of last week, Tuesday, March 18, the Lady Bucks (7-9-1, 3-2) hosted the Dublin Lady Lions (5-12, 0-5) and showed out with the bats. In the second game Friday, the Lady Bucks fell to the Millsap Lady Bulldogs, after leading for most of the game.
The Breckenridge Buckaroos had a successful week on the baseball diamond last week as they swept the Early Longhorns with wins Tuesday and Friday, led by strong pitching and hot bats. The Bucks got down quickly in the second game, with Early opening the scoring in the first inning with two runs.
Eight Lady Bucks lifters represented Breckenridge High School at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association State Meet last week. The 3A portion of the state meet took place Thursday, March 13 at Edinburg.
During a breezy morning and afternoon Saturday, March 15, Breckenridge runners hit the track and field facilities behind South Elementary School to participate in the Buckaroo Relays. When everything was said in done by late afternoon after the events kicked off at 9 a.m., the Buckaroos won the day with 167 points, ahead of second place Tuscola Jim Ned with 114 points.
The Buckaroos played two games against the Eastland Mavericks over spring break, one at home and one at Eastland Baseball Complex, in their District opening games of the season. It was tough sledding for the Bucks in the first game Tuesday, March 11 at home, as the young team struggled to get things going offensively.
