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Bucks take three games in ACS tournament

The Buckaroos finished the Gary Brackeen American Cancer Society Tournament with a 3-1 record March 1-2. Serving as a fundraiser, the tournament hosts 30 teams with games played at six locations.

The Bucks claimed wins over Cache (Okla.), Clyde and Southwest Christian School (Fort Worth).

Bucks 10, Cache (Okla.) 1
The Buckaroos opened the tournament with blowout victory over an out-of-state opponent.
After taking a 2-1 lead in the first inning, the Buckaroos’ offense exploded for eight runs in the top of the fifth inning.

Lady Bucks go 3-1-1 at Iowa Park tournament

The Lady Bucks will enter district play with a lot of momentum after taking three wins at the Iowa Park tournament last weekend.

With three wins in five games played Feb. 29-March 2, the Lady Bucks enter district play this week as winners of seven of their last 10 games.

The team record during non-district games this season is 11-8-1.

Lady Bucks 7, Archer City 0
The Lady Bucks opened the tournament with the first of two shutout victories.

Whitmire, Arellano named Athletes of the Week

Breckenridge High School seniors Chloe Whitmire and Christian Arellano have been selected this week’s Breckenridge American’s Athletes of the Week.

Baseball and softball throw a lot of games all at once to athletes early in the season.

Before district starts, teams often play four to seven games a week and face tough competition from school all over Texas.

This week’s athletes have shown leadership to their teams to lead them both to success last week.

Three Lady Bucks advance to state powerlifting meet

Three Lady Buckaroos powerlifters earned their spots in the state powerlifting meet. The team competed Saturday, March 2 at the region meet at Bells High School.

Rylee Fuller, Isabelle Biddison and Joni Jackson each advance to the state powerlifting meet.
Cabel Perkins, Maria Duran, Ruthie Valdez, Analia Palacios and Adriana Perez each earned medals at the region meet.

As a team, the Lady Bucks took third overall with 28 points.

The girls’ state meet will take place March 13-16 in Frisco.

Bucks participate in Graham/Clyde tournament

With games split between Graham and Clyde High Schools, the Buckaroos took part in their first tournament of the season Feb. 23-24.

The team finished the weekend with a 3-0-1 record with wins against Graham, Clyde and Lampasas.

Bucks 10, Graham 6
The Bucks and Steers met formally for the first time this season to open the tournament at the GHS baseball field. The two teams previously met in a per-season scrimmage with the Bucks winning 5-4.

In the rematch, Cameron David led the Bucks offensive with on hit and two RBIs.

Lady Bucks take four in Icebreaker tournament

The Lady Bucks put on their most dominate performance of the season last weekend at the Icebreaker Softball Tournament in Abilene.

During the three-day tournament, the Lady Bucks won four of five games.

Lady Bucks 5, Ballinger 1
Chloe Whitmire struck out 14 batters in the Lady Bucks first game of the tournament while giving up three hits.
As a team, the Lady Bucks scored five runs on three hits. Emma Williams, Charlie Salazar and Whitmire each earned hits.

Franco, Jackson named Athletes of the Week

Buckaroos senior Alexis Franco and Lady Buckaroos junior Joni Jackson have been selected the Breckenridge American’s Athletes of the Week.

Success in athletics does not always show up on the stats sheet and does not always equate to wins.

A great team player puts their teams in positions to win sometimes by skill and athleticism and other times with leadership and poise.

This week’s athletes have shown a bit of both in games that were sometimes losing efforts.