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It took a first-half comeback, but the Lady Bucks competed and erased an 11-point deficit to claim an eight-point win for the final road game of the season. The Lady Bucks defeated the Lady Longhorns 50-42.

The Lady Bucks were hindered by a slow start to the game, which included only one field goal, a 3-pointer by Kaysi Wilcox with 5:30 on the clock. Mia Castillo converted on 1-of-2 free throws with 2:29 left in the first quarter for the final point for the Lady Bucks. The Lady Longhorns took advantage with 13 points in the first quarter.

Buckaroo Powerlifting Meet opened the 2024 season last week. The meet, which was the first meet of the season took place Thursday, Feb. 1. In the boys’ competition 78 lifters competed and 59 lifters competed in the girls’ meet.

The Buckaroos took first overall with 57 points and had three lifters earn first-place finishes in their weight class. The Lady Bucks took second in the girls’ meet with 56 points. Four Lady Bucks finished first place in their weight classes.

The UIL has announced its new conference and district alignments for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. The realignment happens every two years.

While Breckenridge remained in 3A Division I for football and 3A for all other sports, the Buckaroos and Lady Bucks will experience slight changes in their districts.

Buckaroos Football

The Buckaroos will play in District 3-3A Division I in football for the next two seasons. Participating in the district with the Bucks will be Clyde, Comanche, San Angelo Texas Leadership, Sweetwater and Jim Ned.

From the opening seconds until the final buzzer, the Buckaroos rarely trailed en route to officially securing their place in the basketball postseason with a third straight win. Their offense operated nearly at will while claiming a 55-31 home win Tuesday night at home against Dublin.

The Lady Bucks snapped their four-game losing streak in a big way Tuesday night at Breckenridge High School. By taking advantage with

The Lady Bucks’ struggles this season continued last week with losses both on and off of the basketball court.
Following the stepping down of former coach Bryan Goehring, the Lady Bucks suffered an 85-53 home loss to Comanche. The team closed the week with a 77-56 loss Friday, Jan. 26 at Eastland, spoiling the return of junior guard Destiny Jamison.

The Buckaroos were looking for a big win Friday, Jan. 26 when they visited the Eastland Mavericks. They found that win with a 85-33 win over the Mavericks.

Entering the game the Buckaroos and the Mavericks represented the third and fourth-place teams in District 8-3A and the win nearly guarantees the Bucks a spot in the playoffs.

Breckenridge Lady Buckaroos basketball will see a new coach in charge for the rest of the season.

Coach Bryan Goehring officially stepped down from the position Monday, Jan. 22 after nearly four years at the team.
Breckenridge High School Athletic Director Casey Pearce made the announcement to parents and athletes via email.

After three-straight wins to bounce back from a difficult start of the schedule, the Breckenridge Lady Bucks struggled returned with a pair of losses last week.

Although hope is not officially lost on a spot in the playoffs, the fifth-place Lady Bucks will need to find some difficult wins to earn a spot in the post season.

The Breckenridge Buckaroos remain in playoff contention as the team enters this week’s games against Comanche and Eastland.

Following a win Tuesday, Jan. 16 at Millsap and a home loss Friday, Jan. 19 to Brock, the Buckaroos remain fourth in the district a 4-3.

The Bucks begin the second half of their district schedule this week.

Bucks 56, Bulldogs 51
The Bucks were forced to overcome a slow start and a 13-point first-quarter deficit to earn their fourth win of the district schedule.