The Lady Bucks volleyball team is getting set to play at home for the second time this season after dropping their home opener to Nocona in three sets, Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Dropping to 1-3 on the season, the Lady Bucks host Strawn and Perrin-Whit this Saturday, Sept. 6 in the Athletic and Fine Arts Center. The JV green team is also playing Saturday in the auxiliary gym, with both teams starting action at 10 a.m.
In their third meet of the young season at the Hico Bluebonnet Invitational, both the Bucks and Lady Bucks cross country teams finished in third place for their respective races.
In the meet held Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Bluebonnet Country Club in Hico, the girls' team had a score of 89 to place third behind Glen Rose (51) and Comanche (39) in the 3.2k run among 13 teams. The boys' team recorded a score of 55 points to place behind Glen Rose (52) and Lampasas (23) in the 5k run among 12 teams.
The Breckenridge Buckaroos football team opened its 2025 season hosting the Holliday Eagles at Buckaroo Stadium. While it was an improvement upon last year’s 64-0 loss at Holliday, the Bucks still failed to find the scoreboard, losing 43-0.
After Holliday won the coin toss, they elected to defer to the second half. Ryan Waller returned the kickoff to the 33-yard line, which set the Bucks up well on offense. But the drive stalled as they went three-and-out and were forced to punt.
The Bucks and Lady Bucks cross country teams traveled to compete in the Brownwood Invitational for their second meet of the season Wednesday, Aug. 27.
The Bucks had the better of the two finishes as they placed sixth with 190 points out of 26 teams. They placed behind Abilene Wylie (187), Zephyr (177), Abilene (146), Killeen Shoemaker (98) and Tuscola Jim Ned (98).
As top 20 finishers, Andrew White, who placed 9th, and Gabriel Garcia, who placed 18th, each earned medals.
The Breckenridge Lady Bucks volleyball team took the short drive to Albany High School to partake in pool play of the Albany Volleyball Tournament and came away with a split of their two games. With the split, they advance out of pool play to the gold bracket, taking place Saturday, Aug. 30.
Pool play of the tournament took place Thursday, Aug. 28 and the Lady Bucks were placed in Pool B out of four pools.
In their final scrimmage before the regular season begins, the Breckenridge Buckaroos football team showed promise and competitiveness against one of the top teams in the state. Traveling to Wall High School, the Bucks had a number of positives to take away from the final tuneup against the third-ranked team in Class 3A Division II, Thursday, Aug. 22.
The Lady Bucks volleyball team traveled to Iowa Park to face the Lady Hawks for their latest non-district matchup Tuesday, Aug. 19. While they remained competitive early in each set, the Lady Bucks ultimately fell two sets to zero, losing 25-17 and 25-11.
“I was really proud of them in this game. We just dug ourselves a hole that we can’t get out of,” Head Coach Latisha Clark said. “That seems to be what we’re trying to fix. Even when we’re down, we can still come back.”
The Breckenridge Buckaroos varsity football team got its first opportunity to face real competition for the 2025 season Thursday, Aug. 14, going up against Castleberry and Gainesville in a three-team scrimmage at W.O. Barnes Stadium in Fort Worth.
The scrimmage gave the Bucks a chance to face teams with higher classifications, as both Castleberry and Gainesville are in the 4A classification while Breckenridge competes in 3A. That aspect of the preseason helps them see where they are as a team and improvements that need to be made to be able to stick with higher-level opponents.
The Breckenridge Lady Bucks varsity volleyball squad fell in three straight sets for their first match to open the season Tuesday, Aug. 12 at Poolville High School.
The Lady Bucks dropped the first set, 25-19, the second 25-20 and got closer with a 26-24 loss in the third set.
“I felt like we set a good tone for the season. Our energy was great, and it got even better each set,” Head Coach Latisha Clark said. “We are still learning to trust each other on the court, working everyday to get better. We got better each set, and that is all I can ask of them.”
The Breckenridge Lady Bucks varsity volleyball squad, led by Head Coach Latisha Clark and Assistant Coaches Dakota Fowler and Jocelyn Gonzales, had its first opportunity to face other teams as the scrimmage schedule started Friday, Aug. 8 at Albany.
The team is led by a strong core of returning players, including seniors Lane Bartoskewitz and Preslie Malcuit, juniors Analia Palacios and Ashlyn Owen and sophomore Kamden Tidwell who got varsity playing time last season.
