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The Buckaroos celebrated their seniors Tuesday, April 23 with their fifth shutout in a row and a 7-0 victory over Millsap. The win was senior-led with a complete game thrown by a senior pitcher and four of seven runs batted in by seniors.

The Bucks entered the game as a team that could finish no worse than second place in District 8-3A. The team looking to remain in a position to split a share of the district championship with Brock and having their best season since 2019 where the Bucks won 31 games while earning a trip to the regional semi-finals.

While the Lady Buckaroos earned a feat not achieved in 23 years, Breckenridge High School is recognizing pitcher Chloe Whitmire as the all-time strikeout leader in softball.

Defense has been the key for the Buckaroos baseball late in their district schedule. It was that defense and a clutch hit that led the Bucks to a 1-0 win Friday, April 19 over Peaster.

Buckaroos coach Jeremy West has said throughout the season that he believes that there are several players he can find a good pitcher for any game. Friday night that pitcher was Camden Escalon. He threw 6 1/3 innings and struck out 10 batters.

The Breckenridge Lady Bucks celebrated their seniors in a big way Friday, April 19.

After honoring their six seniors, the team earned a district championship with a 10-0 win over the Lady Greyhounds. The championship sets the Lady Bucks up with a bi-district meeting with Iowa Park.

The bi-district playoff will take place with games one and two taking place April 25-26 at Hogan Field in Graham. Both games will start at 5 p.m. If necessary, game three will take place Saturday, April 27 at Hogan Field with a time to be determined.

The Breckenridge American announces Junior Duran and Charlie Salazar as this week’s athletes of the week. This week’s athletes are recognized for performances April 15-20.

Junior Duran
Duran is a four-year player on the Buckaroos baseball team, playing this year in center field.
In the Bucks’ win at Early, Duran recorded two hits including a triple. He had five putouts in center field during their win against Peaster.

Breckenridge High School was represented at the 3A Region I track meet that took place April 19 and 22 at Abilene Christian University. When the meet was complete Sawyer Wimberley and Braye Cantrell emerged as two Buckaroos that will represent BHS in the state meet taking place with 3A's events taking place Thursday, May 2. The girls' 4x400-meter relay team of Ruthie Valdez, Haylie Mendoza, Lane Bartoskewitz, Karsyn Smalley and alternate Sayler Townson will represent the Lady Bucks after advancing as a "wild card."

The Lady Buckaroos punched up a division as they prepared for this week’s bi-district playoff against Iowa Park. Visiting Graham, where they will play the Lady Hawks, the Lady Bucks lost 3-2 in walk-off fashion Monday, April 22.

The 4A Lady Blues welcomed the Lady Buckaroos in Graham for a warm-up game before the playoffs start for both teams this weekend. The two teams battled, giving each other their best and creating a playoff-like atmosphere, in which Graham walked off with a 3-2 win in the final inning.

In a rare home game on the road, the Lady Bucks had a night for the history books. Lady Bucks pitcher Chloe Whitmire recorded her 800th strikeout while the team took a big step in securing a district championship with a 10-4 win Tuesday, April 16 at Early.

The Buckaroos earned a 6-0 shutout victory Tuesday, April 16 in a playoff-type atmosphere at Early High School. Neither side was happy with the strike zone being called while players from both teams were getting chippy with each other. 

The Breckenridge American announces Haylie Mendoza and Chance Stewart as this week’s athletes of the week.

This week’s athletes are recognized for performances April 11 at the area track meet.

Chance Stewart
Simply put, Chance Stewart did a lot of running on April 11. He competed and represented the Buckaroos in the 800, 1600 and 3200-meter runs at the area track meet. He advanced to this weekend’s regional meet with a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run.