Buckaroos prepare for upcoming scrimmages, Meet the Bucks
By Carla McKeown/Breckenridge Texan
With a week of practice and one local scrimmage behind them, the Breckenridge Buckaroos football team is looking forward the next two scrimmages, as well as Meet the Bucks.
The public is invited to Buckaroo Stadium for Meet the Bucks on Friday, Aug. 18, at 8 p.m. The event will give the community a chance to meet all of the football players, cross country runners and volleyball athletes, as well as the coaches, cheer team and the BHS marching band. Attendees also will have the opportunity to participate in the new drone video of everyone gathered at Buckaroo Stadium with JumboTron in full operation. The video will be placed on the front of the new Breckenridge Independent School District website.
This week, the varsity and junior varsity football players will travel to Fort Worth for a scrimmage against Castleberry and Gainesville high schools at W.O. Barnes Memorial Stadium, located on the Castleberry High School campus, 4801 Blackstone Dr., in Fort Worth. Click here for the Google Maps link to the stadium. The game will begin at 6:30 p.m., and entry will be free of charge with donations being accepted for the Texas High School Coaches Association.
On Thursday, Aug. 17, the varsity football team will travel to Mineral Wells to scrimmage against the Rams. Please note that the original 2023 football schedule showed the varsity scrimmage to be here in Breckenridge, but that has been corrected. The game will be played in Mineral Wells. See the updated schedule below.
The first regular game of the season will be Aug. 25 in Jacksboro, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The first home game of the Buckaroos’ 2023 season will be on Sept. 1 against the Childress High School Bobcats.
The 2023 Breckenridge High School varsity football team posed for a group photo during the Media Day/Watermelon Scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 5. For more photos from the event, click here. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Updated 2023 Buckaroo Football Schedule (click here to download a PDF of this schedule)
Media Day/Watermelon Scrimmage
The JV and Varsity Buckaroos scrimmaged on Saturday, Aug. 5, in the annual Watermelon Scrimmage. The athletes and their families had pictures taken before the scrimmage and had watermelon afterwards.
After the watermelon was served, the Lady Bucks Volleyball teams scrimmaged against Albany.
Calvin Best, BISD Journalism and Web Media teacher, said that the students will photo-edit all of the photos that were taken on Saturday, and the photos will be posted on the Breckenridge Buckaroo Athletics Facebook page free of charge for you. Additionally, the photo files will be at ABC Printing and Office Supplies, 139 E. Walker St., for anyone who needs a picture for the football program. That way, parents can have access to a specific picture for the annual football program/booklet that is available for purchase on the first home game of the season. It will take a couple of weeks or perhaps a bit longer to get the photos in good order and posted online, Best said.
To see some photos from the Media Day, football scrimmage and watermelon event, click here for the Breckenridge Texan’s Photo Gallery.
The Buckaroos had individual, team and family photos taken by Calvin Best during Saturday’s Media Day. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Lady Bucks Volleyball
The Lady Bucks Volleyball will play their first regular game of the 2023 season at home this evening against the Albany Lions. Then, they will play in the Albany Tournament on Aug. 10-12.
Their district games will start on Sept. 8 in Brock against the Eagles.
The 2023 Breckenridge High School varsity volleyball team posed for a group photo during the Media Day on Saturday, Aug. 5, before they scrimmaged against the Albany Lions. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
2023 Lady Bucks Volleyball Schedule (click here to download a PDF of this schedule)
Cross Country
The Buckaroos and Lady Bucks cross country teams will start the season in Brock with the Brock 6 Mile Relay on Saturday, Aug. 12.
There there will be weekly cross country events throughout August and September. The district meet will be Oct. 11 in Dublin.
The Buckaroo Girls and Boys Cross Country Teams will compete in Brock on Saturday, Aug. 12. (Photos courtesy of BISD)
Buckaroos 2023 Cross Country Schedule (click here to download a PDF of this schedule)
Cutline, top photo: The Buckaroos had an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 5, with the varsity and junior varsity teams alternating time on the field. On Thursday, Aug. 10, the teams will travel to Fort Worth for scrimmages against Castleberry and Gainesville high schools. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
