On a night and week filled with homecoming festivities, the Breckenridge Buckaroos varsity football team looked to gain their first win of the 2024 season Friday night as they hosted the Tolar Rattlers. However, knocking off a 2023 state finalist team was too tall of a task, and the Buckaroos ultimately fell to the Rattlers 42-6.
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Cabel Perkins and Ayden Williamson were crowned as the 2024 Breckenridge High School Homecoming Queen and Homecoming King in a ceremony before the start of tonight’s football game.
The community-wide 2024 Breckenridge High School Homecoming events kicked off Wednesday evening with a parade and bonfire. Activities will continue today with a pep rally at noon and the football game at 7 p.m.
The Breckenridge Buckaroos varsity football team will head into next week’s Homecoming game still looking for their first win of the season, following Friday night’s shutout in Eastland.
This year’s Homecoming theme is “Deep in the Heart of Breckenridge.”
Although the Buckaroos showed signs of improvement Friday night, ultimately it was the Loboes who walked away with a 30-20 win in Cisco.
The Buckaroos lost to the Childress Bobcats 35-7 in the first home game of the 2024 season.
The Breckenridge Buckaroos started their 2024 season Friday evening on the road in Holliday as they faced the No. 8 (Class 3A Div. II) state-ranked Holliday Eagles.
In advance of tonight’s season opener in Holliday, Buckaroos head football coach Casey Pearce sat down with sportswriter Brant Thurmond for a look at the upcoming season.
The Buckaroos’ scrimmage against the Wall Hawks will offer an opportunity for donations to the Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation’s Benevolence Fund.