Local Area News
Salado Badger Basketball
Matthew Janecek
The Lampasas Badgers basketball teams hit the road to Salado last night to take on the Eagles 16-11 overall and 3-1 in district play. The girls team lost their second game in a row 57-39 moving their record to 10-15 overall and 2-2 in district play.
The Lady Badgers had a tough shooting night while the Eagles had the opposite. The Eagles smooth shooting and solid defense frustrated the Lady Badgers. Aggressive defense seems to be a trademark of the Badgers and they did force a lot of turnovers from the Eagles but could not translate those into buckets.
The boys game that followed was an adventure! By the second quarter the Badgers were in complete control of the game and took an 18 point lead at one point. Then the Eagles spent the second half chiseling away at the Badger lead until they had cut it to 2 with under 1 minute to play. Clutch free throws were made at the end by Peyton Sisson on top of his big night beyond the 3 point stripe where he was 5-9 shooting to give the Badgers a 49-45 win and hold off the Eagle comeback. The win moves the boys record to 18-8 overall and 4-1 in district play while the Eagles, who started 3 freshmen in their lineup, drop to 10-16 and 1-4 overall.
Come to the Badger Den this Friday as the girls and boys varsity teams battle the Bulldogs from Burnet. Girls begin at 6:15 and the boys at 7:30. Join Matt Janecek and James Quarrels on the home call by tuning to KCYL am 1450 or listen live here on our website!
The Lady Badgers had a tough shooting night while the Eagles had the opposite. The Eagles smooth shooting and solid defense frustrated the Lady Badgers. Aggressive defense seems to be a trademark of the Badgers and they did force a lot of turnovers from the Eagles but could not translate those into buckets.
The boys game that followed was an adventure! By the second quarter the Badgers were in complete control of the game and took an 18 point lead at one point. Then the Eagles spent the second half chiseling away at the Badger lead until they had cut it to 2 with under 1 minute to play. Clutch free throws were made at the end by Peyton Sisson on top of his big night beyond the 3 point stripe where he was 5-9 shooting to give the Badgers a 49-45 win and hold off the Eagle comeback. The win moves the boys record to 18-8 overall and 4-1 in district play while the Eagles, who started 3 freshmen in their lineup, drop to 10-16 and 1-4 overall.
Come to the Badger Den this Friday as the girls and boys varsity teams battle the Bulldogs from Burnet. Girls begin at 6:15 and the boys at 7:30. Join Matt Janecek and James Quarrels on the home call by tuning to KCYL am 1450 or listen live here on our website!
Space News
Today is a day of technological advancement for space exploration. SpaceX, now headquartered at Starbase in Cameron County, is doing their seventh flight test of the Starship rocket. The test will begin with a 60 minute launch window at 4pm. Sonic booms may occur as the boosters on the Starship descent. Sonic booms will not danger any persons life.
City of Starbase??? Yep, you heard that right. SpaceX is wanting to make the Starbase facility a new city down in South Texas. The company submitted a petition to the local authorities on Dec. 12th, requesting to have an election on adding the launch site as its own city. There are thousands of employees that work at Starbase and hundreds live there. SpaceX helps the are with road maintenance, and schooling and medical needs. SpaceX is hoping to make the area the “Gateway to Mars.”
Firefly Aerospace, a company in Cedar Park, Tx, launched a Lunar Lander this morning from Florida. This Lunar Lander is called the “Blue Ghost” and launched from Cape Canaveral around 12:11am Central Time. It is set to reach the moon in 45 days, 30 of these days are in Earth’s orbit. Blue Ghost will come back to Earth on March 2nd.
City of Starbase??? Yep, you heard that right. SpaceX is wanting to make the Starbase facility a new city down in South Texas. The company submitted a petition to the local authorities on Dec. 12th, requesting to have an election on adding the launch site as its own city. There are thousands of employees that work at Starbase and hundreds live there. SpaceX helps the are with road maintenance, and schooling and medical needs. SpaceX is hoping to make the area the “Gateway to Mars.”
Firefly Aerospace, a company in Cedar Park, Tx, launched a Lunar Lander this morning from Florida. This Lunar Lander is called the “Blue Ghost” and launched from Cape Canaveral around 12:11am Central Time. It is set to reach the moon in 45 days, 30 of these days are in Earth’s orbit. Blue Ghost will come back to Earth on March 2nd.