Sports Briefs

July 31, 2025

By Clay Whittington

The Belton Journal

Volleyball tryouts for the upcoming seasons have arrived. University Interscholastic League rules allow teams to begin issuing equipment and conducting workouts Friday, and the Lady Tigers and Lady Broncos will use the date to begin their tryout process. At Belton, incoming ninth-graders will be evaluated from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and participants should arrive to check-in between 6:30 a.m. and 6:55 a.m. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will follow from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Later in the day, all grade levels will return for a second two-hour session, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Then, all participants will return for a second day of workouts Saturday with sessions running from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Athletes should arrive at least 15 minutes before each session and should wear running or volleyball shoes, knee pads, a T-shirt in school colors if possible, spandex and running shorts. They should also bring water. Additionally, all participants must have a current physical on file with the school and all necessary paperwork submitted. The Lady Tigers will be hosting a player/parent meeting in advance of tryouts on July 31 at 5:30 p.m. inside Belton’s gymnasium. Players and parents should both attend. For more information, contact Lady Tigers head coach Haleigh Johnson at Haleigh.Johnson@BISD. net. Lake Belton will also be conducting tryouts in a similar manner. Incoming ninth-graders will attend from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and again from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. Athletes in the remaining grades will attend from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The same schedule will repeat on Saturday with cuts being made after each session. All participants need to bring the same equipment and adhere to the same policies regarding paperwork as set out for Belton. For more information, contact Lady Broncos head coach Allison Waits at Allison.Waits@ BISD.net. UIL rules permit scrimmages to begin Aug. 8, and the first day for regular-season matches is Aug. 11.

FOOTBALL

Preparations for the upcoming football season will begin in less than a month for countless teams across the state. University Interscholastic League rules permit teams that did not participate in spring training to begin workouts Monday. Belton and Lake Belton, however, took part in spring training, so each squad can begin conditioning one week later on Aug. 11. The first day the Tigers and Broncos can don pads and have full contact is Aug. 16. Both teams have a scrimmage set for Aug. 21 with Belton hosting Killeen Shoemaker and Lake Belton traveling to Copperas Cove. Each scrimmage will start at 7 p.m. The regular-season schedule kicks off Aug. 29, when the Tigers play at Pflugerville Hendrickson and the Broncos play at College Station A&M Consolidated.

BELTON BOOSTER

The Belton Tigers Athletic Booster Club has scheduled its Meet the Tiger event for Aug. 16 at 6 p.m.