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The Lady Rattlers got back on track Friday night.

The San Marcos Rattlers hit the mat Thursday night at the Snake Pit in the first home match of the 2024 season.

I had lunch with some friends this week. We had BBQ ribs, which is not necessarily considered a diet food. One of my resolutions for the New Year was to lose some weight. I had to consider that the ribs were protein that is needed to build muscle. While this is not true that eating meat will build muscle unless the weight lifting that must be included as part of the diet. Unless the person works out very hard and long with resistance training a meat diet without vigorous exercise will more than likely end up as a layer of fat on the body somewhere. The talk between the friends mentioned how as we have made our way to an older age it seems we are a few pounds heavier than we were decades ago. The stories we shared of the different ‘sure fire’ foods and practices for exercise have changed.

It was rough night for both the Texas State Men’s and Women’s teams last Thursday as the Bobcats drop both games against Sun Belt rival Arkansas State.

This article was originally published in the San Marcos Record newspaper on Thursday, August 12, 1965 as the city of San Marcos honored then NBA Star Lucious Jackson with a proclamation and a barbecue. Jackson is one of 73 people named to the Civil Rights Trailblazers of San Marcos and Hays County, which are noted on page 6A. He moved away from San Marcos in high school because he was not allowed to play on the all-white basketball team in the 1950s. He went on to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and had a stellar career in the NBA. Jackson passed away in 2022 at the age of 80.

Texas State track and field will open its 202324 indoor season this Friday at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational in Houston, Texas.

It was a moment no one thought would happen – much less come during the 2024 offseason.

The Lady Rattlers came up just short inside the Snake Pit Tuesday night.

Texas State will look to get back into Sun Belt title races this week as both the mens and womens teams travel together for a pair of double headers this week against Arkansas State on Thursday and Louisiana Monroe on Saturday.

The quest for district championships and playoff berths are in full swing in Hays County as the area schools look to bring home gold ball trophies to their respective schools.