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Numbers illustrate passion playing for Burnet CISD

CAPTION: Casey Schubert (back, left) has rejoined the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District as a teacher and coach. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro With Sonny Wilson accepting the promotion of becoming the Burnet Middle School girls coordinator, the BMS athletic department is on the hunt for one more coach for the boys. The aim is to have five coaches for the boys and five for the girls, Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic director Grant Freeman said.  One of those girls coaches is Casey Schubert, who served as the Burnet High…

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Burnet volleyball follows same formula for success

CAPTION: Sophomore setter Marisa Porter was one of several Lady Dawgs participating in skills work after attending summer strength and conditioning and then stayed for player-led team scrimmages. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro Burnet Consolidated Independent School District volleyball players enjoyed an hour of skills work following their strength and conditioning session June 8. Then the real fun began after that when the Lady Dawgs broke into four teams to play in scrimmages. The University Interscholastic League allows coaches one hour of skills work each day during the summer and head…

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New Burnet football receiver coach calls move ‘no brainer’

CAPTION: Two men who know and understand plenty about the receiver position – Burnet 7-on-7 coach Jaxon Shipley (left), a former wide receiver at the University of Texas who signed as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Arizona Cardinals in 2015, and Aaron Terry, the Bulldogs new receivers coach. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Shortly after the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District football program landed Tyler Fambrough as its new offensive coordinator, the search began for the wide receivers coach. That individual was a colleague of Fambrough at Cedar…

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Burnet 7 on 7 performs well at own state qualifier

CAPTION: Bryan Johnson makes a tough catch in traffic. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School 7-on-7 team went 1-2 at its own state qualifying tournament May 30, which illustrates the depth of the talent and challenges of the eight squads playing in it. Still, head coach Ben Speer, who along with his staff were behind the end zone watching just like other Bulldog fans, left encouraged by what he saw for many reasons. The first is because of how close each game was between the Bulldogs, Fredericksburg,…

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New Burnet OC Fambrough sees all the pieces

CAPTION: Junior quarterback Cooper Evans throws a completed pass as offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Tyler Fambrough watches during a recent 7-on-7 contest. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Offensive coordinator on the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District football staff has sold itself for more than two decades. That’s because of the outstanding talent the program draws, keeps and develops. So when the position came open during the spring semester, interest came from every where. But one coach caught the eyes of head coach Ben Speer – Cedar Park Vista Ridge…

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Burnet athletes invited to summer strength and conditioning

CAPTION: Head football coach Ben Speer talks to his players about maximum effort in their sprints, which are part of the summer strength and conditioning program before a whistle is blown for them to start sprinting. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department will host its annual summer strength and conditioning program beginning Monday, June 1. The high school athletes, boys and girls, will meet at 7 a.m. and the junior high athletes, boys and girls, follow at 9:30 a.m. When one group is…

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Burnet football hires Bronson Wire as offensive line coach

CAPTION: Bronson Wire is the new Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s offensive line coach. Courtesy photo The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s football program has a new offensive line coach. He is Bronson Wire, who is coming from Carrollton Creekview where he had the same position. “He has some great experience with some coaches and also experience at the next level coaching being a student assistant, so real excited about him,” Bulldogs head coach Ben Speer said. Wire, who is originally from Belleville, Wisconsin, spent two years at Creekview. Before…

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Carbee takes over as Burnet golf coach

CAPION: Burnet football assistant head coach Shane Carbee (fourth from right) was one of several Bulldog coaches to make his way to Wimberley May 9 for the second annual Hill Country Coaches Association all-star game. The graduating seniors who played and their coaches who cheered them on are lineman Shane Ikonen (left), coaches Quentin Rhoder and Clayton Deaver, Josiah Coronado, Adler Goehring, Trevin Park, Carbee, Riley Howell, head coach Ben Speer and defensive coordinator Jordan Heusinkveld. Courtesy photo The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department added another coach coach and…

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Burnet coach Carruthers resigns

CAPTION: Burnet assistant coach Carter Carruthers (seated, left) and head coach Juston Weldon watch from the sideline as the Bulldogs make a defensive stand against the Marble Falls Mustangs that leads to a season sweep and a playoff berth. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Burnet High School golf head coach and boys assistant basketball coach Carter Carruthers resigned to take a position at Liberty Hill Legacy Ranch. Carruthers joins the staff of boys basketball head coach Rylan Gerber. “Really it was a no-brainer when it got presented to me,” Carruthers said.…

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Burnet football’s Coronado signs with Howard Payne

CAPTION: Burnet senior Josiah Coronado (seated, center) signs his National Letter of Intent to play football for Howard Payne University as parents Eddy (seated, left) and Chelsea and siblings Kingsley(standing, left), Jonahven, Joliana and Kingston look on. Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School senior Josiah Coronado will play football for Howard Payne University. He recently made his commitment official during a signing ceremony. Coronado was the Bulldogs’ leader when it came to the rushing attack. He had 164 rushes for 975 yards and eight touchdowns and caught eight passes for 88 yards…

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