Baseball Featured High School 

Burnet baseball loses to Lampasas

CAPTION: Burnet senior pitcher Cohen Jorpeland continues to do his part in keeping games close. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School baseball lost to Lampasas 6-4 March 24 and 3-2 March 27 in District 24-4A play. No district team had a tougher start to the district season than the Bulldogs (6-14-1, 1-5) in facing the three playoffs from 2025 right off the bat. “So it’s a difficult start to the to the district season, but you have to play them at some point in time whether you…

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Featured Football High School 

Burnet girls soccer loses to Long Creek

CAPTION: Erica Flores played well against New Braunfels Long Creek in her final match in a Lady Dawgs uniform. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School girls soccer team lost to New Braunfels Long Creek 5-2 March 20 in the first round of the Class 4A Division I playoffs. The Lady Dawgs end their season with a 19-6-1 overall record, 13-1 in District 25-4A play to finish as the runners-up. Trailing 3-0 to begin the second half, the Lady Dawgs began making a comeback. Hallie Poe scored a goal…

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Basketball Featured High School 

Burnet boys soccer beats Austin Travis

CAPTION: Marco Campos-Huerta (24) set a new single season record for goals, which was one of the highlights. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School boys soccer team ended the 2026 season with a 4-3 victory against Austin Travis March 13. The Bulldogs scored three of their four goals in the first 15 minutes of the match thanks to penalty kicks by Genesis Ceron and goalie Aiden Morris, who are both seniors. The third goal was by Nathan Burrell, who was assisted by Marco Campos-Huerta. The Rebels scored…

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Basketball Featured High School 

Burnet girls basketball has several all-district selections

CAPTION: Burnet seniors Peyton Allen (left) and Wrigley Mulhollan made the most of their final season as Lady Dawgs. Photo by Christopher A. Miles/Christopher A. Miles Photography The Burnet High School girls basketball team announced which of its players received All-District 24-4A selections. Named to the first team was senior Wrigley Mulhollan, while sophomore Maycee Floyd was named to the second team, and senior Peyton Allen and Sarah Cullison and freshman Rowyn Mulhollan were honorable mention. Wrigley Mulhollan had the attention of opposing teams throughout the season so it was…

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Burnet baseball loses to Salado

CAPTION: Mason Watson continues to perform at a high level for the Bulldogs. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School baseball team lost to Salado 5-3 March 17 and 20-9 March 19 in District 24-4A play. In game one, the Bulldogs (6-12-1, 1-3) faced a 5-0 deficit headed into the seventh inning. Freshman Hudson Crawford and junior Mason Watson hit back-to-back singles and a fielding error sent Crawford home. After a groundout, sophomore Cooper Evans’ infield RBI single scored Watson. Senior Cason O’Hair beat a throw to a bag…

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Featured Softball 

Burnet softball beats Marble Falls

CAPTION: Burnet senior pitcher Carlee Williams scores the Lady Dawgs’ first run to tie the game at 1-1 in the second inning. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School softball team defeated Marble Falls 15-5 March 17 in District 24-4A play. The Lady Dawgs earned their first district win of the season. “We showed up and we competed,” Burnet head coach Jayci Craig said. “We knew what we had to do. We were 0-3 in district. We knew that we had to get this one to go and…

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Featured Powerlifting Recruiting 

Burnet powerlifting has 3 going to state

CAPTION: Madeline (Ieft) and Sofia Cardenas with their regionals medals are ready to compete and bring their best to the lifting stations. Courtesy photo The Burnet High School powerlifting program is turnings its eyes to the Class 4A state meet. That’s because two Lady Dawgs — Sofia Cardenas and Madeline Cardenas — qualified for the meet thanks to their finishes at the Class 4A Region 2 meet recently. Both will compete at the state meet at Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg Friday, March 20. Sofia Cardenas lifted a total of 750…

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Burnet baseball beats Marble Falls

CAPTION: Bowen Raiford waits for his pitch against the Marble Falls Mustangs. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School baseball team defeated Marble Falls 4-1 in eight innings March 13 to spit the District 24-4A series. Three days earlier, the Mustangs slipped past the Bulldogs 3-0. “I thought both games were played really, really well on Tuesday and on Friday,” Burnet head coach Russell Houston said. “On Friday night, we kept giving ourselves opportunity after opportunity after opportunity, and we weren’t successful early and our kids were getting a…

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Featured Running 

Burnet track wins medals from the Taylor meet

CAPTION: Super athlete Matthew Williams is ready to contribute no matter where he’s needed. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School track and field teams performed well at the Cotton Boll Relays hosted by Taylor High School March 5. Both Burnet varsity teams each finished second in their divisions, while the Lady Dawgs won the junior varsity division, and the Bulldogs were third. Lady Dawgs head coach Crystal Shipley noted the challenges from Mother Nature throughout the meet. “Our girls raced, jumped and threw in 18–20 mph winds, which…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Burnet

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior pitcher John Alan Whittle credited his teammates for the outcome against Burnet. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Burnet 3-0 March 10 to begin District 24-4A play. “I keep saying this, maybe I’m pleased myself, but I really feel like we kind of expect to win those,” head coach Tyler Porter said. “Now in the past, maybe we’re like ‘man, I think we could do it, and I hope we can do it,’ and all those things, without the…

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