Baseball Featured High School 

Burnet baseball performs well at Llano tourney

CAPTION: Freshman Hudson Crawford embodied all the positives that’s part of pitching during his performance against Llano. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School baseball team went 1-3 at Llano’s Hill Country Classic Feb. 26-28. The Bulldogs beat Harper 15-0 Feb. 27 and lost to Austin Hyde Park 13-5 and Liberty Hill Legacy Ranch 5-1 both on Feb. 26 and to Llano 3-1 Feb. 28. The last game of the event against the host displayed so much. While the Yellow Jackets went with senior pitcher Austin Humphries, the Bulldogs…

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Featured Football High School 

Burnet boys soccer beats Travis

CAPTION: Marco Campos-Huerta’s powerful leg ensures the Bulldogs are never completely out of a match. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School boys soccer team defeated Austin Travis 4-1 Feb. 24 and lost to Jarrell 3-1 Feb. 27. The Bulldogs (4-11-3, 3-5-2) got two goals from Jose Rios Rodriguez with one coming off a ricochet and the other on an assist from Ricardo Flores. Marco Campos-Huerta scored on a free kick and Alfredo Jaramillo Gonzalez had the final goal thanks to an assist from Campos-Huerta. Rodriguez’s first goal came…

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Featured Powerlifting 

Burnet girls powerlifting ready for regionals

CAPTION: Alison Fonseca is one of several Lady Dawgs going to the regional meet. Photo by Hayden center Burditt/In Color Photography The Burnet High School powerlifting teams are gearing up for regional tournaments that begin this weekend. The Lady Dawgs will compete at the Class 4A Large Schools Region II meet in Dublin Friday, Feb. 27. They include Presley Allen, Hailey Boyer, Madeline Cardenas, Sofia Cardenas, Olivia Cook, Molly Cupitt, Adrian Eubank, Adyson Fonbuena, Kalora McDonnell, Tess Murders, Lily Rygaard and Trinity Tibbs. “I’ll take a full team of girls…

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Featured Running 

Burnet track takes 2nd at Gatesville

CAPTION: The Bulldogs’ 1,600-meter relay team is Hector Vega-Palacios (left), Lyndon Harycki, Matthew Williams and Clay Lamb. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School track and field teams each finished second at the Gatesville Hornets Relays Feb. 19 in the first meet of the year. The Bulldogs earned 99 points thanks to 60 coming from by all three relay teams taking gold, edging rival Lampasas in the 400 meters and 800 meters. While winning first in all three events is impressive, what stood out to head coach Jordan…

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Featured Football High School 

Burnet girls soccer beats Austin LBJ

CAPTION: Savannah Griffin (3) had an assist during the shut out win against Austin LBJ. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School girls soccer team shut out to Austin LBJ 7-0 in District 25-4A play. The Lady Dawgs (14-5, 8-1) got three goals from Emily Montoya, three from Avery Barth and one from Cheyenne Adams. Yessi Flores and Savannah Griffin each had an assist. Burnet led 6-0 at the half. “I thought it was played pretty well,” head coach Doug Ketcham said. “Our (junior varsity) played right before…

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Featured Softball 

Burnet softball wins Brownwood tourney

CAPTION: The 2026 Burnet High School softball team includes Carlee Williams (front row, left), Hannah Brooks, Abby Bennight, Journey Denton, Peyton Allen, Lezlee Rhoder, head coach Jayci Craig, trainer Emilia Campomonosi; Chloe Nygard (back row, left), Lacie Lewis, Braelyn Smith, Kendall Winkley, Layton Powell, Maycee Floyd and Alexa Arevalo. Courtesy photo The Burnet High School softball team won the Brownwood Tournament Feb. 19 and 21 after starting the week with a 7-4 victory against Johnson City Feb. 17. The Lady Dawgs (6-4-1) won five of their last six games and that…

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Basketball Featured High School 

Burnet boys basketball to face La Vega in the playoffs

CAPTION: Burnet junior Ethan Elmore and his classmates gave fans a glimpse of the 2026-27 season when they took the floor and let their senior teammates step off together. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School boys basketball team will face Waco La Vega at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, for a bi-district championship in the Class 4A Division I playoffs. La Vega (17-4) is the District 23-4A runner-up with an 8-2 record. The Pirates’ two district losses were to champion Gatesville 59-57 and 64-52. Kourtney Parr Jr and…

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Baseball Featured High School 

Burnet baseball has solid first week

CAPTION: Tate Lambright is one of several veterans the Bulldogs are counting on to deliver in all phases. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School baseball team posted a 2-3 record during the first week of the season. The Bulldogs defeated Fredericksburg 5-4 Feb. 16 in 11 innings in the season opener and Big Spring 7-1 Feb. 20 and lost to Austin McCallum 6-5 Feb. 19 and Fredericksburg 4-2 Feb. 20 at the Fredericksburg Tournament. Head coach Russell Houston said he saw a lot of good things. “I…

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Featured Football High School 

Burnet football hires offensive coordinator

CAPTION: Tyler Fambrough is the new Burnet football program’s offensive coordinator. He and his wife, MaKayla, are planning to move to the area. Courtesy photo The Burnet High School football team will have a new offensive player in 2026. He is Tyler Fambrough, who was the quarterbacks coach, passing game coordinator and co-offensive coordinator at Cedar Park Vista for the last two years. Before that, Fambrough spent a year as a senior offensive analyst at Florida Atlantic University and three years at the University of Texas as an offensive skill…

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Featured Football High School 

Burnet boys soccer loses to Northeast, Jarrell

CAPTION: Burnet junior Marco Campos-Huerta has an impressive scoring streak, which forces opponents to look for him. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School boys soccer team lost to Austin Northeast 4-1 Feb. 13 and Jarrell 2-1 Feb. 10 in District 25-4A play. Head coach Benjamin Boorman summed up the two matches. “We could not put the ball in the net when we needed to,” he said. “It seems as if the only person right now, who wants to score is Marco Campos-Huerta.” Junior Campos-Huerta scored on a…

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