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Burnet football announces all-district selections

December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet seniors Dash Denton (1) and Grant Jones (3) turned in performances that made District 13-4A Division I coaches place them among the best in the district. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography A team that wins a share of the District 13-4A Division I championship places many of its football players on the all-district team. The Burnet Bulldogs were no different Senior athlete Grant Jones is the District’s Most Valuable Player. “I threw his name up there,” Wood said. “It was quick. There were a number of coaches who…

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Burnet football coach Wood announces plan to leave

December 20, 2023December 21, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet football head coach Bryan Wood says he is looking for a new job after guiding the Bulldogs to a share of the District 13-4A Division I championship and two playoff victories in 2023. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography When Bryan Wood became the Burnet High School head football coach in summer 2021, Burnet Consolidated Independent School District administrators believed they hired the individual who had the ability to draw north Burnet County closer together and guide the Bulldogs back to the program’s standards. After three years, Wood has…

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Burnet CISD’s Jones announces retirement

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

After 23 years of service to Burnet Consolidated Independent School District, athletic director Kurt Jones said he is retiring from public education at the end of the 2023-24 school year. “It’s 100 percent my decision,” he said. “My wife and family and I have been talking about it for a little while. I was thinking this might be the right time the closer we got to this date. I’m 100 percent convinced it’s the right timing.” His son, senior athlete Grant, will graduate at the end of this school year,…

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Burnet powerlifter Smith qualifies for national meet

December 15, 2023December 16, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Powerlifting, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #USApowerlifting0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet senior powerlifter Abby Smith stands atop of the podium while wearing her gold medal. Courtesy photo Burnet High School senior powerlifter Abby Smith won her weight class to qualify for the United States of America Powerlifting High School National Meet. Her competed at the Texas Open Dec. 2-3, which is a sanctioned event of the USAPL. Smith had a squat of 260 pounds, a deadlift of 265 pounds, and a benchpress of 115 pounds while competing in the girls high school weight class of 123 pounds. The event…

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Burnet girls basketball continues winning ways

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #LadyDawgs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

The Burnet High School girls basketball team keeps adding to its impressive list of wins. The Lady Dawgs (15-5) defeated Brownwood 42-27 Dec. 11 on the heels of beating Sulphur Springs 33-18, Palestine 60-38, Gladewater 50-23 and Rusk 50-35 all at the Great East Texas Shootout tournament Dec. 7-9. The lone loss at the event was to Edgewood 40-35. In all, Burnet has won 11 of its last 12 contests. “I think they’re confident in what we’re doing,” head coach Rick Gates said. “They’re going out there and proving that.”…

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Hill Country Elite wins the River City Bowl

December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #youthfootball0 comment

Hill Country Elite won the River City Bowl Dec. 2-3 in San Marcos by going 3-1 to begin the winter season. The Elite, which features seventh- and eighth-graders living in Burnet, Llano, Marble Falls and Fredericksburg, beat the San Marcos Sharks in the championship 28-0 in a contest that was called in the fourth quarter after losing to them 8-2 to begin the event. Other wins were against the Belton Storm 29-0 and the San Marcos Mambas 32-6. “They always found a way to beat us,” head coach Ray Gurley…

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Burnet girls basketball wins Little River Academy tourney

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

Photo by Martelle Ludecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School girls basketball team captured the Little River Academy tournament championship thanks to winning five games, none bigger than beating the host 30-27 Dec. 2 in the final. The Lady Dawgs also beat Bosqueville 34-24, Rogers 45-12, Mumfort 55-43 and Milano 57-17. Head coach Rick Gates commended his players for not giving into fatigue. They may have understandably been tired by the time they faced Little River Academy, their second game on Dec. 2. “I thought our girls were tired and gutted…

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Burnet girls basketball meets defensive goals in beating Hutto

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

CAPTION: The Burnet Lady Dawgs enjoy a post Thanksgiving win Nov. 26 when they beat Hutto to start the week. Courtesy photo The Burnet High School girls basketball team defeated Hutto 44-36 Nov. 26 in the Lady Dawgs’ first game back after the Thanksgiving holiday. “It was a little bit of a high-scoring game,” Lady Dawgs head coach Rick Gates said. “We did a wonderful job defensively. We’re trying to get stops right now. We’re playing with different presses depending on who we have on the floor.” The Lady Hippos…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyFlames, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: This gold volleyball symbolizes a playoff win. The Burnet athletic department has every reason to believe the winter sports will add to an impressive haul won by the fall sports program. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography It’s been a few days since Thanksgiving and hopefully you’ve eaten through your leftovers by now. To ensure the region’s basketball teams got in some valuable work before breaking for turkey, coaches scheduled some key games. Let’s review what happened. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and…

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Burnet girls basketball team faces two top 10 opponents

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#billies, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Eagles, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School girls basketball team lost to Fredericksburg 63-47 Nov. 21 and to Goldthwaite 60-45 Nov. 20. Fredericksburg (7-3) is ranked No. 6 in the latest Class 4A poll of Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, while Goldthwaite is No. 13 in the TABC’s Class 2A poll. “We always try to play a tough non-district schedule,” Burnet head coach Rick Gates said. “Obviously as we’re playing through the season, we want to win games and we want to play good teams. Sometimes you win…