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Burnet football Mom’s Night Out allows matriarchs to experience what their sons do

Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography When Burnet Consolidated Independent School District football head coach Ben Speer said he wanted to give the Bulldogs’ mothers the full experience of what it’s like to wear the Kelly green, he wasn’t kidding. It was in plain sight as the moms lined up to experience the same drills their sons do and put on the full uniform complete with shoulder pads and helmets to know what it’s like to move and run in the attire. The activities were all apart of Mom’s Night Out,…

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Burnet football ready to scrimmage Canyon Lake

CAPTION: Running back Josiah Coronado sees the hole in the middle and goes through it virtually untouched during practice Aug. 11. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro  The Burnet High School football team added full pads to its practices at the end of last week. But the Bulldogs continue to show the same intensity and enthusiasm that has defined the first week of fall training camp. And their reward at the end of this week? Welcoming Fischer Canyon Lake for the first scrimmage of the season Friday, Aug. 15, at Bulldog…

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Veterans lead Burnet volleyball in first week

CAPTION: Peyton Allen (left), Journey Denton, Sarah Cullison and Wrigley Mulhollan don’t have a problem with meeting the standards of the program that includes contending for the district championship and advancing to the playoffs. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School volleyball program embarked on its first competition of the season when the Lady Dawgs boarded a bus bound for Glen Rose Friday, Aug. 9. It’s the only scrimmage scheduled before the Lady Dawgs welcome Blanco to The Doghouse Tuesday, Aug. 12, for the season opener. The subvarsities…

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Burnet grad Juliet Morales earns collegiate soccer honors

CAPTION: Burnet graduate Juliet Morales picked up postseason honors after playing her first year on the Huston-Tillotson University women’s soccer team. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography In her first season as a member of the Huston-Tillotson University women’s soccer team, Juliet Morales was named to the Red River Athletic Conference freshman team and her team’s Most Valuable Player. Morales, who is a 2024 Burnet High School graduate, was the starting goalie for the Rams. She beat out a sophomore for the job. She had a 0.682 save value percentage. “I…

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Burnet volleyball begins season practices with tryouts

The Burnet High School volleyball program will open The Doghouse gymnasium for tryouts beginning at 6:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1, the first day the University Interscholastic League is allowing the practices to officially begin for the 2025 season. It’s the first of two practices for the official start of two-a-days. The Lady Dawgs will end the first session at 9:30 a.m. and return for the second session from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Head coach Crystal Shipley, who is entering her seventh year at the high school, said the program will welcome 50…

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Burnet football turns attention to formal practices

CAPTION: Defensive assistant coach Russell Houston (left) talks to defensive coordinator Jordan Heusinkveld between 7-on-7 games. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School football program officially begins preparations for the 2025 season Monday, Aug. 4. The varsity and junior varsity competes from 2:30-5:30 p.m., while the freshman go from 6-7:30 a.m. at Burnet High School. The Bulldogs will end the first week with an intrasquad scrimmage at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, which is a program tradition. The Bulldogs will have eight practices before the first day of…

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Burnet boys soccer using summer league to jumpstart new season

CAPTION: Ricardo Flores sees a seam and makes a run for it. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography While other sports are ending summer league play, the Highland Lakes Soccer League is just getting started. Area high school programs are meeting each Thursday to play 7 versus 7 matches at the Burnet Middle School stadium at 7 p.m. The boys teams from Burnet, Lampasas and Marble Falls make up the league. “The whole purpose of the league is to have them come to get touches,” Burnet boys soccer head coach and league…

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Burnet girls soccer approaches summer league with same attitude

CAPTION: Kaylie Solorzano is one of several Lady Dawgs committed to getting better and meeting the program’s standards. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School girls soccer team is competing in the Highland Lakes Soccer League each Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Burnet Middle School stadium. Summer league co-director Benjamin Boorman, who serves as the Burnet High School boys soccer head coach, noted the Lady Dawgs are showing why they have been so good for so long. They’ve won the last three district titles and finished third…

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Burnet athletic department ends month with three camps

CAPTION: Burnet football head coach Ben Speer is leading the Bulldogs’ football camp next week. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department is hosting three camps beginning Monday, July 28. The Football Camp, for youngsters in the third grade to the ninth grade, will be conducted from 8-10 a.m. while the volleyball camp is from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for incoming freshmen. Both end Wednesday, July 30. The Swim and Dive Camp for third- through ninth-graders is from 8-10 a.m. Wednesday-Friday, July 30-Aug. 1. Each…

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Repairs at Bulldog Field won’t cause a delay in preparations

CAPTION: Parts of the retaining wall at Bulldog Field came apart because of 16 inches of rain in Burnet during the Fourth of July weekend. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Flooding during the Fourth of July holiday caused some damage to the retaining wall on the home side and pulled up parts of the artificial turf at Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s Bulldog Field. Bulldog Field is the school district’s No. 1 outdoor venue for high school football and soccer games and outdoor graduation ceremonies. The damage happened on the…

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