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Burnet Bulletin
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
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Wayne
Craig
From the
Dawg House
Big lifts and
a big win
It's no secret District 25-
4A basketball is a tough dis-
trict for both boys and girls
with plenty of completion. So
when Burnet's boys knocked
off Liberty Hill in the first
round last week it was a big
thing.
It's only one game, but
every W in district play gets
them one step closer to a play-
off berth. Way to go guys!
The Lady Dawgs fell short
at the Panther's house but hope
to get back on track with some
wins this week. The girls in
green finished the first round
of district play with a 3-2
record.
Burnet had a softball sign-
ing this week. Congratulations
to varsity outfielder Ashley
Hallmark.
Hallmark signed to play
ball for Angelina College in
front of a host of family and
friends last week. A harldful of
coaches and family members
added to the signing ceremony
with many kind words about
Ashley before she finalized it
with a signature.
The Bulldog Powerlifting
team traveled north last
Thursday and competed
against some great talent. Four
Burnet competitors brought
home medals for their effort.
Jayci Craig, Brailey Hall, Jake
Burkhalter, and Jacob Scott all
collected silver medals in their
respective weight classes,
while Preston Reeves brought
home bronze.
The Muscle Dawgs will
take this week off before com-
peting in Brady on Feb. 11.
See more results in the
Powerlifling story.
The junior high boys
deserve a shout-out. Both the
seventh-A and eighth-A boys-:
basketball teams won their
host tournament recently. If
you were at the seventh-A
game versus Lampasas you'll
remember a thrilling halftime
buzzer beating shot. With his
back turned Tristan Shirley
didn't realize he had made the
shot until the crowd went wild.
Burnet's soccer teams
added a few more wins to their
record. Tara Evers, a member
of the girls team, unfortunately
received 11 stitches after an
accidental head-butt left a
nasty gash above her eye. The
Lorena-girl was also injured
and take by stretcher. Wishing
both a speedy recovery.
Evers showed her tough-
ness as she continued to cheer
her team on to a 4-2 victory.
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
The Bulldog faithful had
plenty to cheer about last week
as the varsity Burnet Bulldog
basketball team pulled out
back-to-back district wins to
improve their record to 2-1.
Burnet lost their opener to
Taylor but since has rebounded
nicely with wins over two qual-
ity opponents in Salado and
Liberty Hill.
On Tuesday night the
Bulldogs traveled to Salado
and after one quarter of-play
Burnet was trailing the Eagles,
17-15.
The second quarter was
another tight battle with Burnet
coming out on top 19-18. Jesse
Pollard, Drew Kiser, and
Darius Johnson all hit three-
point buckets in the second to
help pull Bumet to within one
at the break, 35-34.
The Bulldogs put up 23
points in the third period led by
the hot hand of Kiser who
scored nine. The Dawgs also
played well on defense and
held the Eagles to just 18
which gave Burnet a 57-53
lead going into the final eight
minutes of play.
The Dawgs once again out-
scored Salado putting up 20
points down the stretch for the
77-71 victory. Kiser led the
way with an impressive 23
points in the game. He knocked
down four shots from outside
the arc.
...see Bulldog page 17
Just another quick
reminder about a very cool ........ ...... ....
basketball game coming soon
to Burnet. Johnathen Boo
Maxwell, who was a standout
athlete for Burnet in the late
1990's and early 2000's has
put together an upcoming
benefit event that he is very
passionate about. Maxwell,
who played professional bas-
ketball in Japan after graduat-
ing from Burnet High School
has gathered some of his fel-
low professional athletes to
host an exhibition basketball
game that will benefit
Challenge Enterprises.
The event, which will be
held on Saturday, Feb. 6 start-
ing at 5:00 p.m. is free to all
kids and students. Parents
admission will be $10 with the
money being donated to
Challenge Enterprises. The
game will be held in Burnet's
main middle school gym
located at 1401 N. Main Street
in Burner.
Players will arrive at 5:00
p.m. and the game will start at
6:30 p.m. There will be pre-
game and halftime activities
that will be both fun and
rewarding for all in attendance.
If you would like to help in
anyway or help sponsor the
event you can contact
Johnathen Maxwell at jmax-
hoops@gmail.com.
That's all for this week.
Thanks for reading the Burnet
Bulletin.
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6awgs leave Panthers "d-ejected", 63-42.
Burner's varsity boys celebrate after defeating Liberty
Hill, 63-42, in the first round of district play. It was an
exciting game but some tempers flared late to the point of
WAYNE CRAIG~CLEAR MEMORIES
Burner senior Katelyn Pool drives to the bucket during Burnet's district match-up ver-
sus Salado last Tuesday night in Burnet. With a little elbow grease the Lady Dawgs
earned a 50-29 win. Pool was the gym's leading scorer with 11 points.
i
WAYNE CRAIG~CLEAR MEMORIES
ejection as the Panthers coach and a fan were shown to
the exit.
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
gs
one at 3-2
: The. varsity. Lady BulldOg
basketball team wrapped-up the
first round of district play last
week with games against Salado
and Liberty Hill.. Burnet
defeated Salado on Tuesday, 50-
29, but slipped on Friday with a
52-40 loss to Liberty Hill mak-
ing their first round record, 3-2.
The Lady Panthers are out in
front with a 5-0 record, followed
by Taylor, Salado, Llano, and
Lampasas.
On Tuesday night Burnet
was tested at the foul line numer-
ous times versus Salado in the
first half and the girls in green
had a tough time getting charity
buckets to fall. They did play
great defense however and lim-
ited the Lady Eagles to just two
scores from the floor in the
entire first half which helped
lead Burnet to a 25-15 lead at the
break.
Burnet did a nice job in the
second half on both sides of the
ball. They scored 12 in the third
and 13 in the fourth while hold-
ing their opponent to single dig-
its for a 50-29 final.
"This was a great team win
with all participants contributing
to the success," said Burnet's
head basketball coach Doug
Messer.
Katelyn Pool led all scorers
with 11 points. She was followed
by Fabie Brooks, 10; Marissa
Escamilla, seven; Emma
Skinner, six; Izzy Ramon, six;
Ashley Bemal, three; Shaylah
Hullum, two; Sierra French, two;
Reagan Giesenschlag, two; and
Hailey Letterman, one.
On: Friday the Burnet girls;
traveled to Liberty::Hill and
found a tall and speedy Lady,
Panther team waiting. The Cats
jumped out to a 20-7 lead but
Bumet didn't give up and con-
tinued to fight.
In the second period
Miranda Weeks and Escamilla
scored four points each while
Katelyn Pool chipped in a bucket
for two. The period ended in the
Lady Panthers favor, 14-10 and
Bumet went into the break trail-
ing, 34-17.
Neither team produced much
offense in the third. Bumet was
successful in slowing down
Liberty Hill but they couldn't
gain any ground with both teams
posting just four points in the
period.
Escamilla led a fourth quar-
ter charge with eight points. Pool
and Weeks each posted four
down-the-stretch and Brooks
helped out with three. Burnet
claimed the fourth 19-14 but the
Panthers earned a 52-40 win.
Escamilla was the leading
scorer with 15 points. She was
followed by Weeks, eight; Pool,
eight; Brooks, three; Skinner,
two; Giesenschlag, two; and
Hullum, two.
The Lady Dawgs began
round two last night with a road
game at Lampasas. They will
travel to Llano this Friday.
Burnet will return to their home
court on Tuesday, Feb. 2 when
they host Taylor. Varsity games
are scheduled to begin at 6:30
p.m.
WAYNE CRAIG~CLEAR MEMORIES
Burner freshman Roger Craig waits for the command and pushes up a 260 pound bench press. Craig finished eighth
overall in his 220 class with a 1,050 total,
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
In their second meet in as
many weeks the Bulldog pow-
erlifters did an excellent job
earning more hardware for
their hard work. In the girl's
division Burnet brought home
two silver medals, as did the
boys who also added a bronze.
Burnet carried 13 lifters to the
event which hosted more than
11 schools and 200 partici-
pants. It was a very competi-
tive meet and the Bulldog
coaches were pleased with
their athletes accomplish-
ments.
On the girls side Jayci
Craig finished with a silver
medal in the 132 class. She
squatted 290 pounds, benched
120 pounds and posted a 255
deadlift for a 665 total.
...see Dawg page 18
