Burnet, Texas
Burnet Bulletin
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Page 17
Sports
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
Seventh-grade B
The seventh-grade B team
Bullpups recently hosted a
Burnet tournament and took
second place. Burnet tied
Lampasas 16-16 in game one;
defeated Tippit, 18-16 in game
two; and lost to
Fredericksburg, 26-14 in game
three.
On Thursday, the Pups
played Llano and defeated the
Daubers 29-14 in district play.
Tyler Patterson was the leading
scorer with six points. He was
followed by Gunner Blair, five;
Payton Ferguson, four; Hayden
Henry, four; Cade Rye, two;
Tate Young, two; Stone
Wilson, two; Lane Dalrymple,
two; and Ezra Northam, two.
Seventh-grade A
The seventh-grade A team
went undefeated and won the
Burnet tournament. In game
one Bumet defeated Lampasas,
49-7. Matthew Tippie was the
leading scorer with 11 points
followed by Marcus Escamilla,
eight; Strat Roy, seven; Luke
Kiser, six; CJ Greenwell, six;
Tristan Shirley, four; Justin
Dixon, three; Keaton
Rodriguez, two; and Jaxson
Denton, two.
Burner won game two over
Tippit, 46-34. Escamilla led
with 12 points followed by
Denton, 11; Roy, nine; Shirley,
eight; Greenwell, four; and
Kiser, two.
Bumet beat Fredericksburg
in game three, 44-34. Kiser led
with 12 points, followed by Roy,
10; Greenwell, seven;
Rodriguez, five; Escamilla, four;
Tippie, four; and Dixon, two.
After tournament play the
seventh-grade A team was 10-2
on the season.
Eighth-grade B
The eighth-grade B team
took third place overall at the
Bumet hosted tournament. The
Pups defeated Lampasas in
game one, 16-12. They lost
their second game to Tippit,
41-24 and their third game to
Fredericksburg, 40-28. No
individual stats were provided
for the tournament.
Eighth-grade A
The eighth-grade A team
improved their overall record
to 8-4 with a tournament cham-
pionship win recently. They
defeated Lampasas in game
one, 32-26. Blaine Burkhalter
led with 12 points, followed by
Conner Lyle, 11; Garrett
Johnson, six; and Devin
Rhodes, three.
Burnet beat Tippit in game
two, 52-33.
Burkhalter was the leading
scorer with 18 points, followed
by Tyler Davis, six; Kaleb
Alexander, five; Lyle, five;
Jaylen Laidler, four; Blake
Estes, four; Chandler Galban,
three; Devin Rhodes, three;
Johnson, two; and Hunter
King, two.
In their third tournament
game Burnet defeated
Fredericksburg, 24-21.
Burkhalter led with 12 points,
followed by Alexander, five;
Lyle, five; and Johnson, two.
Seventh-grade C
The seventh-grade White
team beat the Green team last
week, 12-10. John Lamed
scored four points for the
White followed by Will
Rundzieher, two; Christian
Hemandez, two; Grisham Pun,
two; and Stevenson
Williamson, two.
Brody Ellett scored four for
the Green, followed by
Abdullah Khawaja, two;
Donivan Williams, two; and
Will Gregg, two.
Eighth-grade C
The eighth-grade Green
defeated the White, 20-14.
Andrue Gonzalez and Hunter
Hale led the Green team with
eight points each, followed by
Hayden Clough, four; Jordan
Smith, two; Dylan Payne, two;
and Coy Gideon, two. Jacob
Robinett scored 10 points for
the White, followed by Kaden
Stubble field with four.
WAYNE CRAIG/CLEAR MEMORIES
A fast break steal leads to charity points for Burnet sev-
enth-grader Keaton Rodriguez, who put the final touches
on a 49-7 victory over Lampasas during tournament play.
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Jarrel
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
On Friday, Jan. 15, the
Burner High School boys soccer
team posted a huge win over
Jarrell, 12-0.
Four different Bumet play-
ers scored two goals in the con-
test, among them: Sergio Leon,
Tyler Torres, Eduardo Herta and
Mauricio Mejia.
Other players scoring one
goal apiece to round out
Burner's balance were: Hector
Lopez, Jose Ramirez, Trevor
Turner and Alex Perez.
Kyle Ybarra did a fantastic
job as well with two saves in the
contest. Other standouts for the
game included Oscar Cardenas,
Kyle Ward, Ulises Rojas, Daniel
Suarez, Ruben Rodriguez, and
Kameron Schmidt.
The Bulldogs played two
games last week. A Tuesday
game versus Bandera and a
Friday contest at Lorena. Stats
and results for those were not
yet available. The Bulldogs are
open this Friday but will return
to their home turf on Tuesday,
Feb. 2, when they host
Lampasas.
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Luke Pemberton was next
on the scoring chart with 12
points, followed by Johnson,
11; Kyle Cavender, 11; Caelin
Graves, 10; Pollard, nine; and
Carlos Herrera, one.
The victory evened
Burner's district record to 1-1.
On Friday Burnet fans
packed Bulldog gym to take in
the battle between the Dawgs
and the Cats. Coach Kiser's
crew did a great job early scor-
ing 16 points in the first while
hold Liberty Hill to just six
points.
In the second period the
Dawgs added 17 more points.
Ryan Robertson led the way
with a three-pointer and two
free throws for five. Cavender
scored four, as did Pollard.
Kiser and Graves each scored
two points and Bumet held a
33-19 lead at the break.
Despite some good shoot-
ing by Kiser who hit back-to-
back three pointers, Liberty
Hill took a 16-11 advantage in
the third and closed the Burner
lead a little. Going into the
fmaJip~fio,d~.~,.¢ D~wgs le~A4-
35.
Burnet spent a lot of time at
the line in the fourth. Tempers
flared on the Liberty Hill bench
and they were called for two
technical's, which eventually
led to the coach and a fan being
removed from the gym. As a
team Burnet cashed in 15 char-
ity points and scored 19 in the
period for the 63-42 win.
Kiser led the way with 16
points. He posted three three-
pointers in the game which
brought his week's total to
seven. He also made five of six
foul shots in the win.
Cavender scored double-
digits with 11, as did Pollard
with 10; Johnson, nine; Graves,
eight; Robertson, five; Tyler
Ford, two; and Pemberton,
two.
The Bulldogs will host
Llano this Friday to wrap-up
round one of district play. Tip-
off is set for 6:45 p.m. Last
week's crowd support was
awesome, keep it up.
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WAYNE CRAIG~CLEAR MEMORIES
Senior outfielder Ashley Hallmark is surrounded by
family, friends, and coaches as she signs to play soft-
ball at the next level. Following her senior year at
Burnet High School, Hallmark will take her talents to
Lufkin where she will play softball for the Angelina
Lady Roadrunners. Angelina softball has been turning
heads lately. Their softball program is ranked No.1 in
Division I Junior College going into the 2016 season.
Congratulations and best of luck to Ashley.
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
Seventh-grade B
The seventh-grade B team
recently traveled to Leander to
play in the Running Brushy
Middle School tournament.
They played four games, split-
ting the toumament with a 2-2
record.
In game one Burnet lost to
Running Brushy, 16-9. Scoring
points for Burnet was Genesis
Aguillon, three; Madison
Caropepe, two; Kelsey Keele,
two; and Brittany Baird, two.
Burnet defeated Leander in
game two, 14-2. Tori Nix,
Keele, and Karla Rodriguez,
each scored four points, and
Femanda Herrera added two.
Burnet lost game three to
girls did a great job at the
Running Brushy tournament
finished with a perfect 4-0
record. They defeated Running
Brushy 21-0 in game one. Kyli
Davis led with six points, fol-
lowed by Haley McHam, four;
Kyla Taylor, four; Gracyn
Bennett, two; Chantel Munguia,
two; and Makenna Gilmore,
one.
Next they beat Leander, 20-
10. Bennett led the way with 10
points, followed by Hailey
Evens, four; McHam, three;
Taylor, two; and Davis, one.
In their third game Bumet
beat Running Brushy, 26-10:
Davis was the leading scorer
with nine, followed by Bennett,
six; Munguia, three; Gilmore,
two; McHam, two; Taylor, two;
and Ashton Floyd, two.
Brushy 20-8. Leading scorers
included Reyvan Greenhaw,
eight; Courtney Quintero, four;
Juleya Cmwford, two; Emma
Nisely, two; Baylea Breeden,
two; Emmerson Walker, one;
and Yaire Silva, one.
In game two Burnet beat
Leander 13-7. Leah Ng and
Nisely each scored four;
Qu'mtero, two; Crawford, two;
and Greenhaw, one.
Burnet defeated Running
Brushy 19-9 in game three.
Cmwford led with six, followed
by Greenhaw, four; Ng, three;
Breeden, two; and Quintero,
twO.
Game four was an 11-6
Burnet win over Leander. Nisely
scored four; Greenhaw, two;
Cmwford, two; and Breeden,
one. The four wins improved
Connolly, two; and Kya
Martinez, one.
In game two Burnet came
up short, 15-11 to Leander. Lenz
scoredsix, followed by
Caitlynne Graves, three; and
Bailey Reeves, two.
Bumet played better against
Running Brushy in game three
but fell just shy, 18-14. Katie
Faris scored six, followed by
Amilee Shackelford, two;
Reeves, two; Connolly, two;
Lenz, one; and Graves, one.
In game four Bumet was
defeated by Leander, 28-14.
Martinez and Lenz each scored
four points. Tatum Davis,
Melissa Perez, and Connolly
each scored two.
On Thursday the Lady Pups
got back in the win column beat-
ing Llano, 47-19 in district play.
Running Brushy, 12-7. Toni Burnet ended the tournament Burnet's record to 9-3 overall. Lenz scored 13 points, followed
Poncik scored four points, fol- with a game four win over On Thursday the girls by Graves, 11; Shackelford,
~~o~k!~ Leander,' 35-7. Davis :hosted Llano for district play, nine; Connolly, four; Faris;
.... ~'~'~ ~ Bennett each sco/~ed 10, fol~ ~7'~eLad2~ Pups won the Coiitest~ three~ Reeves, ee; and Da~,is;
The Lady Pups ended the lowed by Gilmore, g'ix; McHam, 37-4 moving their district record twO. .....
tournament with a game four four; Taylor, two; Munguia, two; to 4-2. Seventh-grade C
win over Leander, 14-6.
Aguillon led with six points, fol-
lowed by Herrera, four; Nix,
two; and Bawd, two.
On Thursday the Lady Pups
hosted Llano for district play.
They improved their district
record to 3-3 with a 24-6 win
over the Daubers. Aguillon led
with 10 points, followed by
Keele, six; Rodriguez, two;
Mallory Payne, two; Poncik,
two; and Baird, two.
Seventh-grade A
The seventh-grade A team
and Halee Muccigrossi, one.
The seventh-grade A team
hosted Llano on Thursday and
improved their overall record to
8-5 with a 31-9 win over the
Jackets.
McHam was the leading
scorer with 10, followed by
Davis, nine; Taylor, six; and
Bennett, six.
Eighth-grade B
The eighth-grade B team
also did excellent at the tourna-
ment with a 4-0 record. In game
one Bumet beat Running
Quintero led with 12 points,
followed by Greenhaw, six;
Crawford, four; Nisely, four;
Ng, three; Breeden, two; Jordan
Langford, two; Silva, two; and
Walker, two.
Eighth-grade A
The eighth-grade A team
'Lady Pups had a tough go at the
Running Brushy tournament
and fell short in all four games.
They dropped game one to
Running Brushy, 18-10.
Greysen Lenz scored seven
points, followed by Kendal
The seventh-grade Spirit
and Pride teams tied last week,
4-4. Chloe Butcher and Hannah
Kilpatrick each scored two
points for the Spirit. Esmeralda
Carreon and Hala'ma Rojas each
scored two for the Pride.
Eighth-grade C
The eighth-grade Spirit team
defeated Pride, 8-5. Reygan
Blacklock scored all five points
for the Pride. Mariah Mendell
led the Spirit with four points,
followed by Alison Frost, two;
and Anna Barrios, two.
Lady Dawg
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
The freshman and JV Lady
Bulldogs have been knocking
out wins left and right and
both team have impressive
records to show for their work.
Following Tuesday night's
games against Salado and
Jarrell the JV girls were 13-4
on the season, 4-0 in district
play.
The freshman girls were
13-2 on the season, 2-0 in dis'
trict. Both team won their
Tuesday night games. The
freshman girls beat Jarrell, 58-
11 and the JV girls beat Salado
in a district match, 55-15.
On Friday night the two
teams traveled to Liberty Hill
and both squads hit a bump in
the road with losses to the
Lady Panthers.
hit bump in the road
Freshmen
The freshman girls hosted
Jarrell in a non-district match-
up last Tuesday night in
Burnet. The Lady Dawgs took
a 16-3 lead after one and had
increased that to 28-5 at the
break. Burnet continued their
dominance in the third, 14-4;
and the fourth, 16-2 for the 58-
11 win.
night. Bumet used some great
shooting and stingy defense to
outscore Salado 14-4 in the
first and 13-7 in the second for
a 27-11 halftime lead.
It was more of the same in
the second half as Burner
claimed the third 14-2 and the
fourth 14-2 for the big 55-15
win.
Kendall Rex was the lead-
Kathleen Fipps was the ing scorer with 14 points. She
leading scorer with 16 points.
She was followed by Brooke
Weller with 14, Hattie Blair,
10; Dream Romero, six;
McKinley Gonzalez, six;
Paige Bridgeman, two;
Katelyn LaJoie, two; and Gigi
Valdez, two.
Junior Varsity
The JV Lady Dawgs found
little resistance in Salado's
Lady Eagles last Tuesday
was followed by Emma Lewis
with nine, Craig, seven; Kiley
Burton, six; Julia Taylor, five;
Baby Romero, four; Trynadee
Greenwell, four; and Kianna
Moss, three.
Both teams were at
Lampasas on Tuesday and will
be at Llano on Friday. They
will host Taylor on Tuesday,
Feb. 2 games for the subvar-
sity squads start at 5:15 p.m.
WAYNE CRAIG/
CLEAR MEMORIES
Burnet freshman Samantha
Robison wins a loose ball
battle during the freshman
girls' game versus Jarrell
last week. Burnet won the
contest 58-11.
Silver linings for sub-varsity
BY WAYNE CRAIG
BULLETIN SPORTS
Despite playing through another
tough week, the subvarsity boys bas-
ketball teams are getting better with
each game and gaining valuable
experience that will help them play
better at the next level.
The two teams have good num-
bers and are focusing on teamwork
and skills to help them improve their
game.
Last week the boys traveled to
Salado before hosting Liberty Hill
on Friday. The JV Dawgs kept things
close versus the Eagles but dropped
both games for the week.
The freshman team pulled out
an exciting win over Salado but fell
short to the Panthers on Friday.
Freshmen
The freshman boys basketball
team posted their best quarter of the
season on the road Tuesday night at
Salado. Burner busted out of the gate
with 25 points in the first quarter of
play. Jud Roy lit-up the scoreboard
with seven points in the opener. Ross
Giesenschlag hit two three-pointers
in the first. Eric Paye cashed in five
of six free-throws. Zach Ferguson
contributed four points to the cause,
while Alfredo Lopez made one
bucket for two and Luke Aguillon hit
a free-throw. After one Bumet led,
25-20.
Both teams played better
defense in the second and Bumet
held the Eagles to just one point. The
Bulldogs added nine to their score by
way of shots by Roy, Paye and
Ferguson for a 34-21 halflime lead.
The Dawgs only scored two
points in the third with one Lopez
bucket, but they continued to battle
and eventually did enough to win the
game, 42-33.
Giesenschlag and Roy each
scored a dozen points to lead the
gym. Paye finished with seven,
Ferguson, six; Lopez, four; and
Aguillon, one.
On Friday night Bumet had a
hard time trying to slow the
Panthers. The Bulldogs scored dou-
ble-digits twice with 19 in the second
and 16 in the third but it wasn't
enough and they came up short, 76-
49.
Roy led with 14 points, followed
by Ferguson, 10; Paye, nine;
Giesenschlag, six; Ryan Jackson,
• five; Wyatt young, three; and
Aguillon, two.
Junior Varsity
On Tuesday night the JV kept
pace with Salado through the first
two quarters of play. Both teams
scored nine in the first. In the second
period Bumet put up 15 points led by
Ben Kelly who had seven in the
quarter. Salado had a good offensive
showing in the second as well finish-
ing with 16 which gave them a One
point lead at the break, 25-24.
Things unraveled for Bumet in
the third. Jordan Godfrey and Kelly
og teams
each made one bucket in the period
but that was all of Burnet's offense.
The Eagles scored 14 to take a 39-28
lead into the final eight minutes of
play.
Burnet did a good job in the
fourth period but could not over-
come the Eagles lead and lost the
game, 51-45.
Kelly led the Dawgs with 14
points. He was followed by Godfrey
with 13, Cole Younger, eight; Micah
Snow, five; Harrison Stewart, three;
and Reid Burton, two.
On Friday the Dawgs hosted
Liberty Hill and the Panthers used
relentless play to take a 36-15
halfflme lead. That eventually tumed
into a 68-39 win for the Hill.
Kelly led the Dawgs offensively
with 15 points in the contest. He was
followed by Snow, eight; Stewart,
seven; Joel Holland, four; and
Younger, four.
The JV and freshman will host
Llano this Friday at 5:15 p.m.
