JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — In a game featuring powered offenses, it was the defenses that decided the outcome in a Class 4A Division I state quarterfinal match between Burnet High School (11-3) and Liberty Hill (12-2) on Dec. 5. The Panthers won 23-15 after recovering a fumble on an early snap to […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Burnet High School head football coach Kurt Jones still remembers the trip like it was yesterday. In 2002, the Bulldogs would play for the Class 3A Division I state championship.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — On his drive back from San Angelo on Dec. 1, Josh Wooten, the father of Marble Falls High School junior quarterback Brennen Wooten and sophomore receiver Aaron Wooten, made two phone calls. The first was to his wife, Leanne, and the other was to Marble Falls athletic […]

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LLANO — Seven Llano High School football players were named to the All-District 13-4A Division II team for the 2014 season. Players include:

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Rhett Giesecke, 10, and Josh Whitecotton, 11, are preparing for something most athletes dream of doing: playing for a national championship. The two are members of the Round Rock Outlaws, a select football team. The assistant head coach is Mark Giesecke, Rhett’s dad. All three live in […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF WACO — The Burnet High School football team got the stop it needed and then picked up the biggest first down of the game to take a 38-35 victory over Waco Robinson in the Class 4A Division I regional quarterfinals Nov. 28. The Bulldogs (11-2) will play Liberty Hill in a […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Bobby Shirley, president of Burnet Bulldogs Tackle Football, wanted to do something to help the Thompson family. Joel Thompson, 6, a Marble Falls Elementary School student, began playing for Shirley this season after battling anti-NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis two years ago.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — In a game many thought would decide the District 13-4A Division I championship, the Burnet High School football steamrolled Waco Robinson 45-23 on Oct. 17. Now the two meet again — with the stakes even higher — in the regional quarterfinals of the Class 4A Division I playoffs.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF SAN ANTONIO — Kingsville King might have struck first, but once the Burnet High School football team got going, the Bulldogs didn’t stop. The Bulldogs (10-2) defeated the Brahmas (7-5) 56-27 on Nov. 21 in the area round of the Class 4A playoffs.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — The Burnet High School football team is bracing for another run-first offense when the Bulldogs take on Kingsville King on Nov. 21. The area-round playoff game is set for 7:30 p.m. at Comalander Stadium, 12002 Jones Maltsberger Road in San Antonio. Listen to the match starting with a […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Superintendents in Class 5A have been reaching out to each other and University Interscholastic League officials to talk about splitting football districts into “small school” and “big school” divisions.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — The Burnet High School football was dominant in beating Taylor 42-10 for a Class 4A bi-district championship Nov. 14. Next up for the Bulldogs (9-2) is King High School, a 23-14 winner over Pleasanton.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — The Llano High School football team fell to Navarro 61-7 on Nov. 7 to close out the 2014 season. Navarro (9-1 overall, 4-0 district) is the District 13-4A Division II champion. The Panthers led 35-7 in the first quarter.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — A rematch between the Burnet and Taylor high school football teams is Nov. 14 with much higher stakes. The two will battle for a Class 4A bi-district championship at 7:30 p.m. at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, 10211 W. Parmer Lane in Austin. Burnet finished the regular season […]

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