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Winning district opener important to equally talented Burnet and Lampasas football teams

CAPTION: The Burnet Bulldogs are looking to contain the Lampasas Badgers’ lethal passing attack in the district opener for both squads. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Ludecke Photography Long-time rival Lampasas will visit the Burnet High School football team in a most anticipated District 13-4A Division I opener. The contest is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Bulldog Field, 1400 Bulldog Stadium Drive. Both teams enter this contest with identical 3-2 records. Both offenses like to sling the ball and rely on accurate quarterbacks and strong and speedy receivers to make…

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Smoking For Jesus football ready to apply what they’ve learned in final non-district game

CAPTION: The Smoking For Jesus Eagles are looking to soar in the final weeks of the season with the aim of capturing a third consecutive state title. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Smoking For Jesus football team wants to wrap up its final pre-district contest with road win at Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills. The game is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. Head coach Charles Frazier, Sr. noted the bulked-up schedule has given the Eagles (1-5, 0-1 Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations), who won two straight…

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Marble Falls football begins district play at Canyon Lake

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs’ defense will have to tackle well as a unit in defending Canyon Lake senior running back Helijah Johnson. Photo by Juan Gonzales/Visual Concepts Sports Photography Two weeks of preparation for the District 13-4A Division I opener has the Marble Falls High School football team ready for the road trip to Comal Canyon Lake at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. “We have an energetic game plan,” Mustangs head coach Brian Herman said. “Traditionally, they’re a strong program. They have a strong and talented senior group.” Both…

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Faith Academy football focuses on district play, earning a playoff berth

CAPTION: Faith Academy junior Kade Shaw and the Flames are traveling to face Waco Live Oak in a rematch of last year’s state title game. Photo by Stennis Shotts Faith Academy head football coach Stephen Shipley said the weeks of preparations leading up to the district opener at Waco Live Oak Classical went very well for the Flames. The game is at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at 400 S. Fourth St. in Waco. This is a rematch of a state championship of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial…

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