December 20, 2023 - Texas Chalk Talk

Burnet football coach Wood announces plan to leave

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CAPTION: Burnet football head coach Bryan Wood says he is looking for a new job after guiding the Bulldogs to a share of the District 13-4A Division I championship and two playoff victories in 2023. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography When Bryan Wood became the Burnet High School head football coach in summer 2021, Burnet Consolidated Independent School District administrators believed they hired the individual who had the ability to draw north Burnet County closer together and guide the Bulldogs back to the program’s standards. After three years, Wood has…

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Burnet CISD’s Jones announces retirement

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

After 23 years of service to Burnet Consolidated Independent School District, athletic director Kurt Jones said he is retiring from public education at the end of the 2023-24 school year. “It’s 100 percent my decision,” he said. “My wife and family and I have been talking about it for a little while. I was thinking this might be the right time the closer we got to this date. I’m 100 percent convinced it’s the right timing.” His son, senior athlete Grant, will graduate at the end of this school year,…

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Marble Falls boys basketball beats Salado

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CAPTION: Marble Falls junior point guard Tidus Willie finds various ways to contribute to the scoring in defeating Salado. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team defeated Salado 57-55 Dec. 19. Though the game was close throughout, it rarely felt like the Mustangs weren’t going to win. “We felt like we’d always get a big play and they would answer,” head coach Travis Crain said. “We could never totally pull away from them. Credit to their coaching staff. I’m proud of our guys. We…