Salado ISD Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Glenn Talbott resigned his position Feb. 13, effective at the end of his contract on June 30.
Talbott leaves the district after three years as AD and head football coach and nine years in Salado schools. In his three years as head football coach, Salado Eagles were 8-22.
Belton—Funeral services for Randy Allen Stanley, 23, of Belton will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 16, 2013, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Rick Lasly officiating. Burial will follow at the Rest Haven Cemetery.
Salado Lady Eagles will face the Bruceville-Eddy Lady Eagles in the first round of the playoffs on Monday Feb. 11 at Gatesville High School at 7:00 pm.
Salado Lady Eagles finished third in district after a three-game skid with losses to Jarrell, Academy and Cameron.
Lady Eagles 50
Cameron 51
Salado Lady Eagles lost a tightly-contested road game to the Cameron Lady Yoe 50-51 on Feb. 4.
The teams fought back and forth throughout the first half with Cameron taking a narrow 20-19 margin to the lockers.
Cameron built a nine-point lead of 35-26 midway through the third quarter, before the Lady Eagles went on a 10-1 run to tie the score at 36 with 5:56 left to play. The Yoe then scored five unanswered points in the next minute of play. Salado scratched its way to a 45-45 tie with 1 minute left in the game.
Lady Yoe took advantage of a three-point shot and free throws to hold on to a 51-47 lead with seconds left in the game.
Ashley Adams hit a three with no time left in the game, but Salado fell short.
The girls shot just over 50 percent at the free throw line, going 15-for-29.
Meredith Ward led the Lady Eagles with 16 points.
Taryn Kornegay followed with 9 points.
Also scoring for Salado were Jaylee Sebek, Ashley Adams and Taylor Atwood, all with 7 points each and Payton Dreitz and Carmella Perez, 1 point each.
Lady Eagles 44
Academy 47
Ashley Adams scored 6 of her 16 points in the first quarter to lead the Lady Eagles to 12-9 first quarter lead. Salado lost the lead in the second scoring 6 and missing four free throws to enter the half trailing 18-19. The Lady Eagles scored 11 points in the third to trail 29-31 going into the fourth. Salado was outscored 15-16 in the fourth for a 44-47 loss.
Ashley Adams led the Lady Eagles in scoring with 16 points. Followed by Carmella Perez, 10 point.
Also scoring for Salado were Meredith Ward, 9 points; Jaylee Sebek, 7 points; Payton Dreitz, 2 points.
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That’s what he was until Saladoans Bill and Connie Hall saw him outside Petco a couple years back.
Now Mojo, a two-year-old blue heeler mix has his own Facebook page and Youtube videos. He has been featured in newspaper articles, TV news and trade magazine stories.
Belton— Funeral services for Archie Lee “Poppy” Guyer, 71, of Salado will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton. Burial will follow at Salado Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Friday evening February 1, 2013 from 6 to 8PM at the funeral home.
Graveside services for Margaret Louise England, 91, of Salado, will be held at 10 AMThursday, January 31, 2013, at the Salado Cemetery with Max Johnson officiating.
Mrs. England died Tuesday January 29, 2013 at a Bartlett nursing home.
Salado – Services for Ralph Martone Jr., 83, of Salado, will be private.
Susan Staples Smith, 91, of Georgetown, died at home on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Visitation is at 9:00am, Friday, January 4 at Ramsey Funeral Home, 5600 Williams Drive in Georgetown. Services at 10:00am, minister Darrell Knight officiating. Burial will follow at Comal Cemetery in New Braunfels.
Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Soldier who died Dec.14 near Kouma Lake.
Staff Sgt. Kelly David Bangle, 30, whose home of record is listed as Whetstone, Ariz., entered the military in September 2003 as a signals intelligence analyst. He arrived at Fort Hood in March 2011 and was assigned to Company A, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, since March 2012.
AUSTIN, Texas – Public-education advocates are crying foul over a tax-credit provision in a Texas school-reform package proposed this week by the incoming head of the Senate Education Committee. They say it’s a backdoor attempt to introduce school vouchers to the state.