Salado Eagles lost their Homecoming game, 41-17, Sept. 22 to the Boerne Greyhounds, the #3 team in 4A Div. 1.
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Lady Eagles sweep Thorndale, La Vega
Salado Lady Eagles swept both of their volleyball games last week, beating Thorndale 25-7, 25-15, 25-14 on Sept. 19 and winning their District contest over La Vega, 25-9, 25-14 and 25-13 on Sept. 22.
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Salado Lady Eagles won both the varsity and JV divisions of the Tenroc Ranch Invitational cross country meet on Sept. 14.
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Salado Eagles Varsity boys cross country team placed first in the 5A/6A division of the Salado Tenroc Invitational Sept. 14.
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Salado Eagles lost on the road to the Academy Bees 55-28 on Sept. 15.
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Salado Lady Eagles swept Marble Falls and Burnet in non-district volleyball last week.
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Salado swept Harker Heights 25-20, 25-17 and 25-10 in a home match Sept. 1.
The Miracle on Thomas Arnold
“I’m too old for this….” Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon, a movie that came out when I was 21 years old.
The fictional character played by Danny Glover was six years younger than me. I was feeling him as I watched the Bryan Rudder Rangers go up 34-0 on my Salado Eagles, a team I have covered since 1988, in less than 18 minutes of play.
But then something happened that this sportswriter has never seen happen before while covering the Salado Eagles.
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Salado Eagles took a 28-14 halftime lead over the Fredericksburg Battlin Billies and then held onto to 45-35 win.
Lady Eagles beat #3 Stephenville in five sets
Salado Lady Eagles came from a two-set deficit to beat the visiting #3 Stephenville Honeybees in five sets Aug. 22.
The fourth set was tightly fought, though Salado took an early 9-5 lead. The Honeybees tied the score at 14-14 and neither team could get more than two points ahead, tying again at 19-19, 20-20, 21-21, 22-22, 23-23 and 24-24.
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