By Johnny Wheeler
Special Contributor
The Salado Eagles hosted the Academy Bumblebees in a Homecoming match-up that featured two teams with a mirror-image offensive philosophy. The only noticeable difference was Academy’s Quarterback Kasey Mraz is a lefty. A packed Eagles Stadium was rocking as these two rivals, whose stadiums sit about 10 miles apart as the eagle flies, squared off in an east Bell County showdown.
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Salado High School crowned its 2022 Homecoming King and Queen during the halftime of the Salado Eagles football game against the Academy Bees on Sept 16. Tyler Anderson was named as Homecoming King, with Amy Ortiz named Homecoming Queen. For photos of all the nominees and their escorts and Homecoming Court underclassmen, turn to page 4C this edition. (Photo by Royce Wiggin)
Senior Homecoming King and Queen Nominees and Escorts were these:
Salado Varsity Lady Eagles hosted Academy Sept. 6.
In a rematch from mid- August where Salado won 2-0, the Lady Bees of Academy came into Salado with a 16-9 record and winners of 8 of their last 9 matches, but would come back down to earth against the Lady Eagles.
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By Johnny Wheeler
Special Contributor
A game which started out looking like a Salado Eagles romp ended up being more like a late-November heavyweight playoff match-up. The Malakoff Tigers, ranked #7 in Class 3A, rallied from a two touchdown fourth quarter deficit to pull out a thrilling 29-27 Double Overtime win over Salado Friday at Panther Stadium in Hewitt.
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Salado Lady Eagles traveled west Sept. 2 to face off with the Killeen Lady Kangaroos where they completed the straight-set victory 25-11, 25-20, 25-15.
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By Tim Fleischer
Editor-in-Chief
Drew Bird’s interception of Bryan Rudder quarterback Xavier Ramirez’s pass at the Salado 43 yard line with 5:54 left in the game led to a 38-yard Daniel Chtay field goal with 2:59 left to play, giving the Eagles a 38-28 win on the road.
The Salado Lady Eagles took a little time to settle against the visiting Savio squad, but were able to come away with a straight set victory (25-22, 25-15, 25-14) on Aug. 26.
By Tim Fleischer
Editor-in-Chief
Salado Eagles looked as if they have been running the spread for years, not mere weeks, dismantling the visiting Battlin’ Billies from Fredericksburg to begin Tom Westerberg’s return to his hometown on a Friday night with fans spilling out of the stands onto the lawn of the venerable Eagle Stadium.
The Eagles sent the Billies home with a 53-17 licking.
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Salado Eagles open their football season at home 7:00 p.m. Aug. 26 against the Fredericksburg Battlin’ Billies, a 2021 Region II Finalist in 4A-Div 1.
The Lady Eagles varsity volleyball program spent the weekend playing in the Pflugerville Volleypfest where they found themselves against some tough competition.
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