Lady Eagles 49
La Grange 41
Salado Lady Eagles defeated La Grange Nov. 24.
Lady Eagles 49
La Grange 41
Salado Lady Eagles defeated La Grange Nov. 24.
Salado Eagles 70
Robinson 52
Salado Eagles won a home game against Robinson Nov. 23.
Lady Eagles 35
Academy 31
Salado Lady Eagles went on the road to beat Academy Nov. 23.
Salado 49
Leander Glenn 72
Leander Glenn beat the Salado Lady Eagles 72-49 in a road game for Salado on Nov. 21.
Salado 42
West 28
After trailing 10-11 in the first quarter, Salado Lady Eagles took control of their road game against the West Lady Trojans to win 42-28 on Nov. 20. Salado led 22-16 at the half and 33-21 after three.
Salado Eagles controlled the clock with their ground game and relied on its stiff defense to keep the powerful Bellville Brahmas from scoring in the final minute to win the Area round of the 4A-2 playoff match 28-23.
The Eagles ate five minutes off the clock on its opening drive, to set the standard for Coach Alan Haire’s slot-T offensive approach of “if the other team doesn’t get the ball a lot, they can’t score a lot.”
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Salado 46
Grandview 39
Salado Lady Eagles scored 22 points in the fourth quarter to beat Grandview 46-39 in a home game Nov. 17. The Lady Eagles led 10-6 after the first, 18-16 at the half, but trailed 24-29 before running up 22 points in the fourth.
Salado varsity Eagles boys basketball lost to Lorena Leopards in their season opener on the road Nov. 13.
The Salado Football playoff game in College Station Fri. Nov. 13 has been canceled. Rusk High School forfeited the game due to players testing positive for COVID-19 and other players having to go under quarantine because of close contact.
Salado Eagles Football will advance to the Area round of playoffs next week and will be playing Bellville High School. Information on the date, time and location for the game is pending and will be updated when made available.
Superintendent Michael Novotny released the following statement for purchased tickets for the game.
“Those of you that have already purchased tickets can either use them next week for our playoff game against Bellville or you can bring them back to the high school office or Civic Center for a refund.”
Lorena Perez scored 15 of her game-high 29 points in the first quarter to lead the Salado Lady Eagles to a 58-44 win over the visiting Lorena Lady Leopards on Nov. 10.