Salado Eagles ran into a buzzsaw on the road, falling to the China Spring Cougars 48-7 in a District 9-4A contest to fall into second place. The Eagles will look to bounce back when they host the Jarrell Cougars Oct. 29.
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Eagles beat Connally Cadets 28-7
After the Eagles forced the visiting Waco Connally Cadets to punt at 9:51 in the first, the grinding offense took 18 plays and 9:58 of the clock to score on the first play of the second quarter.
JV Eagles shut out Gatesville
Salado JV Eagles shut out the Gatesville Hornets 22-0 in a home district game Oct. 7. The win improves the Eagles to 3-3 on th year and 1-0 in district play.
Salado Eagles swat Gatesville Hornets 42-6
Seth Reavis took Hutton Haire’s hand-off up the middle of the Gatesville Hornet defense and sprinted for a 69-yard touchdown on the Salado Eagles’ first play from scrimmage at 10:29 in the first and the District 9-4A Div 2 game was never in question after that.
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Eagles blast Ducks 59-6 for homecoming win
Salado Eagles scored four touchdowns in the second quarter to put their homecoming contest against the Taylor Ducks out of reach, going on to win 59-6.
The Eagles defense gave up only 119 yards total offense while the slot T chewed up 493 yards of turf, 466 on the ground as senior quarterback Hutton Haire handed off to five backs and carried the ball seven times himself.
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Eagles skunk Mexia 57-0
By Bruce Gordon
Contributor
On a clear warm night at Salado Field, parents John and Tracy Wilson were enjoying every minute of the Parents Night festivities with their son, senior power runner Aiden Wilson.
Anticipating a good game, John commented he hoped the Eagles could push past the Blackcats after disappointing losses to two-time State Champion Grandview and powerhouse Stephenville. “I am excited for the boys and feel that Coach Haire has got them Ready to go!”
The Wilsons, and a near sell-out home crowd weren’t disappointed as their Eagles delivered them a bruising 57-0 win over a strong Mexia Blackcats team. [Read more…] about Eagles skunk Mexia 57-0
9th, JV Eagles fall to Stephenville
JV Football
Nathan Johnson scored Salado’s only touchdown on a first quarter 14 yard run in the JV Eagles’ 24-6 loss to the visiting Stephenville JV Yellow Jackets on Sept. 9. Johnson was also named the Outstanding Defensive Player for the week. “We started the game well with getting ahead by scoring first. We just had a couple of mistakes. Looking forward to next week when we play Mexia,” Coach Dusty Youngblood said.
9th football
Salado Freshmen lost by a single point 8-7 to their Stephenville opponents on Sept. 9.
Brodie Landon rushed for a 30 yard touchdown in the second quarter. The JV team converted a one-point PAT.
Stephenville was able to score a touchdown in the third quarter and converted a two-point try for the 8-7 lead.
Landon was the Offensive Player of the Game. Outstanding Defensive Player was Benjamin McLane.
Eagles fall to Stephenville 48-21
Stephenville Yellow Jackets scored two touchdowns in the last 30 seconds of the first half to take an unsurmountable 31-14 lead over the visiting Salado Eagles Sept. 10, the second coming on a kickoff that rolled into the endzone and was recovered by Ben Kirbo. The Yellow Jackets went on to win in convincing fashion 48-21.
Zebras deny last minute TD pass for win over Salado
By Tim Fleischer
Editor-in-Chief
With 35 seconds left on the clock, Grandview’s Nash Caudle tomahawked the ball out of Salado’s Seth Reavis hands as he was making his way across the goal line to break up what would have lifted Salado over the #4 Zebras, forcing a third down and 18.
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Eagles trounce Troy 62-0
After a scoreless first quarter, it was all Salado as the Eagles trounced the Troy Trojans 62-0 in the season opener Aug. 27 at University of Mary Hardin Baylor’s Crusader Stadium.