With losses to Burnet and Liberty Hill last week, Salado Eagles varsity basketball squad fell to 13-16 on the year and 1-6 in district.

Eagles 45

Burnet 61

Salado Eagles traveled to Burnet Feb. 5 where they lost to the Bulldogs 45-61 in a District 25-4A basketball game.

Salado scored 10 points in the first and trailed by four. The Eagles trailed by four at the end of the half, 20-28 before Burnet poured on 19 point sin the third and held Salado to just eight points.

With both teams in the penalty, the majority of the 35 points in the fourth quarter came from the free throw lines.

Trevor Stump had three three-point shots to lead the Eagles with 19 points, even without a trip to the free throw line.

Justin Tatum scored eight of his 14 points at the free throw line where he was perfect on the night.

Also scoring for Salado were Preston Rosebrock, six points, Luke Miller and Evan Wall, two points each and Garrett Lightfoot ad Peyton Kyburz, one point each.

Eagles 39

Liberty Hill 53

Salado Eagles lost to the Liberty Hill Panthers 39-53 at home Feb. 2, even though they trailed by just one point after the first period 10-11.

The Panthers took a 25-17 halftime lead and scored 21 points in the third to pull away.

Preston Rosebrock scored 13 points to lead Salado, with three point shots in the first and fourth periods.

Trevor Stump followed with nine points. Also scoring for the Eagles were Justin Tatum, seven points, Evan Wall, four points, Jeremy Jarvis, three points and Anthony Young, one point.

SHS JV Eagles 38

Liberty Hill 57

Kade Maedgen, 10 points, Jeff Stockton, 8 points, Ryan Kyburz, 7 points, Carson Wade, 5 points, Jake Pittman, 4 points, Hudgens and Brown, 2 points each.

SHS JV Eagles 40

Burnet 43

Maedgen, 18 points, Pittman, 13 points, Stockton and Kyburz, 4 points each, Brown, 1 point.

SHS 9th Boys 19

Liberty Hill 61

Samuel Brown, 6 points, Perkins, 4 points, Nick Burns, 3 points, Nathaniel Eschmann and Barrett Schoenrock, 2 points each, Roedeffer, 1 point.

SHS 9th Boys 56

Burnet 52

Warren Roche, 16 points, Schoenrock, 15 points, Gordy Nelson, 10 points, Burns, 9 points, Eschmann, 4 points, Brown, 2 points.