Salado finally tipped the scales into 3A and will join Burnet, Lampasas, Liberty Hill, Llano and Taylor High Schools in Region IV, District 25AAA in the 2010-2012 school years.
The University Interscholastic League realignments for football and basketball were announced this morning (Feb. 1).
The Eagles will face old foe Liberty Hill Panthers again after almost a decade apart from each other. The Panthers won the 3A State Championship two years in a row in 2006 and 2007 under head coach Jerry Vance.
The Eagles have not played football against the other District 25AAA opponents.
Salado is the smallest school in District 25AAA with an enrollment of 467.
The Llano Yellowjackets, which was 4-5 and 3-3 in football in 2009 in District 8AAA, are the second smallest school with a current enrollment of 495 students in the high school. According to football stadium database information found at www.texasbob.com and ww.statesman.com, Llano Stadium has seating capacity of 4,000 and a grass field.
The student enrollments then leap considerably as Liberty Hill Panthers reported an enrollment if 747 in October 2009. The Panthers were 4-5, 3-3 in District 8AAA football in 2009 under Coach Vance. Panther Stadium has a seating capacity of 2,500 according to the database listing at statesman.com.
The Taylor Ducks have an enrollment of 881 students. In 2009, the Ducks were 4-6 and 1-5 in District 24AAA football. Taylor Stadium has a seating capacity of 4,500 and a grass field, according to statesman.com.
The Burnet Bulldogs were the Champions of District 8AAA in 2009 with a season record of 8-3 and district mark of 5-0. Burnet High School turned in an enrollment of 966 in October 2009. The Bulldog Stadium has a capacity of 3,600 and a grass field, according to statesman.com. The capacity is listed at 4,905 on the texasbob.com database.
Lampasas High School was one of 12 4A high schools to be dropped down to 3A in the current realignment. The Badgers were 4-7 and 3-3 in District AAAA last year, making the playoffs in Division II where they lost 28-58 to Austin McCallum. Lampasas reports a student enrollment of 987. Badger Field has a capacity of 3,750 and a grass playing surface according to both online databases.
The online databases list the capacity for Salado’s Eagle Stadium as 3,000.

Wildfire Open to the World

in Salado Feb. 12-14

Wildfire Ranch welcomes some of the biggest names in professional rodeo Feb. 12-14 to its indoor arena.
Professional cowboys such as Team Roping World Champions Rich Skelton and Speed Williams as well as repeatedly crowned All-Around World Champion Trevor Brazile and many, many more will be converging on Wildfire Ranch in Salado.

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Green Living Fair in Salado

A stampede is coming to Salado this spring, First Annual Renewable Energy Stampede & Green Living Fair is brought to North Central Texas by organizers with over 25 years experience in renewable energy and healthy green living and 10 years of fair organizing. Festivals co-organized by TREIA and TXSES have rallied exhibitors, sponsors and over 8000 returning fair goers for unparalleled events connecting businesses and customers for sustainable, healthy green living solutions sought by Texans.

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