Burnet Bullpups finish third at Wimberley
BURNET — The Burnet Middle School eighth-grade A boys basketball team finished third in the Wimberley Tournament over the weekend and recorded a 46-33 win against Lampasas recently.
Burnet defeated LaVernia, 53-49 in overtime, for third place in the tournament. "The Bullpups came out and played a good game with the score going back and forth with our boys leading most of the game," coach Tim Hulon said. "It started to show a little they were tired, but we were able to stay out there and fight."
Late in the fourth quarter, LaVernia made a late run to send the game into overtime.
"We came out playing hard and again ran the court," the coach said. "It was a great stretch of basketball for the guys."
The Bullpups opened tournament play against Marble Falls, winning 38-32.
"It was a real struggle, and we made a lot of mistakes that we knew we would have to fix," Hulon said.
Dripping Springs defeated Burnet, 53-31, in the next game.
"Some big mistakes and not able to make some shots came to hurt us in the second quarter and we just were not able to come back against a very good Dripping Springs team," the coach said.
Against Lampasas, Burnet played an uptempo pace and pressured the Badgers.
"Which caused them some problems," Hulon said. "On offense we ran the court and mixed up our offense, scoring quite often. It was a great game for our guys, and I believe it was the best game that we have played all year as a team."
Burnet dropped in 13 points in the first quarter and added another 14 in the second to take a 27-11 halftime lead.
Cory Cavender led the Bullpups with 16 points followed by Alex Melvin’s eight, Cameron Chafin’s seven, Taylor Barksdale’s six, Travis Massingill’s four, Caleb Willming and John West each with two each, and Anthony Martinez finished with one.
Hulon said the win illustrates the Bullpups are improving.
"We put together a dominating game, allowing us to feel comfortable and really allowing our players to excel and learn the game," he said.