Let’s go Bulldogs: BCISD campuses to close for Friday night football
The Burnet High School football team celebrates with the trophy awarded to them after they got the win in the bi-district championship against Andrews High School on Nov. 14. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography
School will be out across Burnet Consolidated Independent School District campuses on Friday, Nov. 21, so that as many people as possible can make it to the high school football team’s playoff game near Wichita Falls.
The Bulldogs, on Nov. 14, won the first round of the 2025 University Interscholastic League Texas Football State Championship- Conference 4A DI against the Andrews High School Mustangs in a 21-7 contest.
That win propelled them to the next round, scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday against the Randall Raiders at Hawk Stadium, 1000-1298 Johnson Road in Iowa Park, about four hours away from Burnet.
BCISD has dozens of staff heading to Friday’s game and hopes that the community also comes out in force since campuses will be closed.
“Thank you for your support of our students and athletes,” reads a Monday, Nov. 17 post to the BCISD Facebook page. “Let’s travel well and fill the stands with green! Go Dawgs!”
Tickets to the game can be purchased at this link for $5.
The Bulldogs head coach, Ben Speer, shared his excitement with DailyTrib.
“It feels great, I’m just so joyful for those kids,” he said of the team’s win against Andrews. “Especially the seniors, they’ve been through so much adversity this season. It’d be so easy for them to pull away from the team and be selfish, but they never wavered.”
Burnet’s win over Andrews was redemptive, as the Bulldogs also faced the team in the first round of the 2024 playoffs, losing 35-21.
Speer said that the team is riding high from their win, but they’re refocusing for the game against Randall.
“We sure enjoyed the heck out of the win, those kids earned it, but as fun as it is, we’re on to the next one,” he said.
Burnet’s current record is 4-7 overall and Randall’s is 9-2 overall. The Randall team won 49-0 against their first round opponent, the Austin High School Panthers.