Smoking Eagles of AHS ‘burned’ at state BBQ championship Written by Beverly Horner Published: 17 May 2021
Several accomplished juniors and senior students of Atascocita High School were ‘burned’ when the board announced the wrong team as grand champions at the recent state tournament prior to everyone leaving the event.
This resulted with the incorrect team taking home the trophy. Soon, the event board realized the calculation and tabulation error and as a result, they agreed to make it right for the undisputed grand champions, The Smoking Eagles.
There are two teams, the senior team, referred to as the Smoking Eagles, and the junior team, called the Little Smoking Eagles. Both teams got started in 2019. Their first competition was at the neighborhood level at the Eagle Springs Cookoff in November 2019.
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Andres Reyes from Rankin High School tends his team’s fire at the Texas State High School BBQ Championship on April 24, 2021.
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DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Burnet High School s Bulldog FFA BBQ team captured a share of the grand championship at the High School BBQ state cook-off April 23-24 in Llano. Four of the 62 teams competing were from the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District. Courtesy photo
When the pits had cooled at the High School BBQ state cook-off April 23-24, the Bulldog FFA BBQ team had a share of the grand championship.
“It’s a highlight, that’s for sure,” said Brandon Evans, the Burnet High School agriculture science teacher. “There’s a lot of highlights we’ve had here at this ag chapter. We’ve had a state FFA president. We’ve had animals win grand champion at major stock shows. I would say this is up there with those as a highlight.”
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