[dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore having a stadium named after him and earning a spot in the Texas High School Football Coaches Hall of Honor, Bob Shelton was front and center to the old Buda-Kyle rivalry.

Shelton, who for four years was the Buda Bulldogs head football coach, said Kyle was the basketball power, while Buda was a football town.

And while there was much “consternation” by adults when the towns sought to consolidate, Shelton remembers how quickly the students banded together.

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