March 6, 2022 - Texas Chalk Talk

Flames begin season with eye-popping performance

March 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #FaithAcademy, #Flames, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #TAPPS0 comment

When the Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball team trotted onto the YMCA of the Highland Lakes field for its season opener March 4, few knew what to expect. And yet no one expected what they saw. The Flames crushed Bulverde Living Rock 15-0 in a contest that ended after three innings because of the run rule. Sophomore pitcher Kade Shaw threw a no-hitter and struck out eight batters and walked three. Offensively, junior Justin Mottle had 4 RBIs. Faith head coach Zakk Revelle noted that Living Rock wasn’t at…

Lady Dawg returns to Class 4A powerlifting state meet

March 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #LadyStangs, #MarbleFalls, #Powerlifting, #TexasChalkTalk, #THSPA, #UIL0 comment

Burnet High School sophomore Abby Smith qualified for the Class 4A Division I powerlifting state meet after finishing third overall in the 114-pound division at regionals on March 4. Smith lifted a total of 635 pounds thanks to squatting 254 pounds, bench-pressing 145 pounds, and dead-lifting 250 pounds. She set new personal bests in the deadlift, the bench press and in the overall total. The state is divided into eight regions. The top two lifters in each region automatically qualify. But Smith’s total weight lifted was the best of the…