August 5, 2022 - Texas Chalk Talk

Marble Falls ISD weight rooms get big upgrades thanks to booster club’s contribution

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The Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club unanimously voted to contribute $19,000 towards upgrades to the weight rooms at Marble Falls high school and middle school during a meeting Aug. 4. Those votes electrified attendees, coaches and the athletes. “There’s tingling in my arms,” club president Shannon Roberts said. “I’ve never seen that type of excitement in the room. We have goals, and this is what we do as a booster club.” That is take care of the student-athletes by assisting coaches in helping them obtain equipment and other needs to…

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Burnet football’s Moms Night Out gives participants a better understanding of the sport

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A new group of athletes emerged from the meeting room of the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District field house Aug. 4 determined to learn even more about the game of football from those who know it best – the Bulldog coaches and players themselves. The new group — more than 60 mothers of the current players — had visited Bulldog Field numerous times, but rarely did they understand some of the basic concepts of the sport such as the positions, what the players and coaches do at practices, and why…

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Smoking For Jesus Eagles’ motivation for a three-peat shows in their attendance

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The end of practice Aug. 4 wasn’t what the Smoking For Jesus Ministry School’s football staff wanted to see. So new offensive coordinator Russ Roberts asked the players to get back in their formations to run one more play. With the intensity kicked up, the Eagles displayed what the coaches wanted: movements where every player knew where to go and who to block, a toss to the running back that hit him in stride and allowed him to quickly read where to go, and a defense that fought through the…