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Marble Falls High grad Kason O’Riley makes Team USA

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #TeamUSA, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #USA0 comment

CAPTION: Kason O’Riley has high-jumped his way onto a Team USA squad for the first time two years after graduating from high school. Photo by Shawn Price/University of Arkansas track media High jumper Kason O’Riley earned a spot on the U.S. National team’s 23-and-under squad that will be competing at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association Games for athletes ages 23 and younger July 21-23 in San Jose, Costa Rica. That’s because O’Riley finished seventh at the U.S. Track and Field Outdoor Championships July 9 thanks to…

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Marble Falls softball adds new assistants to staff

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Hailey Wooten (front) turns as her Lady Dawgs celebrate a playoff win during the 2023 season. Wooten will join the Marble Falls High School staff for the 2023-24 school year. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School softball program, under the direction of head coach Alex Lozoya, will have two new assistant coaches for the 2023-24 school year. They are Aspen Howie, who will coach physical education and basketball at Marble Falls Middle School and softball at the high school, and Hailey Wooten, a 2013 Marble…

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Marble Falls Athletic Booster provides assistance to the Mustangs, Lady Mustangs during standout year

July 8, 2023July 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Middle School weight room is receiving more equipment to help players better prepare for being a high school athlete. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club has a pivotal role in providing an invaluable assist to the athletic department at Marble Falls Independent School District. And like many players whose assists are most enjoyed by those who score, booster club leaders appreciate the acknowledgement but don’t work harder in order to get praise. Instead, club president Shannon Roberts noted, the leaders are…

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Coaching at Faith Academy allows baseball coach Ellis to share the game he loves

July 8, 2023July 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: The Hill Country Renegades, a select baseball organization started by new Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball head coach Rob Ellis (back row, fourth from left), has five teams including this one. The squad includes Cade Osloond (front row, left), Zane Conley, Owen Martin, Wade Butts, Braxton Dicken and JA Whittle; coach Brian Tiemann (back row, left), Kade Landry, Braxton Blair, Ellis, Austin Ellis, Weston Starke, coach Kyle Landry and Crawford Mattox. Courtesy photo New Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball head coach Rob Ellis repeated the question as…

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Burnet’s MaeSyn Gay learns plenty while recovering from injury

July 8, 2023July 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet High School senior MaeSyn Gay (left) is coaching the incoming freshmen during volleyball summer league play at Marble Falls. Coaching is one of Gay’s newest additions and something she discovered she enjoys while recovering from a knee injury. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Burnet High School senior MaeSyn Gay is still on gymnasium sidelines, proving once more the gym is her home away from home after spending the spring semester of the 2022-23 school year rehabbing an injured knee. “It’s really good,” she said with her trademark smile.…

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Marble Falls tennis opens courts for competition, improvement

July 6, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #tennis, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Tennis players of all ages converge on the Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center on the Marble Falls High School campus each Monday and Wednesday to play a set or two. And for the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs, to get ready for the 2023-24 season. Head coach Sam Whitley has invited players from Faith Academy of Marble Falls, Burnet and Lago Vista to play, too. Burnet players Tatum Salinas, who advanced to the Class 4A state tournament in girls doubles with partner Aly Van Zandt, and Nick Dietrich participate and…

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Sawyer ready to guide Faith Academy volleyball program

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CAPTION: Erin Sawyer (kneeling) believes volleyball has a positive impact for those who participate, especially the Faith Academy Lady Flames, including Alyana Reyes (left), Ella Chavira and Megan Burrows wait to enter the match. File photo Erin Sawyer may be the new volleyball head coach at Faith Academy of Marble Falls, but she isn’t a new face to students, faculty members and others associated with the school. She spent the last two years as an assistant coach on Adrienne Pabon’s staff and as the Faith Academy junior high school coach.…

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Marble Falls graduate O’Riley looks to make international debut

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CAPTION: Marble Falls graduate Kason O’Riley helps the University of Arkansas win the NCAA Division I men’s Indoor national championship. Now he aims for a spot on Team USA to compete internationally. Photo by Adriana Kitchen/University of Arkansas Athletics Marble Falls High School graduate Kason O’Riley will compete at the U.S. Track and Field Outdoor Championships Sunday, July 9, at Eugene, Oregon. The 2021 Class 5A state champion high jumper has a chance to represent the U.S. at the World Athletics Championships Aug. 19-27 at Budapest and at the North…

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Nolan Gerfers takes over at Burnet High School swimming coach

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Nolan Gerfers is the new Burnet High School swimming and diving coach. He served as a summer league swim coach in Houston prior to accepting the job at Burnet, adding he applied for the position because of the legacy of the Water Dawg program. “Once I applied to Burnet and getting to talk with some of the people here and the athletic director (Kurt Jones), they told me of the strong tradition Burnet has,” he said. “That’s what drew me in. I’m excited to be apart of that. I know…

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Marble Falls girls basketball enjoys relaxing summer

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Kylie Roberts (right) will be counted on to give quality minutes during the 2023-24 basketball season. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School girls basketball program didn’t play in a summer league in 2023. Head coach John Berkman noted the many reasons why. The biggest, he said, is because he felt his players needed the break based on the grueling summer of 2022 and the 2022-23 season. The Lady Mustangs won the District 24-4A championship and two playoff contests. “There is validity to that, I am…