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Marble Falls ISD outlines plan for next athletic director, head football coach

November 11, 2023November 13, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball, #uilplayoffs0 comment

The Marble Falls Independent School District is on the hunt for a new athletic director and football head coach. Brian Herman resigned the position Nov. 7. “He made the choice to resign of his own accord,” Dr. Jeff Gasaway, Marble Falls ISD superintendent, said Nov. 9, “and did so in a manner by announcing early puts us in a position to look early to find the person to replace him. I’m appreciative of how quickly (it happened).” The job was posted Nov. 8 and the closing date is Dec. 4.…

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Marble Falls boys basketball sees the opportunity in the challenges

November 10, 2023November 13, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk0 comment

The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team begins its season at Lockhart Saturday, Nov. 11, with the subvarsities playing at 11 a.m. and the varsity at 12:30 p.m. The Mustangs start the season as the defending District 24-4A champions and have seven returners. They are Jaime Castillo, Cooper Cochran, Davis Dreisbach, Garen Jones, Noah Lyon, Kody Smith and Tidus Willie. Seniors Bram Bowen, Gannon Curran and Chase Richard also join the team. “When you have a season like that, you want to continue to build,” head coach Travis Crain…

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Burnet football beats Somerset for bi-district crown

November 10, 2023November 15, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball, #uilplayoffs0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet senior Trenton Park gave Somerset trouble on both sides of the ball thanks to scoring and 9 tackles with a pass breakup. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School football team crushed Somerset 42-17 Nov. 9 for the program’s first bi-district championship in nine years. The Bulldogs (7-3, 4-1 District 13-4A Division I co-champions) have extended their winning streak to five straight. “I don’t think about it,” head coach Bryan Wood said of the streak. “I haven’t slowed down enough to think about it. We’re taking…

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Burnet cross country’s final 2023 race ends at state meet

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning, #UILstate0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet junior Victor Aviles is on his way to the finish line of the Class 4A state meet Nov. 4 at Old Settler’s Park. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School cross country girls cross country team and juniors Victor Aviles and Isaias Zarate performed well at the Class 4A state meet Nov. 4. Aviles was 11th in the individual standings of the boys 5K race thanks to finishing in 16 minutes and 5.8 seconds. Zarate completed his run in 16:59.7 for 55th overall. The race had…

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Marble Falls girls basketball learning through playing

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls sophomore Lila Pangborn and the Lady Mustangs continue to show improvement as the season plays out. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School girls basketball team lost to Austin McCallum 37-36 Nov. 7. The Lady Mustangs (0-2) had a 36-35 lead with eight seconds left with possession of the ball. McCallum got the ball and raced down to score, but the shooter was fouled. The McCallum shooter made both free throws with two seconds left. Marble Falls was out of timeouts, so it couldn’t…

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Faith Academy football has best game of year in finale

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

CAPTION: Faith Academy senior Cross Sanchez ends his time playing Faith football the way most dream by scoring eight touchdowns. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team ended its season with a 72-26 win against Austin Veritas Nov. 3, an important achievement for the Flames, defensive coordinator Jay Silvers said. “We wanted the seniors to end on a great note, to do right by them,” he said. “And we wanted to give the younger PLAYERS opportunities and reps.” No Flame had a better night than…

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The challenges set before Marble Falls football the last two years

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

CAPTION: Following of five years leading the Marble Falls football program, Brian Herman turned in his resignation Nov. 7. Photo by Ralph Arvesen Former Marble Falls High School football head coach Brian Herman compared the 2023 team to a snowball sitting on top of a hill. Minutes after his resignation Nov. 7 was announced, Herman reflected on the season and was asked about two components that may have factored into the program’s 3-17 record the last two years. In the five years he was the Marble Falls head coach, the…

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Burnet football aims to follow same successful formula against Somerset

November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #somerset, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School football team takes on Somerset at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at Toyota Rattler Stadium at San Marcos High School. Somerset (6-4) was in a three-way tie for second place in District 14-4A Division I with Uvalde (6-4) and Fredericksburg (3-7). All three had identical 3-2 district records. Somerset enters the playoffs as the district’s second seed based on points. Somerset head coach Koy Detmer, who was a quarterback at the University of Colorado and was a seventh-round draft pick of…

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Lampasas outlasts Canyon Lake for co-district championship

November 7, 2023November 9, 2023 Daniel Clifton#badgers, #canyonlake, #hawks, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Lampasas, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball, #uilplayoffs0 comment

CAPTION: Canyon Lake’s Harris Gilliam slices his way through the Lampasas Badgers’ defense during the two teams’ Nov. 3 contest. The Hawks and Badgers traded blows throughout the game, but in the end, Lampasas added to late fourth-quarter touchdowns to secure a 53-34 victory. Photo by Daniel Clifton The Lampasas High School football team needed the final three minutes of their road game against the Canyon Lake Hawks to lock in a part of the District 13-4A Division I crown. The Hawks (2-8 overall, 1-4 District 13-4A Division I) gave…

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Marble Falls football head coach Herman resigns

November 7, 2023November 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UILfootball0 comment

CAPTION: Brian Herman submitted his resignation Nov. 7 after five years of leading the Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department. Photo by Ralph Arvesen Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director and head football coach Brian Herman turned in his resignation Nov. 7, four days after the Mustangs completed the 2023 season. The school district announced the resignation in a joint statement with Herman that was released around 8:30 a.m. Herman will move into an administrative role under the direction of Dr. Jeff Gasaway, the district’s superintendent. Herman’s contract…