Jennifer Fierro, Author at Texas Chalk Talk

Marble Falls tennis getting ready for district tourney

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILtennis0 comment

CAPTION: Junior Cooper Womack is looking to continue his District 24-4A success. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School tennis team will compete at the District 24-4A tournament Tuesday and Thursday, April 22 and 24, at Taylor. Marble Falls received its seeding for each bracket. Two-time defending district champion Cooper Womack is seeded No. 1 in boys singles while the boys doubles team of Cooper Kelley and Weston York is seeded No. 1 and the boys doubles team of Nicolas Smith and Payton Glaser is seeded No.…

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Marble Falls baseball loses Taylor

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #ducks, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Junior pitcher Atreyu Machacek kept the Taylor Ducks guessing. He allowed very few hits and even fewer free bases. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team lost to Taylor 4-3 in 10 innings April 17 in District 24-4A play. The Mustangs (11-14, 5-5) scored in the second inning when freshman catcher Braxton Dicken hit a hard ground ball to the shortstop that brought home sophomore Owen Nash, who reached on a lead-off single, for a 1-0 lead. The Ducks (6-16-1, 4-6) tied the contest…

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Marble Falls ISD bond addresses weather impact

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: A $172.2 million bond package will be presented to Marble Falls Independent School District voters that has four propositions. One is the construction of an indoor practice facility. Early voting begins April 22-29. Texans have a saying when it comes to weather. “If you don’t like it, wait a minute.” But in the outdoor sports world, weather decides if the game will be played, moved or cancelled. Most governing bodies of extracurricular events have a policy for games that states how quickly a district contest must be made…

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Faith girls tennis wins state title

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #marblefallsfaith, #statechamps, #TAPPS, #tennis, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: The 2025 Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls tennis team is the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Class 3A state champion includes head coach Rich Coleman (left), Ella Lewis, Halley Offutt, Alyana Reyes, Jaden Turrentine, Emerson Price, Kate Green and assistant coach Aland Price (back). Courtesy photo The Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls tennis team won the Class 3A state championship of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools April 9-10 in Waco. And the boys team finished third at the state tournament led by…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Taylor

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Sophomore John Alan Whittle (left) and freshman Crawford Mattox exchange a fist pump as the two combine to score runs for the Mustangs. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team crushed Taylor 9-1 April 15 in District 24-4A play. The Mustangs (11-13, 5-4) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning only to see the Ducks (5-16-1, 3-6) tie it on a grounder in the third inning. In the fourth inning, junior Andrew Elwartowski singled to drive in a run then freshman Cade Briseno hit…

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Marble Falls Fortnite team wins national title

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #esports, #fortnite, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #Vanta0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls High School Fortnite team includes coach Linden Colwell (left), Jimmy Harlow, Jeremy Williams, Jesse Jimenez and Alex Turley. Courtesy photo In a short text, Marble Falls High School Principal Patrick Hinson was told the school’s Fortnite team captured the national championship of the Vanta Esports League. The text came April 7. The Fortnite team is part of the school’s esports squad. And Marble Falls beat Desoto for the title. In order to win a national championship, teams compete in video-game specific tournaments. The tournaments, which are…

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Marble Falls softball loses to Jarrell

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#Cougars, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Jarrell, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILsoftball0 comment

CAPTION: With one swing, freshman Callie Phillips gave the Lady Mustangs chance to at a comeback against Jarrell. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School softball team lost to Jarrell 5-4 April 15 to end the 2025 season. Trailing 4-1 the Lady Mustangs (10-16, 2-10) were down to their final three outs. The bottom of the sixth inning was especially brutal. The game was tied at 1-1 when Jarrell plated three. A Marble Falls outfielder misjudged the ball’s landing spot. Instead of it falling into her glove,…

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Burnet baseball beats Jarrell to complete sweep

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet senior catcher Alex Cantrill protects the plate and tags out the runner at the plate, which proved pivotal in beating the Leander Lions April 12. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School baseball team crushed Jarrell 12-3 April 11 in District 24-4A play. The win meant a clean sweep for the Bulldogs. “I think we pitched really well in both games,” head coach Russell Houston said. The Bulldogs (12-7, 4-5 fourth in district) scored four in the first inning before the Cougars (4-17, 1-6) answered with a…

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Burnet softball sweeps Marble Falls

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CAPTION: Head coach Ali Tippie (left), junior first baseman Carlee Williams and sophomore catcher Abby Bennight enjoy a laugh during a timeout while senior pitcher Presley Crawford looks on. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School softball team beat Marble Falls 8-1 April 11 in District 24-4A play. The Lady Dawgs seized control from the start thanks to senior pitcher Presley Crawford. The Sul Ross University signee allowed 1 earned run off 3 hits and a walk and struck out 14. Crawford made her outing sound like another day…

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Marble Falls tennis adds more wins in tough tourneys

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: Cooper Womack’s championship match in boys singles is referred to as the match of the day because of the long rallies and winning shots. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School tennis program competed in the Liberty Hill tournament and a Pflugerville tournament, both on April 11. The best match of the day was in boys singles between Marble Falls junior Cooper Womack and Liberty Hill junior Jacob Cooper. The Panther defeated the Mustang 7-5, 6-3. “There were a lot of people watching it,” Marble Falls head coach Samuel Whitley…