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Expansion to the Llano ISD indoor facility will propel athletes to better results

April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series. New additions to campus life at Llano High School are being constructed, including one that will benefit the athletic department. The indoor facility is receiving renovations to create a boys locker room, weight room and coaches offices. Projected completion is in the next few months. Athletic director Matt Green said the weight room will be used by high school athletes in every sport. He strongly believes one big reason why the Lady Jackets captured the District 5-3A championships in volleyball…

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Marble Falls baseball loses to Salado

April 2, 2025April 3, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Eagles, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior shortstop Canon Cochran starts leaning down to tag the Salado Eagle out during a rundown in the first inning. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team lost to Salado 12-7 April 1 in a battle of undefeated teams in District 24-4A. The Eagles (12-5-1, 7-0) struck first thanks to a two-out RBI double by B.J. Amann. But the threat ended thanks to a rundown between second and third when junior shortstop Canon Cochran tagged the runner out. The Mustangs (10-10, 4-1)…

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Experience, coaching highlights month for Faith Academy baseball

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #TAPPSbaseball, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Spencer Kenney competed well before a suffering a season-ending injury that coaches believe happened before the start of the baseball season. Courtesy photo The Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball team is 2-2 in District 3-3A play of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. The team has 13 players including senior Carter Fromberg and junior Sawyer Jones. The others are sophomores Braxton Blair, Wade Dillard, Austin Ellis, Cooper Hansard, Spencer Kenney, Ben Kosoglow, Nixon Little, Logan Norton, Price Rosamond, Hudson Russell and Michael Wenzel. “They’re not intimidated,”…

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Marble Falls ISD students say why items in bond package are beneficial

March 31, 2025April 3, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

A kickoff party hosted by those in support of the bond package the Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees approved to present to voters was conducted March 30 at the Fresh Air and Food Park in Cottonwood Shores. The bond package will be on the May 3 ballot. Among the speakers were several students who told attendees why the district wide improvements the bond is addressing are important for campus life. Taking the lead was senior middle-distance runner Tyler Hamblin, who has competed at the highest level of…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Johnson City

March 29, 2025March 29, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Here’s Marble Falls junior Atreyu Machacek’s swing on the game-winning hit that brought home sophomore John Alan Whittle in the bottom of the sixth inning against Johnson City. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team beat Johnson City 10-9 March 28 in a non-district contest. Marble Falls was cruising, taking a 9-0 lead to the top of the sixth inning. But the Eagles, ranked No. 1 in the Class 2A poll of the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association, showed why. They sent 15…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Akins

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Senior pitcher Brenton Liscum took over midway through the contest as head coach Tyler Porter is examining the pitchers and trying to determine where each one can best help the team. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Austin Akins 7-1 March 25 in a non-district contest. “It was good for us,” head coach Tyler Porter said. “It was a non-district game. So, it’s not that we don’t try and win. We came in there with the plan.” The plan included creating pitching…

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Burnet baseball loses to Salado

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #Eagles, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #salado, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet runner Macke Calhoun scores a run for the Bulldogs against Salado March 18. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School baseball team lost to Salado 2-1 March 20 and 13-9 March 18 in District 24-4A play. In game one, the Eagles (9-5-1, 4-0) scored four runs in the top of the first inning only to have the Bulldogs (0-4) responded with two runs. Burnet tied the contest 4-4 in the second inning. But Salado plated seven runs in the fourth inning with six coming after two…

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Marble Falls baseball sweeps Gateway

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #gators, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls batter Owen Nash sends this pitch to the left field corner for a RBI triple against Georgetown Gateway. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team beat Georgetown Gateway 4-2 March 20 to complete the series sweep in District 24-4A play. The start puts the Mustangs (4-0) in the district lead with Salado, which swept Burnet. Lampasas (3-0) is third. “If (the start is a big deal), it’s just for what happens in the locker room and the confidence and the mindset,” head…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Georgetown Gateway

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Sophomore pitcher John Alan Whittle kept Georgetown Gateway guessing as he struck out 10 in leading the Mustangs to another win. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Georgetown Gateway 7-1 March 18 to go to 3-0 in District 24-4A play. Sophomore pitcher John Alan Whittle (2-0) earned the win by striking out 10 batters while allowing 1 run on 6 hits in six innings. Freshman Crawford Mattox took over in the seventh inning and struck out a batter. In two key ways,…

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Marble Falls baseball escapes Burnet with win

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

CAPTION: Crawford Mattox slides into second base to safely steal and get one base closer to scoring. Staff photo by Jennifer FierroThe Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Burnet 7-6 March 14 to complete the two-game District 24-4A series. “It showed that same stuff a different way to win,” Mustangs head coach Tyler Porter said. “It wasn’t constant hits like (during the March 14 win), which we found a way to grind some out timely hitting and stealing bases.” Burnet (0-2) got the scoring going early. Alex Cantrill drew a…