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The difficulty of joining the 1,000-point, 500-rebound club

December 26, 2023December 28, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls High School graduate Mya Berkman says what it takes to score 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds. Liberty University courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School girls basketball program has produced great athletes capable of scoring 1,000 points before their eligibility ends. They include players who have led the Lady Mustangs to several rounds of the playoffs complete with all-region and all-state honors, awards where voters look at statistics. But there’s another level of club members that is more exclusive simply because it’s more challenging to accomplish…

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Marble Falls girls basketball beats Blanco

December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior center Lexie Edwards (front) cuts off lanes to the basket that gave Blanco fits during the Lady Mustangs’ win Dec. 21. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School girls basketball team crushed Blanco 44-22 Dec. 21, a Christmas present it gave itself before taking a few days off. “We locked in from the beginning and were engaged,” head coach John Berkman said. “We did a much better job of controlling the game.” Marble Falls led 5-3 with 1 minute and 40 seconds left…

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Faith Academy girls basketball continues making positive strides

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #TAPPSbasketball, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy of Marble Falls senior Ella Cozby and her teammates are learning to play in different lineups and discovering tendencies of their teammates. Photo by Jennifer Fierro/TexasChalkTalk.com The Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls basketball team continues preparations for the District 3-3A campaign of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. The Lady Flames lost to Austin St. Stephen’s Episcopal 36-29 Dec. 15 on the heels of a setback to Lago Vista 45-39 Dec. 12. Faith Academy finished third in its own tournament that was played Dec.…

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Burnet CISD’s Jones announces retirement

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

After 23 years of service to Burnet Consolidated Independent School District, athletic director Kurt Jones said he is retiring from public education at the end of the 2023-24 school year. “It’s 100 percent my decision,” he said. “My wife and family and I have been talking about it for a little while. I was thinking this might be the right time the closer we got to this date. I’m 100 percent convinced it’s the right timing.” His son, senior athlete Grant, will graduate at the end of this school year,…

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Marble Falls boys basketball beats Salado

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior point guard Tidus Willie finds various ways to contribute to the scoring in defeating Salado. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team defeated Salado 57-55 Dec. 19. Though the game was close throughout, it rarely felt like the Mustangs weren’t going to win. “We felt like we’d always get a big play and they would answer,” head coach Travis Crain said. “We could never totally pull away from them. Credit to their coaching staff. I’m proud of our guys. We…

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Faith Academy boys basketball goes 2-0 at own tourney

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #TAPPS, #TAPPShoops, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy freshman guard Will Slyker’s (12) scoring ensured the Flames had a great start to their tournament. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball team cruised to a 2-0 record at their own tournament on the opening day of the event Dec. 15. The Flames crushed the South Austin Warriors 76-37 and San Marcos Home School 65-47. “It was a really good day of Faith Academy basketball,” head coach Zakk Revelle said. “We’re getting better and better as a team as we’re…

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Second period determines Marble Falls boys basketball’s outcome against Davenport

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior point guard Tidus Willie is fouled as he drives to the basket against San Antonio Davenport. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team lost to San Antonio Davenport 75-61 Dec. 12. Both teams played to a 20-20 tie after the first period. But the Wolves (13-3) began the second period with a 9-2 run for a 29-22 advantage. In all Davenport outscored the Mustangs 21-9 in the second quarter to build a 41-29 lead at the half they wouldn’t relinquish.…

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Marble Falls girls basketball show improvement during loss

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior center Lexie Edwards (left) and junior forward Bethany Fry spend lots of time around the basket as scoring threats or defenders. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls girls basketball team lost to the Texas Lions 53-38 Dec. 12. The Lions are a homeschool program. The Lady Mustangs raced to a 10-2 lead to begin the contest. But the Lions responded thanks a 17-2 run where they only needed one shot per possession and got the lucky bounces. By the end of the first period,…

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Burnet girls basketball continues winning ways

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #LadyDawgs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

The Burnet High School girls basketball team keeps adding to its impressive list of wins. The Lady Dawgs (15-5) defeated Brownwood 42-27 Dec. 11 on the heels of beating Sulphur Springs 33-18, Palestine 60-38, Gladewater 50-23 and Rusk 50-35 all at the Great East Texas Shootout tournament Dec. 7-9. The lone loss at the event was to Edgewood 40-35. In all, Burnet has won 11 of its last 12 contests. “I think they’re confident in what we’re doing,” head coach Rick Gates said. “They’re going out there and proving that.”…

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Marble Falls boys basketball bonds over SAISD tourney wins, gift exchange, the Spurs

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team finished 2-2 at the San Antonio Independent School District tournament Dec. 7-9. But it was the time spent away from the competition that may serve the Mustangs in huge ways the remainder of the season. The Mustangs beat San Antonio Breckenridge 60-52 Dec. 9 and San Antonio Burbank 82-77 Dec. 8 in the nightcap. They began the tournament losses to Floresville 52-46 Dec. 8 and to San Antonio Warren 47-30 Dec. 7. “We couldn’t get anything going against Warren,” Crain said. “We…