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Coaches explain the UIL playoff changes

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #jackets, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #Llano, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: The 2022-23 Marble Falls High School girls basketball team of Kenadie Cotton (front row, left), Emma Bindseil, Lilly Nesrsta, Emma Koziel, Hailie Rangel, Avie Nail, Alyssa Berkman Tea Rodriguez; Bethany Fry (back row, left), Kylie Roberts, Lexie Edwards and Mackenzie Farmer are bi-district champions and began preparing for the next contest, the area game. That game is in question with the new amendment approved by the University Interscholastic League’s Legislative Council. File photo Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. The University Interscholastic League made official June 11…

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Burnet girls athletic coordinator Gates resigns

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Rick Gates resigned as the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District girls athletic coordinator, girls basketball and golf head coach June 10 to become the girls basketball head coach at Burkburnett High School. He’ll also be an assistant track and field coach. Gates is the latest coach to turn in his Kelly green. Kurt Jones retired as the school district’s safety and athletic director, while Bryan Wood resigned to keep a promise to Ben Speer, his defensive coordinator. That promise was to resign and “do everyting I can” to help Speer…

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Marble Falls boys basketball is using summer league to get better

June 10, 2024June 10, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls rising senior guard Tidus Willis and the Mustangs are committed to using the summer to improve. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys basketball program is playing in a summer league in Georgetown Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The league includes Austin High, Belton, Georgetown Gateway, Georgetown High, Georgetown East View, Jarrell, Killeen Shoemaker, Lago Vista, Lampasas, Leander High, Leander Rouse, Leander Vandegrift, Round Rock Cedar Ridge, Round Rock Westwood and Thorndale. Games begin at 6 p.m. A tournament is June 25-26. Seedings are based…

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Overview: Burnet athletics enjoys record-breaking year, breaking opponents’ hearts

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The Burnet High School girls basketball team and the first of several trophies from the 2023-24 season. File photo Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. An astounding nine district championships with another three playoff berths and two Class 4A state silver medals illustrate the Burnet High School athletic department’s supremacy during the 2023-24 school year. While the Lady Dawgs continued their streak by winning four district titles — cross country, basketball, track and field and soccer — the Bulldogs showed their mettle in winning championships…

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Marble Falls girls basketball is playing in Lampasas league

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbasketball, #UILhoops0 comment

CAPTION: Hours before the Lady Mustangs made the trip up north to compete in the Lampasas Monday League, Marble Falls girls basketball head coach Adley Canales was on Mustang Stadium’s artificial turf helping Chloe Brown (left) and Leslie Reynoso on the first day of Marble Falls Forge ’24, the department’s summer strength and conditioning program. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School girls basketball team competed in the Lampasas Monday League where the Lady Mustangs took on Llano and Copperas Cove. New head coach Adley Canales noted…

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Marble Falls Forge ’24 draws more than 100

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls strength and conditioning coordinator Karl “Beef” Bielfeldt is leading Marble Falls Forge ’24. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department drew 115 rising ninth-12th graders and about 30 middle schoolers to the first day of summer strength and conditioning June 3. Known as Forge ’24, coaches were happy with the turnout. “The excitement for something new,” boys soccer head coach and defensive coordinator Ryan Craven said. “I see what it’s going to be like.” He credits two reasons for the turnout.…

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Busy month helps Faith Academy boys hoops prepare for showcase

June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy rising junior guard Jase Marshall is among the lettermen playing for the Flames at the Llano Boys Basketball Thursday Night League. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball team is experiencing a very busy start to its summer. The Flames are preparing to participate in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Association’s Showcase Friday-Sunday, June 21-23, in the Metroplex. The showcase includes teams that are members of the University Interscholastic League and the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. College…

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Marble Falls athletics host Summer Forge ’24

May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department is hosting Summer Forge ’24, its annual strength, speed, agility and conditioning program. The seven-week program, which is at Marble Falls High School, is for every athlete entering the seventh through the 12th grade. “This gives all of our middle school and high school athletes a chance to continue the progress and development they have made in the spring,” athletic director Keri Timmerman said. “This will be a great time to continue to improve strength, speed (and) performance and working to create a…

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Marble Falls grad Torres announces merger with The Hoop Society

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hoopz, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #LadyStangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #TheHoopsSociety, #UIL0 comment

Marble Falls High School graduate Chris Torres continues to make a name for himself in the world of select basketball. Torres, a 2011 graduate, merged his Air Time Elite with The Hoop Society. It’s a group that had been researching who and which programs mirrored what it believes in and how it tries to give families a valuable assist to help their athletes play college basketball, he said. “I was approached by a large program that has been wanting to expand to central Texas for some time,” he said. “Their…

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Canales named Marble Falls girls basketball, golf head coach

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Marble Falls Independent School District announced that Adley Canales is the new girls basketball and lone golf head coach for the 2024-25 school year. Canales was the co-head golf coach with Lonnie Tackitt and was the Lady Mustangs varsity assistant coach on John Berkman’s staff during the 2023-24 school year. Berkman became the Marble Falls boys basketball head coach April 24. Canales, who hails from Kingsville, has been on staff at the school district for seven years. His wife, Anissa, is the Marble Falls High School cheer coach. The couple…