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Marble Falls boys basketball coaches encouraged by league play

CAPTION: Tidus Willie (left) and Brenton Liscum do forward rolls as part of mat drill training during Marble Falls Forge ’24, the program’s summer strength and conditioning. Mat drills help athletes get up faster after being knocked down. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team finished the Georgetown League June 18-19, and the Mustangs pleased new head coach John Berkman. Not because of the number of wins but because of the number of participants and how they had to learn to play with new…

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How playoff changes may affect paths to stay in the postseason longer

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs have been the most consistent program to advance to the playoffs during the last two decades, including last season when graduate Lexie Edwards and her team almost pulled off a big bi-district win against Waco Connally. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series. Read part one here. The University Interscholastic League will crown twice as many state champions in volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball and softball as the result of its legislative council passing an amendment to…

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Burnet’s Jones, Llano’s Hays up for Community Heroes awards

CAPTION: Burnet High graduate Grant Jones is the total package, according to football head coach Ben Speer. What he does on and off the playing field is why he was nominated for the Chicken Express Community Heroes award. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Two Highland Lakes student athletes are in the running for the Chicken Express Community Heroes awards. They are 2024 Burnet High graduate Grant Jones and Llano High rising senior Ciara Hays. People can vote multiple times a day online. Voting ends July 1. The male and female…

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Attendance to Marble Falls summer workouts remains high

With more than 100 Marble Falls High School student athletes attending the athletic department’s strength-and-conditioning program, coaches believe the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs are “forging” a new road to success. The program, called Marble Falls Forge ’24, is helping athletes take the next step in their preparation for the 2024-25 sports year, so that when fall training camps begin in early August, coaches can install new schemes and add more to what is already knows. Athletic director Keri Timmerman said it’s not unusual to have as many as 120 on…

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Marble Falls girls basketball announces new staff members

CAPTION: Marble Falls High School softball coach Alex Lozoya is joining the Lady Mustangs basketball staff. He is coaching the freshmen. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Familiar faces are joining the Marble Falls High School girls basketball staff. Softball head coach and cross country assistant coach Alex Lozoya will coach the freshman squad, which means Kaitlyn Goertz will coach the junior varsity and Aspen Howie is the varsity assistant coach. Howie, who is entering her second year at Marble Falls Independent School District as a teacher and coach, is on…

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Marble Falls basketball teams up with Lone Star Hoops for camp

CAPTION: Lone Star Hoops coach Jan Jernberg. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls Independent School District boys and girls basketball programs in partnership with Lone Star Hoops is offering a week-long camp Monday-Thursday, June 24-27. The camp, designed for incoming second-ninth graders, is from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Marble Falls Middle School. Lunch is included. Both boys and girls are welcome, and the cost is $175. Campers do not have to be Marble Falls ISD students. Campers are split into groups according to what grade they’re going into. Lone Star Hoops…

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Marble Falls football hosts Jim Turner offensive line camp

CAPTION: Marble Falls football head coach Keri Timmerman and the Mustangs are playing host to the Jim Turner Offensive Line Camp. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District football program is hosting Jim Turner’s Offensive Line Camp from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Mustang Stadium on the high school campus. Turner has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and has coached linemen on every level of the sport. He has worked for Texas A&M University as the Aggies offensive line coach…

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Vaughn tells why he’s returning to Faith Academy girls basketball

When Harvey Vaughn and his family decided to move to Burnet County and he resigned as the Round Rock Christian girls basketball head coach, he thought he was done coaching. Shortly thereafter, he said, he discovered that Faith Academy of Marble Falls was seeking a girls basketball head coach. For Vaughn, it was a chance to return to where it all began. “All the stars aligned, and I’m excited to be back,” he said. “Honestly, I was pretty much done (with coaching). I’d been wanting to move out of the…

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Marble Falls boys basketball using the summer to pave the way to success

CAPTION: Putting in the sweat equity to be the best he can be is all part of Greg Lemon’s summer plans. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Returning a program to the glory it enjoyed is a months’ long process that takes time, dedication, patience and commitment. That’s what is before the Marble Falls High School boys basketball program and new head coach John Berkman. The program won a share of the 2022-23 District 24-4A title, its first in almost two decades. Rising seniors Garen Jones, Noah Lyon and Tidus Willie make…

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Marble Falls grad O’Riley qualifies for U.S. Olympic Trials

CAPTION: University of Arkansas high jumper Kason O’Riley, a 2021 Marble Falls High School graduate, is competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials later this month. Photo by Adriana Kitchens/University of Arkansas athletics Former Marble Falls High School high jumper Kason O’Riley is preparing to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus. The preliminaries for the high jump is June 27 with 25 athletes. The top 12 advance to the final, which is scheduled for June 30. The top three make the team.…

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