Baseball College Featured Football Golf High School High School Running Softball 

Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: Burnet pitcher Presely Crawford has 200 strikeouts this season to help the Lady Dawgs advance to the regional quarterfinals, their first trip to the third round in program history. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Though the high school baseball season has ended in Burnet County, softball continues to pressing forward behind some historical moments not lost on the players. And while fewer teams are experiencing after-school practice, several athletes and a few squads are making the most of their final week before competing to obtain the ultimate prize. Watch…

Read More
Featured Golf 

Burnet MS golfers shoot best scores at district tourney

CAPTION: The Burnet Middle School boys golfers score new personal bests while competing at the district tournament May 1. Courtesy photo The Burnet Middle School golf program participated in the district tournament at Hancock Park Golf Course in Lampasas May 1. The Bulldogs split their team into two squads. The first boys team scored a 191 to finish second by three strokes and consisted of Dylan Courtney and Bowen Raiford, who each scored a 47, Wyatt Johnson, who shot a 48, Hays Bennett, who scored a 49, and Gavin Oakley,…

Read More
Featured Golf 

Marble Falls boys golf finishes 2nd at regionals, qualifies for state

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs celebrate finishing as the Class 4A Region III runners-up to advance to the Class 4A state golf tournament for the first time in two decades. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School boys golf team is the Class 4A Region III runner-up and has earned a ticket to the to Class 4A state tournament, which is at The Legends Golf Course in Kingsland with dates and times still to be determined. The Mustangs shot a 339-322–661 at the regional tournament April 19-20 at the Bearkat…

Read More
Baseball Featured Golf High School Running Softball Tennis 

Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

Two weeks remain in the high school baseball regular season and Burnet and Marble Falls are neck and neck in the District 24-4A standings. Meanwhile, the Burnet Lady Dawgs are on the verge of adding their fourth district crown this school year, while the Llano Yellow Jackets took another step toward adding Districk 5-3A title No. 5. The 2022-23 school year has been one for the record books for Highland Lakes athletic departments. So let’s get in it. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel…

Read More
Featured Golf 

Marble Falls boys golf finishes second at district, advances to regionals

The Marble Falls High School boys golf team is the District 24-4A runner-up now that the tournament finished April 3-4 to qualify for the Class 4A Region III tournament. The Mustang Gold team of Kolton Pannell, Coby Holley, Porter Vinson, Bode Moss and Ross Oelschleger shot a two-day total of 654. Pannell’s 78-77–155 makes him the district runner-up in the individual standings, while Moss’ 82-76–158 was good enough for third overall. “The original goal for our Gold team was to win (the) district (championship),” head coach Ricky Blackington said. “Our…

Read More
Baseball Featured Football Golf High School High School Powerlifting Softball Tennis 

Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

What a week for the Marble Falls Mustangs. It began with a second place finish at the Division 2 state meet March 24 for Xavier Lopez and ended with a pair of district titles in golf and tennis. And by 10 p.m. March 31, another Marble Falls team was tied for first in district play. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad Podcaster. Please like, subscribe and share.

Read More
Featured Golf 

Marble Falls, Burnet has golf district champion and runner-up

CAPTION: Marble Falls golfer Madison Deberard (left) and head coach Ricky Blackington. Courtesy photo Two Burnet County high school golfers are advancing to the Class 4A Region III tournament after finishing as the District 24-4A first and second medalists March 28. They are Madison Deberard of Marble Falls High School, who is the district champion, and Avery Gowin of Burnet High School, who is the district runner-up. Deberard shot an 81-82–163. “Marble Falls is proud to have Madison as our 24-4A district champion,” head coach Ricky Blackington said. “I started…

Read More
Featured Golf 

Marble Falls boys golf competes at Burnet Invitational

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs battle through changes to play at the Burnet Invitational. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School boys golf team split into two squads to compete at the Burnet Invitational March 8. “With lots of changes to both teams at the last minute, we only ended up having four players on each team,” head coach Ricky Blackington said. The gold team shot a 362 led by Porter Vinson’s 85 and Kolton Pannell’s 87. Ryan Nolan shot a 94 and Ross Oelschleger finished with a 96. The…

Read More
Featured Golf 

Marble Falls boys golf wins playoff to come in first at the Lampasas Invitational

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs added more hardware to the trophy case and prove they can respond under pressure. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School boys golf team split into two squads to compete at the Lampasas Invitational Feb. 7. The Mustangs’ gold team shot a 316 and needed to win a playoff to win the team division, while the purple team shot a 394. “Our team won the playoff against Brownwood,” head coach Rick Blackington said. “Our team went 1 under par on hole 1 and Brownwood went…

Read More
Featured Golf 

Texas’ Fields gives Horseshoe Bay Sports Club look at marvelous career

Fresh from guiding the University of Texas men’s golf team to a national championship, head coach John Fields was the featured speaker of the latest gathering of the Rudy Davalos Horseshoe Bay Sports Club June 28 and sat next to the man who has meant so much to so many — Davalos himself. Davalos, now a Horseshoe Bay resident and one of the founders of the local sports club, was the athletic director at the University of New Mexico when his counterpart at Texas, Deloss Dodds, offered Fields the Longhorns’…

Read More