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Marble Falls tennis beats Salado in district play

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Nevaeh Nelson (Montoya) is all smiles after winning a point in match at No. 1 singles against Salado. Photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School team tennis team crushed Salado 19-0 to go to 2-0 in District 25-4A play. “Our players who’ve been out there, they did an amazing job,” head coach Samuel Whitley said. “They took care of business.” While the Mustangs cruised in their matches, the Lady Eagles extended matches against the Lady Mustangs, particularly at No. 1 girls doubles. But the results were the…

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Marble Falls tennis beat Cameron Yoe in district opener

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Chloe Brown (left) and Sophia Trudeau place a tennis ball on the fence to illustrate the Lady Mustangs’ win at No. 1 girls doubles against Cameron Yoe. Courtesy photoThe Marble Falls High School team tennis team began District 25-4A play Aug. 22 with a resounding win against Cameron Yoe 14-5. The Mustangs and Lady Mustangs swept boys and girls doubles and won boys and girls singles matches at lines 1, 3, 5 and 6. Head coach Samuel Whitley said the scores aren’t indicative of how good Yoe is. “The team we…

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Marble Falls tennis begins district play

August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILtennis0 comment

The Marble Falls High School team tennis team welcomes Cameron Yoe in the District 25-4A opener at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center on the high school campus. The district is playing a true round robin this season to determine the top four teams in the standings. They will take the playoff berths. Marble Falls is off to a hot start thanks to a 3-1 record. The Mustangs and Lady Mustangs have beaten Lockhart, Copperas Cove and Taylor and lost to Leander Glenn.…

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Marble Falls ISD community is invited to Meet the Mustangs

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

CAPTION: The Marble Falls High School football program conducted its Midnight Madness practice at Aug. 5. The Mustangs return to the campus for its annual Meet the Mustangs event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Another year of sports kicks off with the annual Meet the Mustangs community event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Marble Falls High School campus. The event allows the community to meet and cheer on the 2024 athletes in football, volleyball, cross country, golf and swimming. The tennis…

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Burnet coach Redman joins Marble Falls HS

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILtennis0 comment

CAPTION: Nathan Redman with the Burnet girls doubles team of Tatum Salinas (left) and Aly Van Zandt after the duo won the Class 4A Region III tournament. Redman, who served as the Burnet head coach, is joining the Marble Falls High School staff. File photo Nathan Redman has joined the Marble Falls High School faculty as a world geography teacher and boys basketball and assistant tennis coach. Redman spent the last four years as the Burnet High School tennis head coach. Marble Falls tennis head coach Samuel Whitley credited athletic…

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Marble Falls coach Whitley to speak at THSCA

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls High School tennis coach Samuel Whitley (right) talks with boys singles player Cooper Womack. Photo by Clear Memories A short conversation at the Class 4A state tennis tournament in May created a lane for Marble Falls High School head coach Samuel Whitley to being a special speaker at the Texas High School Coaches Association convention. The title of Whitley’s seminar is “I’ve been assigned to coach tennis. Now what?” He is scheduled to present Tuesday, July 23. THSCA is the largest coaches association in the United States. …

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Marble Falls tennis taking advantage of open courts

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #teamtennis, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #tripletennis, #UIL0 comment

In less than a month, the Marble Falls High School tennis team is back at the Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center for fall training camp to prepare for the 2024 team tennis season. Marble Falls returns Monday, Aug. 5, for its first official practice then hosts Lockhart Tuesday, Aug. 6, travels to play at Copperas Cove Thursday, Aug. 8, and welcomes Leander Glenn Monday, Aug. 12. That schedule is a big reason why head coach Sam Whitley commended his players for taking advantage of two nights of open courts…

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Overview: why Burnet athletics enjoys record-breaking year

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series. Read part one here. Winning nine district titles in a single school year doesn’t happen just because of incredible talent and tremendous coaches. That’s the word from Kurt Jones, who retired as the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic director after the 2023-24 school year. Jones had been on staff for two decades as an assistant football coach on former head coach Bob Shipley’s staff before being promoted to defensive coordinator and head coach. Jones stepped down as football head…

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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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Players invited to open courts hosted by Marble Falls tennis

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #netters, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Area tennis players are invited to participate matches each Tuesday and Thursday beginning at 7 p.m. at the Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center on the Marble Falls High School campus. Head coach Samuel Whitley has been opening the facility since the 2023-24 school year ended and has been encouraged by the number of athletes who are playing. “Pretty much it’s open to anyone who wants to come,” he said. “We’re getting high school and middle school players and a lot of incoming freshman girls. Probably at least six courts…