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Marble Falls students return to Junior Olympics

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#AAU, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #JrOlympics, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Siblings Josie (left) and Everett Brasher continue their success on the track by competing for the North Shore Stars Track Club coached by Cedric Griffin. Courtesy photo Siblings Everett and Josie Brasher are making their way to the Junior Olympics of the Amateur Athletic Union again. The Marble Falls Independent School District students represent North Shore Stars Track Club under the direction of head coach Cedric Griffin. The Junior Olympics are Monday-Friday, July 29-Aug. 3. Twelve-year-old Everett, who will be in the seventh grade, will compete in the boys…

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Marble Falls student Madison Cuplin wins Jr Olympic gold

August 8, 2023August 10, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#AAU, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #gold, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #JrOlympics, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #trackandfield, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Madison Cuplin wears her gold medal from the Junior Olympics of the Amateur Athletic Union. Courtesy photo Marble Falls High School freshman Madison Cuplin won an Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics gold medal in the triple jump Aug. 2 with a mark of 36 feet and 4 inches. The event in the girls 14-and-under division, drew 46 athletes to the meet in Des Moines, Iowa. She called the mark “an average day” for herself in the event. “It was my first year, I’m excited,” she said. “There’s more work…

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Marble Falls’ Brashers are headed to AAU Junior Olympics

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#AAU, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #JrOlympics, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Olympics, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #track0 comment

CAPTION: Josie and Everett Brasher will represent Marble Falls and Burnet County in the Amateur Athletic Union’s Junior Olympics. Courtesy photo Two Marble Falls Independent School District children are competing at the Junior Olympics of the Amateur Athletic Union July 29-Aug. 5. They are 11-year-old Everett Brasher, a Marble Falls Middle School sixth-grader, and 10-year-old Josie Brasher, a Colt Elementary School fifth-grader. The two are members of the North Shore Stars Track Club under the direction of coach Cedric Griffin. “I started coaching them last fall,” he said. “They’re baseball…

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Marble Falls’ Edwards picks up 3 offers, continues preparing for 2023-24 season

July 22, 2023July 23, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#AAU, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hoops, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Marble Falls High School senior girls basketball player Lexie Edwards isn’t resting on her laurels. The 6-foot 3-inch center has five offers going into her final high school season. They are from Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala., Howard Payne University, Principia College, Ranger College and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, But instead of taking the summer off, the Lady Mustang has been playing for Austin Elite for the last several months. She was in Orlando to play in the Orlando Splash July 21-22 and The National Championship July 22-24. “My…

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Faith Academy’s Solomon is headed to Junior Olympics

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#AAU, #BurnetCounty, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Sydney Solomon, who will be a freshman at Faith Academy of Marble Falls (back row, left), will compete in the pentathlon of the Junior Olympics June 29-July 1 in Des Moines, Iowa, for the North Shore Stars Track Club coached by Cedric Griffin. Joining her at the Junior Olympics is Griffin’s daughter, Linen (front row), who runs the 800 meters. Courtesy photo Faith Academy of Marble Falls student Sydney Solomon won the pentathlon of the South Texas District Qualifier of the Amateur Athletic Union June 22 in Seguin. She…