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Marble Falls volleyball to conduct tryouts

July 31, 2024July 31, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILvolleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior outside hitter Mia Trejo puts this ball away during the Marble Falls volleyball camp July 31. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Tryouts to make the Marble Falls High School volleyball program’s varsity team will be from 9-11 a.m. and 3-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 5-6, at Max Copeland Gym. After new head coach Christopher Pace selects the squad, the Lady Mustangs will undergo two-a-days before officially beginning the 2024 season in back-to-back home matches one week later. Marble Falls welcomes Austin Northeast Monday, Aug. 12,…

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Marble Falls volleyball player Bernard’s team finishes top 10 nationally

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Marble Falls Independent School District volleyball player Brighton Bernard and her Austin Performance Club team finished ninth at the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship recently. The squad posted a 7-3 overall record in the patriot division of the event that had 109 teams. Bernard, who will join the Marble Falls High School volleyball team this fall, said finishing in the top 10 takes focus, hard work, teamwork and “getting to know each other.” “Being disciplined when you’re on the court,” she said. Bernard, who’ll be a freshman this year,…

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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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An early look at Highland Lakes football teams

July 27, 2024July 28, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #Llano, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs fielded a stingy defense in 2020 and 2021 that allowed them to win three playoff games. File photo Throughout the Highland Lakes, conversations have revolved around the sport and the strengths of each team. To say fans are curious about this year’s squads is an understatement. With new head coaches at three of the four campuses that make up the region, fans are wondering what each team will look like. So let’s take a closer look as best we can at this point. We’ll begin…

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Marble Falls golf to conduct tryouts

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILgolf0 comment

The Marble Falls High School golf program will conduct closed tryouts for the 2024-25 season at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, July 31-Aug. 1, at Hidden Falls Country Club. New head coach Adley Canales said only coaches and golfers will be present. “(Former head coach Lonnie) Tackitt used to do them,” he said. “We’ve had some kids come out and want to join the golf program. We want to make it available to those middle school students who may not have been in golf before.” The tryout will be conducted “like a…

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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 football to host camp for elementary, middle school students

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #trainingcamps, #UIL, #UILfootball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls linemen Kaleb Bielfeldt (left) and Madden Hernandez are perform a blocking drill. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District football program is offering its Mustang Football Fall Camp fom 6-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 29-Aug. 1 at The Corral at Mustang Stadium on the high school campus. The camp is for Kindergarteners-ninth graders. Cost is $60 and scholarships are available. A registration desk will be set up at the facility at 5:30 p.m. Head coach Keri Timmerman and his staff will conduct the camp.…

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Burnet’s Grant Jones wins Community Hero award

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet athlete Grant Jones (3) wins the Community Heroes award presented by Chicken Express. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School graduate Grant Jones is the 2024 recipient of the Male Chicken Express Community Hero of the Year award. He receives a $1,500 scholarship. “I can’t think of anyone more deserving than Grant Jones,” Burnet football and boys track and field head coach Ben Speer said. “Him winning this says, ‘Wow. They got it right.’ Friends, family and community members all had to do their part.” The award…

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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 soccer coach receives same honor again

July 20, 2024July 20, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfutbol, #UILsoccer0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls boys soccer assistant coach Chuck Woods (left) and former head coach Rick Hoover with the numerous gold trophies representing the program championships the two have guided the Mustangs to capturing. Courtesy photo Former Marble Falls High School boys soccer head coach Rick Hoover was voted the 2024 Region 8 Coach of the Year by the Texas High School Coaches Association. THSCA has the most members of any coaches association in the country. Hoover, who “retired from coaching” at the end of the 2023-24 school year, won the…