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Marble Falls team tennis beats Taylor for bi-district title

October 10, 2023October 11, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILtennis0 comment

UPDATE: The Marble Falls Mustangs will face Waco Robinson, the District 18-4A champion, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at Copperas Cove High School. The Marble Falls High School tennis team beat Taylor 10-9 for a bi-district championship Oct. 9 at Georgetown High School, the Mustangs’ first playoff win in team tennis in decades. “We’re very proud of these kids,” head coach Samuel Whitley said, adding it’s been a very long time since Marble Falls advanced in the playoffs. The Mustangs face the winner of the Waco Robinson-Palenstine match-up Thursday,…

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Win against Lampasas yields Marble Falls volleyball its first district victory

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILvolleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior setter Ava Carter and the Lady Mustangs won a district match to end a 62–match losing streak in district play. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School volleyball team defeated Lampasas 25-23, 25-14, 25-23 Oct. 6 for its first victory in District 24-4A play. The win snapped a 62-match losing streak in district play dating back to September 2018 when these seniors were in the seventh grade. Much of those losses were in District 25-5A. “That first win to break that losing streak…

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Burnet, Marble Falls boys cross country finish 1, 2 at district meet

October 9, 2023October 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior Nick Dahl crosses the finish line of the District 24-4A meet. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro When it comes to middle distance running in District 24-4A, no county does it better than Burnet County. The teams in Kelly green and purple and gold proved it once more. The Bulldogs won the boys varsity district championship at Marble Falls High School Oct. 9, while the Mustangs finished as the runners-up. Burnet also won district titles in the girls varsity and junior varsity divisions and the boys junior…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Photo by Daniel Clifton Oct. 6 was a tough night for Highland Lakes football teams, which finished the evening 0-4. And worse, each team was playing in a district ball game. But not all is lost because for three of those teams, it was the district opener. And the other team simply slipped into a tie for second place in its district. So let’s take a look at each game. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad Podcaster. Please like,…

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Faith Academy football shows fight in loss to Waco Live Oak

October 7, 2023October 7, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #falcons, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy’s Carter Fromberg looks for a big gain during the loss to Waco Live Oak. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team lost to Waco Live Oak 66-40 Oct. 6 in the Division II, District 3 opener of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools for both teams. Faith (3-3, 0-1) travels to Round Rock Concordia for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff Friday, Oct. 13. Defensive coordinator Jay Silvers served as the interim head coach because head coach John Hallam missed the contest…

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Marble Falls football loses district opener to Canyon Lake

October 7, 2023October 7, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #canyonlake, #GoGetEmMustangs, #hawks, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls defenders Kole Becker (10), Jaime Castillo (7) and Brandon Guevara tackle a Canyon Lake Hawk at midfield during the Mustangs’ 52-13 loss Oct. 6. Photo by Daniel Clifton The Marble Falls High School football team lost to Canyon Lake 52-13 Oct. 6 in the District 13-4A Division I opener for both teams. The Mustangs (1-5, 0-1) travel to Burnet (3-3, 0-1) for a 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, kickoff at Bulldog Field. Marble Falls head coach Bryan Herman warned that the Hawks (2-4, 1-0) were better than…

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Marble Falls football looks for leg-up in district opener

October 5, 2023October 8, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #canyonlake, #GoGetEmMustangs, #hawks, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs will rely on a sting defense committed to stop the run just like junior Thomas Valdez (left) and junior Noah Lyon. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School football team welcomes Fischer Canyon Lake at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, to Mustang Stadium for the District 13-4A Division I opener for both teams. Mustangs head coach Brian Herman pointed out that studying the Hawks was like looking in a mirror. “There’s a lot of similarities between us other than our offenses,” he…

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Marble Falls tennis finishes second at the district tourney

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrytennis, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILtennis0 comment

CAPTION: Chloe Taylor won her singles and doubles match with partner Nevaeh Nelson (Montoya) during the matches against Lago Vista. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School team tennis squad lost to Lago Vista 9-10 Oct. 3 in the District 19-4A tournament. That means the Mustangs will enter the Class 4A playoffs as the second seed out of the district. Marble Falls was the runner-up in the district regular season and the district tournament. “We’re good,” head coach Samuel Whitley said. “We went out and did the…

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Faith Academy football readies for Waco Live Oak in district opener

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #Flamesareredhot, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #TAPPSfootball, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Playing tough defense is part of being a Faith Academy Flame. Just ask Adam Merlick. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team welcomes Waco Live Oak Classical in the Division II, District 3 opener of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6. It’s a battle between two programs that are starting to build a rivalry. Two years ago the Falcons (3-3) beat the Flames for the TAPPS Division II state championship 46-41. Last year, the Flames returned…

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Marble Falls volleyball continues to play tough in district

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILvolleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls seniors Sadie Harris (left) and Alexis Dalton watch as a ball against Burnet sails out of bounds to give the Lady Mustangs the point. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School volleyball team lost to Lago Vista 17-25, 13-25, 19-25 Oct. 2. The win put the Lady Vikings (2-2) fourth in the District 24-4A standings and the Lady Mustangs (0-4) are tied for fifth with Lampasas (0-4). Marble Falls and Lago Vista began the contest matching each other point for point and didn’t let…