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Burnet, Llano, Marble Falls trench warriors compete in Lineman Challenge

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #llanocountytx, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #YellowJackets0 comment

The trench controllers were on display during the Burnet Lineman Challenge May 28. Marble Falls was the highest finishing Highland Lakes team with 36 points for third place followed by Burnet with 26 points and Llano with 22 points. Lorena won the challenge, and McGregor finished second. A tiebreaker was used to determine first and second. “It went well,” said Burnet offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Tyler McIntosh, who served as the event director. “Everybody got out and competed well. It’s awesome to have these for the linemen.” The…

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Visits from head coaches to Marble Falls Middle School pave the way for future success on the pitch, diamond

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The recent success of the Marble Falls Middle School boys soccer team and the addition of baseball illustrates what Marble Falls Independent School District athletics director Brian Herman, who also serves as the head football coach, wants for the department. “We’re all striving to have our head coaches as a presence with the middle school coaches as much as you can,” he said. The middle school boys soccer team won all six of its matches in the spring and gave fans a glimpse of the players’ abilities before putting on…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #llanoyellowjackets, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. This is the final week of the 2021-22 school year and that means saying good-bye to some athletes who left their marks on their programs. Throughout the Highland Lakes, fans can point out seniors on their favorite teams who led their programs to great heights. I’d like to highlight a few here. At Marble Falls, folks had an idea what the class of 2022 could do when…

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Navy getting a ‘superstar’ in Marble Falls High’s Castro

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Four years ago, few could imagine that Marble Falls High School’s Javier Castro, Jr. would be entering the Navy. But the senior is doing just that after impressing Navy personnel in tests, including the U.S. Military Fitness Test, which is part of the enlistment process. That’s a far cry from where he started when, as a freshman who showed up for the first day of cross country head coach Chris Schrader’s practice, Castro was the only boy who didn’t remove his shirt in front of his male teammates. “He weighed…

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Valdez exchanging Marble Falls High purple for Concordia purple

May 20, 2022May 23, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Marble Falls High School senior runner Sam Valdez sat at a table surrounded by four years of hard work and accomplishments, waiting for his name to be called to sign his National Letter of Intent. With family members in the double digits in attendance, Valdez couldn’t help but think of three people who were there in spirit — grandfathers Roy Atkinson and Gilbert Valdez and a great-grandmother. “Their passing was the biggest push for me to do better,” he said. Valdez is attending Concordia University to be a cross country…

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Marble Falls High’s Ashbaugh will swim at Illinois College

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL1 Comment

During the annual Meet the Mustangs introductory pep rally in August 2018, Rick Hoover, who was the athletics director, announced the athletics department added another sport — swimming — thanks to sophomore Landry Stewart and freshman Taylor Ashbaugh. The duo and their families approached Hoover about their desire to form a team at the high school. Since then more swimmers have joined the squad every year. So when Ashbaugh signed her National Letter of Intent to swim for Illinois College during a ceremony at the high school May 19, the…

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Marble Falls Middle School soccer finishes undefeated season

May 18, 2022May 19, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls Middle School boys soccer team ended its season with an 8-0 rout of Liberty Hill Santa Rita May 17 to go unbeaten during the 2022 season for a 6-0 record. The Mustangs were dominant in their contests where they gave up only two goals all season while averaging more than two a match. “Both are obviously very notable,” coach Aaron Jimenez said. “But to be able to produce goals at that age is impressive.” About 35 seventh- and eighth-graders came out for middle school soccer. The undefeated…

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Voluntary lifting sessions paying off for the Marble Falls Stangs

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls High School football players aren’t basking in the Texas sun. Instead, they are putting in the work in the weight room and baking on the artificial turf at Mustang Stadium during competition drills days before the 2021-22 academic year ends. The Mustangs are doing more than embracing preparation in the offseason; they’re showing up in herds with the mindset that no individual will be outworked by anyone. And that has their coaches enthusiastic. That is especially apparent in the number who are showing up before and after…

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Marble Falls’ Segovia finishes ninth at the Class 5A state meet

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Marble Falls senior pole vaulter Django Segovia wrapped up his season with a ninth-place finish at the Class 5A state meet May 13. Segovia missed clearing 15 feet and cleared 14-6 on his third attempt and 14-0 on his first try while competing at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Segovia experienced plenty of firsts during the meet. It was his first time to vault in that stadium. The pole vault pit is right next to stands, making it the first time Segovia was that…

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Burnet, Llano, Marble Falls athletes are ready for state meets

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Three Highland Lakes athletes are still in pursuit of state championships that will be settled at state track and field meets Thursday and Friday, May 11-12, at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus, 707 Clyde Littlefield Drive in Austin. They are Burnet junior middle-distance runner Hudson Bennett, Llano sophomore hurdler Gwyn Burnett, and Marble Falls senior pole vaulter Django Segovia. Bennett is aiming to successfully defend the 3,200-meter Class 4A state championship he won a year ago and improve on the state bronze medal he captured in…