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Marble Falls track continues improving with days left before district meet

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILtrack0 comment

CAPTION: Anthony Griffin continues to shine in the hurdles for the Mustangs as he adds gold from the Burnet Bulldog Relays in the 110-meter high hurdles. Photos by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke PhotographyOne week remains before the District 24-4A Track and Field Championships, and the Marble Falls High School program is using the last few days of preparation wisely. The Mustangs and Lady Mustangs will travel north to compete at the Lampasas Badger Relays Thursday, March 27. But before the program enjoyed its spring break last week, the athletes competed at the Burnet…

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Marble Falls track has several top finishes at the Taylor Ducks Relay

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #track, #UIL, #UILtrack0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls sophomore Anthony Griffin (left) earned medals in both hurdle events. Staff photo by Jennifer FierroThe Marble Falls High School track and field teams competed at the Taylor Ducks Relays March 8 and encountered more than the competition. Wind gusts were as high as 25 mph. “The 25 mph winds were definitely a factor at our meet, especially in the final 100 meters of every race where runners had to push through a strong headwind,” Lady Mustangs head coach Brenda Gonzalez said. “Some athletes handled it well, while…

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Marble Falls track performs well at own meet

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILtrack0 comment

CAPTION: The boys distance races continue to be dominated by Burnet County runners including Marble Falls sophomore Connor Yaklin (7), Marble Falls senior Matthew Ozuna (18), Burnet senior Victor Aviles (middle) and Marble Falls freshman Graham Goggans (right). Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Several individual performances highlighted the Mustang Relays hosted by the Marble Falls High School track and field program Feb. 27. “Overall I was really impressed with the poise of our athletes,” Mustangs head coach Austin Silva said. “It was the first meet of the season and we…

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Faith Academy grad Henry shows true character in returning to Rice track

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#Flames, #gobigred, #houston, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #ncaa, #owls, #rice, #running, #track0 comment

CAPTION: Former Faith Academy standout Augustus Henry symbolizes the best in sports – facing adversity head-on and coming back from it. Courtesy photo Every athlete says they love the sport they play. Only when it’s taken from them and they must fight to return to the lineup does that love come shining through. That perfectly describes Rice University heptathlete and decathlete Augustus Henry. The 2021 Faith Academy of Marble Falls graduate has battled through three career-defining injuries since he signed with the Owls and is poised to accomplish all of…

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Leo Manzano returns to Marble Falls cross country meet

September 24, 2024September 26, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hookem, #LeotheLion, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #running, #TeamUSA, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning0 comment

GRAPHIC BY BRENDA GONZALEZ/MARBLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL The Marble Falls High School cross country program hosts the annual Leonel Manzano and Rick Edwards Memorial Invitational Saturday, Sept. 28. The first race is at 7:30 a.m. and Manzano himself will be there to cheer on the runners and meet fans for autographs, photos and to give attendees an up-close look at the Leo the Lion gear. “I’ve had the apparel line for awhile,” he said. “I wanted to really start going full throttle on it. A lot of times, there’s not…

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Marble Falls cross country posts solid times in first meet

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls High School boys cross country team includes Connor Yaklin (left), Colton Rutland, Graham Goggans, Owen Martin, Brazos White, Tyler Hamblin and Hunter Holder. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School cross country teams made the most of their first meet of 2024. Following their results at the Battle For Wilco Park meet Aug. 16, new head coach Brenda Gonzalez wrote a note to her runners. “A great start to our season,” she wrote. “I’m really proud of the way we came and even more proud of…

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Marble Falls grad O’Riley transfers to Texas State

August 10, 2024August 10, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#bobcats, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #ncaa, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TexasState, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: High jumper Kason O’Riley, who graduated from Marble Falls High School in 2021, is returning to the area. Courtesy photo Kason O’Riley is coming home. The 2021 Marble Falls High School graduate is transferring to Texas State University after spending a year on the track teams at the University of Oklahoma in 2021-22 and the last two years at the University of Arkansas. O’Riley noted several reasons why he chose to go to Texas State. The first is the location to Marble Falls and his private coach, Charles Austin,…

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Marble Falls cross country starts August with timed trials

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning0 comment

While most fall sports programs will begin preparations for the 2024 season Aug. 5, the Marble Falls High School cross country program will conduct timed trials. And those trials will begin as the sun is making its ascent to begin a new day. That’s because they’ve had organized workouts for several weeks, new head coach Brenda Gonzalez is looking to see how far her runners have come. “(We’re) trying to figure out who’s going to run what,” said Gonzalez, who is returning to Marble Falls Independent School District after a…

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Marble Falls runners embracing challenges to prepare for season

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

To prepare for the cross country season, the Marble Falls High School program began having organized practices last week. New head coach Brenda Gonzalez was pleased with several traits. Top of the list is the number of runners who came — 15 including three Marble Falls Middle School boys and at least five girls. “I think they started training with them during the school year,” she said of the middle school boys. “I’m excited about the girls, too. Most are young.” This year’s cross country schedule is more challenging. While…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

October 15, 2023October 15, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #Llano, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #running, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball, #UILrunning, #UILvolleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet junior quarterback Marcus Pimentel runs the football up the middle in helping the Bulldogs earn 279 rushing yards during the Battle for Burnet County. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The end is near, and the football playoff picture is starting to get more in focus. Let’s review what happened last week. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad Podcaster. Please like, subscribe and share.