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Flames begin season with eye-popping performance

March 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #FaithAcademy, #Flames, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #TAPPS0 comment

When the Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball team trotted onto the YMCA of the Highland Lakes field for its season opener March 4, few knew what to expect. And yet no one expected what they saw. The Flames crushed Bulverde Living Rock 15-0 in a contest that ended after three innings because of the run rule. Sophomore pitcher Kade Shaw threw a no-hitter and struck out eight batters and walked three. Offensively, junior Justin Mottle had 4 RBIs. Faith head coach Zakk Revelle noted that Living Rock wasn’t at…

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Lady Dawg returns to Class 4A powerlifting state meet

March 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #LadyStangs, #MarbleFalls, #Powerlifting, #TexasChalkTalk, #THSPA, #UIL0 comment

Burnet High School sophomore Abby Smith qualified for the Class 4A Division I powerlifting state meet after finishing third overall in the 114-pound division at regionals on March 4. Smith lifted a total of 635 pounds thanks to squatting 254 pounds, bench-pressing 145 pounds, and dead-lifting 250 pounds. She set new personal bests in the deadlift, the bench press and in the overall total. The state is divided into eight regions. The top two lifters in each region automatically qualify. But Smith’s total weight lifted was the best of the…

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Mustangs earning close wins says plenty about the team

March 5, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls0 comment

The Marble Falls High School baseball team has a 2-1 record in the Hill Country Classic tournament going into the final day of the event on Saturday, March 5, while the Burnet Bulldogs are 1-2. The Bulldogs welcome TMI at 10:30 a.m. at Bulldog Diamonds, 1000 The Green Mile, while Marble Falls travels to play Fredericksburg at 11:30 a.m. at Yellow Jacket Field on the Llano High School campus, 2509 Texas 16 in Llano. The Mustangs began the tournament with a 3-2 win against Johnson City on March 3 and…

Featured Football High School

Mustangs give The Helping Center some needed muscle

March 4, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #football, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #MFalls, #MFHS, #Mustangs0 comment

Sam Pearce, executive director of The Helping Center, was in a bind. He had a “big warehouse” truck carrying numerous pallets averaging 1,500 pounds of food apiece and didn’t have enough volunteers to empty the vehicle. In all, it totaled 30,000 pounds of food. Volunteer Lauren Haltom heard Pearce’s dilemma and offered to contact Marble Falls head football coach Brian Herman to see if the Mustangs could stop by. It didn’t take long for Herman to say yes. By 7:30 a.m. on March 1, the players arrived and immediately went…

Featured Softball

Lady Dawgs begin own tourney with 3-0 record

March 4, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #diamond, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #softball, #Texas0 comment

The Burnet High School softball team started its home tournament by going 3-0 on March 3. The varsity defeated Lago Vista 15-3 in the night cap and began the day with a 13-1 win against Wimberley. The junior varsity beat Pflugerville Connally 8-2. “The JV is solid all the way around,” head coach Hailey Wooten said. “I knew they could compete with varsity teams. That’s why I put them in this tournament. The varsity has rhythm right now. It’s fun to watch. They can hit the ball and play defense.”…

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Lady Dawgs look to continue season success in the spring

March 3, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #UIL0 comment

Burnet High School is extremely proud of the accomplishments of both the volleyball and basketball teams during the 2021-22 school year, and girls athletics coordinator Rick Gates believes there’s plenty more great memories to be made in the spring, especially from the soccer and softball squads. The Lady Dawgs already sealed a berth in the Class 4A soccer playoffs, and the softball team is 9-2 before beginning District 19-4A play March 15. While tennis has played a fall schedule and returned to the courts this semester already, golf and tennis…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

March 2, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetBulldogs, #Eagles, #girls hoops, #Llano, #LlanoJackets, #MarbleFalls, #SFJCS, #Texas, #Texas girls hoops, #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. The Burnet Lady Dawgs athletics program is moving from very good to great. Just look at the success. The basketball team joined the volleyball team in qualifying for the Class 4A Region III tournament, known to many as the Houston region. That is a tough road, indeed, to get to the state tournament. Credit volleyball head coach Crystal Shipley and her team for setting the bar for…

Featured Football High School

Mustangs announce postseason awards

March 1, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Class5A, #football, #HighlandLakes, #Marble Falls, #Mustangs0 comment

The Marble Falls High School football celebrated the accomplishments of the 2021 season with its annual banquet Feb. 28. Head coach Brian Herman had scheduled the event for earlier in the semester, but weather forced a date change. Herman and coaches weren’t in a hurry to have this event since it is the last gathering to commemorate a Mustangs team that reached the third round of the playoffs, a first for this century. He had released the all-District 14-5A Division II teams around the holidays but doesn’t release the Mustang…

Featured High School

Lady Dawgs qualify for Class 4A playoffs

March 1, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #LadyDawgs, #Texas0 comment

The Burnet High School girls soccer team earned one of the four playoff berths in District 19-4A thanks to some impressive individual performances that led to lopsided victories. “The Lady Dawgs have been putting in work the last two weeks,” head coach Kimberly Myhre said, “and it has paid off.” Burnet (11-7-1, 8-2) completed the season sweep of Gatesville (7-5, 5-4) 1-0 Feb. 25 after beating Florence (2-14, 1-6) 7-0 Feb. 22 and Little River Academy (0-15, 0-9) 7-0 Feb. 18. Currently the Lady Dawgs are in third place with…

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Lady Dawgs will be remembered for more than season record

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #girls hoops, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #Texas girls hoops, #UIL0 comment

The Burnet High School girls basketball team’s season ended with a 64-39 loss to Sour Lake Hardin Jefferson in the Class 4A Region III final Feb. 26 after the Lady Dawgs defeated Huffman Hargrave 45-40 in a regional semifinal on Feb. 25 in Lufkin. But the ending isn’t what head coach Rick Gates and the Lady Dawgs will remember about the 2021-22 season. Instead, they’ll treasure how they earned their 19-13 overall record and went 8-0 during the District 19-4A campaign to be the district champions en route to constructing…