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Marble Falls grad Kason O’Riley earns NCAA silver medal

June 15, 2025June 15, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bobcats, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #nationalchampion, #ncaa, #NCAAtrack, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #tsu, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Texas State senior high jumper Kason O’Riley finishes as the NCAA Men’s Division I Outdoor Track and Field runner-up in the event. Photo by Tyler Emanuel/Texas State Track Media Team Texas State University senior high jumper Kason O’Riley is the NCAA Men’s Division I co-runner-up after clearing 7 feet and 2.5 inches June 13. The NCAA Men’s Division I Track and Field Championships was in Eugene, Oregon. O’Riley, a 2021 Marble Falls High School graduate, shared the silver medal with teammate Aiden Hayes. It was O’Riley’s best result at…

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Faith boys basketball to play in more events

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hoops, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #TABChoops, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy guard Colt Mason moves to disrupt the shot. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball program continues to use its June to the fullest. The Flames, fresh off of finishing the Llano June League, will compete in a tournament in Round Rock this weekend and then at the TABC Showcase hosted by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. At the TABC event, Faith will face Dallas First Baptist and Fort Worth Lake Country Christian both on June 20 and St. Thomas…

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Marble Falls’ Herrington Center hosts UTR events

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#GoldStandard, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #netters, #tennis, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center hosted two Universal Tennis Ratting tournaments recently. The center on the Marble Falls High School campus. The first, a doubles tournament, happened June 6 and drew 17 teams with one team on the waiting list, while a singles tournament occurred June 9 and attracted 12. Tournament participants played two matches. Marble Falls Independent School District tennis head coach Samuel Whitley credited assistant coach Nathan Redman for bringing the events to the city. “At the end of the school year, he saw Copperas Cove…

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Timmerman named a finalist for state award

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior quarterback Atreyu Machacek is one of two candidates for the starting job in operating head coach Keri Timmerman’s (center) version of the spread offense. Timmerman, who is a finalist for the Game-Changing Coach Award, is selected because he goes the extra mile in developing young men on and off the field. New to his staff is offensive coordinator Logan Simmons (right). Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director and football head coach Keri Timmerman is a finalist for the Game-Changing Coach…

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Marble Falls student Quincy Rodriguez plays in all-star game

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls Middle School seventh-grader Quincy Rodriguez takes in the setting of the North Texas contest of Texas All-State Football. Courtesy photo Marble Falls Middle School student athlete Quincy Rodriguez competed in the North Texas contest of Texas All-State Football June 5-7. He helped his team win 12-6. The game was played June 7 at North Crowley High School. The contest was for middle school athletes. “I did good, I liked it,” Rodriguez said. “I played with good people and different people from Texas.” The game is a fundraiser…

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Burnet baseball has numerous all-district selections

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: Noah Crawford’s ability to get on base and natural speed made him a dangerous runner on the bases. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Several members of the Burnet High School baseball team were named to the All-District 24-4A team based on their performances during the 2025 season. Senior shortstop Noah Crawford is the district’s Offensive Most Valuable Player, while Cooper Faris, Alex Cantrill and Trey Morrow are on the first team. Second team members are Cooper Alexander, Khris Kassner and Matthew Valdez and honorable mention went to Cade Park and…

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Marble Falls’ Forge ’25 drawing more athletes in second year

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Erick Flores leads the agility drill during the first day of Forge ’25 June 2. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department’s Forge ’25 is off to a tremendous start. Athletic director Keri Timmerman and strength-and-conditioning coordinator Karl “Beef” Bielfeldt are happy with the number of athletes who are attending and the work they are putting in. Bielfeldt said 100 seventh- and eighth-graders and 235 athletes in grades 9-12 attended the first week. “From last year to this year, we’ve seen a big…

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Kim Duncan-Payten ready to coach Burnet girls hoops

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet girls basketball head coach Kim Duncan-Payten (left) with youngest son Kaleb and husband Donovan. Courtesy photo Kim Duncan-Payten is the new Burnet High School girls basketball head coach, a position she accepted about two weeks ago. “I’ve been overwhelmed with everybody,” she said. “They’ve been so welcoming and so inviting. I’m grateful to be here, and I know the area very well.” Payten is a 1987 Llano High School graduate. She played basketball at Angelo State University for two years and graduated from Sam Houston State University. Payten applied…

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Freeman set to become Burnet CISD’s next athletic director

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: Grant Freeman will be recommended as the next Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic director. Courtesy photo The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District announced that Grant Freeman will be recommended to its Board of Trustees as the next athletic director. The district’s superintendent’s office made the announcement June 10. A special school board meeting will occur Monday, June 16, where Dr. Aaron Pena, the school district’s superintendent, will make the recommendation. Freeman is currently the Wichita Falls Independent School District athletic director and was recently named the Region 2…

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Marble Falls volleyball gets a jump on season preparations

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILvolleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Tessie Bowen (left) and Hannah Welch are all smiles after the Lady Mustangs win a point during the Llano May League. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro When Zoey Hanrahan-Beard accepted the position of Marble Falls High School volleyball head coach, one of her first tasks was to meet and study the Lady Mustangs. Beard accepted the job in early May and has been around the players as they competed at the Llano May League. Now that Forge ’25, the athletic department’s summer strength-and-conditioning program, began last week, Beard has been…