June 2025 - Texas Chalk Talk

Escamilla brothers compete at National Junior Olympics

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#boxing, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #JrOlympics, #JuniorOlympics, #marblefallstx, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Brothers Maliki Escamilla, 18, (left) and brother Rey Escamilla, 8, participate in the parade of the opening ceremonies of the 2025 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival. Courtesy photo Brothers Maliki and Rey Escamilla participated in the 2025 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival June 14-21 in Las Vegas. “You have to qualify or be invited,” said mom Karlene Escamilla, who is a co-founder of IMR Boxing Gym Inc. with husband Freddy Escamilla, Jr. IMR Boxing Gym Inc., which is part of USA Boxing, is a non-profit. Freddy Escamilla, Jr., the…

Featured Softball

Marble Falls softball makes most of summer

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallstx, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The cages at Scearce Softball Field remain a popular area for the Lady Mustangs as they work on their batting during evening skills sessions. Courtesy photo One more win. That’s how close the Marble Falls High School softball program came from forcing a play-in contest for the final playoff spot in District 24-4A last season. That result is firing up the Lady Mustangs, according to head coach Alex Lozoya. Almost 20 new faces are expected to be part of the program in 2026 after six players graduated. Lozoya has…

Baseball Basketball Featured Football High School High School High School Powerlifting Running Volleyball

Marble Falls athletes finish productive two months

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Doak Timmerman (left) is racing Greg Colver in an effort to slap coach is Hayden Kesselring’s hand first. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro A mandatory break issued by the University Interscholastic League from June 30-July 4 signals the end of what Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director Keri Timmerman said was a highly productive two months. After all, the Mustangs competed in both the Burnet May and Llano June 7-on-7 leagues, while the boys basketball team played in the Llano Tuesday League for four weeks. The Lady Mustangs…

Basketball College Featured High School Recruiting

Faith Academy boys basketball turns heads at showcase

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyFlames, #marblefallsfaith, #showcase, #TABC, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball team went 1-2 during the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Association Showcase June 20-22 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Flames beat Fort Worth Lake Country Christian and lost to Dallas First Baptist and Houston St. Thomas Episcopal. Faith head coach Zakk Revelle said the Flames ran into a buzzsaw against Dallas First Baptist, which made more than 50 percent of their attempts to begin the contest. “They shot the ball well,” he said. “It was incredible how they shot the ball.”…

Featured Football High School

How Marble Falls football is shaping its QBs

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #QB, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior Atreyu Machacek (left) and sophomore Crawford Mattox are two of several quarterbacks in the Marble Falls program. Staff graphic by Cristele Richins When the Marble Falls Independent School District hired Keri Timmerman to be its athletic director and football head coach in December 2023, administrators knew the new skipper was bringing his version of the spread offense. Since then Timmerman, who serves as the program’s quarterback coach, has been busy developing that position to move from a ball distributor under the old slot-T offense to a…

Featured Football High School

How Burnet football creates the gadget Bulldog

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnetcountytx, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet receiver Matthew Williams uses his body to protect the ball and make the touchdown catch. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Burnet High School football rivals were shocked when word spread that the Bulldogs were searching for a new quarterback. It was the summer of 2022 and one player — Grant Jones — was the foregone starter. After all, he had played the position throughout youth football and at Burnet Middle School. His teams rarely lost. So why would coaches not want Jones to have his hands on the…

Basketball Featured High School

Burnet alum Revelle happy for Bulldogs new hoops coach, friend Weldon

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnetcountytx, #burnettx, #dawgs, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet High School graduate Zakk Revelle (left) and new Bulldogs head coach Juston Weldon. The two have played against one another and were collegiate teammates before becoming head coaches. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro When Roy Kiser announced he was stepping down as the Burnet High School boys basketball head coach and that assistant coach Juston Weldon was taking over, few people were happier for the two than Zakk Revelle. That’s because he was blessed to play for Kiser for four years as a Burnet Bulldog and played with…

Basketball Featured

Next Level’s Lady Huskies reach championship

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #champions, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #hoops, #Huskies, #nextlevel, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: The Next Level Sports-Hill Country Lady Huskies celebrate earning medals June 22 by finishing 2-1 at a tournament in Austin. The team includes Charley Powell (left), Paisley Ivy, Rose Edwards, Mila Tubig, Jayden Burrow, coach MaeSyn Gay, Lily Cardeno and Aubrey Chapman. Courtesy photo The Lady Huskies, a basketball team based in Burnet County, finished 2-1 at a tournament June 21-22 at the Austin Sports Center. Their only loss was in the tournament championship by three points. They took the final shot of the game, but it didn’t fall.…

Featured Softball

Improvements begin at Marble Falls’ Scearce Field

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Stadium improvements at Marble Falls High School’s Scearce Softball Field have begun taking shape. Workers have installed pipes for what will be the bullpen for the visitors dugout, removed fencing to install new netting that keeps fans safe from foul balls, and have the cabinets for helmets ready to be put in the dugouts. The fence will extend from one dugout to the other. Head coach Alex Lozoya said the Lady Mustangs are liking the improvements. “There’s better ball protection and better visibility area,” he said. Other improvements will include…

Basketball Featured Football High School High School

Marble Falls grad David Morgan puts efforts into ventures, family, helping athletes play like him

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: David Morgan (right) with his wife, Langlie, and their son Moose. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Marble Falls High School graduate David Morgan still turns heads when he is on campus. The former Mustang receiver was at Max Copeland Gym for the signing ceremony of cousin Noah Lyon to Schreiner University May 14. Morgan, a 2011 graduate, made history as the first Mustang and University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunner drafted by an NFL team when the Minnesota Vikings took him at No. 188 in the 2016 draft.…