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Early August events kick off new sports year

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#boosterclub, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Sarah Wood is the new Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club vice president. Her son, Charles, is a seventh grade athlete. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club will continue several August commitments the club is known for. First up is having a table at the entrance of Mustang Stadium for the second annual Midnight Madness football practice Monday, Aug. 4, at Mustang Stadium. The practice is the first of the 2025 season and kicks off two-a-day training camp. Midnight Madness showcases the Marble Falls High School football program. And…

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Burnet boys soccer using summer league to jumpstart new season

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Ricardo Flores sees a seam and makes a run for it. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography While other sports are ending summer league play, the Highland Lakes Soccer League is just getting started. Area high school programs are meeting each Thursday to play 7 versus 7 matches at the Burnet Middle School stadium at 7 p.m. The boys teams from Burnet, Lampasas and Marble Falls make up the league. “The whole purpose of the league is to have them come to get touches,” Burnet boys soccer head coach and league…

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Burnet girls soccer approaches summer league with same attitude

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #pitch, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Kaylie Solorzano is one of several Lady Dawgs committed to getting better and meeting the program’s standards. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School girls soccer team is competing in the Highland Lakes Soccer League each Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Burnet Middle School stadium. Summer league co-director Benjamin Boorman, who serves as the Burnet High School boys soccer head coach, noted the Lady Dawgs are showing why they have been so good for so long. They’ve won the last three district titles and finished third…

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Burnet athletic department ends month with three camps

July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet football head coach Ben Speer is leading the Bulldogs’ football camp next week. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department is hosting three camps beginning Monday, July 28. The Football Camp, for youngsters in the third grade to the ninth grade, will be conducted from 8-10 a.m. while the volleyball camp is from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for incoming freshmen. Both end Wednesday, July 30. The Swim and Dive Camp for third- through ninth-graders is from 8-10 a.m. Wednesday-Friday, July 30-Aug. 1. Each…

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Marble Falls ISD hires athletic trainer

July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Mendy Wyatt (right) and husband Robert. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department has its new athletic trainer. She is Mendy Wyatt from Post Independent School District. Wyatt has spent most of her career in west Texas, Marble Falls ISD athletic director Keri Timmerman said. Her experience in sports athletic training stood out to him. “Mendy has been in towns like Marble Falls,” he said. “She’s used to serving all over in different sports. She has a whole lot of football experience.” She also has worked…

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Marble Falls volleyball shines at camp

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CAPTION: Senior Kate McCary’s versatility is playing different positions and handling serve-receive forces opponents to know where she is at all times. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The annual Lady Mustang Volleyball Camp wrapped up July 16 and left a positive impression on Erin Sawyer. Sawyer, who is the founder of the Highland Lakes Aces volleyball club and is the Faith Academy of Marble Falls volleyball head coach, called the three-day event productive and energetic. “Things are going well,” she day after the second day. “I know a lot of…

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Faith Academy football makes the most of final week of summer program

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyFlames, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy of Marble Falls head coach Jay Silvers (left) and defensive coordinator Garrett Cole agree on the direction of the football program from how to get the athletes prepared to play to their beliefs on game situations that may be the difference in the outcome. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Three days remain in the Faith Academy of Marble Falls football program’s summer strength and conditioning program. After Thursday, July 24, the Flames, who play six-man football, will take a mandatory week off issued by the Texas Association of…

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Marble Falls athletes to begin final weeks of Forge

July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Coach Hayden Kesserling stands between Gregory Lemon (left) and Brody Graham before the two compete in a sprint. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro One week remains of organized summer strength and conditioning workouts with the Marble Falls Independent School District coaching staff guiding the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs. But that doesn’t mean the end of summer workouts, according to athletic director Keri Timmerman. Instead, Forge ’25, the department’s summer strength and conditioning program, will be led by members of the Class of 2026 during the week of July 28-31, he…

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City of Burnet evaluating YMCA youth fields

July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #youthsports0 comment

Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography City of Burnet crew members have sealed off the four fields at the YMCA of the Highland Lakes following the Fourth of July weekend floods. Workers are still assessing the damages to the area and the four fields, but Public Works Manager Thad Mercer said July 11 city officials want to get them ready for play as quickly as they can. “We’ve been so busy assessing the damage,” he said. “The goal is to rebuild and get them up and working as soon as possible.”…

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Marble Falls grad Marco Almazan to play college soccer

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #CBC, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #hawks, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Having tremendous touch on the ball and finding the back of the net is a part of what makes Marco Almazan great. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls High School graduate Marco Almazan has signed a National Letter of Intent to play college soccer for Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Wa. “They had a list of names,” Almazan said. “They heard of me. When you (search my name online) the first thing that comes up is my Spain highlight video.” The Mustang spent five months in Cadiz, Spain, at…