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Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club starts membership, sponsorship drive for 2025-26

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

The Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club is conducting its annual membership and sponsorship drive for the 2025-26 school year. The sponsorship drive has several levels with the platinum being among the most popular, according to new membership coordinator Michele Boshears. It includes being listed on the booster club sign at Mustang Stadium and its sponsorship web page, public address announcement at home varsity games, an individual 4-foot by 8-foot sign at Mustang Stadium, vehicle decal, Mustang tote bag, Mustang insulated backpack, two general admission passes to every Marble Falls home…

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Burnet girls soccer has its new head coach

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #pitch, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Kerrville Tivy girls soccer head coach Doug Ketcham with Lady Antler Reece Zunker, who was named second team all-District 26-5A in 2024. Courtesy photo The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District girls soccer program has its new head coach. It’s Doug Ketcham, head coach of the Kerrville Tivy girls soccer team, who resigned to take the Lady Dawgs job after leading the Lady Antlers for two years. “This is somebody we need,” Burnet athletic director Grant Freeman said. “It was a great fit. It worked out. It lined up.” Ketchum…

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Repairs at Bulldog Field won’t cause a delay in preparations

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Parts of the retaining wall at Bulldog Field came apart because of 16 inches of rain in Burnet during the Fourth of July weekend. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Flooding during the Fourth of July holiday caused some damage to the retaining wall on the home side and pulled up parts of the artificial turf at Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s Bulldog Field. Bulldog Field is the school district’s No. 1 outdoor venue for high school football and soccer games and outdoor graduation ceremonies. The damage happened on the…

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Marble Falls boys soccer sends three teams to Burnet summer league

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: junior Esteban Dominguez was a breakout star for the Mustangs during the 2025 season. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys soccer program is sending three teams to the Burnet Summer League, which starts at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in July at the Burnet Middle School stadium. The format is 7 on 7 and matches are played on one half of the field. Therefore, two matches are played at once. One Marble Falls team won July 10, while another tied. Though 17 players were lost to…

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Marble Falls girls soccer playing in Burnet summer league

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Suzena Perez is a key Lady Mustang returner in 2026. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Both Marble Falls High School girls soccer teams each won their only match July 10 on the first night of the Burnet Summer League. Games are played at the Burnet Middle School stadium beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursdays. The format is 7 versus 7 played on one side of the 50-yard line, which allows two matches to be played at the same time. Marble Falls Purple, which consists of a lot of “older”…

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Camps highlight busy month for Marble Falls athletes

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Sophomore Brighton Bernard (left) and senior Kate McCary are among the returners for the Lady Mustangs in 2025. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The final weeks of July are shaping up to be especially busy for the Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department. In addition to having two weeks remaining for Forge ’25, the department’s strength and conditioning program, three head coaches are hosting sports camps. First up is the Lady Mustang Volleyball Camp from 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Wednesday, July 14-16, for rising ninth-12th graders. Camp director is new…

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Marble Falls athletes return for final month of Forge

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

CAPTION: Brody Graham shows the strain of the weight as he prepares to lift the bar above his head. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls Independent School District athletes gathered at Mustang Stadium July 7 to begin the final month of Forge ’25, the department’s summer strength and conditioning program. About 50 high school boys and 30 high school girls were on the artificial turf for agility and speed training and in the weight room for high-intensity lifting sessions. Once Forge wrapped up, they split up to do sport-specific…

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Marble Falls athletes aid in flood relief efforts

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HelpTexas, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #StandWithTexas, #SupportTexasFamilies, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TexasFlood, #TexasFloodRelief, #TexasStrong, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Colton Carroll (left), Charles Wood, Bodie Christopher, Hadyen Osti and Anton Cox assemble a tier shelf. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department’s coaches and players were working hard July 9 lifting and moving to get from one stop to the next in a hurry. But they weren’t at Mustang Stadium for Forge ’25, the department’s summer strength and conditioning program. Instead, some coaches and athletes, most of whom representing Marble Falls Middle School, were at The Ark of the Highland Lakes’ warehouse unloading…

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Faith Academy’s ‘Know, Grow, Go’ demonstrated in volunteering

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #FloodRelief, #gobigred, #HelpTexas, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyFlames, #marblefallsfaith, #StandWithTexas, #SupportTexasFamilies, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TexasFloodRelief, #TexasFloods, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy of Marble Falls teammates Wade Dillard (left) and Cooper Hansard lift a wooden walkway. Courtesy photo The Faith Academy of Marble Falls’ campus located on RR 1431 made it an ideal spot for First Responders to set up a Command Center after the flood that hit the Highland Lakes during the Fourth of July holiday. As a result, Faith Academy administrators closed the campus for summer activities, including the Flames’ and Lady Flames’ strength and conditioning sessions. But that didn’t mean that athletes weren’t working. They simply traded…

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Burnet coach Crystal Shipley’s impact is more than wins

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Burnetcountytx, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The 2023 Burnet High School volleyball team earned head coach Crystal Shipley (standing, right) her 100th career victory, which came against Lampasas in Sept. 26, 2023. Celebrating the milestone were players Kylie Brobst (seated, left), Journey Denton, Reagan Shipley; manager Emma Pelky (middle row, left), Addie Houston, Payton Smith, Asah Roy, Camryn Courtney; MaeSyn Gay (back row, left), Addison Huffman, Zaria Solis, Cydney Robison, Laney Huffman and Lauren Howton. File photo At the end of the 2024-25 school year, the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District received numerous resignations from head coaches,…