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Marble Falls volleyball ‘kicks it into gear’

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

CAPTION: Head coach Zoey Beard-Hanrahan believes the Lady Mustangs have all the pieces to accomplish their goals this season. Their play during their latest tournament simply reinforced that belief. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School volleyball team ended the Jason Lander Invitational on a four-matching winning streak, almost matching two pre-district winning streaks from a year ago. The tournament was hosted by the Austin Independent School District Aug. 14-16. The Lady Mustangs (5-4) won the flight one bracket by defeating Kyle Lehman 25-7, 25-18 and Austin…

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Faith Academy volleyball beats Austin Waldorf

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyFlames, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Sophomore outside hitter Ella Claiborne has several ways she scores points for the Lady Flames and showed many of them during their win against Austin Waldorf Aug. 12. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls volleyball team defeated Austin Waldorf 25-9, 25-10, 25-10 Aug. 12 in the season opener. “I thought the girls did really well,” head coach Erin Sawyer said. “When they came out, the girls were extremely ready to play.” Waldorf was simply overmatched throughout the contest with the Lady Flames making a statement…

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Marble Falls football has big plays against Lago Vista

August 15, 2025August 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LagoVista, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #vikings0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior running back Joaquin Aguilar escapes the Lago Vista defense’s grasp to gallop more than 50 yards toward pay dirt. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School football team performed well during its Aug. 14 scrimmage against Lago Vista, the Mustangs’ first of the 2025 season. That’s according to head coach Keri Timmerman. “We got a lot of things we got to fix, but I think that there’s improvement,” he said. “We’re further along than we were last year, and we got young players…

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Marble Falls cross country begins season

August 15, 2025August 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls High School cross country team is headed to College Station for the Mud, Sweat and Cheers Relay meet Saturday, Aug. 16. It’s the program’s first meet of the season. Athletes will compete in a four-person relay and run a 1.5-mile leg for a total of six miles. “It’s a fun, non-traditional way to open the season and a great team-building experience,” head coach Brenda Gonzalez said. The program is returning several key athletes including juniors Owen Martin, Connor Yaklin, Brazos White and Colton Rutland and sophomores Graham…

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Faith Academy football continues teaching, practicing

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Newcomer Ronin Burns listens to instructions from defensive coordinator Cole Garrett (left) and head coach Jay Silvers before lining up for another drill. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football program continues preparing for the 2025 season. The Flames added full pads Aug. 7 and kept teaching the sport to four newcomers, who are learning six-man football. They are sophomore Austin Edwards from Lake Travis, Ronin Burns from Austin Westlake, Colten Lane from Lago Vista, and Ben Strmiska from Llano. “It’s going well,” head…

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Faith Academy girls hoops make strides during summer league

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyFlames, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: The 2025 Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls summer league team includes Madison Winsborough (left), Liv Kraenzel, Layla Terrell, Natalie Weems, Lilly Koziel, Jasmine Young, Selby Sanchez, Cuyleigh Zimmerman and Megan Burrows. Courtesy photo When Harvey Vaughn became the head coach of the Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls basketball program last summer, he had one giant item on his to-do list. Lessen the learning curve for his team that featured a lot of underclassmen. The Lady Flames learned some hard lessons the hard way during the pre-district campaign…

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Burnet volleyball beats Blanco in season opener

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet senior hitter Wrigley Mulhollan sees an opening for a spike to end a rally in the first set against Blanco. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School volleyball team didn’t disappoint in its season-opening win, sweeping Blanco 3-0 Aug. 12 inside The Doghouse. “Lots of good things,” head coach Crystal Shipley said. “A lot of goods, but there’s so much more that people haven’t seen yet.” Though the first set was close with the two teams tying each other at 16-16, the Lady Dawgs (1-0) went…

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Burnet football Mom’s Night Out allows matriarchs to experience what their sons do

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography When Burnet Consolidated Independent School District football head coach Ben Speer said he wanted to give the Bulldogs’ mothers the full experience of what it’s like to wear the Kelly green, he wasn’t kidding. It was in plain sight as the moms lined up to experience the same drills their sons do and put on the full uniform complete with shoulder pads and helmets to know what it’s like to move and run in the attire. The activities were all apart of Mom’s Night Out,…

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Marble Falls volleyball beats Lehman in season opener

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #volleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls Lady Mustangs Brighton Bernard (left) and Amaris Mitchell-Ochoa force the Kyle Lehman hitter to adjust to their block during win Aug. 11. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School volleyball team defeated Kyle Lehman 25-21, 25-22, 25-22 Aug. 11 in the Lady Mustangs’ season opener. “It feels good,” said new head coach Zoey Beard-Hanrahan after her debut. “Our girls have a different mentality. I’ve been talking about the fight. I think that’s a huge component of it.” Throughout the match, neither team allowed the…

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Burnet football ready to scrimmage Canyon Lake

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Running back Josiah Coronado sees the hole in the middle and goes through it virtually untouched during practice Aug. 11. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School football team added full pads to its practices at the end of last week. But the Bulldogs continue to show the same intensity and enthusiasm that has defined the first week of fall training camp. And their reward at the end of this week? Welcoming Fischer Canyon Lake for the first scrimmage of the season Friday, Aug. 15, at Bulldog…