October 20, 2025 - Texas Chalk Talk

Burnet volleyball adds district wins, gives free clinic

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Freshman middle blocker Taylor Smith (left) and senior athlete Journey Denton are part of a defense few hitters want to face. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School volleyball team keeps adding District 24-4A wins. And equally impressive is that those victories complete sweep seasons of opponents inside venues that weren’t The Doghouse in Burnet. The latest came at Jarrell 25-18, 25-22, 25-18 Oct. 17 and at Taylor 25-15, 25-13, 25-14 Oct. 14. “We wrapped up a fantastic week of volleyball with two program sweeps on the road…

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Marble Falls volleyball sweeps Lampasas

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Burnetcountysports, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior athlete Kate McCary has several ways of scoring points for the Lady Mustangs, which keeps opponents guessing at what she’ll do next. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School volleyball team defeated Lampasas in a 3-0 sweep to win the head-to-head matchup in District 24-4A. The puts the Lady Mustangs (13-13, 4-6) within a couple of wins to end a playoff drought. The program hasn’t advanced to the postseason since 2009. But first, Marble Falls will play in the final week of the…

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Burnet cross country coach honors brother through success

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Burnetcountysports, #dawgs, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #LadyDawgs, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Twin brothers and 2002 Burnet High School graduates Tyler (left) and Simon Hairston. Courtesy photo When Simon Hairston said yes to becoming the Burnet High School cross country head coach, it was a full circle moment. That’s because Hairston, a 2002 graduate of Burnet High School, accepted the job of cross country head coach at his alma mater earlier this year, assuming the reins from Kristi Jones, who resigned at the end of the 2024 fall semester. Though Hairston wasn’t a cross country runner, preferring football and track, his…