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Marble Falls cross country to rely on vets, newcomers this season

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The 2025 Marble Falls Independent School District runners recently posed for a photo after one of their practices during the first week of practice. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School cross country program started organized practices for the 2025 season last week and head coach Brenda Gonzalez said she is encouraged by several revelations. Top of the list are the number of experienced runners returning to the boys team. The program doesn’t have a senior. “Everyone is back,” she said. That includes junior lettermen Owen Martin, Colton Rutland,…

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Marble Falls volleyball begins new season with tryouts

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Katie Terrell (left) and Kate McCary have skills that help the Lady Mustangs. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Around 40 players are expected to compete for varsity spots on the Marble Falls High School volleyball team. Those players will get their chance during tryouts that go from 9-11 a.m. and from 1-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1-2 at Max Copeland Gym on the high school campus. Aug. 1 also is the first day of official practices allowed by the University Interscholastic League, the governing body of extracurricular activities for…

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Marble Falls athlete Madison Cuplin to compete at Junior Olympics

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#AAU, #BurnetCounty, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Madison Cuplin is returning to the Junior Olympics. Photo by Derek Gonzalez Marble Falls High School junior Madison Cuplin is competing in three events at the Amateur Athletic Union’s Junior Olympics in Houston. She is in the 15- and 16-year-old age group in the 100-meter dash that has 97 runners with the first preliminaries starting Tuesday, July 29, triple jump that has a total of 78 athletes that is Wednesday, July 30, and the long jump that has 95 entries on Thursday, July 31. Marble Falls High School girls…

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Marble Falls grad Chloe Ellis to run in college

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #crosscountry, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Mustangs, #running, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Chloe Ellis shined in her final year as a Lady Mustang runner, advancing to postseason meets and displaying her heart, according to head coach Brenda Gonzalez. Courtesy photo Chloe Ellis, who graduated in May from Marble Falls High School, will be a middle-distance runner for Jacksonville College. Cross country and Lady Mustangs track and field head coach Brenda Gonzalez commended Ellis for her choice and her work leading up to it. The runner created an online profile that included her race times in cross country and track and field. That…

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Marble Falls football hosts July camp

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

CAPTION: Mustangs head coach and quarterbacks coach Keri Timmerman illustrates the way he wants a hand-off given to Crawford Mattox (left) and Hayden Liscum during last summer’s Mustang Football Camp. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School football program is hosting its annual Mustang Football Camp Monday-Thursday, July 28-31. It’s for players in grades Kindergarten through nine. Cost is $60. People can either sign up at MFMustangs.org or in person at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at Mustang Stadium. Head coach Keri Timmerman didn’t mince words about his…

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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…