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Marble Falls girls basketball shows chemistry in summer league

CAPTION: Collins Berkman is giving the Lady Mustangs quality minutes at guard. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School girls basketball team is making the most of what’s left of its traveling summer league. The Lady Mustangs return to the court Tuesday, July 7, for a couple more weeks of play. The league includes Fischer Canyon Lake, Johnson City and the surrounding area. Coaches decide on gyms on Monday afternoons. Head coach Adley Canales has been sitting with the fans watching the contests. The players sub themselves…

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Marble Falls athletes to resume Forge

CAPTION: Oliver Hernandez (left) and Madden Hernandez lifts kettlebells as part of the weightlifting session. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro After enjoying a week off, the Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department returns for several more weeks of Forge ’26, the department’s summer strength-and-conditioning program. Athletes will be on the artificial turf at Mustang Stadium or in the weight room soon after sunrise. It’s the final push before fall training camps begin for football and volleyball. Volleyball begins Aug. 1 and football follows Aug. 3. “You need to be here…

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Faith Academy football sees depth competing in 6 on 6

CAPTION: Grayson Jaynes hauls in the pass and steps backward to score a touchdown. Photos by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team completed several weeks of 6-on-6 touch football. The Flames played each Tuesday in June. Head coach Jay Silvers pointed out the many positives for the teams that participated – Austin Royals and Round Rock Christian. The Flames even played the Lampasas junior varsity in 7 on 7 during one week. “We have some wide receivers who can move, whether it’s laterally or up the…

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Burnet athletes enjoy productive June

CAPTION: Football head coach Ben Speer helps with the proper form in doing a squat during a Bulldogs’ weightlifting session. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department is taking a well-earned week off after spending the month of June getting stronger, faster and more agile. Athletic director Grant Freeman, who is starting his second summer at the helm, commended his student-athletes for not shying away from the work and the challenges their coaches set before them. And, he added, as the year turns to…

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Burnet Lady Dawgs don’t tire of preparing for what’s coming

CAPTION: Riley Roberts is in the midst of her incline bench presses as spotter Emery Zeigler stands ready to help. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School Lady Dawgs have plenty to be proud of in June, according to their athletic coordinator and coaches. The Lady Dawgs have been arriving to the Student Activity Center right after the sun rises to begin strength-and-conditioning training. They hit the weight room first, go to the artificial turf for agility and speed workouts, then head to The Doghouse for sport-specific skills…

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Burnet football receivers to continue to play to program standards

CAPTION: Jaxon Shipley, who coached the Bulldogs’ 7-on-7 team the last two months, chats with new Burnet High School receivers coach Aaron Terry during a night of football. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro Burnet High School assistant football coach Aaron Terry is familiar with the standards of being a Bulldogs receiver. After all, one of those former players, Jaxon Shipley, has stood next to Terry, who took over the receivers after being hired in April, during many of the 7-on-7 contests the last two months. If Jordan Shipley, who graduated…

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Marble Falls athletes Forge their way through June

CAPTION: Senior Christian Cervantes doesn’t waste a rep during his weightlifting session. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District’s athletic department is taking a well-earned week off after spending the month of June playing 7 on 7 and girls basketball summer league on top of hosting Forge ’26, the summer strength-and-conditioning program. “Been really encouraged by the consistency and attendance across all groups,” strength-and-conditioning coordinator Karl “Beef” Bielfeldt said. “The kids are having fun in getting after it, and so that’s been encouraging with how they…

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Disciplined, fast are two traits of new Marble Falls football defense

CAPTION: Defensive coordinator Taylor Wolfe has been leading a tackling drill during the skills training after strength and conditioning ends. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro When the Marble Falls Independent School District football program went on the hunt for a new defensive coordinator, head coach Keri Timmerman had a list of qualities, philosophies and other traits he wanted to see in that individual. Top of the list is stopping the run. So when Timmerman offered the position to Taylor Wolfe, who spent the last two years at China Spring High School…

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Marble Falls Slayers win championship in first year

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Slayers celebrate winning the Father’s Day Classic Small Town Select tournament. The team includes Asher Davis (front row, left), Oakley Lindo, Miller Shell, Bryson Floyd, Sheldon De La Hoya, Conor Caviness, Hudson Lehman, George Edwards, Matias Hernandez, Mitchell Wessels, Brandon Malm, Avery Engler; head coach Austin Shell (back row, left) and assistant coaches Mike Davis and Michael Lehman. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls Slayers, a baseball team featuring players eight years old and younger, won the Father’s Day Classic Small Town Select tournament, where the Slayers…

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Marble Falls High brings back fishing club

CAPTION: Benjamin Gregory (left) and Kayden Forren celebrate a top 10 finish at bass fishing tournament. Courtesy photos The Marble Falls High School fishing club returned during the 2025-26 school year Marble Falls High School Principal Patrick Hinson, who is entering his fourth year, said he wanted to resurrect the club earlier and asked Agriculture Science and Future Farmers of America Adviser James Conner and high school administrative assistant Crystal Perez to help him. “We got it all up and going again,” Hinson said. The club participated in the Texas High…

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