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Marble Falls baseball sweeps Lampasas

April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#badgers, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Junior lead-off batter John Alan Whittle (2) taps his helmet with junior Grant Carter after touches home plate to score the game’s first run — a solo homer — in the first inning. Photo by Sandra Butts The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Lampasas 7-4 April 9 in District 24-4A play. The game was originally scheduled for April 10, but coaches agreed to the date and time change, opting for a varsity only contest slated for 6 p.m., to avoid predicted bad weather. Like the Mustangs’ Scearce…

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Burnet softball beats Marble Falls

April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILsoftball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet junior Hannah Brooks records one of 15 hits against Marble Falls. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School softball team defeated Marble Falls 8-1 April 10 in District 24-4A play. With the win, the Lady Dawgs have their first sweep in district play. Headed into the contest, each team was aware of the implications a victory could bring. Both head coaches noted that earning a win was an opportunity to stay in the playoff hunt. “Just be disciplined and go play the game that they know and…

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Burnet baseball sweeps Jarrell

April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: No matter the situation in the first game against the Jarrell Cougars, Burnet junior pitcher Mason Watson didn’t lose his cool, his focus or his composure in keeping the opponent from scoring. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School baseball team defeated Jarrell 17-4 April 10 and 2-0 April 7 for the Bulldogs’ second District 24-4A sweep. Burnet is on a four-game district winning streak. “We pitched really well both games, but they had a pitcher that I will say was effectively wild (April 7),” Burnet head coach…

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A genuine piece of Art

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: Art Dlugach (left) and Tyler McDonough, a 2015 Llano High School graduate, broadcasting another Llano victory. Courtesy photo Editor’s Note: a two-part series about Art Dlugach and how he came to the Highland Lakes appeared in the April 2 and 9 editions of The Llano News. This story is independent from the series. Please pick up copies of The Llano News for those stories. Art Dlugach was a self-proclaimed “Llano guy.” That meant that in his eyes — and in his heart — the Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Lampasas

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#badgers, #BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #GoMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Freshman Landon White delivers big at the plate, helping the Mustangs generate four runs to start the game against the Badgers. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Lampasas 7-5 April 7 in District 24-4A play. The Mustangs (16-5, 4-3) got going when junior lead-off batter John Alan Whittle reached first on a dropped third strike. Junior Grant Carter singled to left field, senior catcher Canon Cochran drew a walk, and sophomore third baseman Crawford Mattox hit a 2 RBI single to right-center field.…

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Marble Falls’ Cuplin, Wilde advance to area meet

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning0 comment

CAPTION: Junior Madison Cuplin adds district gold medals Nos. 5 and 6 in the long jump and triple jump. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Marble Falls junior Madison Cuplin and sophomore Brenna Wilde are advancing to the District 23 and 24-4A area meet thanks to their finishes in the field events at the District 24-4A meet April 8. Cuplin secured her third District 24-4A championships in both the long jump and triple jump April 8 at Bulldog Field. No Mustang or Lady Mustang had a better day than Cuplin. The…

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Marble Falls’ Lemon, distance runners advance to area

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #GoMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Triple jumpers Greg Lemon, a Marble Falls senior (left), and Burnet junior Colt McGraw and sophomore Fisher Powell are on the podium as the top three finishers of the event at the District 24-4A meet April 8. Courtesy photo Three Marble Falls High School track and field Mustangs nabbed medals from the District 24-4A meet to continue their seasons. The meet was at Bulldog Field in Burnet April 8. Senior Greg Lemon took silver in the triple jump with a leap of 41 feet and 2.5 inches and freshman…

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Burnet soccer announces new district for next two years

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #realignment, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Head coach Doug Ketcham believes the new district will pose challenges to his program that returns several experienced and explosive players. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School soccer programs will spend the next two years in District 23-4A, which is in Region III. The University Interscholastic League announced realignment April 1. Burnet will face Florence, Gatesville, Jarrell, Lampasas, Little River Academy, McGregor and Salado. Florence and Jarrell spent the last two years with Burnet in District 25-4A in Region IV and Burnet has played Gatesville, Lampasas…

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Burnet County athletes earn medal, set PRs at Texas Relays

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #GoMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TexasRelays, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls High School 1,600-meter runners Greg Colver (left), Gage Coleman, horizontal jumper Madison Cuplin, Graham Goggans and Connor Yaklin. Courtesy photo Several Burnet County athletes competed at the 98th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays April 3-4. Marble Falls Junior Madison Cuplin finished third in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet and a half inch April 3 and didn’t compete in the triple jump because of weather April 4. “It wasn’t her best series of jumps, but she was still able to hit a high-level mark…

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Burnet girls golf wins district title

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #champs, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILgolf0 comment

CAPTION: Freshman Chloe Shannon leads the Lady Dawgs in the leaderboard and back to the regional tournament. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School girls golf team captured the 2026 District 24-4A championship April 1-2 in dominant fashion. The Lady Dawgs scored a 334-344–678. Lampasas finished second with a 358-346–704. Head coach Carter Carruthers said the key to victory were two traits. “Just keeping level heads and playing consistent golf,” he said. “We have a good golf team. We have four girls who are good golfers, and they…