Featured Running 

Burnet boys track continues on to regionals

CAPTION: The 400-meter really team of Colt McGraw (seated, left), Clay Lamb, Cohen Jorpeland (standing, left) and Caden Farmer and their silver medals. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School boys track and field team competed with plenty of Bulldog fight during the District 23 and 24-4A area meet April 15. Junior Colt McGraw advanced to the Class 4A Region III meet with a mark of 41 feet and 9.5 inches to nab fourth place in the triple jump after finishing seventh in the long jump with a…

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Featured Running 

Burnet girls track advances in four events to regionals

CAPTION: The Lady Dawgs’ 1,600-meter relay team of Journey Denton (front row, left, Brooklynn Dawes, Brianne Smith (second row, left) and Molly Cupitt with the medals symbolizing a fourth-place finish at the District 23 and 24-4A area meet. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School girls track and field team had several members advance to the Class 4A Region III meet because of their performances at the District 23 and 24-4A area meet April 15. “This week gave us plenty to celebrate,” head coach Crystal Shipley said. “Several performances came…

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Baseball Featured High School 

Marble Falls baseball beats Jarrell

CAPTION: Senior pitcher Canon Cochran delivers another gem for the Mustangs en ensuring they finish second in the District 24-4A standings. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Jarrell 6-0 April 21 in District 24-4A. The win clinches a runner-up finish for the Mustangs (21-5, 9-3), who will face Gatesville for a bi-district championship in a best-of-three series in the Class 4A Division I playoffs with dates, sites and times still to be determined. “All we had to do was win one (of the…

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Featured Football High School Running 

Mustang Stadium to get new bleachers

Photo by Ralph Arvesen Mustang Stadium will be receiving new home bleachers after the Marble Falls Independent School District’s Board of Trustees approved purchasing 1,377 seating chairs during its regular meeting April 20. The purchase and installation is from Sturdisteel Grandstand and Press Box for $399,450. This company performed the same task at Mustang Stadium when it first opened. A month earlier, when Marble Falls ISD Maintenance Director Eric Humiston presented the first reading to the board, he said that he believed “this is all paid by insurance. So we…

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Featured Golf 

Burnet girls golf finish second at regional tourney

CAPTION: Burnet High School golfers Chloe Shannon (left), Kristine Rodriguez, Avery Gowin and Cambria Neenan wear their team silver medals symbolizing their finish at the Class 4A Region III tournament. Courtesy photo For the second time in school history, the Burnet High School girls golf team will compete at the Class 4A state tournament. That’s because the Lady Dawgs finished second in the team standings at the Class 4A Region III tournament April 15-16 with a 356-351–707. They were paced by freshman Chloe Shannon, who shot an 85-83–168 to finish…

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Baseball Featured High School 

Marble Falls baseball sweeps Taylor

CAPTION: Sophomore pitcher Crawford Mattox was virtually unhittable in his outing against the Taylor Ducks. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team is returning to the Class 4A Division I playoffs thanks to disposing of Taylor 11-0 in five innings April 17. The Mustangs (20-5, 8-3) scored a run in the first inning thanks to a groundout by senior Canon Cochran then exploded for six in the second inning thanks to sending 10 batters. Marble Falls moved and scorer runners thanks to a combination of hits…

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Baseball Featured High School 

Burnet baseball aims for playoff berth

CAPTION: Freshman pitcher Hudson Crawford got the nod to pitch during the win against Lago Vista April 18. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School baseball team’s season comes down to the final two games of the regular season. The Bulldogs (15-15-1, 6-6) will face Georgetown Gateway. Game one is in Georgetown Tuesday, April 21, and game two will be played at Bulldog Diamonds Friday, April 24. The junior varsity plays at 4:30 p.m. A ceremony honoring seniors and their families will be conducted before the varsity game…

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Featured Tennis 

3 Marble Falls tennis players advance to regionals

CAPTION: Senior Cooper Womack wears the gold medal he obtained by winning the Class 4A Region III tournament in boys singles. Courtesy photos Three Marble Falls High School tennis players will compete at the Class 4A state tournament based on their finishes in the Class 4A Region III tournament April 17-18. They are senior Cooper Womack and juniors Cooper Kelley and Amaris Mitchell-Ochoa. No one had a better tournament than Womack, who won his second regional championship in boys singles. Womack, who was seeded No. 1, received a first round bye…

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Featured Running 

Marble Falls boys track sets records, advances to regionals

CAPTION: Head coach Austin Silva and the 1,600-meter relay team of Greg Colver, Gage Coleman, Connor Yaklin and Graham Goggans. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Several Marble Falls High School boys track and field members earned the right to advance to the Class 4A Region III meet thanks to their finishes at the District 23 and 24-4A meet April 15. They are sophomore Graham Goggans, juniors Gage Coleman, Greg Colver, Anthony Griffin, Owen Martin and Connor Yaklin, and freshman Joaquim Edwards. Goggans took double gold in the 400 meters in 49.70…

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Featured Running 

Marble Falls track athlete Cuplin captures area medals

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior Madison Cuplin with her four gold medals from the District 23 and 24-4A area meet. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photograpy Not many athletes had a better area meet than Marble Falls junior Madison Cuplin. The Lady Mustang won gold medals in the 100 meters in 11.81 seconds, the 200 meters in 23.84 seconds, the long jump with a mark of 19 feet and 11 inches and the triple jump with a mark of 41-9. She broke her own school records in both running events. Head coach…

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