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Marble Falls grad named Cisco College athletic director

June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#Cisco, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #juco, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #ncaa, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #Wranglers0 comment

CAPTION: Amanda (Thomas) LeCroy, a 2014 Marble Falls High School graduate, is using her master’s degree in sports administration as the new Cisco College athletic director. Courtesy photo Marble Falls High School graduate Amanda (Thomas) LeCroy is the new athletic director at Cisco College, a two-year community college. LeCroy, who served as the assistant athletic director last year, was approved to take the top spot May 18 by the college’s Board of Regents. She will remain the women’s cross country head coach, a role she has had for the last…

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Highland Lakes athletes performing well in collegiate athletics

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#AAC, #bobcats, #champs, #Flames, #gobigred, #hookem, #keepthefaith, #marblefallsfaith, #owls, #rice, #sec, #TxState0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet High School graduate and pole vaulter Brayden Hill is doing for Stephen F. Austin what he did for the Bulldogs – win. Photo courtesy of the Southland Conference These Highland Lakes athletes made a name for themselves while they competed in high school sports. Now they are doing the same for their sport and respective universities. Brayden Hill, Burnet class of 2023, is the Southland Conference pole vault champion. He and his Stephen F. Austin teammates won all four medals at the conference’s outdoor event May 15. Kason…

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Goebel newest member of Texas High School Football Hall of Fame

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#baylor, #bears, #browns, #BurnetCounty, #DawgPound, #Eagles, #flyeaglesfly, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NFL, #sicem, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball, #UILbasketball, #UILchampionshipss, #UILfootball, #UILstate0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls rising freshman quarterback Gage Goebel’s private coach has excelled at the highest level of the sport. That coach is his dad, Brad Goebel (back), who played for a high school state championship, for Baylor University and spent five years in the NFL. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Highland Lakes resident Brad Goebel will be inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame Saturday, May 10, in Waco. Ironically, when he was first called about his inclusion, Goebel let the call go to voicemail. “I didn’t realize…

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Overview: Burnet athletics enjoys record-breaking year, breaking opponents’ hearts

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The Burnet High School girls basketball team and the first of several trophies from the 2023-24 season. File photo Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. An astounding nine district championships with another three playoff berths and two Class 4A state silver medals illustrate the Burnet High School athletic department’s supremacy during the 2023-24 school year. While the Lady Dawgs continued their streak by winning four district titles — cross country, basketball, track and field and soccer — the Bulldogs showed their mettle in winning championships…

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Faith Academy names Rob Ellis new baseball head coach

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Hill Country Renegades founder and coach Rob Ellis will take the reins of the Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball program for the 2024 season. Courtesy photo Rob Ellis is the new Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball head coach. Athletic director Zakk Revelle recently announced the hire. “He’s a local Marble Falls guy for a long time,” he said. “I had no idea who he was.” Ellis is the founder of Hill Country Renegades select baseball program that has its own facilities. Revelle drove to visit the coach…

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Johnson City baseball beats Kenedy to advance to regional finals

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Eagles, #Eaglessoar, #flyeaglesfly, #HighlandLakesSports, #johnsoncity, #JohnsonCityLBJ, #Shiner, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball, #UILbaseballplayoffs0 comment

The Johnson City High School baseball team beat Kenedy two games to one in the Class 2A Region IV semifinals series May 27. “We’re now two wins away from the state tournament,” head coach Steven Shipley said. Next up is the Class 2A Region IV best-of-three finals series against Shiner at Marion High School, 506 Bulldog Lane in Marion. Game one is at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 1. Game two is at 5 p.m. Friday, June 2. Game three, if necessary, will be played after game two. Shiner finished the…

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Burnet baseball’s Kassner, Crawford to play on next level

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Kurt Kassner will pitch at Howard College. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School athletes Kurt Kassner and Jackson Crawford will play college baseball after signing their National Letters of Intent. Kassner will play at Howard College, while Crawford is headed to Milwaukee Area Technical College. Braden Ellett-Clark, who signed to play football at McMurry University, also will play baseball for the War Hawks. “It goes back to how hard these kids work,” Burnet head coach Russell Houston said. “We were very fortunate to have three sign. I…

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Marble Falls baseball’s Cochran, Elwartowski sign NLI

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #CoastalBend, #Cougars, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Pirates, #Southwestern, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Cale Cochran (seated) is surrounded by his teammates as he signs his National Letter of Intent to play for Southwestern University. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School athletic department conducted signing ceremonies May 10 for five seniors graduating in a few weeks. They include baseball players Cale Cochran and Brady Elwartowski, who helped the Mustangs win its first district championship in two decades. Both were named to the academic all-state team of the Texas High School Coaches Association. Cochran, who was voted the District 24-4A’s Most Valuable Player,…

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Making friends is easy for Reveille X, Faith Academy graduate

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#aggieland, #aggies, #Burnetcountytx, #firstlady, #HighlandLakesSports, #marblefallsfaith, #marblefallstx, #sec, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #TXA&M0 comment

CAPTION: Reveille X makes The Fire Pit, Faith Academy of Marble Falls’ gymnasium, her home away from Aggieland during the holiday. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The most beautiful Aggie on campus, Reveille X, spent her holiday break in Burnet County with her corporate handler, Faith Academy of Marble Falls graduate Grayson Poage. The two have been on campus supporting the Flames and Lady Flames, especially during the basketball games. It was obvious a special guest was in attendance when small crowds gathered in a corner of The Fire Pit…

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Texas Longhorns become first unseeded team to play for national title

June 7, 2022June 8, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#ncaabaseball, #roadtoomaha, #softball, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TexasFight, #TheBroadPodcaster, #WCWS0 comment

An unseeded Longhorns softball team showed plenty of one of the mottoes of the university — Texas fight — in beating Big 12 foe Oklahoma State in back-to-back contests June 6 to advance to the NCAA Division I national championship series. Waiting for them are the Oklahoma Sooners, whose players have made it clear they wanted to play the Longhorns during bracket play of the College World Series. What’s even more impressive for the Longhorns (47-20-1, 12-6 Big 12)? They have staved off elimination throughout this playoff run. First it…