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Marble Falls ends May with the start of summer camps

CAPTION: The way baseball and softball players are taught to slide is by using a sprinkler water mat with soap as demonstrated by Jocelyn Suarez, who has served as a softball camp assistant coach.  While the sports year is ending, coaches are bracing for summer camps to better help the next group of great Mustangs and Lady Mustangs who will join the high school program before they know it. The first group of camps begins Tuesday, May 26. with the baseball, softball and soccer camps. Baseball camp, under the direction…

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Marble Falls baseball’s offseason leads to success

CAPTION: Head coach Tyler Porter (left), junior pitcher John Alan Whittle, and senior Canon Cochran. Whittle and Cochran played multiple positions throughout the season. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Winning 24 games in a season doesn’t come by accident. It takes a lot of work in different places typically not visible to fans. That’s in part what made the ending for the Marble Falls High School baseball team so difficult when Gatesville came back to win the second and third games of the best-of-three bi-district series of the Class 4A…

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Burnet baseball’s Edwards signs to play for Dallas College

CAPTION: Charles Edwards (seated, center) signs his National Letter of Intent to play college baseball as his parents Ashley (left) and Mark (right) along with siblings Cora, Scott (standing, left) and Logan look on. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School senior Charles Edwards signed to play baseball for Dallas College Mountain View. The program celebrated with a ceremony April 30. “I think it’s every little kid’s dream as they go through the the process or most kids’ dreams as they go through the process of playing Little League…

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Burnet baseball loses bi-district series to Waco Robinson

CAPTION: Freshman Hudson Crawford showed he can play multiple positions and help the Bulldogs in numerous ways.  The Burnet High School baseball team lost to Waco Robinson 8-1 May 2 in a bi-district series of the Class 4A Division II playoffs. The Bulldogs end their season at 13-17-1 and 6-6 in District 24-4A play. “I’m super proud of our kids,” Burnet head coach Russell Houston said. “They competed, they played with great attitude, and they played good defense. We struggled hitting the ball this year, and we knew that that…

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Marble Falls baseball loses to Gatesville in playoffs

CAPTION: Head coach Tyler Porter (left) gives instructions to batters Canon Cochran, Landon White (20), Casey Layton, Atreyu Machacek (12) and Cade Briseno (4) as assistant coach Hayden Kesselring listens in. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team lost to Gatesville 8-2 in game two and 7-3 in game three of the Class 4A Division I bi-district series April 30. The Mustangs finish the season with a 24-7 overall record, 11-3 in District 24-4A play to finish second. When the bus stopped for the players…

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Burnet baseball loses to Waco Robinson

CAPTION: Cooper Evans has “the big hit” that put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard against Waco Robinson. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School baseball team lost to Waco Robinson 11-1 April 30 in game one of their best-of-three bi-district series in the Class 4A Division II playoffs. Game two is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, May 2, with the third game, if necessary, 30 minutes following the conclusion of the second contest. Both games will be at West High School. Burnet junior pitcher Mason Watson will take…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Gatesville

CAPTION: Junior Grant Carter (left) reacts to the solo home run by junior John Alan Whittle as he touched home plate, tapped his helmet to Carter’s and ran into his teammates’ huddle in celebration. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Gatesville 5-1 April 29 in game one of the Class 4A Division I bi-district series. Game two is set for 3 p.m. Thursday, April 30, with a third game, if necessary, to follow 30 minutes after the second contest ends. The series is at…

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Marble Falls baseball sweeps Jarrell

Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School baseball team stomped Jarrell 15-3 April 24 to sweep the District 24-4A series. The win means the Mustangs (23-5, 11-3) finish as the district runners-up. They will face Gatesville in a bi-district best-of-three series at Thrall High School. Game one is Wednesday, April 29, game two is Thursday, April 30, and game three, if necessary, is Friday, May 1. First pitch is at 7 p.m. for each contest. “I was pretty proud of this season,” said senior Atreyu Machacek, who was the Mustangs’…

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Burnet baseball beats Gateway to advance to the playoffs

CAPTION: Senior Cohen Jorpeland got the job done on the mound and at the plate for the Bulldogs in leading them back to the Class 4A Division II playoffs. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Facing a win-or-go-home contest, the Burnet High School baseball team showed what it’s made of — grit, determination and will — in beating Georgetown Gateway 6-3 April 24 in District 24-4A play. The victory qualifies the Bulldogs (12-15, 6-6) for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. “What I talked to our kids about was ‘want…

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Marble Falls baseball says ‘thank you’ to Scearces, field

After the Marble Falls High School baseball team wrapped up its regular season against Jarrell April 24, about 50 alumni gathered behind the pitcher’s mound as former head coach Ronnie Scearce threw “one last pitch” to his brother, Mike Scearce, who was in charge of the stadium’s field maintenance for more than a decade. The “one last pitch” was to honor three decades of Mustang baseball at a facility that has served as a source of community pride for those who worked tirelessly to build it. Next season, Mustang baseball…

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