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Highland Lakes Elite is in Guinness World Records

CAPTION: Highland Lakes Elite includes Payslee Caracheo (front row, center), Lisett (second row, left) and Linett Fonseca; Maya Robles (third row, left), Julian Caracheo, Aidin Parnell, Ellie Garcia; Caylen Bray (fourth row, left), Linda Lee, Caity Strain; Isla Savage (fifth row, left), Gracelyn Arnold-Ritchie; co-owners Haley Booe (sixth row, left), Alyssa Caracheo; and Evelyn Hobbs (back row, center). Courtesy photos Highland Lakes Elite is used to earning top scores for performances in competitive cheer. And recently the group has become part of another incredible milestone – an entry in the…

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Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club begins membership drive for new sports year

The Noah Backboard system was simply the latest technology purchase made by the Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club for the Marble Falls Independent School District’s basketball programs. That’s because the club had already bought Hudl cameras for Mustang Stadium, Max Copeland Gym and Scearce Softball and Baseball Fields. But none of that, according to MFABC president Jenni Mattox, would have been possible if not for a community that backs the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs with more than its attendance to ball games. Mattox noted the views of the camera for…

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Lonestar Spirit Academy performs well at national meets

CAPTION: The Red Rubyz squad includes Maisyn Ince (front row, left) and Taylor Hoff; Brooks Williams (middle row, left), Brixley Herrera and Adeline McKinney; Morgan Langbein (back row, left), Savannah Wessels, Rowyn Bledsoe, Aubrey Hamm, Leila Garcia, Emma Owens and coach Khailen Chenault. Courtesy photo Two cheerleading squads from Marble Falls’ Lonestar Spirit Academy competed in national meets that earned the respect and praise from judges and competitors alike. The Red Rubyz All-Star cheer team finished seventh at The One Prime Finals, one of the country’s premier cheerleading competitions, in early May.…

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Marble Falls ISD makes agreement with Huckabee and Associates, Inc. official

The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees delegated authority to Superintendent Dr. Jeff Gasaway “to enter into the contract” with Huckabee and Associates, Inc. as the next architects of the May 2025 bond projects during a special meeting Dec. 8. The board had selected the firm as the new architects of record during its regular Nov. 20 meeting. Huckabee and Associates, Inc. has worked with the school district before on the 2018 bond projects. Fees paid to Huckabee and Associates, Inc. for design work are capped at 6.5…

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Marble Falls ISD changes architects

CAPTION: An aerial view of Mustang Stadium, the practice field and parking lot behind the visitor’s side that is shared with baseball, softball and tennis. Courtesy Marble Falls Independent School District The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to end its contract with Pfluger Architects, Inc. a month after the board voted to “pause construction” on several projects related to the May 2025 bond. The item was one of many on the agenda of the board’s regular meeting Nov. 17. After meeting in closed session for almost…

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Burnet senior Callie Juergens to cheer at East Texas Baptist

CAPTION: Burnet High School senior cheerleader Callie Juergens (second from right) signs her National Letter of Intent as parents Jacy (left) and Brandon Juergens and Emily Reynolds (right) join her. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School senior cheerleader Callie Juergens will continue providing school spirit as a member of the East Texas Baptist University cheer squad after she signed Nov. 12. Her pilgrimage to ETBU began in January at the University Interscholastic League’s state competition where hundreds of cheerleaders are competing. Juergens said after the meet finished, ETBU…

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Marble Falls ISD pauses athletic facilities construction

Graphic courtesy of Marble Falls Independent School District The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to pause construction on several projects related to the May 2025 bond during its regular meeting Oct. 20. Those include the multipurpose facility, new locker rooms at Max Copeland Gym, and the new baseball park. The board took the vote on a motion by Board Member Kevin Virdell that was seconded by Board Secretary Crystal Tubig and was carried unanimously. “I move that the board of trustees direct administration and legal counsel…

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Marble Falls cross country runner advances to regionals

CAPTION: Sophomore Reese Massey is a top 10 finisher at the District 24-4A meet for the second year in a row. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography One Marble Falls High School cross country runner punched her ticket to the Class 4A Region III meet thanks to her finish at the District 24-4A championships Oct. 7 in Lampasas. She is sophomore Reese Massey, who was eighth overall in the girls varsity division thanks to finishing the two-mile course in 13 minutes and 5.66 seconds. It’s a return trip to regionals for…

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Marble Falls ISD to talk athletic facilities with board

CAPTON: Scearce Softball Field will get a netting system that stretches from one dugout to the other to protect fans. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The first steps in getting athletic facilities built at Marble Falls High School will happen during two regular meetings of the Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees. Step one is a presentation to the board members where they will be given conceptual drawings of the new baseball park, which will be built on the practice field next to Mustang Stadium during the Sept.…

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Marble Falls athletes aid in flood relief efforts

CAPTION: Colton Carroll (left), Charles Wood, Bodie Christopher, Hadyen Osti and Anton Cox assemble a tier shelf. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department’s coaches and players were working hard July 9 lifting and moving to get from one stop to the next in a hurry. But they weren’t at Mustang Stadium for Forge ’25, the department’s summer strength and conditioning program.  Instead, some coaches and athletes, most of whom representing Marble Falls Middle School, were at The Ark of the Highland Lakes’ warehouse unloading…

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