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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Featured Tennis 

The Womack Way – strength, determination lead to championship tennis

CAPTION: Though Marble Falls senior Cooper Womack’s springs on the tennis court ended the same, he put in the work to make himself a better athlete. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro When Cooper Womack burst into the Marble Falls High School tennis program four years earlier, coaches and fans had an early glimpse of his talent and drive. That will be on full display April 17-18 when he competes in the Class 4A Region III championship for the third consecutive year with the goal of returning to the Class 4A…

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Featured Golf 

Marble Falls golfer Montez is headed to state

CAPTION: Junior Camilo Montez qualifies for the Class 4A state tournament thanks to finishing third in the individual standings of the Class 4A Region III tournament. Courtesy photo Marble Falls High School junior golfer Camilo Montez finished third in the Class 4A Region III tournament April 12-13 to punch his ticket to the Class 4A state tournament. He scored a 71-77–148 to lead the Mustangs. “He played with maturity,” head coach Adley Canales said. “He looked like somebody who’s been there before. On day one he set himself up great.…

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Featured Softball 

Marble Falls softball loses to Jarrell

CAPTION: Junior Jocelyn Suarez had a big hit for the Lady Mustangs. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School softball team lost to Jarrell 3-0 April 14 in the final game of the season. The Lady Cougars plated a run in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and forced the Lady Mustangs to strand two runners in the fifth inning after Khloe Hollingsworth reached on an error and Emma Martin drew a walk with no outs. But Jarrell stiffened by getting a groundout, a strikeout…

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Baseball Featured High School 

Marble Falls baseball beats Taylor

CAPTION: Junior pitcher John Alan Whittle faced a total of 24 batters and struck out 8 in a complete win against the Ducks. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Taylor 6-1 April 14 in District 24-4A play. The Mustangs (18-5, 6-3) scored a run in the first inning when senior Canon Cochran hit a RBI single to bring junior pitcher John Alan Whittle home fafter he drew a walk and went to second on a single by junior Grant Carter for the 1-0…

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Featured Running 

Marble Falls boys track doubles totals to finish on the podium

CAPTION: The podium of the boys 800-meter run includes Salado junior Daniel Anderson (left), Marble Falls sophomore Graham Goggans, Salado sophomore Seth Anderson, and Marble Falls junior Owen Martin. All four will compete at the area met. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School boys track and field program finished the District 24-4A meet on the podium April 9. The varsity was third in the team standings, while the junior varsity is the district champion with 161 points. “Our varsity boys finished third as a team with 103…

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Featured Running 

Numerous Burnet track athletes advance to area

CAPTION: The Bulldogs 400-meter relay team of Caden Farmer (left), Cohen Jorpeland, Clay Lamb and Colt McGraw earn a plaque proclaiming the trio as the District 24-4A champions. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Several Burnet High School track and field athletes performed at a high level during the District 24-4A meet April 8-9. No event highlighted how competitive the boys divisions were more than the triple jump with Burnet junior Colt McGraw coming in with the district’s best jump. He was the leader for most of the event until the…

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