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Russell Roberts joins Smoking for Jesus football staff

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #Eagles, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #smokingforjesus, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Long-time athletics director and coach Russell Roberts is donning the red and black of the Smoking For Jesus Ministry School Eagles. Roberts, who is most familiar to Highland Lakes sports fans as the football and boys track and field coach at Faith Academy, decided to become part of Eagles head coach Charles Frazier Sr.’s staff in early April. The two developed a friendship when Charles Frazier Jr. played for Roberts in the seventh- and eighth-grades when Roberts was the Faith Academy Junior High football team coach. Frazier liked the way…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #llanoyellowjackets, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. This is the final week of the 2021-22 school year and that means saying good-bye to some athletes who left their marks on their programs. Throughout the Highland Lakes, fans can point out seniors on their favorite teams who led their programs to great heights. I’d like to highlight a few here. At Marble Falls, folks had an idea what the class of 2022 could do when…

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Defenses shine in final night of Burnet-Llano 7-on-7 series

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #LlanoJackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Burnet and Llano football programs played their final May evening of 7-on-7 on May 23 highlighted by the defenses. While balls were overthrown, underthrown and dropped by both varsity teams, the defenses had their share of batted down passes, knockaways and interceptions. Because of a lightning delay, the two squads played a total of two games. The first ended in a 12-12 tie, while the other was a 21-6 Llano win. While the scores look fine, it was the manner in which the Yellow Jackets competed that caught the…

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Faith Academy athletics adds more milestones to banners

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #FaithAcademy, #Flames, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyFlames, #MarbleFalls, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk0 comment

Saying the Faith Academy of Marble Falls athletics department experienced a banner year in 2021-22 doesn’t begin to describe the success. The Flames were undefeated in district play en route to titles in football, basketball, baseball and track and field. They repeated as the Class 2A state track and field champions. The department earned an individual state title in tennis thanks to the doubles team of Ryan Delmonico and Jaden Turrentine. The Lady Flames also enjoyed great seasons in district play. They were tied for second in volleyball and basketball,…

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Smoking for Jesus sports department shifts leagues

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #Eagles, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #smokingforjesus, #TAOIAO, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Smoking for Jesus Minstry School’s athletics department has changed high school leagues. The private school moved to the Texas Association of Independent Athletic Organizations, which happened after the basketball season ended. The department was previously a member of the Texas Christian Athletic League where the Eagles had tremendous success. The football team reached the league’s six-man state championship game in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and won back-to-back titles in 2020 and 2021. The basketball team won the state title of the 2021-22 season. But success wasn’t enough to keep…

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Marble Falls Middle School soccer finishes undefeated season

May 18, 2022May 19, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls Middle School boys soccer team ended its season with an 8-0 rout of Liberty Hill Santa Rita May 17 to go unbeaten during the 2022 season for a 6-0 record. The Mustangs were dominant in their contests where they gave up only two goals all season while averaging more than two a match. “Both are obviously very notable,” coach Aaron Jimenez said. “But to be able to produce goals at that age is impressive.” About 35 seventh- and eighth-graders came out for middle school soccer. The undefeated…

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Burnet football wants to do more than get stronger and faster

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #championsweek, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Burnet High School football team is participating in champions week, and no one is more pumped than the Bulldogs themselves. That’s apparent by the way they attack every challenge and how they share their enthusiasm, cheer each other on, and uplift one another while doing some drills that are part of linemen challenges. Still, the Bulldogs are displaying the reason why head coach Bryan Wood created challenge week. And it wasn’t so much to get the players faster and stronger, which are the added bonuses. “We’re creating accountability,” he…

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Voluntary lifting sessions paying off for the Marble Falls Stangs

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls High School football players aren’t basking in the Texas sun. Instead, they are putting in the work in the weight room and baking on the artificial turf at Mustang Stadium during competition drills days before the 2021-22 academic year ends. The Mustangs are doing more than embracing preparation in the offseason; they’re showing up in herds with the mindset that no individual will be outworked by anyone. And that has their coaches enthusiastic. That is especially apparent in the number who are showing up before and after…

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Frazier is first Smoking for Jesus athlete to play a college sport

May 16, 2022May 17, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Eagles, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #midwayuniversity, #smokingforjesus, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

A first happened for the Smoking for Jesus Ministry Christian School May 14. The Eagles have a college student-athlete now that Charles Frazier, Jr. signed his National Letter of Intent to Midway University in Midway, Ky. Midway University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and will be fielding a football team for the first time in its history in 2022. “After watching my film, they wanted to get me over there,” he said. “I really understood I needed to go to this school. Even before high…

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Edwards wanted Marble Falls coaching hires to help students succeed in all phases

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Rick Edwards did more than repeat the Marble Falls Independent School District’s motto of having an unyielding commitment to loving every child — he lived it. That was apparent by the way the MFISD board trustee voted when it came to policies, funding unexpected expenses such as trips for extracurricular activities, and especially hires. Edwards died May 7 from a brain hemorrhage on the same day he was re-elected to the board. While it’s a given that every MFISD employee embraces the district motto and shows it, the truth is…