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Generating excitement is a priority for TCU’s Dykes

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#big12, #big12conference, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hornedfrogs, #livethedream, #TCU, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

TCU head coach Sonny Dykes had an extensive to do list when he took the job, moving from SMU and Dallas to Fort Worth to take over the Horned Frogs. He talked about that and more during his appearance at Big 12 Media Days July 14. Dykes, who is the son of former Horseshoe Bay resident Spike Dykes, said he lives two blocks from the TCU campus and generating excitement among the fans and Fort Worth residents is a priority. “We want to get people on campus and get fans…

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Texas Tech’s McGuire remains energetic, confident in his Red Raiders

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #livethedream, #redraiders, #tech, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #texastech, #TheBroadPodcaster, #ttu, #wreckem0 comment

Texas Tech head football coach Joey McGuire brought the same energy to Big 12 Media Days July 14 that he had when he visited the Rudy Davalos Horseshoe Bay Sports Club weeks earlier. McGuire appeared before the Big 12 press corps and exhibited why alumni, boosters and fans are investing $200 million in the football facility, a project that is expected to begin after the Red Raiders’ final regular season game in 2022, which is against Oklahoma Nov. 26. “I thought I knew our alumni base,” he said. “This alumni…

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New Big 12 commissioner gives his vision of the conference

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#baylor, #big12, #big12conference, #boomersooner, #hookem, #livethedream, #oklahoma, #sicem, #Texas, #wreckem0 comment

Growth. That sums up new Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark’s first press conference in addressing reporters at Media Days July 12. Yormark, who is finishing his final weeks as the co-CEO of Roc Nation, was asked every question pertaining to college sports, including Name, Image and Likeness, conference expansion, college football playoffs and getting a new contract with television partners for the conference. “I’m confident in my background and that it’s suited for this work,” he said. “I’ll carry out the vision of our member institutions. We must use our…

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Big 12 Media Days: storylines officials should address

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#b12, #big12, #big12conference, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #livethedream, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Big 12 Conference will host its annual Football Media Days Wednesday and Thursday, July 13-14, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Therefore, the reporters and fans have speculated on what conference officials will address and who will be doing the talking. Expected talks about conference expansion are at the top of the list with the recent announcement that UCLA and USC are headed to the Big 10 about a year after news broke that Texas and Oklahoma, the founding members of the Big 12, were seeking membership into the Southeastern…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #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. Here’s a truly scary thought from players who aren’t taking advantage of voluntary strength-and-conditioning programs — the belief they can get ready in August. My advice is not to wait. Get in weight rooms now, get on tracks and fields now because thinking there’s enough time to get prepared for a grueling season in less than 30 days is simply not thinking clearly. Few great athletes can…

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More athletes, new division rivals has Burnet Youth Football League leaders happy for 2022

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #youthfootball0 comment

An increase in the number of athletes playing on Burnet Youth Football League teams and new division opponents that cut down on driving time has the board of directors and coaches looking forward to the kickoff of the 2022 season even more. That’s the word from league president Grant Murray. “The kids are our best recruiting tools,” he said. “They wear their jerseys to school, and their friends start asking. I’m really excited about this year and all the players who registered.” Twenty-five sixth-graders have committed to play along with…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #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. In my almost two decades of covering sports in the Highland Lakes, little surprises me. And yet there’s no question of the optimism surrounding sports programs among the coaching staffs of the three public high schools. That’s because coaches can see their players are putting in the work this summer to get better. That should pay dividends during the upcoming school year. If you doubt, please consider…

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Marble Falls graduate Staggs uses the tools he learned as a Mustang to build successful program at Perrin-Whitt

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #peaster, #perrin, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

When it comes to building facilities and a program, Ben Staggs learned both as a Marble Falls High School student. The 1993 graduate announced he had resigned as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at Perrin-Whitt High School, a Class 1A member, and accepted a job at nearby Peaster Independent School District where he’ll be an assistant coach and is bracing to split time between the high school and junior high. At Perrin-Whitt, Staggs was responsible for field maintenance, a skill he got a taste of the…

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Marble Falls’ Harrington shares goals for middle school

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

Doc Harrington made it clear he wouldn’t unretire unless the right opportunity with the right people came along. That happened three years ago when Brian Herman became the football at head coach at Marble Falls and hired Heath Hohmann and other coaches who where on Jerry Vance’s staff in Liberty Hill a decade earlier. Then when Harrington, who was asked to work at Marble Falls Middle School, outlined his vision to Dr. Chris Allen, Marble Falls Independent School District superintendent, and Jeff Gasaway, assistant superintendent, he discovered two individuals who…

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Marble Falls 7v7 soccer league does plenty for Burnet, Lago Vista

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

The Marble Falls 7-on-7 soccer league concluded June 28 and accomplished the most important goals for coaches — giving their players opportunities to play and improve and the athletes taking advantage. Marble Falls came in first in the league standings. Other participating teams included Lago Vista, Jarrell and two teams from Florence and from Lampasas. All but Lampasas are in the new District 25-4A that will face each other in 2023. Lady Mustangs head coach Abigail Blunt created the co-ed league and invited numerous programs to participate. One stipulation was…