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Faith Academy athletes work through holiday week

CAPTION: Faith Academy post Megan Burrows is putting herself in position to be a big contributor when the season begins in November. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography While the University Interscholastic League members took a mandatory week off from June 30-July 4, members of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools do not have that same rule. That means that Faith Academy of Marble Falls’ athletic department had the option of operating as business as usual for its summer strength and conditioning. Most of the football team works out Tuesdays-Thursdays…

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Marble Falls cross country preparing for start of official practices

CAPTION: As a true freshman in 2024, Marble Falls runner Reese Massey may have surprised people with her prowess by qualifing for the Class 4A state meet. But she didn’t surprise herself, her coaches or her teammates. File photo While mandatory Marble Falls High School cross country practices will begin Monday, July 21, head coach Brenda Gonzalez noted the runners have been participating in voluntary workouts for several weeks. “It takes incredible discipline, commitment, and heart to show up day after day, running long distances that most wouldn’t even walk,” she said.…

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Marble Falls athletes returns to participate in busy July

CAPTION: Madden Hernandez stands and lifts this bar of weight high during the strength session of Forge ’25. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Right after the nation celebrates the July Fourth long weekend, the Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department will return to the high school campus to resume the activities the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs began in early June. The department enjoyed the mandatory week off from June 30-July 4 as issued by the University Interscholastic League. That meant full stoppage of Forge ’25, the department’s summer strength…

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Burnet boys make most of May and June

CAPTION: Shane Ikonen lifts weights high above his head as spotter Riley Howell is ready to assist.  Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Right before the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department took a mandatory one-week break issued by the University Interscholastic League, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Colton Brewer reflected on what has been a productive two months. After all, the football players competed in lineman’s challenges and two 7-on-7 leagues while the boys basketball program participated in the Llano Summer League. Those activities, however, were at night. During…

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Burnet girls finish productive spring, June

CAPTION: Landry Davis (front left), Marlei Faz and Allison Morrow (front, right) quickly step on boxes under the watchful eyes of cross country head coach Simon Hairston. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department is enjoying a well-earned break after a very busy two months of activity. For the Lady Dawgs, it may have been even longer. After all, the volleyball program had been traveling to Copperas Cove in March and April and to Georgetown in June for spring and summer leagues, while the…

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Marble Falls athletes finish productive two months

CAPTION: Doak Timmerman (left) is racing Greg Colver in an effort to slap coach is Hayden Kesselring’s hand first. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro A mandatory break issued by the University Interscholastic League from June 30-July 4 signals the end of what Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director Keri Timmerman said was a highly productive two months. After all, the Mustangs competed in both the Burnet May and Llano June 7-on-7 leagues, while the boys basketball team played in the Llano Tuesday League for four weeks. The Lady Mustangs…

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Marble Falls’ Kason O’Riley wins meet in professional debut

CAPTION: The signs say it all. Marble Falls graduate Kason O’Riley (left) holds the signs that signal a terrific start to his pro career as The Royal City Inferno Track and Field Festival Paul Galas congratulates him. Courtesy photo Marble Falls High School graduate Kason O’Riley won the high jump competition of The Royal City Inferno Track and Field Festival June 17 in his first meet as a professional. He cleared 7 feet and 5.5 inches to set a new meet record and a new personal record. The meet was in…

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Burnet’s Bulldog Field gets new turf, track

CAPTION: The new green exchange zone on the track and the new linemen’s lines on the new artificial turf are part of the improvements at Bulldog Field. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro At the beginning of 2025, Bulldog Field was sealed off for improvements. Top of the list was to install new artificial turf to absorb the “shock” or kinetic energy resulting from a player falling on its surface. After months of labor, workers finished installing new artificial turf at Bulldog Field in time for the program to host its…

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Burnet Lady Dawgs making most of opportunities to improve

CAPTION: Lilyann Johnson (left) and Arayah Mabry quickly step in and out of a ladder that helps them work on footwork and fine-tune a pattern. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s athletic department continues to conduct its weekly summer strength-and-conditioning sessions for all of its athletes, including the Lady Dawgs. Girls athletic coordinator Crystal Shipley, cross country head coach Simon Hairston and other assistant coaches have been conducting the sessions for the girls. The program has 60 high school athletes and about 41 seventh- and eighth-graders.…

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Grant Freeman is approved as the new Burnet CISD athletic director

CAPTION: Grant Freeman (left) is the new Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic director. Celebrating the moment with him are son Jaxon, daughter Jordan and wife Hillary. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography It took less than 10 minutes for the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees to approve the hire of Grant Freeman as the new athletic director. The board approved his hire during a special meeting June 16. After board members voted and the meeting ended, they gave Freeman a standing ovation. Before the motion and vote,…

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