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Burnet athletes score most points ever in Bulldog Cup competition

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: The Burnet softball team is one of several district champions the department produced in 20223. File photo No athletic department in Burnet County showed its superiority more than Burnet High School during the 2022-23 school year. That’s because the Bulldogs won all but one District 24-4A title in cross country in the fall and was the district runners-up in baseball and track and field. They advanced to the playoffs in boys soccer. Add in the three state titles in track and field by Victor Aviles, Hudson Bennett and Brayden…

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District titles, reaching the state podium highlights Faith Academy’s sports year

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #Flamesareredhot, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball won a share of the district title to add No. 4 to the trophy case. File photo The excellence that is the Faith Academy of Marble Falls athletic department continued during the 2022-23 season. The Flames captured district championships in boys basketball and girls track and field and each sport with the exception of volleyball advanced to the playoffs. In addition the Lady Flames track team finished third at the Class 3A state track and field meet of the Texas Association…

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Marble Falls claims several district titles to highlight a tremendous year in sports

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: The 2022-23 Marble Falls High School girls basketball team is one of several Marble Falls sports teams to win district championships and advance to the playoffs during the 2022-23 school year. The Lady Mustangs, like the Marble Falls High School boys soccer team, were the favorites to win the district crowns and did it. File photo The 2022-23 school year is in the books and much of the athletics portion is written in purple and gold. That’s because the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs assembled a sports year not witnessed…

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Burnet’s Bennett wins the one state title that eluded him

May 15, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning, #UILstate, #UILtrack0 comment

CAPTION: The Burnet athletes competing at the 2023 Class 4A state track and field championships include Asah Roy (left), Brady Rygaard, Brayden Hill, Victor Aviles and Hudson Bennett. Courtesy photo Burnet High School senior runner Hudson Bennett completed his collection of state championships when he won the Class 4A 1,600-meter final May 11. The Bulldog ran won the race in 4 minutes and 19.37 seconds, beating defending state champion Carlo Martinez of Gatesville, who earned silver by finishing in 4:19.56. The two know each other well thanks to competing against…

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Burnet’s Aviles, Bennett are Class 4A state champs in 800, 1,600 meters

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILrunning, #UILstatetrack, #UILtrack0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet senior Hudson Bennett with his gold medal that symbolizes winning the Class 4A state championship in the 1,600 meters. Photo by Martelle Ludecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School senior Hudson Bennett called it. Minutes after teammate Victor Aviles, a sophomore, and he finished first and second in the 1,600 meters at the District 24-4A meet April 13, Bennett looked at Aviles and said: “He will win a state championship in the 800.” Almost a month later, when Aviles, who was in third place, found another gear in the final…

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Llano’s Gwyn Burnett finishes sixth at Class 3A state meet

May 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hurdles, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILstate, #UILstatetrack, #UILtrack, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: Llano junior Gwyn Burnett is running the final part of the 300-meters hurdles in the Class 3A track and field championship May 11 at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Photo by Briley Mitchell/Dirt Devil Diver Photography Llano High School junior Gwyn Burnett (center) had already won long before she set foot on the track at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus May 11. Burnett had returned to the Class 3A state meet with the intention of adding a…

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Burnet’s Hill wins state pole vaulting championship, Rygaard finishes sixth

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILstate, #UILtrack0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet junior pole vaulter Brayden Hill stands atop of the podium wearing his Class 4A championship gold medal May 11. Courtesy photo Burnet High School junior pole vaulter Brayden Hill is the 2023 Class 4A state champion after clearing 15 feet on his second attempt May 11 at Mike Myers Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin campus. Teammate Brady Rygarrd, a junior, finished tied for sixth thanks to clearing 14 feet. “I was proud of the guys for coming in top nine in the state,” head coach…

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Faith Academy girls finish third at state track meet, boys are 11th

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: The Faith Academy of Marble Falls Lady Flames and their coaches with their bronze medals for earning third place at the Class 3A state meet. Courtesy photo The Faith Academy of Marble Falls track and field teams competed at the Class 3A state meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools May 5-6. The Lady Flames finished third in the team standings by scoring 68 points, one point more than fourth-place finisher Fort Worth Covenant. A total of 26 schools competed. The Flames were 11th with 27…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball, #UILgolf, #uilplayoffs, #UILsoftball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet pitcher Presely Crawford has 200 strikeouts this season to help the Lady Dawgs advance to the regional quarterfinals, their first trip to the third round in program history. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Though the high school baseball season has ended in Burnet County, softball continues to pressing forward behind some historical moments not lost on the players. And while fewer teams are experiencing after-school practice, several athletes and a few squads are making the most of their final week before competing to obtain the ultimate prize. Watch…

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5 Burnet track and field athletes advance to the state meet

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #uilplayoffs, #uilregionals, #UILrunning, #UILstate, #UILtrack0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet junior pole vaulters Brayden Hill (center) and Brady Rygaard (right) are on the Class 4A Region III podium after being awarded the gold and bronze medals. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke The Burnet High School track-and-field teams had five members advance to the Class 4A state meet. That’s because these athletes finished in the top two of their events at the Class 4A Region III meet at Bullard High School April 28-29 or their bronze-medal finish was the best of the four third-place finishers in the state. The Bulldogs…