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Several Burnet, Marble Falls track-and-field athletes advance to area meet

CAPTION: The top four finishers at the District 24-4A high jump include champion Jacque Contreras of Burnet (left), Jarrell’s Brooklyn Daniel, Burnet’s Wrigley Mulhollan, and Marble Falls’ Sadie Harris, who all advance to the District 23 and 24-4A area meet at Gatesville High School April 19. Courtesy photo The Burnet and Marble Falls High School track-and-field teams are competing well at the District 24-4A meet, which began April 12. The meet concludes Thursday, April 13, with the finals of the running events that start at 4 p.m. at Mustang Stadium…

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District preview at Lampasas track meet shows talents, strength of Burnet, Marble Falls athletes

CAPTION: The boys varsity 800-meter race shows the strength of Burnet’s Victor Aviles (2) and Marble Falls’ Nick Dahl. Photo by Priscilla Gonzalez The Burnet and Marble Falls high school track and field teams competed at the Johnny Lam Jones Relays hosted by Lampasas April 5. Burnet won the girls varsity and junior varsity divisions and coaches at both schools noted their athletes are ready to turn their attention to the District 24-4A meet hosted by Marble Falls Wednesday and Thursday, April 12-13. Marble Falls got strong performances from a…

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Burnet, Marble Falls relays compete at Texas Relays

CAPTION: The Burnet girls 1,600-meter relay team enjoys sitting in the end zone of Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium. Courtesy photo The Burnet and Marble Falls high school track teams sent relays to compete at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays March 31 and April 1. Marble Falls head coach Austin Silva summed up the experience for runners and coaches. “I was just really pleased with how poised all of our athletes were given the magnitude and size of Texas Relays,” he said. “Also I’m so glad our kids got…

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Burnet Bulldog Relays sees numerous records broken, welcomes back stars

CAPTION: The Burnet High School girls 4×400-meter relay team of Addie Houston, Wrigley Mulhollan, Camryn Courtney and Asah Roy will compete at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Joining the Lady Dawgs are the Marble Falls boys and girls 4×100-meter and the Mustangs 4×400-meter relay team. The 4×400-meter races are at 6:40 p.m. Friday, March 31, while the 4×100-meter race is 9 a.m. Saturday, April 1. All events are at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Many District 24-4A track-and-field…

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Burnet runners perform well at Llano Yellow Jacket Relays

CAPTION: Burnet pole vaulters Brady Rygaard and Brayden Hill celebrate earning gold and silver with new personal records during the Llano Yellow Jacket Relays. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School boys and girls track-and-field teams took the short trek to Llano for the Yellow Jacket Relays March 9 and returned with some hard ware. The girls junior varsity won its division with 127 points while the boys junior varsity was second in the team standings with 103.5 points. The girls varsity was third with 80.5 points, while…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: Burnet athlete Jose Rodriguez (left) poses with his cousin, Marble Falls’ Jasael Ruiz, after the two finish competing at the regional powerlifting meet. Ruiz earns a silver in the 148-pound division to advance to the state meet, while Rodriguez finishes fifth and returns home with a regional powerlifting medal for the first time. Courtesy photo The week leading up to Spring Break was an important one for the Burnet and Marble Falls high school baseball teams and the Llano High School softball team as all three played in district…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: Burnet senior running back Jose Rodriguez listens to head coach Bryan Wood explain why the player was an instrumental part of the Bulldogs’ success in 2022 when the program hosted its awards dinner Feb. 26. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The final week of the regular season in soccer is here and big matches remain with plenty at stake. In addition, regional powerlifting meets either confirmed or revealed some attributes of those athletes as some now look forward to the state meet and others are looking to advance to…

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Marble Falls boys track finishes seconds at Gatesville meet

The Marble Falls High School boys track-and-field team finished as the runner-up at the Gatesville Hornet Relays Feb. 23. Weather forced officials in Lampasas to cancel the Badger Relays scheduled for March 2. “The varsity boys taking second overall in the first meet of the season coupled with our boys and girls relay performances was a big step in the right direction for our program,” head coach Austin Silva said. Coaches are encouraged for a number of reasons, he added. Top of the list are the number of athletes joining…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: The Faith Academy Flames and senior Will Lewis have much to be proud of during the 2022 football season. Photo by Stennis Shotts Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. The first week of the Texas high school playoffs is complete. And the Highland Lakes went 1-1 with a third team taking a bye and will make its postseason debut Friday, Nov. 18. Meanwhile, a runner signs to compete for his dream school…

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Burnet runner Bennett signs NLI to the Texas Longhorns

CAPTION: Burnet senior runner Hudson Bennett (third from left) signs his National Letter of Intent to run for the University of Texas at Austin as he’s surrounded by his family, which include sister Gracynn (left), mother Stacy, father David and brother Hays Bennett. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School senior middle-distance runner Hudson Bennett signed a National Letter of Intent to compete for the University of Texas at Austin during a signing ceremony at the BHS auditorium Nov. 10. Bennett, the great-grandson of Julian “Tex” Robertson who started…

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