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Burnet’s Bennett enters final year in tip-top shape

Soon after the results of the 2022 Class 4A state meet, where he finished second in the 1,600 meters May 12, Burnet High School runner Hudson Bennett left the University of Texas at Austin’s Mike Myers Stadium more determined than ever to cross off what’s left on his list of goals going into his senior year. Part of that was intensive training that turned into an extensive stay in Colorado during the middle of the summer of 2022. “I spent 35 days (there),” he said. “I was running the entire…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. We’re hours away from the first football scrimmages for Highland Lakes teams and revelations will be witnessed. Let’s start with the Marble Falls Mustangs, who welcome Leander Glenn at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Make no mistake, the Grizzlies will come to Mustang Stadium with talent and depth. These Mustangs will learn plenty about themselves, especially in the two groups that will feature brand new starters: the…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. Training camps start for fall sports on Monday, Aug. 1. Here are questions each team will answer in the next few weeks. Listening to a couple of the Marble Falls Mustangs talk about their new District 13-4A Division I opponents tells me they understand this district will be much more challenging than the one they were in the last two years. With so many new faces starting…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. We are getting closer to Aug. 1, the first day of fall training camps for football and volleyball camps. Some have already started getting ready for the season such as the Burnet High School Lady Dawgs. The Lady Dawgs opened team camp July 18 with a strong number of campers. That says plenty about the players’ mindsets and goals for the 2022 season. The annual Texas High…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

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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Marble Falls graduate O’Riley joins the Arkansas track team

Collegiate high jumper Kason O’Riley is going home. That’s how the 2021 Marble Falls High School graduate announced on July 1 that he transferred to the University of Arkansas to join the track and field team after spending one year on the University of Oklahoma squad. “They’re the best team in the country,” he said of the Razorbacks. “We have a great team. We brought in a group of long jumpers and triple jumpers to come in and help fill events. I feel like we’ll be a great team and…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. The end of June is near. And that means a real push for athletes to attend voluntary strength-and-conditioning sessions will pick up speed in July. Let’s face it — even I am struggling to do my workouts indoors with the air conditioner and fans blaring. So those athletes who use the last invaluable weeks of the summer to arrive fit for the first day of fall training…

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Burnet athletics finishes Lone Star Cup race in the top 25

The University Interscholastic League announced final standings for the Lone Star Cup races in all classes, and Burnet High School finished No. 23 in Class 4A. Athletic director Kurt Jones presented the results during the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees meeting June 20. “I think it’s the highest overall finish for us since they started that (competition),” he said. “That’s about out of 230 Class 4A schools. We feel like it was a great year for us collectively.” In late March Burnet was No. 11 that included…

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Llano’s Golemon is inducted into CCCAT’s Hall of Fame

Steve Golemon’s contributions to Texas high school sports are numerous, and organizations are making sure they aren’t quickly forgotten. The Llano High School cross country head coach and middle-distance track coach, who died Oct. 19, 2021, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas June 11. He’ll also be inducted into the Texas Girls Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame later this summer. “That guy had a fire and a passion for coaching,” Llano athletics director Matt Green said. “He was fully vested in…

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Marble Falls’ O’Riley finishes season at NCAA national meet

Oklahoma freshman high jumper Kason O’Riley completed his first season as a Sooner by being one of 24 athletes to compete at the NCAA Division I outdoor track and field championships Friday, June 10. O’Riley, who was one of two true freshmen in the field, no heighted on the opening height of 6 feet 10.75 inches. “This is going to hurt,” said O’Riley, a 2021 Marble Falls High School graduate. To his credit, O’Riley didn’t offer excuses though some are obvious such as competing in front of more than 12,000…

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