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Marble Falls softball loses to Canyon Lake

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior pitcher Camille Catalfamo pitched well during the loss to Fischer Canyon Lake Feb. 20. Photo by Daniel Clifton/Canyon Lake Broadcasting The Marble Falls High School softball team lost to Fischer Canyon Lake 14-12 Feb. 20 in a contest that lasted three hours. “We hit the ball really well,” Marble Falls head coach Alex Lozoya said. “Once we find a way to get out of our other activities, we’ll be fine. Honestly, it was a fun game to be at.” Those “other activities” are errors that allow opponents…

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Marble Falls softball gains much more than wins at tournament

CAPTION: Cheyenne Blair closes her eyes to protect them as she covers second base as Aydan Ortis looks on. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School softball team posted a 2-3-1 record at the Ingram Tom Moore tournament Feb. 15-17. The Lady Mustangs (2-4-1) beat Mason 7-2 and lost to Leakey 5-3 Feb. 17, crushed Center Point 13-2 and lost to San Antonio West Campus 6-4 Feb. 16, and tied Ingram 6-6 and lost to Medina 8-6 Feb. 15. “It’s the first time going live,” head coach…

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Marble Falls softball loses 1, ties 1 on first day of Ingram tourney

CAPTION: Marble Falls catcher Jocelyn Suarez and the Lady Mustangs are learning more valuable lessons during the first week of the 2024 season. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School softball team began the first day of the Ingram Tom Moore tournament with a 0-1-1 record Feb. 15. The Lady Mustangs (0-3-1) tied Ingram 6-6 and lost to Medina 8-6 on day one and began the second day with a 6-4 loss to San Antonio West Campus. “The kids played well,” head coach Alex Lozoya said. “The girls did…

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Marble Falls softball begins season with a loss

CAPTION: Marble Falls sophomore Cheyenne Thompson is one of several Lady Mustangs who are counted on to produce runs this season. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School softball team lost to Round Rock McNeil 13-3 Feb. 13 in the season opener. The Lady Mavericks scored three runs thanks to walks. Head coach Alex Lozoya called it “a shaky start.” But the Lady Mustangs plated two runs and found themselves in a 4-2 deficit going into the bottom of the fourth inning. Then the error bug made…

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Marble Falls softball aims to apply lessons from last season

CAPTION: Marble Falls pitcher Camille Catalfamo returns with more self-confidence and improved mechanics for the 2024 season. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The 2024 Marble Falls High School softball team looks to build on what it began last year. That’s according to head coach Alejandro Alex Lozoya, who is starting his second season at the helm. The season begins at Round Rock McNeil at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. The biggest difference between this team and the 2023 squad that finished fifth in District 24-4A is depth, Lozoya said. Eight…

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Llano says goodbye to one district rival, adds another in new football district

CAPTION: The Llano High School football team welcomes Florence to the new football district beginning next season. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The night before the University Interscholastic League announced realignment, Anna Green asked her husband, Llano Independent School District athletic director Matt Green, for his wild card scenario of who the governing organization of extra curricular activities might put in the same district with Llano High School. “Florence,” he said. “Because they’re in our non-football district. The UIL works in a pattern. (The Buffs) can connect to us in…

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New Marble Falls ISD athletic director Timmerman reflects on his first month

CAPTION: Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director and football head coach Keri Timmerman. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Keri Timmerman has officially been on the job at the athletic director and football head coach for three weeks as the Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director and football head coach. He was approved for hire by the MFISD Board of Trustees Dec. 18, the final week before the school district took a three-week break for the Christmas holiday. He follows Brian Herman, who resigned the positions Nov. 7. Timmerman…

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Burnet CISD board president outlines timeline for superintendent, athletic director, football hires

The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees is gearing up for what may be a busier spring than it has ever had before. That’s because three individuals will be occupying offices they did not house during the fall semester: superintendent, director of athletics and school safety, and football head coach. Superintendent Keith McBurnett and athletic and school safety director Kurt Jones announced retirements, while football head coach Bryan Wood announced his resignation. Though McBurnett leaving the district had previously been announced, Jones and Wood’s announcement came Dec. 19.…

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Burnet CISD’s Jones announces retirement

After 23 years of service to Burnet Consolidated Independent School District, athletic director Kurt Jones said he is retiring from public education at the end of the 2023-24 school year. “It’s 100 percent my decision,” he said. “My wife and family and I have been talking about it for a little while. I was thinking this might be the right time the closer we got to this date. I’m 100 percent convinced it’s the right timing.” His son, senior athlete Grant, will graduate at the end of this school year,…

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Residents share the traits they want to see in next Marble Falls football coach, athletic director

CAPTION: Dr. Jeff Gasaway, Marble Falls Independent School District superintendent, reads a list of qualities before tearing the page to add more during the community gathering to get feedback from residents on the traits they want in the next athletic director and football head coach. Photo by Jennifer Fierro/TexasChalkTalk.com Marble Falls Independent School District officials sounded confident they would be able to meet a self-imposed deadline of presenting their recommendation on who to hire as the next football head coach and athletic director to the board of trustees Dec. 18…

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