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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs gather after their season ends in a regional quaterfinal loss to Waco La Vega. La Vega on the Class 4A Region III championship to advance to the state tournament. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The high school basketball season has ended for the Highland Lakes. And that means all the attention will move to soccer and the start of spring sports. There’s still plenty to look forward to, particularly for Marble Falls since it dropped to Class 4A. So let’s do a quick review…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Eagles, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #jackets, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #SFJMCS, #stingemjackets, #TAOIAO, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #uilplayoffs, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: Llano senior softball pitcher Madison Kloepper signs her National Letter of Intent to play for Western New Mexico Nov. 9 as she is surrounded by her loved ones and Llano softball coaches Beau and Barbara Burnett (standing). Courtesy photo The contenders continue to be separated from the pretenders and the Highland Lakes region has two football teams still on the path of winning a state championship. And while the gridiron continues to take center stage, the basketball season is revealing some talented and hard-working teams, too. But there’s no…

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Lozoya named the Marble Falls Lady Mustangs softball coach

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #diamonds, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls High School softball program has a new coach, Alejandro “Alex” Lozoya, who accepted the job days after it was posted in June. “I was looking,” he said. “What sold me was the area and community. My brother is a firefighter in Spicewood, my mom lives in San Antonio, and I have in-laws in Austin. It feels like a great community to raise my boys.” Lozoya was the head coach at Midlothian High School for 10 years. He was at another job interview when Dr. Chris Allen, the…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

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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Burnet softball players named to all-state teams

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Two Burnet High School softball players received all-state honors thanks to voters of two different organizations. Junior catcher Camrynn Guthrie was named honorable mention to the Class 4A all-state team of the Texas Sports Writers Association, while graduate Savannah Gomez was named to the Class 4A all-state team of the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Lady Dawgs head coach Hailey Wooten noted the state has some great athletes and the competition is fierce. “Along with other good players, you never know (what voters will decide), especially if we don’t have a…

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The number of Burnet Lady Dawgs attending voluntary workouts says plenty about the program

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

To say coaches of the Burnet High School Lady Dawgs are encouraged by the number of athletes attending voluntary strength-and-conditioning sessions is an understatement. The average number of high school athletes attending daily is 40, while 21 middle school students are coming. Soccer head coach Kim Myhre credits a couple of reasons for attendance. “The success we had this year,” she said, noting that volleyball, basketball and soccer all advanced to Class 4A Region III tournaments. “They’re showing up and working hard.” The other, and this might be the most…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. In my almost two decades of covering sports in the Highland Lakes, little surprises me. And yet there’s no question of the optimism surrounding sports programs among the coaching staffs of the three public high schools. That’s because coaches can see their players are putting in the work this summer to get better. That should pay dividends during the upcoming school year. If you doubt, please consider…

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Marble Falls graduate Staggs uses the tools he learned as a Mustang to build successful program at Perrin-Whitt

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #peaster, #perrin, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

When it comes to building facilities and a program, Ben Staggs learned both as a Marble Falls High School student. The 1993 graduate announced he had resigned as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at Perrin-Whitt High School, a Class 1A member, and accepted a job at nearby Peaster Independent School District where he’ll be an assistant coach and is bracing to split time between the high school and junior high. At Perrin-Whitt, Staggs was responsible for field maintenance, a skill he got a taste of the…

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Local softball team featuring players from the Highland Lakes is headed to a World Series

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #johnsoncity, #libertyhill, #MarbleFalls, #ruthless, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Ruthless Allstars 2022, a squad featuring players who are 12 years old and younger from across the Highland Lakes, are headed to a PONY Softball World Series in Laredo July 12-17. To help pay for the trip, the team is accepting donations. Players will conduct a “Fill the Helmet” fundraiser beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, July 2, at the entrance of the the city of Cottonwood Shores on the corner of RR 2147 and Pecan Lane. Donors also can give through Venmo: @Ruthless-Allstars2022, “We’re looking for funds to get…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #Burnetcountytx, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

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…