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Marble Falls ISD hires athletic trainer

CAPTION: Mendy Wyatt (right) and husband Robert. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department has its new athletic trainer. She is Mendy Wyatt from Post Independent School District. Wyatt has spent most of her career in west Texas, Marble Falls ISD athletic director Keri Timmerman said. Her experience in sports athletic training stood out to him. “Mendy has been in towns like Marble Falls,” he said. “She’s used to serving all over in different sports. She has a whole lot of football experience.” She also has worked…

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Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club starts membership, sponsorship drive for 2025-26

The Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club is conducting its annual membership and sponsorship drive for the 2025-26 school year. The sponsorship drive has several levels with the platinum being among the most popular, according to new membership coordinator Michele Boshears. It includes being listed on the booster club sign at Mustang Stadium and its sponsorship web page, public address announcement at home varsity games, an individual 4-foot by 8-foot sign at Mustang Stadium, vehicle decal, Mustang tote bag, Mustang insulated backpack, two general admission passes to every Marble Falls home…

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Camps highlight busy month for Marble Falls athletes

CAPTION: Sophomore Brighton Bernard (left) and senior Kate McCary are among the returners for the Lady Mustangs in 2025. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The final weeks of July are shaping up to be especially busy for the Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department. In addition to having two weeks remaining for Forge ’25, the department’s strength and conditioning program, three head coaches are hosting sports camps. First up is the Lady Mustang Volleyball Camp from 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Wednesday, July 14-16, for rising ninth-12th graders. Camp director is new…

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Marble Falls athletes aid in flood relief efforts

CAPTION: Colton Carroll (left), Charles Wood, Bodie Christopher, Hadyen Osti and Anton Cox assemble a tier shelf. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department’s coaches and players were working hard July 9 lifting and moving to get from one stop to the next in a hurry. But they weren’t at Mustang Stadium for Forge ’25, the department’s summer strength and conditioning program.  Instead, some coaches and athletes, most of whom representing Marble Falls Middle School, were at The Ark of the Highland Lakes’ warehouse unloading…

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Burnet coach Crystal Shipley’s impact is more than wins

CAPTION: The 2023 Burnet High School volleyball team earned head coach Crystal Shipley (standing, right) her 100th career victory, which came against Lampasas in Sept. 26, 2023. Celebrating the milestone were players Kylie Brobst (seated, left), Journey Denton, Reagan Shipley; manager Emma Pelky (middle row, left), Addie Houston, Payton Smith, Asah Roy, Camryn Courtney; MaeSyn Gay (back row, left), Addison Huffman, Zaria Solis, Cydney Robison, Laney Huffman and Lauren Howton. File photo At the end of the 2024-25 school year, the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District received numerous resignations from head coaches,…

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Faith Academy athletes work through holiday week

CAPTION: Faith Academy post Megan Burrows is putting herself in position to be a big contributor when the season begins in November. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography While the University Interscholastic League members took a mandatory week off from June 30-July 4, members of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools do not have that same rule. That means that Faith Academy of Marble Falls’ athletic department had the option of operating as business as usual for its summer strength and conditioning. Most of the football team works out Tuesdays-Thursdays…

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Burnet girls finish productive spring, June

CAPTION: Landry Davis (front left), Marlei Faz and Allison Morrow (front, right) quickly step on boxes under the watchful eyes of cross country head coach Simon Hairston. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department is enjoying a well-earned break after a very busy two months of activity. For the Lady Dawgs, it may have been even longer. After all, the volleyball program had been traveling to Copperas Cove in March and April and to Georgetown in June for spring and summer leagues, while the…

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Grant Freeman is approved as the new Burnet CISD athletic director

CAPTION: Grant Freeman (left) is the new Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic director. Celebrating the moment with him are son Jaxon, daughter Jordan and wife Hillary. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography It took less than 10 minutes for the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees to approve the hire of Grant Freeman as the new athletic director. The board approved his hire during a special meeting June 16. After board members voted and the meeting ended, they gave Freeman a standing ovation. Before the motion and vote,…

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Marble Falls’ Herrington Center hosts UTR events

The Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center hosted two Universal Tennis Ratting tournaments recently. The center on the Marble Falls High School campus. The first, a doubles tournament, happened June 6 and drew 17 teams with one team on the waiting list, while a singles tournament occurred June 9 and attracted 12. Tournament participants played two matches. Marble Falls Independent School District tennis head coach Samuel Whitley credited assistant coach Nathan Redman for bringing the events to the city. “At the end of the school year, he saw Copperas Cove…

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Freeman set to become Burnet CISD’s next athletic director

CAPTION: Grant Freeman will be recommended as the next Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic director. Courtesy photo The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District announced that Grant Freeman will be recommended to its Board of Trustees as the next athletic director. The district’s superintendent’s office made the announcement June 10. A special school board meeting will occur Monday, June 16, where Dr. Aaron Pena, the school district’s superintendent, will make the recommendation. Freeman is currently the Wichita Falls Independent School District athletic director and was recently named the Region 2…

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