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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#aggies, #bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #FaithAcademy, #Flames, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyFlames, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #reveille, #tamu, #TAPPS, #Texas, #texasaggies, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. This weekend is the first of several state track meets beginning with the Class 2A meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys team is looking to successfully defend its state title. Head coach Steve McCannon, who is a numbers whiz as well as a great coach, told me his projections showed the team title will come down…

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Faith freshmen bring home state championship in girls doubles

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #FaithAcademy, #Flames, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyFlames, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The tradition of the Faith Academy of Marble Falls tennis team earning a state championship continued thanks to a pair of left-handed freshmen. Ryan Delmonico and Jaden Turrentine went 4-0 in girls doubles at the Class 2A state meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools April 6-7 to win it all. Because the duo are freshmen, they didn’t receive a seed, which is given based on past history at the tournament. Still, it didn’t matter to them, who also won the district championship by going 4-0. “I…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insight

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #FaithAcademy, #Flames, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyFlames, #MarbleFalls, #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 week is big for the Burnet and Marble Falls high school track teams. Both will be competing at area meets with athletes aiming to get to regional meets. Pole vaulters on both squads advanced to area meets, which might be the most impressive finishes of the 17 events at district meets. And that’s saying something particularly in north Burnet County, which we’ll get to in a…

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Marble Falls’ Knight earns bronze medal in boys singles

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

A decade drought of a Mustang earning a medal at the tennis district tournament ended for Marble Falls High School on March 30-31 thanks to senior Brody Knight. Knight finished third in boys singles at the District 25-5A tournament and had a shot at advancing to the Class 5A Region IV tournament in a playback match. Knight, who was seeded No. 4, lost to the eventual district champion but hadn’t faced the players pitted against each other in the other semifinal. So when the player who beat Knight in his…