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Marble Falls coaching changes are about opportunities

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

When Keri Timmerman accepted the position of football head coach and athletic director Marble Falls Independent School District in December 2023, most correctly concluded he’d hire some coaches to fill his football staff. What few knew at the time were how many head coaches would resign or retire before the end of the 2023-24 school year. “Obviously a lot of times change at the top creates natural opportunities for people to change the positions they’re in,” Timmerman said. “No one has been asked to leave. There’s been no changes on…

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Marble Falls volleyball seeking new coach

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #LadyStangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Kait Goertz is transitioning to an assistant track and field coach and will remain an assistant basketball coach at Marble Falls High School. Photo by Christopher A. Miles/Christopher A. Miles Photography The Marble Falls Independent School District is hiring a new volleyball head coach, a position the school district posted March 21. Kait Goertz, who is finishing her sixth year at the school district with much of that as the program’s volleyball head coach, will now be an assistant track-and-field coach and remain an assistant girls basketball coach, athletic…

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Burnet’s Solis signs volleyball scholarship to play for Texas Lutheran

March 9, 2024March 9, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #TLU, #UIL, #UILvolleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet High School senior Zaria Solis signs her National Letter of Intent to play volleyball for Texas Lutheran University as her mother, Deanna Solis, looks on. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School senior middle blocker Zaria Solis solidified her commitment to Texas Lutheran University by signing her National Letter of Intent March 4. “When I first went there, it felt like home,” Solis said. “It didn’t feel like home on any other campus.” Simply, Solis could have had her pick between volleyball and basketball. Solis has been…

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

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #LadyJackets, #stingemjackets, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

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

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

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

January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

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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Highland Lakes Aces ready to soar in second season

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#aces, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #clubvolleyball, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #HillCountryAces, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #selectvolleyball, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Highland Lakes Aces, a club volleyball program under the direction of Erin Sawyer, is beginning its second year and is adding more teams. In the first year, the program had a 13-and-under squad and a 14-and-under squad. This year the Aces will have those two squads plus a 12-and-under team coached by Marble Falls High School graduate Natalie Chapa and a 15-and-under squad coached by Zoe Beard for a total of four teams. Most of the players attend Burnet, Llano and Marble Falls school districts and Faith Academy of…

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Burnet CISD’s Jones announces retirement

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

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

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #UIL0 comment

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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Burnet volleyball team to be remembered for more than wins

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILvolleyball0 comment

Though the Burnet High School volleyball season ended one win short of qualifying for the Class 4A Region III tournament, head coach Crystal Shipley said this team gave her, the staff and the Burnet community more than sound victories. “Not only are they smart and athletic, but they are some of the best leaders that have come through our program,” she said. “They hold teammates accountable, and they make it an environment that so many want to be a part of. We have talked about this crew since they were…