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Burnet coach Crystal Shipley’s impact is more than wins

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Burnetcountytx, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

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

July 7, 2025July 7, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #LadyFlames, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

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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Marble Falls athletes returns to participate in busy July

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Madden Hernandez stands and lifts this bar of weight high during the strength session of Forge ’25. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Right after the nation celebrates the July Fourth long weekend, the Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department will return to the high school campus to resume the activities the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs began in early June. The department enjoyed the mandatory week off from June 30-July 4 as issued by the University Interscholastic League. That meant full stoppage of Forge ’25, the department’s summer strength…

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Burnet girls finish productive spring, June

July 2, 2025July 2, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

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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Burnet grad Zaria Solis excels on Texas Lutheran courts, classes

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnetcountytx, #burnettx, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hoops, #LadyDawgs, #ncaa, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Zaria Solis shows she is more than capable of being a two-sport athlete at Texas Lutheran University where she played volleyball and basketball. Photo by Bryce Hayes of Texas Lutheran University Zaria Solis emerged from behind a station in the weight room of the Burnet Student Activity Center recently after joining her former teammates for a lifting session that was part of the Lady Dawgs’ summer strength-and-conditioning program. While the Lady Dawgs were headed to the facility’s artificial turf for an agility and conditioning workout, Solis, a 2024 Burnet…

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Marble Falls athletes finish productive two months

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Doak Timmerman (left) is racing Greg Colver in an effort to slap coach is Hayden Kesselring’s hand first. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro A mandatory break issued by the University Interscholastic League from June 30-July 4 signals the end of what Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director Keri Timmerman said was a highly productive two months. After all, the Mustangs competed in both the Burnet May and Llano June 7-on-7 leagues, while the boys basketball team played in the Llano Tuesday League for four weeks. The Lady Mustangs…

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Burnet Lady Dawgs making most of opportunities to improve

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Lilyann Johnson (left) and Arayah Mabry quickly step in and out of a ladder that helps them work on footwork and fine-tune a pattern. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District’s athletic department continues to conduct its weekly summer strength-and-conditioning sessions for all of its athletes, including the Lady Dawgs. Girls athletic coordinator Crystal Shipley, cross country head coach Simon Hairston and other assistant coaches have been conducting the sessions for the girls. The program has 60 high school athletes and about 41 seventh- and eighth-graders.…

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Grant Freeman is approved as the new Burnet CISD athletic director

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

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’ Forge ’25 drawing more athletes in second year

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Erick Flores leads the agility drill during the first day of Forge ’25 June 2. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department’s Forge ’25 is off to a tremendous start. Athletic director Keri Timmerman and strength-and-conditioning coordinator Karl “Beef” Bielfeldt are happy with the number of athletes who are attending and the work they are putting in. Bielfeldt said 100 seventh- and eighth-graders and 235 athletes in grades 9-12 attended the first week. “From last year to this year, we’ve seen a big…

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Freeman set to become Burnet CISD’s next athletic director

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

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…