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Marble Falls ends May with the start of summer camps

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #summercamps, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The way baseball and softball players are taught to slide is by using a sprinkler water mat with soap as demonstrated by Jocelyn Suarez, who has served as a softball camp assistant coach. While the sports year is ending, coaches are bracing for summer camps to better help the next group of great Mustangs and Lady Mustangs who will join the high school program before they know it. The first group of camps begins Tuesday, May 26. with the baseball, softball and soccer camps. Baseball camp, under the direction…

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Burnet volleyball’s Denton plays well in all-star match

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#allstars, #bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HCCA, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #volleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Journey Denton calmly passes the ball to the setter as the North get in position to end the rally. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Burnet High School senior Journey Denton brought her best to Wimberley High School’s Lee Grisham Court for the first Hill Country Coaches Association All-Star volleyball match May 9. Denton’s North team won in front of a packed house that included Burnet head coach Crystal Shipley and assistant coach Brent Kelley. “That was a lot of fun to put the Burnet jersey back on for one…

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A genuine piece of Art

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 Jennifer Fierro0 comment

CAPTION: Art Dlugach (left) and Tyler McDonough, a 2015 Llano High School graduate, broadcasting another Llano victory. Courtesy photo Editor’s Note: a two-part series about Art Dlugach and how he came to the Highland Lakes appeared in the April 2 and 9 editions of The Llano News. This story is independent from the series. Please pick up copies of The Llano News for those stories. Art Dlugach was a self-proclaimed “Llano guy.” That meant that in his eyes — and in his heart — the Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets…

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Marble Falls faces familiar foes in new districts

February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls High School athletics department will continue to play some of its same traditional adversaries in new regions beginning in the 2026-27 school year. That’s because the University Interscholastic League, which released realignment for its member schools at 9 a.m. Feb. 2, announced that the Marble Falls (1,172 students) football team along with Burnet (985), Lampasas (1,137) and Stephenville (1,076) will remain in the same district but move regions. In addition, the four will play China Spring (931) and Jarrell (1,147) in District 12-4A Division I, which is…

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Burnet to stay in virtually the same sports districts

February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District athletic department will face some familiar and not so familiar foes in the next two years in district play. The University Interscholastic League released realignment for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years at 9 a.m. Feb. 2. Burnet (985 students), Marble Falls (1,172) and Lampasas (1,137) remain together in the football, volleyball and basketball districts. But the surprise in football may have been in who is joining them — China Spring (931), Jarrell (1,147) and Stephenville (1,076) — and that they’re all playing in…

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Faith Academy sports’ new districts feature many familiar foes

December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyFlames, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: The father and son duo of sophomore Landon Silvers (9) and head coach Jay Silvers look to retain what the Flames have while playing new district teams. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls athletic department announced the results of realignment as a member of the Texas Association of Privates and Parochial Schools. Faith, which submitted an enrollment of 133, will remain in Class 3A. In six-man football, the Flames will play in Division I, District 3 against San Antonio Lutheran and will welcome Laredo St.…

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Marble Falls High School sports to remain in Class 4A

December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: The Mustangs will stay in Class 4A Division I, which they’ve played in for the last several years. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro When the University Interscholastic League released the cutoff numbers that put member schools into classifications and districts Dec. 16, Marble Falls athletic director Keri Timmerman said his first glance revealed a truth. “I think that it’s like anything else right now with declining enrollment in a lot of the schools and what we’re seeing across the state,” he said. “The drop in numbers a little bit doesn’t…

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UIL cutoff numbers: Marble Falls, Burnet to remain in Class 4A

December 16, 2025December 19, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The Burnet Bulldogs and the Marble Falls Mustangs will remain in Class 4A for the next two years. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The University Interscholastic League released the cutoff numbers for realignment for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years around lunchtime Dec. 16. Both Burnet Consolidated Independent School District and Marble Falls Independent School District will remain in Class 4A. Marble Falls submitted 1,172, while Burnet turned in 985. Officials at both school districts believed both would remain in Class 4A. The UIL, which is the governing body…

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Marble Falls ISD makes agreement with Huckabee and Associates, Inc. official

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees delegated authority to Superintendent Dr. Jeff Gasaway “to enter into the contract” with Huckabee and Associates, Inc. as the next architects of the May 2025 bond projects during a special meeting Dec. 8. The board had selected the firm as the new architects of record during its regular Nov. 20 meeting. Huckabee and Associates, Inc. has worked with the school district before on the 2018 bond projects. Fees paid to Huckabee and Associates, Inc. for design work are capped at 6.5…

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Burnet volleyball’s Shipley is Coach of the Year

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #volleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet volleyball head coach Crystal Shipley (center) and assistant coaches Treasure Ellerbe (back row, left) and Brent Kelley. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Burnet High School volleyball head coach Crystal Shipley was named the District 24-4A Coach of the Year after guiding the Lady Dawgs to an 8-4 district record and almost 30 victories during the 2025 season. “This honor reflects not only her outstanding leadership, but also the season she guided our athletes through,” said assistant coach Treasure Ellerbe, who is in her first year on the Burnet…