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Becker to swap MFalls purple & gold for HSU purple & yellow

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #football, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

After leading the Marble Falls High School football team to the 2020 and 2021 playoffs, senior quarterback Jake Becker will suit up for Hardin-Simmons University in fall 2022. Playing college football was a goal for the son of Krystal and Matt Becker, who was the Mustangs quarterback in the mid 1990s, and passed his love of the sport to his son. The younger Becker’s favorite part is the teamwork football requires. “I grew up playing it and loving it,” he said. “I genuinely enjoy being around everybody, the environment it…

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Barnes to take talents to Texas Lutheran University

April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #football, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #TLU, #UIL0 comment

After helping the Marble Falls High School football team flip field position with his powerful punts and kickoffs, senior place kicker and punter Logan Barnes is aiming to do the same for Texas Lutheran University. Barnes committed to play for the Bulldogs as a punter and a shot and discus thrower for the track and field squad. “It felt like Marble Falls,” he said. “It feels like family where the players are going to be first. They were going to do the best for me if I did the best…

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Mustangs give The Helping Center some needed muscle

March 4, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #football, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #MFalls, #MFHS, #Mustangs0 comment

Sam Pearce, executive director of The Helping Center, was in a bind. He had a “big warehouse” truck carrying numerous pallets averaging 1,500 pounds of food apiece and didn’t have enough volunteers to empty the vehicle. In all, it totaled 30,000 pounds of food. Volunteer Lauren Haltom heard Pearce’s dilemma and offered to contact Marble Falls head football coach Brian Herman to see if the Mustangs could stop by. It didn’t take long for Herman to say yes. By 7:30 a.m. on March 1, the players arrived and immediately went…

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Mustangs announce postseason awards

March 1, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Class5A, #football, #HighlandLakes, #Marble Falls, #Mustangs0 comment

The Marble Falls High School football celebrated the accomplishments of the 2021 season with its annual banquet Feb. 28. Head coach Brian Herman had scheduled the event for earlier in the semester, but weather forced a date change. Herman and coaches weren’t in a hurry to have this event since it is the last gathering to commemorate a Mustangs team that reached the third round of the playoffs, a first for this century. He had released the all-District 14-5A Division II teams around the holidays but doesn’t release the Mustang…