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Marble Falls baseball beats Jarrell

CAPTION: Senior pitcher Canon Cochran delivers another gem for the Mustangs en ensuring they finish second in the District 24-4A standings. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Jarrell 6-0 April 21 in District 24-4A. The win clinches a runner-up finish for the Mustangs (21-5, 9-3), who will face Gatesville for a bi-district championship in a best-of-three series in the Class 4A Division I playoffs with dates, sites and times still to be determined. “All we had to do was win one (of the…

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Mustang Stadium to get new bleachers

Photo by Ralph Arvesen Mustang Stadium will be receiving new home bleachers after the Marble Falls Independent School District’s Board of Trustees approved purchasing 1,377 seating chairs during its regular meeting April 20. The purchase and installation is from Sturdisteel Grandstand and Press Box for $399,450. This company performed the same task at Mustang Stadium when it first opened. A month earlier, when Marble Falls ISD Maintenance Director Eric Humiston presented the first reading to the board, he said that he believed “this is all paid by insurance. So we…

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Marble Falls baseball sweeps Taylor

CAPTION: Sophomore pitcher Crawford Mattox was virtually unhittable in his outing against the Taylor Ducks. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team is returning to the Class 4A Division I playoffs thanks to disposing of Taylor 11-0 in five innings April 17. The Mustangs (20-5, 8-3) scored a run in the first inning thanks to a groundout by senior Canon Cochran then exploded for six in the second inning thanks to sending 10 batters. Marble Falls moved and scorer runners thanks to a combination of hits…

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Featured Running 

Marble Falls track athlete Cuplin captures area medals

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior Madison Cuplin with her four gold medals from the District 23 and 24-4A area meet. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photograpy Not many athletes had a better area meet than Marble Falls junior Madison Cuplin. The Lady Mustang won gold medals in the 100 meters in 11.81 seconds, the 200 meters in 23.84 seconds, the long jump with a mark of 19 feet and 11 inches and the triple jump with a mark of 41-9. She broke her own school records in both running events. Head coach…

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Featured Tennis 

The Womack Way – strength, determination lead to championship tennis

CAPTION: Though Marble Falls senior Cooper Womack’s springs on the tennis court ended the same, he put in the work to make himself a better athlete. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro When Cooper Womack burst into the Marble Falls High School tennis program four years earlier, coaches and fans had an early glimpse of his talent and drive. That will be on full display April 17-18 when he competes in the Class 4A Region III championship for the third consecutive year with the goal of returning to the Class 4A…

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Featured Softball 

Marble Falls softball loses to Jarrell

CAPTION: Junior Jocelyn Suarez had a big hit for the Lady Mustangs. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School softball team lost to Jarrell 3-0 April 14 in the final game of the season. The Lady Cougars plated a run in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and forced the Lady Mustangs to strand two runners in the fifth inning after Khloe Hollingsworth reached on an error and Emma Martin drew a walk with no outs. But Jarrell stiffened by getting a groundout, a strikeout…

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Featured Running 

Marble Falls boys track doubles totals to finish on the podium

CAPTION: The podium of the boys 800-meter run includes Salado junior Daniel Anderson (left), Marble Falls sophomore Graham Goggans, Salado sophomore Seth Anderson, and Marble Falls junior Owen Martin. All four will compete at the area met. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School boys track and field program finished the District 24-4A meet on the podium April 9. The varsity was third in the team standings, while the junior varsity is the district champion with 161 points. “Our varsity boys finished third as a team with 103…

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Marble Falls trackster Cuplin wins 2 more district crowns

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior Madison Cuplin is leaving the competition behind as she runs straight toward the finish line at the District 24-4A meet to secure another 200-meter gold medal. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Marble Falls High School junior Madison Cuplin added two more District 24-4A championships April 9. She won the 100 meters in 12.01 seconds, 42 seconds faster than the silver medalist, and the 200 meters in 24.45 seconds, a full second in front of the silver medalist. The silver medalist was Salado senior Payton Ortega in…

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Marble Falls baseball sweeps Lampasas

CAPTION: Junior lead-off batter John Alan Whittle (2) taps his helmet with junior Grant Carter after touches home plate to score the game’s first run — a solo homer — in the first inning. Photo by Sandra Butts The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Lampasas 7-4 April 9 in District 24-4A play. The game was originally scheduled for April 10, but coaches agreed to the date and time change, opting for a varsity only contest slated for 6 p.m., to avoid predicted bad weather. Like the Mustangs’ Scearce…

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Marble Falls baseball beats Lampasas

CAPTION: Freshman Landon White delivers big at the plate, helping the Mustangs generate four runs to start the game against the Badgers. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Lampasas 7-5 April 7 in District 24-4A play. The Mustangs (16-5, 4-3) got going when junior lead-off batter John Alan Whittle reached first on a dropped third strike. Junior Grant Carter singled to left field, senior catcher Canon Cochran drew a walk, and sophomore third baseman Crawford Mattox hit a 2 RBI single to right-center field.…

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