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Faith Academy football receives numerous postseason awards

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

CAPTION: Faith Academy senior Andrew Houy was honored with several postseason awards for his play during the 2025 season. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football players were bestowed several awards for outstanding performances during the 2025 season. Class 3A coaches of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools released their all-state selections. Named to the first team are sophomore running back Landon Silvers and senior linebacker Andrew Houy. Houy was named to the offensive second team as a spread back, while junior defensive back…

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Burnet football loses to Georgetown East View

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #football, #GODAWGS, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet senior running back Josiah Coronado runs for more than 100 yards against Georgetown East View. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School football team lost to Georgetown East View 42-28 Sept. 5. “There are no moral victories,” Speer said. “Still you want to see your kids get better week in and week out. There are fixable things. There are good things that we can take away. We’ll roll into next week. The kids have a lot of confidence going forward. I’m proud of the kids and…

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Marble Falls football has big plays against Lago Vista

August 15, 2025August 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LagoVista, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #NoDoubt, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #vikings0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior running back Joaquin Aguilar escapes the Lago Vista defense’s grasp to gallop more than 50 yards toward pay dirt. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School football team performed well during its Aug. 14 scrimmage against Lago Vista, the Mustangs’ first of the 2025 season. That’s according to head coach Keri Timmerman. “We got a lot of things we got to fix, but I think that there’s improvement,” he said. “We’re further along than we were last year, and we got young players…

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Burnet football ready to scrimmage Canyon Lake

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Running back Josiah Coronado sees the hole in the middle and goes through it virtually untouched during practice Aug. 11. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School football team added full pads to its practices at the end of last week. But the Bulldogs continue to show the same intensity and enthusiasm that has defined the first week of fall training camp. And their reward at the end of this week? Welcoming Fischer Canyon Lake for the first scrimmage of the season Friday, Aug. 15, at Bulldog…

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The importance of the Burnet football team’s tight end

July 30, 2025July 30, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: It’s hard to miss senior Riley Howell as he’s running to a spot on the field. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro It’s hard to miss them when they’re on the field. They’re the Burnet Bulldogs whose bodies can sometimes be as wide as the offensive lineman and whose feet and hands are as nimble and sure as the receivers. They’re the tight ends and play an integral part of the Bulldogs’ offense. “We use a variety for the position,” offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Colton Brewer said then began…

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Burnet football turns attention to formal practices

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #burnettx, #dawgs, #football, #GODAWGS, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Defensive assistant coach Russell Houston (left) talks to defensive coordinator Jordan Heusinkveld between 7-on-7 games. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet High School football program officially begins preparations for the 2025 season Monday, Aug. 4. The varsity and junior varsity competes from 2:30-5:30 p.m., while the freshman go from 6-7:30 a.m. at Burnet High School. The Bulldogs will end the first week with an intrasquad scrimmage at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, which is a program tradition. The Bulldogs will have eight practices before the first day of…

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Burnet’s Bulldog Field gets new turf, track

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #turf, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The new green exchange zone on the track and the new linemen’s lines on the new artificial turf are part of the improvements at Bulldog Field. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro At the beginning of 2025, Bulldog Field was sealed off for improvements. Top of the list was to install new artificial turf to absorb the “shock” or kinetic energy resulting from a player falling on its surface. After months of labor, workers finished installing new artificial turf at Bulldog Field in time for the program to host its…

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Llano’s indoor facility to provide more space for athletes, coaches

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #jackets, #Llano, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: The addition to the Llano Independent School District indoor facility. File photo EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series. Read part one here. In a short while, the Llano High School Yellow Jackets will have a new locker room, laundry facilities, storage for football and new coaches’ offices thanks to additions to the indoor facility on the campus. The indoor facility had artificial turf where athletes could work on the playbook, perform agility and quickness training and other drills to ensure they were at their best…

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Hill Country Elite finishes 2nd at Canadian event

January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#Burnetcountytx, #Elite, #football, #gridiron, #highlandlakesports, #highlandlakestx, #HillCountryElite, #hillcountrysports, #marblefallstx, #youthfootball0 comment

The Hill Country Elite was the runner-up at the Battle on the Prairies tournament in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Jan. 11-14. The Elite defeated 14U Manitoba Selects 19-6 in its opener and 13U Saskatchewan Selects 20-0 and lost to the Alberta Golden Bears A 24-8 in the championship. Down 16-8, the Elite reached the Golden Bears’ six-yard line. A dropped pass on the four-yard line ended the drive. With less than a minute remaining and needing another possession, the Elite called for a blitz that didn’t work. “Every game was competitive,”…

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Hill Country Elite returns for more reps, wins

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #youthfootball0 comment

CAPTION: Hill Country Elite defensive back Clayton Thompson, a Marble Falls resident, is the Central Texas Holiday Bowl’s Most Valuable Player. Courtesy photo The Hill Country Elite youth football team is back to the gridiron after playing in one event before enjoying the Christmas holiday. The Elite participated in the Central Texas Holiday Bowl Dec. 14-15 where it won all three of its games: Fort Hood Cadets 28-0, Central Texas Falcons 30-0, and the Belton Storm 30-0. Marble Falls resident Clayton Thompson was named the event’s Most Valuable Player because of…