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Cheerleaders wanted to MFYFC games

June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #cheer, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Courtesy photo When teams of Marble Falls Youth Football and Cheer enter the playing field to begin a game, one group is charged with getting the crowd as excited as the Mustangs themselves. That group is the cheerleaders. Cost to join is $195 and registration ends Friday, June 13. Uniform fittings are from 8-11 a.m. Saturday, June 14. Right after that, uniforms for the 2025 season will be ordered. Sponsorships and scholarships are available. Those interested in either one can learn more by going on the web site for applications…

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Burnet quarterbacks playing well during 7 on 7

June 4, 2025June 5, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Cohen Jorpeland scans the field looking for an open receiver. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The 2025 Burnet High School football team will have a new quarterback under center. The question is who will that quarterback be? While that answer won’t be revealed until after fall training camp in the August, the Bulldogs are putting in some serious work right now. To get an idea of what offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Colton Brewer is looking for, fans don’t have to look far than the two athletes who played the…

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Burnet gets big win against Marble Falls at own SQT

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#7on7, #bulldogs, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet receiver Riley Howell tucks the ball and braces for to be tagged by the Marble Falls Mustangs. Photos by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School 7-on-7 team earned a 1-2 record at its own state qualifying tournament May 31. But the Bulldogs’ lone win came against Marble Falls 7-0 in their final contest of the day. Quarterback Cohen Jorpeland found receiver Matthew Williams for the game’s only score on the Bulldogs’ first possession of the contest. Burnet head coach and tournament director Ben Speer said the two Burnet…

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Burnet athletes start offseason conditioning

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Offensive coordinator Colton Brewer watches the Bulldogs to make sure they start behind the line as they begin their 10-yard sprint on the first day of summer strength and conditioning June 2. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District Athletic Department began its summer strength-and-conditioning program June 2 after taking last week off. Bulldogs in grades 9-12 work out from 8-9:30 a.m. and seventh- and eighth-graders go from 9:30-11 a.m. While football head coach Ben Speer was happy that he, his staff and athletes had…

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Marble Falls ISD board approves first step in athletic facilities

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

The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees took the first step in athletic facility updates. They approved a contract with Pfluger Architects for $3.275 million for “comprehensive architecture and engineering services for the softball field synthetic turf, new baseball field, multipurpose facility/auxiliary gym/weight room, Max Copeland Gym locker room additions and renovations, and CTE wing addition and renovations projects at Marble Falls High School.” The approval came during the board’s regular meeting May 19. The services will include architectural and interior design services as well as services provided…

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Marble Falls 7 on 7 battles to the end at Burnet SQT

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls defenders C.J. Alexander (left) stretches as far as he can to disrupt the ball while teammates Clayton Thomas and Gregory Lemon are in pursuit. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School 7-on-7 team went 1-2 at the Burnet State Qualifying Tournament May 31. The Mustangs defeated Troy 12-7 and lost to China Spring 26-6 and Burnet 7-0. China Spring won the pool and the state tournament berth by beating Little River Academy 33-27. Marble Falls head coach Keri Timmerman and his staff were in attendance…

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Marble Falls ISD softball park to get improvements

CAPTION: A 30-foot meeting system that extends from one dugout to the other is one part of the work that will be do everything at Scearce Softball Field. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls High School’s Scearce Softball Field will receive facility improvements after the school district’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the work and payment during its regular meeting May 19. American Constructors will install a 30-foot tall new backstop netting from one dugout to the other with extended netting over the first base dugout; grade a new…

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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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Marble Falls athletics to start Forge ’25

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Athletic director Keri Timmerman invites Marble Falls athletes in grades 7-12 to participate in Forge ’25, the department’s annual strength-and-conditioning program to get themselves in gear for fall camps that begin in August. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls High School athletes spent months getting stronger, faster and being more agile. But that was during the school year under the watchful eyes of their coaches and strength-and-conditioning coordinator Karl “Beef” Bielfeldt. Now the athletes must choose for themselves how they will spend the next few months as the summer…

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Marble Falls baseball has numerous all-district picks

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILbaseball0 comment

CAPTION: Junior Canon Cochran’s ability to play various spots in the infield and at pitcher impressed district coaches. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team returned to the Class 4A playoffs this year thanks to some outstanding performances from several Mustangs. These players left head coaches of other District 24-4A programs impressed, and they showed that by selecting them to all-district teams. First team all-district honors went to Canon Cochran, Atreyu Machacek, Crawford Mattox and John Alan Whittle. All four were part of the Mustangs’ pitching…