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Burnet softball players named to all-state teams

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Two Burnet High School softball players received all-state honors thanks to voters of two different organizations. Junior catcher Camrynn Guthrie was named honorable mention to the Class 4A all-state team of the Texas Sports Writers Association, while graduate Savannah Gomez was named to the Class 4A all-state team of the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Lady Dawgs head coach Hailey Wooten noted the state has some great athletes and the competition is fierce. “Along with other good players, you never know (what voters will decide), especially if we don’t have a…

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More athletes, new division rivals has Burnet Youth Football League leaders happy for 2022

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #youthfootball0 comment

An increase in the number of athletes playing on Burnet Youth Football League teams and new division opponents that cut down on driving time has the board of directors and coaches looking forward to the kickoff of the 2022 season even more. That’s the word from league president Grant Murray. “The kids are our best recruiting tools,” he said. “They wear their jerseys to school, and their friends start asking. I’m really excited about this year and all the players who registered.” Twenty-five sixth-graders have committed to play along with…

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Marble Falls graduate O’Riley joins the Arkansas track team

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#boomersooner, #BurnetCounty, #highjumpers, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #razorbacks, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

Collegiate high jumper Kason O’Riley is going home. That’s how the 2021 Marble Falls High School graduate announced on July 1 that he transferred to the University of Arkansas to join the track and field team after spending one year on the University of Oklahoma squad. “They’re the best team in the country,” he said of the Razorbacks. “We have a great team. We brought in a group of long jumpers and triple jumpers to come in and help fill events. I feel like we’ll be a great team and…

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The number of Burnet Lady Dawgs attending voluntary workouts says plenty about the program

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

To say coaches of the Burnet High School Lady Dawgs are encouraged by the number of athletes attending voluntary strength-and-conditioning sessions is an understatement. The average number of high school athletes attending daily is 40, while 21 middle school students are coming. Soccer head coach Kim Myhre credits a couple of reasons for attendance. “The success we had this year,” she said, noting that volleyball, basketball and soccer all advanced to Class 4A Region III tournaments. “They’re showing up and working hard.” The other, and this might be the most…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. In my almost two decades of covering sports in the Highland Lakes, little surprises me. And yet there’s no question of the optimism surrounding sports programs among the coaching staffs of the three public high schools. That’s because coaches can see their players are putting in the work this summer to get better. That should pay dividends during the upcoming school year. If you doubt, please consider…

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Marble Falls graduate Staggs uses the tools he learned as a Mustang to build successful program at Perrin-Whitt

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #peaster, #perrin, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

When it comes to building facilities and a program, Ben Staggs learned both as a Marble Falls High School student. The 1993 graduate announced he had resigned as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at Perrin-Whitt High School, a Class 1A member, and accepted a job at nearby Peaster Independent School District where he’ll be an assistant coach and is bracing to split time between the high school and junior high. At Perrin-Whitt, Staggs was responsible for field maintenance, a skill he got a taste of the…

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Local softball team featuring players from the Highland Lakes is headed to a World Series

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #johnsoncity, #libertyhill, #MarbleFalls, #ruthless, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Ruthless Allstars 2022, a squad featuring players who are 12 years old and younger from across the Highland Lakes, are headed to a PONY Softball World Series in Laredo July 12-17. To help pay for the trip, the team is accepting donations. Players will conduct a “Fill the Helmet” fundraiser beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, July 2, at the entrance of the the city of Cottonwood Shores on the corner of RR 2147 and Pecan Lane. Donors also can give through Venmo: @Ruthless-Allstars2022, “We’re looking for funds to get…

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Marble Falls volleyball league reveals the traits coaches want to see

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls June Volleyball League ended June 29, and few people felt better about the last several weeks than Lady Mustangs head coach Kait Goertz. That’s because she could see her players improve in the key areas she was examining. And they weren’t all based on their footwork, passing and ending rallies. Goertz made it clear from the start she wanted to see her how her players interacted with each other, how they encouraged and corrected one another, and how they got along. “Especially the last two weeks, I…

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Marble Falls’ Harrington shares goals for middle school

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

Doc Harrington made it clear he wouldn’t unretire unless the right opportunity with the right people came along. That happened three years ago when Brian Herman became the football at head coach at Marble Falls and hired Heath Hohmann and other coaches who where on Jerry Vance’s staff in Liberty Hill a decade earlier. Then when Harrington, who was asked to work at Marble Falls Middle School, outlined his vision to Dr. Chris Allen, Marble Falls Independent School District superintendent, and Jeff Gasaway, assistant superintendent, he discovered two individuals who…

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Marble Falls’ Bales showcases talent at college football camps

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#ASU, #bobcats, #BurnetCounty, #cowboys, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hornedfrogs, #HSU, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #roadrunners, #TCU, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #TXAMC, #TxState, #UIL, #utsa0 comment

The desire to play college football is why Marble Falls High School junior lineman Jeremiah Bales has been traveling to different camps. During the last several weeks, Bales has camped at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas State University, Angelo State University, Texas A&M at Commerce and Texas Christian University. At 6 feet 4 inches and weighing 323 pounds, Bales has the intangibles that college coaches love in linemen. But it’s his strength at the point of attack that gets people talking. Case in point was during the…