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Llano says goodbye to one district rival, adds another in new football district

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #LadyJackets, #stingemjackets, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: The Llano High School football team welcomes Florence to the new football district beginning next season. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The night before the University Interscholastic League announced realignment, Anna Green asked her husband, Llano Independent School District athletic director Matt Green, for his wild card scenario of who the governing organization of extra curricular activities might put in the same district with Llano High School. “Florence,” he said. “Because they’re in our non-football district. The UIL works in a pattern. (The Buffs) can connect to us in…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #jackets, #keepthefaith, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPION: The Burnet High School football program’s subvarsity players run on the field at Bastrop Memorial Stadium behind the 2023 varsity. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The 2023 high school football season is officially over for the region now that the Burnet Bulldogs lost in the second round of the playoffs. But a loss on the scoreboard doesn’t take away the greatness of a squad that performed at the high level I thought they could. Let’s examine why. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #jackets, #keepthefaith, #LadyDawgs, #LadyFlames, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: The Burnet Bulldogs, including Sammy Jones (72), Casyn Taylor (54), Jace Haberer (2), Andrew Milum (25), and Khris Kassner (20) sing the school song after beating Somerset for a bi-district championship Nov. 9. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Today’s word is endings. Because that’s what the region experienced thanks to two unexpected conclusions. But we won’t start there. Let’s begin with the one team that’s still playing and continues to perform beautifully. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Photo by Daniel Clifton Oct. 6 was a tough night for Highland Lakes football teams, which finished the evening 0-4. And worse, each team was playing in a district ball game. But not all is lost because for three of those teams, it was the district opener. And the other team simply slipped into a tie for second place in its district. So let’s take a look at each game. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad Podcaster. Please like,…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #jackets, #keepthefaith, #LadyDawgs, #LadyFlames, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILfootball, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls’ Kole Becker (10), Colton Minor (29) and Greg Lemon (21) celebrate another forcing Fredericksburg to turn the ball over on downs on the Mustangs’ one-yard line. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro This week’s word is moxie, whose definition is courageous spirit and determination, perseverance. Moxie was on full display on football fields throughout the region Sept. 22 that caused fans to cheer and reminded them of the greatness of their programs. Let’s take a closer look at what fans saw.

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Marble Falls welcomes local teams to summer volleyball league

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#badgers, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #flyeaglesfly, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #JohnsonCityLBJ, #LadyJackets, #Lampasas, #Llano, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

Photo by Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels.com The Marble Falls High School volleyball program is once more hosting a June league each Wednesday until the end of the month. League play begins at 5 p.m. at Marble Falls Middle School and includes Burnet, Faith Academy, Johnson City, Lampasas and Llano. The league will be divided between junior varsity and varsity. “My junior varsity are the incoming freshmen,” Lady Mustangs head coach Kait Goertz said. “We’ll have JV and varsity players in the varsity division.” This is the second summer that Marble Falls is…

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Llano’s Gwyn Burnett finishes sixth at Class 3A state meet

May 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hurdles, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILstate, #UILstatetrack, #UILtrack, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: Llano junior Gwyn Burnett is running the final part of the 300-meters hurdles in the Class 3A track and field championship May 11 at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Photo by Briley Mitchell/Dirt Devil Diver Photography Llano High School junior Gwyn Burnett (center) had already won long before she set foot on the track at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus May 11. Burnett had returned to the Class 3A state meet with the intention of adding a…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #Llano, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

What a week for the Marble Falls Mustangs. It began with a second place finish at the Division 2 state meet March 24 for Xavier Lopez and ended with a pair of district titles in golf and tennis. And by 10 p.m. March 31, another Marble Falls team was tied for first in district play. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad Podcaster. Please like, subscribe and share.

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #faithflames, #Flames, #gobigred, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #jackets, #keepthefaith, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #stingemjackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs and powerlifting head coach Robert Draper stand in front of a banner welcoming them to the 2023 state powerlifting meet in Frisco March 17. Courtesy photo The final push for championships is upon us with Spring Break behind the Highland Lakes schools. The heat, which isn’t all coming from Mother Nature, is on and will be especially apparent on the pitch and on the diamonds. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad Podcaster. Please…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #LadyMustangs, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Burnet athlete Jose Rodriguez (left) poses with his cousin, Marble Falls’ Jasael Ruiz, after the two finish competing at the regional powerlifting meet. Ruiz earns a silver in the 148-pound division to advance to the state meet, while Rodriguez finishes fifth and returns home with a regional powerlifting medal for the first time. Courtesy photo The week leading up to Spring Break was an important one for the Burnet and Marble Falls high school baseball teams and the Llano High School softball team as all three played in district…