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Marble Falls girls basketball competes well at Robinson tourney

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallstx, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILhoops0 comment

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs gather for a photo while playing in the Waco Robinson Rockets Invitational. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School girls basketball team finished second in the silver bracket of the Waco Robinson Rockets Invitational Dec. 11-13 thanks to posting a 2-2 record. The Lady Mustangs defeated Groesbeck 50-30 and Austin Valor 44-41 in overtime and lost to Robinson 27-19 and Concordia Lutheran 30-23. Even in the losses Marble Falls head coach Adley Canales was encouraged. “Our defense was really good against Groesbeck. We only…

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Faith Academy football crushes Giddings Lonestar

September 28, 2025September 29, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #goflames, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #LadyFlames, #marblefallsfaith, #marblefallstx, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy sophomore Landon Silvers got the scoring going early and often in helping the Flames earn their fourth win this season. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team shut out Giddings Lonestar Southeast 45-0 Sept. 26 in a non-district contest that took two quarters to decide. “The defense did a great job,” Flames head coach Jay Silvers said. “Shutting anybody out in six-man football is a hard thing to do. So they did a great job there. Special teams did a good job.…

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Faith Academy football welcomes Fredericksburg Heritage

September 11, 2025September 14, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #marblefallsfaith, #marblefallstx, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Senior Andrew Houy (left), sophomore Quinton Merlick and senior Sawyer Jones help form a stingy Faith Academy defense. Photo by Stennis Shotts A battle of undefeated rivals will happen on Britton Field when Fredericksburg Heritage comes to play Faith Academy of Marble Falls. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. Both football teams enter the contest with 2-0 records. Heritage mercy-ruled San Marcos Academy, which is in the same District 4 of Division II of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools with Faith, by leading 21-6…

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Escamilla brothers compete at National Junior Olympics

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#boxing, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #JrOlympics, #JuniorOlympics, #marblefallstx, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Brothers Maliki Escamilla, 18, (left) and brother Rey Escamilla, 8, participate in the parade of the opening ceremonies of the 2025 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival. Courtesy photo Brothers Maliki and Rey Escamilla participated in the 2025 National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival June 14-21 in Las Vegas. “You have to qualify or be invited,” said mom Karlene Escamilla, who is a co-founder of IMR Boxing Gym Inc. with husband Freddy Escamilla, Jr. IMR Boxing Gym Inc., which is part of USA Boxing, is a non-profit. Freddy Escamilla, Jr., the…

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Marble Falls softball makes most of summer

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallstx, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: The cages at Scearce Softball Field remain a popular area for the Lady Mustangs as they work on their batting during evening skills sessions. Courtesy photo One more win. That’s how close the Marble Falls High School softball program came from forcing a play-in contest for the final playoff spot in District 24-4A last season. That result is firing up the Lady Mustangs, according to head coach Alex Lozoya. Almost 20 new faces are expected to be part of the program in 2026 after six players graduated. Lozoya has…

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Marble Falls begins 7 on 7 with stronger, faster Mustangs

May 7, 2025May 8, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Burnetcountysports, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hillcountrysports, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallstx, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls head coach Keri Timmerman (left) talks to rising sophomore Crawford Mattox and rising senior Atreyu Machacek, who both lined up at quarterback during the first night of the Burnet 7-on-7 May League. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School 7-on-7 varsity football team began play in the opening night of the Burnet May League May 5. The Mustangs faced Llano and Burnet. At quarterback were rising senior Atreyu Machacek and rising sophomores Anderson Liscum and Crawford Mattox. All three spent the majority of their…

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Marble Falls girls soccer loses to Canyon Lake

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #hawks, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallstx, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Physicality is part of the sport especially when players go for the ball just like Marble Falls’ Avrie Wallace (left) and Madison Hardaway (right) and Canyon Lake’s Isabella Fory. Hardaway scored the Lady Mustangs’ goal. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School girls soccer team lost to Fischer Canyon Lake 4-1 March 11 in District 26-4A play. The outcome means that Fredericksburg (9-6-3, 3-5-1) finishes fourth in the district standings to advance to the Class 4A playoffs behind district champion Wimberley (18-1-2, 7-0-2), San Antonio Davenport…

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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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Marble Falls football hosts Burnet in district opener

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnetcountytx, #burnettx, #dawgs, #GODAWGS, #GoGetEmMustangs, #marblefallstx, #Mustangs, #UIL, #UILfootball0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior defensive lineman Noah Lyon’s sixth sense for the ball makes him an important part of the defense. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Burnet County clash between the Bulldogs and the Mustangs is always big for residents, alumni and students. The 110th edition isn’t any different except that because it’s also the District 4-4A Division I opener, it simply might mean more. “The reality is it’s a five-team district,” Marble Falls head coach Keri Timmerman said. “You win one, you’re in. When we set our goals, we…

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Marble Falls football shuts out Brackenridge

September 21, 2024September 22, 2024 Jennifer Fierro#Burnetcountytx, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakesSports, #highlandlakestx, #marblefallstx, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

The Marble Falls High School football team scorched San Antonio Brackenridge 49-0 Sept. 20 int the Mustangs’ homecoming game to even its record to 2-2. The loss is the Eagles’ 14th in a row. “That kids did a great job the second half; we’ve got to connect two halves,” Mustangs head coach Keri Timmerman said. “That’s the thing right now with our kids, just figuring out what we’re going to have to do to be clean in the first half and then finish the second half. They’re making plays we…