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Timmerman named a finalist for state award

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior quarterback Atreyu Machacek is one of two candidates for the starting job in operating head coach Keri Timmerman’s (center) version of the spread offense. Timmerman, who is a finalist for the Game-Changing Coach Award, is selected because he goes the extra mile in developing young men on and off the field. New to his staff is offensive coordinator Logan Simmons (right). Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls Independent School District athletic director and football head coach Keri Timmerman is a finalist for the Game-Changing Coach…

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Marble Falls’ Forge ’25 drawing more athletes in second year

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Erick Flores leads the agility drill during the first day of Forge ’25 June 2. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Independent School District athletic department’s Forge ’25 is off to a tremendous start. Athletic director Keri Timmerman and strength-and-conditioning coordinator Karl “Beef” Bielfeldt are happy with the number of athletes who are attending and the work they are putting in. Bielfeldt said 100 seventh- and eighth-graders and 235 athletes in grades 9-12 attended the first week. “From last year to this year, we’ve seen a big…

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Marble Falls volleyball gets a jump on season preparations

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #UILvolleyball0 comment

CAPTION: Tessie Bowen (left) and Hannah Welch are all smiles after the Lady Mustangs win a point during the Llano May League. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro When Zoey Hanrahan-Beard accepted the position of Marble Falls High School volleyball head coach, one of her first tasks was to meet and study the Lady Mustangs. Beard accepted the job in early May and has been around the players as they competed at the Llano May League. Now that Forge ’25, the athletic department’s summer strength-and-conditioning program, began last week, Beard has been…

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Next group of greats found at Marble Falls tennis camp

CAPTION: High school player Cooper Womack drops a ball in front of Lila Adams, who keeps her feet in the appropriate circles so she learns how to shift her weight and hips properly as she swings. Courtesy photo After another successful tennis year where the Marble Falls High School program earned several district and regional medals, coaches look to get the next crew of players ready through the first of two camps. Head coach Samuel Whitley was incredibly encouraged by the number of campers and their commitment to improve during…

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Marble Falls ISD’s Scales resigns

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoldStandard, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: As a throwing coach in track and field, Richard Scales explains every part of the form and why. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Richard Scales has resigned as the Marble Falls Middle School boys athletic coordinator to take a job at Florence Independent School District. Scales said his resignation is strictly a family decision. “It’s solely personal,” he said. He is joining Florence athletic director and football head coach Robert Draper’s staff as a linebackers coach and head track and field coach and possibly an assistant basketball coach. Draper…

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Registration open for Marble Falls Youth Football

June 5, 2025June 6, 2025 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #youthfootball0 comment

Courtesy photo Marble Falls Independent School District children in Kindergarten through the sixth grade wanting to play youth football have until June 13 to register with Marble Falls Youth Football and Cheer. Cost is $250 and individuals can register online here. Players will have a uniform fitting at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 14 and June 25, at First Baptist Church of Marble Falls. MFYFC vice president Eric Graff noted a slight registration cost increase because it includes the fee to participate in Mustang Football Camp July 21-25 hosted by the…

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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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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…