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Marble Falls Middle School soccer finishes undefeated season

The Marble Falls Middle School boys soccer team ended its season with an 8-0 rout of Liberty Hill Santa Rita May 17 to go unbeaten during the 2022 season for a 6-0 record. The Mustangs were dominant in their contests where they gave up only two goals all season while averaging more than two a match. “Both are obviously very notable,” coach Aaron Jimenez said. “But to be able to produce goals at that age is impressive.” About 35 seventh- and eighth-graders came out for middle school soccer. The undefeated…

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Voluntary lifting sessions paying off for the Marble Falls Stangs

The Marble Falls High School football players aren’t basking in the Texas sun. Instead, they are putting in the work in the weight room and baking on the artificial turf at Mustang Stadium during competition drills days before the 2021-22 academic year ends. The Mustangs are doing more than embracing preparation in the offseason; they’re showing up in herds with the mindset that no individual will be outworked by anyone. And that has their coaches enthusiastic. That is especially apparent in the number who are showing up before and after…

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Marble Falls’ Segovia finishes ninth at the Class 5A state meet

Marble Falls senior pole vaulter Django Segovia wrapped up his season with a ninth-place finish at the Class 5A state meet May 13. Segovia missed clearing 15 feet and cleared 14-6 on his third attempt and 14-0 on his first try while competing at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Segovia experienced plenty of firsts during the meet. It was his first time to vault in that stadium. The pole vault pit is right next to stands, making it the first time Segovia was that…

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Burnet, Llano, Marble Falls athletes are ready for state meets

Three Highland Lakes athletes are still in pursuit of state championships that will be settled at state track and field meets Thursday and Friday, May 11-12, at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus, 707 Clyde Littlefield Drive in Austin. They are Burnet junior middle-distance runner Hudson Bennett, Llano sophomore hurdler Gwyn Burnett, and Marble Falls senior pole vaulter Django Segovia. Bennett is aiming to successfully defend the 3,200-meter Class 4A state championship he won a year ago and improve on the state bronze medal he captured in…

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Edwards wanted Marble Falls coaching hires to help students succeed in all phases

Rick Edwards did more than repeat the Marble Falls Independent School District’s motto of having an unyielding commitment to loving every child — he lived it. That was apparent by the way the MFISD board trustee voted when it came to policies, funding unexpected expenses such as trips for extracurricular activities, and especially hires. Edwards died May 7 from a brain hemorrhage on the same day he was re-elected to the board. While it’s a given that every MFISD employee embraces the district motto and shows it, the truth is…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. This weekend is the first of several state track meets beginning with the Class 2A meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys team is looking to successfully defend its state title. Head coach Steve McCannon, who is a numbers whiz as well as a great coach, told me his projections showed the team title will come down…

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Football competitions highlight the next two months

The beginning of May means the start of 7-on-7 for football players, including in the Highland Lakes. Burnet High School is the site of a Division II state qualifying tournament at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 28. In addition, Burnet also is hosting a linemen’s challenge with competitions specifically designed for those who work in the trenches. Both events start at 9 a.m. with the 7-on-7 teams playing at Bulldog Field, 1400 Bulldog Stadium Drive, while the linemen will compete at the practice fields next to it. Registration fee for…

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Segovia earns the wild card to pole vault at the state meet

Marble Falls pole vaulter Django Segovia will compete at the Class 5A state track meet after earning the wild card, which means he had the best vault among the four regional bronze medalists. He cleared 15 feet on his second attempt. The state track meet is Friday, May 13, at Mike Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus, 707 Clyde Littlefield Drive in Austin. The announcement came May 2 and Django found out soon after that. “I was in class and my coach (Justin Doiron) texted me,” he said.…

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The Mustangs outlast the Patriots to win wild, wild contest

The Marble Falls High School baseball team earned its first District 25-5A road win of the season en route to sweeping Georgetown East View April 26. The Mustangs (9-13, 4-9) beat the Patriots 17-16 where Marble Falls had 11 hits and four errors to the Patriots’ 12 hits and seven errors. Marble Falls previously beat East View 9-8 April 1. “It was an ugly game,” Mustangs head coach Tyler Porter said of the rematch. “We continue to not hang our heads and quit.” East View took a 2-0 lead in…

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Mustangs’ stolen bases lead the way to another victory

The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Llano 10-3 April 23 in a non-district contest. “It was another defensive game,” Mustangs head coach Tyler Porter said. “It’s hard to play bad baseball when you play good defense. Our pitchers threw strikes and our defense backed them up.” Senior pitcher Jake Becker picked up the win. In five innings, he gave up three earned runs off five hits, walked four, hit one with a pitch, and struck out four. Kyle Curtis was the reliever and gave up three hits, one…

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