Baseball Featured High School 

Marble Falls baseball beats Gatesville

CAPTION: Junior Grant Carter (left) reacts to the solo home run by junior John Alan Whittle as he touched home plate, tapped his helmet to Carter’s and ran into his teammates’ huddle in celebration. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Gatesville 5-1 April 29 in game one of the Class 4A Division I bi-district series. Game two is set for 3 p.m. Thursday, April 30, with a third game, if necessary, to follow 30 minutes after the second contest ends. The series is at…

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Featured Golf 

Marble Falls golfer Montez finishes season at state tourney

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior golfer Camilo Montez made his Class 4A state tournament debut April 27-28. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls junior golfer Camilo Montez completed his season by competing in the Class 4A state tournament April 27-28. He finished tied for 62nd with an 81-89–170 and became the first Mustang to compete at the state tournament as an individual since 2002 when Josh Price was the gold medalist. Head coach Adley Canales is more than familiar with Montez’s personal drive to play his best at every tournament.…

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Featured Football High School 

Marble Falls football, boys soccer coach Craven resigns

CAPTION: Ryan Craven talks to the Mustangs after the loss to Waco La Vega in the Class 4A Division I state semifinals April 3. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Ryan Craven resigned as the Marble Falls High School boys soccer head coach and co-defensive coordinator of the football program. Athletic director Keri Timmerman posted the job openings April 27. Craven accepted a job as an assistant football and soccer coach at Liberty Hill High School. “It’s extremely close (to where I live),” he said. “They are winning programs in football…

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Marble Falls baseball sweeps Jarrell

Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School baseball team stomped Jarrell 15-3 April 24 to sweep the District 24-4A series. The win means the Mustangs (23-5, 11-3) finish as the district runners-up. They will face Gatesville in a bi-district best-of-three series at Thrall High School. Game one is Wednesday, April 29, game two is Thursday, April 30, and game three, if necessary, is Friday, May 1. First pitch is at 7 p.m. for each contest. “I was pretty proud of this season,” said senior Atreyu Machacek, who was the Mustangs’…

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Featured Football High School 

Marble Falls girls soccer releases all-district honorees

CAPTION: Sophomore goalie Taylor Brydon made scoring a premium for opponents thanks to her outstanding skills and ability to protect the net. Staff photos by Jennifer Fierro Several members of the Marble Falls High School girls soccer team were recognized for their play by District 26-4A head coaches. Sophomore Taylor Brydon was named the co-Goalkeeper of the Year and junior Sidney Solomon was named the co-Utility Player of the Year. Brydon had 11 saves during the 1-1 tie against San Antonio Davenport Feb. 6. The Lady Wolves won the Class…

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Baseball Featured High School 

Marble Falls baseball beats Jarrell

CAPTION: Senior pitcher Canon Cochran delivers another gem for the Mustangs en ensuring they finish second in the District 24-4A standings. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team defeated Jarrell 6-0 April 21 in District 24-4A. The win clinches a runner-up finish for the Mustangs (21-5, 9-3), who will face Gatesville for a bi-district championship in a best-of-three series in the Class 4A Division I playoffs with dates, sites and times still to be determined. “All we had to do was win one (of the…

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Featured Football High School Running 

Mustang Stadium to get new bleachers

Photo by Ralph Arvesen Mustang Stadium will be receiving new home bleachers after the Marble Falls Independent School District’s Board of Trustees approved purchasing 1,377 seating chairs during its regular meeting April 20. The purchase and installation is from Sturdisteel Grandstand and Press Box for $399,450. This company performed the same task at Mustang Stadium when it first opened. A month earlier, when Marble Falls ISD Maintenance Director Eric Humiston presented the first reading to the board, he said that he believed “this is all paid by insurance. So we…

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Baseball Featured High School 

Marble Falls baseball sweeps Taylor

CAPTION: Sophomore pitcher Crawford Mattox was virtually unhittable in his outing against the Taylor Ducks. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School baseball team is returning to the Class 4A Division I playoffs thanks to disposing of Taylor 11-0 in five innings April 17. The Mustangs (20-5, 8-3) scored a run in the first inning thanks to a groundout by senior Canon Cochran then exploded for six in the second inning thanks to sending 10 batters. Marble Falls moved and scorer runners thanks to a combination of hits…

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Featured Tennis 

3 Marble Falls tennis players advance to regionals

CAPTION: Senior Cooper Womack wears the gold medal he obtained by winning the Class 4A Region III tournament in boys singles. Courtesy photos Three Marble Falls High School tennis players will compete at the Class 4A state tournament based on their finishes in the Class 4A Region III tournament April 17-18. They are senior Cooper Womack and juniors Cooper Kelley and Amaris Mitchell-Ochoa. No one had a better tournament than Womack, who won his second regional championship in boys singles. Womack, who was seeded No. 1, received a first round bye…

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Featured Running 

Marble Falls boys track sets records, advances to regionals

CAPTION: Head coach Austin Silva and the 1,600-meter relay team of Greg Colver, Gage Coleman, Connor Yaklin and Graham Goggans. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Several Marble Falls High School boys track and field members earned the right to advance to the Class 4A Region III meet thanks to their finishes at the District 23 and 24-4A meet April 15. They are sophomore Graham Goggans, juniors Gage Coleman, Greg Colver, Anthony Griffin, Owen Martin and Connor Yaklin, and freshman Joaquim Edwards. Goggans took double gold in the 400 meters in 49.70…

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