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Bulldogs earn electrifying 7-on-7 win during Burnet state qualifying tourney

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#brownwood, #bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #gatesville, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #hornets, #lions, #llanocountytx, #llanotx, #mcgregor, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #YellowJackets0 comment

The Burnet 7-on-7 team finished 1-2 at its state qualifying tournament May 28. The Bulldogs defeated Taylor in thrilling fashion. In overtime with Burnet trailing 25-18, senior quarterback Tanner O’Hair found junior receiver Grant Jones for the touchdown and the two hooked up again for the two-point pass and the 26-25 win. Burnet lost to Gatesville 27-13 and to McGregor 30-12. Head coach Bryan Wood noted the Bulldogs didn’t play like themselves to start the tournament when they faced Gatesville. “We didn’t have much energy,” he said. “The second game…

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Texas Tech’s McGuire gives overview on Red Raiders and the new landscape of college and high school sports

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #redraiders, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #texastech, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

Name, image and likeness is part of the new landscape of college and, perhaps very soon, Texas high schools. Add in the transfer portal for college athletes, and fans are seeing some of the best players on their favorite teams leave for what the athletes believe to be greener pastures elsewhere. Since few rules seem to govern name, image and likeness and the transfer portal, new Texas Tech head football coach Joey McGuire was asked to explain it to members of the Rudy Davalos Horseshoe Bay Sports Club on May…

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Burnet Lady Dawgs’ unparalleled success in 2021-22 confirms their coaches were right about the athletes

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Three Burnet High School girls sports teams reaching regional tournaments in 2021-22 makes it the most successful for the Lady Dawgs in the history of the program, said girls athletics coordinator Rick Gates. Gates, who also serves as the Lady Dawgs head basketball coach, noted he checked with sports historians and those who have been associated with Burnet sports for decades, who all confirmed they never witnessed a year quite like the one that just ended. “I believe our volleyball team, it’s the second time they made it to regionals,”…

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McGuire promises Texas Tech fans will be proud of team

May 26, 2022May 27, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #mcguire, #redraiders, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #texastech, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

To an audience filled with attendees wearing Texas Tech University red, new head football coach Joey McGuire made them one guarantee. “If you’re watching on TV or in the stadium, you’ll be extremely proud,” he said. “There will never be a time where you question how hard we’re playing.” McGuire made that comment as the featured speaker of the Rudy Davalos Horseshoe Bay Sports Club May 26. During the presentation, the coach outlined his vision for the program and how he and the coaches are implementing it. “Our purpose is…

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Burnet, Llano planning to win 7-on-7 tournament bid

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#7on7, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #SQT, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #YellowJackets0 comment

One automatic bid to the 7-on-7 Division II state tournament is up for grabs at the Burnet State Qualifying tournament Saturday, May 28, and the Bulldogs and Llano are aiming to win it. Standing in the way are six other squads with the same intention. The tournament begins at 9 a.m. at Bulldog Field, 1400 Bulldog Stadium Drive. Burnet is playing in one pool that includes Gatesville, McGregor and Taylor. Llano is in the other pool along with Brownwood, Lorena and Somerset. The winners of the pools will face each…

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Visits from head coaches to Marble Falls Middle School pave the way for future success on the pitch, diamond

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The recent success of the Marble Falls Middle School boys soccer team and the addition of baseball illustrates what Marble Falls Independent School District athletics director Brian Herman, who also serves as the head football coach, wants for the department. “We’re all striving to have our head coaches as a presence with the middle school coaches as much as you can,” he said. The middle school boys soccer team won all six of its matches in the spring and gave fans a glimpse of the players’ abilities before putting on…

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Russell Roberts joins Smoking for Jesus football staff

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #Eagles, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #smokingforjesus, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Long-time athletics director and coach Russell Roberts is donning the red and black of the Smoking For Jesus Ministry School Eagles. Roberts, who is most familiar to Highland Lakes sports fans as the football and boys track and field coach at Faith Academy, decided to become part of Eagles head coach Charles Frazier Sr.’s staff in early April. The two developed a friendship when Charles Frazier Jr. played for Roberts in the seventh- and eighth-grades when Roberts was the Faith Academy Junior High football team coach. Frazier liked the way…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #llanoyellowjackets, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. This is the final week of the 2021-22 school year and that means saying good-bye to some athletes who left their marks on their programs. Throughout the Highland Lakes, fans can point out seniors on their favorite teams who led their programs to great heights. I’d like to highlight a few here. At Marble Falls, folks had an idea what the class of 2022 could do when…

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Defenses shine in final night of Burnet-Llano 7-on-7 series

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #LlanoJackets, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Burnet and Llano football programs played their final May evening of 7-on-7 on May 23 highlighted by the defenses. While balls were overthrown, underthrown and dropped by both varsity teams, the defenses had their share of batted down passes, knockaways and interceptions. Because of a lightning delay, the two squads played a total of two games. The first ended in a 12-12 tie, while the other was a 21-6 Llano win. While the scores look fine, it was the manner in which the Yellow Jackets competed that caught the…

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Navy getting a ‘superstar’ in Marble Falls High’s Castro

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Four years ago, few could imagine that Marble Falls High School’s Javier Castro, Jr. would be entering the Navy. But the senior is doing just that after impressing Navy personnel in tests, including the U.S. Military Fitness Test, which is part of the enlistment process. That’s a far cry from where he started when, as a freshman who showed up for the first day of cross country head coach Chris Schrader’s practice, Castro was the only boy who didn’t remove his shirt in front of his male teammates. “He weighed…