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Marble Falls girls basketball season ends in loss to Waco La Vega

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior guards Alyssa Berkman (left) and Tea Rodriguez and sophomore post Kylie Roberts guard the basket against Waco La Vega. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School girls basketball team lost to Waco La Vega 61-31 Feb. 20 in the regional quarterfinals to end the 2022-23 season. These Lady Mustangs (21-12, 6-2 District 24-4A champions) carved their own names in the program’s history. They won the first outright district title since the 2007-08 team and won two playoff games in the same season for…

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Marble Falls boys soccer sweeps Lago Vista

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs celebrate another District 25-4A win. This one came against Lago Vista. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School boys soccer team shut out Lago Vista 5-0 Feb. 17 to remain undefeated in District 25-4A play. The Mustangs scored early in the first and built a 4-0 lead by the intermission. Max Najera scored the first goal thanks to an assist from Marco Almazan. Diego Mata assisted Fernando Arreguin on the next goal, while Garrett Goggans found Anderson Calderon for the third goal, and Seth Parker…

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Burnet swimming earns medals, great finishes at first ever Class 4A state meet

CAPTION: The Burnet Bulldogs and Lady Dawgs pumpe each other up before the start of the final day at the Class 4A state meet. Courtesy photo The Burnet High School swimming and diving squads finished in the top 11 of the Class 4A state meet Feb. 8-9. The Lady Dawgs finished eighth overall paced by Isabel Lunsford, who earned two silver medals at the meet in the 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute and seconds and the 100-meter butterfly in 1:00.14. “They were only three points away from seventh place and…

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Marble Falls boys soccer beats Burnet to take top district spot

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs celebrate staying unbeaten in District 25-4A play as the first round concludes with a victory against Burnet. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys soccer team beat Burnet 10-0 Feb. 14 to remain undefeated in District 25-4A play and move to 6-0. Marble Falls, which has had a soccer program about three decades, faced an opponent whose program is eight years old. And the Mustangs played like a veteran team. Once the scoring began, it came in bunches. Jesus Cruz got…

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Marble Falls boys basketball enters playoffs as district’s top seed

CAPTION: Marble Falls junior guard Kody Smith and the Mustangs are District 24-4A’s top seed after head coach Trais Crain won a coin flip Feb. 15. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team will face China Spring in a bi-district championship game to tip off the 2023 Class 4A state playoffs Tuesday, Feb. 21. The contest will begin at 7 p.m. at Killeen Chaparral High School. Head coaches of District 24-4A met Feb. 15, a day after the regular season ended, to select the…

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Burnet girls soccer beats Marble Falls to take sole possession of first in district

The Burnet High School girls soccer team defeated Marble Falls 5-3 Feb. 14 in a battle of unbeaten District 25-4A members. As a result the Lady Dawgs (16-2-1, 6-0) are alone at the top of the district standings with Marble Falls (5-1) in second after the first round of play. “Marble had not been scored on yet this season in district play,” Burnet head coach Kimberly Myhre said. “This group came out with so much heart and fight until the very last minute, literally. Every time Marble Falls scored, we…

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Marble Falls girls basketball hosts Caldwell in playoff game

The Marble Falls High School girls basketball team welcomes Caldwell at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, to its Max Copeland Gym. The contest is an area round playoff game with the winner facing the winner of the Waco La Vega-Houston Yates game that is being played Thursday, Feb. 16. The regional quarterfinal match-up featuring the two winners will be played next week. Members of the Lady Mustangs coaching staff attended Caldwell’s 53-33 win against Wheatley Feb. 14. The Caldwell coaches and the Marble Falls coaches met soon after that to…

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Featured Golf 

Marble Falls boys golf wins playoff to come in first at the Lampasas Invitational

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Mustangs added more hardware to the trophy case and prove they can respond under pressure. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School boys golf team split into two squads to compete at the Lampasas Invitational Feb. 7. The Mustangs’ gold team shot a 316 and needed to win a playoff to win the team division, while the purple team shot a 394. “Our team won the playoff against Brownwood,” head coach Rick Blackington said. “Our team went 1 under par on hole 1 and Brownwood went…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Independent School District celebrates the 75th birthday of super fan Jimmy Burney during halftime of the Mustangs’ win against Burnet Feb. 10. Interim Superintendent Jeff Gasaway (right) presents a cake to Burney, while MFISD Board of Trustee Larry Berkman (left) takes Burney’s old jacket so officials can give him a new one. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The most wonderful time of the basketball season begins Monday, Feb. 13. That’s when the playoffs for members of the University Interscholastic League start. The ladies begin their quest…

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Faith Academy boys basketball crushes Waco Live Oak, wins fourth consecutive district title

CAPTION: The Faith Academy Flames celebrate earning their fourth consecutive district championship by cutting down the nets and bringing out the banner. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball team scorched Waco Live Oak 73-53 Feb. 9 to share the District 3-3A championship of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools with the Falcons. But because the Flames allowed fewer combined points during the two contests against Live Oak, they will enter the Class 3A playoffs as the No. 1 seed out of…

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