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Next Level teams enjoy productive July at Kentucky tourneys

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #nextlevel, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Next Level Sports girls basketball teams competed in two national tournaments in Kentucky in July and came away with valuable experience and, more importantly, invaluable exposure because of the number of college coaches in attendance. Next Level’s under-16 team competed in the Run for the Roses tournament where it finished 4-1 July 5-8. Some players then joined the 17-and-under team for the Battle of the Boro played in the same facility in Kentucky where that squad went 2-4. “They were in the most elite bracket,” head coach Sonny Wilson said…

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Principia College offers five Highland Lakes hoops players

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #Burnetcountytx, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Five Highland Lakes girls basketball players received offers from Principia College located at Elsah, Illinois. The players are Burnet junior forward MaeSyn Gay and Marble Falls junior center Lexie Edwards, forward Emma Koziel and guards Alyssa Berkman and Tea Rodriguez. All three are seniors. All five play select basketball for Next Level Sports, based in Burnet. “It’s kind of stunning that one college has so much interest and likes your players,” Next Level head coach Sonny Wilson said. “When we were in Kentucky, every time we played, that school never…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL, #yellowjacket0 comment

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. We are getting closer to Aug. 1, the first day of fall training camps for football and volleyball camps. Some have already started getting ready for the season such as the Burnet High School Lady Dawgs. The Lady Dawgs opened team camp July 18 with a strong number of campers. That says plenty about the players’ mindsets and goals for the 2022 season. The annual Texas High…

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New classification, opponents for Marble Falls tennis lead to positive anticipation

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

In less than 30 days, the Marble Falls High School tennis team will be at the Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center preparing for the 2022-23 season with more elation and enthusiasm than in past years. That’s because the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs are competing in District 19-4A with Belton New Tech, Burnet, Jarrell, Lago Vista and Salado and are out of District 25-5A that included four Leander Independent School District schools, both Georgetown ISD schools and Liberty Hill. Marble Falls head coach Sam Whitley pointed out how the move…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #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. Here’s a truly scary thought from players who aren’t taking advantage of voluntary strength-and-conditioning programs — the belief they can get ready in August. My advice is not to wait. Get in weight rooms now, get on tracks and fields now because thinking there’s enough time to get prepared for a grueling season in less than 30 days is simply not thinking clearly. Few great athletes can…

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Burnet softball players named to all-state teams

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Two Burnet High School softball players received all-state honors thanks to voters of two different organizations. Junior catcher Camrynn Guthrie was named honorable mention to the Class 4A all-state team of the Texas Sports Writers Association, while graduate Savannah Gomez was named to the Class 4A all-state team of the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Lady Dawgs head coach Hailey Wooten noted the state has some great athletes and the competition is fierce. “Along with other good players, you never know (what voters will decide), especially if we don’t have a…

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The number of Burnet Lady Dawgs attending voluntary workouts says plenty about the program

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

To say coaches of the Burnet High School Lady Dawgs are encouraged by the number of athletes attending voluntary strength-and-conditioning sessions is an understatement. The average number of high school athletes attending daily is 40, while 21 middle school students are coming. Soccer head coach Kim Myhre credits a couple of reasons for attendance. “The success we had this year,” she said, noting that volleyball, basketball and soccer all advanced to Class 4A Region III tournaments. “They’re showing up and working hard.” The other, and this might be the most…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#bulldogs, #Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyJackets, #Llano, #LlanoCounty, #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. In my almost two decades of covering sports in the Highland Lakes, little surprises me. And yet there’s no question of the optimism surrounding sports programs among the coaching staffs of the three public high schools. That’s because coaches can see their players are putting in the work this summer to get better. That should pay dividends during the upcoming school year. If you doubt, please consider…

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Marble Falls graduate Staggs uses the tools he learned as a Mustang to build successful program at Perrin-Whitt

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #peaster, #perrin, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

When it comes to building facilities and a program, Ben Staggs learned both as a Marble Falls High School student. The 1993 graduate announced he had resigned as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at Perrin-Whitt High School, a Class 1A member, and accepted a job at nearby Peaster Independent School District where he’ll be an assistant coach and is bracing to split time between the high school and junior high. At Perrin-Whitt, Staggs was responsible for field maintenance, a skill he got a taste of the…

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Marble Falls volleyball league reveals the traits coaches want to see

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyMustangs, #MarbleFalls, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

The Marble Falls June Volleyball League ended June 29, and few people felt better about the last several weeks than Lady Mustangs head coach Kait Goertz. That’s because she could see her players improve in the key areas she was examining. And they weren’t all based on their footwork, passing and ending rallies. Goertz made it clear from the start she wanted to see her how her players interacted with each other, how they encouraged and corrected one another, and how they got along. “Especially the last two weeks, I…