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Marble Falls boys tennis wins district championship

CAPTION: Cooper Womack wins his third consecutive District 24-4A title in boys singles. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls High School boys tennis team is the District 24-4A champion thanks to earning 25 points. Lampasas was second with 19 points. The district tournament was April 22 and 24 in Taylor. “It’s based on wins,” head coach Samuel Whitley said. Suffice to say no boys squad experienced winning more than the Mustangs. They were paced by junior boys singles player Cooper Womack, who won his third consecutive district championship. He dropped only…

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Marble Falls tennis getting ready for district tourney

CAPTION: Junior Cooper Womack is looking to continue his District 24-4A success. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School tennis team will compete at the District 24-4A tournament Tuesday and Thursday, April 22 and 24, at Taylor. Marble Falls received its seeding for each bracket. Two-time defending district champion Cooper Womack is seeded No. 1 in boys singles while the boys doubles team of Cooper Kelley and Weston York is seeded No. 1 and the boys doubles team of Nicolas Smith and Payton Glaser is seeded No.…

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Marble Falls tennis keeps adding the wins

CAPTION: Cooper Womack continues his onslaught in boys singles as he adds another tournament championship in boys singles. Womack keeps playing with an incredible focus that leads to feats. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School tennis players keep adding wins to their records in an effort to get a high seed for the District 24-4A tournament in a couple of weeks. The Mustangs and Lady Mustangs hosted its own tournament April 4 where at least 18 draws made up most brackets and as many as 24…

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Marble Falls tennis’ wins will lead to better district seeds

CAPTION: Boys singles player Cooper Womack is seeking his third consecutive district crown. Staff photo by Jennifer FierroThe Marble Falls High School tennis team still has three weeks before the District 24-4A tournament begins at Taylor High School. Needless to say, the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs are using the remaining time to position themselves to get a good seeding for the tournament. The program is hosting a varsity tournament Friday, April 4, at both the Marble Falls and Burnet high school courts beginning at 8 a.m. District members Burnet, Jarrell,…

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Marble Falls team tennis beats Lago Vista

The Marble Falls High School team tennis team defeated Lago Vista 16-3 Sept. 19 in District 25-4A play. The Mustangs and Lady Mustangs won all the boys and girls doubles matches, six in all, and lost only one boys singles, one girls singles and the mixed doubles match. “Lago Vista lost a lot of boys,” Marble Falls head coach Samuel Whitley said. “They have one young man (Colten Lane), who’s really good. He and Cooper (Womack) had a great singles match.” Womack prevailed in two sets, though the final set…

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Burnet team tennis earns district win

The Burnet High School team tennis team beat Salado 11-8 Sept 12 in District 25-4A play. “I am pleased to announce that we achieved victory,” coach Benjamin Boorman said. “We kept our playoff hopes alive.”  Team tennis plays seven doubles matches first — boys, girls and mixed. The Bulldogs swept through their matches. Luke Suchomel won his boys singles match in a third-set tiebreaker. Alex Burns won her singles match thanks to winning her third-set tiebreaker that gave Burnet an added victory. Burnet welcomes Liberty Hill Legacy Ranch, the newest…

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Marble Falls tennis loses to Little River Academy

CAPTION: Junior Cooper Womack continues to play at a high level. He won his boys singles and doubles matches against Little River Academy. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls High School team tennis team lost to Little River Academy 6-13 in a battle of undefeated District 25-4A squads Sept. 12. The Bees are now in first place with the Mustangs and Lady Mustangs in second place. “I have to prepare the players better,” Marble Falls head coach Samuel Whitley said. “There are some things I could have done…

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Marble Falls tennis begins district play

The Marble Falls High School team tennis team welcomes Cameron Yoe in the District 25-4A opener at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Charlie and Nancy Herrington Tennis Center on the high school campus. The district is playing a true round robin this season to determine the top four teams in the standings. They will take the playoff berths. Marble Falls is off to a hot start thanks to a 3-1 record. The Mustangs and Lady Mustangs have beaten Lockhart, Copperas Cove and Taylor and lost to Leander Glenn.…

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Burnet coach Redman joins Marble Falls HS

CAPTION: Nathan Redman with the Burnet girls doubles team of Tatum Salinas (left) and Aly Van Zandt after the duo won the Class 4A Region III tournament. Redman, who served as the Burnet head coach, is joining the Marble Falls High School staff. File photo Nathan Redman has joined the Marble Falls High School faculty as a world geography teacher and boys basketball and assistant tennis coach. Redman spent the last four years as the Burnet High School tennis head coach. Marble Falls tennis head coach Samuel Whitley credited athletic…

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Burnet’s Salinas & Van Zandt earn state silver medal in girls doubles

CAPTION: The Burnet girls doubles team of Aly Van Zandt (left) and Tatum Salinas wear the silver medals from Class 4A state tournament. Courtesy photo The Burnet High School girls doubles team of Tatum Salinas and Aly Van Zandt finished the season by capturing the Class 4A state silver medal May 17. The Lady Dawgs lost to Kynlee Craddock and Gabriella DiShong of Canyon Randall 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in the state championship match. Salinas noted the Randall duo were tough and took a 2-0 lead in the first set. “It’s…

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