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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: The Faith Academy Flames and senior Will Lewis have much to be proud of during the 2022 football season. Photo by Stennis Shotts Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. The first week of the Texas high school playoffs is complete. And the Highland Lakes went 1-1 with a third team taking a bye and will make its postseason debut Friday, Nov. 18. Meanwhile, a runner signs to compete for his dream school…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: Burnet junior Grant Jones sees his blockers and looks for a running lane to return this kickoff 95 yards for the Bulldogs’ first score against the Marble Falls Mustangs. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. The road to the playoffs is becoming clearer with teams continuing to separate themselves. It’s a wonderful time of year where some fall sports are wrapping up the regular season and winter…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: Running the football will be a key component for the Burnet and Marble Falls football game this week. Photo by Grace Gates/Luedecke Photography Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. The separation between the good and the great continues. And that is especially true in other sports that aren’t played on the gridiron, which we’ll examine this week. But we must start with football since this is a week circled on the calendars…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: Junior Cross Sanchez and the Faith Academy of Marble Falls Flames showed a solid week of practice when they hosted San Antonio FEAST Sept. 16. Photo by Stennis Shotts Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. We’re speeding through the pre-district schedule with one team finishing its rehearsals last week to prepare for the start of district play. Many characteristics and traits are revealing themselves on teams. Some are good and some need…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: Smoking For Jesus senior Jonathan Frazier and the Eagles earn their first win of the season in a high-scoring affair against Faith Academy of Marble Falls. Photo by Stennis Shotts Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. Each week allows for Highland Lakes sports fans to know more about their football teams and week three was no different. Here’s what I learned. The Burnet Bulldogs are better than their record indicates. Fans shouldn’t…

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Burnet and Llano mirror each other in talent and scheme

CAPTION: Burnet junior Grant Jones and the Bulldogs look to continue a winning streak over Llano dating back two decades. But the Yellow Jackets are motivated to rewrite history. Photo Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The game of the week in the Highland Lakes will be played at 400 Texas 71 East in Llano. That’s where the Burnet Bulldogs will be headed to meet the Yellow Jackets on their home turf at Llano Stadium at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. This game is the first between the two teams since 2017. The…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. Training camps start for fall sports on Monday, Aug. 1. Here are questions each team will answer in the next few weeks. Listening to a couple of the Marble Falls Mustangs talk about their new District 13-4A Division I opponents tells me they understand this district will be much more challenging than the one they were in the last two years. With so many new faces starting…

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Llano’s Golemon is inducted into CCCAT’s Hall of Fame

Steve Golemon’s contributions to Texas high school sports are numerous, and organizations are making sure they aren’t quickly forgotten. The Llano High School cross country head coach and middle-distance track coach, who died Oct. 19, 2021, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas June 11. He’ll also be inducted into the Texas Girls Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame later this summer. “That guy had a fire and a passion for coaching,” Llano athletics director Matt Green said. “He was fully vested in…

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Llano will play at the Taylor 7-on-7 state qualifying tourney

The Llano 7-on-7 football team has one more opportunity Saturday, June 11, to qualify for the state tournament, But the Yellow Jackets will have to win their pool and a semifinal game of the Taylor State Qualifying Tournament to do. It won’t be easy as Llano faces Comal Davenport, Lampasas and Taylor No. 2 in pool play. Since it’s a 16-team tournament, the pool winners will play in semifinal contests. The winners of those two games will receive automatic bids to the state tournament. Llano head coach Matt Green said…

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Depth throughout the 2022 Llano football roster bodes well

The Llano High School football team has pieces in place that give coaches great optimism for the 2022 season. The Yellow Jackets are looking to win their third consecutive district title in the fall with more experience on the lines, at receiver, at running back and in the secondary. “We had a lot of big ball games the kids played in,” head coach Matt Green said. “The only starter we returned last year was (quarterback) Maddox (Green). Now we have the chance to be really, really good anytime you return…

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