JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — In a game featuring powered offenses, it was the defenses that decided the outcome in a Class 4A Division I state quarterfinal match between Burnet High School (11-3) and Liberty Hill (12-2) on Dec. 5. The Panthers won 23-15 after recovering a fumble on an early snap to […]

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BURNET — Inks Lake State Park is offering a Hooting Holiday Crafts and Open House at the bird blind in December along with its regular monthly outdoor activities. The crafts event is for all ages and is 1-5 p.m. Dec. 27 at the new bird blind. Participants can make holiday owls from pine cones and […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Burnet High School head football coach Kurt Jones still remembers the trip like it was yesterday. In 2002, the Bulldogs would play for the Class 3A Division I state championship.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls High School boys basketball team began its own Subway Classic tournament with a 62-45 loss to Bandera on Dec. 4. The Mustangs got no closer than seven points in the second half.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Seven days earlier, the Burnet High School boys basketball team lost 41-39 to Leander in a game the Bulldogs led for almost three quarters. The Bulldogs learned from that in a 53-40 win against Marble Falls on Dec. 2.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — It didn’t take long for the Burnet High School girls basketball team to force its will on Marble Falls on Dec. 2. The Lady Dawgs scored 13 points in the first quarter for an eight-point lead and limited the Lady Mustangs to scoring no more than eight […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls basketball team won its 88th consecutive district game, beating the Texas School for the Deaf 70-18 on Dec. 2. The Lady Flames led 17-4 in the first quarter and 44-7 at the half. That advantage triggered a running clock in […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — On his drive back from San Angelo on Dec. 1, Josh Wooten, the father of Marble Falls High School junior quarterback Brennen Wooten and sophomore receiver Aaron Wooten, made two phone calls. The first was to his wife, Leanne, and the other was to Marble Falls athletic […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Days after enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday, an early December tradition takes center court. The Burnet and Marble Falls boys basketball teams meet Dec. 2 in Max Copeland Gym at Marble Falls High School, 2101 Mustang Drive. Tipoff is 8 p.m. The Bulldogs won last year’s match 48-47.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF GOLDTHWAITE — The Burnet High School girls basketball team earned a 48-39 road win against Goldthwaite on Nov. 25, right before Thanksgiving. The Lady Dawgs (3-1) led Goldthwaite 10-8 after the first quarter, 19-15 at the half and 32-23 after the third period.

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LLANO — Seven Llano High School football players were named to the All-District 13-4A Division II team for the 2014 season. Players include:

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Rhett Giesecke, 10, and Josh Whitecotton, 11, are preparing for something most athletes dream of doing: playing for a national championship. The two are members of the Round Rock Outlaws, a select football team. The assistant head coach is Mark Giesecke, Rhett’s dad. All three live in […]

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SPICEWOOD — The Marble Falls High School girls golf teams competed at the Lake Travis Invitational on Dec. 1. The first team finished second with a 389, while the second team fifth.

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR JOHNSON CITY — When J.C. Roy of Johnson City pulled into West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 9, he wasn’t there to enjoy the beaches and nightlife. He was there to do a “little” heavy lifting.

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