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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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Having a turkey mosey up to a feeder or wander into a deer rifle’s range are the most common ways of taking a bird during the fall season, but not the most challenging. Robert Linder, a hunter and turkey caller who has gone after the wild birds across […]

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF SAN ANTONIO — The father-and-son duo of Duane and Zachary Young of Marble Falls won national titles in their age and weight divisions at the USA Powerlifting Bench Press Nationals on Aug. 23-24. Song Zachary claimed his second national title.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls High School head football coach and athletic director Matt Green has developed a Mustang Conditioning program that will launch June 9. The six-week program is designed for male and female athletes in the seventh grade and older.

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MARBLE FALLS — Audience members loudly applauded the accomplishments of the Marble Falls High School tennis, golf, powerlifting and track-and-field teams during the annual awards ceremony May 19. Each coach handed out individual team awards and certificates of participation. 

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LLANO — The Llano High School athletic department closed out the sports year by honoring the accomplishments of student-athletes for the 2013-2014 school year at its annual awards ceremony May 12.

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BURNET — The Burnet High School athletic department celebrated the accomplishments of the Bulldogs and the Lady Dawgs during the 2013-2014 school year May 12. Coaches handed out individual team awards during the event.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS SEGUIN — The Burnet High School boys and girls powerlifting teams finished in the top four of the Seguin meet Jan. 30.  The Bulldogs were third overall with 29 points behind Navarro with 35 points and Seguin with 33 points. Other teams included Bandera, 26 points; Floresville, 22 points; Lockhart, 18 points; […]

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BURNET — The Burnet High School boys powerlifting team won the District 8-3A meet Jan. 16 with 46 points. Liberty Hill was second with 41. The Lady Dawgs were second, while the Lampasas girls won the meet. The Bulldogs junior varsity team took first thanks to lifters Mason Campbell, Curtis Readance, Lance Armentrout and Aaron […]

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FROM STAFF REPORTS CORPUS CHRISTI — Burnet High School junior Brittney Barksdale finished eighth in the Class 3A state powerlifting meet March 15 in Corpus Christi.

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JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF GATESVILLE — For two years, Burnet High School coaches asked junior Brittany Barksdale to be a powerlifter. And, for two years, she declined. But, just as the saying goes, the third time was the charm, and Barksdale finally said “yes.”

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Marble Falls places 10th out of 16 teams BRADY — The Marble Falls High School powerlifting team finished in the top 10 of the H.O.T. Powerlifting Championship meet recently. Four Mustangs placed in their weight classes, lifting a total of more than 800 pounds at the event. RESULTS: Boys — 148 pounds (squat, bench press, […]

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MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls High School powerlifting team hosted a tri-team meet against Comanche and Burnet Jan. 26. Marble Falls head coach Ricky Sparks said his lifters improved on the amount of weight they lifted. PHOTO 1: Marble Falls High School junior lifter Travis Sparks finishes his squat during the powerlifting meet hosted […]

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MARBLE FALLS — Three Marble Falls High School lifters aim to power their way through the regional meet at Dripping Springs Saturday and punch their tickets to the state meet. They include juniors Cyril Lemon and Ronnie Boatwright and senior Andrew Mitchell. Lemon and Mitchell are in the top 10 in their respective weight classes, […]

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