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Marble Falls settles for second placeBy Mark Goodson Highlander Sports Editor Leander’s Zack Noska and Garrett Venner combined for five hits and four RBI to lead the Lions to a 6-3 win over Marble Falls Saturday in the regular season finale for both team at Marble Falls. Noska, who bats third, and Venner, the cleanup hitter for the Lions, kept the bats hot all day as the Lions spoiled Marble Falls’ chances at the District 25-4A title. Marble Falls lost its final two games against the Lions and Dripping Springs beat Cedar Park twice in the same span. Marble Falls (21-7 and 13-5) will represent the district as the No. 2 seed against an Austin ISD school in the bi-district round of the playoffs. Leadner will be the third seed and Dripping Springs the top seed. Vista Ridge nailed down the fourth spot. Leander broke the game open in the top of the seventh inning when Venner smashed an RBI triple off Cole Ridgely to right field to break a 3-3 tie. Ridgely, the winning pitcher on Tuesday in a complete game, gutted out a gritty performance. Ridgely scattered nine hits with eight strikeouts and walked two. But an infield single by Taylor Sugar, a walk and Venner’s triple chased the Marble Falls senior. Stacy Heinatz came on in relief and Noska greeted the hard-throwing Heinatz with another triple to push the score to 5-3. Patrick Glaze, the losing pitcher in Game 1 of the series, singled in Noska for the 6-3 score. Marble Falls loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but Domenic Patterson struck out against Leander’s Matt Falloon to end the game Falloon pitched a complete game and allowed eight hits, one walk and struck out eight Mustangs. Marble Falls’ Heinatz and Jimmy Damico both had two hits each and second baseman Mike Richardson had a clutch hit to help the Mustangs to a 3-run third inning. Richardson drove in two runs with a solid single. Marble Falls led 3-1 after three innings, but Leander tandem of Venner and Noska provide RBI-hits in the fifth to tie the game at 3-3. Leander was the only team in the district to take a series against the Mustangs in district play. Marble Falls had solo district losses to Cedar Park, Vista Ridge and Dripping Springs before losing its final two against Leander. |
Softball team closes with Dripping SpringsFrom Staff Reports Marble Falls’ softball team gave up seven runs in the third inning and found itself in catch up mode the entire game Tuesday night against the Rouse Raiders at Marble Falls. The Mustangs outhit Rouse, 10-8, but came up short on the scoreboard, 8-6. The Lady Mustangs (20-10 overall and 5-6) are currently in fourth place, but are just a game ahead of Rouse for the final playoff spot. Marble Falls closes its regular season with District 25-4A champion Dripping Springs Friday at Marble Falls. Game time is 7 p.m. for the Lady Mustangs, who can clinch the final playoff spot with a victory or a Rouse loss. Rouse plays Vandegrift in its final game and can force a playin game with the Mustangs with a win and a Marble Falls loss to Dripping Springs. On Tuesday, Lady Mustangs starter Makenzie Carpenter ran into trouble in the third inning and Rouse was able to punch out some key hits en route to a 7-run inning. Marble Falls had led 3-0 after the first inning. The Lady Raiders took a 7-3 lead after three innings and Marble Falls tried to peck away at the lead. The closest the Lady Mustangs were able to pull was, 8-6. Tyler Oppenheim had a 4-hit outing for the Lady Mustangs offense. Hailey Wooten had two hits. Amanda Thomas came on to pitch in relief and allowed just one run. "All of them are tough to lose,’’ Marble Falls coach Tino Salazar said. "They got a couple of hits going there and we kept fight back, it was just not enough.’’ Dripping Springs has clinched the district title with Leander holding down second and Cedar Park third place. |
Thomas signs with LongwoodFrom Staff ReportsSarah Mason Thomas, who will be competing next week for her fourth state tennis title for Faith Academy, signed a college letter of intent with Longwood University Wednesday at Faith Academy. Thomas said she likes the small-town atmosphere at Longwood which is in Farmville, Virginia. Longwood University is a Division I school in the Big South Conference. Thomas is a graduating senior at Faith Academy of Marble Falls and has been playing tennis since she was five. She is currently ranked 68 in the girls 18 Super Champ division of the Texas section of the United State Tennis Association. She has played on the Faith Academy Tennis Team for seven years and has won two girls singles state championships and one doubles state championship with Savannah Still. She will defend her girls singles state championship next week in Waco. Thomas along with teammates Nicole Johnson and Savannah Still have been members of the Faith Academy girls tennis team who have won three consecutive state team championships and are hoping to win their fourth in Waco, April 24-25. Rounding out the team this year include Senior Bekah Graham, Junior Teresa Bennett and sophomores Ariel Blaylock and Brandi Kuhlmann. Thomas is coached by Faith Academy’s head coach and Horseshoe Bay director of tennis Michelle Stallard, Horseshoe Bay head tennis professional Aland Price and Faith Academy assistant tennis coach Todd Still.
Thomas comes from a tennis family. Her older brother Hunter Thomas advanced to the quarterfinals in boys singles at the TAPPS state tennis tournament. Her sister Lana was a member of Faith Academy’s first girls state championship team. She was a girls singles two-time state semifinalist. Her dad also plays recreational tennis. |
Marble Falls wins opener, 9-0By Mark Goodson Highlander Sports Editor The rivalry between Marble Falls and Dripping Springs has heated up. On Friday night, the two baseball teams will meet for a second time with the leadership in the District 25-4A on the line. Expect the normal chatter coming out of the dugouts to be curtailed Friday at Marble Falls. Earlier this week, Marble Falls scored a 9-0 win over Dripping Springs at Dripping Springs Tuesday behind a solid pitching performance from Cody Goodman and a big night from the bottom of the Marble Falls batting lineup. On Monday night, the Dripping Springs Sports and Recreation complex was vandalized with graffitti. That just heated up the rivalry between the only two schools from District 25-4A that are one-school towns. The teams will take the field 7 p.m. Friday with Marble Falls looking for its 20th win of the season. Marble Falls is 19-4 overall and 11-2 in district. Dripping Springs is 10-3 in district after its opening loss to Marble Falls. The finale of the 3-game series is 2 p.m. Saturday. Marble Falls senior outfielder Jay Watson drove in three runs on Tuesday for the Mustangs and second baseman Mike Richardson had a big RBI single in the game. Marble Falls led 4-0 midway through the third. Marble Falls will come back on Friday with ace Cole Ridgely ready to go. The senior righthander has been a roll through district play. Both teams went 2-1 last week in key series. Marble Falls dropped its opener to Vista Ridge on Friday on the road and then came back to win a doubleheader on Saturday at Marble Falls. Leander’s Lions salvaged a 8-5 win in Game 3 against Dripping Springs. Dripping Springs won the first two games 4-1 and 8-5. On Saturday Marble Falls scratched and clawed to win 5-4 in the opener of the doubleheader and then put away the Rangers 7-5 in the final game of the series. Marble Falls rallied to win both games. Ace Ridgely allowed eight hits, struck out six and walked two in picking up the first win Saturday. Ridgely had to hang on to get the win. Marble Falls scored two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth to take a 5-1 lead. In the seventh inning, Vista Ridge got a rally going with a leadoff infield hit an hit batsman and a RBI fro the bottom three spots in the order. Leadoff Jake Hicks, who was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI for the Rangers. Vista Ridge pulled to within a run, but Ridgely got out of the jam with a pair of fly outs to Jay Watson and Carson Bowen in the Marble Falls outfield. |
Eighth graders take second in trackFrom Staff Reports Marble Falls eighth grade girls finished a strong second in the Highland Lakes Middle School track championships, scoring 165 points, at Westlake High School. Hudson Bend won with 184 points and Dripping Springs was third with 144 points. Other teams were Hill Country at 47, West Ridge at 40 and Lake Travis at 38. Lauren Loader, Aspen Woerner, Raegan Gutierrez, Sophie McCannon, Jaqueline Salazar, Madelyn Maples, Kelsey Walker, Taylor Dixon, Sydney Gibson, Madeline Conrad, Tiffany Dunavant and Megan Offutt led the way to second for Marble Falls. In the seventh grade division, Marble Falls was fourth with 88 points. Lake Travis won the seventh grade with 162 points. Dripping had 147 points. Marble Falls top performers were: Eighth grade Shot – 1. Aspen Woerner, 34-0 Discus – 1. Aspen Woerner, 86-4 Triple jump – 3. Lauren Loader, 31-9; 5. Raegan Gutierrez, 29-7 Long jump – 2. Lauren Loader, 15-01; 4. Raegan Gutierrez, 14-2; 5. Aspen Woerner, 14- Pole vault – 1. Madelyn Maples, 7-6; 2. Tiffany Dunavant, 6-6; 6. Megan Offutt, 6-0 High Jump – 1. Omri Hayes, 4-8; 2. Lauren Loader 4-8; 3. Aspen Woerner, 4-6 2400 – 2. Sophie McCannon, 9:07.87, 5. Jaqueline Salazar, 9:53.24 4x400 – 1. Hudson Bend, 4:26.34; 2. Marble Falls 4:32.36 1600 – 2. Sophie McCannon, 5:42.48, 6. Jaqueline Salazar, 6:03.84 200 – 2. Lauren Loader, 127:48; 3. Raegan Gutierrez, 29.11 300 hurdles – 7. Kelsey Walker, 55:09 400 – 5. Sydney Gibson, 1:08.36 4x200 – 1. Dripping Springs 1:55.82; 2. Hudson Bend, 1:56.14; 3. Marble Falls, 1:57.30 100 -- 3. Taylor Dixon, 14.27 800 – 8. Madeline Conrad, 2:51.96 4x100 – 1. Dripping Springs, 53.51; 3. Marble Falls, 54.59
Seventh grade Shot – 3. Aileen Neri, 30-05 Discus – 5. Maria Gonzales, 59-7; 7. Anna Herrington, 58-00 Triple jump – 4. Kache Jerome, 28-10 Long jump – 2. Brianna Little, 14-6 ½; 6. Trinity Ware, 13-1; 7. Kache Jerome, 12-11 Pole vault – 1. Katelyn Bickett, 6-0 High jump – 3. Aubree Adams, 4-4 2400 – 7 Abbigail Gass, 9:57.28. 4x400 – 1. Lake Travis, 4:37.39; 4. Marble Falls 5:02.21 1600 – 7. Abbigail Gass, 6:18.21 200 – 2. Trinity Ware, 29.85 300 hurdles – 4. Shardee Williams, 54.03 400 – 6. Emily Carnes, 1:08.01 4x200 – 1. Dripping Springs 1:57.09; 2. Lake Travis, 1:58.10; 3. Marble Falls, 2:01.37 100 – 5. Emily Carnes, 14:56 100 hurdles – 4. Sarah Cauble, 18.71 4x100 – 1. Lake Travis, 55.10; 2. Dripping Springs, 55.93; 3. Marble Falls, 56.02 i
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Gomez earns regional golf berthFrom Staff Reports Marble Falls golfer Tori Gomez shot a two-day total of 170 at the District 25-4A golf tournament at Delaware Springs Golf Course to earn a spot in the regional tournament. Gomez shot rounds of 83 and 87 this week to take ninth overall in the district. Maddie Rue of Vandegrift was the other medalist with rounds of 84 and 89. The regional tournament is Wednesday-Thursday, April 17-18 at the Golf Club of Texas in San Antonio. Gomez’ 170 total was three strokes ahead of the next qualifier. Amy Hendrix shot her personal best, an 88, on Tuesday along with Sam Offutt who fired a 95. The first team finished in fourth place and were helped in scoring by Breanna Heinzke (98, 100), Kelsie Tackitt (105, 97) and Shelcee Clark (110, 100). The second team finished sixth in the eight-team field and were led by Offutt’s 95 score along with Blaire Hambrick (99, 104), Chloe Parnell (102, 103), Crystal Marroquin (108, 119) and Peyton Fishbeck (116, 120). Cedar Park won the tournament with rounds of 327 and 330 for a 657 total. Vandegrift was second at 323 and 340 for 663. Marble Falls team totals were 376, 372—748. |
Heinatz delivers key homerBy Mark Goodson Highlander Sports Editor Marble Falls had the right guy at the plate. In a game when the Mustangs struggled to get hits into a heavy wind, senior Stacy Heinatz delivered with a 3-run blast over the left field fence for the game’s big hit that propelled the Mustangs to their 18thwin of the season and keeps the team tied with Dripping Springs for the district lead. In the fifth inning with the game tied at 3-3, Heinatz smashed a 1-0 pitch to score Carson Bowen and Joey Blackledge. Bowen had singled and stole two bases while Blackledge reached on a fielder’s choice. In a tight series throughout, Vista Ridge answered with two runs in the sixth on three singles off Heinatz, who came in to relief pitch in the fifth inning with one out. Heinatz persevered for the victory, allowing five hits and striking out three. Starter Garrett Winslett did his job again, going 4 1/3 innings allowing three runs on five hits with four strikeouts. Marble Falls offense had just four hits off two Vista Ridge pitchers. They all came in the fourth and fifth innings. Damico had a key double in the fourth with two outs to score two runs and push the margin to 3-1. Vista Ridge bounced right back in the top of the fifth with two runs only to have Marble Falls take the lead for good on Heinatz’s homer in the bottom of the fifth. Damico scored after leading off with a walk in the sixth, advancing on a sacrifice and a stolen base. He scored on a passed ball. In the fourth inning, Marble Falls utilized two hit batsmen to spark a three-run inning. Heinatz led off by getting hit then Domenic Patterson singled and with one out, Saul Guzman got hit by a pitch. For Guzman it was the third time he took an inside pitch off his body in the doubleheader. Jay Watson sacrificed in one run and then Damico added his key double for two more runs. |
Marble Falls will play twinbill SaturdayThe Marble Falls baseball games against Vista Ridge scheduled for Thursday have been rescheduled for this Saturday because of wet conditions on the fields. The Mustangs varsity (16-3) will play at doubleader at Marble Falls on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. The Friday scheduled game at Vista Ridge is still slated for 7 p.m. Marble Falls’ JV Gold is at Vista Ridge 11 a.m. Saturday with the JV Purple set to start at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Marble Falls rips Vandegrift, 14-0Marble Falls’ Cole Ridgely threw a 3-hitter and struck out eight to lead the Mustangs to a 14-0 win over Vandegrift Tuesday at Vandegrift in District 25-4A baseball. The Mustangs offense was solid throughout the lineup led by No. 3 hitter Stacy Heinatz. The senior shortstop had a double and drove in two runs in the five-inning contest. Cason Bowen and Domenic Patterson continued to swing solid bats. Bowen had two RBI. Marble Falls improved to 14-3 overall and 6-1 in district play. The Mustangs and Vipers will have a doubleheader starting at 6 p.m. Thursday. Mustangs coach J.T. Blair said he’ll have both Cody Goodman and Garrett Winslett available to start the doubleheader, but has not decided who will start Game 2 of the set.
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Faith Academy athletes hit trackFrom Staff Reports Faith Academy’s Juliette Fisher, Kylie Cozby and Sarah Kiley took third-place finishes to lead the Faith Academy Lady Flames to a seventh-place team finish at the Harper Invitational. Fisher jumped 4-feet, 10-inches for her medal in the high jump. Cozby ran a 51.55 in the 300 hurdles and Kiley was third in the triple jump 32-2 ¾. Harper won the meet with 144 points. Faith Academy was seventh at 33.3 Kiley was fifth in the high jump at 4-6. Sierra Brinkley took sixth in the pole vault at 7-6. In the triple jump, Hailey Shipley leaped 30-11 for sixth. The 4x200 relay of Brinkley, Rachel Ormsby, Cozby and Bailey Brinkley were fifth in 1:53.92. The 4x400 relay of Fisher-Paloma Ortiz, Christina Lykken and Shipley tookj fourth in 4:35. The team results were: Harper 144, Ozona 116.5, Junction 92,
Ingram 74, Johnson City 44, Bracken 38, Faith Academy 33.5, Comfort 27,
Centerpoint 21, Medina 17, Mason 12, In the JV girls, Ortiz ran a 69.45 to win the 400 meters to highlight the team’s efforts. Others scoring were: Hannah Cozby first in high jump at 4-6, Cosby fifth in the 100 hurdles at 20.33, Peace Preston fourth in the 800 meters at 2:59.85 "Really good meet for us overall,’’ said coach Steve McCannon. "The meet after spring break ends up being hit or miss, so I am pleased with what we learned from this meet. This was our first meet with the girls from basketball and we had a couple of girls unable to attend but we were still able to see where we are at. We did very well in a few events and so so in others. Very quality, well run meet with lots of teams. Points are harder to come by with this many teams.’’ The team is at Florence this week. "District is 27 days away and we will taking aim at our ninth district title in the last 10 years and our eighth in a row,’’ said McCannon.
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