Sports

From staff reports

The Lady Mustangs played an outstanding game Tuesday against the Seguin Matadors, earning a 5-0 victory at Mustang Stadium.

It was a complete team effort from start to finish to give the Lady Stangs their first district victory of the season.

Marley Colbert scored two goals from the outside midfield position after a tweak in the lineup, while Mayra Navarro, Jessica De la Hoya and Skyler Noack added the remaining three goals.  Assists were provided by Skyler Noack and Meghan Matcek.

 Alissa Collazo and Maribel Enriquez anchored the defense by pressuring attackers and doing an excellent job of shielding the Matador attack.

 Marble Falls plays at Lockhart Friday.

The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs (23-10, 11-3) will play the LBJ Lady Jaguars in the second game of a bi-district doubleheader Monday at Lake Travis High School.

The Marble Falls game tips off at 7:30 p.m. or 30 minutes after the completion of the 6 p.m. game.

Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for students and available at the gate.

From staff reports

The Marble Falls eighth grade A team will face the Burnet Bulldogs Thursday with the district championship on the line.

Last week the eighth grade A team beat the Fredericksburg Billies for the fourth time this season and completed the sweep. The Mustangs came out hot and jumped to a big lead early. Tate Deering led the way for the Mustangs with a dominating offense and defensive performance scoring 25 points and accumulating eight steals in a 58-37 victory.

Cody Wilson also had a good game with 17 points. Defensive standouts were Andrew Rodriguez, Mason Neill and Luke Nail.

Everyone on the team gave excellent effort and contributed to this impressive win.

The boys seventh grade Purple team fought hard all night and beat the Billies, 44-34.

On Friday,  the Marble Falls battlled extremely hard against a salty Kerrville Tivy squad in an excellent match.  They result was 0-0 in the end, but the play of the Lady Mustangs was a drastic improvement from last Tuesday against Boerne Champion.  Junior goalie Bailee Jordan did an excellent job being a wall against the very fast and talented Tivy forwards.  Excellent passing and possession in the 2nd half was provided in large part from sophomore midfielder Jessica De la Hoya and senior midfielder Skyler Noack.  Mayra Navarro did an excellent job pressuring and challenging Tivy’s defenders all night long.

Marble Falls plays Drip;ping Springs tonight with a chance to take the No. 1 seed in District 26-5A. If Marble Falls win,, the girls will finish no worse than tied for the district title. If Tivy loes the Lady Stangs will finish as the No. 1 seed with a victory. At worse the Lady Flames finish second.

Faith Academy earned the No. 1 seed from the TAPPS Class 4, District 4 tournament after sweeping the district unbeaten.

Faith Academy defeated San Juan Diego on Friday 66-20, with Blair Hattie scoring 20 points and Addison Floyd 16 points.

Eight Lady Flames scored in the team’s 29^th win of the season.

Faith Academy went 7-0 in the round robin part of our district tournament and will draw a bye in the first round. Faith Academy will plays the winner of John Paul II-Boerne Geneva in the Lady Flames first game.

Here is now the seeding goes: 1 vs.8 and 4 vs.5 are on Faith Academy’s half of the bracket and 2 vs.7 and 3 vs. 6 on the other half. Faith Academy will play Thursday in the San Marcos Academy Gym. Time has not been determined. Then the Tournament Championship and third place will be played on Friday night also at San Marcos Academy.

By Mark Goodson

Highlander Sports Editor

Heath Dooley, a three-year- starter at linebacker for the Mustangs, will carry his talents to Wichita Falls where he will play for Midwestern State University of the Lone Star Conference. Dooley signed on Wednesday's National Signing date.

Dooley was the only Mustang to sign on the first day of signing.

Dooley will play only football at Midwestern State. 

He will be a member of  the Mustangs baseball team this spring. He'll play first base and pitch for the Mustangs.

The Marble Falls fieldhouse was fillled with family, friends and teammates on Wednesday.

The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs are currently in second place in District 26-5A and would face the no. 3 seed in District 25-5A in the bi-district round of the girls playoffs. The four teams fro District 25-5A will be No. 1 Austin High, LBJ and Crockett are scdond and third and play each other Tuesday, Lanier will be the No. 4 seed. Kerrville Tivy, Marble Falls, Seguin and Dripping Springs will be the 26-5A representatives.

Tuesday night's battled between Marble Falls and Seguin was one of the bigger crowds in recent memory at Max Copeland Gym.

Part of the crowd included 150 Colt Elementary students.

The number of seats available are 1,434. The home side has 749 seats and the visitor's side 685 seats

There weren't that many empty seats Tuesday on Pack the Max night.

The Mustangs next home game is Tuesday, Feb. 7 against Dripping Springs.

The Lady Mustangs have clinched a playoff berth.

By Mark Goodson

Highlander Sports Editor

The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs just had to make it interesting.

Senior Aspen Woerner scored on an inside shot with 1:15 left for the key two points in the team’s 45-39 victory over Seguin Tuesday before a near fullhouse at Max Copeland Gym.

The victory helps solidify second place for the moment for the Lady Mustangs, who are 22-9 overall and 10-2 in District 26-5A. Seguin, which has key games with Tivy and Boerne Champion left, and Dripping Springs, have clinched playoff berths.

In all likelihood Tivy will win the district, Marble Falls earns second and Seguin and Dripping Sprigs will claim the final two spots from the district.

Marble Falls is on the road at Lockhart Friday and a win secures at least second.

To earn the top spot, Marble Falls must beat Lockart and Dripping Springs and have Tivy lose twice.

Tivy has Seguin and Lockhart left on its schedule.