March 11, 2022 - Texas Chalk Talk

Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

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Welcome to this weekly column where readers will find a summary of sports across the region and the impressions left on this writer. The big news in south Burnet County is at 2101 Mustang Drive where Marble Falls athletics director and head football coach Brian Herman is replacing offensive coordinator Heath Hohmann and defensive coordinator Zane Bode. Both are leaving on their own. Hohmann accepted the job as athletics director and head football coach at Skidmore-Tynan, a Class 2A school, while Bode, in his words, retired to “become a cowboy.”…

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MFalls’ Bode retires to return to first love — ranching

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Marble Falls High School defensive coordinator Zane Bode is retiring from teaching and coaching. His decision was recently announced, and Bode, who guided the second most-stingiest defense in Class 5A Division II in 2021, is looking forward to his next chapter and grateful for the past three decades. “I want to get back to being a rancher and playing cowboy,” he said. “I’m going back to feeding cows. I’m also going to build a lot of fence.” Bode grew up in a family of coaches that included his father, Charles,…

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MFalls staff members are promoted to coordinators

March 11, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #UIL0 comment

Needing to fill open coordinator positions on his staff, Marble Falls High School head football coach Brian Herman looked at his own current members for those openings. He elevated offensive line coach Robert Draper to offensive coordinator now that Heath Hohmann is the new athletics director and head football coach at Skidmore-Tynan High School. Ryan Craven is the Mustangs defensive coordinator, replacing Zane Bode, who announced his retirement. In making these appointments, Herman noted it keeps consistency and cohesiveness on the staff that’s important for the players. “I compare it…