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Marble Falls football ready to tackle the 2023 grind

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #gridiron, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls seniors Dominic Fierro (left) and Jaime Castillo return for the 2023 season in their last year in purple and gold. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro By 6 a.m. Monday, July 31, the field house at Marble Falls High School will be buzzing with activity. Football players will be at their lockers, putting on their practice gear after getting fitted for their shoulder pads and helmets. They’ll make their way to familiar territory — the artificial turf at Mustang Stadium and the weight room — to start the…

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Marble Falls Faith football team to learn new playbook from new head coach

July 26, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Karter Van Gundy is one playmaker returning to compete for the Flames in 2023. Photo by Stennis Shotts On the very last day of July, the Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team will once again convene at Britton Field to begin preparations for the 2023 season. But unlike previous years, a new head coach will be leading them. Top of John Hallam’s priority list is installing the new offense and defense when the Flames take the field at 7 a.m. Monday, July 31. Coaches are preparing for 16-20…

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Marble Falls offensive coordinator sees opportunities for growth for Mustangs, himself

July 22, 2023July 23, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #football, #GoGetEmMustangs, #gridirons, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #largehumans, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Marble Falls skill players Jaime Castillo (left), Jacob Galvan, Brayden Jones, Ace Naumann and Gunnar Scales throw medicine balls to partners under the eye of assistant coach Michael McDowell. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The new Marble Falls High School football team’s offensive coordinator called his appointment an opportunity to grow. “And not just as an individual, but as a leader, as a coach in my career to learn,” Richard Scales said. “I’ve always been a Slot-T guy, and I’ve always really been a good defensive coach. I played…

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Marble Fall Youth Football & Cheer announces dates for 2024 season

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

Team practices for the Marble Falls Youth Football and Cheer teams will go from 6:30-8:30 p.m. beginning Monday, July 24, one week earlier than fall training camps for the Marble Falls High School athletic department. The youth teams will continue to use the Marble Falls Middle School practice fields for practices. MFYFC president Nicholas Wood gave some reasons why. “We’re scaling them back into the heat,” he said of the players. “And we want to make sure they’re safe and happy.” The only equipment the players will wear the first…

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New Faith Academy football coach tells why he joined the staff

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: New Faith Academy of Marble Falls football head coach John Hallam. File photo John Hallam knew he would be joining the Faith Academy of Marble Falls staff as a teacher and football coach. But he didn’t know it would be as the head coach until former head coach Stephen Shipley told school officials his business, Shipley Land Co., needed more of his time. So when Hallam was offered the job, it didn’t take him long to say yes. “I got to know the athletic director, Zakk Revelle, pretty well,”…

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Evaluating success helps Marble Falls sports administrators implement more building blocks

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Davis Dreisbach (left) and Kody Smith are two reasons why the Marble Falls High School basketball team won the District 24-4A crown in 2022-23. Both return this year. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro It had been awhile since the Marble Falls High School athletic department enjoyed a winter and spring like the one it experienced during the 2022-23 school year. Perhaps the best example might be in the early 2000s when athletes such as Farren Fox, Ashley Laughlin, Leonel Manzano, Danielle Pegues, Jillian Phillips, Brian Price and Carter Tynes…

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Faith Academy players will ensure a great season

July 17, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #TAPPS, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Faith Academy of Marble Falls senior Cross Sanchez is one of many playmakers returning for the 2023 season. Photo by Stennis Shotts There isn’t a reason to believe the Faith Academy of Marble Falls football won’t continue to be great in 2023 because the most important element to the program remains. The players themselves. Last week, athletic director Zakk Revelle announced that John Hallam is taking over as football head coach and that Stephen Shipley was moving from football head coach to football advisor. Assistant coach Jay Silvers, who…

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Hill Country Elite football to play in 3 summer tourneys

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: Hill Country Elite head coach Ray Gurley (standing, right) speaks to the players before they break into group drills. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The summer season has a few more stops before members of the Hill County Elite football team can enjoy the final weeks before the 2023-24 school year begins. The Elite is a team of 29 players from Burnet, Fredericksburg, Liberty Hill and Marble Falls for ages 11-13. Head coach Ray Gurley of Burnet and the 10 assistant coaches started the team in 2022 for one…

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Marble Falls athletes stay committed through final weeks of strength and conditioning

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #GoGetEmMustangs, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #UIL0 comment

CAPTION: Manny Ortiz (left), Chris Garcia and Maverick Lawson lead the Marble Falls linemen through an agility drill of stepping over hurdles that helps them loosen hips and be more flexible so they can better turn. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro After a two-week break, the Marble Falls Mustangs and Lady Mustangs returned to the high school July 10-14 before the summer heat set in to resume summer strength and conditioning workouts under the watchful eyes of strength and conditioning coach Richard Scales and track and field head coach Austin…

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Hallam is the new Faith Academy football head coach

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #Flames, #gobigred, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #keepthefaith, #MarbleFalls, #marblefallsfaith, #Texas, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster0 comment

CAPTION: After more than a decade of walking the Faith Academy of Marble Falls sideline, Stephen Shipley will now become the Flames football adviser to new head coach John Hallam. Photo by Stennis Shotts A new football head coach will walk the sidelines of Britton Field at Faith Academy of Marble Falls this season. John Hallam takes over for Stephen Shipley, who will become the football adviser so he can devote more time to his business, Shipley Land Co. “We had to move some stuff around,” athletic director Zakk Revelle…