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Sawyer ready to guide Faith Academy volleyball program

CAPTION: Erin Sawyer (kneeling) believes volleyball has a positive impact for those who participate, especially the Faith Academy Lady Flames, including Alyana Reyes (left), Ella Chavira and Megan Burrows wait to enter the match. File photo  Erin Sawyer may be the new volleyball head coach at Faith Academy of Marble Falls, but she isn’t a new face to students, faculty members and others associated with the school. She spent the last two years as an assistant coach on Adrienne Pabon’s staff and as the Faith Academy junior high school coach.…

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Faith Academy names Rob Ellis new baseball head coach

CAPTION: Hill Country Renegades founder and coach Rob Ellis will take the reins of the Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball program for the 2024 season. Courtesy photo Rob Ellis is the new Faith Academy of Marble Falls baseball head coach. Athletic director Zakk Revelle recently announced the hire. “He’s a local Marble Falls guy for a long time,” he said. “I had no idea who he was.” Ellis is the founder of Hill Country Renegades select baseball program that has its own facilities. Revelle drove to visit the coach…

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District titles, reaching the state podium highlights Faith Academy’s sports year

CAPTION: The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball won a share of the district title to add No. 4 to the trophy case. File photo The excellence that is the Faith Academy of Marble Falls athletic department continued during the 2022-23 season. The Flames captured district championships in boys basketball and girls track and field and each sport with the exception of volleyball advanced to the playoffs. In addition the Lady Flames track team finished third at the Class 3A state track and field meet of the Texas Association…

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Faith Academy’s Davis signs NLI to play for UT-Dallas

CAPTION: Faith Academy of Marble Falls senior power forward Brock Davis (seated, center) celebrates signing his National Letter of Intent to play college basketball with his parents John (seated, left) and Natalie Davis (seated, right), Faith head coach and athletic director Zakk Revelle (standing, left), Corbin Davis, Weston Davis and Faith Academy coach Malcolm Canada. Courtesy photo Faith Academy of Marble Falls senior power forward Brock Davis signed his National Letter of Intent to play basketball for the University of Texas at Dallas May 3. Faith officials hosted the signing…

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Featured Running 

Faith Academy track teams finish in top six at regionals, prepares for state meet

CAPTION: Faith Murphy runs for the gold medal in the 400 meters, one of the three she earns at the South Regional track-and-field meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools April 29. Courtesy photo The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys and girls track-and-field teams are continuing marches to the podium of the Class 3A state meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. The state track meet is Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, at Waco Midway. The Lady Flames finished as the runners-up in…

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Marble Falls Faith girls track wins 13th title, Flames finish third

CAPTION: The 2023 Faith Academy of Marble Falls Lady Flames track-and-field team adds another district title to the program’s history. Courtesy photo The Faith Academy of Marble Falls track-and-field teams finished in the top three of the boys and girls District 3-3A meet of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools April 17. The Lady Flames capture their third consecutive district crown, not counting the 2020 pandemic year when stay-at-home orders were issued and the season was canceled, and 13th overall in program history. The Flames “were a solid”…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Lady Mustangs and powerlifting head coach Robert Draper stand in front of a banner welcoming them to the 2023 state powerlifting meet in Frisco March 17. Courtesy photo The final push for championships is upon us with Spring Break behind the Highland Lakes schools. The heat, which isn’t all coming from Mother Nature, is on and will be especially apparent on the pitch and on the diamonds. Watch videos on Highland Lakes sports by going to Fierro’s YouTube channel and searching for The Broad Podcaster. Please…

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Basketball Featured High School 

Faith Academy boys basketball season ends in playoff loss

CAPTION: Faith Academy senior Will Lewis scores a bucket for the Flames. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball team lost to Pasadena First Baptist Christian Academy 52-44 Feb. 14 in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. The Flames end their season as the co-District 3-3A champions, their fourth consecutive district crown. “Kudos to the Warriors,” Flames head coach Zakk Revelle said. “They were prepared and played well. They are a really good…

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Ten Highland Lakes Sports Insights

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Independent School District celebrates the 75th birthday of super fan Jimmy Burney during halftime of the Mustangs’ win against Burnet Feb. 10. Interim Superintendent Jeff Gasaway (right) presents a cake to Burney, while MFISD Board of Trustee Larry Berkman (left) takes Burney’s old jacket so officials can give him a new one. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The most wonderful time of the basketball season begins Monday, Feb. 13. That’s when the playoffs for members of the University Interscholastic League start. The ladies begin their quest…

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Faith Academy boys basketball crushes Waco Live Oak, wins fourth consecutive district title

CAPTION: The Faith Academy Flames celebrate earning their fourth consecutive district championship by cutting down the nets and bringing out the banner. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Faith Academy of Marble Falls boys basketball team scorched Waco Live Oak 73-53 Feb. 9 to share the District 3-3A championship of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools with the Falcons. But because the Flames allowed fewer combined points during the two contests against Live Oak, they will enter the Class 3A playoffs as the No. 1 seed out of…

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