Marble Falls football ends season with loss to Brownwood
CAPTION: Marble Falls senior running back Joaquin Aguilar played his final game as a Mustang football player after three years as a starter. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
The Marble Falls High School football team lost to Brownwood 41-7 Nov. 7 to end the 2025 season.
The Lions (6-4, 3-1) finish as the District 4-4A runners-up and will enter the playoffs as the district’s No. 2 seed.
The Mustangs’ (3-7, 0-4 District 4-4A Division I) only score came on a screen pass to senior receiver Kaden Langbein from sophomore quarterback Crawford Mattox that went for about 55 yards early in the fourth quarter.
The game couldn’t have started better for Marble Falls.
The Mustangs forced Brownwood to turn the ball over on downs on the opening drive of the game.
Marble Falls then marched down the field after taking over at midfield but had its field goal attempt blocked.
Brownwood returned to the field and marched 98 yards on a drive that ended when quarterback Judson Coalson scored on a sneak for the 7-0 lead.
Durham Brown intercepted a Marble Falls pass to set up the Lions in Mustangs territory.
That drive ended on a Trent Buffington one-yard run. The extra point was missed, but Brownwood led 13-0 in the second quarter.
The Mustangs pinned the Lions on their own one-yard line thanks to a great punt. But Coalson engineered a nine-play drive that ended when Buffington scored on a five-yard scamper for the 20-0 half-time lead. The key play was a 40-yard pass to Conner Cornelius from Coalson.
Cornelius caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Coalson in the third quarter for the 27-0 advantage.
Daylyn Ansons had a six-yard touchdown run to begin the fourth quarter, and Carson Noe caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Coalson to end the scoring.
In all, the Lions had 407 yards of total offense thanks to 159 rushing yards and 248 passing yards.
Buffington had 120 rushing yards in the first half to end with 125 yards and two touchdowns.
Noe was 14 for 19 for 248 passing yards and two touchdowns, while Cornelius caught six passes for 96 yards and a touchdown and Noe had four catches for 83 yards and a score.
Brownwood had five sacks and limited the Mustangs to 183 yards of total offense..
Marble Falls had 23 rushes for 21 yards led by senior running back Joaquin Aguilar who had eight carries for 22 yards and caught four passes for 14 yards and senior fullback Doak Timmerman, who had two carries for two yards and a six-yard catch.
Sophomore quarterback Crawford Mattox completed 18 of 22 passes for 162 yards, a touchdown and interception. Langbein caught seven passes for 95 yards and a score, while senior receiver Atreyu Machacek had three catches for 18 yards, junior receiver Gage Coleman had an 18-yard reception, senior receiver C.J. Alexander had a seven-yard catch and sophomore tight end Olen Dalton had a four-yard catch.
“(New Brownwood head coach Jeryl) Brixey has done a good job with this team,” head coach Keri Timmerman said.
Despite the ending of their season, Timmerman noted this team accomplished plenty that set a path for where the program can go.
Top of the list is that the Mustangs won three games this year for the first time since 2021, the last time the program advanced to the playoffs. The wins were against Devine 36-14 Oct.3, San Antonio Brackenridge 5-0 Sept. 19 and Austin Crockett 48-0 Aug. 28.
“We accelerated a lot of things,” Timmerman said. “We’re so close. They have been on the cusp.”
While the district campaign didn’t go the way the Mustangs wanted, their non-district opponents did more than hold their own, too.
Llano (9-1, 5-0 District 13-3A Division 1) and La Vernia (9-1, 5-0 District 15-4A Division I) each won their district titles, while Devine (4-6, 3-1 District 14-4A Division II) finished as its district runner-up and Jarrell (8-2, 4-2 District 13-4A Division II) was third in its district.
Timmerman noted that he saw several traits in this team that will help make the program better because those attributes don’t graduate.
“The fight,” he said. “Our kids don’t just show up. They fight.”
The program says goodbye to a group of seniors who didn’t take a play off and must replace some who did more than what was visible on a Friday night. Many of them were not only leaders on the field or in the weight room but in their position meeting rooms, too. Their work ethic, willingness to learn and watch film were evident on game nights.
While Timmerman acknowledged all of that, he added that those players also were welcoming to a group of newcomers and underclassmen who played big roles for the team.
“They love each other,” he said. “We’re at the beginning of the process. That senior group is in the beginning.”
He said he hopes the players on this team remember the growth, adding players and coaches talk about finishing and sacrificing.
“They kept showing up,” he said. “They love each other. That’s what you want. I couldn’t be more proud of the fight. They love each other.”
CAPTION: Marble Falls defensive back Gregory Lemon completed his time as a Mustang football player as a two-year letterman. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
