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Marble Falls football hosts state-ranked Stephenville

CAPTION: The Marble Falls offense, including linemen Madden Hernandez (64), Raul Moran (58) and David Molina (52), are bracing to go against another stingy defense. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Marble Falls High School football team welcomes Stephenville at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, to Mustang Stadium. It’s the Mustangs’ (3-4, 0-1) District 4-4A Division I opener. The Yellowjackets (6-0), who are ranked No. 2 in the latest Class 4A Division I poll of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, had a bye last week. “I think they’re a really good football…

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Faith Academy football beats Founders Classical

CAPTION: Faith Academy senior Andrew Houy played a big role for the Flames in every area of the win against Leander Founders Classical Oct. 10. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team defeated Leander Founders Classical 70-48 to give the Archers their first loss of the season. It’s the second consecutive week the Flames (6-1) hosted an undefeated opponent and beat them. “Grit and toughness of our boys,” head coach Jay Silvers said. “We just did what we do. We run the ball and we…

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Burnet football beats Marble Falls

The Burnet High School football team defeated Marble Falls 35-14 Oct. 10 in the District 4-4A Division I opener. “It was such a hard fought game like you expect from a rivalry,” Bulldogs head coach Ben Speer said. “I just felt like we never could get comfortable, and they did a good job with that. And Just when you thought you could extend it out a little more, they were trying to climb back in it.”  “Our kids played really hard, thought our kids made big plays at times but…

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Llano football to visits Luling

CAPTION: Llano junior receiver Caden White (20), junior quarterback Luke Davis (13) and senior receiver Graham Prokop are part of an offense that average 251 yards passing, 212 yards rushing and has 16 rushing touchdowns and 23 passing touchdowns already this season. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Llano High School football team will travel to play at Luling at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the second District 13-3A Division I contest for both. The Yellow Jackets (5-1, 1-0), who are the defending district champions, walloped Florence 58-7, while…

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Marble Falls football visits Burnet in district opener

CAPTION: Marble Falls senior running back Joaquin Aguilar has been the offensive focal point throughout the season. In six games, he has rushed for almost 500 yards on the season. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet and Marble Falls high school football teams will play for the 111th time at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, with plenty on the line during this Burnet County showdown. It’s the District 4-4A Division I opener. And with five teams in the district and four playoff spots available, there’s a high chance the…

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Faith Academy football hosts Founders Classical

CAPTION: Faith sophomore Ronin Burns has been a big contributor to what the Flames want to do defensively. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team will welcome Leander Founders Classical Academy at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in a non-district contest. The Flames, who are ranked No. 6 on the SixManFootball.com’s Division II poll of Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools members, are taking on an opponent that beat Fredericksburg Heritage 74-48 last week. Heritage handed the Flames (5-1) their only loss of the…

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Faith Academy football gives Medina 1st loss

CAPTION: Senior Andrew Houy is on his way to the end zone. Photo by Stennis Shotts The Faith Academy of Marble Falls football team beat Medina 76-55 Oct. 3. It was Medina’s (5-1) first loss of the season. “We kept grinding,” head coach Jay Silvers said. “Speed kills. We kept running at them. Offensively, we had to grind. We kept working on them and working on them.” The first half revealed two evenly matched teams. They answered each other’s scores until late in the second quarter. Faith had a turnover…

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Burnet football beats Lake View

Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography The Burnet High School football team defeated San Angelo Lake View 46-36 Oct. 3 in the Bulldogs’ last non-district contest. Burnet (2-4) hosts Marble Falls at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at Bulldog Field in the District 4-4A Division I opener for both teams. “Some things finally came together,” Burnet head coach Ben Speer said. “It was good, definitely great to see some things that we’ve been missing the last several weeks, whether it’s assignment wise or personnel wise. It just felt like we had…

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Marble Falls football beats Devine

The Marble Falls High School football team stomped Devine 36-14 Oct. 3 in its final non-district contest of the season on a night the program honored Brother Max Copeland, the former pastor of First Baptist Church of Marble Falls, who died in 2015. “Really proud the kids and coaches,” head coach Keri Timmerman said. “They did a phenomenal job of prep this week. We had a lot of just really locked-in practices. Think our kids and our coaches understand the importance of winning three games this year and just an…

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Llano football hosts Florence in district opener

Watch highlights of Llano’s win against Comfort. CAPTION: Llano senior Jose Sillas has a nose for the end zone. As a running back, he’s scored six touchdowns this season. As a defensive back, he has returned both of his interceptions for touchdowns. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Llano High School football team welcomes Florence in the District 13-3A Division I opener for both teams Friday, Oct. 3. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Llano Stadium. It’s also Llano’s homecoming. After the 41-0 thumping of Comfort Sept. 26, Yellow Jackets…

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