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Marble Fall Youth Football & Cheer announces dates for 2024 season

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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Scales is new offensive coordinator for Marble Falls football

CAPTION: Richard Scales, who is demonstrating what he wants to see from athletes who are performing a specific lift, is the new offensive coordinator and co-offensive line coach. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro Marble Falls High School football head coach Brian Herman announced staffing changes to the Mustangs’ 2023-24 staff. Richard Scales has been promoted to offensive coordinator and will coach the offensive line along with David Griffin. “Coach Scales is one of my early hires,” said Herman, who is entering his fifth year with the Mustangs. “He’s been loyal…

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Marble Falls Athletic Booster provides assistance to the Mustangs, Lady Mustangs during standout year

CAPTION: The Marble Falls Middle School weight room is receiving more equipment to help players better prepare for being a high school athlete. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro The Marble Falls Athletic Booster Club has a pivotal role in providing an invaluable assist to the athletic department at Marble Falls Independent School District. And like many players whose assists are most enjoyed by those who score, booster club leaders appreciate the acknowledgement but don’t work harder in order to get praise. Instead, club president Shannon Roberts noted, the leaders are…

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Faith Academy athletes continue to improve themselves for the fall

CAPTION: Faith Academy of Marble Falls freshman Wade Dillard is using his summer to get stronger and be more explosive by lifting weights and doing speed work. Courtesy photo Faith Academy of Marble Falls strength and conditioning coach Jay Silvers has a simple word for what he sees from the Flames and Lady Flames this summer. “Grit is doing personal training,” he said. “We really want them to focus more on quickness and move laterally and get their first 10 yards really quick.” Silvers directs the sessions, which can include…

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