Maverick Band Claims Sweepstakes Award
The Maverick band continued its resurgence to the top of the Region 4 ratings by closing out the competitive season with superior ratings both on the stage and in the sight reading room for spring competition. The band earned top honors of straight I's across the board from all six judges at the regional meet in Mount Pleasant.
The top honors this spring, coupled with the first division earned last Fall at marching contest earned Marshall a Sweepstakes Award for the 2011-2012 school year. MHS advanced to Area marching contest last October. The band is on a new winning streak that started last spring with top honors being won at contest last year.
Congratulations to the Maverick band for bringing back the pride!!!!
2012 Mav Football
Schedule Completed
The Marshall Maverick Schedule has officially been released. Here is a look at the upcoming season:
August 17: Jasper (Scrimmage) Maverick Stadium
August 24: Tyler Lee (Scrimmage) Maverick Stadium
August 31: At Kilgore
September 8: At Shreveport Byrd @ Independence Stadium- Battle on the Border
September 14: At Longview
September 21: Whitehouse
September 28: At Jacksonville
October 5: OPEN DATE
October 12: Hallsville*
October 19: At Mount Pleasant*
October 26: Pine Tree*
November 2: At Texas High*
November 9: Sulphur Springs*
Mavs Win Region Championship, advance to State
Congratulations to the Maverick Powerlifting Team
on another outstanding year.
Marshall had 12 lifters qualify and compete in the Regional Meet on March 3, 2012.
For the second year in a row, the Mavericks have brought back the Regional Championship, qualifying 5 lifters for State.
Congratulations to Edgar Simmons 148 lbs, Jacovin Coats 165 lbs, Dekota Newson 220 lbs, Jensen Jackson SHW, Joshua Byrd SHW, and an alternate Austin Pitts 181 lbs.
These young men will compete March 24, 2012 in Abilene at the State Powerlifting Meet.
Lady Mavs Battling for Playoff Spot
The Lady Mav Softball team has been one of the most successful teams in the Maverick Athletic Program, and 2012 is no exception as they are looking to advance to the playoffs yet again.
The Lady Mavs are in the midst of a fierce playoff fight as they are competing against two top ten teams in the state.
Hallsville and Whitehouse have proven to be worthy of state-wide recognition, but Marshall has proven worthy as they continue to remain in the middle of the post season race.
Updates on the Lady Mavs will be posted in the Message board.
UIL SENDS MARSHALL NORTH FOR 2012-1013
Since dropping to class 4A in 2002, Marshall has been on a geographic roller coaster with each alignment that has come around.
The University Interscholastic League (UIL) has classification realignment every two years and the 2012 announcement was made on
February
2nd this year.
Once again Marshall will be packing their bags and going North after spending the last two years in a more southern district.
The Mavs will rejoin their historical foes from Texarkana Texas High along with Mount Pleasant and Sulphur Springs. Hallsville
and Pine Tree will also be joining the Mavs in the newly formed 14-4A.
The remainder of East Texas 4A schools were joined together in
district 16-4A with John Tyler, Nacogdoches, Whitehouse, Jacksonville, Lindale, and Corsicana.
Marshall and Nacogdoches both dropped to 4A in 2002 and MHS was
placed in this Northern district along with Kilgore (who dropped to class 3A in this alignment).
In 2004 the Mavs were sent packing to
the more Southern district that included Whitehouse, Nacogdoches, Jacksonville, Kilgore, and Henderson (who dropped to 3A in 2010). That
district remained in tact for the 2006 alignment as well. Marshall
had back to back state title games in 2004 and 2005 as well as a region
semifinal in 2007.
In 2008 things got a major shake-up when Marshall was again moved
North to Texas High and MP, but also joined the likes of 5A powerhouse Longview and Sulphur Springs (who won state).
2009 had the Mavs advancing to the region finals.
The 2010 alignment
again sent MHS south with the Jacksonville/Nac/WH district with John Tyler joining to 4A fray after their stint in 5A had ended.
| District 14-4A |
District 16-4A |
| Texas High |
John Tyler |
| Marshall |
Corsicana |
| Mount Pleasant |
Nacogdoches |
| Pine Tree |
Whitehouse |
| Hallsville |
Lindale |
| Sulpur Springs |
Jacksonville |
An interesting side-note to the alignment is the fact that the two East Texas district will NOT meet in the first round (Bi-District)
of the playoffs. Instead Marshall's district will head to the Northwest metroplex for the first round to face the likes of Denison, Greenville, Lucas Lovejoy, McKinney North,
Royse City, Sherman, Wylie, and Wylie East all in 13-4A.
District 16-4A will head to the Southwest metroplex as they will face the Arlington
and Mansfield schools along with Ennis and Waxahachie. The two East Texas schools would then meet in the second round of the playoff should
they advance.
Mav Swim Excels At District, Advances to Region
Four Maverick swimmers returned with awards from the District Swim Meet in Texarkana.
Lady Maverick Destiany Ledbetter finished 6th in the 100 yard backstroke. Freshman Cassity Guyer earned a 5th place finish in the 100 yard freestyle.
The men’s team took THIRD place in the meet.
Senior Parker Adams beat out rival Texarkana with a FIRST place finish in the 50 freestyle, clocking a time of 23.63 seconds!
Parker additionally finished 4th in the 100 yard butterfly event.
Freshman Cade Hill swam a lifetime best in his 100 yard backstroke, bringing home a 5th place finish with a time of 1:07.
Congratulations to our Maverick Swim Team. These swimmers advanced to
the Regional Championship competition in Magnolia.
MAV X-COUNTRY ADVANCES TO REGIONALS
The Maverick cross country team finished in 2nd place in the 14-4A meet to assure their advancement to the Region II meet in the Dallas
etroplex.
Marshall came up just a tad short of the district championship, edged out by Hallsville by 7 points.
Pine Tree claimed the
third and final spot for the regional meet.
The Lady Mavs finished in fourth place in the women's race, just 7 points shy
of advancing to the Region II meet as well.
PT won the meet with 57 points followed by Hallsville (60), Whitehouse (71), Marshall (78),
Jacksonville (86) and John Tyler (146). Kilgore and Nacogdoches did not qualify for team standings.
Congrats to the Maverick Cross Country team on an outstanding season!!!!
MAVS CLOSE FRUSTRATING 2011 SEASON
The Marshall Mavericks closed out what has been a season riddled with injuries, turnovers, inconsistent play, and a heap of bad luck
with a disappointing 28-21 loss to Pine Tree.
The defeat closes out with a season record of (2-8) and a district slate of (1-7).
Marshall closed out the year in a three way tie for last place with Pine Tree
(1-9) and Nacogdoches (1-9), all of which who were (1-7) in 14-4A play.
2011 started with high hopes as most media outlets had the Mavericks picked as the #2 team in in the district behind John Tyler.
However,
a double OT loss to Kilgore and last minute losses to Jacksonville and
Hallsville sealed their fate.
It marks the first time the Mavs
have missed out on the playoffs since 2006, while giving Marshall only their fourth losing record in 25 seasons.
This off-season will
see the UIL biennial alignment this winter, possibly with a change in district for the Mavericks and others in 14-4A.
