Previewing the San Marcos Rattler Football Schedule

The San Marcos High School football offense prepares to run a play against their defense at practice.

Previewing the San Marcos Rattler Football Schedule

By Nicholas BradySports Reporter The San Marcos Rattlers are less than two weeks away from kicking off the 2020 football season under new head coach John Walsh. Walsh is considered a legendary coach in Texas high school football after spending over a decade at Denton Guyer High School where he built the program from the ground up and compiled a record of 132-55, including two state championships in four state […]

September 17, 2020 261

San Marcos HS football players walk into the field at Toyota Rattler Stadium through a giant purple snake entryway before kickoff.

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San Marcos HS Football Coach John Walsh Reacts to Updated UIL Schedule

By Josh OrozcoAssistant Sports Director High school football fans, staff and player’s eager for fall sports, will have to wait an additional month for the beginning of the season. The University Interscholastic League provided an updated schedule to practices, games and championship dates regarding high school fall sports on Tuesday. San Marcos high school falls under class 6A which results at the beginning of practice being pushed back from August […]

July 24, 2020 216

Head coach John Walsh with a headset and dark grey polo gets excited and elbow bumps his player on their way to the sidelines during a Denton Guyer football game.

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San Marcos Hires Former Denton Guyer Coach John Walsh as Athletic Director and Head Coach

By Joshua OrozcoAssistant Sports Director Just five months after leading Denton Guyer to the Class 6A-Division II state championship game, the Rattlers sign John Walsh as their next athletic director and head coach. San Marcos Consolidated ISD members announced the news of their decision via Zoom on the district’s official website Monday evening. Walsh takes the helm for San Marcos in place of Mark Soto following his departure for San […]

May 19, 2020 305

San Marcos is on offense running a play against the Smithson Valley defense

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Rattlers Celebrate Homecoming and Senior Night against Smithson Valley

By Josephfer WilliamsSports Reporter SAN MARCOS, TX – In a night filled with mums and celebration, it was the Smithson Valley Rangers of Comal County who walked away with the 42-7 victory. The Rattlers were able to put points up on the board early in the first quarter, as quarterback Alex Garcia connected with wide-receiver Nathan Henry on a 51-yard touchdown strike. These were the only points the Rattlers were […]

November 2, 2019 55

The rattlers are in their white uniforms as they prepare for their matchup against New Braunfels who are in the blue jerseys.

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Rattlers Lose Handily on the Road

By Benjamin DraperSports Reporter On a cold Friday night in New Braunfels, Texas, the San Marcos Rattlers fell to the New Braunfels Unicorns 48-7 at Unicorn Stadium. The Rattlers began the game with the ball and were able to convert on a few first downs until they were forced to punt after failing to convert on a 3rd down pass. On the punt attempt, San Marcos punter Daniel Marquez lost […]

October 27, 2019 40

QB Mac DiDomenico (2) running away from OLB Moses Alva (1)

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The Buffalos of Samuel Clemens stamped the Rattlers

By Josephfer WilliamsSports Reporter On Friday night's district matchup between the San Marcos Rattlers versus the Samuel Clemens Buffalos, it was Clemens who walked away with the 58-24 victory. The Buffalos running attack was too much to handle for the Rattlers as the dynamic duo of Max DiDomenico and A’Mari Williams had a handfull of touchdowns together. Didomenico ended the game with five rushing touchdowns and Williams added three as […]

October 19, 2019 70

Rattler Football players wearing jersey numbers 15 and 89 in all purple talk to each other after a play.

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Rattlers Prepare For District Matchup Against Clemens With Positivity

By Jude McClaren Assistant Sports Director The San Marcos Rattler football team has another challenge ahead of them this Friday as they are matched up against the 24th ranked team in Texas according to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, the Clemens Buffaloes. The Buffs are 5-1 on the season and undefeated in district play. The Rattlers will have an opportunity to get their first district win of the season in a […]

October 16, 2019 30

Rattlers setting up on offense while the Knights are on defense

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Steele Edges the Rattlers with Their Dominant Rushing Attack

By Josephfer WilliamsSports Reporter With both teams coming into their matchup 0-2 in the district, it was the Byron Steele Knights who came away with a 56-3 victory over the San Marcos Rattlers on Friday night. The Rattlers were able to take an early lead in the first quarter by kicking a field goal, but after that, it became clear why the Knights are one of the top teams in […]

October 12, 2019 48

Young men in Purple uniforms and helmets listen to their coaches.

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Rattlers Bring Community And Faith To Judson

By Jude McClarenAssistant Sports Director The San Marcos High School Rattler football team fell to the Judson Rockets Friday night in Converse, Texas, 62-14 bringing their record to 0-5 on the season. The Rattlers knew they had a challenge going into the game considering the Rockets were the 10th ranked team in the state of Texas according to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. That challenge mainly came from De’Anthony Lewis […]

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