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Brooks Haack Named Memorial High School Head Football Coach
A Katy native and former Division I quarterback, Haack brings a lifetime of football knowledge, a championship mindset, and a deep love for the game to his new role. But before he was dialing up plays on the sideline, he was already drawing Xs and Os in his childhood bedroom.“I don’t even know if Brooks […]


A Katy native and former Division I quarterback, Haack brings a lifetime of football knowledge, a championship mindset, and a deep love for the game to his new role. But before he was dialing up plays on the sideline, he was already drawing Xs and Os in his childhood bedroom.“I don’t even know if Brooks had a choice to do anything else,” his mom said with a laugh.
Haack arrives at Memorial fresh off helping Richmond Randle win a 5A Division II state championship, where he served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. The Lions went 14-0, toppling powerhouse South Oak Cliffin an instant classic.
Haack’s love for football started long before he ever suited up for Katy High School. His mom, Leslie Haack, remembers catching five-year-old Brooks huddled over a play school desk, furiously scribbling football plays after his first season of flag football.
“It’s about more than just football—it’s about building young leaders and making this program a source of pride for the entire community,” Haack said.
Born to Coach: A Football Journey That Started Early
Haack is ready to bring his fire, passion, and competitive drive to Memorial. And if his past success is any indication, the Mustangs are in for an exciting ride.
The Mustangs finished 4-7 last season, but with a state championship coach at the helm and a renewed energy in the locker room, expectations are high for a quick turnaround.
Paige Hershey, Spring Branch ISD’s Executive Director of Athletics, believes the Mustangs found the right leader.
He plans to introduce community-driven initiatives, including:
A Standout Career at Katy High School
Memorial High School didn’t have to look far for its next football coach. The Mustangs are turning the page to an exciting new era with the hiring of Brooks Haack as their new head football coach and campus athletic director.
Memorial football is entering a new era, and Haack is embracing the challenge of leading a proud program into the future.
— Spring Branch ISD (@SBISD) January 30, 2025
Championship Pedigree: From Randle to Memorial
“There’s always been a great sense of pride in this community for Memorial football,” Haack said. “I’m excited to build on that tradition and take this program to new heights.”
Football was the family business. His dad, Kalum Haack, was a legendary softball coach at Katy High School for 26 years, winning two state titles. His mom built Cinco Ranch’s softball program from scratch before moving into administration. Competitive fire ran in the bloodline, and Brooks was raised in a home where sports—and coaching—were a way of life.
Now, he’s ready to bring that same work ethic, innovation, and energy to Memorial.
Building a New Culture at Memorial
As a kid, Haack dressed as a coach for every Halloween, clipboard in hand, mimicking his dad’s fiery dugout antics. And when it came time for his own playing career, he didn’t disappoint.
So, did his family always know he’d grow up to be a coach?
- Recruitment Nights to connect athletes with college programs
- Youth Camps to develop the next generation of Mustangs
- “Breakfast with Moms” and “Decals with Dads” events to bring families into the program
What made the win even more remarkable? The Lions were in just their third year as a varsity program. Haack and the coaching staff had built the program from the ground up, starting with unloading weight room equipment off 18-wheelers in the program’s infancy to lifting a state championship trophy just a few years later.
A Fresh Start for Memorial Football
“All those hours we put in, all that work—it bonded us for life,” Haack said. “We knew what it took to get there.”
Even back in high school, Haack had a connection to Memorial High School. Before Katy ISD expanded, Memorial was a district rival, and Haack remembers facing off against some of the best Mustang teams of the era.
At Katy High School, Haack was more than just a coach’s kid—he was a winner. He led the Tigers to a 27-3 record as a starting quarterback, showcasing the leadership and competitiveness that would define his career. His play earned him a Division I scholarship to Louisiana-Lafayette, where he played quarterback before transitioning into coaching.
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While football success is a priority, Haack is just as focused on building relationships and creating a championship culture off the field.
“Coach Haack understands what it takes to build a successful program—both on and off the field,” Hershey said. “He’s committed to building a championship culture at Memorial.”

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05/27/2025 high school sports results
AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine (WAGM) – In the blink of an eye the tennis season is coming to a close. The Caribou tennis team hosted their final regular season match Tuesday afternoon. The Presque Isle Wildcats visiting, Caribou’s boy’s team won their match 4-1. Presque Isle’s boys’ tennis team is set to play Old Town on […]


AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine (WAGM) – In the blink of an eye the tennis season is coming to a close.
The Caribou tennis team hosted their final regular season match Tuesday afternoon.
The Presque Isle Wildcats visiting, Caribou’s boy’s team won their match 4-1.
Presque Isle’s boys’ tennis team is set to play Old Town on Monday, June 2nd at 4pm.
This Class B North Tennis Quarterfinal match will be played in Old Town.
Owen Tetlow and Kaymen Sargent had a very close match but they came out on top as the only point won by Presque Isle was in singles.
The girls were out on the courts for awhile, their match lasted a minimum of two and a half hours, the latest update to this match is that the Lady Vikings had earned three out of five of the points, meaning Caribou picked up the win, securing their second undefeated season in a row.
Fort Kent High School hosted the Houlton tennis team.
The Warriors beat the Shires 5-0.
Houlton’s singles winners were Mason Pelletier, Connor Voisine, and Alex Carlstrom.
Their double’s winners were Wyatt Daigle and Sawyer Daigle, while Quinn Michaud and Finley Marquis beat Mile Berthiume and Jacob Thibodeau 8-6.
Houlton’s girls’ tennis team won their match 3-2.
Fort Kent’s Abigail Boucher and Ally Fournier picked up a doubles win.
Houlton’s first doubles team, Kealy Britton and Morgan Nuccia, won their match.
In third singles, Brooklyn Philbrook of Houlton won while Fort Kent’s second singles player, Addison Chasse, won 8-6 over Karyssa Kinney.
Meaning it all came down to the first singles match where there was a tie breaker needed.
The Shires prevailed as Ryan Perfitt beat Lanie Pelletier 7-4.
Undefeated records on the line in Staceyville, the only two undefeated baseball teams in the Aroostook League faced off Tuesday.
Katahdin had an 8-0 lead in the 5th inning.
Fort Fairfield slowing down this offense in the 5th, they would escape the inning without giving up a run.
Now they’ll want to score a run if they want to avoid a potential 10 run mercy rule, Katahdin won’t be able to get the out over at first base, the runner is breaking for home, we won’t see the umpire make the call but as we know by the final score the run didn’t count.
The Cougars staying mentally tough even late in the game.
Katahdin wins 10-0.
Josh Martin with another stellar performance on the mound, he went the six inning complete game with 10 strikeouts, also getting his bat going as he was 2-2.
Calvin Richardson went 2-3 with two stolen bases, Connor Edwards 1-4 with 3 RBI, and Addison Young was 1-3 with 2 RBI.
The Lady Cougars were leading 6-0 in the third inning in Staceyville.
Jayden Stevens would keep that scoring going, she puts one over the right field fence, a solo shot making it 7-0 Katahdin.
More scoring in the same inning, one run comes home to score easily while she gets in with a sliding double, 8-0 Lady Cougars.
Polly Cullen pitched a no hitter this game, but Katahdin didn’t hold Fort Fairfield scoreless.
Addison Cole came home scoring their only run in this game.
Katahdin wins 11-1.
Avery Cullen hit a single and a double, Jayden Stevens had a multi-home run game with a two run shot and a solo homer, Dakota Stevens hit two singles, and Emily McNally hit a double.
A buggy Tuesday afternoon in Ashland for baseball and softball action.
A walk and two steals put a runner 60 feet from home plate with just one out.
Callie Thomas would be responsible for bringing that runner home, she reaches first safely, Lily Burtt scores, and Cassie Codrey over to third.
To the bottom of the first, Emma Doughty gets her first of four hits on the day here, getting the first hit for the Hornets.
Haily Poulin at the plate, Ashland trailing 1-0 in the first, that ball will get down into the outfield, Doughty scores her first run of the day, 1-1.
The game was close at first, getting to 3-3 at one point.
The Lady Hornets lost the first time these teams played, 12-5, Tuesday was different, Ashland won 17-7.
Doughty finished the day 4 for 4 with a home run.
No runs were scored in the first inning between the Panthers and Hornets baseball teams.
Grady Kinney reached first, then Kasen Bell gets a hit moving the runner up one base.
Now it’s the older Kinney getting it done, Trace Kinney missed the entire basketball season due to injury, now he’s making an impact on the baseball team, batting in their first run of the game.
Jonah Tweedie was the next Panther to create some offense, Bell will come home to score easily, the ball gets away from the Ashland defense which prompts Kinney to come home, 3-0 Central Aroostook.
Still the top of the second inning with Tweedie on second base, Dayton Taylor comes through with his bat, Tweedie putting on his wheels going around third base, he will score and the Panthers jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning, Ashland put up 4 runs behind two RBI from Zane Zarate, he also stole three bases.
The Panthers won 14-4, some top performers were Keith Giberson with two hits and two RBI, Taylor had three total RBI on the day with two hits, Trace Kinney was on the mound for the Panthers and picked up the pitching win.
The Northern Maine Moose were in Bangor yesterday evening.
Both teams were slow to start but it was close as the Rams led by one goal at the half.
Head coach Adam Simoes said, “” Just like our last game the boys dug deep and started spreading the offensive opportunities out. Isaiah Ervin laced 2 laser shots to the corners of the net and the followed with two assists to Eli Brown and Colton Simoes. Carter Smith, player of the game in goal, stuffed 2 in close shot opportunities and robbed shots from the Rams relentless attack. Carter changed the momentum of the game. His defense held well against the Rams but when they broke through he came up big “
The Moose win 9-6.
Simoes had one goal and two assists on a 73% faceoff win rate, Ervin with six goals and two assists, Brown and Carter Carmichael sacored 1 a piece.
“This is a tough week with a game against Camden Hills tomorrow. This is a huge win against a class A team. They dug deep and won. I’m proud of them,” added Simoes.
Southern Aroostook and Hodgdon faced off in Dyer Brook.
The Southern Aroostook Lady Warriors broke this game open with an eight run third inning.
Skyla Lewis doubled and singled twice, Hannah McGary tripled and singled, and winning pitcher Olivia Ellingwood doubled and singled. Bethany Schmidt also doubled and singled.
For Hodgdon, Sydney Rockwell , #12 Matheson, and #1 Quint all had base hits.
The Lady Warriors won 16-3 in five innings.
Hodgdon’s baseball team shut out the Warriors.
The first time the teams faced off the Hawks won 11-1.
This time Hodgdon won 6-0.
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Flint
FLINT – State tournament play has kicked off as Flint-area teams look to make their way through the brackets with the hopes of bringing home a state title. Check out the Flint-area results for district play across multiple sports for May 27. Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to email results, highlights, and comments about […]

FLINT – State tournament play has kicked off as Flint-area teams look to make their way through the brackets with the hopes of bringing home a state title.
Check out the Flint-area results for district play across multiple sports for May 27.
Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to email results, highlights, and comments about the results of each game for any sport to jszczepaniak@mlive.com.
Baseball
Dryden 13, Memphis 1: Ian Tresnak went the distance and Dryden’s offense exploded to advance the Cardinals to the district semifinals.
Tresnak threw six innings and struck out nine while going 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored at the plate.
Rowan Handley added three hits and Aiden Furneaux and Owen Gall both added two in the win.
Dryden will face New Haven Merritt Academy on Saturday at Memphis High School.
Flint Southwestern 19, Flint Hamady 9: Southwestern drew 17 walks and exploded for 12 runs in the second inning to defeat Hamady Tuesday night.
Larenzo Fortes led the offense with three hits while Matthew Kendall, Yadiel Bracero, Osaric Vye, and Isiah Summerlin each added a hit in the win.
Southwestern will face Flint Kearsley on Saturday at Kearsley High School.
Flushing 13, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 1: Flushing opened district play against Carman-Ainsworth Tuesday night, and Kyle Brown was ready to take the ball for the Raiders.
Brown went four innings and struck out eight while Blake Badal went 3-for-3 with a triple, RBI, and two runs scored.
Flushing tallied seven runs in the first inning and scored six in the fourth.
Trent Everett added two hits and two runs scored while Carter Brock and Cam McIlhargie both added a double in the win.
Flushing will face Davison on Saturday at Lapeer High School.
Grand Blanc 3, Clarkston 1: Chris Worley has been nearly untouchable this season for the Bobcats, so it wasn’t a surprise when he threw a gem Tuesday night to lead Grand Blanc to a district win.
Worley went seven innings and struck out nine while the Bobcats’ offense scored all three of its runs in the fourth inning behind a 2-RBI single from Kaiden Pollock and an RBI single from Caseton Sendry.
Grand Blanc will face Fenton on Saturday at Oxford High School.
Scores
Chesaning 8, Durand 0
Girls Soccer
Scores
Bay City John Glenn 2, Flint Kearsley 0
Clarkston Everest Collegiate 9, Byron 0
Softball
Grand Blanc 12, Lapeer 0: Savannah Schultz and Kayla Blumenschein combined for five innings and eight strikeouts in the circle, allowing only two hits as the Bobcats coasted to a win Tuesday night.
Blumenschein went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs while Kate Mitchell, Zoey Beard, and Schultz each added a double.
Ella Stevenson, Grace Matney, and Schultz each added two hits in the win.
Grand Blanc will face Holly on Saturday at Davison High School.
Mt. Morris 26, Burton Bentley 9: Mt. Morris drew 16 walks and scored 17 runs in the third inning to earn the win Tuesday night.
Sara Andrews, Savannah Gilbert, and Emma Gatica each tallied two hits while Jamarea Steel, Aleah Swilley, and Hadley Cummings each added a hit and three RBIs in the win.
Mt. Morris will face Otisville LakeVille Memorial on Saturday at Mt. Morris High School.
Scores
Millington 17, Burton Atherton 0
Saginaw Heritage 14, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 1
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Sims announced as new Monterey HS football coach, athletic coordinator
LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) – In a special called meeting this morning, the Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Jason Sims as the new head football coach and athletic coordinator at Monterey High School. Coach Sims brings over two decades of coaching and athletic leadership experience to the Plainsmen athletic program, including […]


LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) – In a special called meeting this morning, the Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Jason Sims as the new head football coach and athletic coordinator at Monterey High School.
Coach Sims brings over two decades of coaching and athletic leadership experience to the Plainsmen athletic program, including a standout track record as a head football coach and athletic director. Most recently, Sims served as offensive coordinator at Monterey, where he helped lead the team to a 7-5 season and the school’s first outright district championship since 2002.
“Coach Sims is a proven leader who knows how to build programs, mentor athletes, and inspire excellence,” said Executive Director of Athletics Mike Meeks. “We’re excited about the future of Plainsmen athletics under his direction.”
Before joining the Monterey staff, Sims held leadership roles at Mt. Pleasant High School and Childress ISD. As head football coach and athletic director at Childress, he compiled a 100-46 career record, guiding teams to multiple deep playoff runs, including a regional final appearance in 2020.
Sims also served as athletic director and head football coach at Quanah ISD, with similar success across multiple sports. His career highlights include a 1A Girls Basketball State Championship and a Texas Cup title while at Archer City ISD.
“I’m honored to step into this role and continue the work we’ve started here at Monterey,” said Sims. “It’s a special place, and I’m committed to helping our student-athletes grow as players and as young people.”
Sims earned his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Midwestern State University and holds certifications in Social Studies Composite and All-Level Physical Education.
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1 sport or 2? High schools encourage athletes to branch out
Forty five percent of high school student-athletes are playing multiple sports, according to MHSAA study, Schools across metro Detroit have been recognized as “high achievers” for encouraging student-athletes to play more than one sport. At 17, Drew Sikora signed a letter of intent to play college football, fulfilling a childhood dream. What helped him get […]

- Forty five percent of high school student-athletes are playing multiple sports, according to MHSAA study,
- Schools across metro Detroit have been recognized as “high achievers” for encouraging student-athletes to play more than one sport.
At 17, Drew Sikora signed a letter of intent to play college football, fulfilling a childhood dream. What helped him get there?
Playing basketball and running track and field.
Hitting the court helped Sikora’s hand-eye coordination and running track helped him with his speed on the gridiron. Those who lead the governing body for high school sports in Michigan want to see more student-athletes like Sikora.
Since 2016, the Michigan High School Athletic Association has surveyed hundreds of schools to learn how many athletes are choosing to play more than one sport. Turns out the percentage of athletes who are making that decision is growing steadily.
MHSAA’s annual survey reported that 45% of all student-athletes played more than one sponsored sport during the 2023-24 school year, compared with 43% during the 2017-18 season when the association started the survey.
The MHSAA started the survey as part of its effort to encourage athletes to play more than one sport to “prevent burnout and overuse injuries.”
It also strengthens athletic programs, said Geoff Kimmerly, the association’s director of communication.
“I think it’s helped athletic programs to thrive. You need help across programs, especially at smaller schools where you just don’t have as many athletes,” Kimmerly said. “But I think that at some schools, there has to be a philosophical move toward that. I think that’s what we’ve seen.”
High achievers
Sikora’s school, Gibraltar Carlson is among the survey’s high achievers — defined as “schools that exceed participation norms” — in metro Detroit, along with Hamtramck, Livonia Franklin, Warren Fitzgerald and Detroit Douglass. All have been in the top 10% in three different school years. Michigan Collegiate has been ranked in the top 10% for four years and Detroit Cody has been the most consistent for five of the six years.
“I think down here, it’s kind of a cultural thing to be involved,” Carlson athletic director Dan Kalbfleisch said. “My principal, my superintendent, really encourage our students to get involved in some way while they’re here. And so, once they get involved in one thing, they have fun and want to try other stuff.”
At Detroit Douglass, the state’s only all-boys public school, with an enrollment of 70, athletic director Pierre Brooks credits the students for their school’s success.
“I’m aware of that ranking, but I’m not surprised because being in such a small school, to me, it’s a true brotherhood,” Brooks said.
‘I believe that’s the culture we’ve built here …’
Over 68,000 student-athletes were accounted for in the survey. Fifty-five percent reported playing one sport and 32% played two at their school.
The combinations of sports varies but there are some trends. For boys, it’s football and basketball. Other sports include track and field, cross-country and wrestling. Girls tend to play volleyball and basketball, along with track and field, according to athletic directors.
Detroit Cody has nearly 600 students and offers 13 sponsored sports with the overall roster growing. The school started an Esports team in 2023 that has seven players and Cody is one of 18 schools that joined the Detroit Lions Girls High School Flag Football program this spring.
Antonio Baker, the school’s athletic director, said that “a large percent” of the student-athletes at his school are playing three sports throughout the school year to stay in shape, and that students play additional sports, in part, because of their coaches.
“Some of the coaches, they coach multiple sports, so the athletes move with the coaches from those sports, ” Baker said.
At Gibraltar Carlson, coaches serve as teachers, hall monitors and other roles for roughly 1,050 students.
“Can you build an environment at a high school where coaches collaborate and coaches support each other’s successes and coaches believe that a student-athlete can play multiple sports?” asked Kalbfleisch. “I believe that’s the culture we’ve built here in this building.”
A parent’s viewFor Sikora, playing basketball and running track was really all about football.”I know a lot of the skills and different sports transfer over,” Drew Sikora said. “Like, I know playing basketball is really helpful for a receiver of football. And then track helps a lot with explosive ability and all that stuff; and, obviously, helps with speed. So mostly, I’ve just been enjoying myself and supplementing for football.”Sikora’s parents, Kent and Melissa, said all of that hard work added up to the moment he signed his commitment letter.“It’s an opportunity for him to go be the best version of himself and go chase dreams that hopefully surpass everything that Melissa and I have ever done,” said Kent Sikora, 52, of Gibraltar.It’s common for young athletes to specialize in one sport. Drew Sikora’s parents credit their son’s participation in football, basketball and track with making him a more well-rounded athlete.“It helps him learn how to be a part of the team,” Kent Sikora said. Melissa Sikora added that her son avoided “pigeon-holing” himself.That’s what DeMarko Thurman, a former Division 2 athlete, said he experienced when he played high school ball.“I played basketball and I put all my eggs in one basket,” Thurman, 52, of Detroit, said. “But looking back on it … I totally regret not playing football. I kinda let my mom, (talk) me out of it, and then so it just kinda (became) tunnel vision with me.”Thurman advised his 17-year-old son Jeremiah, who plays basketball, to branch out.Jeremiah Thurman played a bit of football in middle school but focused on basketball. He didn’t get involved in another sport in high school until students at Detroit Douglass recruited him to participate in track and field. He was inspired by three seniors on the team who competed in the state championships.“I saw an opportunity to learn from those guys because they were all really, really athletic,” Jeremiah Thurman said. He learned breathing techniques and leg exercises that he says improved his basketball skills. “I could definitely tell it was a difference. I actually felt a lot more athletic when I was playing track.”But sports aren’t cheap. DeMarko Thurman, who works for the Ann Arbor school district, said he works multiple side jobs to cover the costs of in-season basketball and track and Amateur Athletic Union basketball.“I have to work harder, too, in a different way to be able to support these things and at the same time, not set our family back,” he said.Student-athletes will always specialize, athletic directors say, in hopes of getting noticed and playing at the next level. But the chances of becoming a professional athlete are slim, and playing different sports offers lessons.“Play as much as you can and try as much as you can. Because you’re going to be coached by different people. You’re going to meet different kids. You’re going to be exposed to different backgrounds, and I think all of that is just so valuable to a kid growing up. … You’re gonna have to get along with different bosses,” Kent Sikora said. “You’re gonna have to get along with different employees and colleagues throughout your life. So I think that is the greatest lesson that you can learn by playing along.”Eric Guzmán covers youth sports culture at the Free Press as a corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project. Make a tax-deductible contribution to support this work.
Contact Eric Guzmán: eguzman@freepress.com; 313-222-1850. Follow him on X: @EricGuzman90.
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