Lake Cities Living Magazine August 2017

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Corinth Author

Shares Journey

Falcon

SEASON PREVIEW

How to Deal

WITH MIGRAINES

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here’s always that time of the year where it gets way too hot! Right?

Physically it seems as if the only

escape is to stay right in front of the air conditioning vent. Nostalgia pushes my mind back to those days of being a kid and the heat was the last thing I remember causing me any kind of struggle. I lived for summertime. Outside ventures and poolside days were all that my mind craved. Running into the house to stick my face in front of the window unit or accelerating fan was a cool reminder that I loved the summer.

As we fall into a new season, we are reminded of things that bring change.

Not only the weather, but school starting back, programs once again starting up and businesses taking a refreshing turn to see people rushing in and out to purchase and invest for the upcoming fall season.

As I’ve continued my journey of discovering the Lake Cities Community, I’ve found much change coming: highways expanding; new businesses opening; lakeside restaurants coming to life. I’ve had the opportunity to sit and visit with many locals who have expanded my knowledge and have given me a new found love for this new community I now find myself being saturated into.

As the summer begins to fall asleep for a while and fall makes its descent upon us, I know I will be thankful for a break from the heat. But more than that, I’m always grateful for change and progress. Moving forward is beneficial in every way as we move through seasons in our lives and in our communities.

Don’t forget I’m only a phone call away.

Let me help you make your business shine through the beauty and art of advertising here in Lake Cities Living.

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Table of

Contents

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On the Cover is 3 Kings Roofing Team

Featured: 3 Kings Family Serving Their Community

Lifestyle

Family

10 Gardening with Complete Solutions

25 Inside Education

08 LDISD Leadership Breakfast

Yourself

14 How to Deal with Migraines

26 Editor’s pick: Corinth Author Shares Journey of Healing

24 Inside Community 28 Volleyball: Lady Falcons 30 Lake Dallas Football Preview

18 Edit This with Steve Gamel 20 Insurance with Dave Reese Agency 22 Fitness with Outlaw Fit Camp

Learn How to Protect Your Business on Pg

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LDISD 3rd Annual

Lifestyle

Community Breakfast Features

Dan Rather L DISD held their 3rd Annual “Better Together” Community Breakfast on August 1 featuring special guest speaker Dan Rather.

Rather, a former journalist and anchor for CBS Evening News, spoke at length about the winning idea for the 2017 Rather Prize awarded to Lake Dallas Elementary teacher Katie Landaverde.

Landaverde’s idea is to create morning workshops for students

Our Very Own

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taught by community members, teachers and high school students.

It gives the students a chance to explore different passions and future careers on a wide variety of subjects, while jumpstarting their day with an energizing topic that they want to learn.

“There is nothing more important than the strength of our schools,” said Rather. “Most importantly our public schools.”

photos courtesy of LDISD

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Lifestyle | Gardening

Fertilizer

What’s Going On in my Yard...

W

hen it comes to turf maintenance, our friends over at GRASSPERSON are a great

source of knowledge. They’ve sent over

a couple things to keep in mind while we

go through the ups and downs of a typical Texas summer.

14-18 minutes; rotor style heads 20-25 minutes; and drip style lines range from 35-45 minutes. It is a great idea to have a professional walk thru the entire system to ensure proper coverage as well as efficiency of the system.

Mowing height

Watering

You should be watering at least 3-4 days

summer to help with water retention.

to avoid fungus issues. Run times for pop-

between 3-3.5” and the St. Augustine a

frequently. Always water between 4-6 a.m.

We recommend to keep your Bermuda

up spray heads should range between

little higher.

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grass to ensure it’s a success with all the heat stress we have had so far this summer. Just as important, be prepared after September 1 to apply your preemergents. You should not apply when the cool weather is here, but instead, apply weeks prior to the seasonal change to help fend off what’s coming.

Weeds

Nutsedge is a weed that is caused by heavy rainfall. To treat it, call a professional that has weed specific treatments to help get rid of this problem. General weed chemicals will not touch it, and other than thinning out some of your broad leaf weeds, could be a waste of money.

All grass should be cut higher in the

a week. The goal is watering deep, not

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You should be applying food to your

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Yourself

How to

Deal Migraines With

by Susan Neuhalfen

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f one has never experienced migraines, it is hard to understand the pain attached to them.

Migraines are debilitating headaches that make performing daily tasks

difficult for even the most determined of people. They affect roughly 12% of the population, the majority being women.

Watching for Signs While interviewing several area residents who have suffered from migraines, they all paid particular attention to the patterns and signs that lead to the migraine. In some cases a jagged light would appear on one side their vision. Some reported having migraines after coming “down” from a stressful situation. For

Signs of Migraines So how do you know if you’re having a migraine or just a headache? Here are some telltale signs of migraines: • Nausea and/or vomiting • Sensitivity to light and/or sound

others, it would happen hours after eating certain foods. The causes of the migraines are known as triggers.

Common Triggers • Allergies (including food allergies)

• Pain on one side of the head

• Bright lights

• Pain located behind one ear

• Loud noises

or eye

• Seeing flashing lights, spots or having double vision

• Vertigo, imbalance, fainting • Migraines usually give warning signs

• Strong odors • Foods, drinks especially containing caffeine and alcohol • Changes in weather • Changes in sleep

• Dehydration • Anxiety and stress • Medication • Hormonal changes Hormonal changes, whether menopause or menstruation, are a very common

triggers among women, which is why migraines are slightly more common in boys than girls until girls begin

menstruation. However, those with

kids mentioned dehydration and sleep

deprivation as the most common triggers.

“They don’t stay well hydrated, especially

in the Texas heat,” said one reader. “When my kids are playing sports I have to really monitor their schedules.”

Another reader had a child athlete who

was suffering from five migraines a month.

Not wanting to put him on medicine, she took control of his diet.

“I made sure that everything I fixed was

fresh and took all food with MSG out of

the house,” she said. “Processed foods really affected him.”

She and her husband kept an eye on the patterns. They made sure that he had

If natural remedies don’t help, or if new symptoms develop, the most important thing to do is to see a doctor who specializes in headache management.

a banana or yogurt just after his soccer

practices and always had water or a drink with electrolytes on hand. Now it’s rare that he gets a migraine.

Prevention and Treatment One of the recurring themes that every migraine sufferer mentioned was

recognizing the patterns that lead to the migraine. Many kept food journals to

see if there was a correlation between

A relatively new development in the treatment of chronic migraine headaches is to use Botox. Yes, the same Botox used to treat wrinkles, but don’t think that a trip to the plastic surgeon is in order.

Only a trained neurologist will have the clinical expertise to perform these Botox injections. Also, this method is only used

ingredients that caused the migraine.

for chronic migraine sufferers. A chronic

felt stress they began taking medication

headaches for 4+ hours at a time at least

Others recognized that as soon as they

to stave off any problems. One mentioned that she used Excedrin Migraine while

some had prescription medications. Still others, as soon as they saw the flashing lights, simply laid down in a dark room

with no sounds and covered their eyes

migraine sufferer is one who has migraine 15 days out of the month. For those chronic migraine sufferers who have not responded well to other medications, Botox injections have proven in many cases to be a positive alternative.

with a towel or sleep mask.

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3 kings Family

Serving Their Community

by Susan Neuhalfen

Services

Siding | Gutters | Interior & Exterior Paint | Fences | AC Repair | Windows | Metal Roofing/Awnings | and more

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f you’ve lived in North Texas long enough, chances are, you’ve already been through it once.

Getting a new roof is usually something

that homeowners deal with once, maybe twice, in their lifetime. Not here. About every six years or so, North Texas sees a hail storm that causes considerable

damage, rendering many roof repairs and replacements. Still, the process is

complicated and frustrating. That’s why it’s important to work with an honest,

reputable roof company who knows how to handle all that is involved, and do it

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3 Kings Roofing is A+ BBB Rated. Internet ratings can’t always be trusted so ask for references – people you can call – who are their former clients. It’s not often that you get a new roof, and it’s not cheap, so make sure you get it done right the first time. being taken for their insurance money? willing to take the time to explain the insurance process. We do this every

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Yourself | Edit This

Need Writing

Advice?

Here’s 5 Can’t-Miss Tips, In Quotes

by Steve Gamel

A

spiring writers occasionally need to hear encouraging words and advice from predecessors who really knew what the heck they were talking about. These tips are often referred to as nuggets of wisdom, and they are everywhere in the writing world.

I mean, think about all the great writers, poets, journalists, and authors who came before us: Hemingway, Austen, Poe, Twain, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Thoreau. These are just a few of the geniuses who continue to inspire generations of writers, not only through their classic works, but with the indispensable writing advice they left behind.

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Here are 5 can’t-miss tips from famous writers, poets, and authors “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” — Ernest Hemingway “Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.” — Mark Twain “If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.” — Emily Dickinson “You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense.”

— William Shakespeare “I try to leave out the parts that people skip.” — Elmore Leonard

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Yourself | Insurance

Protect Your

Business,

Your Way W

hile your day-to-day business operations are complex, understanding your insurance does not have to be. At Farmers Insurance we can help you obtain the right type and amount of insurance that let you sleep at night. Here are some of the specialized coverages that we offer to our business clients:

•

Employment Practices Liability can

cover your business if discrimination,

•

sexual harassment or wrongful

•

Property Insurance can fund repairs or

fire, windstorms, or hail strike.

•

•

Liability Insurance can protect against

products or services.

•

Business Income Coverage (also known as Business Interruption

Insurance) allows you to continue to receive income while your business is being restored. It not only helps you to cover expenses needed to keep a business operating after a loss, but it also helps you to replace lost revenue.

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Contractor’s Errors and Omissions

you for post-event credit monitoring

product, your work, or impaired

Life Insurance for Business Owners can help you plan for business

Umbrella can shield your business

from potentially ruinous lawsuits with additional liability coverage.

•

•

provides coverage for potential

reward your top people.

•

pedestrians for which you and your

costs related to hiring a company to

employee or partner and retain/

of injury or property damage caused by you or your employees and your

employees are liable.

succession, survive the loss of a key

financial losses resulting from claims

protected against losses from injuries

response services and expenses

costs for victims of breach.

assets when disasters like vandalism,

accident and ensure your business is

provides coverage for privacy breach

operate a call center, and reimbursing

replacements for damaged physical

on the road again quickly after an

to other drivers, passengers and

a security breach, including fees and

present, former or future employees.

Business Auto Insurance can get you

Cyber Liability and Data Breach

incurred to notify parties affected by

termination claims are made by

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Workers’ Compensation Insurance

can satisfy your employees’ medical needs in the event of an accident or disease and make a quick return to work possible, while removing lawsuit potential by current or former employees.

liability arising from damage to your property caused by a negligent act, error or omission while performing your business operations. This includes use of defective materials or products.

Whether you are an HVAC contractor or provide IT services, Farmers has the coverage to protect you! Come see us at the Dave Reese Agency or call 940.387.2181.

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Yourself | Fitness

tune ups, oil changes and quality fuel

How to Prevent

then you can’t expect it to perform well on the road. The same applies to your body.

Getting healthy amounts of sleep, eating

well balanced meals and staying hydrated will all contribute to your performance during exercise. The healthier your

lifestyle is, the less likely you are to suffer an injury.

Step 5: Condition

T

This may seem like the most obvious step

here is nothing more frustrating than starting a workout plan only to succumb to injury. It’s hard enough

to get motivated but when there is pain

involved it makes it downright impossible some days.

Last month we talked about common

injuries due to sedentary lifestyle (sitting at a desk all day), improper form or falls. This month, we will talk about ways to those prevent injuries.

Tight muscles are big contributors to

to injury prevention, but unfortunately

before and after your workout to stave

keep their bodies in top condition by

strains. Take the time to stretch everyday

it is the most overlooked. People who

off injury.

exercising regularly and maintaining a

Step 2: Warm Up

themselves. When exercise programs are

Preparing for your workout should not

begin and end with putting on your gym

clothes. Your muscles need to be coaxed into motion by way of a 10-15 minute

warm up in order to prepare them for injury-free use. Cold muscles are less

Your 5-Step Injury Prevention Plan

elastic and are therefore more prone

healthy lifestyle are the least likely to injure started and stopped sporadically your

muscles are most likely to become injured.

Conditioning also has another great

benefit that everyone enjoys – you get to

look and feel great! And who doesn’t want that, right?

to tears.

The ultimate injury prevention plan is to

meeting your fitness goals. The following

Step 3: Proper Gear

experts. Together we will explore proper

chance of injury and if you do find yourself

has everything to do with their shoes.

efficient if you have been following these

Find shoes that offer support and traction

Call us today to get started. It’s time

that they aren’t too tight or too loose. If

you deserve.

Injuries don’t have to slow you from

5 steps will dramatically reduce your

For most fitness enthusiasts, proper gear

injured, your recovery will be quick and

Don’t be fooled—not just any shoe will do.

5 steps:

for your exercise of choice, and make sure

Step 1: Stretch

What is more boring than stretching? You want to exercise, not sit around touching

pair of high-tops for extra support.

Step 4: Lifestyle

increase muscle elasticity and durability.

car; if you don’t maintain it with regular

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technique and will craft a plan for your unique fitness goals.

to take action and get the results that

you are prone to ankle injuries then try a

your toes, right? Even though it isn’t

exciting, stretching is the best way to

work with our team, your qualified fitness

Stop for a moment and think about your

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Know

Be in the

Family

Inside Community

LDHS All 80’s Reunion in September

The 3rd Annual LDHS All 80’s Reunion is September 9 from 11am until 7pm at Westlake Park in Lake Dallas at the Cottonwood Pavilion. There will an 80’s DJ, a bounce house for kids, BYO snacks, lunch, dinner, and beverages.

Boats, jet skis, fishing and swimming supplies are welcome. The party is open to all 1980’s alumni of Lake Dallas High School, their friends and family.

Donations to help fund the event can be made at www.gofundme.com/ LDHSreunion2017

Lake Dallas resident Melinda McQuillen is on a mission to get everyone fit.

She is offering FREE coed classes at 6:30pm on Monday and Saturday at Lakeside Community park in Highland Village and on Tuesdays (women only) at Doubletree Park in Highland Village. In addition to the workout, participants learn about nutrition and motivation. Bring a mat, towel and water and get ready to sweat!

Small Business Excellence Award

Communities in Schools North Texas (CISNT) is looking for mentors and volunteers to help with at-risk students.

The mentors will participate once per month in the Lunch with a Leader program. Please contact Amber Shattuck and see how you can help ashattuck@cisnt. org or call 972.538.9323. They are also hosting a meet and greet at Oakmont Country Club on August 24 at 5:30pm to learn more about CISNT.

Lake Dallas Realtor Clyde Fisher has been selected to receive the 2017 Lake Dallas Small Business Excellence Award. The program recognizes outstanding small businesses that have achieved success in the community and enhance the positive image that makes Lake Dallas a vibrant and vital place to live. Clyde has been a realtor in the area for over 40 years and is very involved in Lake Dallas community.

photo courtesy of Clyde Fisher

Looking for Mentors and Volunteers

photo courtesy of Melinda McQuillen

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Inside Education Lake Dallas ISD Teachers of the Year Announced LDISD has announced their 2017 campus Teachers of the Year for the district. Congratulations to Cymica Gallahan, Corinth Elementary; Deborah Zertuche, Lake Dallas Elementary; Dawn Gray, Shady Shores Elementary; Casey Harl, Lake Dallas Middle School and Kelli Whiteside, Lake Dallas High School. Every year, each LDISD campus names a Teacher of the Year and then a district committee selects the District Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year to be announced later.

LDE Wins Digital Award

photos courtesy of Mahanga of Wikimedia Commons

Lake Dallas Elementary has been recognized as a Common Sense Digital Citizenship Sense Certified School for teaching their students to use technology safely and responsibly. The award came from Common Sense, a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of digital media and technology. LDE was recognized for preparing students to use the power of digital media while limiting plagiarism, loss of privacy and cyberbulling.

NorTex College Fair at Golden Triangle Mall

Denton ISD Looking for Mentors and Volunteers

Representatives from nearly 200 colleges and universities in Texas and around the country will be at Golden Triangle Mall on Monday, September 11 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm to will help potential students with admissions, financial aid and other information at the NorTex College Fair. High school counselors will also be on hand to assist their students and parents. Golden Triangle Mall is located at 2201 Interstate 35E in Denton.

Denton ISD is currently looking for mentors and volunteers. Mentors work 30 minutes to an hour each week, same time, same day, and with the same student. All of our mentors serve as role models and provide encouragement. There are also bi-weekly or monthly opportunities available. No teaching experience is necessary. Please contact Courtney Martin at 940.369.0146 or cmartin@dentonisd.org

Upcoming

EVENTS Pumpkin Palooza October 21st from 11am - 9pm The City of Corinth will hold it’s annual Pumpkin Palooza Fall Festival at the Corinth Community Park.

Find out about CISNT August 24th at 5:30pm CISNT Community in Schools of North Texas is hosting a meet and greet event at Oakmont Country Club. Come out and learn more about this great program.

Cross Timbers Church New Location Cross Timbers Church has opened up a new located in Lake Cities at 3600 Meadowview Dr. in Corinth.

Services are Sundays at 9:30am and 11am.

WATCH D.O.G.S. NEED YOU The new school year is upon us so we, fathers, uncles, grandfathers, businessmen, and civic leaders, need to be an example to the students of LDISD. One hour of your week is all that is needed. Sign Up, step Up; open doors, walk halls, read books, sit and chat, or open those tough little packets of ketchup. Sign up and see what a difference you can make.

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photo courtesy of Anna LeBaron

Family

Corinth Author Shares

Journey of Healing

by Susan Neuhalfen

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here is so much to learn from Anna LeBaron.

Author of The Polygamist’s Daughter,

the Lake Cities resident has lived a life

that most of us have only heard about in

“My ‘normal’ has been to brace myself

against pain and bulldoze through it as if it weren’t happening at all,” said Anna.

“I learned at an early age to pretend, deny, and internalize everything.”

documentaries or on the news. She is the

Whatever you do, Anna, just don’t become

leader, Ervil LeBaron, who was expelled

eliminated.

daughter of the famous polygamist cult from the Mormon church in the 1950s.

LeBaron believed himself to be a prophet

a problem. As you know, problems are She’d heard these haunting words all

“He is ready to bring you to wholeness and healing and aliveness again,” she said. “That redemption and restoration is

too often.

available to everyone.”

Dubbed the “Mormon Manson” by the

Despite leaving the cult in 1982, it

Today her life in a good place right,

20, including his own brother, Joel, a rival

counseling and not until 2014 did she

and helping others through speaking

no regrets about the journey, which she

are interested in writing their own stories.

sent to Earth to purify the Mormon faith.

press, he ordered the killings of more than

took several years before she sought

fulfilling her dream of writing the book

cult leader.

begin writing the book. However, she has

engagements and coaching those who

Ervil had 13 wives and over 50 children including Anna, who worked every day

after school, either cleaning appliances in

says is still part of the process of healing and always will be.

One part of her healing, she says, was the importance of giving her children roots

repair shops or selling baked goods on

“I didn’t understand the amount of abuse

and a hometown, in Corinth, where all

They moved from one house to another,

just wanted to put my past in the past and

Guyer High School.

trying to stay one step ahead of the law.

Now, Anna says, she can tell the story

the street to make money for “the family”.

and trauma I had suffered,” said Anna. “I

always under the cover the darkness,

leave it there.”

Despite her unusual upbringing, her

without being re-traumatized and help

common to all of us.

sharing her story has inspired others to

emotional experiences are all too

“The themes of the book - abuse, neglect, fatherlessness, lack of provision, lack of

protection - those are common,” said the author, speaker and life coach who has

lived in Corinth for 12 years. “You don’t

have to have born into a polygamist family to draw from the themes of the book.”

Anna’s turning point came when she finally confided in a friend about her life and all

others in the process. She has found that pursue their own healing journey.

“God’s promise in the Bible is that He will be the father to the fatherless,” said Anna.

“No matter where you find yourself, you are not alone.”

five of her children have graduated from “All of my children have supported me in their own ways,” she said. “I’m a very proud mom.”

She speaks at many women’s events, book signings and is now a certified life coach, though she uses it more to help people interested in printing their own books. She calls herself an “author coach”. She also uses social media to highlight new books that she feels the public needs to be made aware of. All in all, she is very happy in the life that she has created for herself and her family.

that she’d experienced. Her friend urged

Anna said that she saw how, despite

“This is all part of the healing

minister at church who then referred her

orchestrating events and people in her

hope and encouragement is a

her to seek counseling, first through a lay to a professional counselor.

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her circumstances, she saw His hand

journey,” said Anna. “Giving others

life, giving her protection all along.

dream come true to me”.

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Volleyball:

Family

Ready for New Regime

by Steve Gamel

N

ew Lake Dallas volleyball coach Angel Mauterer is still trying to get a feel for her new surroundings.

But she is insistent this year’s Lady Falcons team will again be in the hunt for a playoff spot in District 14-5A. Mauterer happened to be the head coach for District 14-5A rival, Carrollton Creekview, last year. Not only did her team split its regular-season series with the Lady Falcons, but both teams finished tied in the standings and were forced to play a third time to determine playoff seeding.

Creekview won in a five-set thriller.

Point being: Mauterer knows how difficult it is to beat Lake Dallas. Her goal moving forward is to build off that.

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Mauterer replaced former coach

Heather Van Noy, who is now the

head coach at Guyer. In six seasons at

Lake Dallas, Van Noy led her team to the

playoffs four times. This includes two trips

to the third round. Mauterer is no stranger to the postseason, either, having taken

Creekview in each of her last 10 seasons as coach.

“I’m very excited,” Mauterer told the

To build off Lake Dallas’ first-round playoff

Denton Record-Chronicle.

on the trio of Kasey Bortnem, Mallory

on with spring practices and

exit last year, Mauterer said she will rely

Klingele and Bailey Dolezalek. The rest of the roster, and how they lineup the best

on game nights, is still to be determined as the Lady Falcons work their way

through the first part of the season. But Mauterer is optimistic.

“There’s been so much going summer leagues, that there’s been plenty of opportunities to watch these girls. I just haven’t had a chance to coach them. I’m eager to get started and build upon the tradition that Heather started.”

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SEASON PREVIEW:

photos courtesy of LDISD

by Steve Gamel

L

ake Dallas is coming off a rough season that saw the Falcons again face injuries at quarterback while

never really gaining momentum in a

tough District 14-5A race. But head coach

that we will not only make playoffs, but we will be competing for a district title.”

The potential for a bounce-back season starts at quarterback.

Michael Young said his team wasn’t too far

Ryan Depperschmidt is the starter

they could be competing for a district title.

Last year as a sophomore,

out of the mix, and the expectation is that There’s a lot to be optimistic about in

Young’s eyes, namely experience. Unlike

last year, Lake Dallas returns more starters (eight) and a considerable amount of younger players who saw significant

playing time. All of them, Young said, are

bigger and stronger. This includes beefed up offensive and defensive lines, which

should make the Falcons a more difficult team to push around.

sides of the ball – at almost every position on the field,” Young said. “What we have coming back at wide receiver and on the offensive line is special. I have no doubt

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seemingly in place, Young is excited to focus on giving him plenty to work with.

Three offensive linemen return, as do wide receivers Charles Williams and Christian Covington. Both receivers combined for 604 yards last year and should play a bigger role in 2017.

Depperschmidt was in the mix to be the

Brandon Engel will also

lost out to Spencer

Ky’lee Smith. Smith is

play receiver, as will

starter but ultimately Frederickson. When

also the team’s primary

Frederickson got hurt,

Depperschmidt and Drew

Sanders both saw playing time

at the position. Frederickson has since

graduated, and Sanders transferred to Colleyville Heritage.

“I think we are definitely better on both

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heading into his junior year.

With an entrenched starter at quarterback

Depperschmidt threw for 698 yards and eight touchdowns. He fits the mold of

a prototypical Lake Dallas quarterback

given that he can use both his arm and legs to frustrate opponents.

running back.

Defensively, Zalen Long moves from left guard to defensive tackle to bolster a front line that includes guys like Jakob Machuca, D.L. Robinson and Telanio Evans.

Lake Dallas opens its season Sept. 1 against Denton.