Memorial held to honor Andrew Farias
Toyota Rattler Stadium was filled from midfield to end zone with people mourning the devastating loss of recent graduate Andrew Farias on Tuesday. The memorial held by the San Marcos High School Football Team Chaplain Pastor Mark Carrillo, in collaboration with the Rattler Football Booster Club, was a chance to honor the young man and the apparent great impact he had on his teammates and peers. Rattler football coach John Walsh announced that Farias’ jersey would be retired, so he would be the last player to wear the number 13; His jersey was framed and gifted to his mother Shannon Vasquez.
“Since this weekend, I’ve been contacted by many teachers that had him in class, and the common theme is his personality and his smile just changed the room,” Walsh said. “He was a positive student athlete. He was charismatic. And those personalities just made the room, made the field, made the bus rides; It [all] just changed in a positive manner.”
