Bracken Christian started their season with a win over Temple Holy Trinity to the tune of, 54-24.
“Our guys executed and started off like they should have,” Head Coach Hosea Stredic said. “It was all about execution.”
It was music to the Warriors ears as Cristian De Leon opened the game with a 48 yard kick off return as BCS used that score and added two more for a 24-0 first quarter lead.
More music to the ears came at the sound of watching Carlos Navarro complete 7 out of 8 scores with extra point success that can many times spell doom or victory in 6-man games.
Daniel Forgione also was a first chair recipient as he returned to Bracken’s sideline after a one year absence by finishing with 2 touchdowns and 144 yards rushing.
Some rookies also played their horns well, as Presley Day finished this ensemble with 208 rushing yards, capping it off with a 74 yard touchdown run putting him with a good group of accomplished Warrior rushers.
Player Yds Game Year
1. Grady Achilles 78 Austin Hill Country 2010
1. Eli Achilles 78 SA Winston 2012
3. Presley Day 74 Temple Holy Trinity 2015
3. Noah Boriack 74 San Marcos Home School 2013
5. Grady Achilles 71 Emery-Weiner 2011
6. Noah Boriack 70 Austin Veritas 2014
6. Austin Wilkinson 70 New Braunfels Christian 2011
The music was not only played by the offense but the defense also hummed a couple of bars as newcomer Cade Middleton finished with 9 tackles and Day put 8 Temple players to the ground.
Noble Simmons not only had a sack, but he caused a fumble on the play and recovered the ball to complete the stanza.
“I believe the Defensive End is the most important position on defense,” Coach Stredic stated. “We are in trouble if the DE cannot keep the play going to the inside….it is not their job to get tackles.”
Another player that did not have a lot of time on the field was Senior Joshua Chu, but this young man made every play count as he had two tackles in a row for lost yardage.
“Chu, is our secret weapon,” Coach Stredic said strategically. “He came in and gave guys a breather.”
The maestro (Coach Stredic) was also waving his hands on the sidelines helping the participants to be sure to not miss a note, as this tune had all the parts playing and singing in unison.
On Bracken’s first drive, the Warriors took 4 plays to score with Forgione toting the ball for 71 yards on the drive with one play covering 58 yards to help relieve the pressure.
More of the same on Bracken’s next possession when Brady Beene sauntered in from 10 yards out to finish the 52 yard drive and increase the Warriors lead to, 24-0.
From there, BCS, hit some rough edges as penalties helped in having some promising drives to stall.
Temple then opened their second half with 49 yard drive on 9 plays to get on the board. Alternating with 4 passes and 5 running plays kept the Warriors guessing wrong and giving up that first score.
Day got better as the day turned to night and was 35 yards of the 45 yards totaled in the next drive.
Forgione intercepted a Temple pass on the next series of downs and BCS took 6 plays to score when Beene found De Leon for a 7 yard pass helping Bracken to enjoy their largest lead of the night, 38-6.
Do a little math and you will see how important having Navarro on your team.
The 8 touchdowns resulted in 14 extra points that in the past 4 years being successful on the pat has not been a given.
Temple Holy Trinity was 0fer on their point after attempts and those 14 points might not mean much in a game like this, but for future reference, those points will be gold when you are playing teams that every point is important.
With 4:00 minutes left in the game was when Day decided to turn out the lights on Temple when he scampered 74 yards for the, 54-18 score deep in the fourth quarter.
Bracken did a lot of things well for this first game of the season and now will see if they can continue to grow and mature as a team.
“We came out like we wanted to and did not run a whole lot of plays,” Coach Stredic closed. “We stayed in a tight offense for much of the game and played them straight up.”
The Warriors district is one of the toughest in the state and each game will be a test tube experiment on how to proceed with your goals in tact.
The music was nice on this night as the crescendo matched the anticipation as another year has started and knowing how this piece of music will end is anybodies guess at this point, but for this night it was music to the ears!
Go Warriors!!
1 2 3 4 Final
Temple Holy Trinity 0 0 12 12 24
Bracken Warriors 24 0 14 16 54
Scoring Summary:
BCS-Cristian De Leon 48 yard kick-off return (Carlos Navarro kick), 9:48, 1st
BCS-Daniel Forgione 13 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 5:41, 1st
BCS-Brady Beene 10 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 0:00, 1st
THT-11 yard run (pat failed), 6:11, 3rd
BCS-Daniel Forgione 10 yard pass from Brady Beene (Navarro kick), 5:23, 3rd
BCS-Cristian De Leon 7 yard pass from Brady Beene (pat failed), 2:56, 3rd
THT-65 yard run (pat failed), 1:33, 3rd
THT-13 yard run (pat failed), 7:01, 4th
BCS-Presley Day 19 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 6:02, 4th
BCS-Presley Day 74 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 3:54, 4th
THT-20 yard pass (pat failed), 0:02, 4th
Game Stats Temple Warriors
Total Yards 275 442
First Downs 8 11
Rushes/Yards 27/199 33/390
Comp/Att/Int 10/19/1 5/8/0
Passing Yards 76 52
Punts/Average 4/40.8 0/0
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 3/2
Penalties-Yards 3-30 10-87
Passing Comp Att Pct Yds TD Int
Brady Beene 5 8 .625 52 2 0
Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD
Presley Day 15 208 13.9 74 2
Daniel Forgione 12 144 12.0 58 1
Brady Beene 3 26 8.7 16 1
Cristian De Leon 1 4 4.0 4 0
Joshua Chu 1 4 4.0 4 0
Cade Middleton 1 4 4.0 4 0
Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD
Cade Middleton 1 22 22.0 22 0
Daniel Forgione 2 20 10.0 10 1
Cristian De Leon 2 10 5.0 7 1
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Hawks after Winning Silver Bracket at Rattler Tournament
Canyon Lake won the Silver Bracket Championship in the San Marcos Rattler Tournament that finished on Saturday.
“We won the Bronze bracket last year and we wanted to bring some hardware home tonight,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said proudly.
The Hawks swept three games on Saturday winning the final over 6A Weatherford Kangaroos in three sets.
A good week of Volleyball for the Hawks after upping their schedule to play in last week’s NEISD Tournament against larger schools.
“This was a good day…..great day,” Coach Paisley said as her voice was leaving her. “Hannah’s (Wunderlich) serving was on fire, she had good muscle memory and she was on fire….our defense is getting better and we are heading in the right direction.”
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Tough going for Hawk’s offense
Blanco was able to reload much quicker than Canyon Lake as the Hawks could not find their revolver in time for the game and when they did it would not shoot in their opening loss, 14-0.
“I loved the effort,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “We were just not finishing and had crucial mistakes.”
Canyon Lake rebounded last season after having an offense that looked similar to this year’s start.
“We will get better and this game was night and day different from last year,” Coach Drum continued. “I am proud of these young kids and we just have to get better every week as many of them found out about Friday night lights and our confidence will get better.”
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Newcomer Andrew Kullberg loves playing on Defense
The season opener for the 2015 Freshman football season kicked off Friday at Lago Vista’s brand new beautiful High School as the Canyon Lake Hawk freshman took on the Lago Vista JV Gold Vikings.
The Vikings won the coin toss and at the time no one knew, but it would be the Vikings last time in which they won anything.
On the opening possession for Lago Vista, on a 3rd and nine, Trenton Lorett swooped down and picked off a pass on the Canyon Lake 42 yard line and sent the Vikings packing.
On the Hawk’s first possession after a false start from an eager offensive line, the O-line plowed head first into the Vikings defense on three consecutive plays and drove the defense back 55 yards when Lorett scored from 5 yards out and added his own 2 point conversion. 8-0 Hawks.
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CLJV take instructions after loss to Blanco last Thursday night, 24-14
Canyon Lake Junior Varsity went through the motions for their opener with Blanco as turnovers spelled dome for any chance of a comeback in their 10 point loss, 24-14.
The Hawks had the ball first and after three running plays with the longest being 2 yards a punt was needed.
“Turnovers and we did not do a good job of executing,” Head JV Coach John Barthels started. “We practiced against the Varsity this week and we just did not come out with that same intensity and did not respond well.”
Blanco then marched down to the Hawk 2 yard line when they fumbled away a chance for their first score of the season and CL staved off that early damage.
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Temple Holy Trinity @ Bracken Christian Warriors 7:30pm
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History: Warriors lead this series 1-0.
2014 Warriors 45 Holy Trinity 18
Bracken Christian will be starting their 10th year and you should know that 6-man is many times thought as an offensive game.
The numbers below will show that how your defense plays might be the difference in how far a team could go in the second season (Playoffs).
Year Off Points Scored Year Def Points Allowed Final Record
2011 61.3 2011 16.8 12-1
2012 58.8 2010 21.5 14-0
2010 57.4 2008 22.9 9-2
2009 49.1 2012 25.4 10-2
2008 46.4 2013 25.5 8-3
2007 45.5 2009 26.7 10-3
2013 44.4 2007 27.7 9-3
2014 44.1 2014 32.5 7-5
2006 27.2 2006 50.0 1-9
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The ReSporter Advertiser’s Pick’em Contest
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Sunnybrook/OLH Sunny OLH OLH OLH OLH OLH OLH
CastHil/Crosby C Hill C Hill C Hill C Hills C Hill C Hill C Hill
Blanco/CLHawks CLHawks CLHawks CLHawks CLHawks CLHawks CLHawks CLHawks
CLFr/LagoVista CL Fresh CL Fresh CLFresh CL Fresh CLFresh CLFresh CLFresh
CLJV/BlancoJV CLJV CLJV CLJV CLJV CLJV CLJV CLJV
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The ReSporter: Canyon Lake beat Fredericksburg 3-1 on Tuesday and Head Coach Kim Paisley was kind enough to offer some answers for the game and season.
Head Volleyball Coach Kimberley Paisley
The ReSporter: Did not see Addison Farley on any of the leader lines, did she play or are you having a reduced roll for her?
Coach Paisley: “She did play and played the whole match. I guess the way the game played out, she wasn’t able to execute with the bigger girls she had across the net. His lineup couldn’t sustain both Bailey and Addison so one of them were not going to get the same look on offense. He had to pick one to try and stop. Also the rotation we had when we were serving and keeping them out of system, fell on Bailey front row and Addison back row. Addison had some great digs last night.”
The ReSporter: Could the players see a difference in facing Fred vs. those teams faced last week in San Antonio? Read the rest here »
Coaches Corner with Bracken’s Hosea Stredic
Head Coach Hosea Stedic
The ReSporter will be having a weekly Coaches Corner with Coach Stredic this season as this will be an interesting time getting to know the ‘New’ Head Coach of BCS…hope you enjoy the talks.
The ReSporter: Coach Stredic, tell us how many years you have been coaching and where you were stationed.
Coach Stredic: “I have been coaching for 20 years now and the whole time I have been in El Paso….Faith Christian from 1994 to 1997, I coached at Jesus Chapel and then on to Bethel Christian till 2011. I went back to Faith Christian and that is where I was coaching when I took the Bracken position.”
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