Bracken Christian has a gaudy 37-2 record over the past three years or how about a winning percentage of .949 during that time span.
Not to shabby is it, want more?
Those two losses were by a combined six points.
BCS during that same time frame has outscored their opponents by 988 points and of those 37 wins 22 have not gone four quarters because of the Mercy Rule. (If winning by 45 or more points after halftime, the game is called.)
Bracken has been to the final four for three years and counting. They are one game from advancing this year.
BCS, as they prepare for Abilene Christian Panthers, do not get much credit for a pretty nice resume as this upcoming game has your Warriors as much as a 35 point underdog.
The reason? Texas is a large State.
Take a map out and find out all you can about an El Paso six-man squad.
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Canyon Lake Boy’s Freshman team had a refreshing win over Stockdale Freshman squad last Tuesday night at Hawk Gym, winning 58-28.
All the Hawks got into this game and contributed in some fashion. It was a good game to work on different aspects of their game for future encounters.
Justin Ferris finished with six points and was like many other players as both his field goals were from beyond the arc. There were several players that launched a barrage of shots from down town.
“It’s all in commitment,” Ferris started. “Everybody is working hard and knowing what to do.”
In games that get enough separation, you will find Coaches in a learning mode.
“Trying to feed the ball to the post men and get them into the game,” Ferris said after asked on what part of this game, Coach wanted them to work on.
“We are still trying to get into basketball shape from football shape,” Coach John Barthels said. “We have players that have not picked up a basketball in a year.”
Coach Barthels also commented on how he managed this game, “We were able to make better passes and started playing more as a team. Our defense picked up and we were in the right spots today for our press.”
This Canyon Lake team did not lose any intensity or skill level no matter how deep in the bench, Coach Barthels went.
“We are a very athletic team,” Coach Barthels finished.
1 2 3 4 Final
Stockdale Freshman 7 9 5 7 28
Canyon Lake Freshman 15 19 15 9 58
Canyon Lake will be getting more air punps for game day as the Hawks started another game flat in their loss to Stockdate Brahmas last Tuesday night at Hawk gym, 53-49.
The Hawks left 14 points on their free throw line as well as putting a lid on their basketball rim which helped in this loss.
CL did not respond well to start the game and played from behind throughout this contest.
“There are a lot of bad things we did in this game, but at least we fought and did not give up,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We finally had a lot of pluses in this game.”
Late in the third quarter, Stockdale increased their lead to, 38-26 with 2:24 left in the quarter.
Canyon Lake cut into that lead and only trailed, 39-32 going to their bench.
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Canyon Lake had beaten Bastrop High School earlier this year and with this victory over Cedar Creek, can now claim ownership of Bastrop.
Cedar Creek is a program that is newer than CL competing in Sports and last season the Hawks had an easy go of it, when they white washed the Eagles, 37-10.
Another year of competition has made a big difference as this game went down to the wire.
Canyon Lake led by six points going into their half time locker room and Cedar Creek cut into that tenuous advantage throughout the next two stanza’s, but this resilient Hawk team still held on for their win.
Amber Ramsey and Katie Williams combined for 12 points and that was well off their season average.
So far this year this combo has had a 26.5 points per game average underneath, which helps open the outside for CL.
Finding ways to win will be a benefit as this season matures. This conquest now has Canyon Lake with a five game winning streak.
No other Hawk team has started the year this hot. Another win will tie the 2009 team who had a six and a five game winning streak during that campaign.
Congratulations on your first Town Trophy, now let’s go conquer some more cities in our District.
Canyon Lake will take the courts next Tuesday, November 27th at Luling, with opening tip 5pm for the Freshman.
The Hawks next home game will be Lampasas on December 4th.
CL 5-0 1 2 3 4 Final
Hawks 8 12 11 7 38
Cedar Creek 8 6 12 9 35
Scorers:
Hannah St John-9, Amber Ramsey-8; Olivia Flores-8;
Kyndall Drum-7; Katie Williams-4; Dulce Brown-1;
Tammy Dean-1.
Canyon Lake Junior Varsity continues their strong play during first part of season as this Hawk team scored at will in a complete victory, 73-23 over the Stockdale Brahmas.
CL shot over 50% for each quarter as the Hawks played like they were in their 20th game this season.
More assists than turnovers and controlling every facet in this game.
“We are getting better,” Head Coach Brian Hooper said. “We played well down low and our defense was very strong.”
“This team has some good basketball skills.”
Two players, Trendon Martinez and Austin Acosta, were both perfect from the floor with both players making six shots a piece.
“This is my first year back since my seventh grade year,” Martinez reminisced. “We have a great chemistry and we play as a family.”
On how this game went compared to earlier games, Martinez commented, “We played better, looking for better shots and not settling for outside shots.”
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Season Standings W L Pct.
Boerne Geneva 11 0 1.000
Bracken Warriors 10 1 .909
SA The Winston 7 4 .636
Kerrville OLH 6 5 .545
SA The Lutheran 1 6 .143
CASA 1 7 .125
This Week's Games:
Bracken Christian Warriors vs. Abilene Christian 2pm Saturday in Zephyr, Texas
Boerne Geneva vs. Rockwall Heritage
Last Week's Results:
Bracken Christian 60 SugarLand Logos Prep 30
Boerne Geneva 70 Pasadena FBC 08
Huntsville Alpha Omega 74 Kerrville OLH 51
Austin Hill Country 70 SA The Winston 48
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Bracken By The Numbers:
0 Times BCS has lost when scoring 30 or more points in Playoffs.
3 Games Bracken has rushed over 400 yards this year.
5.4 Average Opponents have rushed in playoff games.
8 Games Bracken has rushed for over 400 yards in a game.
8.7 Average yards per rushing play in playoffs.
9 Turnovers Bracken has given up in playoff games.
12 Interceptions for Eli Achilles this year.
15 Games Bracken has had over 400 yards of offense.
24 Turnovers BCS has forced in playoff games.
25 Touchdowns thrown by Cody Blackmon in his career.
28 Career interceptions for Eli Achilles.
35 Consecutive quarters that BCS has scored points.
50 Touchdowns thrown by Eli Achilles in his career.
197 Yards rushing for Connor Simmons for 10th place in BCS history.
461 Yards receiving for Davis Scott in his career for 5th place all-time.
801 Yards rushing for Preston Koch for 4th place in BCS history.
1267 Yards receiving by Grant Granato in his career for 1st place all-time.
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History: Abilene Christian leads series, 1-0.
2011 BCS 28 Abilene Christian 32 Semi-Final Game
This Year's Results:
BCS 56 Austin Hill Country 06 ACH 68 Cherokee 34
BCS 66 Sugarland Logos Prep 20 ACH 62 Newcastle 20
BCS 60 Brenham Christian 12 ACH 30 Rockwall Heritage 22
BCS 56 Boerne Geneva 58 ACH 14 Water Valley 60
BCS 58 SA Lutheran 00 ACH 62 Watauga Harvest 06
BCS 98 Gustine 56 ACH 102 Rotan 57
BCS 53 SA Winston 08 ACH 51 Carrolton Christian 22
BCS 53 CASA 00 ACH 52 FW THESA 00
BCS 51 Houston Emery-Weiner 19 ACH 54 Amarillo Holy Cross 00
BCS 60 Kerrville OLH 14 ACH 64 Midland Trinity 14
BCS 60 Sugarland Logos Prep 30 ACH 72 Watauga Harvest 24
Bracken Christian will fight another epic battle with Abilene Christian Panthers this coming Saturday in Zephyr, Texas.
Last year, the Warrior’s season ended against this eventual TAPPS Champion, by four points and only three yards from what would of been a different outcome.
The Panthers returned three offensive and defensive starters from that team and have done a good job of keeping their mojo going, as they have only one loss this season to a UIL Water Valley team.
Abilene did have to replace their Quarterback from last season and Michael Avila has done an admirable job taking over those responsibilities.
Other players that you will notice during this contest; first on the defensive side of the line.
Trevor Tyson will be patrolling the backfield and two defensive ends that might be star material in J.D. DosSantos and Samai Massaquoi. These two players were pivotable in last year’s game when holding a very potent Bracken team to 28 points.
The last time BCS has been held to a point total lower was in their final game in 2009 against eventual TAPPS Champion Greenville Christian which held the Warriors to 24 points.
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Canyon Lake is still a work in progress as they lost to a very athletic team in Stacey last Friday night at Hawk Gym.
The game started and ended with some exciting play at both ends of the court.
CL started with a press and ended with a press.
In between, a maize set in and Stacey slowly increased their lead to as much as 16 points in the third quarter.
Caleb Kreiger started strong with 6 straight points, but then some point blank shots just could not find the bottom of the basket and that caused that deficit to increase.
Paul Davis was a spark plug for the Hawks as he poured in 19 points in the loss.
Davis was the only player to hit a basket in that third quarter as he had 10 of those 12 points.
When asked about how he is viewing this season after a rough go at it last year, “Consistency with my shot, I just have to perfect it and get it (shot) down during the game,” Davis said. “I was able to create space and I got a chance to run the offense and execute the offense more.”
However, Davis also fell victim to three turnovers in a row in the second quarter that allowed a run for Stacey, “I need to try and stay calm when I’m under pressure, it kind of freaked out on that and I need to work on keeping calm and poised.”
Canyon Lake fought back to within eight points in the fourth quarter, when the Hawks installed their press again to get some easy shots.
“I have to trust it (the press) a little more,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman lamented. “Especially a team like that, the more we ork on it and I will have more confidence. We are still trying to figure out our identity and play up tempo. Offensively we found some pick and roll stuff with Caleb (Kreiger) and found out some guys who can help offensively.”
Canyon Lake is still a work in progress and improvement will need to be the key as pre-district games will certainly allow you to see what to have confidence in.
Score by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Final
Stacey 22 16 16 11 65
Canyon Lake 18 9 12 15 54
Scoring:
Davis-19, Kreiger-15, Hubnik-11, Faulkner-3, McIntire-3,
J. Mendez-2, Ferris-1.
Canyon Lake Junior Varsity Basketball team pulled away from Stacey in the third quarter after hitting for 70% from the field.
That quarter allowed the Hawks the separation needed to coast for a 16 point win, 50-34.
The first quarter, CLJV was not in sync, as they were only able to get eight shots off. When shooting 50% for a quarter, you will usually like to get more chances at the basket.
A two point lead was not a good indicator on how this game might transpire.
Good defense helped Canyon Lake increase that two point lead up to seven points going into halftime.
The third quarter was when CL got their bearings, while shooting a lofty percentage and big Sean Nolan setting up shop underneath the basket for what proved to be the deciding quarter in this game.
Nolan finished with 10 rebounds and altered many more shots that gave the Hawks that elusive momentum.
“Just trying to get rebounds and put backs,” the 6’5″ Nolan bellowed. “This was just our second game and we need to work on our shots.”
Well said, from a man that was twice the size, of this reporter, as this reporter looked up during the interview.
Austin Acosta also had a good game as he shared the leading scorer accolades with Trendon Martinez with nine.
“I was trying to get good looks and having to move the ball around to get our offense going,” Acosta said. “We can get pretty good when we get into better condition.”
A good game for Canyon Lake to see how far they need to go as this season progresses.
Now you can go work on those FREE Throws!
Good Luck Hawks!!!
Points 3pt Rebounds
Name FGM-FGA FGM-FGA FTM-FTA Pts OF DE Tot A S B T0
Trendon Martinez 4-9 1-3 0-1 9 2 5 7 0 0 0 1
Garrett Winters 1-3 1-2 1-2 4 0 3 3 2 0 0 3
Scott Taylor 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Austin Acosta 4-8 1-2 0-2 9 1 0 1 1 2 0 1
Michael Russell 0-3 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Skylar Tschoepe 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 1
Nic Adams 2-6 0-0 1-2 5 2 6 8 2 0 0 2
Sean Nolan 4-5 0-0 0-4 8 3 7 10 0 3 1 1
Qurion Banks 1-3 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 4
Tommy Clark 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2
Branton Kindla 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Pfaff 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 3 1 1 0 1
Total 21-47 3-8 5-17 50 9 29 38 13 10 1 19
Percent 44.7% 37.5% 29.4%
