Canyon Lake's Zach Henshaw
Bracken’s Grady Achilles
The ReSporter has the privilege of covering two of the better running backs in the region this year. Both teams go unnoticed for similar reasons…Bracken Christian will be competing in their sixth season while the Canyon Lake Hawks will be in their fourth season against Varsity teams.
Many of the players will not get the same ink as players from established schools. Both programs made significant strides last year with Bracken celebrating a Division I Championship and Canyon Lake winning their first playoff game.
Both teams have running backs that will have records that will be hard to top in the years to come.
Grady Achilles and Zach Henshaw will both be Seniors playing in the backfield. Both players have put a lot of skins on the wall the last two years…here are some samples:
Zach Henshaw
- Rushed for 2,259 yards in the last two seasons.
- Averaging 119 yards per game.
- Finished last season with 771 yards in his last four games.
- Henshaw averaged 7.5 yards per carry during that stint.
- Topped 100 yards rushing in eight of the last ten games played.
- Henshaw has averaged 211 yards in the last three playoff games.
- He has averaged over 5 yards per carry for his career.
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The obvious reason was the Warriors being better. There were several items that fell together that helped in the undefeated season.
The ReSporter will go into some of the reasons Bracken won it all.
Turnover Ratio: The Warriors won the turnover battle in every game but one last season. Bracken intercepted 12 passes and threw five. The plus seven ratio helped BCS but that stat alone did not catapult the team to the championship.
Bracken Christian won the fumble stat overwhelmingly—28 to 8, or a plus 20. The opposition fumbled 42 times all together also helping Bracken hold the team without a first down.
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Junior Branson Belcher
The quarterback position is up for grabs and now we will talk to Junior Branson Belcher who will be battling the position out with Brandon Berger.
If you haven’t already noticed the quarterback job can only have players with the letter ‘B’ as their initials.
On the serious side, Belcher was the player who orchestrated the Junior Varsity last season. There are some decent stats for this young man that will give you an idea of what might be in store for the offense this year.
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Bracken Christian Warriors have a lot of work in front of them. The good thing about the upcoming season would be the view before the campaign starts.
The Warriors are looking at all of Division I football teams while being on top of the mountain. The view is great, but when the season gets going the team will be embarking on the 2011 Mountain and last year will be a memory.
“We had a veterans football team last year,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “This year we have a lot of question and have to rebuild our defense.”
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Brandon Berger
The Canyon Lake Hawks will have a very pivotal position to be filled in the month of August. Jeff Nabors has taken his talents to the Houston area and with his departure leaves the Hawks looking for his replacement.
Nabors finished last season as All-District quarterback and helped take the team two rounds in the playoffs.
Senior Brandon Berger was the back up last season and settled into the starting role in the defensive backfield.
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The Bracken Christian Warriors will start the year looking a little different. Junior Eli Achilles started his career in the safety position and now with the loss of Joe Lonigro, Achilles will be bringing his 207 tackles up to the linebacker spot.
The progression of the young man has been significant. Eli Achilles started his freshman year, 5’10” and 140 pounds. Achilles now has a much bigger frame, 6’2” and 166 pounds.
Eli trails only Grant Granato, who graduated last year, by 17 tackles to take over first place in that category. Achilles also leads the team with 12 interceptions for his career.
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Head Coach Matt Monzingo
The ReSporter has come to a realization that you don’t have to have a catchy title when you have scored an interview with the Head Coach for Canyon Lake High School.
The Hawks have a lot of momentum coming into this season. The team won four out of its last five games, and the loss was razor thin.
This Summer the ReSporter has spent much of its time interviewing and talking about the Offensive Lineman and Coach Monzingo started right on the same page.
“There is nothing harder for the offensive line Coach, than to balance the pass blocking and run blocking,” Coach Monzingo started.
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Bobby Flint
Bobby ‘the tackle machine’ Flint had a very good career for the Canyon Lake Hawks the last three years. Flint will be taking his football resume to Angelo State University Rams this coming Fall.
The ReSporter will be having Flint reflect on his new career with the Rams each week for the website. By having a series of articles with Flint giving you the fan and possible future player that might want to continue your playing days after your high school graduation.
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BCS Depth Charges Hit Target Say GoodKnight to Covenant, 52-38
The Bracken Christian Warriors climbed a steep mountain in just five years to the pinnacle of TAPPS Division 1 football championship. The Warriors proved their worth in defeating Dallas Covenant Knights last Saturday in Moody, Texas.
The Championship game in Six-Man Division 1 has been dominated by schools in North Texas for the last six years. The Championship game has not had a south team play since the 2003 season, when Austin Regents ended their three year reign with three championships in a row.
Enter a team that many pundits said could not win the game because their was no depth on the roster. The team had one or two players at the most and that would not carry the Warriors to the trophy room. I don’t know what those pundits were smoking….but I do know that smoking is not allowed in the stadium, meaning they had not seen BCS play this year.
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Parents,
Here are a few reminders for the fast approaching football season and the start of the 2011 school year.
*July 27th & 28th Hawk Football Camp @ CLHS-Incoming 7th, 8th, & 9th Graders Time: 5:30-8:30pm Spread the news to all 7th, 8th, & 9th graders
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