Bracken Christian Championship Ring
The Bracken Christian 6-Man Championship season was full of broken records. The season had many memorable moments and the list below are some of the records tabulated by the ReSporter.
Please note the records are sketchy for the first three years, and many records in passing in those years are not noted.
However, you would not be far off in guessing that the chance of the vast majority of the first year’s feats would not be in the same area code from this past season.
Read and enjoy the accomplishments and get ready for another chance starting this August to rewrite some of the records that are mentioned below.
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Zach Henshaw and Grady Achillies
The ReSporter continues part two on the Dynamic Duo.
Zach Henshaw and Grady Achilles are the two running backs for Canyon Lake and Bracken Christian respectfully.
The two backs have a decorated career and are now on their final chapter in the High School arena. Both players have helped in taking their team to heights that are significant based on the age of the two programs.
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Bobby Flint
Bobby Flint will be off to San Angelo soon with a chance to continue playing football. The Angelo State University Rams will be the new stomping grounds for the recent graduated linebacker off the Canyon Lake team.
Flint will have an ongoing journal of what he has done and will do throughout his first year playing football at the College level.
This journal will be posted so others might take some lessons on what to expect if they take their skills to the next level. The ReSporter hopes you enjoy this feature.
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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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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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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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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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The Bracken coverage will start in earnest in the coming weeks as we prepare for the upcoming season. The Warriors won State in TAPPS Division I last year and look to repeat the accomplishment again.
BCS Season Stats ‘10 (14 games)
1 2 3 4 OT Final
Opponent 86 68 62 85 0 231
Bracken 284 286 109 118 6 803
Points Scored Run Pass Fumb Ret 2EP 1EP Total
Jr. Grady Achilles 62 5 0 3 5 70=425
Jr. Kevin Knapick 1 0 0 0 59/83 0 1=124
Sr. Grant Granato 0 14 1 2 1 17=103
So. Eli Achilles 6 0 0 3 0 9= 54
Jr. Ehren Jacobson 8 0 0 0 0 8= 48
Fr. Conner Simmons 3 0 0 0 0 3= 18
Sr. Joe Lonigro 0 2 0 0 1 2= 13
Sr. Stephen Burbank 0 0 1 0 0 1= 6
Fr. Preston Koch 0 0 1 0 0 1= 6
Jr. Jordan McDaniel 0 1 0 0 0 1= 6
113 803
Team Stats
Opponent Bracken
Total Yards 3735 5086
First Downs 125 136
Rushing/Yds 408/1991 302/3789
Passing 153/258/12 84/125/5
Passing Yds 1774 1301
Fumbles/Lost 42/28 14/8
Punts/Ave. 19/29.5 9/33.8
Penalties 55-458 33-289
Rushing Att Yds Lg TD
Jr. Grady Achilles 200 2940 78 62
So. Eli Achilles 31 417 46 7
Jr. Ehren Jacobson 52 254 20 8
Fr. Conner Simmons 5 94 48 3
Jr. Kevin Knapick 6 36 25 1
Sr. Grant Granato 13 35 19 0
Sr. Stephen Burbank 3 12 5 0
Fr. Preston Koch 1 -3 0 0
311 3785 78 81
Receiving Rec Yds Lg TD
Sr. Grant Granato 46 704 60 14
Jr. Grady Achilles 10 257 65 5
Sr. Joe Lonigro 13 157 35 2
Jr. Jordan McDaniel 8 130 30 1
So. Eli Achilles 5 43 13 0
Fr. Preston Koch 2 14 8 0
84 1305 65 22
Passing Comp Att Yds Lg TD Int
So. Eli Achilles 72 96 1156 65 19 4
Jr. Grady Achilles 12 29 149 42 3 1
84 125 1305 60 22 5
The Warriors had an impressive year last season as you look over the Season Stats for the team. Do take notice that Bracken will not be returning some players mentioned above.
Grant Granato, Joe Lonigro, and Stephen Burbank are in the stats above but will not be gracing the field this season.
The Hilltop ReSporter will be giving you information and other tidbits as we lead up the next campaign. Tell your friends that your accomplishments will not go unheeded.
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