Coaches Corner with Head Basketball Coach Mary Beth

Gallagher

The ReSporter: Hey Coach, you have won your first two games, tell us how your opener went with SA Universal?

Coach Gallagher: “Yes, Hannah St. John had eight points and Katie Williams scored 23 points. It was a good game to knock the rust off and we battled hard.”

The ReSporter: How was your defense?

Coach Gallagher: “We missed a lot of shots, but we got after it on defense and I was pleased with our effort.”

The ReSporter: Who are the players to watch this season?
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The ReSporter:Hello Coach Fields, I would like to know if OLH Hawks are a

better team than the one that played earlier this season.
Based on their game with Seguin Lifegate when they lost 50-0…that game seems to standout based on their body of work.

Coach Fields: “They have a whole new coaching staff and that will always throw a team behind. They started the season in a transitional position and so based on having a full season by now, I can say they are a better team than the one that took the field against Lifegate.”

The ReSporter: You have a short week after playing a late game on Saturday. What is the make up of your team this week as they prepare for OLH?

Coach Fields: “This is kind of a rivalry game for us. The loser of this game will either finish third or fourth (OLH) in district. It is also the last home game for the Seniors and end of an era for most of the kids.”
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The ReSporter: What are you thinking about with your opponent

this Saturday?

Coach Fields: “They (Houston Emery-Weiner) are one of the best 4 and 4 teams I’ve seen, they could have a better record.”

The ReSporter: What will be your plan of attack for this contest?

Coach Fields: “We are going to look at different kids in carrying the ball…probably run our tight offense that is looking pretty good, it is very functional.”

The ReSporter: What are you looking for in that type of offense?
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The Resporter: Disappointing year for the Team, what

goals were reached during this season for these girls?

Coach Creek: “We were successful early on with some wins at tournaments, before this season we never brought home any hardware from tourneys.”

The ReSporter: Tell us about your Seniors and how they impacted your team?

Coach Creek: “Seniors worked hard all year. They came together in the Summer and worked with me to create some of the expectations we had for all the teams this season. They were instrumental in getting the girls involved in Summer League and there almost every week. They were a great group of girls to work with and for the younger girls to look up to.”

The ReSporter: The ReSporter noticed that this group of girls did more during the off/season than pervious classes, can you give us an idea of what impact that had on your season?

Coach Creek: “I think the more they stay involved the better off we will be as a group and I think it showed this year. Despite us not going to the playoffs we still competed with everyone in a very tough district. This was a direct result of their efforts in the off season.”
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The ReSporter: Hey Coach let us know how Bracken Football is

doing this week.

Coach Fields: “We have had a low key week of practice, CASA does have 18 kids out this year, but we want to try and end this game by half time.”

The ReSporter: What is your focus?

Coach Fields: “Still adjusting our defense, right now we have everyone going full speed and are more healthy than we have been all year.”

The ReSporter: Your achilles heel this year seems to be in your Bonus kick for Special Teams, what are you doing in this part of your game?

Coach Fields: “We have quit trying to kick for our extra point. Now we are going for one point after every touchdown. Realistically we would like to be successful on 75% of those tries.”

The ReSporter: How should that affect your games?
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Wimberley week will always be a little different than other schools for Canyon Lake.

Why? Distance, The ReSporter would only travel an extra five miles in going to Wimberley high school versus Hawk Country.

Wimberley has also taken Canyon Lake’s lunch money the past four years, leaving the Hawks without anything to eat for lunch. (They are our bully…)

Could this be the year for Canyon Lake to kick sand into the Texans face? Possibly, now all CL needs to find out is if Wimberley will come back and does CL have the fortitude to stand up to Wimberley’s advances and land some punches.

“Wimberley is the third game of our five round heavy weight fight,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “The stakes get higher with each game.”

Well, when schedules were drawn up for this two year alignment, District 27-3A moved games around and so this year it so happens to be a couple of 2-0 teams playing.

Not odd for Wimberley to be undefeated in district, but this will be just the first time CL has had a 2-0 district record when facing the Texans. The Hawks have faced Wimberley four out of five years with an unblemished mark going into a game with our ‘Devil’s Backbone’ counterpart.
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The ReSporter: You are facing a team this week that lost a player that was a do everything type of player, how do you prepare in a situation like that?

Coach Drum: “They (Bandera) has had an extra week to prepare, they might be unpredictable but they still need the win to still have a chance in the district race.”

The ReSporter: Tell us what you thought about getting back on the winning side of a game this past week?

Coach Drum: “We did some personel changes and asked some Seniors to step it up. We were like a dog backed into the corner and we just needed to get that confidence back.”

The ReSporter: Based on all those learning experiences this team had to start this season, did you see any of those learned lessons in the game last week?
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The ReSporter: How are you doing?

Coach Fields: “Slightly above average and mellow, actually very mellow.”

The ReSporter: Tell us how your team is doing in preparation for this week’s game?

Coach Fields: “This is probably the best Winston team we have played…We are on the down hill slide for the season.”

The ReSporter: How are your the players doing as they are in the second half of this season?

Coach Fields: “When it (season) is over, it is over and you don’t get another chance, especially for our three seniors. Seniors have the shortest year because there is no more Spring practice and years left to play.”

The ReSporter: How will the end of this season play with just one more home game and now being on a four game road streak?

Coach Fields: “We will even play our first playoff game on the road this season. The only teams that get a home game for the first round is the district champion. So we will be at a neutral site when the playoff season starts. I like playing on the road because there are less distractions for the players.”
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The ReSporter: How has your team handled their first loss of the

season this week?

Coach Fields: “We lost our first game during the regular season since 2009 and these players are very workmanlike and don’t show a lot of emotion, they understand what we need to do and will display that on the field.”

The ReSporter: How do you handle the rest of this season as District play starts in earnest?

Coach Fields: “We are real happy with our offense, but we will be making some adjustments in our games coming up. We have moved Davis Scott from running back to receiver to help replace losing Arnold Adame. We had lost our vertical game with Adame’s loss and that will help replace that hole. Scott is also faster than Arnold was, but Arnold had more size.
Eli (Achilles) will be moving to running back and Sam Hilgendorf will be our quarterback. Preston Koch will stay as our power back.”
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The ReSporter:Coach Fields what are you thinking as you approach the

biggest game in this regular season?

Coach Fields: “Geneva and Bracken are the only two remaining undefeated schools left in Division I. They are big, strong, and deep. They have two quarterbacks and one of the best receivers I have seen. They are more physical than Sugar Land Logos.”

The ReSporter: I can see by your opening statement that you have been spending some quality time studying for this team. Give us an idea of another team that might help novices like me to understand what is in store for BCS?

Coach Fields: “Abilene Christian (the team that beat BCS last season in the Semis), their defense is very similar and they run a lot of the same techniques.”

The ReSporter: Does their offense remind you of Abilene Christian?
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