Jerry Besselman has been a face that many fans have seen at any Hawk Sporting event that would involve refreshing your tastes.

The ReSporter went on a search to find someone that might have been to more games and events that wasn’t a player or Coach. Besselman fit that bill as the man behind the counter where you will find liquids or food to keep that Hawk fan strong enough to end the game and yelling on their Hawk team flavor of that event.

The ReSporter had an opportunity to get with Besselman at the end of a Hawk Softball game for a formal introduction to you the fan.

The ReSporter: Hey Jerry are you having fun?

Jerry Besselman: “Yes, I get to be around students and they all know my name.”

The ReSporter: Do they know you as Jerry or Besselman?

Jerry Besselman: “There was a time when Coach Nicole Creek needed to get a hold of me to change a time of a game or something like that and she was wanting to look up my phone number. She could not find me because she knew me by my first name. So yes, I’m thinking most of the students and teachers just know me by my first name.”

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Bracken Christian will be starting their Spring Practice next week as the Warriors will soon have something that might be different, with no Achilles on the field for the first time in five years.

But that is ok, since the brains of BCS football powerhouse really belongs to Head Coach Lloyd Fields as he will also enter his sixth year at the helm of Bracken Football.

The ReSporter woke Coach Fields from his slumber the other day to get his take on next week’s spring work outs.

The ReSporter: Hey Coach next week is the start of spring practice, what are your expectations this season?

Coach Fields: “We will start next Monday and this will be one of our shortest spring practices as we will only be on the field for five days. But I feel we can get a lot done and try to find out how we might be able to compete next season.”

The ReSporter: Let’s break down your team with the defense first.

Coach Fields: “For the last two years we have been running our defense on auto pilot, I had players that had a good grasp of what we were doing and all we had to do is tweak a thing or two.”

“This year we will be going back to basics and hopefully we can find some players we can count on.”

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The ReSporter will be running several articles through the month of May on athletes from each sport from two perspectives.

1. The all-time student athlete in that sport from a performance stand point. Do note that this would be just an opinion from the ReSporter Staff.

2. A spotlight player that The ReSporter thinks will be the athlete to watch as this next year will unfold.

This series will start with Fall Sports.

Please also note that The ReSporter does not have an opportunity to see every sport and will not have an article if that is the case.

Certainly comment on the articles and give us your opinion on other students or the ones talked about in each segment.

The ReSporter will only allow positive inputs as this will be the only type of conversation needed.

Football is one sport that will have the most players to pick from, so based on that salvo, The ReSporter Staff will break up this sport in three different areas: offense, defense, and special teams.

Defensively, Canyon Lake had one of their best seasons during the 2009 campaign.

The ReSporter will give Eric Nelson our vote for best defensive player from that season.

Before we expound on Nelson’s exploits, The ReSporter would like to talk about other players that had a say in getting to this plateau.

First off at linebacker you had Bobby Flint who holds the record for most tackles with 435 during his career.

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The ReSporter will be running several articles through the month of May on athletes from each sport

from two perspectives.

1. The all-time student athlete in that sport from a performance stand point. Do note that this would be just an opinion from the ReSporter Staff.

2. A spotlight player that The ReSporter thinks will be the athlete to watch as this next year will unfold.

This series will start with Fall Sports.

Please also note that The ReSporter does not have an opportunity to see every sport and will not have an article if that is the case.

Certainly comment on the articles and give us your opinion on other students or the ones talked about in each segment.

The ReSporter will only allow positive inputs as this will be the only type of conversation needed.

Football is one sport that will have the most players to pick from, so based on that salvo, The ReSporter Staff will break up this sport with three different areas: offense, defense, and special teams.

Zach Henshaw would be the pick for this segment of players.

Henshaw will be the first to let you know that he did not get to his goals without God and the offensive line.

So, in giving accolades to Henshaw we will first start with some of those ‘Big Guys’ that helped make his rise to prominence a reality.

Offensive Line Coach Chuck Wallen was quoted a couple of years ago before Henshaw’s senior season:

“The turning point with the offensive line last year (2010 campaign) was when we challenged the team to step it up last season,” Coach Wallen elaborated. “That is when we started believing in each other and the power running game became our identity.”

Wallen continued,”Going into the season last year, we thought the passing game would be our forte….then, we found out we could knock people off the ball.”

The coaches were excited last year as the season started to approach, but this time, the coaches seem to be on a different level with their confidence with this team.

“This is the best we have ever been at this time of the year,” Coach Wallen quipped. “The kids have a grasp and have become coaches on the field. The main core that have been with us a while are real exciting to watch.”

Those words from Coach Wallen morphed into an offensive line that controlled the trenches in many games.

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Senior Eli Achilles will be adding two more 6-Man Football games to his resume as this stand-out

player has been invited to play in two All-Star games this Summer.

Achilles (if you have forgotten) had accomplished many goals while playing for Bracken in his four years.

This young man was the QB in all four years of playing and excelled on the defensive side of the ball also.

Here are some honors made this past season:

For District:
First Team Offense: Running Back
First Team Defense: Linebacker

Offensive MVP and Defensive MVP

No player had ever accomplished the double dip with those letters MVP before, from both sides of the ball.

For State:
First Team Running Back
First Team Linebacker

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Bracken Christian has four players named to the 2012-13 Academic All-State 6

Man Football list.

Three Juniors and one Senior made the list and deserve just as much accolades for this nugget than yardage gained or tackled.

Eli Achilles was the lone Senior making this list after excelling on the athletic and books side just as well. Achilles’ will walk across a stage later this year and so now you need to work on your books just like you do in sports.

You can’t miss in this world with that combination. Congratulations.

Davis Scott, Preston Koch, and Sam Hilgendorf also made this prestigious list and will return for another year.

Davis Scott played several positions and even changed his main position during last year’s campaign. That alone tells you how this young man made this honor.

Preston Koch is a methodical player that gets things done on the gridiron and you can get that same idea, that he takes his school work in like manner.

Sam Hilgendorf is growing in stature physically as well as through his studies and you too are a student that will do well by staying on this same course.

Congrats to all four athletes, this was your biggest highlight of this season.

Wesley Dicks has gone where no Hawk Football player has gone in the short

history of Canyon Lake sports.

Mr. Dicks was recruited by a school for a full scholarship on National Signing Day for College Football.

This 6’3 290lb man has made his living serving Pancakes Blocks for three years on opposition players attempting to tackle a Hawk player.

A lot of hard work and drive has finally paid off as Wes was flanked by his Mom and Dad in CL’s gym on Wednesday morning having this opportunity to continue his education with the signing of his letter of intent to play for Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

“It has been a blessing, honor, and privilege to be a part of Wes’ football career and in helping in his development,” Offensive Line Coach Chuck Wallen said. “He will make the Coaches from Northwestern Oklahoma real happy they picked him.”

Head Football Coach Charlie Drum started the ceremonies praising Wes by bringing up something much more important than an oblong ball, when he commented on how well Dicks had also performed in the class room.

“I’m excited,” Wesley Dicks sighed. “I finally get to think about College and where I’m going to play.”
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Canyon Lake Football has winners with Grades as this list of Academic Players are revealed.

Football comes with a lot of time and effort and to have players excel in Class makes for a well rounded student.

Congrats on the players below and keep up the Great Work in the Classroom.

Academic All -District

Matt Andress                 Isaac Pruna

Daniel Camarillo             Andrew Riali

Conner Drum                  Jacob Robinson

Chandler Faulkner            Cory Rustin

T.J. Gregory                 Luke Saenz

Doug Hubnik                  Michael Sheffield

Austin Kahil                 Travis Walker

Justin Monfils               Drake Phillips

The ReSporter caught up with Head Football Coach Charley Drum for some thoughts on

this past season.

The ReSporter: Hey Coach Drum, you have just completed your first year as Head Coach, What was a major thing you learned your first year that you will take with you in your future Coaching career?

Coach Drum: “I learned not to assume anything.  With the transition at Head Coach happening so late, and relatively few coaching changes, there was not much time for any significant changes with our offense, defense, and our coaching staff.  I assumed that what we had done in the past would be just fine for this year.”
 
The ReSporter: This year’s team seemed to be missing an identity, how will you address ways of getting this team ready for next year?

Coach Drum: “The coaches and myself met immediately after this season and came to the same conclusion.  We immediately addressed this with our offseason program.  We have made significant changes to our offseason program and designed it to correct the deficiencies we felt we had this past year.  The second way we will address this is running an offense and defense that fits our team’s identity that we want to develop.”
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