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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First Team Offense

First Team Offense                     First Team Defense

Wide Receiver   Doug Hubnik            Punter          Branson Belcher
                                       Defensive End   T.J. Gregory
                                       Defensive Back  Daniel Camarillo
                                       Special Teams   Logan Felch

Second Team Offense                    Second Team Defense
Wide Receiver    Daniel Camarillo      Defensive Line  Trevor Duty
Offensive Line   Weston Dicks          Defensive Back  Javier Mendez

Wimberley, Boerne, and Navarro dominated the list of honorees from this past season action.

The Texans and Greyhounds each had 19 student athletes named with Navarro ending with 17 players.

District MVP was LB Alden Mann from Wimberley.

Offensive MVP was quarterback Quinten Dormady with Boerne. This Sophomore will be in many opposing Coaches dreams for two more years.

Defensive MVP was Cameron Morris with the Texans while teammate West Lambert was voted as best ‘Newcomer’ by the district.

Canyon Lake’s Javier Mendez joined 27 other players that were not Seniors on this select group.

Congratulations for this honor and thanks for representing Canyon Lake this past season and for the Seniors your career.

Bracken Christian has now been without a football game for a few weeks and The ReSporter would like to put some finishing touches on what was and will be.

First off, let’s share some State and District accolades:

 First Team Offense:                             First Team Defense:
 Receiver:     Junior Davis Scott                Linebacker:     Senior Eli Achilles
 Running Back: Senior Eli Achilles               Defensive Line: Junior John Colby
 Utility Back: Junior Preston Koch               Defensive Back: Junior Sam Hilgendorf

 Second Team Offense:                            Second Team Defense:
 Offensive Line: Senior Jeremy Fasenmyer         Defensive Back: Junior Connor Simmons
 Special Teams:  Sophomore Coy Zunker

 Offensive MVP:  Eli Achilles                    Defensive MVP:   Eli Achilles

 Honorable Mention: Offense                      Defense
 Quarterback Junior Sam Hilgendorf               Defensive Line: Junior Davis Scott

Second off, let's share some All-State Honors:

 All State First Team Running Back           Eli Achilles
 All State First Team Linebacker             Eli Achilles

 All State Honorable Mention Receiver        Davis Scott

 All State Second Team Utility Back          Preston Koch

 All State Honorable Mention Defensive Line  John Colby

Congratulations to all these players that are mentioned above.

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The first year of The Hilltop Reporter Newspaper, this reporter was talking to second year Head Coach

Lloyd Fields with Bracken Christian football team.

Coach Fields was giving a run down on what type of team he would be fielding that season (2009).

Coach Fields informed The Hilltop Reporter that his starting quarterback would be a freshman and one might have wondered that there could be a chance for a rocky year.

Bracken Christian had lost seven seniors from the previous season to boot.

However this ’09 Team had a break out season with a final four appearance and a squad that quite possibly could win a championship in future years.

During the playoffs that same year, BCS would be meeting a team that the Warriors had played earlier that season.

It was a large team (Tomball Rosehill Christian) in 6-man lingo, with several players over 200lbs and height to compliment that in spades.

Watching that game was an eye opener as this defensive back that was not even six feet tall, yet, had taken on one of those gladiators at the goal line and held his ground as this player planted his cleats right on the chest of this young man on his way to a touchdown.
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Bracken Christian met their match as they were 45ed by Abilene Christian at Zephyr, Texas last Saturday, 80-35.

“We ran into a team that was better than us,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “We got the most out of this team than we could expect.”

“We had no depth and then when we got a couple injured in the second half we were dead in the water,” Fields finished.

This game started off as two heavyweights going to battle, as each offensive unit kept alternating scoring right up to halftime. Then the Panthers made a defensive stop and scored going into their locker room, which helped increase a four point deficit to 12 points, 40-28.

Two initial drives to start the game by both teams did not result in scores, but a one-play, 53-yard pass for the Panthers broke the ice halfway into that first quarter.

Bracken responded with a 68 yard run from Eli Achilles that brought BCS to within one point, 8-7.

On Bracken’s third drive, two Achilles-to-Preston-Koch passes for 35 yards helped set up another score, keeping the Warriors to within three points of the Panthers, 24-21.

An interception from Sam Hilgendorf (his first of two for this game), had the Warriors with a chance to take their first lead in this battle.

Early in that quarter Eli Achilles found John Colby on a dump pass giving your Warriors their first lead in this game, 28-24.

Unfortunately it would be Bracken’s last lead.

On Abilene Christian’s next drive, the Panthers drove 52 yards on six plays, when running back, JD Dos Santos, rumbled in from 12 yards out. Establishing a 32-28 advantage for the Panthers, all four points were based on bonus kicks.

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