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
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 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.

The Bracken Christian Warriors will embark on a season where they get fitted for a bulls eye, that will be displayed on their jersey.

The Warriors will be playing a year in which they will be defending their  State Championship.

2011    Football Season           Last Yrs.     Team Record
  Date       Team                     Record        Against Opp
  8.26 BCS   Austin Hill Country       10-2   Home     3-2
  9.03 BCS   Houston Emery-Weiner      12-0   Home     0-0
  9.09 BCS   Tomball Rosehill           6-5   Away     5-0
  9.16 BCS   Round Rock Christian       2-8   Away     1-0
  9.24 BCS   New Braunfels Christian    4-4   Home     1-1
 10.07 BCS   San Antonio Lutheran       0-8   Home     2-0
 10.14 BCS   CASA                       3-6   Home     3-0
 10.21 BCS   San Antonio The Winston    6-4   Home     3-0
 10.28 BCS   Marble Falls Faith         9-2   Away     3-1
 11.04 BCS   Kerrville OLH              8-5   Home     3-1
                                       60-44          24-5
 
 Team Records                        W   L   Pct.
 Non-District Games                 23   8  .742
 District Games                     13   6  .684
 Playoff Games                       7   3  .700
 Mercy Games                        20   3  .870
 
 Home Games                         19  10  .655
 Road Games                         18   3  .857
 Neutral Games                       6   4  .600

The Canyon Lake Gold squad advanced through the winners bracket and beat the Marion Bulldogs on a last minute score. Playing at the Canyon Lake field on Tuesday June 28th.

Marion scored first on just three plays. Canyon Lake knew the Dogs were not going to be a cake walk.

The 7 on 7 tournament started with eight teams and the losing clubs in the first round went to the Consolation bracket and the winners played until their was only one team standing.

Both Marion and CL Gold teams were not challenged until they played in the Championship game.
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The Profiled Offensive Lineman so far:

Wes Dicks      Junior    Right Guard   6’4”   270lbs
Logan Felch    Junior    Center        6’2”   190lbs
Jaaz McNair    Senior    Left Tackle   5’10”  190lbs
Ezra Barrett   Senior    Center        6’1”   240lbs

Offensive Lineman: Ezra Barrett

The ReSporter continues it’s trek through the vein of the football team. The offensive line is the most important part of the offense. If the line breaks down, then all of the other facets of the offense has a much steeper climb to put their hurt on the opponents defense.

We have heard two words repeated throughout the sessions: The line is excited and the brotherhood aspect or togetherness that the line has bonded.
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Last year was the tale of two seasons for Jaaz McNair. He started the season during the scrimmages and then came down with mono after the Dripping Springs scrimmage and was not back on the field until the middle of the season.

“I did not get back until the Austin Travis game and played my first game against Luling,” McNair coughed.

The offensive line was inconsistent during the first of the year and so it might not be a coincidence that the Luling game is when the Hawks put their best offensive game together running and passing up to that point of the season. The Hawks rushed for 233 yards and passed for 193. (more…)

Junior Center Logan Felch

The ReSporter continues the in depth ‘getting to know’ your offensive lineman. We have the thoughts of Junior, 6’2” 190 lbs center, Logan Felch.

Felch was a lot like Wes Dicks in that he played for the Junior Varsity starting the season last year and was moved up during the middle of the season finishing with the Varsity.

It gives you the idea the Coaches knew they were planning for this year by giving these young man experience so the two deep plan could be put into full force for this upcoming season.
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Junior Right Guard Wes Dicks

The ReSporter wants to do enough articles on the offensive line that the fans can know these players like they might know the Quarterback or any of the other skilled positions.

The players and Coaches know that games are won in the trenches yet these are the players that are not at the head of the line when reporters are clamoring for interviews after hard fought games.

A hefty dose of one on one interviews with the offensive line throughout the rest of the Summer will be the only positions on the field that does not have a stat line that can be reported on.
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Running Backs Eduardo Covarrubias and Zach Henshaw

The ReSporter had an article last week about the Relay teams Relating to the game of football.

There are six athletes that were part of the three track relay teams that won District and this is the conversation with the players and how they feel about the upcoming season.

The players?
Doug Hubnik
Robin Pedranti
Daniel Camarillo
Zach Henshaw
Eduardo Covarrubias
Alex Kemp
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The Canyon Lake Hawks in just their third year of competition won all three relay races this past season in the District Track and Field Meet. That feat is even more remarkable based on the fact the Hawks had only one Senior performing.

In the 4×400 relay the Hawks finished with 3:30.81 time which was a full two seconds better than Fredericksburg. The Texans were next, five seconds slower than Canyon Lake. This Relay was the only one where the Hawks had a Senior running. The two alternates were sophomores.
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