Like four of the five losses this year by seven or fewer points, the River Boat Gambler Hawks, needed just one touchdown for a win, losing to Boerne, 42-35.

“They (Canyon Lake) played their butts off tonight,” Head Coach Charley Drum started. “We have to learn to finish ball games…we were playing to win and we needed to make plays and that is something that we need to fix.”

The Hawks were either tied or led throughout this contest except when it mattered most, when the game clock hit 0:00.

 Losses this year with seven or fewer points:
 Wimberley      27-28
 Lampasas       14-21
 Liberty Hill   14-19
 Taylor         31-33
 Boerne         35-42

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Mountain Valley 7th and 8th Grade Football teams completed their seasons with District Championships as the Greyhounds could only place in a ‘Dog Run’.

The MVMS 8th Grade started where they left off in their previous match-up with Boerne by applying that suffocating defense while the offense just ran up and down the field like they were Greyhounds.

The ReSporter had too many games on it’s plate on Thursday as the CL Volleyball Playoff game against Sealy took precedence on coverage.

However the following two articles were penned by Coaches Juan Lopez and Brandon Pawelek. Thanks Coaches for helping The ReSporter with these write-ups.

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Coaches Corner with Canyon Lake’s Charley Drum.

The ReSporter caught up with Head Coach Charley Drum at CL’s first round Volleyball playoff game with Taylor last Tuesday.

The ReSporter: Hey Coach how has this week’s practices been going in preparation for the Boerne game this week?

Coach Drum: “Going good.”

The ReSporter: What are some things your team will have to focus on going into this game?

Coach Drum: “We have to tackle them…If we allow Dormady (Boerne’s QB) to sit back like a game of 7 on 7, then he is pretty good.”

The ReSporter: Boerne not only had a good quarterback but his number one target is also a great weapon for them.

Coach Drum: “We will try to bracket him, but they have other receivers that will hurt you…they all can catch the ball, we will just need to limit those big plays.”

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Pre/Game: Bracken Christian   at Cedar Park Summit Friday 7:30 pm November 7th
          Warriors (6-3 & 2-3)   Eagles (5-4 & 2-3)

 Bracken Christian Leads Series with Cedar Park, 4-1.
 Series Scores:
 2006 BCS 32 Cedar Park 47
 2007 BCS 58 Cedar Park 08
 2008 BCS 62 Cedar Park 12
 2009 BCS 49 Cedar Park 00
 2010 BCS 68 Cedar Park 32

Scores from this year:
BCS  45  Temple Holy Trinity  18    Eagles  79  Brenham Christian  31
BCS  51  CASA                 06    Eagles  44  Waco Vanguard      35
BCS  66  Austin Hill Country  40    Eagles  38  SM Hill Country    21
BCS  49  SA The Winston       00    Eagles  22  Evant              44
BCS  14  Austin Veritas       60    Eagles  26  SA Castle Hills    67
BCS  51  NB Christian         00    Eagles  14  Austin Veriatas    60
BCS  13  SA Castle Hills      60    Eagles  54  NB Christian       06
BCS  69  Concordia            00    Eagles  33  Kerrville OLH      47
BCS  73  Kerrville OLH        76    Eagles  55  Concordia          00

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 Pre/Game:   Boerne               at      Canyon Lake     Friday 7:30 pm November 7th
             Greyhounds (6-2 & 4-1)       Hawks (4-5 & 2-3)
 Series Record with Boerne is tied 2-2.
 Series Scores:
 2010 Hawks 21 Boerne 07
 2011 Hawks 14 Boerne 35
 2012 Hawks 16 Boerne 43
 2013 Hawks 37 Boerne 28

 Scores from this year:
 Hawks   07   Blanco        35        Boerne   38   Hondo         22
 Hawks   43   Smithville    14        Boerne   41   Medina Valley 15
 Hawks   38   Marion        06        Boerne   07   Marble Falls  40
 Hawks   27   Wimberley     28        Boerne   34   SA Antonian   00
 Hawks   14   Lampasas      21        Boerne   21   Sonora        13
 Hawks   14   Liberty Hill  19        Boerne   35   Taylor        21
 Hawks   37   Bandera       28        Boerne   38   Billies       20
 Hawks   49   Billies       31        Boerne   28   Liberty Hill  37
 Hawks   31   Taylor        33        Boerne   24   Bandera       15

The records of the two schools for this week’s game would certainly point to Boerne being a favorite to win this game on Friday.

You will have two teams that are offensively on two ends of the spectrum in their philosophy.

Boerne will pass on first, second, and third down and CL Hawks will run on those same three downs.

Both defenses will also be on opposite ends of the spectrum in that the Hawk’s defense only sees a running offense for the year while the Greyhounds are always playing against a passing offense.

The question would be what defense will have the most success on Friday night in order to get a win.

Canyon Lake will need a win to get the second seed in District 14-4A-I and if a loss ensues, then Canyon Lake will have to go to a scoreboard to see if they are a third or fourth seed based on the other district games.

And, there is another scenario where CL would be out of the playoffs. (see Playoff Implications article for clarification)

Canyon Lake faced a passing offense with Bandera earlier this year and seemed to be in good shape in that game.

The difference in Bandera and Boerne passing game would be, passes that Bandera threw were primarily shorter passes to the flats.

Boerne will go more vertical in their passing and that will stretch the defense with bigger chunks of yards as the result.

QB Quinten Dormady will be the rifle arm for Greyhounds as he has thrown 342 passes or an average of 38 a game. Boerne has averaged 22 completions a game with a 14 yard per catch average.

Boerne’s rushing game is an after thought and will mostly be in the hands of Dormady as the main cog in that part of their game.

David Snelling will be Dormady’s main go to guy as he has been the recipient of 70 catches for over 1000 yards and 15 touchdowns.

The Greyhounds have six receivers with double digit catches and those six players start with 182 yards via the pass on up to Snelling’s impressive yardage total.

Eli Davis will be second on the totem pole with 46 receptions and a cool 638 yards.

This offense is much like the running game for Canyon Lake where you pick your poison on who you want to stop and hope you are right more often than not.

Main points for giving Canyon Lake a chance in this contest?

No Turnovers. Whoever has the ball the most will win.

Long….Long….Long drives with touchdowns being a result will put pressure on a passing team.

Taking that time off the clock does not give a passing offense like Boerne enough times to run up a score and get into a rhythm.

In that Liberty Hill game with Boerne, the Panthers had over 450 yards rushing and that took the air out of the ball for Boerne’s passing game.

Canyon Lake will not stop Boerne but getting stops is still important and the more times the defense can pull that off, the better the chance of a win for the Hawks.

So this game really comes down to how well the defense plays and what happens in that turnover tally.

As those two pieces of the puzzle go, so goes who will win this game.

Go Hawks Beat the Greyhounds!!

Football Picks     Texas RV  NShoreRx  Custom Y4  Granny D's  Gordon Plumber
                   110-52    108-54    101-61     96-66       95-67
Boerne/CL Hawks    CL Hawks  CL Hawks  CL Hawks   Boerne      CL Hawks
Taylor/Freddie     Taylor    Freddie   Freddie    Freddie     Freddie
Lib Hill/Bandera   Lib Hill  Lib Hill  Lib Hill   Lib Hill    Lib Hill
Bracken/CedarPark  Bracken   Bracken   Bracken    Bracken     Bracken
HolyTrinity/OLH    OLH       OLH       OLH        OLH         OLH
Baylor/Okie        Baylor    Baylor    Baylor     Baylor      Okie
Iowa St/Kansas     Iowa St   Iowa St   Iowa St    Kansas      Iowa St
K-State/TCU        TCU       TCU       TCU        TCU         TCU
NDame/ASU          ASU       ASU       ASU        ASU         ASU
A&M/Auburn         Auburn    Auburn    Auburn     Auburn      Auburn
WVU/Texas          WVU       WVU       Texas      WVU         WVU
Ohio St/Mich St    Mich St   Mich St   Mich St    Mich St     Ohio St
Bama/LSU           Bama      Bama      Bama       Bama        LSU
Oregon/Utah        Utah      Oregon    Oregon     Utah        Oregon
Jackson/Dallas     Dallas    Dallas    Jackson    Jackson     Dallas

If you have seen what the 14-4A-I standings look like then you certainly can deduce that their are several ways that the seeding could end based on what is happening this Friday.

First off, Liberty Hill has clinched the first seed by winning the district and having a head to head win over Boerne, regardless of what happens in there game with Bandera.

Boerne can clinch the second seed with a win over CL Hawks and that would put that third and fourth spot up for grabs.

 A CL Hawk win over Boerne would put the Hawks as the second seed.
 Liberty Hill      5-0   Liberty Hill beat Bandera
 CL Hawks          3-2   Hawks beat Boerne
 Boerne            3-2   Loss to Hawks.
 Fredericksburg    2-3   With a win over Taylor
 Taylor            1-4   Loss to Fredericksburg
 Bandera           1-4   Loss to Liberty Hill

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 A Hawk loss and a Bandera and Taylor loss would have CL Hawks placed in third place.  
 Liberty Hill      5-0   Liberty Hill win over Bandera.
 Boerne            4-1   Win over CL Hawks
 CL Hawks          2-3   Hawks get third place based on earlier win over Billies.
 Fredericksburg    2-3   Fredericksburg beat Taylor.
 Bandera           1-4   Loss to Liberty Hill
 Taylor            1-4   Loss to Fredericksburg.

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 CL Hawks would receive fourth spot based on head to head loss to Taylor last week.
 Liberty Hill      5-0   Liberty Hill beat Bandera
 Boerne            4-1   Boerne beat your Hawks
 Taylor            2-3   Taylor beat Fredericksburg
 CL Hawks          2-3   Hawks loss to Boerne
 Fredericksburg    1-4   Fredericksburg loss to Taylor
 Bandera           1-4   Bandera loss to Liberty Hill

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 A Hawk loss to Boerne and a Bandera/Taylor win over Liberty Hill/Fredericksburg...
 Liberty Hill      4-1   Loss to Bandera
 Boerne            4-1   Win over CL Hawks
 Bandera           2-3   With win over Liberty Hill
 Taylor            2-3   With win over Fredericksburg
 CL Hawks          2-3   With loss over Boerne
 Fredericksburg    1-4   With loss to Taylor

So, are you confused now? Let’s keep this simple and say that CL Hawks still control their destiny with a win over the Greyhounds and that would put them at their highest seeding.

That statement is important as it would pit CL Hawks against a third seed in the competing district.

If Canyon Lake loses and Taylor and Bandera both win then your Hawks are thrown back four years ago when they lost out on the playoff picture when they possessed an 8-2 record.

Taylor can certainly win their game with Fredericksburg, but one thing has been proven by Taylor so far this year is that this team is not the same group the Hawks faced when playing on the road.

But, that Duck team that beat your Hawks last week did not look like a team getting their first win.

Bandera gets Liberty Hill at home and that is the good news. The bad news for the Bulldogs is that Liberty Hill’s offense is the same one that the Hawks scored 37 points on.

The ReSporter feels a win over Boerne is more likely than people think.

Reduce the turnovers and Canyon Lake can win this game with an offense that can chew up the clock and keep the Greyhound’s passing offense off the field.

Think back in the days when the Hawks played Navarro and your Hawks were a passing team. The pressure of having to score each time with the ball was paramount based on how those Panther teams could get the ball anywhere and score and drain the clock.

Liberty Hill rushed for 443 yards against Boerne and the Greyhounds only had 33 plays to run versus 80 plays for the Panthers.

Both teams were even on the turnover game with two a piece.

Pretty simple. Canyon Lake can win this game and that will make that mess above in this article much easier to understand.

Go Hawks beat the Greyhounds!!

 
14-4A Football Standings
 Teams            W   L    Pct          District        W   L    Pct    GB
 Liberty Hill     7   2   .778          Liberty HIll    4   0  1.000    --
 Boerne           7   2   .778          Boerne          3   1   .750    1
 Bandera          4   4   .500          CL Hawks        2   2   .500    2
 CL Hawks         4   5   .444          Bandera         1   3   .250    3
 Fredericksburg   4   5   .444          Fredericksburg  1   3   .250    3
 Taylor           1   8   .111          Taylor          1   3   .250    3

 Last Week's Scores:
 October 31st      Taylor        33    CL Hawks         31
                   Liberty Hill  45    Fredericksburg   35
                   Boerne        24    Bandera          15

 Next Week's Games:
 November 7        Boerne        @     CL Hawks         7:30pm
                   Liberty Hill  @     Bandera
                   Taylor        @     Fredericksburg

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Bracken Christian lost a shoot-out with Kerrville OLH on Friday night when the Hawks kicked a field goal with no time left on the clock, 76-73.

“This game hurt as bad as the Abilene Christian game three years ago and that game cost us from taking a trip to State,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “We have been playing with a short stick…but these players are playing with a lot of heart and you just can’t expect these Freshman and Sophomores to play like Juniors.”

One of those Freshman is Cristian DeLeon who finished with 102 yards receiving giving Bracken two receivers with over 100 yards for the game.

“DeLeon, honestly could very well be the best receiver in Bracken’s history when he finishes,” Jeff Camp said after covering 202 yards of receiving in this game. “He (DeLeon) made some clutch catches in this game.”

Another ‘Young’ player that is playing out of his shoes is QB Brady Beene who also had over 100 yards passing with just one pass that fell incomplete. Beene had been an important part of this machinery as he has responded defensively and offensively for Bracken.

Both teams combined for 1,123 yards of offense and the last 34 yard pass play by OLH was a thing of beauty and a beast for Bracken as that play led to their loss.

With less than 10 seconds left on the clock a well defended pass play for Bracken had the Hawk’s receiver jump up into the air and tip the ball to himself as he was falling to the ground with just over three seconds left on the clock.

That next play was the field goal that just made it through the lunging Noah Boriack for what would be a typical, BCS vs. OLH football affair.

Two quarters in this game had 50 and 55 points scored in them as Bracken Christian had to go through the valley to get more bulbs from HEB to keep up with this scoring contest.

There were several records that will go down in the Warriors annals as Jeff Camp and Noah Boriack went crazy with a few other Warriors that came along for the ride.

The 645 yards has only been topped one time when Bracken played Gustine two years ago in their 98 point win.

This brawl had 349 yards passing for Bracken which beat the previous best by 171 yards and Camp ran away with several records with his receiving.

 New Records                  Previous High Player           Camp's Fire
 Touchdowns for Game             3 Cristian DeLeon                8
 Yardage                       138 Jeff Camp                    202
 Number of caught passes         9 Grant Granato                 12
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 Touchdowns for Career          21 Grant Granato                 23
 Yardage                      1276 Grant Granato               1071
 Number of caught passes        87 Grant Granato                 53
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 Team Passing Stats Top Five
 Yardage       Game                    Year
 349           Kerrville OLH           2014
 210           Austin Hill Country     2014
 180           Concordia               2014
 165           CASA                    2014
 161           Gustine                 2012

Kerrville OLH will not go down as Mr. Congenial, as this team topped more yardage in penalties then what Bracken had faced in their previous eight football games combined.

For the year, Bracken’s opponents had run up 116 yards of penalties and OLH passéd that total by themselves when they left the field with 125 yards of flags being thrown to the ground.

“Overall they weren’t nasty but the penalties kinda speak for themselves,” Defensive End and Receiver Camp said holding a yellow napkin to his nose.

The game started with Bracken holding OLH to two three and punt series. No yardage gained, two fumbles, and three incomplete passes.

Bracken responded with two touchdown drives with that first drive being their longest drive of the evening when they ran 11 plays and 63 yards.

Boriack had a 28 yard run in the series with this drive capped off when QB Brady Beene passed to Camp and drawing first blood.

A key play was a Boriack nine yard pass play to Zack Fasenmeyer for a first down down to the Hawk’s three yard line.

The Warriors would respond with a three play 34 yard drive next when another pass play to Camp found the end zone and a quick, 13-0 lead.

OLH held Bracken in-between two touchdowns to take their first lead of this contest, 14-13.

Then this game became a lights out scoring for the remainder of this first half.

The lead change seven times in the eight minute span as the crowd had to be taken to the medics to have neck braces as they watched this game like they were at the US Open Tennis matches.

“We knew that this game would be a shoot out but I did not think it would be like this,” Boriack said. “Our offense just needs to make better plays.”

Both teams continued their back and forth scoring spree when BCS had a would be touchdown missed by a fumble on the one yard line to stop a chance of putting some distance between the two teams.

Another mistake off an interception for OLH would also give the Hawks a lead and putting Bracken in a catch up mode as this game was coming to a close.

That interception ended up being a two touchdown swing as OLH would score after the pass play and consequently keeping Bracken from tacking on more points.

BCS took their final lead with just 50 seconds left on the clock when a Beene pass to Camp would tie the score and a Boriack run tacked on that important one point lead, 73-72.

“We did not fold,” Boriack said passing the ball. “When we needed guys to step up they did and the younger players did what they were told to do, while playing positions they had not played this season.”

That drive would also have DeLeon catching a 40 yard bomb from Boriack to set up that touchdown next play.

With 111 plays in this game, those little mistakes would add up to a field goal that was just missed for a block and a loss.

“This game, we had a chance and it shows that we can hang in there with anyone,” Camp closed. “If we clean up on the little stuff then we can win some games….We will tell the younger players that we can win this next game and that we need to play hard to get this win….If we play like we did against OLH, then we can win.”

Boriack who had 495 yards of total offense, offered up one more pass for the team, “Even though we lost this game….it was a big confidence booster and now everyone knows what they can play up to, especially for the younger players.”

Bracken has just one more regular season game in Cedar Park next week and the good news is that game is in Cedar Park as the Warriors are working on a 11 game road winning streak and that could not have come at a better time.

Go Warriors!!

                     1   2   3   4   Final
 Kerrville OLH       8  28  16  24   76
 Bracken Christian  13  27   7  26   73
 Scoring Summary:
 BCS-Jeff Camp 4 yard pass from Brady Beene (DeLeon pass from Beene), 5:23, 1st
 BCS-Jeff Camp 7 yard pass from Noah Boriack (pass failed), 2:43, 1st
 OLH-Matthew Williams 5 yard run (kick good), 1:04, 1st
 OLH-Matthew Williams 10 yard run (pat failed), 7:53, 2nd
 BCS-Jeff Camp 28 yard pass from Brady Beene (Camp pass from Beene), 5:48, 2nd
 OLH-Matthew Williams 7 yard run (kick good), 3:56, 2nd
 BCS-Noah Boriack 3 yard run (pass failed), 3:06, 2nd
 OLH-Gabriel Gutierrez 64 yard kick-off return (pat failed), 2:55, 2nd
 BCS-Jeff Camp 25 yard pass from Boriack (Camp from Beene), 1:01, 2nd
 OLH-Zach Ramsey 35 yard pass from Hernandez (kick good), 0:39, 2nd
 BCS-Jeff Camp 50 yard pass from Beene (Noah Boriack run), 0:19, 2nd
 BCS-Noah Boriack 31 yard run (DeLeon pass from Beene), 8:31, 3rd
 OLH-Corwin Knight 9 yard pass from Hernandez (kick good), 7:18, 3rd
 OLH-Connor Corwin 79 yard pass from Hernandez (kick good), 1:26, 3rd
 BCS-Cristian DeLeon 10 yard pass from Beene (pass failed), 9:55, 4th
 OLH-Matthew Williams 20 yard run (kick good), 7:46, 4th
 BCS-Jeff Camp 35 yard pass from Boriack (Thomas Johnson pass from Boriack), 6:43, 4th
 OLH-56 yard kick-off return (pat failed), 6:31, 4th
 BCS-Noah Boriack 30 yard run (pass failed), 2:02, 4th
 OLH-Matthew Williams 15 yard interception return (pat failed), 1:12, 4th
 BCS-Jeff Camp 5 yard pass from Brady Beene (Noah Boriack run), 0:50, 4th
 OLH-24 yard field goal, 0:00, 4th

 Game Stats           Hawks       Warriors
 Total Yards          478         645
 First Downs          12          23
 Rush/Yards           22/174      35/297
 Comp/Att/Int         14/24/1     23/30/1
 Passing Yards        304         349
 Punts/Average        1/32.0      1/27.0
 Fumbles/Lost         2/0         1/1
 Penalties-Yards      11-125      2-25

 Passing              Comp   Att   Pct   Yds   Int  TD
 Noah Boriack         16     22   .727   225   1    3
 Brady Beene           7      8   .875   124   0    5

 Rushing              Att   Yds   Ave    Lg   TD
 Noah Boriack         29    270   9.3    31   2
 Jeff Camp             4     15   3.8     7   0
 Zack Fasenmeyer       2     12   6.0    10   0

 Receiving            No    Yds    Ave   Lg   TD
 Jeff Camp            12    202   16.8   50   8
 Cristian DeLeon       5    101   20.2   40   1
 Brady Beene           2     24   12.0   17   0
 Zack Fasenmeyer       4     22    5.5    9   0

Canyon Lake just missed a chance for a win as their field goal attempt was just short in their loss in Taylor on a Halloween night, 33-31.

This game started like the past two weeks when Josh DeVries fielded the kick-off on the Hawk one yard line and 88 yards later CL was setting up shop at their 11 yard line.

Four plays later, Robert Woods was running the ball into the end-zone from two yards out and a quick lead, 7-0.

Taylor would respond with a 61 yard drive in a five minute span, but a blocked kick would preserve a lead, 7-6.

That blocked extra point would happen two more times on this night as Canyon Lake put pressure on their kicker all night long.

Canyon Lake scored the next 10 points when Mike Thorpe was good from 32 yards out and then after a successful on-side kick, the Hawks would drive 48 yards in just two plays for a, 17-6 lead.

On that first drive, Quarterback Skyler Tschoepe would run the ball four of the 11 plays which would be more runs than he had in the whole game with Fredericksburg last week.

Hayden DuBois had an explosive play for 32 yards, on that drive, which had CL down on Taylor’s 21 yard line.

The door was shut on this drive, by the Duck’s defense, and Canyon Lake settled for a 32 yard field goal.

“They got off of their blocks fast,” Coach Charley Drum said when reacting to how Canyon Lake was not running their usual plays they had success with other clubs this year.

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