Team photo of MV 8A Team after win over Boerne

Mountain Valley Hawks 8th A team averaged over 11 yards per play as they ran away from the Greyhounds, 39-6 on Thursday night at Hawk Stadium.

Of the 34 plays from scrimmage, 16 plays went over 10 yards of real estate as the Greyhounds found out that a Hawk can run like a Roadrunner.

Last year, MV 8A team lost one game and it was against this Boerne club. If the casual fan did not notice, Mountain Valley was still stinging from that game and wanted to make amends.

(Amen)ds were indeed made as the Hawks finished their prayer over Boerne by also saying Amen.

“We needed to win this game tonight,” Jacob Ruff said smoothly.

Ruff was just as ruthless whether he was playing linebacker or running back.

“I like to hit, but I like both sides of the ball equally,” Ruff said like a politician. “But anytime I see a chance to make a hit, then I am going to take my shot.”

Another Hawk that plays like the Tazmanian Devil on both sides of the ball is Trenton Lorett, “This is district and we were going to give it our all.”

But don’t forget that ‘D’, because Mountain Valley only allowed one fluke pass play to go the distance as a tipped ball that could have been intercepted bounced off a Hawk’s hands into a Greyhound that finished the run and scored Boerne’s only touchdown on this night.

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Mountain Valley 8B squad regained their dominance over Boerne when they started their day keeping these Greyhounds in their muzzle without a trace of a bark in their, 28-8 win.

Hollywood Taliaferro and Cade Dunavant taking in a victory over Boerne

Defense was the name of this game as Boerne had center snap problems that would just exasperate their offensive rhythm and Mountain Valley would certainly take advantage by clamping down on all the Greyhound’s offense advances.

Scoring with no time on the halftime clock when Quarterback Cade Dunavant found receiver Zack (Hollywood) Taliaferro behind Boerne’s defensive backs for a game clinching touchdown from 37 yards out.

“I did a fade route and Cade (Dunavant) had a good pass but it was on the wrong side but I just looked to the corner of the end zone,” Hollywood Taliaferro said as if he was rehearsing for the lead roll.

“That play helped us to keep our momentum,” Dunavant said. “This was our last home game and we wanted this win.”

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Coaches Corner with Bracken’s Lloyd Fields

The ReSporter: Give us an idea of this week’s game with Kerrville OLH.

Coach Fields: “Both teams are going to score a bunch of points….this series has produced some high scoring affairs and I don’t see this week’s game being any different.”

The ReSporter: Give me an idea about how good OLH is if they were held to just six points in their loss to Fredericksburg Heritage?

Coach Fields: “Their super back was not playing in that game, he was injured, he is #2 and is very good back and can be hard to get to defensively.”

The ReSporter: What else do you know about this player?

Coach Fields: “He is a better passer than runner, but he will make you pay either way.”

The ReSporter: How have your practices been going this week?

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Coaches Corner with Canyon Lake’s Charley Drum

The ReSporter: Hey Coach, you have mentioned how each of the district games are like rounds in a boxing

Head Coach Charley Drum

match. How do you motivate your team when this next round is with a team that has not won a game this year?

Coach Drum: “First of all, Taylor is in the same shoes we were in last year when we entered district play without a win and lost our first game with Fredericksburg. We fought our way back into the playoffs and so our players need to realize this team is fighting like we did last season. Also, in Taylor’s game with Liberty Hill, they almost won that game and so they will realize that this team has the ability to beat us if we aren’t ready.”

The ReSporter: The team has certainly cut down on those turnovers in their last few games….is this something that you have emphasized or was a lot of those problems was just the weather and wet ball?

Coach Drum: “We will need to have execution and many times it is just a mental thing….so, we need to keep that part of our game with taking care of the ball.”

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Pre/Game:      Kerrville OLH      @          Bracken Christian

============Hawks 5-3  Dist. 3-2 == ==Warriors  6-2    Dist.  2-2========

 Series Record: Bracken Warriors lead the series, 6-1.

 2008 BCS 40 Hawks 14
 2009 BCS 48 Hawks 75
 2010 BCS 71 Hawks 62
 2010 BCS 76 Hawks 70 Playoffs, Overtime
 2011 BCS 79 Hawks 34
 2012 BCS 60 Hawks 14
 2013 BCS 60 Hawks 44

 This Year's Results:
 BCS 45 Temple Holy Trinity   18        OLH 51 CASA                     06
 BCS 51 CASA                  06        OLH 50 SA The Winston           00
 BCS 66 Austin Hill Country   40        OLH 06 Fredericksburg Heritage  38
 BCS 49 SA The Winston        00        OLH 52 New Braunfels Christian  06
 BCS 14 Austin Veritas        60        OLH 14 SA Castle Hills          63
 BCS 51 NB Christian          00        OLH 67 Concordia                06
 BCS 13 SA Castle Hills       60        OLH 69 Austin Veritas           72
 BCS 69 Concordia             00        OLH 47 Cedar Park Summit        33

Kerrville OLH will be a handful for Bracken this Friday night at Warrior Stadium.

Senior Running Back Noah Boriack will be counted on for a big game against OLH

The Hawks have a very balanced attack averaging 150 yards rushing and 180 yards passing.

Senior Wide Receiver and Defensive Back Matthew Williams (#7) will be one of the Hawks that Bracken will need to control to have a chance in winning this game.

Connor Odom will also be a prime target for OLH’s passing attack from quarterback Hernandez (#2).

Defensively OLH has many players that will get their hands dirty in tackling the ball. Rance Frazier (#3), Connor Odom (#44), and Zach Ramsey (#45) are all capable of reaching double figures in tackles.

A worry for Bracken is how well OLH played against Austin Veritas in losing by just three points and having the lead until the end of that game.

Veritas had an easy go of it against Bracken earlier this year and this particular game gave BCS a wake up call on how tough this game could be to win.

Injuries and just not having enough players is still a major concern for this Warrior team as they scratch and claw their way into their last two games.

Winning the district will not be an option, but how BCS will be seeded for the playoffs as a wild card team will hinge on how Bracken finishes this race.

Bracken can certainly beat OLH but they will need to have all hands on deck in this game as there has been a Mash Unit setting up shop at each of Bracken’s practices as this season enters into it’s final stage.

Seniors will need to play lights out while the younger Warriors have now played enough games that they will need to up their game to get this job done.

This is a rivalry game as there is a lot of respect shared by both of these teams throughout their years of competition.

Quarterback Brady Beene will be returning for a full load as he has been playing limited action these past two weeks.

Noah Boriack is nursing some nagging hurts as well as Coy Zunker who would not tell you if he is hurting or not.

Jeff Camp will be another player that will need to help on both sides of the ball and of course those freshman like Thomas Johnson and Cristian DeLeon.

Turnovers will certainly be a key ingredient in getting this game to finish on the good side for Bracken as they prepare for seeding in the Playoffs.

Go Warriors!!

Football Picks     Texas RV   NShore Rx  Granny D's  Custom Y4  Gordon Plumber
                   102-45     100-47     89-58       93-54      88-57
CL Hawks/Taylor    CL Hawks   CLHawks    CLHawks     CL Hawks   CL Hawks
Boerne/Bandera     Boerne     Boerne     Boerne      Boerne     Boerne
Billies/LibHill    Lib Hill   Lib Hill   Billies     Lib Hill   Billies
KerrvOLH/Bracken   KerrvOLH   Bracken    Bracken     Bracken    Bracken
Veritas/CastleHill CastleHill CastleHill Veritas     CastleHill Veritas
Texas/Tech         Texas      Texas      Tech        Texas      Tech
OkieSt/K-State     K-State    K-State    Okie State  K-State    K-State
TCU/WVU            TCU        TCU        WVU         TCU        WVU
Auburn/Ole Miss    Ole Miss   Ole Miss   Ole Miss    Ole Miss   Ole Miss
Arkansas/MissState Miss State Miss State Miss State  Miss State Miss State
Arizona/UCLA       Arizona    UCLA       Arizona     Arizona    UCLA
Utah/ASU           ASU        ASU        ASU         ASU        ASU
Trinity/TexLuther  TLU        TLU        TLU         TLU        TLU
Arizona/Dallas     Arizona    Arizona    Dallas      Arizona    Arizona
Philly/Texans      Texans     Philly     Texans      Texans     Philly

Cristian DeLeon and Coy Zunker preparing for the kick-off.

 District 4 Standings and Bracken by the Numbers

 Teams               W   L   Pct      District            W   L    Pct   GB
 SA Castle Hills     7   1  .875      Castle Hills        4   0  1.000   --
 Austin Veritas      6   2  .667      Austin Veritas      4   0  1.000   --
 Bracken Christian   6   2  .667      Kerrville OLH       3   2   .600   1.5
 Kerrville OLH       5   3  .625      Bracken Christian   2   2   .500   2
 Cedar Park Summit   4   4  .500      Cedar Park          1   3   .250   3
 Concordia           1   7  .125      Concordia           1   3   .250   3
 NB Christian        0   9  .000      NB Christian        0   5   .000   4.5

 Last Week's Game Scores:
 Bracken Christian   69    Concordia      00
 Kerrville OLH       47    Cedar Park     33
 Castle Hills        62    NB Christian    7

 This Week's Games:
 Kerrville OLH       @     Bracken Christian    7:30pm
 Austin Veritas      @     SA Castle Hills
 Concordia           @     Cedar Park
 NB Christian        @     Temple Holy Trinity

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BCS had a much needed blow out win over Pflugerville Concordia last Friday night, 69-0.

This win now set outs the last two games of Bracken’s regular season and how they finish will help in what type of team to play in that first round of playoff games.

Concordia is competing in their first year and the Bracken faithful can empathize with how a season that you think will never end.

The Warriors finished with one win that year, but had a little more on their plate as they played many team on their schedule very close in that campaign.

2006 First Year Close Games:
Game                Scores   Comment
SA Lutheran         48-44    Only win for season, was third game.
Temple Central      42-44    A win here would have evened their season.
Marble Falls Faith  28-37    Good game after being blown out in two previous battles.
CC Annapolis        54-58    Loss by four and most points scored as season finished.

Bracken Christian had just 17 offensive plays and six of those plays were called on the first drive on this night.

Four of those plays were was accomplished by passing the ball as Bracken would had Jeff Camp with the most receiving yardage in Bracken’s history by finishing with 138 for the game.

Senior Coy Zunker hitting machine.

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Mountain Valley’s 8B team rushed out to a 14 point lead and held on for a win over Fredericksburg’s Middle School, 14-6.

Wyatt Meckel is all in on getting two more wins this year against Boerne

That first MV drive was all it would take to get this win as the Hawks drove 67 yards and the eventual win when Nic Robinson scored from four yards out and put a cherry on this TD with a run for the two point conversion.

The next Mountain Valley drive was cut short after reaching the Billies’ 19 yard line and fumbling that chance away.

Fredericksburg’s first three drives would end with punts as the Hawks would score their two touchdowns for a 14-0 lead going into halftime.

Christian Rhoades had a great set of downs on that scoring drive with a nifty 46 yard run and then a nine yard run two plays later for that score.

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Senior Hayden DuBois running in the trenches

 14-4A Football Standings
 Teams            W    L    Pct       District          W    L     Pct    GB
 Liberty Hill     6    2   .667       Liberty Hill      3    0   1.000    --
 Boerne           6    2   .667       CL Hawks          2    1    .667    1
 Bandera          4    3   .571       Boerne            2    1    .667    1
 CL Hawks         4    4   .500       Bandera           1    2    .333    2
 Fredericksburg   4    4   .500       Fredericksburg    1    2    .333    2
 Taylor           0    8   .000       Taylor            0    3    .000    3

 Last Week's Scores:
 October 24th        CL Hawks        49    Fredericksburg    31
                     Liberty Hill    37    Boerne            28
                     Bandera         31    Taylor            14

 This Week's Games:
 October 31st        CL Hawks         @    Taylor
                     Fredericksburg   @    Liberty Hill
                     Boerne           @    Bandera

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