A Weekly Article by First Year Official Johnny Ivie

Fresh Grass

Ropes Texas, home to the fighting Eagles, who at the time were number 22 in the state in six man football, and it also was the starting site of a true adventure in sports. The cast of characters; 40 new recruits to Texas High School Football’s TASO group, the West Texas Chapter of the Texas Association of Sports Officials’. Among them was a former star on the grid-iron, at least in his own mind….Me! I had always wanted to officiate football, even when I was playing. It seemed I always had a different opinion of what the “REF’s” were calling in most games I played or participated in. So, I went ahead and took the challenge of becoming a new official. Little did I know the direction it would take me and how enjoyable it would be.
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Head Coach Matt Monzingo

The Hawks have started their quest for another successful season this week when 140 boys started and braved the heat in practice.

“We are taking things still very cautiously,” Head Coach Matt Monzingo said. “The practices are going great as we try to get the heat by us.”

Canyon Lake is now in the process to see what type of team they will be as the coaches start the molding of talents.

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Coach Trent Dunavant

The season is at the doorstep and the ReSporter caught up with Coach Trent Dunavant for some more ammo.

Coach Dunavant is the Junior Varsity Head Coach while also helping the Varsity as the Receivers and responsibilities in the Special Team area.

The JV finished on a roll last year and Coach Dunavant let us know how the players would handle the step up.
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Josh and Jake Robinson

The ReSporter likes to talk to twins especially since the writer is also a twin. In fact, as soon as it was found that Jake was the second born, the ReSporter sided with him on the interview.

The second born twin need to always stick together.

Josh and Jake Robinson started playing soccer at a young age and did not get into football until their eighth grade year. The twins were everywhere last year playing on the JV squad.

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Zach Henshaw and Grady Achillies

The ReSporter continues part two on the Dynamic Duo.

Zach Henshaw and Grady Achilles are the two running backs for Canyon Lake and Bracken Christian respectfully.

The two backs have a decorated career and are now on their final chapter in the High School arena. Both players have helped in taking their team to heights that are significant based on the age of the two programs.
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Bobby Flint

Bobby Flint will be off to San Angelo soon with a chance to continue playing football. The Angelo State University Rams will be the new stomping grounds for the recent graduated linebacker off the Canyon Lake team.

Flint will have an ongoing journal of what he has done and will do throughout his first year playing football at the College level.

This journal will be posted so others might take some lessons on what to expect if they take their skills to the next level. The ReSporter hopes you enjoy this feature.

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The ReSporter has the privilege of covering two of the better running backs in the region this year. Both teams go unnoticed for similar reasons…Bracken Christian will be competing in their sixth season while the Canyon Lake Hawks will be in their fourth season against Varsity teams.

Many of the players will not get the same ink as players from established schools. Both programs made significant strides last year with Bracken celebrating a Division I Championship and Canyon Lake winning their first playoff game.

Both teams have running backs that will have records that will be hard to top in the years to come.

Grady Achilles and Zach Henshaw will both be Seniors playing in the backfield. Both players have put a lot of skins on the wall the last two years…here are some samples:

Zach Henshaw

1. Rushed for 2,259 yards in the last two seasons.
2. Averaging 119 yards per game.
3. Finished last season  with 771 yards in his last four games.
4. Henshaw averaged 7.5 yards per carry during that stint.
5. Topped 100 yards rushing in eight of the last ten games played.
6. Henshaw has averaged 211 yards in the last three playoff games.
7. He has averaged over 5 yards per carry for his career.
   

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Junior Branson Belcher

The quarterback position is up for grabs and now we will talk to Junior Branson Belcher who will be battling the position out with Brandon Berger.

If you haven’t already noticed the quarterback job can only have players with the letter ‘B’ as their initials.

On the serious side, Belcher was the player who orchestrated the Junior Varsity last season. There are some decent stats for this young man that will give you an idea of what might be in store for the offense this year.
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Brandon Berger

The Canyon Lake Hawks will have a very pivotal position to be filled in the month of August. Jeff Nabors has taken his talents to the Houston area and with his departure leaves the Hawks looking for his replacement.

Nabors finished last season as All-District quarterback and helped take the team two rounds in the playoffs.

Senior Brandon Berger was the back up last season and settled into the starting role in the defensive backfield.
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Bobby Flint

Bobby ‘the tackle machine’ Flint had a very good career for the Canyon Lake Hawks the last three years. Flint will be taking his football resume to Angelo State University Rams this coming Fall.

The ReSporter will be having Flint reflect on his new career with the Rams each week for the website. By having a series of articles with Flint giving you the fan and possible future player that might want to continue your playing days after your high school graduation.
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