Bluecats Star Season With Loss, but Tack On Win in Second Game
3/5/2010
The Bluecats lost to Eastland 13 – 3 in their first game of the Eastland Tournament. We played very well for 4 innings. Reid Needham pitched a solid game only walking 1 and striking out 4 in 4 and 2/3 innings. Leading hitters were Zach Doyle (2-4) and Tanner Brooks (2-3).

The Bluecats won their 2nd game against Dublin 11 – 7. Austin Smith pitched an excellent game striking out 14 and only walking 2 in 8 innings of work. Going into the top of the 7th we were down 7 – 5 when freshman Anthony Thomas hit a base hit up the middle to score Colton McConathy to make the game 7 – 6. Thomas then stole 2nd and then advance on a ground ball from Shelton Zarate to 3rd. Trent Hambright singled to score Thomas and tie the game. Defense held Dublin in bottom half of the inning. The first 3 batters reached on base in the Top of the 8th and McConathy singled to score Sanchez, Lefevere, and Brooks. McConathy later scored on a wild pitch. Smith struck out 1 and Jonathan Sanchez made two nice plays at short stop to end the 8th inning and the game. We are starting to hit the ball better but we are struggling making plays on defense. I was very proud of the way we fought back to get the win. The Bluecats will play in Eastland at 1:00 on Saturday for the consolation game.

CHS Student, Sarah Jackson

Bluekatt Heads to Regional Powerlifting Meet
3/2/2010
Sarah Jackson of CHS will be competing at the Regional Powerlifting meet this weekend. She is going into the meet ranked first in her class.

BLUEKATT FIRST SOFTBALL GAME TOMORROW
3/2/2010
The Coleman Bluekatt softball team will play their first home game Thursday, March 4th. They will host San Angelo Lake View and the game will start at 4:00 p.m. Come out and support the Katts!

BLUECATS PLAY TOMORROW IN EASTLAND
The Bluecats will be playing at 1:00 vs. Eastland tomorrow in the Eastland tournament. If they win they will play at 7:00 and if they lose will play at 4:00.

Lady Mountaineers Fall to Gordon
Submitted by Becky Martin
2/17/2010
In a tough bi-district match up Santa Anna lost to the Gordon Lady Longhorns 62-46. Santa Anna got off to a good start by hitting five three-point shots in the first quarter. Despite the hot start Santa Anna was able to only establish a 22-20 lead by the end of the quarter. Gordon then built up a 35-30 lead at halftime.

Santa Anna started out very slow in the third quarter which enabled Gordon to take a double digit lead. The Lady Mountaineers were able to get untracked midway through the quarter but by that time Gordon had got into a rhythm and were able to counter any runs that Santa Anna made. Santa Anna played hard the entire night but turnovers and a size mismatch were just too much to overcome. Santa Anna finished the season with a 28-6 record. This was Santa Anna’s second 20 plus win season in a row.

In a practice game the Lady Mountaineers won an exciting 50-49 double overtime victory over Aspermont. This game really helped prepare Santa Anna for Gordon’s press. Unfortunately it could not prepare the Lady Mountaineers for Gordon’s size. This game marked Santa Anna’s 28th victory.

To get to the bi-district round, the Lady Mountaineers dominated the second half of district play by winning their last six of seven games. The biggest pre-Zephyr test game came against Rising Star on their senior night. The Lady Wildcats jumped out to a 12-2 lead and put Santa Anna in a tough situation. The Lady Mountaineers trailed the entire game but in the last two minutes were able to rally to a 44-40 victory.

Santa Anna’s lone district losses were to pre-season district favorite Zephyr. In game one Zephyr was able to control the tempo and win in a defensive battle by a score of 27-21. Santa Anna generated a little more offense in game two but was defeated at Zephyr 39-31. Zephyr’s defense was a major factor in both losses. Santa Anna finished district with a 14-2 record and in second place.

Coleman Competitor brings home 1st place form powerlifting meet
2/15/2010
The Coleman Powerlifting Team competed in the Brady Powerlifting meet on Saturday February 13th.

Girl Lifters
Mariah Diaz-5th Place
Kalie Diaz-4th Place
Angel Stewart
Sarah Jackson- 1st Place

Boy Lifters
Dylan Hankins
Brooks Jones
Edgar Barrios-4th Place
Garrett Stuard
Blake Hammonds
Charlie Thomas
Angel Barrios
Shelton Zarate
Manuel Cruz

The team competed well and are improving every meet.

Bluecats Drop Close Game to San Saba Tuesday Night
2/11/2010
The Coleman Bluecats dropped a very close game, Tuesday night here in Coleman against the visiting San Saba Armadillos. “I was extremely proud of how hard the guys fought throughout this game. We were down before halftime by 15 points at one time. We were able to drop their lead to only 10 points at half. We outscored San Saba 16-6 in the 3rd quarter and were able to tie the game before the 4th quarter. With about 4 minutes to go we had a 6 point lead over the Armadillos. In the final minutes of the ball game we let San Saba get back into the game because we made some costly fouls. They were in the 1 and 1 free throw situation and were able to make some clutch free throws to get back in the game. I cannot say enough about how hard the guys fought and that was a very tough game to lose because of the effort the guys put in.”

Kyle Russell led the team in scoring with 15 points followed by Reid Needham with 13 points.

The Bluecats will finish the district schedule Friday, February 12, 2010 and will host Comanche. There will be 3 games in the Main High School Gym starting at 5:00pm.

The Bluecats would like to congratulate Coach Dawson and the Bluekatts’ basketball program for having a good season this year.

COLEMAN TO HOST BI-DISTRICT GAMES NEXT WEEK
2/11/2010
Coleman ISD will be hosting two girls Class A Bi-District basketball playoff games next week. Both games will be held in the CHS Varsity Gym.

Monday, February 15th
7:00 p.m. – Menard Lady Jackets vs. Goldthwaite Lady Eagles

Tuesday, February 16th
8:00 p.m. – Irion County Lady Hornets vs. Evant Lady Elks

COLEMAN VS, COMANCHE-BOYS ONLY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010
2/10/2010
We will play all three games in the main gym.

5:00PM JV WHITE-BOYS (FRESHMEN)

6:15PM JV BLUE-BOYS (JV)

7:30PM VARSITY BOYS

Bluekatts 09-10: A WORD FROM COACH DAWSON
2/10/2010
What goes into a season? The old saying blood, sweat, and tears is very true but what does that really mean? It means giving up hours and days during the summer to go to tournaments and work-out at the gym. It means running miles during August and September to be stronger in October thru February. It means sharing tears of joy after an emotional win and crying when it has to come to an end. That’s just a small taste of what has gone into this season.

It has been two years in the making getting us to this point and girls buying into our concepts and believing in what we are trying to do. Parents allowing us to push their daughters to the limits and understanding what we were trying to accomplish. But most important it takes kids that want to be pushed and that have a true desire to want to get better to become winners. We have winners. It may have not always shown up on the score board that way but I can tell you this that your Bluekatts are winners! They have represented our school and community in a way that has brought back respect and pride in our basketball program.

I am proud to call these girls my team and am proud to have had the opportunity to have coached them. We finished the season 17-13 overall and 6-6 in district. We graduate 4 great seniors in Rynn Norris, Jacy Payne, Carissa Zarate, and Jessica Morales but we bring back 5 juniors next year Vicky Cruz, Dylan Buzzard, Erin Strickland, Mercedes Taylor, and Jackie Birdwell. Next season starts now! I know the girls and our coaching staff want to say a great big thank you to the parents, the fans, and the students for all the support we have had this year. We plan on giving you more to cheer about next year and the years to come.

Thank you
Coach Dawson

Coleman vs. San Saba RESULTS
2/10/2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Varsity Boys
Coleman 48
San Saba 51

JV Blue
Coleman 34
San Saba JV 37 (OT)

JV White
Coleman 30
San Saba 38

Results from the Girl’s Junior High Games against San Saba on February 8, 2010
2/9/2010
7th Grade “Blue” B BLUEKATTS 4 SAN SABA 9
Ryan Walker
Brianna Espitia
Tia Meredith-Nixon
Riley James
Ashton Tibbetts
Destiney Windham 2 points
Tamara Gray
Jessica Phares
Bailey Jones
Alissa West
Samantha Pena
Bethany Brann
Courtlyn Barker
Alexa Bordelon 2 points

7th Grade “White” A BLUEKATTS 25 SAN SABA 33
Alex Dodgen 6 points
Kaci Williams 4 points
Ashlyn De La Garza 2 points
JoJo Zarate 3 points
Savannah Vasquez 5 points
Shelbie Greaves
Ashley Coleman 4 points
Kaylee Needham 2 points

8th Grade BLUEKATTS 35 SAN SABA 25
Tara Rylant
Aspen McConathy 1 point
Danielle Dawson 8 points
Vallari Escobar 5 points
Sha Carter
Payton Salas
Shaila Bishop 6 points
Taylor Mills 4 points
Tiana Thomas 11 points

We finished the season on a great note! I have seen these teams work very hard to improve and they all did. I could not be prouder of how much effort these girls all put forth. I am sad that our season is over but I am excited for track. Thank you for your support throughout the season. GO BLUEKATTS!

BASEBALL SCRIMMAGE CANCELLED
2/9/2010
Today’s baseball scrimmage in Ballinger has been cancelled.

SOFTBALL SCRIMMAGE CANCELLED
2/9/2010
Due to rain. We have moved our first game to San Angelo. I will have next week’s tournament schedule to you soon.

8th Grade Boys Earn Victory Over San Saba
2/8/2010
The 8th grade “A” team ended the season on a positive note with a victory over the San Saba Armadillos. The final score of the contest was Coleman 44 – San Saba 39. Coleman ended the season winning 5 out of its last 6 games.

Leading scorers for the bluecats were:

Jansen Merrill 12
Draven Delagarza 11
Daulton Allen 8
David Cupps 4
Justin Reyna 3
Trey Martinez 2
Kyle Card 2
Jayce Simmons 2

Justin Hensley played an outstanding game on defense

Coleman 25 vs. Early 42
2/8/2010
Coleman (17-12 6-5) 8 6 8 3 25
Early 16 8 11 7 42

Tough game, we were never able to get any type of run going. We shot 17% from the field and you can’t do that and win games. Part of it was they played good defense and the other was we could not buy a basket. I felt like we were taking good shots but we hesitated all night with our decisions. I thought our defense did well and honestly my goal was to hold them under 45 points. They are a very good offensive team and have been averaging 55 a game so 42 was manageable for us. I just never imagined we would shoot that poorly. That’s the way the ball bounces tough sometimes. Girls fought the whole game and worked to come back it just wasn’t our night. Loved the support of our fans we had the stands packed Friday and that was great to see. We hope everyone comes out Tuesday for our last game and Senior night before the game. We have had a great year and would love to have a big crowd to show their support for these young ladies and the work they have done to turn around our basketball program. Hope to see you Tuesday at 6:30.