Sports Archives - January and Fe

High School Boys vs. Bangs 1-5-2010
1/6/2010
Varsity Boys
Coleman 27
Bangs 52

JV Boys
Coleman 38
Bangs 29

Freshmen Boys
Coleman 20
Bangs 31

COLEMAN BLUECAT GAME STATS
1/6/2010
GAME SUMMARY: The Coleman JV Blue Bluecats used a strong press to gain a victory over the Bangs Dragons JV Tuesday night. Once, again the Bluecats started out sluggish to begin the game scoring only three points to end the first quarter. The Bluecats then outscored the Dragons the last three quarters to take control of the game. The Bluecats showed a great composure in taking control of the game after first quarter. Defensively, the Bluecats showed consistency and toughness allowing only twenty-eight points. The team again spread the scoring. All players played aggressively and increased their hustle the last three quarters.

COACHES COMMENTS: I was proud of the way the players took control of the game in the second quarter. The team used the press to gain an advantage and each player is beginning to understand the different ways situations cause us to run the press. All ten players are beginning to show that they understand their roles and how to make the team better.

Results from the Girl’s Junior High Games against Comanche on January 4, 2010
1/5/2010
7th Grade “White” A BlueKatts 14 Comanche 38
Alex Dodgen 3 points
Kaci Williams 3 points
Destanie Armstrong
Ashlyn De La Garza 4 points
JoJo Zarate
Savannah Vasquez
Shelbie Greaves
Ashley Coleman 2 points
Kaylee Needham 2 points

8th Grade BlueKatts 37 Comanche 39
Aspen McConathy 10 points
Danielle Dawson 6 points
Vallari Escobar 3 points
Sha Carter
Kirstie Jamison 2 points
Payton Salas
Shaila Bishop 4 points
Taylor Mills
Tiana Thomas 12 points

The BlueKatts put up a good fight against the Comanche Maidens on Monday. I was very proud of every team member for their effort.

The games against Dublin have been moved to January 14th. The girls will play in Dublin and the boys will play in Coleman.

We had 3 very exciting games on Monday and the team defense was great. All the teams showed great effort. GO BLUEKATTS!!
Thank you! Nicole Chapman

Junior High boys play tonight in Comanche
1/4/2010
7A and 8A JH boys will play in Comanche today. Game times are 4:30pm and 5:30pm respectively.

Game times for games vs. Bangs on January 5, 2010
1/4/2010
NEW HS GYM OLD HS GYM

4:00PM JV GIRLS 4:00PM JV BOYS (WHITE)

5:15PM JV BOYS (BLUE)

6:30PM VARSITY GIRLS

8:00PM VARSITY BOYS

LADY MOUNTAINEERS CONTINUE DOMINANCE
1/4/2010
On Thursday December 31, New Year’s Eve, Santa Anna played host to Rising Star in a key District 16 1A Division 2 game. Rising Star started the season very slow but had gained some momentum with a big victory over Blanket and an overtime loss to pre-season district favorite Zephyr and was sitting all alone in third place in the district with one loss.

Rising Star struck first taking a 2-0 lead which was the only lead they would have all night. The Lady Mountaineers who had not played a game in 10 days were able to recover and by the end of the quarter, had a commanding 14-6 lead. From that point on the Lady Mountaineers controlled the tempo of the game, winning by a final score of 47-33. Santa Anna now has an 18-3 season record and 6-0 district record.

This was expected to be a rebuilding year in which graduation resulted in the loss of an All-state, an All-region and two All-district players. The 2009-10 basketball version has done an outstanding job of maintaining the momentum that was created last year. This year ended with Santa Anna in a better position to win district than it was at this point in the previous season. Both teams had three losses but there is no district blemish as was the case last year.

Santa Anna lost to #12 ranked Paint Rock by scores of 25-53 and 41-50 in the Veribest Tournament. These losses were unique in the fact that it was a six team double elimination tournament. SA had to play two games each day with Paint Rock being the second game for two of those days. The Lady Mountaineers played a fresh Paint Rock team both days. After the first loss, the ladies were able to regroup and on their sixth game in three days, led Paint Rock by nine points at half time only to succumb to fatigue in the second half. The Lady Mountaineers let a game slip away against Priddy in the Rochelle Tournament losing 43-46.

Currently Santa Anna is riding a seven game winning streak. When one compares this team to last year’s there is a considerable difference. Last year’s team was small, quick and very fast. It relied on defensive pressure and the fast break to account for most of its offense. This year’s version is taller and not as fast. Solid defense, rebounding and perimeter shooting have been keys to Lady Mountaineer success. The season’s team scoring average is 53 ppg while the defense has given up an average of 32 ppg.

Some significant victories have also been achieved. The Lady Mountaineers defeated Paint Rock in a thrilling come-from-behind 57-56 victory. Cornerstone Christian Schools have been a recent thorn in the Lady Mountaineers side, but was defeated 52-41 and 66-44 in the Veribest Tournament. Santa Anna defeated a very tall and athletic Eden team 48-39 to advance to the finals of the Veribest Tournament. In district play the Lady Mountaineers shot “lights out” against May with huge 74-36 victory. The post girls played an outstanding game against Blanket in the 43-33 win.

Santa Anna has two big games coming up this week. Tradition rich Brookesmith will face the Lady Mountaineers in Brookesmith on Tuesday. The pre-season favorite and traditionally strong Zephyr Lady Bulldogs will square off on Friday at Santa Anna. Last year it was a battle of two heavyweights that threw some really heavy punches at each other and this year appears to be a possible repeat. Both teams are currently tied for first place in district. If you get a chance, come watch the Lady Mountaineers as they slug it out against Zephyr in Santa Anna.

Coleman vs. Dublin
1/4/2010
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Coleman (12-8 1-1) 13 11 5 5 34
Dublin (0-3) 4 10 7 11 32
Rynn Norris 5pts
Erin Strickland 4
Jacy Payne 2
Vicky Cruz
Carissa Zarate 6
Dylan Buzzard
Mercedes Taylor 3
Jessica Morales 12
Jackie Birdwell 2

First game of the New Year and it was exciting. We had a great start to the game and really had the game under control for about 3 quarters. Some untimely missed shots in the fourth quarter almost cost us the game. We played great team defense but you still have to score when you get your chances in close. We gave up the lead with under a minute to go in the game and down one we were forced to foul. The Dublin player goes to shoot one-n-one and misses the front end. With 10 seconds on the clock we rebound push the ball up the court from Morales to Cruz who finds Zarate trailing at the three point line and the ball goes through that lovely net as the buzzer sounds. And we get out of Dublin with the win. This was great for our girls to show them how to just keep fighting and how important it is to never give up and believe in yourselves. Great win and we hope to put back to back district win together against a very good Bangs team on Tuesday at home.