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Latest Information from UIL on Regional Track Meets
4/30/2009
After collaborating with University of Texas officials and the twenty UIL regional track meet hosts, the UIL has tentatively rescheduled the regional track meets to take place after interscholastic competition resumes on May 11. Additionally, the state track meet is scheduled to be held June 5-6 at Myers Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin.

“The decision to suspend competition was not a decision we took lightly,” said UIL Executive Director Dr. Charles Breithaupt. “Much effort and consideration was given to resurrect the regional track meets and change the dates for the state meet. With the cooperation of our regional sites and the University of Texas, we are now able to hold the regional and state track meets as we had originally intended.”

On April 29, 2009 the UIL announced that the state track meet would be held May 14-16 and that qualifiers would come from the tops four participants in each event from each region.

“At that time, we were simply trying to save the state track meet,” said Breithaupt. “When our staff had the time, opportunity and information they were able to make this happen. We had numerous calls in support of the original decision as well as calls to return to the regional format. We also know that additional conflicts may occur because of these changes. However, we believe this schedule represents the best opportunity for the most students.”

The tentative schedule and sites for the regional track meets is below.
Reg-Div Date Site
I-A May 12,13 South Plains College
II-A May 15,16 Abilene Christian University
III-A May 15,16 Palestine ISD
IV-A May 18,19 Sam Houston State University

I-2A May 19, 20 Odessa College
II-2A May 15,16 Tarleton State University
III-2A May 15,16 Whitehouse ISD
IV-2A May 15,16 Judson ISD

I-3A May 22,23
Texas Tech University
II-3A May 15,16
Texas A&M Commerce
III-3A May 15,16 Humble ISD
IV-3A May 19, 20 Flour Bluff ISD

I-4A May 15,16 Odessa College
II-4A TBA University of North Texas
III-4A May 18,19 Sam Houston State University
IV-4A May 15,16 San Antonio ISD

I-5A May 22,23 Texas Tech University
II-5A May 22,23 Baylor University
III-5A May 15,16 Humble ISD
IV-5A May 15,16 San Antonio ISD

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HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD
UIL hoping to still hold regional track meets
By Danny Davis     AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, April 30, 2009
The high school track and field season may have been resuscitated.

Hours after announcing Wednesday that it was canceling this year's regional track meets, the UIL reversed course and officials now are checking into the availability of potential regional sites.

A new regional and state meet plan is hoped to be in place by Friday, UIL athletic director Cliff Odenwald said.

"It's been wild, to say the least," Odenwald said of the UIL's busy Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, the UIL suspended all sports events until May 11 because of the swine flu outbreak. Track and field was the hardest hit sport. Regional track meets — originally scheduled for this weekend to determine qualifiers for the state meet — were canceled altogether.

But Odenwald said late Wednesday afternoon that the UIL's original plan was tentative, and that officials had decided to review it.

Odenwald said he was optimistic that regional track meets would be rescheduled.

Under the initial UIL plan, state track meet entrants were to be decided based on results from their already-completed district track meets. TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE CLICK HERE.

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Abilene Reporter News Highlights More Coleman Softball Players
4/29/2009
Eden Duquette was names in the Top 10 Big Country Players of the Week this week. There were also 5 other CHS softball players named as Honorable Mention. The article and info from the www.reporternews.com site follows:
Eden Duquette, pitcher/infielder/golfer, Sr., Coleman softball/golf -- Is there anything this girl isn't good at?  Aside from going 5-for-8 with four RBIs in three games last week, Duquette also pitched a four-hitter to get a win over Dublin.   In her spare time, she shot a pair of 95s at last week's Region I-2A golf tournament

Honorable Mention: Carissa Zarate, infielder, Jr., Coleman softball (combined 6-for-10 vs. Brady, Dublin, San Saba and Early, with two doubles, four runs scored and four RBIs); Cheyenne Turner, infielder, Sr., Coleman softball (combined 6-of-12 with two RBIs vs. Dublin, Brady, San Saba and Early); Ashley Grissom, catcher, Fr., Coleman softball (combined 6-of-13 with four RBIs vs. Dublin, San Saba, Brady and Early); Jessica Morales, shortstop/sprinter, Jr., Coleman (hit .727 through four games with four runs scored. Qualified for regional track meet with 800 relay team.); Sarah Slayton, outfield/pitcher, Jr., Coleman (combined 11-of-14 with a double and five RBIs vs. Dublin, Brady, San Saba and Early).
To read the entire article see:
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/apr/27/thanes-incredible-rally-earns-her-player-of-the/

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UIL Schedules Altered Due to Swine Flu
4/29/2009
AUSTIN, TX— On the recommendation of Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, and in consultation with Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott, the University Interscholastic League is altering its schedule of events due to the outbreak of the swine flu in Texas. Effective immediately, all UIL interscholastic competition is suspended until May 11.
      CLICK HERE TO SEE ENTIRE STORY

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Santa Anna Tennis Results
4/29/2009 (Contributed)
Four members of the Santa Anna Mountaineer tennis team participated in the UIL Region 2 Tennis Meet on Wednesday and Thursday, April 22^nd and 23^rd in Abilene. The mixed doubles team of Sarah Herrod and Lance Vasquez upset the tournament number four seed (6-2, 2-6, 6-3) in the first round of competition but lost a very competitive three set match (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) in the next round to the eventual fourth place team from Poolville. The girls doubles team of Stevie Vanvoast and Peyton Morris also went into the tournament unseeded but upset district champion Knox City (7-5, 3-6, 6-2) in the first round. The two then defeated number four seed Poolville (6-4, 6-1) to advance to the semi-final round. The duo came up short in the next round, but won five games off eventual regional champion Miles, who had not previously dropped a single game in the tournament. The freshman/junior combination ultimately finished fourth at the regional tournament.

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Katts to Play Friday in Colorado City
4/27/2009
The current plan for your Bi-District game is to play Jim Ned, Friday at 7:00pm in Colorado City and Saturday at 4:00pm, and thirty minutes later if needed in Colorado City also. Saturday game times may change due to Regional track.

Katts 2nd in District
4/26/2009
The third inning turned out to be the deciding factor in the game played Saturday in Eastland against Dublin for 2nd place in District 8-2A.  Carissa Zarate hit a 2-RBI double to make the Katts go ahead 2-1, which ended up being the final score.  Facing only 10 batters in the final three innings of the game, Eden Duquette helped bring the Katts to a 2nd place finish.  The next playoff game will be played against Jim Ned later this week.  It will be a 2 out of 3 game series but specifics have not been reported to Colemannews.com as of Sunday afternoon.

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Katts Take Care of Lady Dillos
4/25/2009
The Coleman Bluekatt softball team gained some momentum for the playoffs Friday as they defeated the San Saba Lady Dillos 21-9 in San Saba.   Cheyenne Turner pictured right during her first "Varsity pitching opportunity!  Photo courtesy of Gary Strickland, StricksPics.

There is a softball playoff game today (Saturday) between Coleman and Dublin to determine who the 2nd and 3rd place teams are in the district. The game starts at 5:00pm in Eastland. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for students.

Boys Baseball
The latest update we had Friday night in the boys game had the San Saba Armadillos leading Coleman 9-2 in the 5th inning.  Coleman's two runs came on two home runs by Colton Buzzard.

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Panther Creek Golf Team Results
4/23/2009      Contributed by Teresa Smith
The Panthers Golf team had an exciting year, bringing the 1st place district trophy home and advancing to regionals. It was amazing for a team led by only one senior to experience something they will remember. The Panthers ended their season placing 14th in the regional tournament. Very proud of the panthers, look forward to next year!!!
WAY TO GO PANTHERS-CONGRATALIONS!!! Team consisted of: Sheldon Lowe(SR), Fred Blackwell(JR), Ethan Griffin(JR), Trent Smith(SOPH), Kelton Powell(FR) the Panthers coached by Ennis Erickson

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Katts Lose to Early
4/22/2009
The Bluekatts lost to early Tuesday afternoon with a score of 9 - 0. 

IF Dublin loses to Early (10-0 in district) Friday and Coleman beats San Saba, the Katts will be in a tie for 2nd place with Dublin.  If that happens, a game between Coleman and Dublin to break the tie will be played Saturday, April 25 in Eastland at 5:00 pm.  

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Katts End in 5 Again!
4/21/2009
The Bluekatts traveled to Brady for a make-up game from last week.  They were able to beat the Lady Bulldogs in 5 innings with a score of 11-1.  The second inning was the big inning with 7 runs scored for the Katts.  They play Early today at 5:00 for an important district battle.  Come to the CHS field to support these young ladies.

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CHS baseball plays Early today in Coleman beginning at 4:00pm.  JV is slated to begin at 6:30, following the Varsity game.
BASEBALL GAME IN BRADY MOVED  TO  Saturday, April 25th at 12:00noon.

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Time Change in Friday's Softball Game
4/20/2009
The time has changed for Friday's softball game in San Saba.  It was originally scheduled for 6:00, but will now be played at 5:00pm.

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Santa Anna Tracksters Qualify for Regional
4/20/2009
Below is a list of the Santa Anna track students that will be advancing to the Regional Track meet on May 1 & 2 at Abilene Christian University.
Advancing to the Regional Meet:
Kendra Coleman - 1st - 100 m dash 12.67
Manny Dancy - 4th - Long Jump 19'4"
Chris Tate - 2nd - 400 m dash 51.86
Vance Rice - 3rd - 110 m hurdles 16.29
4x100 m relay - 4th - 53.77--Layken Deleon, Sarah Herrod, Stevie Van Voast, Kendra Coleman
Not Pictured: Vance Rice - 2nd - 300 m hurdles 41.93

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Eleven year old Gabriel Roberts competed Saturday April 18th, 2009 at the Mayor's Round-Up
5K Race in Abilene, Texas. Gabriel placed 7th in the 12 and under Division and
124th overall with a time of 28:13. There was approximately 300 runners that
participated in the annual event.  Job well done!

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CHS Track Qualifies for Regional Meet
4/19/2009
Girls
Coleman Bluekatts placed 6th overall in the District 8-2A track meet that was completed on Saturday, April 18th. Bangs won with 172 points, followed by Comanche with 151, Brady 91, San Saba 68, Early 63, Coleman 58, and Dublin 15. Qualifying for the Regional meet to be held in two weeks was: Erin Strickland in the High Jump, Lura Rylant in Long Jump, MacKenzi Spake in Pole Vault, and the 800m Relay (Shelbie DeLeon, Jackie Birdwell, Jessica Morales, and Jacy Payne). Complete results for the Katts were:
Long Jump
3rd - Lura Rylant 15' 11 3/4"     * Regional Qualifer
5th - Shelbie DeLeon 15' 7 1/4"
Triple Jump
6th - Mercedes Taylor 30' 10 1/2"
High Jump
2nd - Erin Strickland 5' 2"   * Regional Qualifer
Pole Vault
3rd - MacKenzi Spake 8' 6"      * Regional Qualifer
100m Dash
5th - Mercedes Taylor 13.34
100m Hurdles
5th - Dylan Buzzard 17.18
300m Hurdles
5th - Dylan Buzzard 50.98
200m Dash
6th - Jacy Payne 28.62
1600M Run
5th - Audrey Casselberry 6:06.58
3200m Run
5th - Audrey Casselberry 13:48.52
400m Relay
Coleman 4th - 52.86.6 (Lura Rylant, Jackie Birdwell, Shelbie DeLeon, Mercedes Taylor)
800m Relay
Coleman 3rd - 1:51.24 * Regional Qualifer
                   (Shelbie DeLeon, Jackie Birdwell, Jessica Morales, Jacy Payne)
1600m Relay
Coleman 5th - 4:23.93 (Mercedes Taylor, Jessica Morales, Jackie Birdwell, Shelbie Deleon)

Boys
The Bluecats placed 4th overall in the District 8-2A meet with 43.5 points. Winning the boys division was Bangs with 192.5 followed by Brady 163.5, Comanche 127, Coleman 43, San Saba 39, Early 27 and Dublin 13. Qualifying for the Regional meet were Colton Buzzard in the Long Jump and the 100m Dash and Trent Hambright in both hurdle events. Results for the Bluecats were:
Long Jump
2nd - Colton Buzzard 21' 2"       * Regional Qualifer
5th - Glen Edington 20' 6 1/2"
Triple Jump
4th - Colton Buzzard 42' 9 1/4"
100m Dash
2nd - Colton Buzzard 11.52         * Regional Qualifer
6th - Andrew Isom 11.96
100m Hurdles
3rd - Trent Hambright 16.47           * Regional Qualifer
300m Hurdles
3rd - Trent Hambright 42.43         * Regional Qualifer
400m Relay
Coleman 4th - 45.52.6

JV Girls Results
1st Brady 146; 2nd Coleman 99; 3rd Early 97; 4th Bangs 91; 5th Comanche 85; 6th San Saba 34; Dublin 1
100m Dash
2nd - Morgan Hurtado 14.12
200 m Dash
2nd - Leanna Roberts 28.97
800 m Run
2nd - Vicki Cruz 2:49.05
1600 m Run
5th - Vicki Cruz 6:52. 21
100 m Hurdles
1st - Ashley Grissom 18.02
300 m Hurdles
3rd - Katelynn McKinnon 54.97
4 x 100 m Relay
3rd - 55.31 Katelynn McKinnon, Leanna Roberts, Morgan Schumann, Ashley Grissom
4 X 200 m Relay
1st - 1:58.62 Katelynn McKinnon, Morgan Schumann, Morgan Hurtado, Leanna Roberts
Long Jump
1st - 15' 1 1/2" Leanna Roberts; 6th Morgan Schumann 13' 7"
Shot Put
1st - 27' 2 3/4" Vicki Cruz
Triple Jump
4th - Morgan Hurtado 28' 8 1/2"

Click on Terry's Sports Page banner below for complete track meet results for both the boys and girls divisions. You can also see the complete list of Regional qualifiers.

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Santa Anna Tennis Qualifies for Regionals
4/17/2009
The Santa Anna High School tennis team competed at the District 14A Tennis Meet held in Mason on April 13th and 14th. The Lady Mountaineer tennis team took home the team championship trophy by taking the 2nd and 3rd spots in doubles and a second place in mixed doubles.

In the junior varsity division, Caleb Absher took second place honors, and the girls doubles team of Ashley Gibson and Aspyn King placed first. In the varsity division, the freshman team of Makaylah Morris and Kaitlyn Krause took home third place medals in girls doubles, while the team of Peyton Morris and Stevie Vanvoast took second place honors. In mixed doubles, the team of Sarah Herrod and Lance Vasquez finished the tournament in second place after dropping a very close split set decision to the Paint Rock team.

The doubles team of Morris and Vanvoast and the mixed doubles team of Herrod and Vasquez will advance to the Regional Tennis Meet to be held on April 22nd and 23rd in Abilene.

Girls Team:
Makaylah Morris, Kaitlyn Krause, Stevie VanVoast, Peyton Morris, Sarah Herrod
Regional Qualifiers
Stevie VanVoast, Peyton Morris, Sarah Herrod, Lance Vasquez
 

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Track Meet Postponed to Tomorrow -  TIMES SET
4/17/2009
The district track meet scheduled for today in Comanche has been moved to Saturday, April 18th, due to wet weather.  TIMES FOR TRACK MEET EVENTS WILL BE 1 HOUR LATER THAN ON THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE, which means the first field events will begin at 10:15am tomorrow.

The softball and baseball games scheduled for Saturday will be played next week.  SEE INFO BELOW:
SOFTBALL GAME IN BRADY MOVED  TO  Monday, April 20th at 5:00.
BASEBALL GAME IN BRADY MOVED  TO  Saturday, April 25th at 12:00noon.

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District 8AA Track Meet – Day 1 Results Wednesday, April 15, 2009
4/16/2009
“I was proud of the way each athlete competed. Every athlete improved jumps, throws, and times in every event. They showed a great deal of Bluecat Pride in all competitions. Come out Friday and show your support for these athletes,” Coach Mike Gil Nuñez
Varsity Division
Triple Jump – Colton Buzzard 4th Place/Regional Alternate 42’10.25”
                      Travis Brixey 37’7.25”
                      Edgar Barrios 36’6.25”
4x100, 800 Meter Run, 110 Hurdles, 4x200 – No Prelims- all to Friday Finals
100 Meters – Colton Buzzard 11.28 to Friday Finals
                    Andrew Isom 11.56 to Friday Finals
                    Kyle Russell 12.26
300 Meters Trent Hambright 42.81 to Friday Finals
200 Meters Glen Edington 23.68 to Friday Finals

JV Division
Shot Put – Wayne Worsham 32’4”
                 Clint Coleman 29’4.25”
3200 Meter Run – Brooke Jones 12:34.00 2nd Place
                            Erik Villeda 14:20.00 5th Place
                            Luis Landeverde 14:30.00 6th Place
4x100, 800 Meter Run, 110 Hurdles, 300 Hurdles 4x200, 4x400 – No Prelims- all to Friday Finals
100 Meters – Dillon Dority 12.85
                     Gary Heath 13.69
400 Meters – Justin Morales 60.66 to Friday Finals
                    Andrew Perez 62.00
                    Blake Hammonds 66.00
200 Meters – Taylor Baum 27.22
                     Gary Heath 28.49

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Jr. High District Track Results
4/17/2009

Junior High Track Participants:
7th Grade
Justin Coleman, David Martin, Brent Ogden, Jace Simmons, Coco Smith, Jose Vasquez, Justin Reyna, Sergio Acosta, Draven DelaGarza, Justin Hensley, Michael Lanham, Brady Jones, PJ Hammonds, Hunter Gammage, Colt Smith, Gatlin Baker, James Stamper, Moses Capuchin
8th Grade
Mason Fuller, Keith Dillard, Seth Ryan, Rodney Eischenbacher, Ethan Morris, DJ Terrell, Dalton Gentry, Tyler Doil, Shelton Zarate, Anthony Thomas, Jace Newman, Zane Riggins, Charlie Thomas, Cutter Windham, Talon King

The JH track team participated in the District Track meet on April 9, 2009 in Bangs. “I was very pleased with the way each competitor participated in the track meet. Each competitor did a great job on exemplifying personal talents. There were a number of our athletes that had a personal best in each of their respective events,” said JH Track coach Weldon Thompson.

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Kendra Coleman has been selected to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Region Team and to the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association All-State Team.

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Santa Anna Tracksters Qualify for Area
4/15/2009   (Contributed)
Santa Anna men and women track teams participated in the District track meet on May 4-8-09. They had several individuals and relay teams that will advance to the AREA track meet on April 16, 2009 at McMurry stadium. Places 1st-4th will advance to area. The following will be the advancing:
Boys:   Won the overall meet:
4x100 m relay - 45.17 Vance Rice, Manny Dancy, Chris Tate, Jordon Whaley  - 1st place
4x200 m relay - 1:42.25 Lance Vasquez, Anthony Shepard, Jacob Zapata, Manny Dancy  - 2nd place
4x1600 m relay - 3:54.35 Lance Vasquez, Danny Trowbridge, Jacob Zapata, Chris Tate - 3rd place
Triple Jump - 40' 10 3/4" Jordon Whaley - 2nd place
Long Jump - 19' 11"  Manny Dancy  - 2nd place
100 m dash - Jordon Whaley 11.74 - 1st place
100m dash - Manny Dancy 11.86 - 2nd place
200 m dash - Jordon Whaley 23.88 - 1st place
400 m dash - Chris Tate 52.15 - 1st place
110 m hurdles - Vance Rice 16.44 - 1st place
300 m Hurdles - Vance Rice 43.25 - 1st place
Girls
100 m dash - 12.57 Kendra Coleman - 1st place
200 m dash - 27.94 Kendra Coleman - 2nd place
400 m dash - 1:04.76 Layken Deleon - 3rd place
100 m hurdles - 19.08 Sierra Guerrero - 2nd place
100 m hurdles - 19.25 Molly Pritchard - 3rd place
300 m hurdles - 51.59 Sarah Herrod - 2nd place
300 m hurdles - 58.79 Sierra Guerrero - 5th place
300 m hurdles - 59.15 Molly Pritchard - 6th place
Discus - 73' 03" Loren Pritchard - 6th place
4x100 m relay - 53.37 Layken Deleon, Sarah Herrod, Stevie VanVoast, Kendra Coleman - 1st place
4x200 m relay - 2:08.81 Paige Guerrero, Ashley Gibson, Makaylah Morris, Stevie VanVoast - 5th place
4x400 m relay - 5:04.04 Paige Guerrero, Ashley Gibson, Makaylah Morris, Stevie VanVoast - 3rd place
From Coach:
"I was really proud of all these athletes. The boys and girls 4x200 m relay and 4x400 m relay had no real practice or conditioning at all. I had asked them three days before the meet to just run and see if they could get points for our school and they agreed despite the difficulty of these races. All athletes represented our school well on and off the track. The athletes that have been there throughout the whole season have improved on all of their events."

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CHS Girls Golfers Qualify for Regional Tournament
4/15/2009
The Coleman High Girls' golf team placed 2nd in District 8-2A for the 2009 season. The final round was held at Baird's Shady Oaks this week. Placing as 3rd highest individual was Eden Duquette with a total score of 285, a 91 on her final round. The team is pictured above with Coach Ron Cohea. Left to right: Lisa Merkley, Taylor Armstrong, Chanie Barker, Eden Duquette and Reagan Barr.

They will compete in the Region Tournament next Monday and Tuesday, April 20 and 21, in Odessa at the Ratliff Ranch Golf Course. Good luck girls!!!

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Bluekatts Lose to Bangs
4/15/2009
The Bluekatts struggled with the Lady Dragons on Tuesday at the CHS softball field.  The final score was 13-1 after 6 innings.  Prior to the game the Senior players were honored and introduced with their parents.  They received congrats and gifts from their teammates.  Seniors on the team are Eden Duquette and Cheyenne Turner.

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The time for the Varsity Baseball game against Brady on Saturday, April 18th has been changed to 12:00noon.

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Coleman District Track Meets
4/14/2009
Coleman High School boys and girls will be competing in the District 8-AA Track Meet in Comanche on Wednesday, April 15th and Friday, April 17th.

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HOLE IN ONE !!
4/14/2009
Wes Adams scored his 2nd hole in one in 6 months this past Wednesday, April 8th on hole #6 at the Coleman Country Club.  Witnessing this exciting moment was Tom Burns, Rex Mayes, Charles Ralston and Larry Rose.

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Watching the Masters pays off for the PC Panthers- Panthers bring home the district golf trophy! They will play at the regional meet next Monday April 20th and Tuesday 21st at The Shady Oaks course outside of Abilene. Way to go panthers, Good Luck at Regionals!!!
Coach Ennis Erickson, Fred Blackwell(JR), Sheldon Lowe(SR), Trent Smith(SOPH), Ethan Griffin(JR), Kelton Powell(FR)

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Panthers Qualify for Area Meet
4/13/2009
PC Panthers competed in the 14-A track and field meet held in May on April 8, several panthers are advancing to the area meet. Those are as follows:
VG
800meters: Cassie Philpot - 1st - time 2:47.84, Nikki Ewing-3rd time 2:51.56
4x200-meter relay: PC (Cassie Philpot, Charley Bowman, Leslye Sorbello, Nikki Ewing) -
                            4th- time 2:08.61
VB
1600meters: Benton Warren -1st - time 5:06.00
3200meters: Benton Warren -1st - time 11:24.22, John Warren-2nd time 12:22.10
110-meter hurdles: Ethan Griffin -3rd - time 18.14
300-meter hurdles: Ethan Griffin -2nd - time 45.27
High jump: Ethan Griffin - 3rd 5'8"
Discus: Matt Turney - 1st 113' 04"

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Coleman 6th Grade Bluekatts Basketball
4/10/2009    (Contributed)
The Bluekatts are back in the area youth basketball scene and making noise. This year the sixth grade girls were involved in 5 area tournaments: Bangs, San Saba, Zephyr, Early, and Brookesmith. Eleven young ladies from the sixth grade were chosen to be part of the travel team called the “Bluekatts”. The members of the team were: Destanie Armstrong, Alexa Bordelon, Ashley Coleman, Ashlyn Delagarza, Alex Dodgen, Shelbie Greaves, Kaylee Needam, Emily Roberts, Savannah Vasquez, Kaci Williams, and JoJo Zarate. Coaches for the team were Kristi Greaves, Joe Zarate, and Tracy Dawson. It was exciting watching the girls get better every week and learn how to play together. Most of our girls have never played anyone outside of their classmates in Coleman. It took some time to learn to play together as a basketball team and not individuals. Once we did things started rolling for us. We got our first taste of action in Bangs followed the next week at San Saba. We got everything going in Zephyr and we won the championship. The next week we were in the Early tournament and it was huge, we went 4 rounds deep which was great. Our last tournament was in Brookesmith, where we placed 3rd. We had a great first year back and hope next year to have two teams of 5th and 6th grade girls and two teams of 3rd and 4th grade girls.

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Novice Athletes Qualify for Area Meet
4/10/2009     (Contributed)
The Novice Hornets competed at the District Track Meet held in May, TX on April 8, 2009. These student athletes have advanced and will be running at the Area Track Meet next Thursday at McMurry University. We are very proud of them and all of the hard work they have put in. The results are as follows:
Sr. - Billy Bennett - 3200 M - 3rd place
Soph. - Jared Briley - Discus - 3rd place-111'7
Soph. - Josh Arispe - Long Jump - 1st Place-19'11 Triple Jump-4th place-38'
Freshman - Skyler Halsel - 1600 M - 4th place-6:38

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And the winner is….
4/10/2009
Abbigail Wyatt picked the winning ticket at a Baseball game in Coleman on March 24 and Kendra Barnett was the winner of the $100 value massage donated by Carlos Sanchez of "A Unique Massage." The massage was donated for the athletes to raffle as a part of their fundraising for the Myrle Greathouse All-Star Football Classic, to be held in Abilene on Saturday, June 13. They raised over $800 in the raffle and would like to express their appreciation to all who bought tickets or donated money to their fundraising. Other businesses, donating towards their fundraising include: Coleman County State Bank, Villegas Auto Center, Coleman Livestock Auction, Coleman County Electric Cooperative, Mike Barker Construction, Inc., Williams Tire Store, Central Texas Farm Credit, ACA, Johnson Implement Company, Pat and JoAnne Robertson, The Barr Family, Screen Art Graphics, Coleman Veterinary Clinic, Germania/Phillips Insurance Agency, Johnson Feed Barn. Pictured above are: Jamal Agbor, Colton Buzzard, Kendra Barnett and Meagan Ogden.

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Three CHS Students in FCA All-Star Football Classic
4/10/2009
Seniors Colton Buzzard, Meagan Ogden and Jamal Agbor were chosen to participate in the 10th annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes Myrle Greathouse All-Star Football Classic, to be held Saturday, June 13, 2009 in Abilene’s Shotwell Stadium.

They were selected from a group of 133 area student/athletes to participate in the game, which benefits the Big Country Area Office of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Representing more than 50 area schools, the rosters for the North and South squads were announced at a Press Conference on Saturday, February 7th, 2009 at Beltway Park Baptist Church in Abilene, Texas. The young All-Stars were nominated by their head coach and cheerleading sponsor for the game, which features schools from an approximate 100-mile radius of Abilene covering 36 counties.

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Coleman Jr. High boys and girls will be competing in the District 8-AA Track Meet in Bangs on Thursday, April 9th. 

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Hoopsters
4/8/2009  (Contributed)
The Coleman Hoopsters, a group of 3rd and 4th grade boys and 1-1st grade boy who were selected to play on a traveling tournament team. The boys played in 3 tournaments and won 2-3rd places and 1-2nd place. Below is some information about the tournaments they played and the teams they played:
-- Zephyr Tournament- 3rd place- Lost to Brownwood in the first game and beat Brookesmith and Blanket.
--Early Tournament- 3rd place- Beat the Raiders of Goldthwaite, Beat the Texas team from Early, Lost to Brownwood, and lost to Goldthwaite.
--Brookesmith Tournament- 2nd place- Beat Early and lost to Brownwood.

Team members in the picture are front row: l to r- Edgar Nuñez, Brendon Camp, Darrian Hunter, Lucas Hurtado, Guy Watts Back row: l to r-Trey Sartain, Blaine Beal, Zachary Mason, Jacob Mason, Xavier Nuñez, and Coach Mickey Holloway.

These young men did a great job, learned a lot and had fun playing. This was a good experience for the boys and they were able to travel and play other teams in the area.

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Coleman Teams Compete Well in District Tennis Meet in Brady
4/8/2009   by Coach Sandra Edington
On Monday and Tuesday 16 members of the Varsity and JV Tennis Teams headed to Brady to play in the District Tennis Meet.
On Monday the JV Girls Double Team of Cheyenne Casey and Gabby Roberts captured the first place
medal while Ray Rodriguez placed third in the JV Boys Singles and Andrew Isom won Consolation in the Boys JV Singles.
On Tuesday 8 players headed back where Trey Casey won Consolation in Varsity Boys Singles and Tori Valdez won Consolation in Varsity Girls Singles. Nancy Cruz and Sonya Cruz lost in a tie break for the Varsity Girls Consolation and Kenna Cornelius and Cole Hubbard made it to the semi's in Varsity Mixed Doubles and then lost third place to San Saba. Those making the trip were Rodriguez, Isom, Roberts, C. Casey, Dallas Horton, Sarah Jackson, T. Casey, Valdez, S. Cruz, N. Cruz, Cornelius, Hubbard, Jeremy Jameson, Heather Pope, Mohini Bhakta, and Meagan Ogden. All in all a good year for the tennis team and you can see the results below.
JV Boys Singles
Isom lost to Ethridge of Early 7,9
Isom defeated Pierce of San Saba 8,0
Isom defeated McKinney of San Saba 8,5
Rodriguez defeated Tidwell of Early 6,4 6,7
Rodriguez defeated Houghton of Early 6,3 6,2
JV Girls Doubles
Casey/Roberts drew a bye
Casey/Roberts defeated Amyett & Aguirre 8,1
Casey/Roberts defeated DeJong & Deveries of Dublin 8,1
Casey/Roberts defeated Flores & Herrera of Dublin 6,5 6,3
JV Mixed Doubles
Horton/Jackson drew a bye
Horton/Jackson lost to Cox/Jordan 0,8 08
Horton/Jackson lost to Wagner/Davis of Early 0,8 0,8
Varsity Boys Singles
Jameson lost to Hopkins of Early 2,6 2,6
Jameson lost to Flores of Dublin 6,8
Casey lost to Hanna of Brady 2,6 4,6
Casey defeated Monreal of Dublin 8,8 won tie break 7,3
Casey defeated Flores of Dublin 8,5 for Consolation
Varsity Girls Singles
Ogden defeated Medeiros of Dublin 6,2 6,2
Ogden lost to Humphreys of Brady 1,6 0,6
Valdez lost to Baker of Dublin 4,6 2,6
Valdez defeated Cox of San Saba 8,5
Valdez defeated Hurtado of Early 8,7 for Consolation
Girls Doubles
Cruz/Cruz lost to Jones/Fisher of Early 7,5 5,7 5,7
Cruz/Cruz defeated Taylor/Chester of Comanche 8,6
Cruz/Cruz lost to Hartranft/Moreno of San Saba 8,8 lost tie breaker 6,8
Pope/Bhakta drew a bye
Pope/Bhakta lost to Johnson/Nicholas of Comanche 5,7 4,6
Pope/Bhakta lost to Lopez & Guerrero of Dublin 5,8
Mixed Doubles
Hubbard/Cornelius drew a bye
Hubbard/Cornelius defeated Cason/Davis of Early 6,3 6,2
Hubbard/Cornelius lost to McIntosh/DeGuiulia of San Saba 3,6 4,6
Hubbard/Cornelius lost to Casco/Dawson of San Saba 1,6 0,6

A very special thanks to the tennis parents and friends that came out and supported our tennis program
this year.

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Katts Defeat State Ranked Albany
4/7/2009
The score on Tuesday afternoon for the Bluekatts softball team was Coleman 4 - Albany 0, in a non-district contest.  That is a feather in the cap for the Katts since Albany is currently ranked 5th in Texas in the Class 1A Texas Girl's Coaches Poll.

The Katts battle in Dublin Thursday, April 9th, in a district showdown.

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Panthers on the Prowl in District Golf
4/8/2009 (contributed)
After 18 holes the Panther Creek Panthers are sitting in 1st Place at the district boys golf meet held at Eden, shooting 421. They will finish in Brady on Monday the 13th.

The team consists of: Sheldon Lowe (SR), Fred Blackwell (JR), Ethan Griffin (JR), Trent Smith (SOPH),
Kelton Powell (FR). Ennis Erickson is the coach. GOOD LUCK PANTHERS!!

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Katts Named Honorable Mention Players of the Week by ARN
4/7/2009
The Abilene Reporter news has named three softball players from CHS to the Honorable Mention list of Player of the Week:  Jessica Morales, infield, Jr., Coleman softball (was a combined 3-for-5 with two triples, three RBIs and four runs scored vs. Comanche and San Saba); Ashley Grissom, catcher, Fr., Coleman softball (went 4-for-8 with two doubles, two triples, two steals and three RBIs vs. San Saba and Comanche); Rynn Norris, infield, Jr., Coleman softball (was a combined 4-of-7 with two doubles, a triple, two steals and six runs scored vs. Comanche and San Saba);
 http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/apr/07/clydes-catcher-takes-player-week/ 

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Santa Anna Mountaineer Track
4/6/2009
Saturday, April 4th the Santa Anna Mountaineer men and women track teams participated in the Heart of Texas Relays in Brady. Earlier in the week the coach from Brady had called Santa Anna track coach Shannon Herrod offering all six-man schools the option to run at the JV level, due to the fact that there were going to be 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, and three other six-man schools besides Santa Anna. Fredericksburg, Burnet, Marble Falls, Ingram, Comfort, Abilene Wylie name a few of the 17 total number of schools participating. Santa Anna took 7 male athletes to place 8th overall in the Varsity division of the meet, and 8 female athletes to place 9th overall in the varsity division of the meet. This was the second track meet for the Mountaineers, due to weather. This meet will prepare the Mountaineers for the district meet Wednesday, April 8th at May. Placing for the Mountaineers are prelim times first followed by the final times:
Boys
100 M Dash - 3RD JORDON WHALEY 11.24 prelim 11.70 final
4X 100 M Relay-- 3RD VANCE RICE, MANNY DANCY, CHRIS TATE, JORDON WHALEY 44.66 prelim, 44.90 final
400 M Dash-- 5TH CHRIS TATE 52.97 prelim 52.87 final
110 M Hurdles-- 4TH VANCE RICE 16.32 prelim 16.40 final
300 M Hurdles-- 5TH VANCE RICE 41.78 prelim 43.38 final
Triple Jump--4th JORDON WHALEY 42'4"
Girls
4X 100M Relay just missing the finals--LAYKEN DELEON, SARAH HERROD, STEVIE VANVOAST, KENDRA COLEMAN 53.47
100 M Dash--1ST KENDRA COLEMAN 12.20 NEW MEET RECORD PRELIM 12.44 FINAL
200 M Dash--2ND KENDRA COLEMAN 26.28 NEW MEET RECORD PRELIM 26.30 FINAL-- IN THE FINALS NEW RECORD WAS SET AGAIN 25.78 BY BONNIE RICHARDSON OF ROCHELLE

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Eagle Invitational Tennis Tournament
4/5/2009       By Sandra Edington
This week the CHS Tennis Team headed back to Abilene for the Eagle Invitational Tourney. Players were in Category C with 3A, 2A, 1A, and Wylie, Abilene High, and Cooper freshman. The Girls Doubles Team of Mohini Bhakta and Heather Pope made it to the finals of the Hardin Simmons University top half consolation bracket before loosing 3,8. Jeremy Jameson, Nancy Cruz, and Sonya Cruz all made it to the semi's of the consolation bracket at Abilene High and Hardin Simmons before bowing out. Those
making the trip were: Ray Rodriguez, Jameson, Andrew Isom, Trey Casey, Tori Valdez, Pope, Bhakta, Meagan Ogden, Kenna Cornelius, N. Cruz, S. Cruz, Gabby Roberts, Cheyenne Casey, Dallas Horton, and Sarah Jackson. Results are below:
Boys Singles
Rodriguez lost to Brame of Eldorado 1,6 1,6
Jameson lost to Stone of Grape Creek 06,0,6
Jameson defeated Patterson of Breckenridge 8,7
Jameson lost to Swinson of Cooper High 1,6
Isom drew a bye and then lost to Gonzales of Clyde 06,06
Casey lost to Garcia of Wylie 1,6 3,6
Casey lost to Hagins of Snyder 3,8
Girls Singles
Valdez defeated Acevedo of Jim Ned 7,5 7,5
Valdez lost to Mintra of Haskell 4,6 2,6
Girls Doubles
Pope & Bhakta drew a bye, then lost to Colvin & Stewart of Snyder 0,6 1,6
Pope & Bhakta defeated Morris-Stephenson of Abilene High 8,1
Pope & Bhakta defeated Alcantar & Sitton of Cisco 8,5
Pope & Bhakta lost to Morris & Vanvoast of Santa Anna 3,8
Ogden & Cornelius lost to Pesch & Strickland of Breckenridge 0,6 4,6
Ogden & Cornelius lost to Morris & Vanvoast of Santa Anna 2,8
Cruz & Cruz drew a bye and then lost to Arredondo & Garza of Abilene High 0,6, 5,7
Cruz & Cruz defeated Moot & Gary of Jim Ned 8,5
Cruz & Cruz lost to Thompson & Parker of Breckenridge 6,8
Roberts & Casey lost to Upshaw & Cook of Jim Ned 0,6,1,6
Roberts & Casey lost to Edwards & Pittman of Cooper 7,8
Mixed Doubles
Horton & Jackson drew a bye, then lost to Espinosa & Rubioof Eldorado 0,6 0,6
Horton & Jackson lost to Templeton & Burns of Cooper 1,8

On Monday and Tuesday the team will head to Brady for District where the JV Players will be on the high school courts and the Varsity will be playing at the Jr. high courts on the Menard Highway. Please come and support these players as them have done a tremendous job of representing Coleman High School.  (Photos below courtesy of Debbie Jameson)

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Novice Middle School Track Results
4/5/2009
The Middle School Novice Hornets competed in District Track at Eden, TX on April 4, 2008. The results are as follows:
Lance Holmquest:
1st-1600 M
3rd-800 M
4th-2400 M
Cutter Halsel:
3rd-1600M
4th-800 M
5th-2400M

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Zarate's Grand Slam Propels Katts to Victory
Bluecats Win Too
4/4/2009
The Comanche Maidens got out to an early 2 to 0 lead over the Coleman Katts Friday afternoon at the local softball field. The Katts put one run on the board then finally pulled ahead in the 3rd inning with a triple by Jessica Morales which scored two runs.

After taking a 5-2 lead over Comanche, the Maidens weren't finished. They managed a triple of their own to score enough runs to tie the game at 5-5. They also added 1 run in the 6th inning to take the lead back from the Katts.

But the Katts saved the best for last, in the 6th inning, with bases loaded, Carissa Zarate found the pitch she wanted and proceeded to drive the ball against a strong south wind over the center field fence, a GRAND SLAM putting the Katts ahead 9 to 6, and giving Zarate her sixth home run this season. The Katts then added one run for security, allowed no scores by Comanche in the 7th and continued their great district run with a 10 to 6 victory. The Katts have won all their district games so far, with the exception of Early.

Going on at the same time, next door at The Yard, the Bluecats were also having success against Comanche. They beat the Indians 12 to 7.

"I would like to give Carissa Zarate #11 a BIG Congrats! on her GRAND SLAM!! against Comanche!"
Eden #12

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Bluekatts Win Track Meet
4/3/2009
The CHS girls' track team competed in Goldthwaite on Thursday, April 2. The varsity won the meet with 99 points, followed by Goldthwaite with 92, Crawford 87, San Saba 69, Early 57, Bosqueville 54, Zephyr 38, Priddy 28, Richland Springs 22, Gorman 16, and Lometa 6.  Results are as follows:
4x100m Relay
3rd - Coleman - 53.62
4x200m Relay
3rd - Coleman - 1:55.37
4x400m Relay
5th - Coleman - 4:26.89
100m Hurdles
2nd - Buzzard - 17.37
300m Hurdles
2nd - Buzzard - 52.22
5th - Casselberry - 56.51
100m Dash
4th - Taylor - 13.20
400m Dash
4th - DeLeon - 1:05.31
1600m Run
4th - Casselberry - 6:20.21
Long Jump
2nd - Morales - 15' 11 1/2"
Shot Put
3rd - Salas - 30' 7"
Discus
4th - Salas - 85' 5"
Triple Jump
4th - Taylor - 31' 5 1/2"
High Jump
2nd - Strickland - 5' 0"
6th - Birdwell - 4' 6"
Pole Vault
1st - Spake - 8' 6"

Varsity Girls Track Team
Katelynn McKinnon, Carissa Zarate, Erin Strickland, Jessica Morales, Macky Spake, Jacy Payne, Mercedes Taylor, Jackie Birdwell, Shelbie DeLeon, Audrey Casselberry, Dylan Buzzard, Rene Salas, Lura Rylant, Tiffani Baker, Vicki Cruz
JV Girls Track Team
Morgan Hurtado, Leanna Roberts, Melanie Soder, Amanda Reyna, Nnehkai Agbor, Morgan Schumann, Ashley Grissom, Cheyenne Gammage)
The JV girls placed 2nd in the Junior Varsity division with 79 points.  Crawford won the JV with 134 points.  In 3rd was Goldthwaite with 62 point, followed by Early 60, San Saba 60, Gorman 48, Bosqueville 41, Zephyr 8, Priddy 4.  Results are as follows:
100m Dash
2nd - Reyna, A - 14.15
200m Dash
3rd - Roberts, L. - 30.21
3200m Run
6th - Casselberry - 14:33.94
4x100m Relay
2nd - Coleman - 56.30
4x200m Relay
3rd - Coleman - 2:03.42
300m Hurdles
3rd - Gammage - 1:06.65
4th -Agbor - 1:16.22
Long Jump
2nd - Roberts, L.  - 13' 1"
4th - Reyna, A. - 12' 5"
Shot Put
3rd - Soder - 23' 1 3/4"
5th - Agbor - 21' 0 3/4"
Triple Jump
3rd - Hurtado - 28' 10 1/2"

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Coleman Country Club Kicks Off Tournament Season with Spring Fling
4/3/2009     (Contributed by Sujo McKee)
The Coleman Country Club kicked off its 2009 Golf Tournament season with the first tournament of the year, the Spring Fling Three-Person Golf Tournament. The format consisted of three-person teams playing 6 holes of scramble, 6 holes of shamble and 6 holes of low-ball for two days.

This year’s tournament featured 25 teams braving the cool temperatures and the wind vying for first place honors. Finishing in first place after two days of tough competition in the Championship Flight was the team of Justin Thiberville, Zack Thomas and Chris Kleiner with scores of 61/62 for a total of 123. Finishing in second was the team of Tom Hale, Wayne Fenton and Ronnie Thomas with scores of 63/63 for a total of 126. Rounding out third place was Matt Hadden, Brent Cecil and Brian Light with scores of 66/62 for a total of 128.

In the Presidents Flight, the team of Jack Birdwell, Jennifer Birdwell and Laura Martin shot an impressive 62 on Sunday to take first place with a two-day total of 131. Second place was Steve Tiemann, David Varner and James Varner who shot 69/63 for a total of 132. Third place honors went to the team of Johnny Story, Troy Love and Jesse Carrasco with scores of 69/64 for a two-day total of 133.

First place honors in the First Flight went to the team of JR Salazar, Craig Duquette and David Strickland with scores of 71/68 for a total of 139. Second place went to the team of Wes Baxter, Stan Murff and Tim Manley with scores of 75/67 for a total of 142 and third place went to the team of Benny Mendoza, Albert Dela Rosa and Victor Sanchez with scores of 70/74 for a total of 144. Results are posted on the Country Club’s website, www.colemancountryclub.com .

All teams were treated to a delicious steak dinner cooked by Dewayne Saverance on Saturday night. A special thank you goes to the numerous businesses who contributed in sponsorships to the success of this tournament. A complete list of our sponsors can be seen below or found on our website at www.colemancountryclub.com. Anyone interested in participating in the Coleman Country Club’s tournaments can visit the website for a tournament schedule. The next tournament will be the Couples Scramble on April 25 & 26. Entry forms can be downloaded from the website as well as all tournament results and pictures. For information on tournaments, feel free to call SuJo McKee at 625-3690.

The Coleman Country Club would also like to welcome Weldon Thompson, Richard Hetzel, Charles Watson, Mike Hubbard and Chris Deleon to the membership.  Anyone interested in membership is encouraged to visit our website for membership information or call the Country Club at 325-625-2922.

Be sure you visit the website at www.colemancountryclub.com  to stay current on all the latest news, results and happenings at the Coleman Country Club
 

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Softball Team Adds Game
4/2/2009
The Lady Bluekatts have added a softball game to the schedule. On Tuesday, April 7^th, at 5:00 pm. we will play Albany here
 

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Panther Creek High school district basketball honors. Trevor Smith (Sophomore, Honorable Mention), Stephen Hoelscher (Junior, 1st Team), Ethan Griffin (Junior, 1st Team), Trent Smith (Sophomore, Honorable Mention), Johnny Stewart (Sophomore, 2nd Team), Will Copley (Senior, 2nd Team). 
 

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The following Santa Anna Varsity girls received Texas Six-man All Region basketball honors.

Kendra Coleman-1st Team, Molly Pritchard--2nd Team, Sarah Herrod-2nd Team