Sports Archives - November and December 2008

Katts Win One, Lose One in Eula Monday
12/30/2008
The Bluekatt basketball team is playing in the Eula Tournament during the holiday break. Monday, the Katts defeated the Hawley Lady Bearcats 47 to 42 in the first game of the tournament, bright and early at 8:00am.

Twelve hours later, at 8:00pm, the Katts played Cisco, a team they defeated earlier this year. The Lady Loboes had a better second quarter than Coleman and used that to hang on to beat the Katts 42-34.

The next game for the Katts will be today (Tuesday) at 5:00pm.

Cats 9 - 5 in Pre-District; Eula Tournament Next Week
12/24/2008  (From Coach C.J. Villegas)
Bronte defeated the Coleman Bluecats by a final of 54-39. The Bluecats are now 9-5 on the season and will continue regular season play on December 29 in the Eula Holiday Tournament. “Bronte was a very good test for us before the Christmas Holidays. They are a very talented 1A program. They did a good job of shooting the ball. Our guys did a great job of fighting and playing hard the whole game.”  We will play our last regular season games at the Eula basketball tournament December 29-31, and then start district play on January 2nd. We would like a huge crowd on January 2nd for the district home opener. Our Booster Club is doing a great job of trying to find ways for spectators to attend the basketball games.
Stats
Glen Edington 10 pts., 3 rebs. 2 deflection
Colton Buzzard 9 pts., 7 rebs, 4 steals, 4 assists, 2 deflections
Dalton Deleon 6 pts., 4 rebs, 2 assists, 3 steals, 3 deflections
Andrew Isom 5 pts., 1 reb.
Trent Hambright 4 pts., 2 rebs, 1 assist
Jamal Agbor 3 pts., 3 rebs, 5 deflections
Gary Heath 2 pts., 2 rebs, 1 steal

Practice Schedule
Saturday, December 27, at 10:00a.m. JV and Varsity Boys Practice
Monday, December 29 Varsity Boys at Eula Tournament
Tuesday, December 30 Varsity Boys at Eula Tournament
Wednesday, December 31 Varsity Boys at Eula Tournament
Thursday, January 1 at 8:00a.m. JV and Varsity Boys Practice
Friday, January 2 District Home Opener vs. Dublin

From the Bluecats: Have a Happy Holidays!

Panther Creek Scores
12/23/2008
Panther Creek VG 28 vs Brookesmith 61
Panther Creek VB 41 vs Brookesmith 30
VG travel to Richland Springs for a tournament 12/29-12/31

Coleman Junior High Boys Basketball Practice times
12/22/2008
Saturday   December 27 10:00am – 12:00
Monday    December 29 10:00am – 12:00
Wednesday December 31 10:00am – 12:00
Junior High Gym

Panther Creek vs Rising Star - PC JVG 25- RS 55
PC VG 46 -RS 21
PC VB 57-RS 51 OT
Panthers play Brookesmith 12/22/08   VG tip off at 6:30pm

COLEMAN BLUEKATTS Stats from Comanche
12/19/2008  (from  Coach Tracy Dawson)
COLEMAN 42 COMANCHE 45

FREE THROWS 11/23 = 48%
SHOTS             15/45 = 33%
ONE 3PT SHOT WAS MADE

                        1ST      2ND      3RD      4TH      TOTAL
COLEMAN         15         4          12        11           42
COMANCHE      11        14           6         14          45

We played a great game. I was proud of the way every young lady played. Stats don’t always tell the story of how hard a kid plays. We have a great team and everyone is needed to help us be successful each and every night. Defensively we played extremely well and made two big comebacks in the second half. We struggled from the Free throw line and behind the 3pt arch that was really the difference in the game. We have our first district home game against Dublin on Jan. 2nd and we really hope to see a big crowd. There is nothing more fun and energizing than having a gym packed full of your fans screaming and yelling for your team and these girls deserve it.
Go BlueKatts!
Coach Tracy Dawson

LETTER TO PARENTS
12/19/2008
Dear Parents:
We are in the process of putting together a 12 and under and a 14 and under Softball Travel Team for the up coming summer. We could be playing league ball in Abilene. We will play in 4/5 tournaments in April, May, and June including the State tournament where ever it maybe. We can only take 12-14 girls. The initial cost will be $100 per player. We will use this money to cover entry fees and hotels if we need them. We will need this money by March 1, 2009 when we begin practice.

I know that we will be going to the 8 game guarantee in Midland, Wichita Falls and the Dallas area.

We will go to the 12U State Tournament and the 14U State Tournament. Will not know where these are until the middle of January.

We will have a meeting on January 4, 2009 at 5 P.M. in the old HS Gym. Practice will begin February 22, 2009 at 3 P.M.

Pitching lessons will begin January 11, 2009 and will be every Saturday. They will be either outside at the HS field if it is nice or inside the old HS gym if it is bad. Lessons will be $10 for 30 minutes and you will need to bring your own catcher. There will be a sign up sheet or you can call me for a time slot. Times will be on a first come first serve basis.

Hitting lessons will begin January 11, 2009 and will be every Saturday. They will be either outside at the HS field if it is nice or inside the old HS gym if it is bad. Lessons will be $10 for 30 minutes. There will be a sign up sheet or you can call me for a time slot. Times will be on a first come first serve basis. Thank you for the opportunity to work with your daughter and to begin to preparing her for HS ball.
Mrs. Coach Roberts

9th Grade Stats from Tuesday Night
12/18/2008
Final Score: Coleman 21 - Comanche 34
Taylor Armstrong- 3 points
Chanie Barker- 5 points
Kaitlyn McKinnon- 4 points
Lakein Barnett- 4 points
Lura Rylant- 4 points
Agbor- 1 point

Katts Lose Nail-Biter
12/17/2008
The Coleman Bluekatts began district play Tuesday night in Comanche.  It ended with Comanche ahead 45 - 42, but it was a close game the entire night.  At the end of the first quarter Coleman was ahead 15 - 11.  Carissa Zarate scored 6 of her 11 points in that quarter, including 2 free throws.  The 2nd quarter belonged to Comanche as they scored 14 to Coleman's 4 points.  At half the score was Comanche 25 - Coleman 19.  The Katts came back alive after halftime to score 12 points to Comanche's 6, and the score at the end of the 3rd was tied at 31.  The 4th quarter was when the action really started.  There were 8 free throws shot by Coleman, but Comanche had 14 opportunities at the line, making 10 of them.  There were only 2 field goals made by either team in the 4th quarter, one being Zarate's 3-pointer with 1:35 left to put Coleman within 2 (39-41).  Jessica Morales  made a free throw with 1:20 left to get within 1 point (40-41), but the last 37 seconds proved to be a big part of the game.  As Comanche was taking the ball up the floor, a foul was called on Zarate, her 5th.  An important part of that time period was that the clock keeper hadn't started the clock.  An official decided that 10 seconds should have run off (hmm....10 second rule for half court???).  Coach Dawson convinced him that 10 seconds was too much time to have elapsed so they put the clock at 29.00 seconds.  Comanche made 4 of 6 free throws and Morales made 2 of 2 during that final 29 seconds and the score ended with Comanche 45 - Coleman 42.  The Katts will be playing in the Eula tournament during Christmas break and will come back with their 2nd district game on January 2nd against Dublin in the CHS gym. 

CHS JV Boys Win Big
12/17/2008 (by Coach Josh Alcorn)
The Coleman JV boys basketball team used a 16-0 third quarter run to put away the Hamlin JV Pied Pipers 58-18 Monday night. The defense played exceptionally well which led to several fast break opportunities. The Bluecats scoring attack was balanced led by Kyle Russell with 14 points.
Kyle Russell - 14 pts
Jessie Jaregui - 11 pts
Travis Brixey - 8 pts
Colt Jamison - 8 pts
A.J. Hurtado - 7 pts
Trey Casey - 6 pts
Reid Needham - 2 pts
Scott Curry - 2 pts

Coleman Bluecats Now 9-4 on the Season
12/16/2008
The Coleman Bluecats defeated the Hamlin Pied Pipers 45-42, here Monday night. The Bluecats “up” their record to 9-4 on the season. Colton Buzzard, Dalton Deleon, and Jamal Agbor led the scoring attack for the Bluecats. Coach CJ Villegas says, “In the second half, our guards did a great job of feeding Jamal the ball and letting him work at the low post position. He did a great job of finding ways to score. We feel like Jamal is going to be a presence underneath the basket and we are going to have to find ways to get him the ball. It is very hard to guard Jamal at the low post, and we feel like that is going to benefit us in the long run.”
The Bluecats will play here Friday, December 19, 2008 against Bronte. The JV boys will begin play at 4p.m. followed by the Varsity Boys at 5:30p.m.
Stats:
Colton Buzzard 15 pts.
Jamal Agbor 12 pts.
Dalton Deleon 12 pts.
Trent Hambright 4 pts.
Peyton Schumann 2 pts.

Coleman Junior High Boys Basketball
12/16/2008 (Contributed by Coach Kim Smith)
Monday,  December 15
Coleman Junior High Boys Basketball traveled to Brady and came away with 3 victories out of the 4 games. Coleman 8th grade “A” team won a “defensive struggle” against Brady. Final score Coleman 18 Brady 17. Coleman 7th grade “A” team lost for the 2nd time this year to Brady, but played a much closer game this time around. Coleman 8th and 7th grade “B” teams both won decisive victories over the Bulldogs.

Coleman-Albany Basketball Tournament
Coleman-43 vs. Roby-55
Stats:
Dalton Deleon 14 pts.
Glen Edington 12 pts.
Colton Buzzard 6 pts.
Colt Jamison 4 pts.
Trent Hambright 3 pts.
Peyton Schumann 2 pts.
Jamal Agbor 2 pts.

Coleman-48 vs. Stamford-40
Stats:
Glen Edington 12 pts., 3 assists
Colton Buzzard 11 pts. 8 assists, 1 charge taken
Dalton Deleon 11 pts., 2 rebs, 2 assists
Jamal Agbor 4 pts.
Trent Hambright 4 pts., 2 rebs.
Andrew Isom 2 pts.
Peyton Schumann 2 pts.
Gary Heath 2 pts., 5 rebs., 1 steal

Coleman-47 vs. Jim Ned JV-42
Stats:
Dalton Deleon 16 pts., 5 rebs.
Glen Edington 11 pts., 7 rebs., 2 steals, 2 deflections
Jamal Agbor 8 pts., 5 rebs., 2 steals
Gary Heath 4 pts., 2 steals, 2 rebs.
Colton Buzzard 4 pts., 5 rebs., 5 assists, 2 steals, 2 deflections
Andrew Isom 2 pts., 2 deflections
Trent Hambright 2 pts., 2 rebs.

All Tournament Team- Seniors Jamal Agbor and Glen Edington

The Bluecats play Hamlin here tonight starting at 5pm with the
JV, followed by the Varsity at 6:30

From Coach C.J. Villegas:  “I felt like we did a good job at the Albany Tournament. After the Roby game, we were able to put two good games together and finish the tournament strong. I believed we had a very successful tournament. The guys are working hard every day, and we understand that district is right around the corner. I told them that whenever we come back from the Christmas holidays, IT’S ON! We have enough time to get better and sharpen up for district play beginning January 2nd."

Bluecats Win Consolation in Albany
12/14/2008
The Coleman Bluecats won the Consolation Trophy in Albany on Friday evening.  They beat Jim Ned's JV to win.

CHS Bluecats Schedule for Monday, December 15, 2008
5:00p.m. JV Boys vs. Hamlin (Here)
6:30p.m. Varsity Boys vs. Hamlin (Here)

Cats in Albany Tournament - Play for Consolation Today
12/12/2008
Coleman vs. Roby
The Coleman Bluecats traveled to the Albany Holiday Classic, and faced the Roby Lions on Thursday. Coleman dropped the game by a score of 43-55. “We were only down by 4 at halftime, and I felt like we were in position to win the ball game. We have to find a way to make shots on the road. I feel like that is something that we have to work on in order for us to be successful when district rolls around.”
Stats:
Dalton Deleon 14 pts.
Glen Edington 12 pts.
Colton Buzzard 6 pts.
Colt Jamison 4 pts.
Trent Hambright 3 pts.
Peyton Schumann 2 pts.
Jamal Agbor 2 pts.

Coleman vs. Stamford
In the second round of the consolation bracket, the Bluecats faced the Stamford Bulldogs in Albany. The Bluecats defeated the Bulldogs 48-40. The Bluecats were leading the whole game, until Stamford tied the game with 3 minutes to go. “I told the guys, that we have to find ways to finish ball games. Stamford did a good job of fighting the whole game, and tied the ball game in the fourth quarter. I felt our guys did a great job of making clutch free throws in the final 2 minutes of the game. We started the game off shooting the ball well in the 1st quarter. Our three senior guards (C. Buzzard, D. Deleon and G. Edington) had a balanced scoring attack.”
Stats:
Glen Edington 12 pts.
Colton Buzzard 11 pts.
Dalton Deleon 11 pts.
Jamal Agbor 4 pts.
Trent Hambright 4 pts.
Andrew Isom 2 pts.
Peyton Schumann 2 pts.
Gary Heath 2 pts.
The Bluecats will play in the Consolation championship game at 7:20p.m. in Albany. The Bluecats will play the winner of Hawley or Jim Ned JV.

Bluecats Beat the Tigers
12/11/2008
The Coleman Bluecats defeated the Hico Tigers 46-35 here on Tuesday night. Leading the way for the Bluecats were senior guards Glen Edington and Dalton DeLeon. The two guards accounted for more than half of the Bluecat’s offense. “Glen was on fire throughout the game. He really did a great job of getting open and making key shots during the ball game. We always try to stress to the guys that we are going to have to make shots in our own gym. Glen is starting to come around and shoot the ball really well for us. I feel that Dalton does a great job of getting to the basket. He is very quick when the ball is in his hands.” The Bluecats recorded another win in the “win” column, and are 6-3 on the season. The Cats will travel to the Albany Tournament and face Roby at 3:05p.m. on Thursday. The loser of that game will play at 7:20 Thursday night. The winner will play at 8:45 Thursday night. The Championship game is slated for 7:20 on Friday night. After the tournament, the Coleman Bluecats will host Hamlin on Monday, December 15, 2008.
Scorers:
Glen Edington 21 pts.
Dalton Deleon 12 pts.
Colton Buzzard 3 pts.
Trent Hambright 3 pts.
Andrew Isom 2 pts.
Peyton Schumann 2 pts.
Gary Heath 2 pts.
Jamal Agbor 1 pt.

Bluecat JV Boys Score Victory
12/10/2008
The Coleman JV Bluecats hosted Hico JV Tuesday night at the high school. The Bluecats used a 17-0 run in the 2nd quarter to pull away and end up with a 54-33 win. "I thought our shot selection was much improved tonight and our guys worked hard rebounding the ball better as well," said Coach Josh Alcorn. Almost everybody got into the scoring action in the game.

Jessie Jaregui, 10; Trey Casey, 8; Travis Brixey, 8; Kyle Russell, 7; Colt Jamison, 7; Reid Needham, 6; A.J. Hurtado, 5; Tanner Long, 3.

Coleman Bluekatts Basketball - Stats from last 4 games
12/10/2008
COLEMAN 61 VS. WINTERS18
Rynn Norris injury
Jacy Payne 5pts
Carrisa Zarate 5
Rene Salas 10
Cheyenne Turner 4
Jessica Morales 11
Tabitha Terrell 4
Sonya Cruz 10
Nicole Heath 10

COLEMAN 40 VS BALLINGER 56
Rynn Norris injury
Jacy Payne 2pts
Carrisa Zarate 2
Rene Salas 2
Nancy Cruz 8
Jessica Morales 16
Sonya Cruz 8
Nicole Heath 2

COLEMAN 32 VS ROSCOE 39
Rynn Norris injury
Jacy Payne 4pts
Carrisa Zarate 1
Nancy Cruz 7
Cheyenne Turner 5
Jessica Morales 3
Tabitha Terrell 4
Sonya Cruz 2
Nicole Heath 6

COLEMAN 45 VS HICO 51
Jacy Payne 2
Rene Salas 2
Nancy Cruz 4
Cheyenne Turner 7
Jessica Morales 14
Tabitha Terrell 4
Sonya Cruz 6
Nicole Heath 6

Coleman JV Girls vs. Hico
12/10/2008
December 9th, 2008
Score: Coleman 48 - Hico 24
Erin Strickland- 3 pts, 7 offensive rebounds
Jackie Birdwell- 4 pts
Mercedes Taylor- 8 pts
Victoria Cruz- 4 pts
Amanda Gober- 12 pts, 6 offensive rebounds
Dylan Buzzard- 12 pts, 5 steals
Angelina Marks- 5 pts

Scores from Tuesday Night
12/10/2008
Panther Creek VG 32 vs Sidney 54
Panther Creek VB 51 vs Sidney 37
JV/VG travel to Santa Anna Fri 12/12 @5:30
VB travel to Lohn Thurs 12/13 for tournament through Saturday

JH Lady Bluekatts Take On The Early Longhorns
12/9/2008
The 7th grade Lady Bluekatts took on the Early Longhorns on Monday, December 8. Both the 7th grade A and B teams played very well and we are very proud of them. The 7th grade B team started out the night with a victory against the Longhorns. The score was very close through most of the game, however the Bluekatts were able to pull away in the fourth quarter with the score of 25 to 18. Leading the Lady Bluekatts was Taylor Mills with 14 points, Brianna Horn with 7 points, Tara Ryland with 2 points and Laura Mata with 2 points.

The 7th Grade A team fought hard, but fell short at the end of the fourth quarter. Leading the Bluekatts was Tiana Thomas with 7 points, Danielle Dawson with 2 points, and Shaila Bishop with 2 points. The Lady Bluekatts will play here on Monday,  December 15 against Brady. There will be four games beginning at 4:30. Come supports your Lady Bluekatts.

Coleman Junior High Boys Basketball
12/9/2008    (From Coach Kim Smith)
Coleman Junior High boys won 3 out of 4 games Monday night against the Early Longhorns.
Coleman 8th grade “A” team won by the score of Coleman 42 Early 31. Leading scorers for Coleman were Shelton Zarate 11, Anthony Thomas 9, DJ Terrell 8, Mason Fuller 6, Ethan Morris 5 and Austin Smith 3. Coleman 8th grade after a slow start of the season has won it’s last 3 games in a row.

Coleman 7th grade “A” lost a close defensive contest by the score of Coleman 20 Early 23. The 7th graders continue to improve during the course of the season. Leading scorers were Daulton Allen 10, Draven Delagarza 5.

Coleman 8th grade “B” team won by the score of Coleman 26 Early 12. Leading scorers were Dalton Gentry 11, Dusty Henderson 9.

Coleman 7th grade “B” team won by the score of Coleman 32 Early 2. Leading scorers were Justin Reyna 13, Derek Brown 6, Jacob Cortez 4 and PJ Hammonds 4.

Coleman’s next game will be Monday, December 15th against Brady in Brady; first game will start at 4:30.

Coleman JV Girls vs. Sweetwater JV
At Sweetwater Saturday December 6, 2008
Score: Coleman JV 60 - Sweetwater 31
Erin Strickland- 4 pts
Jackie Birdwell- 16 pts
Mercedes Taylor- 2 pts
Victoria Cruz- 7 pts
Chanie Barker- 2 pts
Amanda Gober- 16 pts
Dylan Buzzard- 8 pts
Angelina Marks- 5 pts

Bluecat Stats and Game Times for Tuesday
12/6/2008
Season Record: 5-3
Ballinger Tournament record- 2-2
Schedule of Games- December 9, 2008 vs. Hico
New HS Gym                                          Old HS Gym
5:00- JV Girls vs. Hico                             5:00- JV Boys vs. Hico
6:30- Varsity Girls vs. Hico                       6:30- Freshmen Girls vs. Hico
8:00- Varsity Boys vs. Hico
After the Hico game on Tuesday, the Coleman Bluecats will play in the Albany Holiday Classic Tournament on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Game times are to be determined.
Ballinger Tournament Results for Bluecats
Coleman 41 vs. Hawley 54-Thursday
Stats:
Glen Edington-    11 pts., 5 steals
Jamal Agbor-       11pts., 3 rebs., 1 steal, 1 charge taken
Dalton Deleon-     8 pts., 2 rebs., 3 steals
Colton Buzzard-   6 pts., 1 steal, 1 charge taken
Trent Hambright-  3 pts., 2 rebs.
Andrew Isom-      2 pts., 1 steal,1 rebound
Coleman 58 vs. Winters 50 (Overtime)-Friday
Stats:
Colton Buzzard-   17 pts., 4 rebs., 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 charges taken
Trent Hambright-  15 pts., 6 rebs., 1 assist
Glen Edington-    10 pts., 2 rebs., 3 steals, 1 charge taken
Andrew Isom-        8 pts., 7 rebs., 1 steal, 1 charge taken
Jamal Agbor-        6 pts., 5 rebs., 1 assist
Dalton Deleon-      2 pts., 7 rebs., 3 assists, 3 steals
Peyton Schumann- 2 rebs., 1 charge taken
Gary Heath-          3 rebs., 1 steal
Coleman 34 vs. San Angelo Central JV 52-Friday
Stats:
Dalton Deleon-      14 pts., 7 rebs., 3 charges taken
Colton Buzzard-    10 pts., 1 reb., 5 steals
Kyle Kemp-            5 pts., 3 rebs., 1 steal
Andrew Isom-         2 pts., 1 reb.
Trent Hambright-     2 pts., 8 rebs., 1 steal
Gary Heath-           1 pt., 4 rebs., 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 charge taken
Jamal Agbor-          4 rebs.
Glen Edington-       3 rebs., 2 steals, 1 assist
Coleman 60 vs. Sonora 40-Saturday
Stats:
Dalton Deleon-       21 pts., 2 rebs., 1 steal, 1 charge taken
Glen Edington-      17 pts., 4 rebs., 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 charge
Jamal Agbor-          9 pts., 12 rebs., 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 charges
Peyton Schumann- 4 pts., 1 reb.,
Trent Hambright-     4 pts., 3 rebs., 1 steal
Kyle Kemp-            3 pts., 1 reb.
Colton Buzzard-     2 pts., 1 reb., 3 assists, 3 steals
Andrew Isom-        3 rebs., 1 steal
Gary Heath-          1 steal, 1 assist

Coleman Bluekatts Basketball
12/3/2008
From Coach Dawson:  (About the Cisco game) The girls played their first game from start to finish. I was pleased with the effort and attitude. With a new mind set, we are going to be a team in the hunt for the playoffs.
The Katts play today in the Ballinger tournament at 4:30pm vs Winters.
Coleman 41  Cisco 38
Other Stats from the Game:
Shooting      15/39     39%
Free throws  11/15   73%
Offensive reb    7
Defensive reb  21
Assist    9
Steals    3
Blocks    3
Turnovers    21
The Bluecats play today in the Ballinger Tournament at 3:00 against Hawley.....

Katts Surprise 11th Ranked Cisco
12/3/2008
Free throw shooting led the Bluekatts to a victory over perennial powerhouse Cisco Tuesday night in Coleman by a final score of 41-38. Cisco was ranked 11th in the state by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (link: http://tabchoops.org/finalG.html)  The Katts made 11 out of 15 free throws on the night with all but one of those attempts being shot in the 2nd half.

Tabitha Terrell scored the first field goal of the night with 6:54 left in the 1st quarter; later in the first quarter the Bluekatts went up 8 - 2 with 3:50 left on the clock and "things were looking good!" However, by the end of the quarter, Cisco had come back and had a two point lead 12-10. That was NOT "quitting time" for the CHS girls! By halftime Coach Dawson's Bluekatts had recovered a lead with a score of 20-17. The 3rd quarter was the highest scoring quarter for both teams. Part of that was time spent at the free throw line. Coleman made 6 of 8 free throw attempts and Cisco made 7 of 8. That was half of each team's total points scored in that quarter. With the score Coleman 32 - Cisco 31 at the beginning of the 4th quarter, the Bluekatts still had a lot to prove to themselves. The Katts scored 2 after two long minutes had ticked off the clock in the 4th and they were up by 3. After Cisco called a timeout, they drove in the lane and forced a foul, making 2 free throws, and a 1 point game with 5:12 left. Coleman called 4 timeouts in the last 4 minutes of the game, and that game plan worked for Coach Dawson! After Cisco scored and went up one point, the Katts never looked back. They shot 6 free throws in the final 3 minutes, making 5 of them, with Nancy Cruz scoring the only field goal off an offensive rebound. With 1:07 and the score tied, Cheyenne Turner made two of those free throws to go ahead, and with 4.9 seconds left, Carissa Zarate made a free throw to make it a three point game. The Katts defensive effort kept the Lady Loboes from being able to get a good shot off at the buzzer and the Katts were victorious over the Cisco team with a score of 41 - 38 and "things are looking good!" 

Bluecats Fall to Clyde, But Fight to the End!
12/3/2008
The Coleman Bluecats fell to the Clyde Bulldogs 59-33, Tuesday night.  The Bluecats suffer their first loss of the regular season.  They will go into Thursday’s Ballinger Tournament with a 3-1 record.  Coach C. J. Villegas reports, “Clyde shot the ball well.  They did not miss many shots.  It’s hard to win ball games when the opponent shoots the ball as well as Clyde did tonight.”  Colton Buzzard led the Bluecats in scoring with 18 points.  “I was really impressed, on how our kids came out and played in the second half.  I just wanted us competing against a good opponent.” 

Scoring Totals for V Boys
Peyton Schuman - 2
Trent Hambright - 3
Dalton DeLeon - 4
Glen Edington - 6
Colton Buzzard - 18
Scores by Quarters -
Coleman - 10 -   2 - 11 - 10 = 33
Clyde -      17 - 10 - 18 - 14 = 59

The Bluecats were impressive with their "never give up" play even in the final minutes of the game.  "Hats off" to Coach Villegas for keeping the Cats in the fight.   The Bluecats will play in the Ballinger Invitational Tournament this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  They will face Hawley, on Thursday at 3:00p.m.  Friday and Saturday’s games are to be determined depending on the outcome of Thursday’s game.  They will play at home next Tuesday, December 9, 2008 against Hico.

9th Boys Results
12/3/2008
The freshman team defeated Clyde last night 43 to 26. They played very good fundamental ball and great defense. The team held Clyde to 6 points in the 2nd quarter and 2 points in the 4th.   Offensively, Logan Owens - 17 points, Justin Morales - 10, Luis Landaverde - 6, Troy Hubbard – 4, Payton Cody – 3, Ryan Kuehler – 2, and Marcos Hurtado – 1.  They will play Hico next Tuesday at 5:00 pm in the High School gym.

Panther Creek Scores
12/3/2008
VG vs Rochelle PC 25 Rochelle 61
VB vs Rochelle PC 40 Rochelle 27
The Panthers will travel to Blackwell Thursday for the Blackwell Tournament which lasts through Saturday.

Coleman JV Girls vs Cisco
12/3/2008
Score: 44-27
Erin Strickland- 6 pts
Jackie Birdwell- 4 pts
Mercedes Taylor- 2 pts
Victoria Cruz- 11 pts
Amanda Gober- 9 pts
Dylan Buzzard- 3 pts
Angelina Marks- 9 pts

Results from Tuesday Night in the Gym
12/3/2008
Tuesday's basketball schedule had the CHS girls playing Cisco and, since the Cisco boys are still in the football playoffs, the CHS boys played Clyde. Scores are as follows:
9th Boys won - Coleman 47 - Clyde 28
JV Boys lost - Coleman 28 - Clyde 46
V Boys lost - Coleman 33 - Clyde 59
JV Girls won - Coleman 44 - Cisco 27
V Girls won - Coleman 41 - Cisco 38

Scoring Totals for V Girls
Nicole Heath - 2
Rene Salas - 2
Jacy Payne - 2
Tabitha Terrell - 4
Carissa Zarate - 3
Cheyenne Turner - 6
Nancy Cruz - 6
Sonya Cruz - 4
Jessica Morales - 12
Scores by Quarters
Coleman - 10 - 10 - 12 - 9 = 41
Cisco -     12 -   5 - 14 - 7 = 38

7th Grade Lady Bluekatt Basketball
12/2/2008
The Lady Bluekatts hosted the Lady Dragons On Monday December, 1. The 7th grade B team fought a hard battle but fell short of a victory with a score of Bangs 15 to Coleman 14. Leading the Bluekatt B team was Taylor Mills with 6 points, Brianna Horn with 6 points, and Laura Mata with 2 points. These ladies worked very hard and played very well.

The 7th grade A team defeated the Bangs Dragons with the score of Coleman 40 to Bangs 7. Leading the Lady Bluekatts to victory was Tiana Thomas with 12 points, Danielle Dawson with 9 points, Shaila Bishop with 8 points, Vallari Escobar with 5 points, Aspen McConathy with 4 points, and Shayla Carter with 2 points.

We are very proud of all of our girls. All teams are working hard and improving everyday. Come support our Lady Bluekatts next Monday December, 8th at Early.

CJHS Boys Basketball Scores
12/2/2008
Coleman Junior High Boys played the Bangs Dragons Monday night. The Coleman 8th grade won an extremely exciting game by the score of Coleman 48-Bangs 47. Leading scorers were Austin Smith 15 and Anthony Thomas 8. The game went back and forth until the final 30 seconds. Coleman trailed by 3 points with 30 seconds left to go in the game, when Austin Smith hit a 3 pointer from the corner to tie the game. Playing tough man to man defense the Bluecats regained the ball with 10 seconds left. Time out was called, and a shot was taken and missed, Shelton Zarate rebounded and kept the ball alive. With less than 5 seconds to go Austin Smith hit a 2 pointer for the victory. Anthony Thomas did an excellent job running the team at his point guard position, Mason Fuller, Shelton Zarate and DJ Terrell each did an outstanding job rebounding the ball against a much taller Bangs team. Tyler Doil and Dalton Gentry came off the bench and gave the team a great lift when needed. Coleman’s team defense played a strong game as well.

7th grade A Team lost to the Dragons as did the Coleman B team, both teams played extremely hard and are improving each game. The teams have played hard all season and continue to work very hard in practice.

Scores from Panther Creek
12/2/2008
Panther Creek JHG vs Sidney PC 25 Sidney 23
Panther Creek JHB vs Sidney PC 27 Sidney 48
Panther Creek Varsity travels to Rochelle tonight!

Tuesday's CHS BB Schedule
12/1/2008
The high school boy's basketball teams will face Clyde here in Coleman. The girls on the other hand will go against Cisco.
Schedule for December 2, 2008:
4:00p.m. -JV Girls vs. Cisco (New High School Gym)
Freshmen Boys vs. Clyde (Old High School Gym)
5:00p.m.- JV Boys vs. Clyde (New High School Gym)
Freshmen Girls vs. Cisco (Old High School Gym)   Cancelled
6:30p.m.- Varsity Girls vs. Cisco (New High School Gym)
8:00p.m.- Varsity Boys vs. Clyde (New High School Gym)

Bluecat Football All- District Honors Announced
12/1/2008
All-District selections for the District 8-2A 2008 football season were announced Monday, December 1st.  Honored Bluecats are as follows:
OFFENSE
1st Team:
Carlos Barrios - Sr. - Offensive Line
Dalton DeLeon - Sr. - Wide Receiver
2nd Team:
Colton Buzzard - Sr. - Quarterback
Glen Edington - Sr. - Running back
Jamal Agbor - Sr.  - Tight End
Gary Heath - Jr. - Offensive Line
Honorable Mention:
Kahlam Salazar - Sr. Running Back
Duston Crawford - Sr. - Offensive Line
Jonathon Estes - Sr. Offensive Line
DEFENSE
1st Team
Colton Buzzard - Sr. - Defensive Back
Adam Jiminez - Jr. - Defensive End
Glen Edington - Sr. - Outside Linebacker
Stanley Cole - Sr. - Inside Linebacker
Jamal Agbor - Sr. - Defensive Line
2nd Team
Zach Doyle - Jr. - Defensive Back
Gary Heath - Jr. - Defensive End
Carlos Barrios - Sr. - Defensive Line
Honorable Mention
Caleb Walker - Sr. - Inside Linebacker
Andrew Isom - Jr. - Outside Linebacker
Dalton DeLeon - Sr. - Defensive Back

Jr. High Boys Basketball Scores
11/25/2008  (Contributed by Coach Kim Smith)
The 8^th Grade boys A team defeated Brady by the score of 46 to 23. It was a great team effort. The 8^th grade has shown a great deal of improvement since the start of the season. Members of the team are Anthony Thomas, Austin Smith, Mason Fuller, DJ Terrell, Shelton Zarate, Ethan Morris, Dusty Henderson, Cutter Windham, Dalton Gentry and Tyler Doil. The 7^th grade A team lost to Brady, but are showing signs of improvement. The 7^th grade A team is working hard in practice and getting better every day. Coleman’s Junior High B team won it’s contest by the score of 30 to 12.

Bluecats Defeat Ballinger In Overtime!!!
11/25/2008  ( Contributed by Coach C.J. Villegas)
The Coleman Bluecats defeated the Ballinger Bearcats in a very close ball game Monday night 50-49 in overtime. The Bluecats started the game on a very hot streak, leading the whole game, until middle of the 4th quarter. “After the Sweetwater game, I told the guys that we had to get prepared to play 4 quarters against a Ballinger team that was going to be good. They are a very well known basketball program that has been successful for a number of years. I was very anxious to play this game, because I wanted to see us play against good competition. Our three senior guards, Colton Buzzard, Dalton Deleon, and Glen Edington played exceptionally well in a very big ball game. The three combined for 35 of the 50 points. We were very excited about the win against Ballinger." 

The Dec. 2nd game against Cisco has been canceled due to the football playoffs. If we do not find another team to play on Dec 2nd, then our next game will be in the Ballinger Tournament with our first game on Thursday, December 4, at 3:00pm against Hawley.
From the Bluecats: “Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!”

COLEMAN BLUEKATTS BASKETBALL
11/25/2008
COLEMAN 42       BALLINGER 49
Individual Stats                                        Team Stats
RYNN NORRIS INJURY                    SHOOTING         14/44   32%
JACY PAYNE     5pts/10reb              FREE THROWS 14/27    52%
CARISSA ZARATE 12                      OFFENSIVE REB    9
RENE SALAS     2/6reb                    DEFENSIVE REB  28
NANCY CRUZ        8                        ASSIST                  4
CHEYENNE TURNER 2                    STEALS                 5
JESSICA MORALES 7                     TURNOVERS        22
TABITHA TERRELL  4
SONYA CRUZ         0
NICOLE HEATH      2
FROM Coach Tracy Dawson:  "The girls played great and held their composure throughout the ball game. I was very pleased with the way we keep ourselves in the game. We were down by 11 after the first and at halftime. We came out in the 3rd quarter and Ballinger hit three 3pt-shots to start the second half and we were down by 17pts only 2 minutes into the third quarter. We fought back and we were able to get with in 4pts but were unable to close the deal.  I was very impressed with the mentality of our team and how hard they worked for 4 quarters. We are beginning to believe. We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and we hope to see you on Tuesday when we play Cisco."

Freshman Girls BB
11/25/2008
Coleman 22    Ballinger 26
Armstrong    3pts
Barker         7
McKinnon    7
Roberts       0
Barnett        4
Rylant         1
Casey         0
Agbor          0
From Coach Dawson:  "Girls had another great game. There seemed to be a lid on the basket for the girls in the 4th quarter - every shot went in and out. We had chances to get on top late in the fourth but were unable to get the ball to fall for us. It was a hard fought game by all the girls.

7th Grade Lady Bluekatts Defeat Brady Bulldogs
11/25/2008  (Contributed by Coach Shella Arnwine)
The 7th Grade Lady Bluekatts fought their way to a 36-24 victory against the Brady Bulldogs. Leading the Bluekatts was Tiana Thomas with 19 points, Danielle Dawson with 8 points, Shaila Bishop with 6 points, Taylor Mills with 2 points, and Kirsti Jamison with 1 point.   The Lady Bluekatts have been working very hard this season to bring home the district title. The next game will be in Coleman against Bangs Junior High on Monday, December 1. There will be four games beginning at 4:30. Come show your support by cheering for the blue and white and watch them defeat the Dragons.

Coleman 9th Boys Have Tough Night
11/25/2008  (Contributed by Coach Steve Roberts)
Ballinger defeated Coleman 9th Boys 61-27 Monday night. Though the score seems one sided the Bluecats did play good defense on each 1st shot attempt. It was the second or third tries that the team did not do well on.  Six of the team scored with Logan Owens having 10 points, Justin Morales had 7 points, Luis Landaverde had 4 points, and Marcus Hurtado, Troy Hubbard, and Able Vasquez each had 2 points.  The 9th graders will play Cisco at home on December 2nd.

Bluecats Win in OT, Katts Battle in Close Loss in Ballinger
11/24/2008
Basketball has made some great strides in a short time in Coleman. Case in point, the Bluecats and Katts traveled to Ballinger Monday night to play the Bearcats who are well known for their success year-in and year-out in boys and girls round ball.

In the girl's varsity game, the final score was Ballinger 49, Coleman 42.

In the boy's varsity game, the Bluecats led much of the night, let Ballinger get back into the game, then defeated the Bearcats in OT 50-49.

Check the local basketball schedules on the links above and attend a game in the near future, the Bluecats and Katts are exciting to watch this year!

Coleman JV Girls Beat Ballinger
11/25/2008
Score Coleman 45 - Ballinger 15
Erin Strickland-2 pts
Jackie Birdwell-15 pts & 4 steals
Mercedes Taylor-2 pts
Vicki Cruz-2 pts & 4 steals
Amanda Gober-11 pts & 3 steals
Dylan Buzzard-6 pts, 6 rebounds
Angelina Marks-5 pts

2008 Club Champions Creston Olinger, Jr. & Linda Hadden
11/24/2008  (Contributed by Sujo McKee)
The Coleman Country Club hosted the Club Championship September 13 & 14th. Creston Olinger, Jr. finished as the Men’s Club Champion and Linda Hadden finished as the Women’s Club Championship for 2008.

In the Men’s Championship Flight, Creston Olinger, Jr. shot rounds of 71 and 75 to finish with a two-day total of 146, six shots better than second place finisher Craig Duquette who shot rounds of 74 and 78. Tom Burns and Gerald Bean tied for third place with two-day totals of 157.

In the Women’s Championship Flight, Linda Hadden took top honors with rounds of 89 and 84 for a two-day finish of 173. Second place went to Linda Branch and Lanita Fritsch finished third.

Ken Smith shot impressive rounds of 76 and 73 to finish first place in the Men’s First Flight while Dale Greaves shot rounds of 81 and 81 for first place in the Men’s Second Flight. Top honors in the Men’s Third Flight went to Kyle Wood and Paul Kugle took first place in the Men’s Fourth Flight.

The Annual Membership Meeting was held on Wednesday, September 17th. Members present were treated to a dinner hosted by Jace Staggs with Best Fried Chicken. A recap of the 2007-2008 year was presented to the membership by President Tim Parrott and board members. Four positions on the Board were up for election. Serving two-year terms will be Eric Fritsch, Tim Manley, Stan Hartman, as well as SuJo McKee who was reelected to the Board. They will join current board members President Tim Parrott, Vice President Gerald Bean and Larry Rose. President Tim Parrott recognized three of the past board members, David Fritsch, Tom Burns and Nicky Knox, for the time they served on the Board the last few years and all of their contributions to make the Country Club successful. The Board would like to extend a thank you to all the members and their families who attended the membership annual meeting and appreciate their participation.

As always, for more information on the Country Club, please visit the website at www.colemancountryclub.com  or contact the pro shop at 625-2922.

JV Boys Beat Sweetwater
11/24/2008  (Contributed by Coach Josh Alcorn)
The Coleman JV basketball team hosted Sweetwater Friday night and came out with a 33-16 win. The defense played a great game holding the mustangs to only 4 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters combined. Travis Brixey was the leading scorer using multiple steals to finish with 10 points. Colt Jamison and Reid Needham had  7 and 6 points respectively. The Bluecat JV will be in action Monday night in Ballinger at 5 p.m.

Bluekatts Struggle with Clyde
11/24/2008
COLEMAN 23      VS     CLYDE 43
Individual Stats                                          Team Stats
Rynn Norris - Injured                            Free throws 5/8 62%
JACY PAYNE        2pts                       Shooting 9/37 24%
CARISSA ZARATE 5                           Off Rebound 11
RENE SALAS        0                           Def Rebound 10
NANCY CRUZ        1                           Assist 1
CHEYENNE TURNER 2                      Steals 7
JESSICA MORALES 7                        Blocks 2
TABITHA TERRELL 4                          Turnovers 22
SONYA CRUZ       0
NICOLE HEATH     2
From Coach Tracy Dawson:  "Not a great outing for us on Saturday. This was the first game that I saw us move backwards. I thought that the 4th quarter we started to play, but for 3 quarters we just let Clyde do what ever they wanted to. The most frustrating thing is - we are getting high percentage shots and just can’t seem to capitalize on them.  Defensively we held them to 43pts and that has been our goal to keep teams under 45pts a game but we have to score 46pts to win. We held them to 26pts over 3 quarters, after the 1 quarter, so defense has been good.  We just have to solve our offensive issues;  that will come. Patience is a virtue and I am working on it."   The Katts play Ballinger tonight in Ballinger and Cisco on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving break.

JV Girls Win Championship in Eula Tournament
11/24/2008
The CHS JV girls played in the Eula Tournament this weekend.  They played in the Championship game on Saturday afternoon and beat Eastland 52-17, bringing home the Championship Plaque.  The JV Katts also defeated Comanche 40-22 and Eula 52-14.

Erin Strickland- 9 pts
Jackie Birdwell- 10 pts
Mercedes Taylor- 8 pts
Victoria Cruz- 2 pts
Amanda Gober- 15 pts
Dylan Buzzard- 4 pts
Angelina Marks- 4 pts

Pictured are (front) Amanda Gober, (middle row L-R) Victoria Cruz, Mercedes Taylor, Dylan Buzzard, (back row L-R) Jackie Birdwell, Angelina Marks, Erin Strickland

9th Boys Win Consolation in Cross Plains
11/23/2008  (Contributed by Coach Steve Roberts)
In a hard played game the Coleman Freshman defeated Baird JV 31 – 25 to win the Consolation Championship of the Cross Plains Tournament. It was a team effort on defense to hold Baird to 14 points through 3 quarters. On offense the team was lead by Logan Owens with 12 points but also Ryan Kuehler had 5 points, Justin Morales, Marcus Hurtado, and Luis Landaverde each had 4 points and Troy Hubbard added 2 points.  The 9th Boys will play at 6:30 on Monday in Ballinger.

Bluecats Defeat Sweetwater Friday Night
11/23/2008
The Coleman Bluecats were able to hold off the Sweetwater Mustangs Friday night 45-35. With the win the Bluecats are now 2-0. Leading the Bluecats in scoring for the second straight game was senior point guard, Dalton Deleon with 11 points. Also scoring for the Bluecats were seniors Glen Edington and Jamal Agbor, with 10 and 8 points respectively. Edington was a “hot shooter” in the contest shooting 2-4 from the 3-point arc. Coach C.J. Villegas commented that Colton Buzzard did a great job of getting the ball down the court and finding the open men, as he led the teams with 6 assists. “I was happy to see us, block out their big men. They had two guys that were 6’6” and 6’7”, but I felt like we did a great job of blocking them out and getting rebounds. As a team we had 20 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds. Our team this year is obviously going to be led by a good group of seniors that are improving each game. I am really anxious to play the game on Monday, because Ballinger always has a good basketball program, and I would like to see where we are.” 

The Bluecats will play in Ballinger on Monday, November 24, 2008. The JV boys and girls will play at 5p.m. Followed by the Freshmen Boys and Varsity girls at 6:30p.m. The Varsity boys and freshmen girls will play at 8p.m.

Clyde Defeats Katts
11/23/2008
Clyde jumped out to a quick start Saturday and never looked back as the Lady Bulldogs beat the Coleman Bluekatts 43-23 in Coleman.

Freshman Girl’s Stats from Cross Plains Tournament
11/22/2008  (Contributed by Coach Kaylann Titus)
November 20, 2008 vs. Early
Taylor Armstrong- 8 points
Chanie Barker- 5 points
Kaitlyn McKinnon- 1 point
Laiken Barnett- 10 points
Lura Rylant- 5 points
N. Agbor - 3 points
“This was an exciting game and I was proud of the way our girls came out and fought from beginning to end.”
November 20, 2008 vs. Stamford
Taylor Armstrong- 9 points
Chanie Barker- 5 points
Kaitlyn McKinnon- 2 points
Gabby Roberts- 1 point
Lura Rylant- 1 point
N. Agbor- 3 points

8th Grade Girls Results from Cross Plains Tournament
11/22/2008  (Contributed by Coach Kaylann Titus)
November 20, 2008 vs. Early
M. Dority-2 points
Autumn White- 2 points
Leah Diaz- 4 points
November 20, 2008 vs. Gorman
Final Score- Coleman 20- Gorman 17
Autumn White- 6 points
Ashton West- 2 points
Sarah Wickson- 1 point
Leah Diaz- 2 points
Nancy Barrios- 3 points
Miranda Brooks- 4 points
Raedin Diaz- 2 points
“I was very proud of the way these ladies bounced back and pulled out a victory. They worked extremely hard and it paid off.”

November 21, 2008 vs. Eula
Maricela Jimenez- 2 points
Megan Dority- 4 points
Autumn White- 6 points
Ashton West- 2 points
Sarah Wickson- 3 points
Nancy Barrios- 2 points
Miranda Brooks- 2 points
“These girls played well during this tournament and we have made huge improvements, which we will keep building on as the year goes on.”

9th Boys Basketball in Cross Plains Tournament
11/21/2008
Thursday: Coleman 27 vs. Eula 41 in the Cross Plains Tournament. Logan Owens = 13 pts.; Marcos Hurtado = 6 pts.; Payton Cody = 5 pts. Coleman played a very good game for 2 and ½ quarters, but the Eula team outscored them 15 to 2 in the fourth. They will play the loser of the Early/Deleon game at 11:45 on Friday.

7A/8A Girls at Cross Plains Tournament
9th Girls at Cross Plains Tournament

CHS Boys play Sweetwater Friday, November 21st here in Coleman, starting at 5:00 p.m. with the Junior Varsity followed by the Varsity at 6:30p.m.

The Freshmen boy's team will play in the Cross Plains Junior Varsity tournament beginning on Thursday, November 20, 2008.

CHS Varsity Girls play Saturday, Nov. 22^nd IN COLEMAN against Clyde and game time has changed from 12pm to 2pm.

CHS JV Girls will be in the Eula Tournament Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 

Bluekatts Battle Back Against Grape Creek in Close Loss
11/19/2008
With Grape Creek getting into the Double Bonus (the Katts had 13 fouls)  in the 1st quarter, the game looked like it might get out of hand pretty early.   However being 11 points down at the end of the 3rd quarter didn't discourage the Bluekatts!  Full court pressure gave the Katts a chance to come back.  With 3:15 left in the game they were down only by 5, then with 1:37 left down by 3 points.  THEN, with 44 seconds in the game a technical foul against Grape Creek put Jacy Payne on the free throw line and she tied the game at 46.  The Katts got a shot off down the stretch, but with 2:41 seconds left in the game, the whistle blew and the Lady Eagles made one to go ahead.  Even though Tabitha Terrell was able to get a long 3-point shot off at the buzzer, the ball bounced off the rim and Grape Creek won 47 - 46. 
November 18th in Grape Creek
COLEMAN 46      GRAPE CREEK 47
RYNN NORRIS       2                                SHOTS                 16/61     26%
JACY PAYNE         5                                FREE THROWS    16/34    48%
CARISSA ZARATE 10                               OFFENSIVE REB  14
SHELBIE DELEON  0                               DEFENSIVE REB  14
RENE SALAS         2                               ASSIST                 13
NANCY CRUZ         2                               STEALS                16
CHEYENNE TURNER 7                            CHARGES TAKEN  2
JESSICA MORALES 14                           TURNOVERS 19
TABITHA TERRELL  3
SONYA CRUZ        0
NICOLE HEATH      3
From Coach Tracy Dawson:  We were in foul trouble early in the game and were not able to press much until late in the 3rd quarter.  We got behind by 13points in the 3rd and worked our way back to a tie game with less than a minute to play.  With 15 seconds to go we had the ball with a chance to win, but missed the shot.  On a quick whistle with 2 seconds left Grape Creek went to the Free Throw Line to win the game by 1 point.  We have another great game on Saturday at 2:00pm against Clyde - Varsity Only. 

9th Grade Boys
11/21/2008    (Contributed by Coach Steve Roberts)
Down at half time 23 to 16 the freshman team outscored Comanche 34 to 12 to win in the semi-final game of the consolation bracket at Cross Plains. Ryan Kuelher scored his 10 points in the first half and Logan Owens added 13 overall. Three players, Justin Morales, Marcus Hurtado, and Luis Landaverde added six each. Other adding to the score were Cody Payton – 5, Troy Hubbard – 2, and Cody Cogdill – 2. The team shot 14 out of 19 free throws in the win. They will play in Cross Plains at 6:00 pm tomorrow.

JV Girls in Eula Tournament
11/21/2008
Coleman JV Girls vs Comanche
Score Coleman 40 - Comanche 22
Erin Strickland-2 pts
Jackie Birdwell-10 pts
Mercedes Taylor- 6 pts
Vicki Cruz- 5 pts
Amanda Gober-7 pts.
Dylan Buzzard- 8 pts.
Angelina Marks- 2 pts
The girls play tomorrow at 11:00 and 4:30.

Buecats Win Basketball Opener at Grape Creek
11/19/2008
The Coleman Bluecats Boy's Basketball teams traveled to Grape Creek, on Tuesday, November 18, and defeated the Eagles 52-47. "I was very impressed with how hard our kids fought. There was a time that we were down in the first half and the kids battled back and tied the score at halftime," said Coach C.J. Villegas. In the second half, Grape Creek took another lead, and your Bluecats kept on fighting and pulled ahead with about 3 minutes left. "I would like to cite the guard play of Dalton Deleon and Colton Buzzard. The two seniors were the leading scorers on the night with 21 and 15 points respectively," Villegas said. Colton also lead the team with 5 assists.

This was the first game of the season for your Bluecats. They will return to action against Sweetwater, here in Coleman, starting at 5:00 p.m. with the Junior Varsity followed by the Varsity at 6:30p.m. The Freshmen boy's team will play in the Cross Plains Junior Varsity tournament beginning on Thursday, November 20, 2008.

JV Boys Win Big at Grape Creek
The Coleman JV basketball boys traveled to Grape Creek last night and started the season off with a win. The key in the game was a 3rd quarter run where the Bluecats outscored Grape Creek 16 to 4 after being tied 19-19 at halftime. They also scored 18 more in the 4th with the final score ending up 53 - 33. I was really proud of my guys coming out after halftime and stepping their play and intensity on the defensive end only giving up 4 points in the 3rd quarter. Kyle Russell was high point for the night with 14 including 3 three pointers. Reid Needham and Colt Jamison also pitched in 12 points a piece and also had strong defensive games as well. The Bluecat JV will next be in action Friday at home against Sweetwater at 5 p.m.

Coleman JV Girls Take Control at Grape Creek
Score 57-18
Erin Strickland- 6 pts
Jackie Birdwell- 13 pts
Mercedes Taylor- 4 pts
Vicki Cruz- 12 pts
Amanda Gober- 8 pts
Dylan Buzzard- 10 pts
Angelina Marks- 4 pts
Jackie had 4 steals
Dylan had 5 steals
Amanda had 4 offensive rebounds

9th Boys Lose Close One  ---- Coleman 32 - Grape Creek - 35
Marcos Hurtado = 10 pts.; Logan Owens = 8 pts.; Justin Morales = 7.

9th Girls Beat Rising Star
11/19/2008     (Contributed by Coach Kaylann Titus)
The Freshman girls team traveled to Rising Star on Tuesday, November 18, and pulled out an impressive win over their JV team. “I was very proud of the way our girls came out and played tonight”. Leading all scorers was Kaitlyn McKinnon with 6, Chaine Barker, Lurea Rylant, and Lakein Barnett with 4, and finishing up the scoring was Taylor Armstrong with 2. Final score Coleman 20- Rising Star 13.

Scores from This Week in Jr High Games
11/19/2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Stats from 8th “B” Game: Haylee Diaz and Angel Stewart scored 2 points a piece. Final score Early 31- Coleman 4.
Stats from 8th “A” Game: Autumn White finished with 5 points, while Miranda Brooks, Nancy Barrios, and Erika Solis finished with 2 points a piece. Final score, Early 47- Coleman 11.

Coleman Bluekatts Basketball
11/14/08 at Jim Ned
Coleman 47 Jim Ned 79
    Individual Stats                            TEAM Stats
Rynn Norris        4pts             Free Throws         10/14            71%
Jacy Payne        4                 Shots                   17/46            37%
Carissa Zarate    3                 Offensive Reb.       15
Shelbie Deleon   0                 Defensive Reb.      15
Rene Salas        2                 Assist                  10
Nancy Cruz        2                 Steals                   9
Cheyenne Turner 4                Turnovers 28
Jessica Morales 11
Tabitha Terrell    3
Sonyz Cruz       0
Nicole Heath      9

From Coach Dawson:  "We take a lot from this loss. We did a lot of good things we just had a hard time putting it together for long runs. We didn’t cover the boards very well against a very aggressive Jim Ned team. We had good shot selection and our half court defense defended well. Turnovers were the killer 56pts for them off turnovers. We can’t have that many and be successful against that high of a quality team. Great thing is we have a chance to get better Tuesday in Grape Creek. Girls are playing hard and good things are happening."

Freshman Basketball on Nov 15th
Coleman 38 vs Baird 35 in 2OT            Coleman 29 vs Abilene High 30
Armstrong          5pts                                      0
Barker             17                                           5pts
McKinnon          4                                         17
Barnett              7                                           3
Rylant               4                                           0
Agbor               1                                            4
The freshman had two of the most exciting games of the tournament on Saturday a double overtime win verses Baird and a hard fought loss to a very athletic Abilene High girls team. The freshman play in Rising Star on Tuesday while the other girls travel to Grape Creek to play.

Coleman JV Girls Scores and Stats from Last Week
11/18/2008
Coleman JV Girls vs. Jim Ned, November 14th At Jim Ned
Score Coleman 45 - Jim Ned 43
Jackie Birdwell- 7 pts
Erin Strickland-7 pts
Amanda Gober- 12 pts
Mercedes Taylor- 6 pts.
Vicki Cruz- 5 pts
Angelina Marks- 8 pts
Dylan Buzzard with 5 steals
Erin Strickland shot a three pointer at the buzzer to win the game by two!

Coleman JV Girls vs. Abilene High #1, November 15th At Coleman
Score Coleman 45 - Abilene High 27
Jackie Birdwell- 12 pts
Erin Strickland-8 pts
Amanda Gober-11 pts
Dylan Buzzard-2 pts
Mercedes Taylor-2 pts
Vicki Cruz-8 pts
Angelina Marks-2 pts
Dylan and Vicki both had 6 steals each.

Coleman JV Girls vs. Abilene High #2, November 15th At Coleman
Score Coleman 52 - Abilene High 16
Jackie Birdwell- 19 pts
Erin Strickland-4 pts
Amanda Gober-14 pts
Dylan Buzzard-11 pts
Vicki Cruz-4 pts
Dylan had 5 steals
Amanda with 6 defensive rebounds
Jackie with 6 offensive rebounds

CJHS 7th Grade Girls Scores from Monday
11/18/2008
Coleman Bluekatt Jr. High Girls hosted 4 games against Early on November 17, 2008. On the 7th grade B team, Laura Mata led the team in points with 10. Kirstie Jamison also contributed with 6 points on the board. Tara Rylant had 3 points, followed by Taylor Mills and Brianna Horn with 2. Final score was Coleman 23, Early 6.

Coleman Bluekatt 7th grade A team’s leading scorer was Vallari Escobar with 5 points, Tiana Thomas followed with 4, Aspen McConathy had 3, with Shayla Carter and Danielle Dawson getting 2 points each. Final score was Early 49, Coleman 16.

CHS Varsity Girls play Saturday, Nov. 22^nd IN COLEMAN against Clyde and game time has changed from 12pm to 2pm.
CHS Boys play Friday night IN COLEMAN against Sweetwater with 9th grade beginning at 5:00pm. 
CHS JV Girls will be in the Eula Tournament Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 

Santa Anna Lady Mountaineers Receive Awards
11/14/2008
The Santa Anna Volleyball team received their District Honors last week.  They are as follows:
OFFENSIVE MVP Molly Pritchard
DEFENSIVE MVP Kendra Coleman
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Makaylah Morris
1ST TEAM
Adie Dean
Laken Herrod
2ND TEAM
Sarah Herrod
Loren Pritchard
Sierra Guerrero
HONORABLE MENTION
Joanie Dean
Layken DeLeon

PC Girl's Basketball Tonight
11/14/2008
The Panther Creek girl's basketball team will play TLC at 5:00pm today (Friday) at Panther Creek.

GAMES TODAY
11/14/2008
The Katts will play today in Jim Ned, not Mason, as on the original schedule, due to Mason's boys in the football playoffs. The games are in Jim Ned and will start with the JV 1 game at 3:00 and the varsity game at 4:30pm.   Both JV and Freshman play in a tournament on Saturday in Coleman.   See Schedule below.
COLEMAN BLUEKATTS - November 15th Tournament Schedule
9:00 AM        COLEMAN F     VS.  BAIRD
10:15 AM      COLEMAN JV   VS.  ABILENE HIGH 1
11:30 AM      COLEMAN F     VS. ABILENE HIGH 2
12:45 PM      BAIRD              VS.  ABILENE HIGH 1
2:00 PM        COLEMAN JV  VS.  ABILENE HIGH 2

Updated Bluekatt Basketball Information
11/11/2008
Please note some changes to Bluekatt girl's basketball games this week.

Tonight (Tues) at 5:00pm - Coleman JV 2 against Winters. At 6:30pm, Bluekatt Varsity against Winters, both games here in Coleman.

This Friday, due to Mason boys being in the football playoffs, Coleman girls will travel to Jim Ned to play the Lady Indians, instead of playing Mason.  JV 1 at 3:00pm. Varsity at 4:15pm, finishing in time for Jim Ned to attend their football playoff game in Abilene.

The JV 1 and JV 2 teams will play in the Coleman Tournament this Saturday.

Panther Creek Playoff Game Set
11/10/2008
The Panther Creek Panthers are back in the playoffs and will face the Star Tigers for the Bi-District Championship at 7:30pm Thursday in May.

Bluecats Win Final Football Game of the Season
11/10/2008
A few short years ago, the Bluecats made the playoffs with a record of 2 and 8. So it's hard to figure and leaves a bad taste in your mouth when your team finishes 7 and 3 and stays at home during the playoffs. But, such was a tough district this year with Bluecat losses to the Bangs Dragons, Brady Bulldogs and Early Longhorns, all moving on to the playoffs.

In their final tilt on Hufford Field last Friday night, the Bluecats managed a 20 to 10 victory over the San Saba Armadillos.

Scoring
1st Q - 27 yd field goal by Diego Gonzalez of San Saba - San Saba 3 Coleman 0
2:59 2nd Q - 29 yd pass Colton Buzzard to Dalton DeLeon - PAT kick good by Buzzard - Coleman 7 San Saba 3
11:52 3rd Q - 32 yd pass Colton Buzzard to Dalton DeLeon - PAT kick good by Buzzard - Coleman 14 San Saba 3
9:03 4th Q - 20 yd pass Colton Buzzard to Jamal Agbor - PAT kick no good - Coleman 20 San Saba 3
3:51 4th Q - Buzzard pass intercepted by Chance Gotcher of San Saba, returned 62 yds for score - PAT kick good - Coleman 20 San Saba 10

Coleman 8th Grade Football Season Ends
11/10/2008
Coleman’s 8th grade ended it’s season with a close loss to the San Saba Armadillos. The final score of the contest was San Saba 20 Coleman 14. Scoring for Coleman was Mason Fuller and Shelton Zarate. Leading rusher and passer for Coleman was Mason Fuller. Leading receiver for Coleman was Austin Smith and DJ Terrell. Standouts on defense were Charlie Thomas and Dalton Gentry.

Coleman ended the season with a 4-4 record. Defeating: Hawley, Dublin, Brady and Early. The 8th grade class showed a great deal of improvement during the course of the season, and showed they could overcome adversity after the injury of some key players.

Coleman 8th Grade Basketball team will begin it’s season with 2 games against Bangs this Thursday in the Junior High Gym.

Friday Night Scores - November 7th
Bluecats 20 - San Saba 10
Panther Creek 50 - Cherokee 32
Blackwell 75 - Novice 30
Rochelle 76 - Santa Anna 58

Bluecat Season Ends With a Win
11/7/2008
The Coleman Bluecat football season ended Friday night with a 20 to 10 victory over the San Saba Armadillos. The Bluecats were 7-3 overall, 3-3 in district but didn't make the playoffs due to losses to Brady, Bangs and Early.

Panther Creek defeated Cherokee 50-32 Friday night. We'll post Panther Creek's playoff info as soon as we find out.

Blackwell beat Novice 75-30.

Jr. Pee Wee Football
11/4/2008
Jr. Pee Wee football team advances to the Mini Super Bowl held in Clyde @ 2:00 p.m. Sat. Nov. 8th, against Anson. The team is coached by Doug Moore and Jeff Hammonds.

Coleman 8th Grade Beat Early
11/3/2008
Coleman’s 8th Grade Football Team won it’s second game in a row, defeating the Early Longhorns by the score of 26 – 6. Scoring for the Bluecats were Shelton Zarate and Mason Fuller. Leading rusher was Mason Fuller. The Bluecats defense was outstanding giving up only one score in the 4th quarter. Coleman’s defense held the Longhorns to just two 1st downs the entire game. 8th grade will finish the season at home against the San Saba Armadillos, game time will be 6:00.

Longhorns Take Victory in Final Seconds
11/2/2008  (Photos courtesy Gary Strickland and StricksPics)
When the senior Early quarterback passed to his favorite senior receiver for a touchdown with 20.9 seconds remaining in the game, the Longhorn's hopes of making the playoffs stayed alive, while the Bluecat's hopes dimmed.

QB Nick Lyle threw a 35 yard touchdown pass to Seth Coolbaugh with 20 seconds left to give the Longhorns the win, but more importantly for them, a point separation in the game. Coming in, they needed to beat Coleman by eight or more to have a chance at making the playoffs, considering they win this coming Friday. When the Bluecats scored on an 18 yard pass from Colton Buzzard to Trent Hambright with 7:35 left in the game, the Bluecats still trailed 25-20, but the Longhorns were only ahead by five, not the eight or more they needed. Their final drive of the night sealed the deal, at least for one more week.

Possession Summary
COLEMAN - 13 yard TD pass from Colton Buzzard to Dalton DeLeon - 7:45 1st Q - PAT Kick good by Buzzard - 7-0
EARLY - 19 yard TD pass from Nick Lyle to Seth Coolbaugh - 5:04 1st Q - PAT Kick wide left - Coleman 7, Early 6
COLEMAN - Punt by Buzzard
EARLY - Fumble, recovered by Coleman's Daniel Vasquez at the end of the 1st Q

COLEMAN - Buzzard pass intercepted by Early's Collin Rome at the Early 25, returned to Early 35.
EARLY - 10 yard TD pass from Nick Lyle to Cody Bullard - 6:51 2nd Q - 2pt PAT pass incomplete - Early 12, Coleman 7
COLEMAN - Fumble by Edington, recovered by Early's Shane Morris
EARLY - Lyle pass intercepted by Coleman's Daniel Vasquez
COLEMAN - 5 yard TD run by Glen Edington (pictured below in Colemannews.com photo) - 3:24 2nd Q - PAT kick good by Buzzard - Coleman 14, Early 12
EARLY - Colton Buzzard intercepted a Nick Lyle pass at the Coleman 20
COLEMAN - play ended in a Buzzard punt to Early
EARLY - 1st half ended with a big sack of Early QB Lyle by Coleman's Adam Jimenez

HALF TIME SCORE - Coleman 14, Early 12

EARLY - Lyle throws interception to Coleman's Colton Buzzard
COLEMAN - Failed to convert a 4th and 5 play, giving the ball to Early at the Longhorn 27
EARLY - Nick Lyle 26 yard TD pass to Bullard - 5:07 3rd Q - 2 pt PAT run failed - Early 18, Coleman 14
COLEMAN - Punt by Adam Jimenez - returned by Early to Coleman's 29
EARLY - 9 yard TD pass from Nick Lyle to Cody Bullard - :35 3rd Q - PAT kick good - Early 25, Coleman 14

COLEMAN - 18 yard TD pass from Colton Buzzard to Trent Hambright - 7:35 4th Q - PAT kick missed - Early 25, Coleman 20 (See picture below - courtesy of Gary Strickland at Stricks Pics)
EARLY - Fumble, recovered by Coleman
COLEMAN - Buzzard pass intercepted by Early's Cameron King
EARLY - Punt to the Early 46
COLEMAN - 4th and 4 pass attempt from Buzzard to Brixey incomplete, change of possession
EARLY - 35 yard TD pass Nick Lyle to Seth Coolbaugh - 20.9 second 4th Q - PAT kick good - Early 32, Coleman 20
COLEMAN - Fumble on lateral, recovered by Early to end the game

STATS
1st Downs - Early 20, Coleman 16
Net Rushing - Coleman 119, Early 114
Net Passing - Early 248, Coleman 201
Total Yards - Early 362, Coleman 320

Coleman Passing
Buzzard - completed 18 of 32 passes
DeLeon - 11 receptions for 114 yds
Brixey - 3 receptions for 36 yds
Hambright - 3 receptions for 44 yds
Salazar - 1 reception for 7 yds

Coleman Rushing
Buzzard - 13 for 44 yds
Edington - 15 for 49 yds
Doyle - 5 for 13 yds
Salazar - 7 for 13 yds

Early Passing
Lyle - completed 24 of 48 passes
Coolbaugh - 179 yards
Bullard - 135 yards