News Archives - September 2009

Novice stomps Brookesmith
9/26/2009
  The Novice Hornets came out ready to play and jumped to a quick 24-0 with three Josh Arispe Touchdowns. But, with 4 costly fumbles, Novice allowed Brookesmith back in the game by scoring 3 quick touchdowns to tie the game 24-24. A Big pass play from Josh Arispe to Jarred Briley (50 yd TD) with 12 seconds left in the half gave the Hornets the lead of 37-30 going into halftime. Establishing the run, the Hornets drained the clock and no one scored in the 3rd quarter. The fourth quarter was dominated by big plays from Scottie Pringle (onside kick return TD), Jarred Briley (60yd INT return TD), and Josh Arispe (78yd pass to Briley for TD). The Hornets did yet another great job of showing good sportsmanship and never giving up.
  Next Friday, the Hornets will travel cross-county to face the well coached and very talented #9 Panther Creek Panthers. Anyone planning on supporting our counties’ football teams need to please bring a canned good or non-perishable item to the football game for our County-Wide Food Drive. Your donations and support would be greatly appreciated!
 

#80 Colton McConathy and #9 Jonathan Sanchez bring down a Comanche Indian early in the 1st quarter. Picture by Gary Strickland.

Comanche Takes First District Win Over Bluecats
9/25/2009
The Comanche Indians defeated the Coleman Bluecats 49-13 Friday night at Hufford Field in Coleman. This was the first district game of the year for both schools and a large crowd attended.

The game was tied 7-7 until midway through the 2nd quarter when Comanche scored another touchdown. The Indians led 21-7 at half.

Coleman touchdowns came at 3:14 in the first quarter, an impressive 70 run by Andrew Isom. Miguel Vazquez kicked the extra point to take an early 7-0 lead.

Coleman's only other touchdown was a 16 yard pass from Logan Owens to Trent Hambright with 1:03 remaining in the 3rd quarter. The extra point attempt failed.

Stats

1st Downs - Comanche 17, Coleman 11
Rushing - Coleman 33 for 196, average of 5.96 per carry - Comanche 41 for 247, average of 6.02 per carry.
Passing - Coleman 9 of 14 for 69 yards - Comanche 10 of 14 for 190 yards.
Interceptions Thrown - Coleman 1, Comanche 1
Fumbles Lost - Coleman 2, Comanche 0
Penalties / Yards - Coleman 2 for 11, Comanche 2 for 20
Punts / Avg. Yards - Coleman 3 for 24.33, Comanche 1 for 48

Individual Bluecat Stats - (unofficial)
Jonathan Sanchez - 3 carries for -3 yards and one catch.
Britt Bartell - 4 carries for 12 yards
Trent Hambright - 5 catches for 48 yards and one TD
Logan Owens - 6 carries for -12 yards
Jesse Jauregui - 1 catch for 4 yards
Adam Jimenez - 7 carries for 38 yards
Andrew Isom - 11 carries for 114 yards and one TD
Peyton Schumann - 1 pass for 42 yards
Travis Brixey - 2 passes for 17 yards

Blanket Beats Santa Anna
9/25/2009
The final of the Mountaineer game was Blanket Tigers 70 and Santa Anna 25.

Make-up Games
9/25/2009
The Coleman 8th Grade football team will be playing a makeup game against Eastland on Thursday, October 1st in Eastland. Game time is 6:00 p.m. This is a makeup game from the September 10th game against Hawley that was cancelled due to bad weather. The 7th grade team is not scheduled to play.

The JV game vs. Hawley scheduled next Thursday, October 1st in Hawley has been re-scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

County Football Schedules for Friday Night
9/25/2009
Coleman Bluecats vs Comanche at HOME at 7:30pm
Novice Hornets vs Brookesmith at HOME at 7:30pm
Panther Creek Panthers  - OPEN DATE
Santa Anna Mountaineers vs Blanket at HOME at 7:30pm

CHS Cross Country Competes in Cisco
9/25/2009
Coleman High School Cross Country teams ran at Cisco on September 23, 2009. Results are as follows:
JV Girls – 4th place team (12 teams entered)
2nd Ashton West 15:04 Medalist
15th Ashley Grissom 16:05
16th Jackie Birdwell 16:05
32nd Maricela Jimenez 16:37
35th Chanie Barker 16:46
49th Erika Solis 17:17
58th Haylee Diaz 17:32
65th Melinda Martinez 17:59
66th Sarah Slayton 18:02
70th Autum White 18:07
79th Kalie Diaz 18:47

Varsity Girls 7th Place team (13 teams entered)
20th Lisha Merkley 14:20
39th Leanna Roberts 14:48
40th Megan Dority 14:49
47th Jessica Morales 15:01
62nd Dylan Buzzard 15:26
66th Victoria Cruz 15:32
68th Mercedes Taylor 15:42

Varsity Boys
44th Troy Hubbard 21:32

Novice Hornets Fight to the End Last Friday Night
9/24/2009      (Contributed)
The Sidney Eagles ranked #4 in the state came into Novice expecting the same outcome as their previous game: 45 their opponent by halftime and going home early.   After the first quarter, the Eagles knew they were in for a game with the score 20-14. Key turnovers and costly penalties put the Hornets down 44-21 at halftime. Instead of giving up and giving in, the Hornets came out with a touchdown to open the third quarter to put the score within 16 points. A dropped pass in the end zone would have made the score 44-36. The Hornets were forced to go for it on the fourth down in the fourth quarter and it turned into two quick touchdowns for the Eagles putting the game out of reach. With the second teamers in on both sides with 2 minutes left in the game, Sidney put an end to it with a 4 yard run. When the final horn rang, the Novice Hornets had gained the respect of Sidney players, coaches, and their fans by never giving up and showing sportsmanship throughout the game. Coach Cameron Norris had these words to say, “The final score doesn’t show the true outcome of the game. My players grew as a team in character and perseverance. They believe in themselves and in each other. They believe that they can play with anybody!”

Blackout Pep Rally Friday
9/22/2009
"Blackout Pep Rally this Friday means you need Bluecat Booster Light-Up Products!" says Booster member, Barb Hubbard. The Cat House will be open THIS Thursday during the Jr High games at Hufford field....or....light-up products will be available on Wednesday at 7:00pm at the courthouse "Meet the Bluecats"....or....one last chance, go to Rustic Star Gift Shop, 1007 Neches St, 10am-6pm Thursday & Friday!    GO BLUECATS!

Fall Basketball Games Tonight - BLUEKATTS NOT PLAYING
9/22/2009
The Katts will not be playing tonight, but there will be games beginning at 6:00 with Mason and  Cross Plains' JV teams.  Their varsities will follow, with Winters and Brownwood JV and varsity teams to follow them.

Coleman Junior High Football
9/21/2009  Submitted by Coach Kim Smith
7th Grade lost to Colorado City by the score of Colorado City 32 Coleman 6. Coleman’s lone score came on a 32 yard run by Jaquan Hemphill.

8th Grade defeated C. City 38 to 14. Leading rusher were Jansen Merrill, Coco Smith and Justin Hensley. Leading receiver was Justin Hensley. Scoring for Coleman were PJ Hammonds, Jansen Merrill, Draven Delagarza, Justin Hensley and Coco Smith

Coleman will be at home for it’s district opener with Comanche on Thursday Sept. 24. 7th grade at 5:00, 8th grade at 6:00.

JV Bluecats Fall to the Wolves
9/21/2009   Submitted by Coach Joshua Timms
The Junior Varsity Bluecats fell to the Colorado City Wolves Junior Varsity 18 to 13.  Peyton Cody and Anthony Thomas both contributed rushing touchdowns of 3 yards and 7 yards respectively.  Able Vasquez provided the extra point.  DJ Terrell lead the Bluecat rushing attack with 74 of the 205 total rushing yards.  Other standout offensive players include Brooks Jones and Charlie Thomas.  Standout defensive players of the game were Dylan Hankins and Able Vasquez.

The Bluecats will travel to Comanche this week to take on the Indians.

Bluecats Make Good Showing, Come Up Short
9/19/2009 by Randy Turner
Coleman had more rushing, more passing and more total yards, but Colorado City had more points to claim a non-district victory Friday night, 16 to 6, over the Bluecats. 

The Bluecats are now 0-4 on the season and suddenly, non-district is over. This coming Friday, the slate is wiped clean and district begins on the home field against the Comanche Indians at 7:30pm.  Comanche is undefeated with decisive victories against Hamilton, Eastland, Merkel and Grape Creek.  (Photo right, Adam Jiminez, courtesy of Gary Strickland, StricksPics)

Whether or not the Bluecats will have their starting quarterback was a big question after the game Friday night. Zach Doyle spent much of the 4th quarter with shoulder pads off and ice on his shoulder, a shoulder dinged during a tackle. Doyle later returned to the game, but seemed to aggravate the situation when he threw a long pass. Sophomore Logan Owens filled-in admirably the rest of the game.

1st Quarter
It was a packed house in Colorado City on the home side as the school celebrated its homecoming. The Coleman contingent was small, by comparison, but a nice size crowd still made the two hour drive to support the blue and white.

C-City took the opening kickoff but failed to convert a fourth down play and gave the ball to Coleman on downs.

The Bluecats wasted no time in putting together a nice opening drive which ended in a 2 yard scoring run by QB Zach Doyle with 6:17 on the clock. The point after failed when the holder mishandled the ball, but Coleman had an early 6-0 advantage over the heavily favored Wolves.

The Wolf Pack's got their first TD on the next drive with 4:02 left in the opening quarter, a big 40 yard scoring strike from QB Derek Gainey to RB Tracy Russell. Gainey and Russell would work together well all night. Eli Farrell kicked the extra point to give C-City a 7-6 lead. On this particular drive, the Bluecats thought they had recovered a fumble, not once, but twice. Each time, the runners were ruled down prior to the fumble.

2nd Quarter
After the Bluecats sputtered and punted on their next series, the Wolves were hitting on all cylinders to begin the second quarter. QB Gainey, who may weigh 140 pounds soaking wet, tossed a 25 yard touchdown pass to Nick Reyna in the first minute of the quarter. Farrell missed the extra point wide left, making the score 13 to 6.

Coleman's next series ended with a punt, even though the Cats moved the ball some.

On the next C-City possession, they moved to the Bluecat 8 yard line and passed to the end zone where Bluecat Trent Hambright made an athletic leaping interception of the intended receiver in the back of the end zone, giving Coleman the ball back at their own 20.

Unable to move the ball, Adam Jimenez punted the ball back to the Wolves and, on the next C-City series, Jimenez managed a quarterback sack just before half. Jimenez was everywhere Friday night, offense, defense and special teams. The score at halftime was Colorado City 13, Coleman 6.

3rd Quarter
The Bluecats took the second half kickoff with Travis Brixey returning the ball to the 16 yard line. Unfortunately, the Bluecats could muster no offense and punted after only three plays to the Wolves' 39.

Immediately, C-City fumbled, the ball recovered by Bluecat sophomore lineman Wayne Worsham.

Inspired by the turn of events, the Cats were determined and moved from the C-City 45 to the 14 before a fumbled pitch on a run around the end was recovered by Colorado City's Jessie Guerra. On this particular drive, the Bluecats were able to run at will over the right side of their offensive line where good blocks were thrown from Matthew Guerrero, Marcelino Felipe and Gary Heath.

Even with the turnover, the Bluecat defense was very vocal on the field and the sideline players had a can-do attitude too. Jimenez sacked QB Gainey but an off-sides call on the Bluecats overshadowed that play. Worsham then sacked Gainey, forcing a C-City punt. Feeding off a great Bluecat defensive stand, punt returner Travis Brixey returned the kick with reckless abandon down the Coleman sideline, giving the Bluecats good field position at their own 41 at the beginning of the fourth quarter.  His effort seemed to inspire the rest of the team.

4th Quarter
Marching into C-City territory, QB Doyle spiraled a nicely thrown ball to WR Hambright, taking the Bluecats from the 44 to the 24 of C-City. It was on that play, however, that Doyle injured his throwing shoulder and was done for the night. 

With Logan Owens taking over as Bluecat QB, the Cats fought through some penalties and Owens completed a pass to Brixey, but on a 3rd and 14 situation, C-City's Andrew Munoz read pass and intercepted the new Bluecat QB with 8:45 left in the game.

Two minutes later, the Wolves would score what turned out to be the last points of the game, a 24 yard field goal by Farrell with 6:23 left. The score was 16-6.

The ensuring kickoff went out of bounds, giving Coleman the leather at their own 32. With little offense, Jimenez was called in to punt. The Wolves returned the ball to their 34.

With 4:00 minutes left, C-City ran one play, but the play clock never started. The play was a short run, yet after the officials gathered to discuss how much time to take off for the single play, Bluecat fans and coaches alike were stunned when 25 seconds was taken off the clock. One short running play, 25 seconds off the clock. You make the call.

The series ended in a punt to Coleman's Travis Brixey who returned the ball to the Bluecat 34. With 2:00 minutes left, Owens completed a short pass to Hambright and another 29 yarder to Andrew Isom. Isom, by the way, ran hard and was a key strong point for the Cats, all night. With the goal line in sight, a Bluecat pass into the end zone was intercepted by the Wolves. They simply ran out the clock and won their homecoming game 16-6.

COLEMAN STATS
Rushing - 37 carries for 137 yds.
Passing - 13 of 24 for 223 yds.
1st Downs - 9
Total Yards - 346
Turnovers - 3

COLORADO CITY STATS
Rushing - 31 carries for 108 yds.
Passing - 5 of 11 for 59 yds.
1st Downs - 15
Total Yards - 167
Turnovers - 3

stats courtesy of Cat statisticians Michael Dela Rosa and Jammie Jones

Scores from Coleman's District Friday night, 9/18:

Comanche 50, Grape Creek 22 (Comanche 4-0)
Dublin 24, Valley Mills 18 (Dublin 1-3)
Cisco 33, Bangs 0 (Bangs 3-1)
Brady beat Ozona (Brady 4-0)
Ballinger 31, Early 13 (Early 0-4)
San Saba 35, Johnson City LBJ 27 (San Saba 3-1)

Coleman County Football Scores
9/19/2009
It was a rough night for the Panthers, Hornets and Mountaineers as all lost in week number three by the following scores:

Rochelle 40, Panther Creek 38

Sidney 74, Novice 28

Zephyr 81, Santa Anna 34

JV Game vs Hawley Rescheduled
9/17/2009
The JV football game vs. Hawley that was cancelled due to bad weather on September 10 has been re-scheduled for Thursday, October 1st at 7:30 p.m. in Hawley. The Jr. High games will not be re-scheduled.

Pictured are the Coleman JH boys cross country team who won the All-cat meet held in May.
Pictured – Colton Ridgeway, Matt Anderson, Skyler Builta, Justin Reyna,
Carl Morris and Hunter Gammage.

Coleman Junior High Cross Country Results
9/16/2009
September 15, 2009,  2.1 Mile course – May, Texas

JHBoys: 33 Runners, 1st Place Team
3rd Justin Reyna 15:49 – medalist
4th Hunter Gammage 15:49 – medalist
5th Matt Anderson 15:56 – medalist
8th Skyler Builta 16:05 – medalist
21st Carl Morris 18.11
29th Colton Ridgeway 20.08

JHGirls: 88 Runners, 7th Grade – 2nd Place Team, 8th Grade – 3rd Place Team
6th Tiana Thomas 18:02 – medalist 8th
7th Aspen McConathy 18:05 – medalist 8th
8th Kimberly Estes 18:10 – medalist 7th
10th Shelbi Greaves 18:38 – medalist 7th
11th Ashlyn Delagarza 18:48 – 7th
13th Tamara Gray 18:59 – 7th
15th Jessica Phares 19:33 – 7th
17th Kimberly White 19:40 – 8th
27th Alex Dodgen 20:17 – 7th
32nd Tara Rylant 20:55 – 8th
34th Danielle Dawson 21:16 – 8th
37th Savannah Vasquez 21:23 – 7th
38th Ashton Tibbetts 21:25 – 7th
39th Alexa Bordelon 21:27 – 7th
40th Kaci Williams 21:33 – 7th
46th Destanie Armstrong 22:53 – 7th
54th Alissa West 23:44 – 7th
55th Ryan Walker 23:47 – 7th
58th Baile Jones 24:09 – 7th
62nd Ashley Coleman 24:35 – 7th
64th Briana Espitia 24:38 – 7th
79th Jolyn Zarate 27:17 7th

Jerry's Pigskin Picks for Week 3
9/16/2009
Jerry Forrest from Mart, Texas publishes a weekly newsletter with his "picks of the week" for the entire state.   CLICK HERE to read Jerry's picks for the teams in Coleman County.

CHS Cross County Very Competitive! 
9/16/2009
Coleman High School Cross Country teams ran at Bangs on September 9th. No team totals were scored, but the top 10 individuals received medals. The results are as follows:

Varsity Girls
6th  Megan Dority 12:23 Medalist
9th  Lisha Merkley 12:27 Medalist
10th Jessica Morales 12:29 Medalist
11th Carissa Zarate 12:32
14th Mercedes Taylor 13:02
15th Victoria Cruz 13:03
16th Leanna Roberts 13:04
18th Erika Solis 13:10
25th Sarah Slayton 14:26

Varsity Boys
3rd Troy Hubbard 15:21

JV Girls
5th  Chanie Barker Medalist
9th  Ashley Grissom Medalist
13th Haylee Diaz
17th Cheyenne Casey
24th Cheyenne Gammage
29th Melinda Martinez
36th Morgan Schumann

Results for the Rising Star Meet (held at the May High School Sports Complex) on 9-15-09 are as follows:
Varsity Girls - 1st PLACE TEAM
3rd  Lisha Merkley 16:13 Medalist
5th  Carissa Zarate 16:25 Medalist
7th  Jessica Morales 16:31 Medalist
9th  Megan Dority 16:36 Medalist
13th Mercedes Taylor 17:01
14th Leanna Roberts 17:18
22nd Victoria Cruz 17:58
24th Chanie Barker 18:26
25th Dylan Buzzard 18:39
38th Erika Solis 20:13

Varsity Boys
12th Troy Hubbard 22:56

JV Girls – 1st PLACE TEAM
1st  Ashton West 17:25 Medalist
2nd  Jackie Birdwell 17:51 Medalist
4th  Ashley Grissom 18:14 Medalist
5th  Sarah Slayton 18:40 Medalist
6th  Haylee Diaz 18:42 Medalist
7th  Autum White 18:44 Medalist
15th Melinda Martinez 20:00
16th Cheyenne Gammage 20:30
17th Kalie Diaz 20:35
18th Lura Rylant 20:40
26th Cheyenne Casey 22:58
27th Morgan Schumann 23:01
29th Courtney Brown 23:22

Bluecats Downed by the Bearcats
9/15/2009
Coleman's Friday night game began in the rain...and it continued all night.  The Cats scored first early in the 1st quarter when the Bluecats' Jonathan Sanchez stripped the ball from a Hawley player and scored a touchdown. PAT was no good, so the score was Coleman 6 - Hawley 0.

Before the end of the first quarter, Daniel Vasquez intercepted a pass and Coleman got the ball on the 50 yard line. They were unable to capitalize on the turnover, however. With 4:25 left in the 2nd quarter, Hawley scored and their PAT was good. The score was Coleman 6 - Hawley 7, which was maintained until halftime.  

In the 3rd quarter, Hawley was able to score again bringing the score to Hawley 15 - Coleman 6. This score remained until about 5 minutes left in the game. Andrew Isom scored from the six yardline and the two-point conversion from Doyle to Brixey made the score Hawley 15 - Coleman 14. Neither Coleman nor Hawley were able to put any more points on the board for the rest of the game, and Coleman ended with their third loss of the season. 
                          Coleman           Hawley
First Downs               9                     11
Rushing                  144                    98
Passing                   13                    108
Comp/Att/Int            2-8-0               5-17-1
Punts                     7-26.4              4-47.7
Fumbles-Lost           1-0                    7-2
Penalties                4-25                  4-25

Girls Basketball Fall League
9/15/2009
The JV girls played two games last night and won both against Winters JV and Brownwood JV, the Varsity girls played an overtime game against Brownwood Varsity and won a nail-biter by 1. The schedule has changed a little for next Tuesday, the Varsity will play Cisco at 4:30 and the JV will play at 5:20. Hope to see everyone at the games.
Coach Tracy Dawson

Scores from Friday Night
9/11/2009
Coleman lost to Hawley by a score of Hawley - 15 , Coleman - 14.

Santa Anna Mountaineers won over May.  S.A. 45 - May 0 with the game stopped in the 4th quarter due to the 45 point rule.

Panther Creek lost to Sidney in a game ending at halftime with a score of Sidney - 53, PC - 6.

Novice Hornets had an Open date.

CJHS Girls Results from Bangs Meet
9/11/2009    (Contributed by Coach Karen Nanny)
The Coleman junior high girls cross country team recently competed in the Bangs Meet. The top ten finishers in each division received a medal. Pictured on the front row are medalists: Tiana Thomas, Aspen McConathy, Tamara Gray, Payton Salas, Shelbi Greaves, Jessica Phares, Savannah Vasquea, Ashlyn Delagarza

Back row includes: Danielle Dawson, Ashton Tibbetts, Destanie Armstrong, Tara Rylant, Jolyn Zarate, Baile Jones, Alex Dodgen, Kaci Williams. The girls did a great job and will run next Tuesday in May.

Scores from Thursday Night
9/11/2009
The Panther Creek Junior High football team beat Sidney Thursday night 20-8.
Coleman JV and Jr High games were cancelled due to the weather.

Jerry's Pigskin Picks for Week 2
9/7/2009
Jerry Forrest from Mart, Texas publishes a weekly newsletter with his "picks of the week" for the entire state.   CLICK HERE to read Jerry's picks for the teams in Coleman County.

Cats Lose in Temple
9/6/2009
The Bluecats traveled to Temple on Saturday to face Rogers. The game was delayed due to rain, but was able to be completed. Rogers had the only score in the first quarter on a 50 yard run, but the Bluecats were able to block the extra point. Rogers 6 - Coleman 0. Rogers scored once again in the 2nd quarter leaving the score 13-0 at halftime.

The second half proved much more difficult for the Cats with Rogers scoring 12 more points in the 3rd quarter, and 14 in the 4th. Coleman's only score came in the 4th quarter, but the extra point was not counted. The Bluecats play Hawley this Friday night in CHS' Homecoming game beginning at 7:30pm. Good Luck Cats!!!

Santa Anna and Panther Creek Both Win
Coleman Plays Saturday Night
9/5/2009
Chalk up a win for the Santa Anna Mountaineers as they got the best of Comanche Paradigm Charter, 40 to 20.

Panther Creek also scored a victory, 57 to 26 over Robert Lee.

Coleman plays Rogers in Temple at 7:30pm Saturday night. The Bluecats finally have a home game, their homecoming game, this coming Friday, September 11, against Hawley.

Novice Uses Quality, Not Quantity, to Beat Veribest
9/5/2009
The Novice football game Friday night was like many others in the Big Country, delayed by thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain. 

After an hour and a half delay, the Novice Hornets put their 7 players on the field and Veribest put their 16 on the field and played in the rain for 2 and 1/2 hours.

At the end of the war, Novice had fewer troops but still won 38 to 24.

Thursday night, in a much drier setting, the Novice JV beat Highland 26 to 19 with 26 unanswered points coming in the second half.

JV Bluecats Tie Eastland
9/4/2009        (Contributed by Coach Joshua Timms)
The JV Bluecats tied with Eastland’s JV last night 14 to 14.
Touchdowns:
Peyton Cody scored both touchdowns on 1 yard rushes.
DJ Terrell added a two point conversion on a 3 yard run.
Other notable efforts:
Mason Fuller at Quarterback and Safety
Charlie Thomas on both lines.
Justin Morales at Defensive Back
Seth Ryan on Special Teams

Cole Playing in Cisco
9/1/2009
Stanley Cole, 2009 graduate of Coleman High School and former Bluecat, is playing for the Cisco College Wranglers this year.  See the Faces in the Crowd page for photos sent from his mom, Annabelle, from the game Cisco played vs Hardin Simmons. 

Jerry's Pigskin Picks
9/1/2009
Jerry Forrest from Mart, Texas publishes a weekly newsletter with his "picks of the week" for the entire state.  He gathers records and stats and has every team in the state ranked by state, region, and district.  He also makes his predictions as to who will win the week's games.  CLICK HERE to read Jerry's picks for the teams in Coleman County.