Posted by
Jay Tope on February 19, 2010 at 9:24 am
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The defending 4A State Champion Canyon Cougars are in full gear with a 6-1 win over Southwest as they host their annual tournament in New Braunfels. They look poised to make another run at the title…
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Posted by
Jay Tope on February 17, 2010 at 8:24 am
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The Lanier Lady Voks had already made history before last night’s bidistrict game with New Braunfels Canyon, winning their first district title ever.
And at Canyon High School last night the history continued, as Lanier won their first playoff game ever - defeating Canyon 67-60 in overtime.
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Posted by
Jay Tope on January 29, 2010 at 10:34 pm
27-4A saw Boerne Champion upset Alamo Heights 70-62, behind a solid performance by senior Janes Rogers, who scored 20. Combine that with Kerrville Tivy’s 60-49 win over Seguin and Steele’s 81-58 victory at sister school Clemens, and the playoff race is getting interesting. Current standings:
Kerrville Tivy 7-1
Alamo Heights 5-3
Steele 4-3
Seguin 4-4
Boerne Champion 3-5
NB Canyon 2-5
Clemens 2-6
Posted by
Jay Tope on September 16, 2009 at 7:31 am
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The stage was set: a great 27-4A Volleyball matchup between Canyon and Steele.
But Maddie Milner and the rest of the Steele Knights were up to the challenge, defeating the Cougarettes in New Braunfels 25-17, 25-14, 25-16 Tuesday night. Milner ended up with 27 assists.
McKenzie Adams shows why she’s one of the best overall volleyball players in the state.
Steele head coach Cathy Glunt had to like what she saw on Tuesday.
Becca Stark gets up for a Cougarette kill.
Canyon head coach Heather Sanders tries to rally the troops.
Rebekah Rightnour is the youngest member of the varsity Knights, and the sophomore showed that the future is bright.
Gracie Castilleja scores a nice block for the Cougarettes.
Whitley Bradley responds with a block of her own.
Kayla Caddell passes for the Cougarettes.
One of the 18 kills McKenzie Adams had; she also led in blocks, aces, and was second on her team in digs.
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Posted by
Jay Tope on September 15, 2009 at 3:48 pm
SAsports.com will be on hand at the Cougar Den this evening at 7:00 for a great 27-4A matchup between the Canyon Cougarettes and the Steele Knights.
We will have Whataburger coupons, other prizes, and Athletic Republic passes which will enable you to try out their facility for free. Oh, and music, announcing as well. And SAsports.com Senior Photographer Tony Murano will be there to capture the moment!
Posted by
Jay Tope on September 4, 2009 at 6:34 am
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When New Braunfels and Canyon high schools get together for the annual Wurst Bowl, there are many certainties; a packed house, lots of pageantry, great food, and great football.
But regardless of which team you support, no one was expecting the Unicorns to post a 69-2 win over Canyon on Thursday night.
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Posted by
Jay Tope on June 17, 2009 at 6:41 am
Seniors defeated 12-6 in 2009 San Antonio All-Star Game
by Mark Kusenberger
SAsports.com Staff Writer
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Stevens’ Rene Solis doubled home the go-ahead run, and Boerne Champion’s Chad Long followed with a two-run homer in the 7th to lead the Junior team to a 12-6 victory over the Senior team in the San Antonio Area All-Star Game Tuesday night at North East Stadium.
After giving up two runs in each of the first two innings, the Junior pitchers twirled six shutout innings. The rally made a winner of Alamo Heights’ Luke Maloy. Steele’s Hunter Flake, who was victimized by all six unearned runs, was the losing pitcher.
Each team used nine pitchers for one inning apiece, and each team used 16-player batting orders to maximize participation. Each team also inserted an extra batter into the lineup in the 5th inning, a common occurrence in high school all-star games.
The Seniors took an early lead against Medina Valley’s Weston Heiligman. Boerne Champion’s Niko Gonzalez led off with a double; one out later, Central Catholic’s Roger Zamarripa walked. Del Rio’s Jack Mayfield grounded into a force play; Zamarripa was out, but Gonzalez went to third. MacArthur’s Nick Smelser doubled down the left field line to score Gonzalez, then Mayfield scored on a wild pitch, giving the seniors a 2-0 lead.
The lead was extended against O’Connor’s Marc McGraw. Madison’s Nick Lee and Churchill’s Clint Sharp led off with back-to-back singles. One out later, O’Connor’s Cody Scott singled home Lee, then San Antonio Christian’s Trey Catalani drove in Sharp with a fielder’s choice grounder, moving the Seniors to a 4-0 lead.
The South finally broke through against Liberty Hill’s Gene Lucas, an apparent last minute addition who wasn’t listed on www.jimscout.com at this writing. Lucas walked Medina Valley’s Troy Stein and Reagan’s Brad Hall, then hit Johnson’s Jacoby Almarez with a 2-2 pitch to load the bases. Stevens’ Rene Solis then singled up the middle to drive in Stein and Ford. An error on a snap-throw by the catcher allowed Almarez and Solis to advanced a base, then two outs later, Almarez scored on a wild pitch to cut the margin to 4-3 seniors.
Then the pitchers took over. Starting with Lucas retiring the last three batters he faced, the seniors retired 12 straight, with New Braunfels Canyon’s Tony Gonzales, Marion’s Jordan Littlefield, and Clark’s Carl O’Neal all recording 1-2-3 innings. Meanwhile, rom the third through the eighth, junior pitchers faced only two over the minimum. Comfort’s Michael Wright, Judson’s Cody Boswell, Madison’s Chris Penn, Alamo Heights’ Luke Maloy, Boerne Champion’s Dylan Boss, and Harlandale’s Geoffrey Curtin each turned in an inning during the stretch. Boswell struck out two batters looking, and Maloy struck out the side swinging.
The Juniors took the lead for good in the seventh, scoring six unearned runs on just two hits. Steele’s Hunter Flake walked Reagan’s Alex Kendall and Medina Valley’s Troy Stein, but got Reagan’s Brad Hall to hit into a double play, advancing Kendall to third. Flake then struck out Almarez, but strike three was a wild pitch, allowing Almarez to try to go to first. Scott’s throwing error trying to retired Almarez allowed Almarez to reach and Kendall to score the tying run, and the inning continued.
Solis followed with his run-scoring double, then Long homered on an 0-2 pitch to put the juniors ahead 7-4.
MacArthur’s Patrick Ward and South San’s Rene Gallegos scored the remaining two runs in the inning as the juniors took advantage of a hit batsman, a walk, and two more errors. It was 9-4 Juniors after seven.
The Juniors added two more runs in the eighth against Reagan’s Corbin Oakes. Oakes struck out the first two hitters he faced before Churchill’s Dustin Aguilar singled and Boerne Champion’s Taylor Davis walked. Both scored on a double down the left field line by O’Connor’s T.J. Greene, making it 11-4 Juniors.
The Juniors added a final run in the 9th off Reagan’s Carter Hahn. Brad Hall hit a sharp grounder through third baseman Tijerina’s legs to reach on a error. Hall went to second on a grounder by Almarez, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a grounder by Solis. It was Solis’s fourth RBI of the night, pushing the Juniors’ lead to 12-4. Long followed with a double to the left field gap to go with his homer, but was stranded.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Seniors did strike back against Hall. Mayfield got a one-out single; after the second out, Burbank’s Alex Salas struck out, but reached on a passed ball, the second time in the ballgame a two-out strikeout failed to end an inning. After a double-steal, Mayfield and Salas scored on a sharp single to right by Justin Beck. Nick Lee drew a walk, but he and Beck were stranded when Hall struck out Sharp to end the game.
The matchup of seniors vs. juniors meant several players got to hit against a former teammate’s pitch.
2nd inning – O’Connor – senior Cody Scott gets an RBI single against Marc McGraw.
4th inning – New Braunfels Canyon – senior Tony Gonzales strikes out junior Tyler Figol.
5th inning – Madison – junior Chris Penn strikes out senior Nick Lee.
8th inning – Reagan – junior Alex Kendall draws a walk from senior Corbin Oakes.
9th inning – Reagan – junior Brad Hall reaches on an error and scores against senior Carter Hahn.
Posted by
Jay Tope on June 7, 2009 at 9:15 am
The Canyon Cougarettes softball team from New Braunfels overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat Angleton 4-2 in the UIL 4A state championship game Saturday evening at the McCombs Softball field in Austin, Texas.
Afterwards, Smithson Valley made it two Comal ISD teams to win state softball titles this year, as the Rangers shut out Pearland 1-0 for the 5A state championship game.
Unfortunately, no area baseball teams will be advancing to state this season. In Region IV, Austin Westlake will represent 5A, CC Moody in 4A, Giddings in 3A, Danbury in 2A, and Thorndale in 1A.
More details on these games, along with State Track will be posted later.
Posted by
Jay Tope on May 29, 2009 at 8:33 am
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When you get to this level of competition - the regional finals, every play counts.
Every inch matters…
And every Meagan McKinney homer has that much greater importance.
Canyon gave Constance Brandenburg only her fourth loss of the season.
Sara Mireles is now 30-3 on the year.
Nilda Garcia has done a great job all season with the Lady Brahmas.
Thumbs up for Coach Randle; the Cougarettes are one win away from state.
Posted by
Jay Tope on May 23, 2009 at 8:45 am
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This game was a classic. In fact, fans of both teams will be talking about this one for years to come. And both teams left it all on the field.
As expected, the pitchers were top-notch for both teams. The have been all year.
This time though, Medina Valley was able to break through, and score some runs.
And there was no room for error by either team.
 
Both Coach Randle and Coach Womack have done incredible jobs with their respective programs.
We head into extra innings…
In the bottom of the 9th, it was Jasmine Ramirez that hit the game-winning RBI…
… falling to her knees with emotion after she reached first base…
… and then she was mobbed by her teammates.
The Cougarettes have now reached the 4A regional final, where they will take on the Dripping Springs-Kingsville winner next week.
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