Style sheets
Consistency.
The Utopia Buffaloes
clinched a third place seat in
district with an 83-58 win over
Knippa at home Feb. 14. Senior
post Justin McCaleb led the
Runnin’ Buffs’ offense with a
22 point game, and Mike
Rodriguez was the high scorer
for Knippa with 19 points.
The Buffs began the first
quarter by scoring first and
kept the momentum going with
aggressive rebounding and lots
of scoring under the hoop, in
addition to capitalizing on
Knippa’s turnovers. The Buffs’
defense made passing and scor-
ing difficult for Knippa, and
the quarter ended with a 31-10
Buffs lead.
The second quarter began
with a bang as sophomore wing
Tyler Cox passed to junior cen-
ter Trey Justice for a basket.
Cox then followed with a three-
point swish, and the Buffs con-
tinued to play quickly and
aggressively. Knippa began to
score more points and move
the ball down the court, and
the Buffs started to foul more
as the game grew closer. The
end of the quarter saw the
Buffs bounce right back,
beginning as Justice tacked on
an extra point for the Buffs on
a technical against Knippa.
With four seconds left on the
clock, senior point guard Tyler
Martinez threw a long pass
down the court to Cox, result-
ing in a layup at the buzzer and
a 53-30 Buffs lead at the half.
The Buffs lost momentum
after the half, as Knippa scored
first in the third quarter and
the Buffs had difficulty making
their shots. Fouls once again
plagued the Buffs in addition
to turnovers and difficulty
keeping Knippa from scoring.
The quarter turned around for
the Buffs when McCaleb had a
strong drive to the hoop result-
ing in a basket after a timeout.
With their confidence back,
the Buffs’ offense seemed to
improve as Martinez sunk a
three-pointer and then, later, a
layup from a pass by sopho-
more guard Luke Killough.
The buzzer went off with the
Buffs ahead 67-43.
The fourth quarter saw much
of the same aggressive
rebounding and accurate
shooting that the Buffs dis-
played throughout the game.
McCaleb stole the ball from
Knippa, taking it all the way
down the court for an easy
layup. Martinez, who was
fouled multiple times around
the end of the fourth, tacked
on extra points from free-
throws for the Buffs, and the
game ended in an 83-58 win for
the Runnin’ Buffs.
“Our offense was pretty
good,” sophomore power for-
ward Ryan Woods said. “We
moved the ball a lot and made
good passes.”
The Buffs played San Isidro
in Tilden Monday night in the
first game of the playoffs.
They won 58-45, and will
play Calvert in Marble Falls
this Friday.
In the first tennis tourna-
ment of the year for the
Medina High School tennis
team, Austin Thomas led the
way, winning the boy’s singles
championship. Thomas
defeated Nic Rangel of
Comfort 8-4 in the final
match of the day.
The Medina ace opened
up the tournament with a 8-3
win over Hunter Kunc
(Mason), then cruised to vic-
tories over Tony Garza
(Menard) 8-1, and Alec
Bowerman(Boerne)8-2.
In boys’ doubles Medina’s
Hunter Hughes and Drake
Lestourgeon teamed up for
an opening win over Casey
and Matt of Canyon Lake 8-
1. The Bobcat duo lost to
Kirk/Williams (Boerne)in the
second round by a score of 8-
5.
Medina will travel to
Mason on Thursday, Feb. 23,
for their next tournament.
Timing is crucial to golfing suc-
cess. A good golf swing is a com-
plicated assembly of moving
parts, all timed so the clubhead is
moving at optimum speed and in
the correct direction when it
strikes the ball. If the timing of
any part is off, the ball will go in
the wrong direction, the wrong
distance, or both.
Professional golfers time their
schedules so they can be at their
best when they play the most
important tournaments. They are
careful not to play too much or
too little before major events, and
try to balance the risk of physical
and mental exhaustion against
the need to play enough tourna-
ment golf to feel sharp when it
counts the most.
Good timing can be the differ-
ence in success and failure. Phil
Mickelson’s play was unremark-
able for the first rounds at Pebble
Beach in the AT&T National, but
he was at his best in the final
round and came from six strokes
back to win. On the other hand,
Charlie Wi played very well
enough to lead for the first three
rounds, but his game deteriorated
in the final round and he lost to
Phil.
Ted Brown of Bandera has cer-
tainly mastered the timing of his
golf swing. After already making
two holes-in-one this year he
turned in an excellent round of
78 to earn 8 points in the recent
Good Old Boys tournament. His
round was a model of steady play,
highlighted by a string of 7
straight pars and a birdie on the
always-difficult 18th hole.
However, Brown needs to work
on the timing of when he has a
great round. Even Phil Mickelson
needed help from Charlie Wi to
make that great final round pay
off, and the Good Old Boys
weren’t nearly as helpful to
Brown as Wi was to Mickelson.
Bandera’s Roy Rodriguez gave
Brown a run for his money and
carded a 7-point round of 80.
Walter Stroman of Boerne
scorched the cold, wet course
with an even par round of 72,
earning 6 points and medalist
honors. Max Konz, the Bandera
fire chief and new member of the
Good Old Boys, made his pres-
ence known with a 5-point round
of 88. So many points were made
by the 6 players who braved the
elements that each point was
worth a paltry $1.00.
Walter Stroman added to his
medalist honors by being closest
to the hole on number 2. Ted
Brown fought back by hitting it
tight on number 7, and Van Tom
“Coach” Whatley of Bandera
made his day worthwhile by nail-
ing it on number 12. Whatley’s
nice shot on number 12 was just
one of many in a good round of
79. Roy Rodriguez increased his
payout by earning the honors on
number 17.
The Good Old Boys can look
forward to good playing condi-
tions in the weeks and months to
come. The recent rains should
thicken the grass when spring
arrives and the Flying L mainte-
nance staff has been replenishing
the sand in many of the traps on
the course. The lush grass will be
much appreciated, but the sand
should be enjoyed in moderation.
Ted Brown tops stellar field of golfers
BY CHARLES PROKOP
GOOD OLD BOYS GOLF
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Baseball Bulldogs open season against Devine
SPORTS
The 2012 Bandera Bulldog
Baseball season got underway
on Monday, Feb. 20 as the
Bulldogs played host to the
Devine Warhorses in a non-dis-
trict matchup at Bulldog
Stadium. The Bulldogs will
enter the season under the
direction of first year Head
Coach Wil Shahan. Shahan
takes over the head coaching
chores after five seasons as a
Bulldog assistant and looks to
this season as a whole new expe-
rience for himself and the play-
ers.
“This is a new year and I am a
new coach so we will start at the
beginning and go from there,”
Shahan said. “We have a lot of
kids that are working hard out
there and I feel that the poten-
tial is definitely there for us to
be competitive,” Shahan contin-
ued. “I can tell you that every-
one out there has a legitimate
shot at being a starter on this
team,” Shahan explained.
The Bulldogs finished off
their pre-season action at Llano
on Tuesday, Feb. 14 with scrim-
mages against Llano and Marble
Falls. A scheduled scrimmage
with Central Catholic was
rained out on Friday, Feb. 17, at
Bandera. Varsity and JV Rosters
will be available soon. Shahan
hopes to field three teams, one
varsity and two JV that would
include freshmen. Later this
week, the Bulldogs will compete
in the Pleasanton Baseball
Tournament on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23, 24
and 25. The Bulldogs will play
their first game of the tourna-
ment on Thursday, Feb. 23 at
10:45 a.m. They will play a pair
of games on Friday with the
times to be announced. The
Tournament finishes up on
Saturday with the
Championship Games sched-
uled for the evening.
Correction: In last week’s
Home Run Derby story we
credited senior Colby Stewart
for hitting the longest ball based
on information we received
from the event. Coach Shahan
corrected the error and
informed us that, in fact, Levi
Hay outdistanced Stewart for
the top spot in the long ball sen-
ior competition.
BY TIM MCGRATH
BULLETIN SPORTS WRITER
Medina tennis team scores
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Buffaloes triumph to district, claim two victories
BY BLANCHE SCHAEFER
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, UTOPIA TIMES
The Medina Bobcats are
poised and ready to go into the
state playoffs after finishing their
regular season with an overall
28-4 record that included a per-
fect 6-0 mark in district play. In
their district finale played on
Monday, February 13 at Medina,
the Bobcats defeated Mason 49-
39 to earn their fourth straight
District Championship and a
bye in the first round of the
upcoming playoffs. They will
play the winner of the bi-district
matchup between Pettus vs.
Santa Maria to be played
Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Rivera. Time
and location for the second
round encounter will be
announced following the
Pettus/Santa Maria contest. The
Bobcats also find themselves in
the Top Ten of the TABC
statewide rankings at #10 going
into the State Tournament.
Andrew Landry, Sammie
Williamson and Mitchell Black
provided the scoring punch for
the Bobcats against Mason with
17, 15, and 10 points respectively.
Adrian Jackson added 4 while
Paden Dallas pitched in three to
the Bobcat offensive effort.
Medina Head Coach and
Athletic Director Tut Wardlaw
had plenty of praise for his team
and expressed optimism when
discussing the upcoming play-
offs. “We can always count on
Landry, Williamson and Black to
keep the offense moving and
they are going to put points on
the scoreboard as well,” Wardlaw
said. “But it is our entire team
that has gotten us to where we
are at,” he continued. “What we
have is a bunch of hard workers
who bought into the program
long ago. Three guys lead the
team in scoring but everyone has
a role to play and it’s those role
players that do the necessary
things to make us successful,”
Wardlaw explained. Landry
leads the team in scoring with a
20 point average while
Williamson and Black average
around 14 points per game.
Williamson also grabs an average
of 15-16 rebounds per game for
the Bobcats. Paden Dallas and
Landry average 4 assists per
game for Medina.
The Bobcats had a warm-up
game at Ingram on Monday, Feb.
20 before returning to the prac-
tice floor on Tuesday.
State-ranked Medina Bobcats poised for playoffs
BY TIM MCGRATH
BULLETIN SPORTS WRITER
COURTESY PHOTO/Ginger LeStourgeon
Medina Bobcats: Bottom row: Brennan Fertig, Cyril Barnes, Aaron
LeStourgeon, Andrew Landry, Mitchell Black, Zach Hawkins, Paden
Dallas. Top row: Ethan, Cooper Ellis, J.D. Ortiz, Tut Wardlaw, Alex
Wilson, Adrian Jackson, Samuel Williamson and Drake LeStourgeon.
AUSTIN THOMAS
Lady Bulldogs face off against
Brennan High
The BHS Lady Bulldogs
varsity soccer team faced off
against Brennan High
School last Friday in the
pouring rain at Bulldog
Stadium. Both teams came
into the contest undefeated in
district play. The winner of
this contest would be in the
driver’s seat in going into the
first round in district. Brennan
jumped out to an early scoring
early in the first half.
A few minutes later Bandera
tied the contest with a goal of
their own. Thatgoal got things
rolling for the Lady Bulldogs.
At the end of the first half to
lead the Lady Bears 2-1. After
some half time adjustments
the Lady
Bulldogs open up their
attack and reinforced their
defense. Our defense really
did a great job considering
field conditions. They held
one of the leading scorers in
the area to one goal. Playing
defense for Bandera were
Madelynn Kinsel, Alexis
Clements, Kati Fitzpatric,
Ellen Hevenor, Jordan
Hayes and Brittany Palacios.
Both teams managed to score
again in the second half
despite the rain. Final score
Bandera 5, Brennan 2.
Scoring for the Lady Bulldogs
were Montana Hicks, Analisa
Gonzales, and Jordan Fazio.
This win makes it a 2-0 dis-
trict record for the Lady
Bulldogs, after their
Valentine’s Day victory over
Kennedy High School.
BY RAUL NOYOLA
BANDERA BULLDOGS COACH
Lady Bobcats advance with
pair of playoff victories
The Medina Lady Bobcats
have advanced to the regional
quarter final round of the
state playoffs with a pair of
recent victories over D’Hanis
and Ben Bolt in the Bi-
District and Area rounds of
the tournament respectively.
The Ladycats finished the
regular season with an overall
record of 21-8 that included a
4-2 District record and a trip
to the playoffs.
In the Bi-district encounter
with D’Hanis, played on
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Medina
Valley, the Ladycats kept it
close for most of the game
before widening the margin
of victory to 36-28 with a
fourth quarter offensive
spurt. Kendall Richardson
led the Ladycat point parade
with 12 while gathering in 7
rebounds in the contest. Kyla
Richardson poured in 11
points, grabbed 13 rebounds
and had four blocks to add to
the Ladycat effort. Kristin
Boyd contributed 6 points
along with four steals while
Hannah Buettner (6) and
Lauren Ortiz (1) rounded out
the Ladycat offensive effort
against D’Hanis. With the vic-
tory, the Ladycats earned the
Bi-District Championship
and advanced to the Area
round of the playoffs against
Ben Bolt.
The Lady Bobcats traveled
to Charlotte on Friday, Feb. 17
and put together an awesome
offensive display in disposing
of Ben Bolt by an overwhelm-
ing score of 53-28 while
advancing to the Regional
Quarter Final round of the
playoffs. Kendall Richardson
BY TIM MCGRATH
BULLETIN SPORTS WRITER
COURTESY PHOTO/Ginger LeStourgeon
Medina Lady Cats: Bottom row: Courtney Gillaspy, Hannah Buettner,
Mary Ellen Mills, Lauren Ortiz. Middle row: Kristen Boyd, Abby
Seymour, Chaney Hill, Cammille Miller. Top row: Coach Wright,
Allana Wilson, Kyla Richardson, Kendall Richardson, Coach Roach.
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