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August 31, 2022
Two Minute Drill
Local sports kicking off
By Chris Darus
The Bandera Prophet
Bandera ISD
Football
Varsity
Bandera met the Poteet Aggies for opening night at Bulldog Stadium and the visitors handed the hosts a 38-13 loss to open the season.
Riley Hailey at QB, starting his first varsity game and going 6-18-120-2-3 in his debut, found Soloman Alexander and Alex Dirck for scores and Jesse Cardenas accounted for 133 of the Bulldogs 146 rushing yards.
Defensively, the Bulldogs were led by Eric Straeter with 10 tackles and Dylan Gherman and Josh Goff with nine tackles each. Daniel Freeman recorded eight tackles and Alexander was a force in the secondary with seven stops and two interceptions on the night.
Bandera will head south to Cotulla this Friday night to take on the 3A Cowboys. Cotulla defeated 4A Corpus Christi West Oso last week in a 42-40 shootout.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Opponents season recap
A season long look on how the varsity Bulldog opponents have fared for the season.
Non-District
Poteet defeated Bandera, 38-14
Cotulla won over CC West Oso, 42-40
S.A Kennedy beat S.A Edison, 21-12
S.A. Cole lost to Holy Cross, 38-12
Hondo was beaten by Marion, 21-20
Robstown beat CC King, 52-12
District 15-4AD2
Pearsall beat S.A West Campus, 42-6
Devine defeated S.A. Memorial, 42-0
YMLA lost to S.A. Sam Houston, 28-7
Carrizo Springs was upended by Uvalde, 21-13
MaxPreps state rankings for teams in Region IV 15-4AD2 (77 teams)
Devine, 54
Bandera, 60
Carrizo Springs, 62
YLMA, 71
Pearsall, 76
JV Blue
The Bulldog JV traveled to Poteet to take on the Aggies Thursday night and came away with a 36-14 win in their first game of the season.
Led by quarterback Dylan Peace, the Bulldogs scored on a short rushing touchdown by Peace, passed for a touchdown, Peace to Julian De La Paz and converted two, two-point conversions in the first half to take a 16-8 lead at the break.
Bandera took charge in the third quarter with a Juan Cabrera 10-yard rush, another two-point conversion and then a 56 yard catch and run by Jeffry Thomas to end the quarter up, 30-14.
The Peace to Thomas connection clicked again in the fourth for a 21 yard score to seal the 36-14 victory.
The Blue will play at Bulldog Stadium Thursday as they host the Cotulla Cowboys with kickoff slated for 5:30 p.m.
JV Gray
The Thursday evening JV Gray game was canceled due to the rain and deteriorated field conditions at Bulldog Stadium.
Volleyball
All three Lady Bulldog teams made the two day trek to Sonora to participate in the West Tex-Fest Tournament over Thursday and Saturday and all three played well.
Varsity
The varsity went 4-2 in matches to finish third in the Varsity Gold bracket.
Day one saw Bandera go 2-1 with wins over Sonora’s JV (25-8, 25-21) and Christoval (25-19, 25-14) before running into the 1A Rankin Lady Red Devils. Bandera took the first set by a 25-23 tally but the Lady Devils fought back to take the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-13 to deal Bandera their first loss.
Teams reconvened on Saturday morning and Bandera had to take on the Lady Devils again in the first match of the day. Revenge was sweet as the Lady Bulldogs lost the first set, 25-23 but rallied to take the next two, 25-23 and 25-20 to advance.
Tuscola Jim Ned denied Bandera in the middle match of the day, taking the win in two straight, 25-20 and 25-16, to force Bandera and Junction to face off in the final match of the day.
Bandera took the win in straight sets, 25-17 and 25-22, to cement the third place finish.
JV
The JV played well, winning the Varsity Silver bracket.
No scores or stats were made available.
Freshmen
The Freshman Lady Bulldogs played up as well, competing in the JV division where they finished third in the Gold bracket.
No score or stats were made available.
Editor's note: A special thanks to the concerned parent that did supply scoring for the varsity run over the weekend.
BMS
Cross-Country
Bandera Middle School Cross Country Report
By Jess Edwards
BMS coaching staff
The Bandera Middle School cross country teams began their season Saturday at Boerne’s Voss Middle School.
This meet was a tough one; Bandera was the smallest of the seven teams that attended.
All of the runners put aside their first-meet jitters and performed well.
Mary Robinson placed 15th and earned a medal. Ruffin Scartocci had the fastest time over the two mile distance for Bandera at 14:11.
Both of the girl's teams, seventh and eighth grade, finished in sixth and the eighth grade boys were mid-pack in fourth place. Our seventh grade boys did not have enough runners to compete as a team, five are needed and we only had two.
The Bulldog cross-country teams will travel to Dilley on Sept. 3 for their next meet.
Football
Varsity
Bandera met the Poteet Aggies for opening night at Bulldog Stadium and the visitors handed the hosts a 38-13 loss to open the season.
Riley Hailey at QB, starting his first varsity game and going 6-18-120-2-3 in his debut, found Soloman Alexander and Alex Dirck for scores and Jesse Cardenas accounted for 133 of the Bulldogs 146 rushing yards.
Defensively, the Bulldogs were led by Eric Straeter with 10 tackles and Dylan Gherman and Josh Goff with nine tackles each. Daniel Freeman recorded eight tackles and Alexander was a force in the secondary with seven stops and two interceptions on the night.
Bandera will head south to Cotulla this Friday night to take on the 3A Cowboys. Cotulla defeated 4A Corpus Christi West Oso last week in a 42-40 shootout.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Opponents season recap
A season long look on how the varsity Bulldog opponents have fared for the season.
Non-District
Poteet defeated Bandera, 38-14
Cotulla won over CC West Oso, 42-40
S.A Kennedy beat S.A Edison, 21-12
S.A. Cole lost to Holy Cross, 38-12
Hondo was beaten by Marion, 21-20
Robstown beat CC King, 52-12
District 15-4AD2
Pearsall beat S.A West Campus, 42-6
Devine defeated S.A. Memorial, 42-0
YMLA lost to S.A. Sam Houston, 28-7
Carrizo Springs was upended by Uvalde, 21-13
MaxPreps state rankings for teams in Region IV 15-4AD2 (77 teams)
Devine, 54
Bandera, 60
Carrizo Springs, 62
YLMA, 71
Pearsall, 76
JV Blue
The Bulldog JV traveled to Poteet to take on the Aggies Thursday night and came away with a 36-14 win in their first game of the season.
Led by quarterback Dylan Peace, the Bulldogs scored on a short rushing touchdown by Peace, passed for a touchdown, Peace to Julian De La Paz and converted two, two-point conversions in the first half to take a 16-8 lead at the break.
Bandera took charge in the third quarter with a Juan Cabrera 10-yard rush, another two-point conversion and then a 56 yard catch and run by Jeffry Thomas to end the quarter up, 30-14.
The Peace to Thomas connection clicked again in the fourth for a 21 yard score to seal the 36-14 victory.
The Blue will play at Bulldog Stadium Thursday as they host the Cotulla Cowboys with kickoff slated for 5:30 p.m.
JV Gray
The Thursday evening JV Gray game was canceled due to the rain and deteriorated field conditions at Bulldog Stadium.
Volleyball
All three Lady Bulldog teams made the two day trek to Sonora to participate in the West Tex-Fest Tournament over Thursday and Saturday and all three played well.
Varsity
The varsity went 4-2 in matches to finish third in the Varsity Gold bracket.
Day one saw Bandera go 2-1 with wins over Sonora’s JV (25-8, 25-21) and Christoval (25-19, 25-14) before running into the 1A Rankin Lady Red Devils. Bandera took the first set by a 25-23 tally but the Lady Devils fought back to take the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-13 to deal Bandera their first loss.
Teams reconvened on Saturday morning and Bandera had to take on the Lady Devils again in the first match of the day. Revenge was sweet as the Lady Bulldogs lost the first set, 25-23 but rallied to take the next two, 25-23 and 25-20 to advance.
Tuscola Jim Ned denied Bandera in the middle match of the day, taking the win in two straight, 25-20 and 25-16, to force Bandera and Junction to face off in the final match of the day.
Bandera took the win in straight sets, 25-17 and 25-22, to cement the third place finish.
JV
The JV played well, winning the Varsity Silver bracket.
No scores or stats were made available.
Freshmen
The Freshman Lady Bulldogs played up as well, competing in the JV division where they finished third in the Gold bracket.
No score or stats were made available.
Editor's note: A special thanks to the concerned parent that did supply scoring for the varsity run over the weekend.
BMS
Cross-Country
Bandera Middle School Cross Country Report
By Jess Edwards
BMS coaching staff
The Bandera Middle School cross country teams began their season Saturday at Boerne’s Voss Middle School.
This meet was a tough one; Bandera was the smallest of the seven teams that attended.
All of the runners put aside their first-meet jitters and performed well.
Mary Robinson placed 15th and earned a medal. Ruffin Scartocci had the fastest time over the two mile distance for Bandera at 14:11.
Both of the girl's teams, seventh and eighth grade, finished in sixth and the eighth grade boys were mid-pack in fourth place. Our seventh grade boys did not have enough runners to compete as a team, five are needed and we only had two.
The Bulldog cross-country teams will travel to Dilley on Sept. 3 for their next meet.