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Tuesday
December 25, 2001
Boerne Star
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To report
SPORTS RESULTS
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or drop it by 282 N. Main
Boerne Star
Sports Schedule
CALENDAR
Thursday, Dec. 27
Basketball
Boerne girls in M.T. Rice
tournament, Waco, TBA
(Through Saturday, Dec. 29)
Comfort boys and girls in
Junction tournament, TBA
(Through Saturday, Dec. 29)
Friday, Dec. 28
Basketball
Boerne boys hoops vs.
Brackenridge, 7:30 p.m. JV
at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
Basketball
Boerne freshmen boys A, B
teams vs. Brackenridge. FA at
10:30 a.m., FB at 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 1
Basketball
Comfort girls vs. Bandera, 6
p.m. JV at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 2
Basketball
Boerne boys vs. Uvalde @
Alamodome, 4 p.m.
Boerne girls @ South San,
5:30 p.m. JV at 4 p.m.;
Freshmen at 4 p.m.
Soccer
Boerne boys in alumni game
Thursday, Jan. 3
Basketball
Boerne JV, Freshmen boys
vs. Uvalde. JV at 6 p.m.,
Freshmen at 4:30 p.m.
Comfort boys vs. Bandera,
8 p.m. JV at 6:30 p.m.,
Freshmen at 5 p.m.
BMS North girls vs. BMS South.
8B at 5 p.m., 8A at 6 p.m. at
BMS North, 7B at 5 p.m., 7A at
6 p.m. at BMS South.
BMS South boys @ St.
" Mathews, 63.m. 7A C5 b. 02
Friday; Jan. 4 Bird of
Basketball
Boerne girls vs. New
Braunfels Canyon, 7:30 p.m.
JV, Freshmen at 6 p.m.
Boerne boys @ San Antonio
McCollum, 8 p.m. JV,
Freshmen B at 6:30 p.m.,
Freshmen A at 5 p.m.
Comfort girls @ Center
Point, 6 p.m. JV at 5 p.m.
Comfort boys vs. Mason, 8
p.m. JV at 6:30 p.m.,
Freshmen at 5 p.m.
Soccer
Boerne girls in SAISD tourna-
ment, TBA (Through Saturday)
Saturday, Jan. 5
Swimming
Boerne vs. Victoria Memorial
and NECA, 2 p.m., UIW.
Monday, Jan. 7
Basketball
Boerne boys @ Harlandale,
7:30 p.m. JV at 6 p.m.
Freshmen B at 7:30 p.m.,
Freshmen A at 6 p.m.
Comfort boys vs. San Saba,
7:30 p.m. JV at 5:30 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ROGERS, SVENDSEN TEE
OFF IN JUNIOR GOLF
Boerne golfer John Rogers
scored 53 points in the Texas
Junior Golf Tour event at Hyatt
Hill Country Resort Dec. 8.
Rogers shot 88-80 to tie for
eighth. BHS teammate, Zach
Svendsen tied for 32nd after
shooting 80-83 at the TJGT
event at Tapatio Springs Dec. 8.
TIDE TABLES
(Port Aransas Pass)
12/26: L 7:46 a.m, H 3:35 p.m..;
17:48 p.m, H 12:07 a.m.
12/27: L 8:18 a.m, H 4:25 p.m.;
L 8:54 p.m, H 12:16 a.m.
12/28: L 8:54 a.m, H 5:12 p.m.; L
9:48 p.m, H 12:33 a.m.
(Tide table calculation cour-
tesy of NOAA, National
Ocean Service)
McGwire
vs. Bonds
A tale of
the tape
OUT OF BOUNDS
Becca Bayer
• Land
Star Photo by Nick Taylor
Boerne guard Becca Herbst (12) passes to Ashley Chamberlin (33) underneath the basket during Friday’s game vs. Pleasanton at
Greyhound Gym. Boerne players Erin Lomers (far left) and Kendall Lundberg (10) watch.
Lady
_ By Nick Taylor
" Sports Editor
ounds run all over Eaglettes
Five Lady Hounds scored in double
figures and two more added nine
points as Boerne defeated Pleasanton
92-18 Friday in Greyhound Gym.
Boerne center Ashley Chamberlin
scored 12 of her game-high 16
and Kate Comer had 10 each and
Kendall Lundberg and Tricia Agold
scored nine in the runaway victory.
“Our scoring was spread out.
Everybody had a little bit of a role.
We did a lot of good things,” Boerne
head coach Richard Herbst said.
Boerne improved to 9-6, while
Pleasanton fell to 2-10.
Herbst, and the duo combined for
16 points in the period.
Boerne led by 18 after the first
quarter, 30 at halftime and 57 after
three quarters. They scored 52
points in the second half.
“We were outmatched,”
Pleasanton head coach Woody
Grossman said. “Give Boerne cred-
performance.
The wide margin of victory
allowed Boerne to play its entire
roster extensively, and several play-
ers posted season-highs.
Boerne guard Laura McCabe had a
team-high seven rebounds and a
season-high seven points. Davis, a
forward, broke out of a shooting
points itcuthe firstiquatter as Boemhe' . Amanda Rains: and Victoria Garciag qit. They got after itl'ho vasc ■) slumpswith three three-pointers and
keelfromstart to finish00 0 [ 2 nedi orlg ledthe Eaglettes with four points, to bi Herbst finished with: eight assists, 1 a season high 11 points.
— Beeea- Herbst -scored 12 points,--- Chamberlin scored four baskets in six rebounds, five steals and three
Brittany Davis had 11, Becca Nagel the first quarter from passes from blocks in another solid all-around
see RUN, page 8
Speed, defense, depth lead Deer into district
By Nick TAYLOR
Sports Editor
In 2001, the Comfort Deer went
16-11, 5-5. They doubled their win
total from the season before, fin-
ished third in district and made the
playoffs.
That team had Anna Bourland
manning the middle, along with
Abby Bergmann, Stephanie Dooley
and Kierra Wiedenfeld in the play-
. ing rotation. All four graduated.
Despite their absence, the squad
thinks they can do just as well this
season, if not better.
“We’ve got a lot of new players to
varsity. We’ve got to fight through
it,” guard Brandi Kneupper said.
The .early results are promising; as
of Dec. 25, Comfort is 9-3.
A big rotation has played a big part
in their success and helped Comfort
head coach Rob Franklin get the
most out of his players.
Kasey Feller, Rosie Avalos, Bess
Collier, Morgan Heczko and
Kneupper start. Bianca Carlos,
Chandra Bulk, Ale Quinonez,
Meghan Petty and Stefanie Dutton
sub in, and Emily Moss, Casey
Bourland, Kristin Hector, Maggie
Randle and Carrie Koennecke see
action later in the game.
Last season, the Deer relied on the
older Bourland to score and their
defense to win games. This season,
they still focus on defense, but their
shooting has picked up.
“We’ve improved our shot. We
want to run the floor and be aggres-
sive,” Kneupper said.
“We have the talent and the ability
to score,” Petty added.
Moss admitted the team’s weak-
ness is shooting.
“We’re known for our defense. If
we shoot well, we should win dis-
trict,” Moss said.
Comfort isn’t as big as last year,
but they’re faster. Add in a year of
experience, and the Deer think they
can turn the corner.
“We fight for everything. We’re
see DEER, page 8
Blaze soccer falls
short at state finals
Boerne allows only five goals, scores
zero in three-game, round-robin format
By Nick Taylor
Sports Editor
The Boerne Blaze 12 and under
girls soccer team finished fourth out
of four teams at the South Texas
Youth Soccer Association girls
under 12 state championship Dec.
15 and 16 in Corpus Christi.
The Blaze lost all three games they
played in the round robin tourna-
ment — identical 2-0 scores to the
First Colony Eclipse and Lake
Jackson Flash Dec. 15, and 1-0 to
the New Braunfels Blast Dec. 16.
The Blast won the state tourna-
ment with a 3-0 record. First Colony
took second place and Lake Jackson
was third.
Boerne and the Blast were the top
two seeds from the Western Region.
“Each game was very close. We
just couldn’t put the ball in the net,”
Blaze head coach Cliff Luttrell said.
“We had as many shots on goal, but
you can’t win games if you don’t
score.”
Coach Luttrell listed several stand-
outs in the tournament:
Defensively, Torrey Luttrell,
Katelyn Abbott and Amie Thomas
stood out for the Blaze.
They helped keep Boerne in the
game with strong play near the goal.
Midfielders Chelsea Muskopf and
Miranda Jones helped the Blaze
control the middle.
They led several rushes on goal
and dropped back on defense.
In the net, goalie Ashley Hacker
had several saves and helped keep
Boerne close in each game.
Winger Betsy Webster and striker
Caroline Field led the Blaze for-
wards with hard presses toward the
goal.
They didn’t score, but helped
Boerne keep the ball on the attack.
What's the first thing that pops
into your mind when you hear the
names Mark McGwire and Barry
Bonds? Home runs.
I would say McGwire is my
favorite baseball player of all time,
but as to not slight great names like
Mike Schmidt, Nolan Ryan, or
George Brett, I’ll just call him my
favorite player of my generation.
Both Bonds and Mac have had
incredible seasons in the past few
years. The images of Mac and
Sammy Sosa neck in neck heading
into the home stretch of the season
while chasing Roger Maris are for-
ever in baseball fans’ minds.
Barry Bonds breaking Mac’s
record just three seasons later is also
ingrained in the history of our
national pastime.
But, I ask, who’s better, Mac or
Bonds? Through the power of sta-
tistics, I aim to find out.
They have dissimilar back-
grounds. Bonds father, Bobby,
played professional baseball. The
elder Bonds spent the majority of
his career with the San Francisco
Giants, but his highest home run
season (37) came in 1977 for the
California Angels.
In contrast, McGwire’s father,
John, was a dentist. Dr. McGwire
wasn’t able to participate in the
' majority of sports because of child-
hood polio.
Mac has three brothers, the
youngest of whom, Dan, played
professional football for the Seattle
Seahawks.
They broke into the majors in the
same year — 1986 — Mac with
Oakland and Bonds with Pittsburgh.
Bonds played nearly a full season
with 113 games, while Mac played
18. But in that same year Mac was
an Olympic baseball team starter.
During Bonds’ rookie year he had
413 at-bats, resulting in 92 hits, 26
doubles, three triples and 16 homers
during 113 games. His batting aver-
age for the year was .223.
In contrast, in Mac’s first true rook-
ie season, 1987, he had 557 at-bats,
161 hits, 28 doubles, four triples and
49 home runs in 151 games. His bat-
ting average was .289.
McGwire could have broken a
rookie home run record that year,
but chose to forego the final game
of the season to witness the birth of
his son, Matthew.
Obviously, McGwire had a stellar
rookie season. Bonds’ was com-
mendable as well. McGwire had
power hitters surrounding him in
the line-up as well. He was sand-
wiched between sluggers like Jose
Canseco and Reggie Jackson.
If you look at each of their home
run record breaking seasons the
numbers are a little more similar.
In 1998 McGwire ran up the
| dinger count to 70, first breaking
then smashing Maris’ record. He
banged number 61 in his home ball-
park, St. Louis, on his father’s 61st
birthday, with his family and Maris’
family in attendance.
Coincidently Maris’ 61 homer sea-
son was in 1961, talk about omi-
nous numbers.
That season was his first full one
in St. Louis after being traded from
the A’s to the Cards mid-season. He
played 155 games that year, and
racked up 509 at-bats in the process.
Star Photo Submitted The 70 home runs came on just
Boerne forward Mona Miltenberger charges the ball against a
New Braunfels Blast player at the South Texas Youth Soccer
Association girls under 12 state championship Dec. 16. The
Blaze edged Boerne, 1-0.
152 hits, leaving him with 21 dou-
bles and no triples that season. In
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