Bear Tracks Week 11 | 2018

We want to start with a congratulations to all of the Bear players and coaches. The hard work put in all year paid off and we want to congratulate you.

The reason the team and all Bear fans can celebrate is because of the dominating performance of BHP against Daniel in the region championship finale. Daniel came into the game undefeated while BHP had 2 losses on the year. BHP was able to take a 14-0 lead, but Daniel scored late in the 2nd quarter to cut BHP’s halftime lead to 7. Both teams scored in the third to make the score 21-14 going into the 4th quarter. In the 4th quarter BHP exploded for 21 points and sealed the game to take the 2018 Region 1-AAAA championship.

Week 10 Review

We proclaimed Friday night after the game that BHP’s performance against Wren was the most impressive of the season. After reviewing the stats and adding the proliferation of the Wren’s offense, that maybe an understatement. BHP won on both offense and defense. The 5 offensive TDs that tied for the second most this season, coupled with the Bear’s second defensive score of the season showed the dominance BHP had been searching for all season.

BHP showed a level of execution on Friday night that has been lacking all season. From limiting dropped passes, to only 1 lost fumble (in the fourth quarter as BHP was up 41-10), to very few missed tackles, BHP played up to their talent, not down to their opponent.

We also need to acknowledge the near perfect play calling and situational football the BHP coaches presented. From our point of view, the play calling put the players in positions to truly dominate the game, and that is what they did. It also seems that they may be cooking up even more for the next couple of games.

Week 10 Quick Stats

• BHP scored their first 3rd quarter rushing TD of the season against Daniel.
• BHP’s Camden Bratcher became the all-time and single season completion leader in BHP history with 286 career completions and 140 season completions.
• In the 1st quarter against Daniel BHP’s RJ Ellis averaged 6.5 yards per carry on 14 rushes.
• The 321 total yards given up to Daniel was the first time BHP gave up 300 or more yards in a region game this season.
• The last 3 games Camden Bratcher is 47/54/0 for 647 yards and 9 TDs (completions percentage of 87% and a passer rating of 243).
• Against Daniel, BHP only had 4 negative yardage plays.
• BHP has held the their last 7 opponents to less than 150 rushing yard and only given up more than 1 rushing TD to one opponent, Daniel.
• BHP had a success rate of 57.4% against Daniel (season average is 50%).
• The 460 total yards against Daniel was the 6th game this season where BHP gained 400 or more total yards.
• The 310 rushing yards against Daniel was the 2nd time this season that BHP rushed for 300 or more yards.

Regular Season Review

BHP continued their momentum they gained from the previous 4 weeks and rolled through an undefeated Daniel team. BHP did what they have been doing best lately; focus on power runs and take advantage of advantageous matchups in the passing game.

Although the outcome was very impressive, the performance was far from perfect. With the first truly cold night, BHP had a hard time keeping control of the football ending up with 4 fumbles and 2 lost fumbles. Turnovers have been the only troublesome aspect of BHP’s late season run. In the last 3 games they have had 6 turnovers. As competition increases, ball security has to improve.

With the win against Daniel, BHP added their 11th region championship in school history and 3rd region championship under Coach Blackston. Also, all but 2 BHP region championships have been won since 2000.

Regular Season Quick Stats

• BHP is averaging 70 more total yards per game than last season, 53 passing yards and 17 rushing yards per game more than they did last season. BHP has caused a turnover in all but two games this season.
• BHP is averaging 101 more total yards per game than they are allowing.
• 40% of BHP’s offensive TDs have come in the 2nd quarters of games.
• This season 24% of BHP’s plays have gained 10 or more yards. From those plays BHP has gained 73% of their total yards.
• BHP is averaging 7.3 yards per play on 1st down this season.
• This season RJ Ellis has a success rate on his rushing attempts of 63.12%. BHP’s season average rushing success rate is 50.54%.
• This season BHP had 11 scoreless quarters, last regular season BHP had 12.
• BHP gave up zero 20+ point quarters this season. The last time that happened was in 2015.
• BHP gave up zero 20+ point quarters this season. The last time that happened was in 2015.
• BHP has scored 55 points in the last 4 minutes of the 1st half and first 4 minutes of the 2nd half of games this season. That is the second least in regular season games since 2014.
• BHP has only scored 1 rushing TD in the last 4 minutes of the 1st half and first 4 minutes of the 2nd half of games this season.
• This season when BHP has the lead, they rush 68.8% of plays.
• This season when BHP trails, BHP passes 47.2% of plays and 64% of their yardage comes on passes.
• Only 27% of BHP’s plays have come while the Bears trailed in the game.
• When BHP leads in a game they have a 77.7% completions percentage.
• The 8 wins was the 21st time a BHP team won 8 or more games in a regular season.
• Since 2000 BHP has won 8 or more regular season game in 14 of 19 seasons.
• Since 2000 BHP is 152-38 in regular season games.
• Under Coach Blackston BHP is 74-16 in regular season games.

Record Threats

• Xavier Nance is 2 receptions away from the single season reception record at BHP.
• Camden Bratcher is 259 passing yards away from the most passing yards in a career at BHP.
• Camden Bratcher is 244 passing yards away from the most passing yards in a season at BHP.
• Camden Bratcher is 20 pass attempts away from the most pass attempts in a season at BHP.
• Camden Bratcher is currently on pace to have the best completions percentage for a career at BHP, he is currently at 62.3% and the record is 59.9%.
• RJ Ellis is currently 9th in career rushing yards at BHP.
• BHP as a team is 4 completions away from the most pass completions in a season for a team at BHP.
• BHP as a team is 39 attempts away from the most pass attempts in a season for a team at BHP.
• BHP as a team is 9 passing TDs away from the most passing TDs in a season for a team at BHP.
• Coach Blackston is 5 wins away from having the most wins of any BHP head coach.
• With 5 more wins this senior class can tie the most wins by a senior class with 41.

Conclusion

BHP put an extraordinary exclamation mark on the end of this regular season and accomplished one of their preseason goals, to win a championship. With that, the second season starts next week. We hope to see BHP be able to continue their momentum and play their best in the playoffs.

BHP will be facing Westwood in the first round of the playoffs. We will have our Round 1 preview next week to go over BHP’s historical playoff stats and give a preview of the match up with Westwood. Check back in next week for that.