News

• September 3: Soldiers fall to River City Christian - In the battle of River City schools, the Crusaders defeated the Soldiers 43-26 at River City Christian field.  The Soldiers fell behind 0-12 following a fumble return that the Crusaders returned for a touchdown, but battled back with 2 touchdowns of their own to knot the score at 12-12 at the half.  Following a Ryan Azzaro fumble recovery of an errant Crusader pitch, the Soldiers marched 28 yards for their first score, a 3 yard run by Nick Goodman.  Nick would find the end zone again right before halftime on a broken punt play in which Tom Cottingham found Nick for a 53 yard catch and run.  The Crusaders answered on the opening drive of the 2nd half and then extended the lead to 25-12.  The Soldiers battled back following a fumble recovery by Tom at the Crusader 17 yard line.  Nick added his 3rd touchdown on a nifty 8 yard run and Tom ran in the extra point to close the gap to 25-19.  In the 4th quarter, the Soldiers gave up 2 consecutive scores and fell behind 37-19.  The Soldiers closed their scoring on a 65 yard, 6 play drive capped by a 6 yard scoring run by Tom.  On defense, Nick and Kevin Johnson led the Soldiers with 10 tackles, while Michael Murata tallied 9.  Tom had 7 tackles, 3 for loss, to go with his forced fumble and 2 fumble recoveries.
• August 26: Soldiers drop season opener to John Paul II - RCBA played a courageous game against the John Paul II Guardians, but couldn't overcome injuries in the 2nd half, falling 57-31.  The Soldiers fell behind early 8-0, but answered on two big plays - a 23 yard touchdown run by Nick Goodman, and a 70 yard touchdown pass from Joel Fasenmyer to Nick, giving the Soldiers a 13-8 lead.  Following a Guardian score that had RCBA down 14-13, Nick found running room for a 43 yard run down the left sideline to put the Soldiers back on top 19-14.  In the second half, Joel found Tom Cottingham behind the defense for a 42 yard touchdown and the Soldiers pulled within 1 at 25-26.  For much of the 2nd half the Soldier defense was forced to play with only 5 players and had difficulty containing the Guardians.  The offense added a late score as Joel found Evan Ashburn for a 30 yard catch and run.  On defense, Tom led the Soldiers with 9 tackles (1 for loss).  Ryan Azzaro added 5 tackles - 2 for loss - and a pass breakup.  Samson Garza (1 for loss), Michael Murata (2 pass breakups), and Nick recorded 5 tackles each.  Jon Hanlon recorded a sack and a forced fumble in his first game.
• August 6:  RCBA announces 2010 football schedule - Coach Jim Bergeron and the Soldiers announced the RCBA 2010 6 man tackle football schedule.  For their 2nd season, the Soldiers will compete against 7 district teams in a 11 game season.  For the first time the Soldiers will play games as the home team, using River City Christian as their home field. The Soldiers will kick off the season on Thursday, August 26th against John Paul II of Schertz at the Sheldon Sports Complex by the Samuel Clemens HS tennis courts.