Category: FCA All-Stars

by Evan Ren

GAME STORY: Thunderstorm halts FCA football game with Red team leading

ABILENE — One of God’s own inventions stood in the way of an interesting finale to the Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival on Saturday. 

With the Myrle Greathouse All-Star Football Classic providing a competitive Day 3 conclusion to the event, an afternoon thunderstorm moved into the area, bringing lightning with it. 

 It was at that point that game officials elected to cancel the remainder of the event, rather than subject those in attendance to endless delays and possible safety concerns. 

For the record, the Red team was leading 22-14 early in the third quarter when the stoppage occurred.  Brownwood’s Judson Coalson had thrown for 122 yards with TD passes to Abilene’s Jeremiah Collins and Jim Ned’s Breck Lawson. 

Blue, which had outgained Red 157-146 at that point, was led by Cooper’s Jaden Carillo with 26 yards rushing and one TD to go with four catches for 31 yards. 

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by Evan Ren

GAME STORY: FCA Red and Blue teams exchange lopsided wins on Day 2 (box scores included)

ABILENE — Day 2 of the Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival was a lot more about fellowship than anything else. 

With Abilene Christian University hosting the FCA Girls and Boys All-Star Basketball Games at Moody Coliseum on Friday, neither game provided a great deal of drama. 

In fact, the Red and Blue teams exchanged a pair of blowouts, with the Red Girls defeating the Blue 72-39 in the opening game of the doubleheader. The Blue Boys returned the favor in the night cap, defeating the Red team 91-54. 

As is the custom at the FCA All-Star Festival, both teams joined hands in prayer following each game, and the fact that neither contest was close hardly seemed to matter. 

“It was a lot of fun said San Angelo Central boys coach Arsenio Geter, who guided the boys blue team. “Everybody had a smile on their face the whole time. And that’s what we wanted. We wanted everyone to have a chance to play one more game and have fun doing it.” 

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by Evan Ren

GAME STORY: Big Country Christians put on a show in FCA volleyball match

ABILENE — They didn’t have much time to shake off the ring rust, but both teams involved in the Bev Ball All-Star Volleyball Classic at Wylie High School. 

Part of the Day 1 lineup of this year’s Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival, the Bev Ball Classic saw the Blue All-Stars rally to top the Red 17-25, 29-27, 15-8 to take this year’s title. This, after splitting a pair of warm-up games with Blue winning 25-20 and Red taking Game 2 25-21.

Wall’s Emery Harper had 10 kills and an ace and Abilene High’s Olivia Weatherford had six kills, three blocks and an ace to lead the Blue team, which rallied from a 6-5 deficit with a 10-2 run to win Game 3. 

The Red team was led by Match MVP Aniah Hines, who nearly took over the contest with 17 kills, four blocks and five aces. 

“I don’t even have the words,” said Abilene High’s Emily Gravitt, who coached the blue team. “The girls were such a blessing, the atmosphere was such a blessing and the FCA is an incredible organization.” 

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by Brandon McAuliffe

GAME STORY: Father-Son pairings the story of the day at FCA football

Saturday’s Myrle Greathouse FCA All-Star Classic was quite literally a family affair at Shotwell Stadium.

The Blue team was led by Hawley head coach Mitch Ables and his son Keagan and also had Stephenville’s Jeremiah and Jack Butchee.

On the opposite sideline, Wylie offensive coordinator Jason Meng had one last go with his son, Bear.

The family relationships even extended to the officiating crew with longtime umpire Winkie James getting to work with his son Cory, the referee for the game.

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by Brandon McAuliffe

GAME STORY: Abilene High’s Slack leads Blue to 20-10 win over Red in FCA football game

In a game that typically sees offenses struggle, the Blue team won the 25th annual FCA Myrle Greathouse All-Star Football Classic 20-10 over the Red team at Shotwell Stadium on Saturday night.

Since moving to a draft format, the Red and Blue teams have split the eight games played after the North All-Stars dominated the first 16 years, winning 13 times against their counterparts from the South.

Abilene High quarterback Dylan Slack was named Offensive MVP after throwing for 179 yards and two scores, while Cooper’s Eric Tonche earned Defensive MVP honors with two sacks among his five tackles.

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by Brandon McAuliffe

GAME STORY: Red rallies for win over Blue in FCA volleyball match

Eschewing the traditional North vs. South format in favor of a team draft had the intended results of a more competitive Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Classic volleyball match Saturday afternoon at Wylie’s Bulldog Gym.

Seven of the first 10 volleyball matches saw the event end with a 2-0 sweep for either the North or South.

The first all-star draft produced a competitive three-setter as the Red team rallied past the Blue for a 20-25, 25-12, 25-19 win, led by Clyde’s Aven Horn, who left as the Bev Ball MVP.

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by Daniel Youngblood

GAME STORY: Red all-stars hold off Blue rally to win spirited FCA men’s basketball game

BROWNWOOD — Led by recent San Angelo TLCA grad Drew Sherrill, who had a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds to go with three assists and a steal, the Red team held off a furious second-half rally to down the Blue 69-64 on Saturday in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes men’s basketball all-star game.

Sherrill, the game’s MVP, helped the Red team build a game-high 15-point lead early in the second half, before the Blue squad rallied to tie the game late. But with the help of Merkel’s Kooper Darby and Knox City’s Devin Guillory, who added 11 and 10 points, respectively, the Red was able to pull away in the closing minutes for the win.

With the game departing from its traditional North-South setup in favor of a player draft format, the rosters separated teammates and united rivals. But in the end, it was a positive experience for all involved.

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by Daniel Youngblood

GAME STORY: Goldthwaite’s Hermesmeyer joins mom, teammates to lead Red to win in FCA all-star game

BROWNWOOD — After completing a decorated high school career at Goldthwaite that saw her lead the Lady Eagles to their first state tournament appearance since 2000 this winter, Hope Hermesmeyer didn’t need a big performance at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes women’s basketball all-star game to solidify her legacy as one of the top Big Country girls basketball players in recent memory.

But that didn’t keep her from having one anyway.

The recent GHS graduate scored a game-high 13 points Saturday to lead the Red team to a 57-51 win over the Blue, earning MVP honors a day after winning the girls 3-point shooting competition. And if that wasn’t enough, she got to accomplish all this while sharing the bench one last time with her mother Angie Hermesmeyer and former teammates Abbey Patrick and Lainey Jernigan, which only made the experience sweeter.

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