The BCS football team finished the 2024 season with a 5-5 record, with the Bears going through highs and lows but producing a quality campaign amongst a strong group of opponents.

The Bears practiced every day, growing better with each game that passed. Early blowout wins over Legacy Prep and Manor New Tech were high points. However, as the season continued, the games continued to elevate by way of competition.

The Bears went 2-4 in district play, missing the postseason, but close losses to Tyler Grace Community and Hyde Park have the team optimistic about the future next fall.

A senior-heavy group, the Bears will certainly miss the contributions of the class of 2025. The seniors accounted for five starters on offense and five on defense, and the group will go down as one
of the better classes to take the gridiron for BCS.

“I’m really going to miss every senior,” said junior quarterback Brayden Jennings. “I’ve built a pretty good friendship with all of them. The seniors have been a huge part of what we did this year.”

The group, which had three different coaching staffs since entering high school, helped stabilize the program and set it up for future success.

Senior Caden Shockey’s favorite memory of his football career at BCS was how they “dominated Boerne Geneva.” He is also proud of all of the memories he made with the team and all of the friends he made.

Shockey was one of seven Bears who made the all-district team, along with fellow seniors Victor Koncaba, Conor Schehl, Nathan Czerlinsky, Jennings, and juniors Esteban Gutierrez and Zach Czerlinsky.

Koncaba, the bruiser up front on both sides of the ball, was named Offensive MVP of the district as well as all-state. Koncaba and Zach Czerlinsky were all-district on both sides of the ball for BCS.

The latter, starting at wide receiver and free safety, led the team in receptions,
yards and touchdowns on offense and tackles on defense.

Elsewhere, Jennings and Schehl both ran for over 1,000 yards. The dynamic duo combined for 27 rushing touchdowns.

As the team looks ahead to next season, holes must be plugged up front. Seniors Koncaba, Nathan Czerlinsky and Jack Copeland were three-year stalwarts up front for the Bears. Schehl will be sorely missed as a starting running back and linebacker.

On the line, sophomore Cam Hudson will look to stabilize a group that should include current sophomores AJ Koncaba, Noah Cabiya, Joshua Howe and Sam Moore stepping into elevated roles next year.

Junior Esteban Gutierrez, an honorable mention all-district selection, will look to get higher reps both at running back and linebacker, while the team will return most of its skill guys from a group that includes Jennings under center, Zach Czerlinsky, juniors Jack Hansen, Gabe Washington, and sophomore Levi Baron, who figures to see his role increase with the graduation of two-way utility man Griffin Smith.

BCS is also optimistic its eighth grade class can add some much-needed depth to the program.