Every run scored by Wimberley was after two outs and helped put Canyon Lake in a hole, but the Hawks would be advised to ask the District Office if they can play the rest of their District games with two out innings.

Third Baseman Dylan Adams

Wimberley used their clutch hitting to score a victory over the Hawks last Tuesday during a Spring Break week.

Canyon Lake had a chance to score the first run in the third inning, when Dylan Adams led off with a single through the gap. A sacrifice hit by Daniel Camarillo and a passed ball had Adams looking right down the third base line towards home.

With two outs, batter Travis Walker hit the ball lake a laser towards Adams who did a break dance routine dodging the ball.

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You might have heard of these two players that signed

Alex Kemp and Zach Henshaw on Signing Day

Alex Kemp and Zach Henshaw took another step for their opportunity to play in College.

Kemp was courted by Mary Hardin Baylor while Henshaw will be up the road at Tarleton State University.

To put these two students in perspective lets run some numbers, just in case you forgot who these two young man were. (The season did end over four months ago)

Alex Kemp was the Defensive End for the Hawks where he finished with the All-Time Record for sacks and a basic disrupter for many of the offenses the Hawks faced in the last two years.

Kemp had 126 total tackles the last two seasons and in his Junior year he amassed nine sacks and 15 tackles for a loss.

Not to be out done, Kemp ended with 11 sacks and 18 tackles for loss his Senior campaign. The two totals are now records left for all the under classman to try and top.

The next closest active player in sacks is Isaac Pruna with four. The record holder going into last season was J. Garrett Groom with 10 sacks.

Pruna will have his work cut out for him in the tackles for loss category as he is also the active returning player with eight tackles for a loss. Needing a mere 25 more to tie Kemp’s record of 33.

Zach Henshaw was a record machine that had an extra jump on any player trying to catch him in yardage gained since he played three seasons for the Hawks.

Henshaw had 300 yards rushing in one game, 2070 yards in one year, and 4329 yards in his career.
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Canyon Lake Boy’s and Girl’s Track Teams will have a week off after getting a cold

Marisa Ellis Reaching New Heights

reception in Kerrville for the Antler’s Relays last Thursday night.

“It was FREEZING!!! 45 degrees and 20-30 mph winds not a good day for track,” Head Girls Coach Lacey Lambert said. “Before it got too cold… Marisa Ellis broke school records in the triple jump with 36’6” shattering the previous record as well as jumping 5’3” in high jump.”

Track is one sport where wearing more clothes will give you slower times. Football has pads and lots of exertion, where Track teams rely on less weight on the body so they can maximize their events.

Coach Lambert was very excited with some of the younger athletes, “JV Freshman Grace Allen also triple jumped for the first time and won with a jump of 31’7”.  Hayley Melone jumped 14’ in the JV long jump as well.”
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The Hawks stayed dry in the rain as they outscored Marion and SAC 12-2 in  a

Kelsey Ahrens

shortened Marion Tournament this past week.

When Canyon Lake took care of the three major areas in winning games.

Pitching:
Between Missy Romero, Briana Young, and Kelsey Ahrens the Hawks gave up only one run holding the two teams to just four hits.

Romero lowered her era to a miniscule 0.53, for those who might know the significance…the number stands for the number of runs given up in a regular seven inning game.

Using that criteria, Canyon Lake would only need one run to win games in which Romero is in the circle.

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Canyon Lake had the two games that were as different as the weather.

Junior Kyler Huff

The first game was pleasant temperature wise and then by the start of the second game the temperature was 30 degrees colder and of course a wind that made it feel colder.

Errors were the culprit in both games as St. Michaels runs were all unearned in the middle part of the contest. As the Hawks lost their three run lead and finished the game coming within one run of tying the score.

In the second game, Taylor jumped out to a five run lead in the first two innings when Canyon Lake started inching back to within striking distance.

A three run fifth inning put a time limit loss on the belt for the Hawks as the warmth of the bus I’m sure looked to be a welcome site for the Polar Bears.

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The Hawks beat the Eagles on a very windy night of Softball at the Canyon Lake

Vicky Henderson

diamond last Tuesday night.

The wind was relentless as Canyon Lake finally figured out their strategy of winning going away.

Canyon Lake coaxed nine walks with eight hits to finally put enough runs across the plate to ensure the victory.

“It was a solid effort,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “That was probably our best effort for the year.”

Missy Romero had another solid game in the circle giving up three hits and striking out eight.

The Hawks had several key elements transpire during the game that gives you an idea that CL might have turned an important curve.
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Optimism in a loss is not what a lot of fans like to hear about,

Freshman Garrett Winters

but this year’s Eyas (young Hawks) played an admirable game to start District 26-3A at Bandera, Monday night.

Junior Logan Felch was the losing pitcher, but giving up one run was something Head Coach Trent Dunavant can live with in order to give this young team some confidence.

“This was the best game we have played all year,” Dunavant started. “That was the kind of defense we need to play…now we are playing.”

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Canyon Lake Hawks had a good run at the Blanco Softball Tournament that

Briana Young

concluded Saturday in the Championship Round.

The Hawks disposed of Johnson City, Ingram, Poth and Lago Vista, before meeting up to a very good Llano team.

Canyon Lake has a lot of youth on board and getting this much action in over a two day period will only pay dividends. A lineup with only two Seniors will require some help and leadership from the players that might have just one year of Varsity ball.

The Poth game had a lot of meaning for Canyon Lake as they had been eliminated the last two years by this team.

“I was really pumped up for the Poth game,” Pitcher Missy Romero said. “It was time for some pay back!”
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Canyon Lake finished their final tune up before a District game against Bandera this coming Monday.

Garrett Winters

Antonian and St. Michael won their games by giving up just one error in the two games.
Hence the Hawks were not as fortunate as they totaled seven errors and leaving the door open for the damage.

Canyon Lake is very young and are starting two freshman in the middle of the infield, so needing repetition is a prerequisite for getting that part of the game under control.

Travis Walker pitched a complete game in the morning game and kept the Hawks close enough to pull out the game.

Michael Brady took the loss in the afternoon affair as St. Michael beat the Hawks for the second time this season.

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Canyon Lake found themselves with some pretty strong competition as they found

Amber Ramsey takes off in the Long Jump

it hard to score in multiple events.

This competition will improve the team in future meets as the Hawk Relays had some teams that will do well when their District meets arrive in more than a month.

CL scored in seven of the events and seem to find many areas where a few more weeks of work outs will eventually pay dividends.

The Hawk Junior Varsity finished with 83 points and finished fourth scoring in 11 events.

Canyon Lake finished only five points from Wimberley as the two teams only had their Relay teams compete in last week’s Blanco Relays.
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