Pre/Game: Boerne & Canyon Lake
Robert Woods and the Hawk running game will need to be on for Friday’s game with Boerne
Pre/Game: Boerne at Canyon Lake Friday 7:30 pm November 7th Greyhounds (6-2 & 4-1) Hawks (4-5 & 2-3) Series Record with Boerne is tied 2-2. Series Scores: 2010 Hawks 21 Boerne 07 2011 Hawks 14 Boerne 35 2012 Hawks 16 Boerne 43 2013 Hawks 37 Boerne 28 Scores from this year: Hawks 07 Blanco 35 Boerne 38 Hondo 22 Hawks 43 Smithville 14 Boerne 41 Medina Valley 15 Hawks 38 Marion 06 Boerne 07 Marble Falls 40 Hawks 27 Wimberley 28 Boerne 34 SA Antonian 00 Hawks 14 Lampasas 21 Boerne 21 Sonora 13 Hawks 14 Liberty Hill 19 Boerne 35 Taylor 21 Hawks 37 Bandera 28 Boerne 38 Billies 20 Hawks 49 Billies 31 Boerne 28 Liberty Hill 37 Hawks 31 Taylor 33 Boerne 24 Bandera 15
The records of the two schools for this week’s game would certainly point to Boerne being a favorite to win this game on Friday.
You will have two teams that are offensively on two ends of the spectrum in their philosophy.
Boerne will pass on first, second, and third down and CL Hawks will run on those same three downs.
Both defenses will also be on opposite ends of the spectrum in that the Hawk’s defense only sees a running offense for the year while the Greyhounds are always playing against a passing offense.
The question would be what defense will have the most success on Friday night in order to get a win.
Canyon Lake will need a win to get the second seed in District 14-4A-I and if a loss ensues, then Canyon Lake will have to go to a scoreboard to see if they are a third or fourth seed based on the other district games.
And, there is another scenario where CL would be out of the playoffs. (see Playoff Implications article for clarification)
Canyon Lake faced a passing offense with Bandera earlier this year and seemed to be in good shape in that game.
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The difference in Bandera and Boerne passing game would be, passes that Bandera threw were primarily shorter passes to the flats.
Boerne will go more vertical in their passing and that will stretch the defense with bigger chunks of yards as the result.
QB Quinten Dormady will be the rifle arm for Greyhounds as he has thrown 342 passes or an average of 38 a game. Boerne has averaged 22 completions a game with a 14 yard per catch average.
Boerne’s rushing game is an after thought and will mostly be in the hands of Dormady as the main cog in that part of their game.
David Snelling will be Dormady’s main go to guy as he has been the recipient of 70 catches for over 1000 yards and 15 touchdowns.
The Greyhounds have six receivers with double digit catches and those six players start with 182 yards via the pass on up to Snelling’s impressive yardage total.
Eli Davis will be second on the totem pole with 46 receptions and a cool 638 yards.
This offense is much like the running game for Canyon Lake where you pick your poison on who you want to stop and hope you are right more often than not.
Main points for giving Canyon Lake a chance in this contest?
No Turnovers. Whoever has the ball the most will win.
Long….Long….Long drives with touchdowns being a result will put pressure on a passing team.
Taking that time off the clock does not give a passing offense like Boerne enough times to run up a score and get into a rhythm.
In that Liberty Hill game with Boerne, the Panthers had over 450 yards rushing and that took the air out of the ball for Boerne’s passing game.
Canyon Lake will not stop Boerne but getting stops is still important and the more times the defense can pull that off, the better the chance of a win for the Hawks.
So this game really comes down to how well the defense plays and what happens in that turnover tally.
As those two pieces of the puzzle go, so goes who will win this game.
Go Hawks Beat the Greyhounds!!
