Sophomore Regan Mickey with her patented tip shot

Canyon Lake gobbled up the Gobblers from Cuero in Volleyball action, taking this contest in three sets, 25-17, 25-15, and 28-26.

“We started with more energy in this game,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said. “We did not do a pre game last week and we were not mentally ready, but tonight we did a good job and I don’t want them to get comfortable.”

The Hawks have accomplished many milestones this year but the major barrier now is solving the slump that hit this club after the Wimberley loss a couple of weeks ago.

This game with Cuero will help in seeing if CL can get on a run before the ‘Second’ season gets started.

Canyon Lake started the first set with Hannah Wunderlich being the main attraction with two kills to start the action.

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Football Picks Texas RV NShore Rx Granny D  Custom Y4   GordonPlumber Brad Doors
               92-40    89-43     84-48     84-48       79-52         80-52
CLHS/Billies   CLHawks  CLHawks   CLHawks   CLHawks     CLHawks       CLHawks
Taylor/Bandera Taylor   Bandera   Taylor    Taylor      Taylor        Bandera
Boerne/LibHill Boerne   Boerne    LibHill   Boerne      LibertyHill   Boerne
BCS/Concordia  Bracken  Bracken   Bracken   Bracken     Bracken       Bracken
OLH/CedarPark  OLH      OLH       CedarPark CedarPark   OLH           OLH
Texas/KState   Texas    KState    KState    KState      Texas         Texas
WVU/OkieSt     WVU      OkieSt    WVU       WVU         WVU           WVU
Tech/TCU       TCU      TCU       TCU       TCU         TCU           TCU
MSU/Kentucky   MsState  MsState   Kentucky  MsState     MsState       Kentucky
OleMiss/LSU    Ole Miss Ole Miss  Ole Miss  Ole Miss    Ole Miss      LSU
Mich/MichSt    MichSt   MichSt    MichSt    MichSt      Michigan      Mich St
OhioSt/PennSt  PennSt   OhioSt    OhioSt    OhioSt      OhioSt        Ohio St
USC/Utah       USC      Utah      Utah      USC         USC           Utah
Texans/Titans  Texans   Texans    Titans    Texans      Titans        Texans
Dalls/Redskins Dallas   Dallas    Dallas    Dallas      Dallas        Dallas

Canyon Lake’s Cross Country team is preparing for their final run to the tape as District 26-4A will commence this Wednesday at Navarro (Starke Park).

Head Cross Country Coach MaryBeth Gallag

The Hawks have had a lot of improvement this year as in other sports, there are several young athletes ready to take over.

“Well I am excited for our team as they have been working very hard this season to continue improving their times,” Head Cross Country Coach Mary Beth Gallagher started. “We know it is going to be tough at district and we know that for us to have a shot at any medals we will have to run our best meet.”

Canyon Lake has some accomplished runners but it might be the future that holds the keys for this team.

“We have seen a lot of our younger runners improve and they have been a great addition to the team,” Coach Gallagher said breathlessly.

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Lillie Sander making her point.

 Teams         W    L    Pct.          District      W    L    Pct   GB
 Wimberley    32    8   .800          *Wimberley    10    0  1.000   --
 CL Hawks     28   10   .730          *CL Hawks      8    2   .800    2
 Navarro      28   12   .700          *Navarro       8    3   .727    2 1/2
 Cuero        24   12   .667           La Vernia     4    7   .364    6 1/2
 Yoakum       17   17   .500           Yoakum        3    7   .300    7
 La Vernia    11   27   .289           Cuero         3    7   .300    7
 Gonzales      3   25   .107           Gonzales      0   10   .000   10
                                      *Team Clinched Playoffs
 District's Last 3 Games:

 Tue. Oct. 21      CL Hawks     Beat     Cuero       3-0
                   Navarro      Beat     Yoakum      3-1
                   Wimberley    beat     La Vernia   3-2
                   Gonzales     Bye

 Fri. Oct. 24      CL Hawks     @     Wimberley
                   Yoakum       @     Cuero
                   Gonzales     @     Navarro
                   La Vernia    @     Cotulla

 Mon. Oct. 27      Navarro      @     SA Incarnate Word

 Tue. Oct. 28      La Vernia    @     CL Hawks
                   Wimberley    @     Yoakum
                   Cuero        @     Gonzales

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Quarterback Skyler Tschoepe going for that extra yard.

District 14-4A-I Standings and Stats

 Teams             W   L    Pct.     District          W   L    Pct.    GB
 Boerne            6   1   .857      Boerne            2   0   1.000    --
 Liberty Hill      5   2   .714      Liberty Hill      2   0   1.000    --
 Fredericksburg    4   3   .571      CL Hawks          1   1    .500    1
 Bandera           3   3   .500      Fredericksburg    1   1    .500    1
 CL Hawks          3   4   .429      Bandera           0   2    .000    2
 Taylor            0   7   .000      Taylor            0   2    .000    2

 Last Week's Scores:
 October 17th     CL Hawks      37     Bandera          28
                  Boerne        38     Fredericksburg   20
                  Liberty Hill  21     Taylor           17

 This Week's Games:
 October 24th     CL Hawks      @    Fredericksburg     7:30
                  Boerne        @    Liberty Hill
                  Taylor        @    Bandera

Team and Individual District Stats: (2 Games) *Taylor's stats are approximate.

Team Offense Average               Team Defense Average
Points Scored                      Points Defensed
Boerne           36.5              Liberty Hill       13.5
Canyon Lake      25.5              Boerne             20.5
Bandera          21.0              Canyon Lake        23.5
Fredericksburg   20.5              Fredericksburg     26.0
Liberty Hill     20.0              Taylor             28.0
Taylor           19.0              Bandera            29.0

Average Offensive Yards            Average Defensive Yards
Boerne           416.0             Liberty Hill      257.5
Bandera          357.0             Bandera           300.5
Fredericksburg   316.5             Taylor            313.0
CL Hawks         295.5             Boerne            331.0
Liberty HIll     290.0             CL Hawks          372.5
Taylor           282.0             Fredericksburg    377.5

Individual District Stats:
Passing            Team          Comp  Att   Yards   TD   Int
Quinten Dormady    Boerne        39    61    610     9    2
Joe Rodriguez      Bandera       35    58    563     3    4
Kyle Reeh          Billies       19    35    219     1    0
Skyler Tschoepe    CL Hawks      10    18     93     1    1
Nick Hernandez     Liberty Hill   1     5     29     0    0

Rushing            Team          Att   Yards   Ave.   TD
Kyle Reeh          Billies       64    335     5.2    4
Josh DeVries       CL Hawks      33    193     5.8    0
Hayden DuBois      CL Hawks      37    169     4.6    4
Hunter Lindsay     Liberty HIll  13    162    12.5    1
Caleb Guerin       Liberty Hill   7    138    19.7    2
Quinten Dormady    Boerne        21    124     5.9    1
Robert Woods       CL Hawks      23    116     5.0    0
Jon Shannon        Liberty Hill  19    112     5.9    2

Receiving          Team          No    Yards   Ave.   TD
David Snelling     Boerne        18    364     20.2   6
Noah Nelson        Bandera       11    263     23.9   2
Averie Mansfield   Bandera        4    143     35.8   1
Eli Davis          Boerne        12    133     11.1   2
Alex Gonzales      Bandera        8    105     13.1   0
Will McClure       Boerne         5     71     14.2   0
Blake Moffett      Billies        4     61     15.3   1
Josh DeVries       CL Hawks       5     53     10.6   1
Evan Schuller      CL Hawks       3     39     13.0   0
Jacob Hartmann     Billies        4     39      9.8   0

Skyler Tschoepe has first touchdown run in game with Bandera

Canyon Lake got back on track as the Hawks evened their district record after beating Bandera, 37-28.

“That kick-off return switched the momentum in the game tonight,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “We like to be balanced in every game with our running backs…but we will take our positives and just get better at our tackling for next week.”

It all started after a Bandera touchdown on an interception early in the first quarter.

Cody Thompson taking it all in after a great defensive game against Bandera

Matt Adams then fielded the kick and it seemed as if the Red Sea had parted and Adams was the chosen one to take the ball 89 yards to the end zone and help CL take the lead it would not relinquish, 7-6.

“It was surreal,” Adams said while commenting on what it felt like running through to daylight. “Coach Troy Moses said we would return a kick-off tonight. I just tucked the ball and started running as fast as I could, then I heard the commentator talking as I got to the goal line.”

Think about it, you had Coach ‘Moses’ telling the team a kick-off would be returned and the Bandera players parted like it was the Red Sea.

This win was Biblical in many ways.

Three interceptions matched the total for this year when two of those picks came from players that had been told what to do during halftime adjustments from Coach Bret Hodges.

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Bracken has tough game with SA Castle Hills

Bracken Christian is in a survival stage of the season as more players were lost to injury in their loss to SA Castle Hills, 60-13.

The Warriors were matching The Hills during the first part of the game when an apparent touchdown pass was overruled for an interceptions which would have given BCS a touchdown lead during that first quarter.

Castle Hills responded with a one play 79 yard run and from their the Warriors would play catch up.

Bracken would drive again on their next possession and score on a Noah Boriack pass to Freshman Christian DeLeon, which would bring the score to 15-13 deficit.

Boriack started the scoring for BCS when he took his first play from scrimmage for 65 yard run, but there would not be many fireworks for the rest of this game as this Warrior team ran out of ammunition.

Castle Hills has a reason for being the Defending State Champion on this night as they have approximately 29 boys in their high school and this team dressed 19 players which would give them the advantage as Warriors would fall out of the lineup as this game progressed.

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Mountain Valley 7th B club won the clock battle but was left short on their quest for a win over Liberty Hill losing, 20-6.

Chase McCutchen likes running and is all smiles

Running back Ramirez for Liberty Hill had two runs for 27 and 28 yards for touchdowns in that first half would help the Panthers claim their lead.

Mountain Valley did respond with their opening drive of the second half when they drove 50 yards on nine play drive.

The drive was highlighted with a run from Chase McCutchen for 27 yards that help the Hawks to finish off with a touchdown when Brandon Robinson ran the ball in from one yard out on a fourth down play.

This drive almost took the whole third quarter and with one defensive stop another chance for a score with a chance to tie the game.

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Mountain Valley 7th A team did not waste any time in their win over Liberty Hill, last Thursday night at the Hawk Stadium winning, 8-0.

Derek Peters and Nash Young thinking about ordering a Short Stack

An opening drive for 85 yards with 19 plays while converting three fourth downs was all it took to take the sails from this Panther team.

Ethan Slater ran the last four yards on that first drive and for all they knew at the time, a win, with that touchdown.

MV did not let Liberty Hill have the ball until there was just 1:28 left on the second quarter clock.

No, the drive did not last that long but the Hawks executed an on-side kick twice in this game and that allowed the visitors just five plays from scrimmage in that first half.

It was a three for one evening as MV had 39 plays to Liberty Hill’s 13 and a 21 to 7 minute advantage on the game clock.

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Canyon Lake’s Freshman squad taking it all in after, 42-0 win over Bandera

Canyon Lake unleashed a secret weapon on Bandera which happened to be an undercover player that at one time lived in Bandera and is now a member of Hawk’s Freshman class.

Tanner Faris (the Bandera transfer student) brought everything to this game but a Faris Wheel as he spun the Bulldogs all around the field with runs, catches, interceptions, you name it he was part of the action.

“We wanted to have him (Faris) have more chances to play against his buddies,” Coach Greene said. “He scored when he busted his route and then came open.”

Coach Greene was speaking of the 68 yard pass and catch Faris had early in this game.

This carnival had the vendors going home empty handed as Canyon Lake won everything on this midway.

The Hawks had the ball six times and scored on every possession and where they started with the ball did not matter.

“We like to spread it out and get everyone a chance to score,” Head Freshman Coach Bill Greene started. “We have good skill people.”

Bandera Ex-Tanner Faris after taking a ride on the Faris Wheel

With 60 yards of penalties the Hawks were able to get 60 more yards of offense. That is called domination.

Explosive plays are identified with plays that have 10 yards or more made on any given play.

This game had the Hawks with 21 total offensive snaps and 10 of those plays had more than 10 yards and two of those plays were cut short because the runners yardage ceased to count since that player had passed the goal line for a score.

Oh yeah, that 68 yard pass play? It was the wrong route that was executed….result? Touchdown.

Defensively, Canyon Lake gave up eight first downs but four of those first downs was a result of a Hawk penalty.

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