Graduate Mariah Ellis made her mark in more than just one event

The ReSporter: What aspect of this year’s team do you think will be the strongest and why?
Coach Barthels: “I think we will be strong in the hurdles and the relays this year.”

The ReSporter: What about the Field Events?

Coach Barthels: “We have some returning throwers that should get us some points this year and a few Freshman and first year track girls that may help us in the throwing department. Bailey Drum will compete and has a shot at making it to regionals if not state this year in the triple jump. Emma Gray, when basketball season is over should help us in high jump and long/triple jump. Skylar Hurst came on and made it to the area meet in triple jump last year so expectations are that she will also improve this year. Addison Farley has been working on the high jump and long jump and is doing quite well for a first time track athlete as a senior, I am excited to see what she and the others that are new to track can do for our team.”

The ReSporter: Tell us about the Hurdles?

Coach Barthels: “Bailey Drum and Sydney Reibschlaeger should be very competitive this year in both the 100 and 300M hurdles. I only have two other hurdlers so I am working on converting some of the sprinters.”

The ReSporter: Give us your Short Distance (Dash) athletes.

Coach Barthels: “Alysha Perez and Skylar Hurst will compete after good seasons in both the 100 and 200 M Dash. We had some great runners last year with a young JV team and depending on times they may compete this year as Varsity runners or will continue to strive on the JV team. Kaylie Duke, Ashley Shipman, Jasmine Ramos…”

The ReSporter: Can you share anything bout the Long Distance runners? (more…)

Micah St. John looks to help Canyon Lake clear some hurdles.

The ReSporter was able to catch up with Boys Track & Field Head Coach Troy Moses to talk about this upcoming season and expectations.

The ReSporter: What are your overall thoughts on this year’s team?

Coach Moses: “We were very young last year, so I feel this could be a banner year.   If we can stay healthy and develop some points in the field events.”

The ReSporter: You have had an influx of some good looking athletes in these past couple of years what are your aspirations on this group this season?

Coach Moses: “The sky is the limit for this group.   Our goal is to win the District Championship.”

The ReSporter: Your Hurdle students looked very good as the season closed last year. How will you maximize that group and what are your thoughts on Brandon Courtney as he will try to repeat an Austin visit?

Coach Moses: “Our hurdlers are the strength of the team.  We have several young men that have proven to be very competitive.  Courtney had a great sophomore year, I think he has the ability to make it back to Austin in 3 events!!” (more…)

Senior Mike Thorpe sets his sights on a Goal as CL prepares to open district play this Friday with Boerne                                                        (Picture by Lynne Carpenter)

                                 This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Feb 16   CL Hawks Fresh     @      Yoakum               500pm  Boys   Basketball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Burnet               500pm         Softball
          Canyon             @      CL Hawks JV          500pm  Boys   Soccer
          CL Hawks JV        @      Burnet               500pm         Baseball
          Burnet             @      CL Hawks             500pm         Baseball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Yoakum               615pm  Boys   Basketball
          La Vernia          @      CL Hawks             700pm  Girls  Soccer
          CL Hawks Var       @      Burnet               700pm         Softball
          Liberty Hill       vs     CL Hawks             700pm  Girls  Basketball
                             @      Lake Travis High School     Playoffs
          CL Hawks Var       @      Yoakum               730pm  Boys   Basketball

 Feb 18   CL Hawks JV        @      Matador Invitational               Tennis
                                    Seguin
          CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    8:00am and 2:00pm

 Feb 19   CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    10:00 am and 2:00pm
          CL Hawks Var       @      Matador Invitational               Tennis
                                    Seguin
          CL Hawks           @      Marion               430pm         Baseball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Boerne               500pm  Girls  Soccer
          Boerne             @      CL Hawks JV          500pm  Boys   Soccer
          CL Hawks Var       @      Boerne               700pm  Girls  Soccer
          Boerne             @      CL Hawks Var         700pm  Boys   Soccer

 Feb 20   CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    8:00am and 12:00 noon
          CL Hawks Relays Track & Field                  AllDay        Track

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Canyon Lake’s Softball team will start this week with games that will count as the Hawks  travel to Burnet this Tuesday with the JV starting things off with a 5pm first pitch.

At 7pm, this year’s Varsity edition will take their first steps on realizing a goal many of the other Hawk sports teams have realized this season in making the playoffs.

 This year’s Sports      Playoffs         # of Years

 Football                   √            ’09,’10,’13,’14,’15
 Volleyball                 √            ’09,’10,’14,’15
 Girl’s Basketball          √            ’09,’16
 Boy’s Basketball           √            ’16

After this opening game, CL will then play 6 games in the Navarro tournament starting this Thursday-Friday-Saturday.

A week later, the Hawks, will host their tournament with Wimberley with 5 games on tap.

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Canyon Lake has finished their Football schedule for the next year and their will be a taste of Austin with those games.

The Hawks have been middling along in that 4th place spot in district for many of their playoff gigs and will be hoping for moving up that ladder this time around.

                           Games for 2016
                Scrimmage #1        Smithville
                Scrimmage #2        La Vernia
                Week  1             Canyon Lake    @   Blanco
                Week  2             Canyon Lake    @   Austin Reagan
                Week  3             Giddings       @   Canyon Lake
                Week  4             Canyon Lake    @   Wimberley
                Week  5             Lampasas       @   Canyon Lake
                Week  6             Austin Akin    @   Canyon Lake
                Week  7             Canyon Lake    @   Austin Eastside Memorial
                Week  8             Boerne         @   Canyon Lake
                Week  9             Canyon Lake    @   Fredericksburg
                Week 10             Bye                Week
                Week 11             Taylor         @   Canyon Lake

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Mason Blackburn goes to new heights in with his kicks in.                                           Pictures by Lynne Carpenter

                              This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Mon. Feb 8    Llano             @   CL Hawks            500pm       Baseball

 Tue. Feb 9    CL Hawks JV       @   La Vernia           500pm Boys  Basketball
               CL Hawks JV       @   La Vernia           500pm Girls Basketball
               CL Hawks JV       @   Wimberley           500pm       Baseball
               CL Hawks Fresh    @   La Vernia           615pm Boys  Basketball
               CL Hawks Varsity  @   La Vernia           630pm Girls Basketball
               CL Hawks Varisty  @   La Vernia           730pm Boys  Basketball
               CL Hawks Fresh    @   La Vernia           730pm Girls Basketball

 Thu. Feb 11   Harper            @   CL Hawks            600pm       Softball

 Fri. Feb 12   CL Hawks          @   Georgetown (East View)          Tennis
                                     Kerry Minzenmayer Classic
               Boerne            @   CL Hawks            500pm       Baseball
               CL Hawks JV       @   Boerne              500pm       Baseball

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Canyon Lake Lady’s Basketball lost their Friday game with Wimberley but with Gonzales taking some lumps from Navarro guaranteed CL to qualify after this Tuesday’s game.

Stay tuned to Hilltop and we will get you info on where and who the Hawks will be playing.

Congratulations!!

Likewise, the Boy’s Basketball squad finished the week 1-1 and will take on La Vernia this Tuesday.

The Hawks would settle things with an upset over the Bears this Tuesday.

Canyon Lake will have one other game a week later against Yoakum and the Bulldogs helped the Hawks cause immensely when they lost their game to Cuero last Friday.

The Boys team is coupled with CL’s Boys Soccer as the only team sport to yet make it out of district play by qualifying for playoffs.

Hawk Soccer has started to make some noise this season as they sport a 7-4 record and presently on a 5 game winning streak.

That will be the same until district starts up in two weeks and finding a way to also qualify for the playoffs would make this season one of the best in Hawk Sport’s history.

This week CL beat a high caliber team in San Marcos Academy on Tuesday and then followed that win with their first home win on Friday over Burnet.

CL’s Girls Soccer finished this past week with 2 ties with one of those games having the Hawks coming back from a 3 goal deficit.

Softball is still in exhibition stage with Harper’s game this Tuesday being the last game before contests start counting.

Baseball will also be starting this week as the Spring Schedule starts to get interesting.

The Varsity Tennis will have their first competition this Friday as they will travel to Georgetown’s Kerry Minzenmayer Classic.

There has to be a sport you can come and support this year’s Spring edition for Hawk sports.

Go Hawks!!

Julian De La Paz is figuring out a new dance move in Canyon Lake’s win over Burnet
Lynne Carpenter photos

Canyon Lake Boy’s Soccer is on a Roll after their win over Burnet on Friday night, 4-2.

This is now a 5 game winning streak which matches the most wins in a season except for the present campaign as CL now resides with a 7-4 record.

Mike Thorpe had a hat trick with 3 goals on the night which gave him 13 goals for this year and has more points for this year than his previous two campaigns.

“He’s (Thorpe) been our captain for 3 years now and he is our team leader,” Head Coach Warren Graham admonished. “Obviously he is very important for us offensively and players will try to key on him…but the key for us will be feed and dish.”

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Will Gray dished out 5 Assists in loss to Texans

Canyon Lake had their moments in a loss to Wimberley but those moments were fleeting as CL fell short, 58-49.

“They were on the boards and being physical and that limited our chances,” Coach Brian Hooper said as he filled in for an ill Coach Chapman. “We did a good job of breaking their press and we did some good things.”

Hawk fans have heard it before, but the free throw line was their downfall as the Texans took advantage with sharpshooting while the misses would be rebounded by the team in red for another chance of scoring.

Which Wimberley did on 6 different occasions for more points. Add those missed opportunities up and it would more points than this 9 point loss.

Oh yeah, that same free throw line for CL turned into 40% shooting or another six point left on the hardwood.

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Senior Alexis Robinson will be making strides on the Record Books this Season

                    Canyon Lake’s Softball All-Time Top 3

 at bats                  runs                     hits
 Kelsey Ahrens     328    Alexis Robinson    88    Kelsey Ahrens      109
 Vicky Henderson   289    McKenna Beseda     80    McKenna Beseda     103
 McKenna Beseda    274    Missy Romero       77    Alexis Robinson    100

 rbi’s                    doubles                  triples
 Kelsey Ahrens      76    Brianna Young      24    Alexis Robinson     11
 Brianna Young      75    Missy Romero       24    Missy Romero         9
 Alexis Robinson    62    Kelsey Ahrens      24    Kelsey Ahrens        4

 home runs                base on balls            stolen bases
 Alexis Robinson     7    Missy Romero       55    Tiffany Arredondo   39
 Kelsey Ahrens       6    Brianna Young      53    Carly Dubois        37
 Brianna Young       2    Alexis Robinson    43    McKenna Beseda      33
 Missy Romero        2

 batting ave.             pitching wins            strike-outs
 Carly Dubois     .408    Missy Romero       36    Missy Romero       641
 McKenna Beseda   .376    Alexis Robinson    32    Alexis Robinson    564
 Alexis Robinson  .368    Kelsey Ahrens       5    Kelsey Ahrens       31

             earned run ave.              misc (sac.sf.hbp)

             Missy Romero        2.77     Vicky Henderson      12
             Alexis Robinson     3.59     Megan Browning       10
             Lauren Mentzer      4.52     Taylor Robinson      10

Head  Coach John Gallagher

Canyon Lake Softball team will see if their hands fit the gloves as they will have their first scrimmage this Thursday.

The ReSporter had a conversation with Head Coach John Gallagher to get an idea of where this team might be as the season gets going.

The ReSporter: Let’s start with how you feel about the Hawks schedule.

Coach Gallagher: “I think our schedule gives us a great opportunity to get in some quality innings of work. The two stand alone games against very good teams and we always face high quality competition in the Navarro tournament. The next two tournaments have Center Point, Mason, Seminole, Harper, Fltonia, as well as Blanco and Johnson City. All will be solid opponents.

The ReSporter: Last year you lost some games due to weather, that might mean you would be the one person praying for no rain. (more…)