CL Hawks Freshman Football 2021 Recap as Future Looks Bright
CL Hawk Freshman look to blaze more trails next year after topping all expectations with a 6 win season!
Canyon Lake had a splendid Sub-Varsity results this year which will emboldened how well the Hawks can be in these coming years.
Way to Go Hawk Freshman!!
It has been reported on several occasions (by the ReSporter) on this year’s Freshman team that had not been a group of players with high marks on the gridiron in their previous middle school campaigns.
A total of 5 wins during those two years which had a good chance of continuing into their next step in high school. But after reaching a 6 win season showed an improvement that has CL’s Coaches with new hope as this group continues their maturation.
“What was the biggest improvement comparing the first of the season to how this team responded after that start,” Head Freshman Coach Javier Almanza Jr. said. “They started believing in themselves and they didn’t win many games in middle school and lost a starter who transferred to another school. We believed in them because they have talent. We needed them to gain that confidence in themselves.”
The Freshman started with a 2-2 record before reeling off a four game winning streak and just missing out for a chance to win district after losing to a much more superior team in Lampasas.
On what goals will be next on the horizon for this group of players?
“Goals are simple with the freshman,” Coach Almanza continued. “Keep getting better each game and learn from mistakes. We need to continue to work on our strength and conditioning going into the offseason. We’ll get these boys strong and fast so we can come back and win district as JV or Varsity next year.”
CL Freshman averaged right at 30 points per outing and forced 16 turnovers or almost 2 per game.
Way to Hit’em Hard Hawks!!
There are several lineman that will be a must as their career continues with those unsung players seldom get the accolades those skill positions can rack up.
Kaiden Lewis (180 receiving yards) showed some incredible catching highlights to go along with stepping off 454 rushing yards.
QB Ryder Hopper was able to utilize Lewis and Carter Williams, 161 yards receiving on 7 catches and 3 touchdowns.
Williams ended the season with 8 interceptions and offensively reaching 725 rushing yards or 10.5 yards per carry while scoring 8 touchdowns.
Newbie James Garza just missed out on reaching the 1000 yard rushing milestone after sustaining a game ending injury during his last battle but Garza’s 918 bruising rushing yards will be a fun player to watch as he gets older.
Bruising runs were typical for Garza who would, on may occasions, needed several opposing players to bring him down.
Check out the Freshman season stats below and go back to previous articles by The ReSporter and read bout the future of The Lake football.
Congrats Hawks and The ReSporter will hopefully see more of these players in other sports this season.
Way to Go Hawks!!
CL Hawks 16 Wimberley 20 0-1
CL Hawks 36 La Grange 32 1-1
CL Hawks 54 East View 52 2-1
CL Hawks 14 Heights 29 2-2
CL Hawks 24 Peiper 08 3-2
CL Hawks 33 Vandergrift 20 4-2
CL Hawks 20 Taylor 16 5-2
CL Hawks 38 Billies 30 6-2
CL Hawks 00 Lampasas 21 6-3
CL Hawks 12 Burnet 32 6-4
29.4 25.9
FINAL FRESHMAN STATS 2021
Team Stats Opponents Hawks
Total Yards 2607 2831
First Downs 94 143
Rush/Yards 183/1404 369/2540
Comp/Att/Int 47/107/11 15/32/2
Passing Yards 965 350
Punts/Average 14/19.6 11/33.8
Fumbles/Lost 8/5 15/9
Penalties-Yards 37-280 46-347
Passing Comp Att Pct Yds Int TD
Ryder Hopper 15 30 .500 350 2 4
Carter Williams 0 1 .000 0 0 0
Kaiden Lewis 0 1 .000 0 0 0
Totals 15 32 .469 350 2 4
Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD
James Garza 134 918 6.9 71 10
Carter Williams 69 725 10.5 69 8
Kaiden Lewis 66 454 6.9 58 6
Grant Snowden 47 260 5.5 19 3
Talan Smith 9 89 9.9 61 1
Jesiah Rodriguez 12 68 5.7 23 1
Ravi Singh 10 44 4.4 6 0
Tim Mollenkoph 4 24 6.0 9 0
Chris Taber 2 15 7.5 14 0
Robert Ellis 1 3 3.0 3 0
Joey Wilson 1 2 2.0 2 0
Tanner Bartow 2 -2 — 1 0
Ryder Hopper 9 -15 — 6 0
Team 3 -39 — - 0
Totals 369 2540 6.9 71 29
Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD
Kaiden Lewis 6 180 30.0 59 1
Carter Williams 7 161 23.0 49 3
Rylan Oppelt 1 7 7.0 7 0
Danny Guevara 1 2 2.0 2 0
Totals 15 350 23.3 59 4
