CL Hawk’s Softball Season Preview & All-Time Stats
Shelby Porter looking for a hard hit!!
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)
Canyon Lake’s Softball team lost 3 players to graduation from last year’s Bi-District Finalist team that finished with a 19-10-1 record.
It was the first time that both Baseball & Softball made the post-season during their same campaign.
Way to go Hawks!!
It was a pretty good overall year with a group of ladies who finished as a team with the 2nd Best Batting Average (.369) behind the 2019 team (.397) but when you delve deeper, last year’s team finished first all-time in On Base Percentage (.481) and Slugging Percentage (.545) in Hawk history.
In the circle, The Lake, was middle of the road with a 4.33 earned run average. If the Hawks were not on fire in the batting box then a much worse record would have been the result.
Giving up right at 7 runs per outing compared to scoring at a 7.66 runs per game average. Being on the plus side would be the end result for that stat.
The Hawks had 8 players that finished with a .300 average (with more than 15 at bats)or higher and 2 of those players graduated for hopefully greener pastures.
This team is young and will be returning all their pitchers which is good news in having another year of pitching to help lower that team 4.33 era.
Notice the 4.33 era compared to allowing 82 more runs due to an error from bad fielding.
Let’s GO HAWKS!!
That will be the main focus for this season as a better fielding team would turn many of last year’s losses to wins and a further ride into that Post-Season Sunset.
Another item to be looking for is having those Freshman & Sophomores from last year’s team being able to continue a good regular season into a stronger district. Consistency would be a key in seeing this team continue to improve with an overall better season.
For a strong lineup the Hawks have shown some signs that might continue when you look at the number of walks a hitter has compared to striking out.
A player that can have a plus with more walks, then it puts pressure on the opposing team, in fielding and that helps moving players around those bases even when the result is a ground or fly out.
Look at these stats from last year for Gabby Barnes.
Number of % chance of BB K’s plate appearances +/- striking out Gabby Barnes 10 4 99 + 6 0.04%
Add that with the following percentages of a player walking back to the dugout after a strikeout.
Last Year K’s plate appearances percentage Alysa Johnson 10 78 12% Shelby Porter 15 82 18% Gabby Rivera 12 64 19% Madison Hartman 21 91 23% Aubrey Long 2 13 23% Rianna Gonzales 20 85 24%
The ReSporter had heard from softball coaches and they deduced that a player would be classified that having a 25% strikeout ratio or lower would be a good sign for a chance to put an opposing team in peril.
Way to Go Hawks!!
As a team Canyon Lake had an exemplary 16% chance getting a strike out per plate appearance. That shows a team that had a good percentage of putting a ball in play hence the .481 on base percentage.
CL had a successful first scrimmage against Pieper and continued that same format in games with Blanco/Cuero.
This week the Hawks will play at the Hawk Nest against Abilene (2pm) and Southside (6pm) on Thursday. On Friday the Comal Classic will continue with a game with Alamo Heights (2pm) and then Westlake (6pm).
Seeding will determine who the Hawks will play on Saturday.
Below are some All-Time Stats Top 10 and how close some present players (in Hawk Green) stand on those lists.
Let’s Go Hawks!!
ALL-TIME STATS At Bats Runs Hits Alexis Robinson 360 Alexis Robinson 117 Carley Dubois 149 Kat Weber 329 Bailey Bryan 114 Bailey Bryan 139 Kelsey Ahrens 328 Carley Dubois 105 Alexis Robinson 135 Carley Dubois 327 Marley Carrizales 99 Marley Carrizales 132 Bailey Bryan 313 Kirsten Jones 89 Maddy Puente 115 Vicky Henderson 289 McKenna Beseda 80 Kelsey Ahrens 109 Maddy Puente 289 Missy Romero 77 Kat Weber 104 McKenna Beseda 274 Kat Weber 77 McKenna Beseda 103 Marley Carrizales 260 Kelsey Ahrens 73 Missy Romero 90 Missy Romero 251 Kenzie Sayles 72 RileyGlenMillhouse 89 Gabby Barnes 155 11. Gabby Barnes 68 17. Gabby Barnes 68 Shelby Porter 145 Shelby Porter 43 Alysa Johnson 31 RBI’s Doubles Triples Bailey Bryan 100 Maddy Puente 33 Alexis Robinson 15 Maddy Puente 99 Alexis Robinson 27 Missy Romero 9 Alexis Robinson 94 Brianna Young 24 Kenzie Sayles 7 Kelsey Ahrens 76 Missy Romero 24 Bailey Bryan 6 Brianna Young 75 Kelsey Ahrens 24 Kaylee Puente 6 RileyGlenMillhouse 72 Bailey Bryan 23 Maddy Puente 5 Kat Weber 64 Emma Lane 20 Kat Weber 5 Lauren Mentzer 59 RileyGlenMillhouse 19 Jessie Melendez 5 Missy Romero 55 Adriana Peaslee 18 Kelsey Ahrens 4 Carley Dubois 50 Lauren Mentzer 17 Gabby Barnes 4 Adriana Peaslee 50 Riley Glen-Millhouse 4 11) Gabby Barnes 16 Home Runs Base on Balls Stolen Bases Bailey Bryan 14 Bailey Bryan 56 Carley Dubois 92 Alexis Robinson 11 Missy Romero 55 Marley Carrizales 53 Maddy Puente 8 Brianna Young 53 Kirsten Jones 45 Kenzie Sayles 7 Alexis Robinson 52 Bailey Bryan 41 Kelsey Ahrens 6 Emma Lane 43 Tiffany Arredondo 39 Gabby Barnes 6 Carley Dubois 39 McKenna Beseda 33 Brianna Young 4 Kat Weber 39 Gabby Barnes 32 Shelby Porter 3 Marley Carrizales 38 Vicky Henderson 27 Angie Rodriguez 3 Kelsey Ahrens 35 Jodi Glen-Millhouse 26 Maggie Banks 3 Adriana Peaslee 29 Alex Henderson 25 18. Gabby Barnes 20 18. Madison Hartman 20 18. Gabby Rivera 20 BATTING AVE Marley Carrizales .508 Carley Dubois .456 Bailey Bryan .444 Gabby Barnes .439 Alysa Johnson .437 RileyGlenMillhouse .424 Adriana Peaslee .399 Maddy Puente .398 Kenzie Sayles .391 McKenna Beseda .376 PITCHING Wins Saves Strikeouts Missy Romero 41 Maggie Banks 10 Alexis Robinson 682 Alexis Robinson 40 Maddy Puente 4 Missy Romero 641 Lauren Mentzer 22 Alexis Robinson 2 Lauren Mentzer 258 Maddy Puente 21 Lauren Mentzer 1 Maddy Puente 214 Maggie Banks 21 Gabby Barnes 1 Gabby Barnes 212 Gabby Barnes 15 Kenzie Sayles 109 Kenzie Sayles 9 Maggie Banks 103 Rianna Gonzales 5 Rianna Gonzales 30 Aubrey Long 3 Aubrey Long 8 Innings Pitches ERA (Earned Run Ave) Alexis Robinson 528.1 Missy Romero 2.77 Missy Romero 498.1 Alexis Robinson 3.35 Maddy Puente 250.1 Lauren Mentzer 3.52 Lauren Mentzer 225.0 Maggie Banks 3.78 Gabby Barnes 161.1 Maddy Puente 5.12 Maggie Banks 157.2 Aubrey Long 5.25 Kenzie Sayles 146.1 Gabby Barnes 5.87 Rianna Gonzales 39.2 Rianna Gonzales 6.61 Aubrey Long 9.0 Kenzie Sayles 7.76
