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Football, Game Article | September 20, 2025

Hawk’s Take Flight Over Patriot’s Ground Game, 49-14

(L-R) Isiah Eureste, JR Lindell and Jace Wheeler were 3 of the team’s amigos that dismantled Veterans, 49-14! Way to Go Lake!

 

Canyon Lake took  flight to outrun the Veterans Memorial’s Patriots, 49-14 finishing their non-district schedule, 3-1 with eyes on JFK Rockets next week to start district play.

The Hawks evened their record at two wins a piece against this 5A foe and with this victory reached the 100 plateau for this 18 year old high school.

When adding up these last two contests against Veterans it has been, The Lake, that has imposed their offensive mite scoring 126 points which comes to 1.3 points per minute.

 

QB Jace Wheeler's two game Patriot stat line:

Team        Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int  TD
Patriots    42    57  .737  804  1    11

CLHS had two receivers surpass 200 yds receiving hurdle:

                 No   Yds   Lg   TD
Carter Williams   8   250   72   5
Peyton King      10   224   82   3

Your Hawk’s offense was efficient throughout this evening while CL’s special teams pitched in scoring twice on opponent’s punt plays.

                          Let’s Go Lake!

CL’s first drive went 75 yards with King catchingt 4 passes for 69 yards and a quick Hawk, 7-0 lead.

On a Special Team side: JR Lindell went untouched to block Veteran’s first punt attempt and decided to take this play to the house going 33 yards to pay dirt. That score had The Lake entering halftime with a, 21-14 lead.

Veterans offense was a potent ground game that had the home team answering both of CL’s first drives. Both plays were break aways going for 65 and 71 yards. Speed kills…

This contest was still dicey with the Vets starting the 2nd stanza with the ball.

Defensive Coordinator Kurt Sloan had other plans when the Hawk’s worked a 3 play and punt sequence.

Canyon Lake responded on a 5 play 66 yard drive that had 4 pass plays using Lucas Schexnayder (2 catches for 20 yards) and King (2 catches for 44 yards) and score that gave some breathing room for the Hawk Nation, 28-14.

After that score the game  had both teams exchanging punts for their next 5 series which culminated with a Patriot Punter botching a snap and Isiah Eureste would take it from there going 32 yards clinching a score to start the 4th quarter.

Eureste ended this battle with two fumble recoveries and can also be hired out if Hawk families might need a pick-up service. A linebacker that plays all-over-the-field with unbounding energy that produces positive results each week.

CL’s Defense forced another punt after a Vet Memorial 5 play drive…Canyon Lake’s response?

                       Way to Go Hawks!

How bout a one-play catch and run for King this time going 82 yards giving the Lake a, 42-13 advantage.

That 82 yard pass play was the 3rd longest from back in those old days that had Matt Magness traveling 88 yards (he lost his shoe on that play) and Chance Martelli’s 93 yards (if you need more details on his catch then talk with his Dad…he will use a lot of emotion).

The Patriots had their possession in the 2nd half but after 10 plays traveling 45 yards the Lake’s defense snuffed it out on their 35 yard line.

Enter Running Back Chris Brown who took the last offensive snap for 37 yards and the final score, 49-14.

A complete game that had all three phases in this game being in full display. Oh yeah, that QB (Wheeler) also takes snaps as CL’s punter and he unloaded on a 61 yarder while also pinning the opponent deep in their territory. Wheeler finished this contest with a 42 yard average and has a 40 yard season average.

Jack Stracener continues his strong kicking this season and has moved into 3rd place in made pat’s with 76 and with more games to improve that standing.

The Lake will be on the road at JFK next Friday to open district play…Let’s GO LAKE BABY!

 

                    1  2  3  4  Final
CL Hawks           14  7  7 21  49
Veterans Memorial  14  0  0  0  14
Scoring Summary:
CL-Peyton King 13yd pass from Jace Wheeler (Jack Stracener kick), 9:02, 1st
VM-Patriot 65 yard run (pat good), 6:52, 1st
CL-Gram Simpson 14 yd pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 1:15, 1st
VM-Patriot 71 yard run (pat good), 1:01, 1st
CL-JR Lindell blocked punt returned 33 yards (Stracener kick), 6:46, 2nd
CL-King 32 yard pass from Stracener (Stracener kick), 8:35, 3rd
CL-Isiah Eureste fumble return 32 yards (Stracener kick), 11:46, 4th
CL-King 82 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 9:36, 4th
CL-Chris Brown 37 yard run (Stracener kick), 1:03, 4th

Team Stats         Patriots    Hawks
Total Yards        380         467
First Downs        15          19
Rush/Yards         50/359      23/118
Comp/Att/Int       5/11/0      21/30/0
Passing Yards      21          349
Punts/Average      5/32.4      5/42.2
Fumbles/Lost       3/2         0/0
Penalty-Yard       3-30        3-20

Passing            Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Jace Wheeler       21    30  .700  349  0   4

Rushing            Att   Yds  Ave  Lg   TD
Chris Brown         7    61   8.7  37   1
Gram Simpson       11    41   3.3  17   0
Hayes Holladay      1    13  13.0  13   0
Jace Wheeler        3     4   1.1   7   0
Kobe Halverson      1    -1    -    0   0
Totals             23   118   4.9  37   1

Receiving          No   Yds   Ave  Lg   TD
Peyton King        10   224  22.4  82   3
Lucas Shexnayder    5    50  10.0  23   0
Kobe Halverson      3    44  18.0  18   0
Gram Simpson        2    27  13.3  14   1
Ryan Reyna          1     4   4.0   4   0
Totals             21   349  16.6  82   4