CL Hawks Have Down 2nd Quarter in Loss to Taylor, 73-43
Jacob Ramirez is looking forward to next year’s Season
The Basketball Season for Canyon Lake turned over their previous years by making the playoffs for the first time in their history, but it was those turnovers of a different nature that caused the downfall as the Hawks lost their battle with the Ducks, 73-43, on Tuesday night in Cedar Creek.
CL had been averaging just 16 turnovers per game these past few weeks but the butterflies won on this night as the Hawks finished with 23 against a team that was very athletic.
Those passes against Yoakum became a hazard in playing Taylor as these players had the quickness and the ability to close those passing lanes and turn that Hawk pass into an overage of points in this win.
Canyon Lake had those turnovers lead to 26 points and what turned out to be a 30 point loss.
The good news? Canyon Lake started 3 Juniors while the Ducks had 4 Seniors start this contest.
“I am proud of the guys,” Head Basketball Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “This was the best year in our school’s history and what they accomplished was great and now we will focus on the positives.”
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It will many times take many more building blocks in order for a team to be able to see how to maximize their effort and turn those ‘overs’ into victory for future games.
The second quarter was the downfall as a 6 point deficit after that first quarter suddenly turned into a 26 point climb in starting the second half.
That second stanza was a decent game as Taylor won those last two quarters, 32-28 but the damage had already been wrought and CL could only think about what their resolve will be as the next year comes calling next Fall.
Malik Jackson, Taylor’s only non-senior to start was the class act in this play as this student gave lessons on what happens when a team fails to block out and half of Jackson’s points coming from put backs.
Some good things were evident as seen in that second half as Coach Chapman was able to bring Senior Justin Ferris into the game after missing his last 6 games due an injury.
That helped curve some of those turnovers down and allowed the Hawks to get into an offensive flow for having a better second half.
“It was good coming back and I was happy to be back,” Senior Ferris said. “I just planned to put it out on the floor.”
On what this means in playing your last game and where you came from 4 years ago, “I wasn’t to sure after my freshman year…but I started dropping my weight and started focusing on my ability to push my team and make it better and that was my job and I did it well.”
That was certainly a true statement as Ferris was counted on to help stabilize the guard play and help bring those turnovers down as a team.
For the future, Jacob Ramirez will certainly come in handy as his outside shot and all-around game to start the third quarter was a good sign for next season.
“I told Ramirez just to keep shooting,” Coach Chapman said in response to how slow Ramirez started this contest. “He needed to keep being aggressive.”
“I knew I needed to come back strong,” Ramirez said in response after returning to the team after missing 5 games during district play. “I will be working hard this off season and will work on becoming more aggressive and I need to become stronger and be a leader.”
Junior Rory Preiss who led Canyon Lake in scoring this season, topped the Hawks in points with 9 while pulling down 6 rebounds which also led the team.
The Hawks had a lot of contributors as these Seniors will leave their name on many Hawk lists for future players to aspire in trying to catch for those high and lofty goals.
total points 3pt goals made free throws Andrew Riali 594 Andrew Riali 122 Andrew Riali 121 Matt Magness 555 Chris Green 77 Matt Magness 120 BRANDON WARD 498 Garrett Winters 71 Christian Pena 102 RORY PREISS 423 Matt Magness 52 Brandon Berger 90 BRANDON WARD 49 Doug Hubnik 80 WILL GRAY 37 BRANDON WARD 74 RORY PREISS 74 total rebounds steals assists Sean Nolan 368 Neal Whitehead 78 Doug Hubnik 187 RORY PREISS 348 Tanner Jones 76 Matt Magness 136 Andrew Riali 296 RORY PREISS 76 Tanner Jones 90 Skyler Tschoepe 249 Matt Magness 69 BRANDON WARD 87 Caleb Kreiger 218 Skyler Tschoepe 69 Brandon Berger 78 Neal Whitehead 203 Doug Hubnik 62 Garrett Winters 77 TYLER WILLIAMS 187 BRANDON WARD 58 WILL GRAY 72 Javier Mendez 58 GERRIT WILKINS 64 Brandon Berger 56 WILL GRAY 55 blocks Sean Nolan 85 TYLER WILLIAMS 65 Caleb Kreiger 59 Neal Whitehead 47 Eric Nelson 29 Skyler Tschoepe 29 RORY PREISS 23 Heath McDonough 18 Kevin Nolan 15 Ancel Morel 15 WILL NANCE 11
Looking at all the players above you will see how this year’s team made a mark and will continue to inch up those lists as Will Gray and Brandon Ward finished their stint but many more Hawks will be available next Fall.
Now this game is in the books and just like many of the other sports this season will attest too, will be more good times for the Hawk Nation as they look to improve as the future continues to build those blocks for future success.
Now, Canyon Lake can look on blocking out their opponents and better results for the future.
“I am proud of our Seniors and they played with class,” Coach Chapman closed eloquently. “The sum of all these players is a lot greater than the parts and we now have a great building block for Canyon Lake and now we will concentrate on winning championships.”
Go Hawks and Congrats on a great season.
1 2 3 4 Final CL Hawks 7 8 14 14 43 Taylor 13 28 17 15 73 3pt tot rebounds name fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to Jacob Ramirez 2-6 1-4 2-2 7 0-2 2 0 1 0 1 Bennie Brownlee 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerrit Wilkins 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1-1 2 0 0 0 9 Brandon Ward 2-7 1-6 0-0 5 2-0 2 2 0 0 2 Justin Ferris 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1-0 1 1 0 0 1 Rory Preiss 4-8 0-1 1-2 9 3-3 6 1 0 0 2 Heath McDonough 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 3 0 0 0 1 Sam Langford 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 1-0 1 1 1 0 2 Will Gray 1-8 1-2 1-2 4 0-1 1 1 2 2 3 Will Nance 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Joseph Boyd 0-4 0-1 2-2 2 2-1 3 0 0 0 1 Tyler Williams 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 0-2 2 1 2 0 1 Jakob Adams 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 Robert Woods 2-3 0-0 1-2 5 1-1 2 0 1 0 0 totals 16-47 3-16 8-12 43 1 3-13 26 7 7 2 23 34% 19% 67% ========================================= final top 3 for 2015-16 season total points 3pt. shots assists Rory Preiss 252 Brandon Ward 31 Gerrit Wilkins 64 Brandon Ward 242 Jacob Ramirez 31 Will Gray 55 Will Gray 203 Will Gray 21 Brandon Ward 49 offensive rebounds defensive rebounds total rebounds Rory Preiss 74 Rory Preiss 115 Rory Preiss 189 Tyler Williams 49 Heath McDonough 91 Heath McDonough 135 Heath McDonough 44 Will Gray 87 Will Gray 120 made free throws steals blocks Brandon Ward 49 Rory Preiss 43 Tyler Williams 39 Gerrit Wilkins 41 Brandon Ward 41 Heath McDonough 18 Rory Preiss 39 Will Gray 39 Rory Preiss 15 field goal pct 3pt percentage free throw pct Rory Preiss .466 Jacob Ramirez .352 Brandon Ward .671 Robert Woods .454 Gerrit Wilkins .304 Jacob Ramirez .625 Tyler Williams .451 Rory Preiss .280 Justin Ferris .588
