Mistakes Result in Hawk Overtime Loss, 41-40

         Shayne Moss finished night in Blanco with 121 rushing yards.      (photo by Karen Holmes)

Canyon Lake’s mistakes resulted in a heartbreaking loss in an overtime game against Blanco, 41-40.

There were a lot of fireworks for this contest and this Panther team had more firepower stored up in getting this win.

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It was just the 2nd overtime affair since that Hawk first kickoff in 2008 and that last overtime occurred in a playoff game against Rockport that ended in a loss.

“Too many mistakes with penalties and turnovers,” Head Coach Charley Drum stated. “I told the team that we beat good teams when we make mistakes and we will have to clean it up and they are correctable.”

Coach Drum continued, “I was proud on how we came back and there were a million plays but we will have to figure out how tom make the plays that help us win these games.”

Those Hawk mistakes put a dent in the armor as the halfway mark of the season, CL ranks last compared to previous campaigns in flags thrown and yards given up via a penalty.

Adding to those mistakes has Canyon Lake with more turnovers than forced as these last two encounters has reversed that positive to the negative category.

There was a taste of miraculous plays at the end of the first half with CL in the lead with just seconds on the clock, but a Hail Mary was good to end the quarter and a Hawk 7 point lead went to zero, 14-14.

The Lake had a lead 4 different times only to see this scrappy Panther team able to tie or take a lead which the scoreboard stated after a made point after kick and win in overtime.

With a slew of Hawk running backs still nursing injuries, the calvary (Shayne Moss) had his second 100 yard or more game finishing with 121 yards.

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Jeremy Greene was all over the field with three touchdowns (2 receiving and one rushing) while contributing on the defensive side and special teams too.

It was a Peyton McMullen to Greene pass with no time remaining that helped put this contest into that overtime scenario.

A Ryan Rivali 12 yard run gave CL their last lead but a missed extra point would come back to haunt Canyon Lake 4 weeks before halloween but a full moon did give that weird feeling that turned out to be a loss on this night.

Canyon Lake had a chance to break the tie coming out of intermission but a quick 3 plays in punt helped put your Hawks in a catch-up mold for the remainder of this game.

There would be no defensive stops from that point on in this battle and that Panther stop to start the 2nd half gave the home team first dibs and a win on their homecoming night.

Now Canyon Lake will need to turn their eyes on district play as this week Austin LBJ comes to the Hawk Nest.

LBJ beat Manor and will be a challenge for a team that will have their first home game 6 weeks ago. Some home cooking might be the right medicine needed.

Go Hawks!!

             1  2  3  4  OT  Final
CL Hawks     7  7  6 14  6   40
Blanco       0 14  6 14  7   41
Scoring Summary:
CL-Shayne Moss 5 yard run (Dalton Stanley kick), 3:50, 1st
BP-One yard run (run failed), 7:32, 2nd
CL-Jeremy Greene 16 yard pass from Peyton McMullen, (Stanley kick), 0:32, 2nd
BP-Pass for 38 yards (pass good), 0:00, 2nd
BP-Pass for 6 yards (pat failed), 3:28, 3rd
CL-Jeremy Greene 58 yard run (bad snap), 0:57, 3rd
BP-Run for 27 yards (pat failed), 10:15, 4th
CL-Derek Wiatrek 2 yard run (Stanley kick), 3:05, 4th
BP-Run for 37 yards (pass good), 1:46, 4th
CL-Jeremy Greene 9 yard pass from Peyton McMullen (Stanley kick), 0:00, 4th
CL-Ryan Rivali 12 yard run (kick failed), OT
BP-Pass for 19 yards (pat good), OT

Team Stats                Panthers      Hawks
Total Yards               372           378
First Downs               21            22
Rush/Yards                41/247        43/300
Comp/Att/Int              9/16/0        6/10/0
Passing Yards             125           78
Punts/Average             2/34.5        2/41.0
Fumbles/Lost              1/0           2/2
Penalties-Yards           5-45          8-80
TOP                       25:39         22:21
3rd Down Conversions      4/11  36%     10/12   83%
4th Down Donversions      3/6   50%      0/0

Passing               Comp  Att   Pct   Yds  Int  TD
Peyton McMullen       6     10   .600   78   0    2

Rushing               Att   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
Shayne Moss           19    121   6.4   37   1
Jeremy Greene          4     74  18.5   58   1
Derek Wiatrek         12     62   5.2   12   1
Ryan Rivali            6     32   5.3   13   1
Peyton McMullen        2     11   5.5    6   0

Receiving              No   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
Tyler Pauly            4     52  12.7   18   0
Jeremy Greene          2     26  13.3   16   2