The Lake Finish Non-District with Loss to East Central, 58-16

                                                                                                     FUTURE HAWKS!!
(photo by Chris Doepke)

The Lake Hawks laid an egg on their final non-distriict scheduled game  after, the mad as a Hornet.  passed and ran amok over Canyon Lake, 58-16.

                           Go Hawks!!

Good News? Canyon Lake had a first in securing a safety which was the first time having  two safeties in a season. Those 2 points were not a difference maker but now your Hawks will find out if playing this tough schedule before District will hinder or accentuate these Hawks when they strap on their helmets in two weeks.

With a Bye week next, The Lake, will have time to retool and take a deep breath for a chance to defend their district title they achieved last season.

When asked bout this game, Coach Charley Drum commented, “Yeah…they (East Central) played well…they played well last week too and with the numbers (of players) they have…we were down from the get go, but we will get better. Like we said (to the players) everyone is zero and zero starting district and we’re worried bout district 13 now.”

On goals for the next two weeks, “First it’s to get healthy we are obviously banged up and we will fine tune some things that were exposed in the non-district schedule and just getting on a roll like we did last year we were in the same boat as last year when we went into district play with just one win so our kids that played last year knows what it will take. We will be back to work tomorrow and then Monday!”

The Hawks did respond late in the first quarter using 9 plays for 76 yards that closed a 16 point deficit to 9 points after Jayden VanAusdall was good on his point after.

But that one yard TD gain for QB Steven Crowder would turn out to be his only positive rushing snap as Crowder finished this outing being sacked 4 times and losing 30 yards.

The key play for this scoring drive was a Crowder to Rylan Oppelt pass for 25 yards that would set up CL’s one yarder plunge two plays later.

These Hornets scored on their first 9 drives until a high snap late in the 3rd stanza resulted in The Lake’s only score, a safety, in that second half.

                       Let’s GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake will have some work to do as the defense continues to have shortcomings with their pass defense in surrendering 255 yards average allowing a 70% completion rate.

Playing larger schools can cause problems when the Hawks need more players that can specialize instead of playing both sides of the ball.

CLHS’ next opponent will be Marble Falls on the road in two weeks and these Mustangs had their first win over Fredericksburg by the same margin as Canyon Lake’s only win over that same Billies team a month ago.

A lot of work in the works as all district schools start their most important part of the season with little room for mistakes.

The good news is finishing this season against 4A institutions which should be a welcome sight for The Lake.

Let’s Go Hawks!!

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               1  2  3  4   Final
East Central  16 28 14  0   58
CL Hawks       7  7  2  0   16
Scoring Summary:
EC-Hornets 13 yard pass (pass good), 7:15, 1st
EC-Hornets 47 yard pass (run good), 4:43, 1st
CL-Steven Crowder 1 yard run (Jayden VanAusdall kick), 0:40, 1st
EC-Hornets 15 yard pass (run failed), 10:41, 2nd
EC-Hornets 28 yard pass (pass good), 7:11, 2nd
EC-Hornets 7 yard pass (pat good), 2:09, 2nd
CL-Carter Williams 33 yard pass from Crowder (VanAusdall kick), 1:44, 2nd
EC-Hornets 38 yard pass (pat good), 0:46, 2nd
EC-Hornets 57 yard pass (pat good), 9:11, 3rd
EC-Hornets 1 yard pass (pat good), 4:43, 3rd
CL-Safety Hornets QB stepped out of end-zone, 0:14, 3rd

Game Stats           Hornets       Hawks
Total Yards          460           306
First Downs          22            17
Rush/Yardage         22/158        51/175
Comp/Att/Int         19/22/0       6/10/0
Passing Yards        302           131
Punts/Average        1/26.0        3/23
Fumbles/Lost         0/0           3/2
Penalties-Yards      9-105         5-20

Passing              Comp  Att  Pct   Yds   Int  TD
Steven Crowder       4      7  .571   100   0    1
Ryder Hopper         2      3  .667    31   0    0
Totals               6     10  .600   131   0    1

Rushing              Att   Yds  Ave   Lg   TD
Justiin Abbott       14    76   5.4   22   0
Trevin Cutrer         9    65   7.2   13   0
Kaiden Lewis          8    31   3.9   15   0
Caden Rodriguez       4    15   3.9    8   0
Cash Ziemba           5    15   3.0    4   0
Carter Williams       5     3   0.6    5   0
Ryder Hopper          1     0   0.0    0   0
Steven Crowder        5   -30  -6.0    1   1
Total                52   175   3.5   22   1

Receiving            No   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
Harris Gilliam        3    62  20.7   36   0
Carter Williams       1    33  33.0   33   1
Rylan Oppelt          1    25  25.0   25   0
Kaiden Lewis          1    11  11.0   11   0
Total                 6   131  24.0   36   1