Rockets shoot Dud in Hawk Win over JFK, 56-6
Ryan Rena & Divan Hernandez after win over JFK! Go Hawks!
Way to GO LAKE!
John F. Kennedy Rockets turned out to be duds after a Hawk 28 point first quarter blitz and eventual, 56-6 final tally.
Yes, one Rocket did go off with a 79 yard run with 5 minutes left in that first frame but that turned out to be the only fireworks for this Homecoming crowd and Lake Flood.
CL started this contest with a 2 play drive covering 65 yards which had a Hayes Holladay pass to Kobe Halverson for 37 yards followed with a 28 yard strike to Peyton King coming from QB Jace Wheeler.
There would be more where that came from as your Hawk’s scored on all but two possessions in this contest with one possession having The Lake in a victory formation to end the game.
Wheeler keeps climbing the Quarterback Stat Sheet as he was placed at 2nd with career yardage (3186 yards) and trails Ross Wagliardo (3896 yards) for top notch.
Granted, The Lake, was in a run oriented offense from 2013 to 2023 seasons but Wheeler missed two and a half games last year and has 15 starts.
Way to Go Hawks!
Receiving will be another stat that will be attended by several players with King and Halverson continue their ascent to the top.
The Rockets did have one go off on a 79 yard run and close the score, 14-6 but that was JFK’s only take-off as the rest of their Fleet would be grounded for this new slot-t team.
While Wheeler continued to throw strikes hitting a Hawk record of 12 before that first incomplete pass on CL’s first drive to start the second half.
With a safe lead both teams would resort to a run game which would speed up this battle combining a slot-t with a Hawk team running the clock enjoying a 43 point lead.
Canyon Lake can certainly relate to seeing growing pains for a start-up slot-t offense that saw a Hawk school craft a 6 game losing streak to start their 2013 season.
The Lake will be home next Friday when they welcome Fredericksburg who will enter the Hawk Nest with a two game winning streak.
BY THE NUMBERS: 0 Yards given up in passing by JFK beat 3 yds against Navarro 2009. 4 Game winning streak for Lake. Tied 4 other times for 3rd Best. 6 Number of points given up in 2nd & 3rd Quarters combined. 9 Times CL has had to punt. 13 Number of games over .500 in district play. 15 Average points for defense this season. 20 Number of games over .500 in home games. (53-33) 28 First Downs 2nd most behind Smithville game 33 2018. 42 Points per game 2025. 46 Touchdown Passes for Wheeler next Hawk had 28. 1 2 3 4 Final CL Hawks 28 14 7 7 56 Kennedy 6 0 0 0 6 Scoring Summary: CL-Peyton King 28 yard pass from Jace Wheeler (Stracener kick), 11:19, 1st CL-Hayes Holladay 26 yard pass from Wheeler (Jack Stracener kick), 6:40, 1st JR-Rockets 79 yard run (pass failed), 5:13, 1st CL-King 12 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 2:50, 1st CL-Gram Simpson 7 yard run (Stracener kick), 0:19, 1st CL-Simpson 8 yard run (Stracener kick), 7:31, 2nd CL-Chris Brown 1 yard run (Stracener kick), 1:58, 2nd CL-Simpson 5 yard run (Stracener kick), 5:53, 3rd CL-Holladay 1 yard run (Stracener kick), 4:02, 4th Team Stats Rockets Hawks Total Yards 191 428 First Downs 8 28 Rush/Yards 43/191 32/174 Comp/Att/Int 0/2/0 14/15/0 Passing Yards 0 252 Punts/Average 6/31.1 0/0 Fumbles/Lost 3/1 0/0 Penalties-Yards 5-35 5-40 Passing Comp Att Pct Yds Int TD Jace Wheeler 13 14 .929 215 0 3 Hayes Holladay 1 1 1.000 37 0 0 Totals 14 15 .933 252 0 3 Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD Chris Brown 14 63 4.5 10 1 Gram Simpson 8 44 5.1 21 3 Hayes Holladay 4 22 5.5 14 1 Ryder Smith 2 17 8.5 16 0 Peyton King 1 10 10.0 10 0 Gavyn Baldera 1 10 10.0 10 0 Jace Wheeler 1 8 8.0 8 0 Totals 32 174 5.6 21 5 Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD Peyton King 4 81 20.3 28 2 Kobe Halverson 5 79 15.8 37 0 Lucas Schexnayder 2 49 24.5 25 0 Hayes Holladay 2 41 20.5 26 1 Gram Simpson 1 2 2.0 2 0 Totals 14 252 18.0 37 3
