The Lake Lost Water in Loss to Lago Vista, 35-21
The Lake lost some water in loss to Lago Vista Vikings, 21-35 after outscoring the Hawks 14 points in second half.
Explosive plays was Lago Vista’s best weapon that came with a plethora of explosive plays that did allow the Hawks with more time which helped tying the score right before the end of that first half.
Case in point was LV’s first drive only needing 4 plays to cover 91 yards with two 13 yard plays by ground and air. Then two other running plays for over 30 yards and the Vikings first score.
Canyon Lake’s first drive showed hope but a costly penalty left too much yardage and eventual punt.
During that first quarter both teams punted 4 times with 3 of those kicks off the foot of Jace Wheeler. Wheeler kept up his strong punting from last season when he averaged 40.2 yards and in this first contest he raised his standard with 6 punts covering 44.3 yards in this game.
The Second Quarter had the Vikings with a two play drive that had another explosive snap this time going 84 yards down the home town’s sideline resulting in a 14 point Hawk deficit.
C-Lake finally broke their silence when Wheeler found Peyton King on a 47 yard post play for a score. King moved up to 3rd place in receiving yardage with his 176 yard night on 9 receptions.
GAME Yds Rec Yr CAREER Yds Rec 1. Carter Williams 250 8 ’24 Eric Nelson 1527 97 2. Peyton King 223 10 ’25 Carter Williams 1418 62 3. Carter Williams 196 9 ’24 Peyton King 1196 60 4. Peyton King 175 9 ’26 Harris Gilliam 1099 67
The Lake stopped Lago Vista on their next drive on a fumble that was recovered by Soph. Defensive End Derek Dunlap. CL then took 6 plays tying the score when Kobe Halverson darted through the Viking defense for his 46 yard catch and run from Wheeler.
Viking’s Next drive was a QB run up the middle for 50 explosive yards and another 7 point deficit as the result.
With still 2:05 before halftime, The Lake, answered with their 3rd TD of this period when Aiden Boals’ one yard touchdown catch, 21-21. It took CL 6 plays and 44 seconds for this important battle.
Canyon Lake squandered one more possession with 40 seconds when Lago Vista’s 14 yard punt gave enough time for one more chance, this time, a lead going into the locker room.
Then a Wheeler touchdown run was called back after a penalty and one more try for pay dirt but Nico Wyckoff reached one yard short of the goal line that ended a wild 2nd frame.
It was the 2nd half that Lago Vista used more explosive plays that finally left a mark on these Hawks after a 79 yard scoring play which gave these Vikings a lead they would not relinquish.
These Vikings put things in the win column on a 7 play drive that started with a 53 yard pass and run and eventual final score in this game, 35-21.
Canyon Lake will try to regroup in fill The Lake back up to capacity for their first home game against Creek View who comes into this contest sporting their first school win over SA Highlands.
Go Get’em Next Week LAKE!
1 2 3 4 Final The Lake 0 21 0 0 21 Lago Vista 7 14 14 0 35 Scoring Summary: LV-Vikings 34 yard run (pat good) 8:07, 1st LV-Vikings 84 yard pass (pat good) 11:45, 2nd CL-Peyton King 47 yd pass Jace Wheeler (pat failed) 7:21, 2nd CL-Kobe Halverson 46 yd pass Wheeler (Walker run) 2:38, 2nd LV-Vikings 50 yard run (pat good) 2:05, 2nd CL-Peyton King 28 yd pass Wheeler (pat good) 1:17, 2nd LV-Vikings 79 yard run (pat good) 11:11, 3rd LV-Vikings 18 yard run (pat good) 5:38, 3rd Team Stats Vikings Hawks Total Yards 546 437 First Downs 22 18 Rush/Yards 36/326 27/99 Comp/Att/Int 10/16/0 23/32/0 Passing Yards 220 338 Punts/Average 4/31.5 6/44.3 Fumbles/Lost 3/1 0/0 Penalties-Lost 11/84 10/85 Passing Comp Att Comp Pct Yds Int TD Jace Wheeler 23 32 .719 338 0 3 Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD Aiden Boals 11 60 5.5 15 0 Jace Wheeler 4 31 7.8 13 0 Nico Wyckoff 7 15 2.1 5 0 Carson Walker 3 8 2.9 3 0 Ryan Rena 1 2 2.0 2 0 Team 1 -17 —- - - Totals 27 99 3.7 15 0 Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD Peyton King 9 176 19.5 49 2 Kobe Halverson 4 80 20.0 46 1 Thomas Inmon 4 38 9.5 19 0 Aiden Boals 3 20 6.9 12 0 Nico Wyckoff 1 15 15.0 15 0 Ryan Rena 2 9 4.5 7 0 Totals 23 338 14.7 49 3
