(photo by Daniel Clifton)
Canyon Lake is preparing for another season of grid-iron action being a little more than 8 weeks away and counting.
The ReSporter will have an article with Head Coach Sam Parker early next week to help get the Hawk Nation through these summer days.
The Hawks had the 5th best record based on schools that improved their record from the previous season according to Texas Football web-site.
Enjoy going back in time with these former students and LET’S GO HAWKS!
CAREER RUSHING STATS SEASON
Zach Henshaw 4324 Zach Henshaw 2070 2011
Tanner Faris 3058 Josh DeVries 1389 2014
James Bates 2437 James Garza 1350 2024
Helijah Johnson 2386 Helijah Johnson 1335 2022
James Garza 2108 McGuire Johnson 1306 2013
Josh DeVries 2104 Zach Henshaw 1227 2010
Hayden Dubois 1963 Tanner Faris 1206 2016
Tristan Chacon 1934 Zach Henshaw 1135 2009
Micah St. John 1915 Tristan Chacon 1071 2017
Eduardo Covarrubias 1711 James Bates 1009 2019
GAME RUSHING TD's SEASON
Zach Henshaw 300 Billies 2011 Zach Henshaw 23 2011
Zach Henshaw 297 Sealy 2011 Tristan Chacon 18 2017
Zach Henshaw 287 Gonzales 2011 Josh DeVries 17 2014
Helijah Johnson 277 Davenprt 2022 Hayden Dubois 17 2014
Zach Henshaw 266 Somerset 2010 James Garza 17 2024
Zach Henshaw 252 A Travis 2011 Helijah Johnson 15 2022
Shayne Moss 243 Jordanton 2020 Micah St. John 14 2016
Zach Henshaw 243 Burnet 2010 Jesse Horner 14 2020
Zach Henshaw 233 Burnet 2011 Tanner Faris 14 2016
James Bates 223 Smithvile 2019 Jacob Ruff 13 2018
RECEIVING TD's SEASON
Carter Williams 19 2024 Zach Henshaw 25 2011
Eric Nelson 9 2009 Josh DeVries 20 2014
Matt Magness 9 2010 Carter Williams 20 2024
Harris Gilliam 8 2024 Tristan Chacon 20 2017
Matt Magness 7 2011 James Garza 18 2024
Doug Hubnik 7 2012 Tanner Faris 17 2016
Harris Gilliam 7 2023 Tanner Faris 17 2017
Daniel Camarillo 6 2012 Hayden Dubois 17 2014
Tanner Faris 6 2017 Helijah Johnson 17 2022
Jeremy Greene 6 2020 Austin Brennan 15 2016
RECEIVING STATS
Career Rec Yds Season Rec Yds Yr
Eric Nelson 97 1527 Carter Williams 50 1189 24
Carter Williams 60 1390 Eric Nelson 62 925 09
Harris Gilliam 68 1114 Daniel Camarillo 29 640 12
Matt Magness 51 1045 Harris Gilliam 35 603 24
Jeremy Greene 44 782 Eric Nelson 35 602 08
Tanner Faris 31 775 Richard Howell 38 577 10
Doug Hubnik 28 642 Matt Magness 30 560 10
Daniel Camarillo 29 640 Doug Hubnik 22 547 12
Richard Howell 39 592 Harris Gilliam 32 511 23
J.T. Greene 30 574 Matt Magness 30 481 11
CAREER RECEIVING TD's SEASON TD's Yr
Carter Williams 20 Carter Williams 19 24
Eric Nelson 18 Eric Nelson 9 09
Matt Magness 16 Matt Magness 9 10
Harris Gilliam 15 Harris Gilliam 8 24
Jeremy Greene 12 Harris Gilliam 7 23
Tanner Faris 9 Doug Hubnik 7 12
Doug Hubnik 8 Daniel Camarillo 6 12
Chase Anderson 7 Tanner Faris 6 17
Daniel Camarillo 6 Jeremy Greene 6 20
Austin Brennan 5 Chase Anderson 5 22
Tristan Chacon 5 Jeremy Greene 5 21
Caden Rodriguez 5
Touchdowns Rushing Total Touchdowns
Zach Henshaw 47 Zach Henshaw 52
Tanner Faris 32 Tanner Faris 41
Tristan Chacon 28 Tristan Chacon 33
Helijah Johnson 27 Helijah Johnson 29
Hayden Dubois 26 Josh DeVries 29
Micah St. John 24 Hayden Dubois 26
Josh DeVries 23 Austin Brennan 25
James Bates 23 James Bates 25
Austin Brennan 20 Micah St. John 24
James Garza 20 James Garza 21
QUARTERBACKS
Passing Comp Att Pct Yds Int TD
Ross Wagliardo 308 559 .551 3896 23 28
Brandon Belcher 172 339 .507 3101 10 28
Peyton McMullen 116 288 .403 2461 11 22
Ben Fulton 101 299 .483 2271 10 27
Jace Wheeler 105 183 .567 1893 10 30
Jeffrey Nabos 135 272 .495 1709 12 16
Hunter Anderson 116 204 .569 1643 6 16
Steven Crowder 69 127 .543 1160 10 11
Skylar Tschoepe 61 128 .476 1081 5 7
QB All-Time Rush Att Yds Ave Lg TD
Peyton McMullen 130 609 4.6 72 5
Ben Fulton 139 530 3.8 37 4
Hunter Anderson 117 524 4.8 54 16
Branson Belcher 106 241 2.3 36 10
Skyler Tschoepe 81 189 2.3 29 3
W L Pct
Ben Fulton 21 15 .583
Hunter Anderson 13 9 .579
Branson Belcher 11 9 .550
Peyton McMullen 18 15 .545
Skylar Tschoepe 9 15 .375
Ross Wagliardo 7 14 .333
Jace Wheeler 6 4 .600
Jeff Nabors 6 6 .500
Steven Crowder 2 8 .200
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New Head Girl’s Basketball Coach Char Hutson.
A home-grown Hawkster will be taking over the reigns of next year’s Girls Basketball program when Char Hutson was hired as the next Head Coach.
Char has been a behind the scenes coach for basketball~ Softball~Cross Country these past few years.
Char played basketball and softball and graduated in 2018.
The ReSporter: Give us your thoughts on when you put your name in motion and then your thoughts when they said you would be The Coach.
Coach Hutson: “When I first threw my name out there, I had no expectations. I didn’t want to get my hopes up, but I also wanted to be prepared for the ‘what if’ so, I started to brainstorm for hours every day during the waiting period about what I would want my own program to look like whether that was this year or further down the road.”
Hutson continued, “When Coach Parker let me know that the position was mine, there were a lot of mixed emotions. I’ve taken a lot of pride in this program as an athlete & now as a coach for the last few years so I was a bit nervous naturally, but I was mostly excited, and then just anxious to get to work with my girls. It’s a huge deal to me considering it’s my first head job, but this is my home, so it means a whole lot more to me than that.”
The ReSporter: You have been an understudy for a few coaches… what have you taken from being their sub-varsity coach?
Coach Hutson: “I’ve been lucky enough to work under 5 head coaches across 3 sports, and really close to a few others during my 3 years at Canyon Lake so I was able to learn a lot in a short amount of time. I’ve been able to see a few things that work that I want to take with me into my own program, but also thankful to have seen a lot of things that I may not want to incorporate in which will be a big help in my opinion. I’m blessed to have been able to learn from so many people, and to continue to learn from the talented coaches around me.”
The ReSporter: Share bout your advantage in already knowing (for the most part) the players that are coming back and what plans you might have in store on offense and defense.
Coach Hutson: “I think that already knowing the girls & a large number of the middle school athletes coming up will be a huge advantage. The most important part of coaching is building relationships with the athletes & I believe I’ve done that fairly well in the position that I was in. It’s going to be an adjustment from being the “fun assistant” to head coach, but the girls seemed to have taken the adjustment really well so far so I’m extremely proud of them. And of course, there will still be fun, that’s just who I am and what the girls will remember most hopefully when they think back on their time here.
Coach Hutson relayed her thoughts on offense/defense, “Offensively, we’ve got a long
Way to Charr & Go Lake!!
way to go before I really hone into those plans. I’m going to try to utilize my girls where they fit best & put them in the best positions to be successful. Defensively, that will be our focus. I’ve told them since our first day together that the only 2 starters I know of are going to be the best defender & the best rebounder. People can question our skill level, but I don’t want them to ever be able to question our effort & that’s what a good defensive team stems from. If we give our all on defense, then offense will come on its own.”
Way to Go Char & Hawks!!
The ReSporter: Do you have plans to work in concert with the Mountain Valley Coaches so there is a unity in philosophy and the players not having to learn a new system when they arrive in High School. Are has that already been implemented?
Coach Hutson: “I will definitely be working with the middle school & eventually want both of us to be aligned with our youth leagues as well. I don’t think that our middle school or youth have been given the attention they deserve or need in order for a program to be built here & the culture to really change. Some of my favorite childhood memories were made playing sports at the CRRC, so I’m extremely excited to get back down there on this side of things and do what I can to support them whatever that may look like. Each level feels separated right now and that’s not how it should be in my opinion or how I want it to be. I’m eager to get our youth involved & comfortable on our campus early so they want to be a part of what we have going on here.
The ReSporter: Are you excited?
Coach Hutson: “I know God has opened this door for me and kept me here for a reason, so of course I’m excited. Go Hawks!”
The ReSporter: Thanks for already saying my closure already but I will add one extra exclamation point. GO HAWKS!!
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James Cornell after winning Region IV Tennis Singles decided to go eat after tasting victory over his Wimberley opponent. Way to GO JAMES & GO LAKE!
Canyon Lake ‘Hawk’ Proud!!
James Cornell says not too fast Hawk Nation…there is still some more business to take care of.
Cornell won Region IV Tennis Singles in San Antonio last week and will step back on the courts this coming Thursday with a chance to continue this banner campaign.
This has been a good end of season run for Cornell after winning District beating a No. 1 Seeded Wimberley’s Tyler Youens, 6-3, 6-3.
At the San Antonio’s Blossom Tennis Center~ Cornell on his first day of competition won the first round, 6-0 ~ 6-0 and the second round, 6-0 ~ 7-6 which qualified for another day on Thursday against the No. 1 Seed for Region IV out of Tulosa Midway in the Corpus Christi area.
GO HAWKS!!
It was more of the same with an 8am start that had Cornell in command again finishing with this conquest, 6-2 ~ 6-3 in the Semi-Finals.
Now the scene would be a repeat of District and Wimberley’s Youens. “He had beat me 3 times before I played him in the district finals,” James Cornell said.
Cornell commented on his game against the No. 1 Seed, “He did not have a big serve so I knew I would be able to place to ball deep…. I had him working a lot and used my peripheral and his feet to know where I could place the ball.”
Way to GO JAMES & GO LAKE!
Coach Coby Mickey, “James is very good at going side to side with his volley and that certainly helped during this game.”
“I needed to take this first game so bad and I was stoked after the win knowing that I would get to go to State,” Cornell recalled.
Since three players qualify by winning this game qualified Cornell for more tennis next week.
Pitted against Youren for a player who had won those first 3 contests, it would be pivotal and a, 7-5 ~ 6-4 conquest would prove that first district win was not a fluke.
There was still some rough times as Cornell was down in that first set, 4-5 but rebounded for this win, “I was just playing very lazy and Coach (Mickey) told me I was playing pretty lazy, so I was thinking right then and there was not the time for rest and that I would have the whole weekend to rest so I started to play more aggressive and ‘serve and volley’ a lot more….that means to go where you serve the ball and put away a point).”
Put away a point was the point for this comeback and then riding that momentum for his second set victory.
Go James & GO Lake!
Now Cornell will draw a bye during the first round which should have an advantage giving a chance to see two players and knowing one would be next up.
With Texas being so large it is next to impossible to have an idea of tendencies of players 200-500 miles away and being a top seed having a chance to strategize before their first battle.
What are your thoughts? “Win that first match,” Cornell said excitedly.
Next Thursday @ Annemarie Tennis Center in San Antonio!
The last Hawk Athlete this year has already gone where no other Lake Athlete has gone….Now Go James & GO LAKE!
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Michael Anderson was one of three Seniors this season. Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)
Hawks finish their season with a loss to Uvalde in a one game Area Round contest, 13-4.
The Lake led through the 5th inning but was soundly beaten, 11-1 in those last two frames that had multiple walks and errors contributing to that final score.
Overall a good season that ended with 19 wins with a relatively young team that had just 3 seniors with two starters.
Coach Escamilla: “Any loss is disappointing….we didn’t capitalize during the first part of the game and left the bases loaded and did not get any timely hits.” (Lake left 12 on base)
The ReSporter: Give us your thoughts on your 3 Seniors.
Coach Escamilla: “We appreciated their leadership and how they worked everyday and they were focused even tho there are so many distractions during this time of year for seniors. They focused and never took off and gave it their all.”
The ReSporter: What do you do now in preparation for next year?
Coach Escamilla: “We really don’t have contact with them until January as several player play football….which is okay because that keeps them in shape and competition keeps them sharp. A big part of sports is Summer ball and that is where they will gain and and get an advantage with competition….They know the expectations we have.”
The ReSporter: What will be your emphasis for next season?
Coach Escamilla: “Consistency especially with our pitching. We need to strengthen pitching and be consistent on the mound…that will be our key for success.”
Canyon Lake had both sub-varsity squads finish with winning records and Mountain Valley Middle School is playing right now and with 17 players on last night’s roster returning will allow a good nucleus or starting point for next year’s team.
Senior Day next season will be longer than the game with 17 presently that will be going into their senior year.
Thanks for a Great Season & Way to GO LAKE!
Area Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Uvalde 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 13 7 4
CL Hawks 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 7 5
ab r h bi bb so misc
Gram Simpson 2 0 0 0 1 0 sac
Carter Williams 3 0 0 1 1 1 sb fc cs
Michael Anderson 4 0 2 0 0 1 sb
pr Archer Miller 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wayen Slania-Wertz 2 0 0 0 1 2 roe
Bryce May 3 1 1 0 0 1 sf
Lucas Shexnayder 3 1 1 0 1 1 roe
Ryan Rena 4 0 1 0 0 0 roe
Hayes Holladay 3 0 2 1 1 0
Ryder Hopper 3 1 0 1 1 0 sf fc
Totals 27 4 7 4 6 6
Pitching ip h r er bb so misc W L
Carter Williams 5.0 1 3 1 5 8 hb 2 0 0
Ryder Hopper 0.0 2 3 3 2 0 bk 5 2
Hayes Holliday 2.0 4 7 6 4 2 0 0
Totals 7.0 7 13 10 11 10 0 1
ALL-TIME BASEBALL STATS
AT BATS RUNS HITS
Hunter Anderson 373 Hunter Anderson 91 Chase Anderson 122
Chase Anderson 353 Carter Williams 91 Carter Williams 115
Tanner Schultz 343 Chase Anderson 68 Hunter Anderson 112
Griffen Williams 323 Travis Walker 65 Griffen Williams 104
Travis Walker 322 Ty Sellers 57 Tanner Schultz 82
Caleb Williams 318 Caleb Williams 54 Travis Walker 80
Ty Sellers 306 James LaLonde 54 Caleb Williams 77
Carter Williams 301 Gram Simpson 52 Tyler Pauly 75
Tyler Pauly 281 Jeremy Greene 46 Brandon Robinson 72
Cody Powell 245 Griffen Williams 44 Ty Sellers 68
Garrett Winters 44
Tyler Pauly 44
RBI's BASE on BALLS STOLEN BASES
Griffen Williams 126 Tyler Pauly 63 Daniel Camarillo 29
Carter Williams 97 Carter Williams 63 Hunter Anderson 25
Tyler Pauly 61 Hunter Anderson 55 Caleb Williams 23
Chase Anderson 55 Matt Anderson 54 Joe Shone 23
Tanner Schultz 53 Griffen Williams 51 Tyler Pauly 23
Hunter Anderson 49 Michael Brady 48 Carter Williams 22
Ty Sellers 48 Chase Anderson 48 James LaLonde 20
Travis Walker 44 Gram Simpson 47 Jeremy Greene 20
Caleb Williams 44 Travis Walker 38 Mason Lee 16
Logan Felch 42 Caleb Williams 38 Chase Anderson 16
DOUBLES TRIPLES HOME RUNS
Carter Williams 22 Kyler Huff 6 Griffen Williams 27
Griffen Williams 21 Carter Williams 5 Carter Williams 22
Travis Walker 19 Hunter Anderson 5 Travis Walker 6
Hunter Anderson 19 Caleb Williams 4 Logan Felch 6
Chase Anderson 17 Ty Sellers 4 Jeremy Greene 4
Hayden Baker 17 Cody Powell 3 Cody Breest 4
Tanner Schultz 17 Gavin Dietrich 3 Nick Cahill 4
Tyler Pauly 17 Daniel Camarillo 3 Joe Shone 4
Corey Shedrock 16 Tyler Pauly 3 Ty Sellers 3
Logan Felch 14 9 tied with 2 Tanner Schultz 3
Brandon Robinson 3
(100 or more AB's) ...
HIT BY PITCH BATTING AVERAGE ON BASE PERCENTAGE
Tanner Schultz 21 Matthew McLain .421 Matthew McLain .581
Matt Anderson 15 Griffin Williams .402 Griffen Williams .519
Ethan Slater 13 Chase Anderson .401 Michael Brady .510
Michael Anderson 12 Brandon Robinson .398 Brandon Robinson .505
Brandon Robinson 12 Carter Williams .384 Tyler Pauly .498
CJ Parrish 12 Michael Brady .364 Carter Williams .492
Jeremy Greene 12 Hunter Anderson .362 Chase Anderson .490
Ty Sellers 10 Nick Cahill .354 Matt Anderson .489
(only double figures) Tyler Pauly .344 Jeff Nabors .475
Ross Wagliardo .339 Zach Jenkins .472
(35 or more Innings)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE INNINGS PITCHED EARNED RUN AVERAGE
Griffen Williams .811 Tanner Schultz 224 Peyton McMullen 1.44
Carter Williams .710 Luke Roskin 171 Tyler Pauly 1.71
Matthew McClain .539 Tyler Pauly 149 Carter Williams 1.84
Brandon Robinson .519 Avery Montgomery 142 Luke Roskin 1.89
Joe Shone .505 Griffen Williams 139 Hunter Anderson 2.02
Tyler Pauly .493 Carter Williams 129 Tanner Schultz 2.38
Nick Cahill .485 Cody Powell 114 Cody Breest 2.48
Chase Anderson .480 Hunter Anderson 110 Griffen Williams 2.76
Hunter Anderson .466 Matt Anderson 99 Zach Jenkins 3.03
Ross Wagliardo .466 Ross Wagliardo 96 Cale Claycombe 3.17
Michael Brady .466
WINS STRIKEOUTS SAVES
Tanner Schultz 29 Tanner Schultz 226 John Gulley 4
Luke Roskin 20 Luke Roskin 220 Luke Roskin 4
Tyler Pauly 18 Tyler Pauly 190 Carter Williams 3
Hunter Anderson 15 Carter Williams 184 Kyler Huff 3
Carter Williams 13 Griffen Williams 143 Hunter Anderson 3
Cody Breest 11 Cody Powell 128 Peyton McMullen 3
Griffen Williams 9 Hunter Anderson 111 Griffen Williams 3
Avery Montgomery 8 Ross Wagliardo 109 (several with 2)
Cody Powell 7 Avery Montgomery 108
Matt Anderson 6 Cale Claycomb 105
HAWKS 2025 TRACK & FIIELD 26-4A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
Let’s Go Hawks!!
The ReSporter was able to get thoughts from Head Coach Sami Theurer on this just completed track season after having several events during State Meet last week.
This was a banner season with a strong group of incoming freshman added with a well rounded older group of tracksters. This led to CL’s first district championship for the Girls which now matches the Boy’s team from that 2017 season.
There was several Personal Bests posted this season after scoring in two of their State Meet Events with the 4×100 relay and Aubrey Avey finishing 5th in her 300 meter hurdle event.
Below has the personal best pertaining to the All-Time Top 10 Athletes and who is next best in those previous seasons.
Then The ReSporter’s Coaches Corner with Coach Theurer. Enjoy and Way to GO FAST LAKE!
Lady Hawk's 2025 Records: Previous
4x100 48.14 50.45 2017
Aubrey Avey, Te’a Gonzales, Kennedy Grindle
Abigail Lowth, Savanna Oberholtzer.
4x200 1:42.53 1:44.34 2024
Savanna Oberholtzer, Te'a Gonzales,
Abigail Lowth, Shana Cutrer, Kennedy Grindle.
POLE VAULT
Kennedy Grindle 10-6 Alencia Lentz 13-06.00
Katelyn Lowth 10-0 State Champ 2022
Shana Cutrer 10-0
HIGH JUMP
Shana Cutrer 5-02.00 Marisa Ellis 5-06.00
Isabella Fory 4-10.00 State Champ 2013
300 meter hurdles
Aubrey Avey 43.03 Claire Schroeder 46.68 '22
Kennedy Grindle 47.97
Tessa Jones 50.42
100 meter hurdles
Kennedy Grindle 15.72 Alyssa Strickland 15.06 '19
3200 meter run
Eva Zabarcencu 11:45.53 Cadence 10:45.53 '24
Macie Paredez 13:05.57 Patterson
1600 meter run
Hannah Hammer 5:18.93 Cadence 4:58.89 '24
Eva Zabarcencu 5:30.88 Patterson
Macie Paredez 5:52.24
800 meter run
Hannah Hammer 2:15.20 Cadence 2:18.75 '24
Patterson
200 meter dash
Savanna 25.74 Ahren Lightfoot 25.58 '24
Oberholtzer
Shana Cutrer 27.01
Te'a Gonzales 27.49
100 meter dash
Savanna 11.99 Alysha Perez 12.46 '17
Oberholtzer
Te'a Gonzales 12.52
Shana Cutrer 12.80
COACHES CORNER
Let’s Go Lake!
The ReSporter: Overall thoughts for this season?
Coach Theurer: “I am uber proud of how hard the girls worked and came together as a team to succeed. They pushed each other everyday at practice and held each other accountable.”
The ReSporter: How bout a shout out for your Seniors?
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Coach Theurer: “Emorie Jones, Ayren Lightfoot and Hannah Hammer all will be missed, and all in different ways. Emorie is continuing her education and attending Ole Miss. Ayren plans to attend LSU and will walk-on their track team hoping to run for their program as a freshman. She has been on varsity all four years and made it to the state meet every year, either as part of a relay or in the open 400m. Hannah Hammer has been on the varsity team all four years and has been a leader for our Hawk team. She has been to the state meet three years, also on her own and as part of a relay team. She plans to attend school in Arizona to continue her education. Hannah does want to continue her running career as a college athlete.”
Way to Go FAST Hawks!!
The ReSporter: What will the returning girls be doing to fine tune their craft?
Coach Theurer: “I think it goes without saying…we need to get faster and stronger. Our girls need to be able to compete in field events and then have the stamina and strength to compete and win in the running events as well.”
The ReSporter: Is there any way of improving the discus/shot events to help in adding points in Meets?
Coach Theurer: “Our goal for next season is to have a fully staffed track team, which would include one or two throwing coaches. I think this would make a huge difference. They will be able to recruit some of our athletes and put together a true training program so that our throwers can improve.”
Let’s Go Lake!
The ReSporter: You had a lot of Freshman that contributed in major ways.
Coach Theurer: “Not only did the freshmen class contribute on the varsity team, our JV team excelled. This freshmen class of girls is talented and they love to win.”
The ReSporter: What are your plans for this group in keeping them engaged thru the offseason?
Coach Theurer: “I always tell the kids, you have to learn to love the grind if you want to win. Almost all of them play or compete in another sport, so getting them and keeping them in our athletic period during our season is always the goal.”
GO LAKE!
The ReSporter: What do you know bout MVMS athletes who will be incoming Freshman?
Coach Theurer: “I have been told that next years incoming freshmen are very athletic and super competitive. Both great qualities to have for all our programs. Looking forward to what they can do and how much they can push our upper classmen.”
The ReSporter: Final thoughts?
‘Hawk’ Proud!
Coach Theurer: “This season really pushed our team to stay focused and to continue to train. The State Meet was a huge challenge for the girls (to keep showing up and trying to get better to be consistent on training. And then there is the realization that everyone at the State Meet is fast and strong. We need to train harder and smarter.”
Go LAKE!
2025 BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
(photo by Shannon Anderson)
Make a Deposit & Go Hawks! Canyon Lake has penciled in their name to the Area Round when they will face Uvalde in Somerset this Thursday with first pitch at 6:30pm.
There was no doubt of a Bi-District clinching round as The Lake was able to score 4 runs to start this contest and ended up amassing 21 runs while Pitcher’s Carter Williams and Ryder Hopper held this Panther team to one hit.
An errorless game that was helped when the battery struck out 13 in needing two fielding opportunities to finish this round in the win category.
There was a plethora of Hawks (18) who had on opportunity to wedge their way into action who finished with 22 hits that had 8 doubles and a lone home-run off the bat of Williams.
Uvalde (18-7-2) will certainly pose a bigger hurdle than Eastside was able to muster and being ready has to be at the forefront for this Hawk team as they enter this week for getting prepared for this one-game do or die event.
Season Accolades: All-Time Season Stats
AT BATS
Carter Williams 101 4th Tyler Pauly 104 ’21
Bryce May 92 12th
Wayen Slania-Wertz 92 12th
RUNS
Carter Williams 44 1st Hunter Anderson 31 ’23
Gram Simpson 31 2nd
HITS
Carter Williams 46 2nd Chase Anderson 47 ’22
Wayen Slania-Wertz 31 14th
Bryce May 29 15th
Michael Anderson 27 21st
Hayes Holladay 27 21st
RBI’s
Carter Williams 44 2nd Griffen Williams 46 ’22
Michael Anderson 30 7th
Wayen Slania-Wertz 20 10th
Bryce May 19 14th
BASE on BALLS
Gram Simpson 22 5th Tyler Pauly 36 ’21
Hayes Holladay 19 8th
Lucas Schexnayder 16 17th
Ryan Rena 15 18th
Wayen Slania-Wertz 14 22nd
DOUBLES
Carter Williams 14 1st Tyler Pauly 12 ’21
Michael Anderson 10 5th
Wayen Slania-Wertz 7 8th
HOME RUNS
Carter Williams 12 1st Griffen Williams 12 ’23
BATTING AVERAGE
Carter Williams .455 1st Griffen Williams .453 ’22
Michael Anderson .409 11th
ON BASE PERCENTAGE
Michael Anderson .552 3rd Matthew McLain .581 ’21
Carter Williams .538 6th
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
Carter Williams .990 1st Griffen Williams .905 ’23
Michael Anderson .606 5th
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1 2 3 4 5 R H E
CL Hawks 4 4 11 0 2 21 22 0
Eastside 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
ab r h bi 2b hr bb so misc
Gram Simpson 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 sb
ph Max Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carter Williams 3 3 3 6 2 1 1 0
pr Archer Miller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ph Greysen Patton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Anderson 4 3 3 4 2 0 0 0
ph Brenan Hughes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 hbp
Wayen Slania-Wertz 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
ph Archer Miller 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Bryce May 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
ph CJ Rodriguez 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Lucas Shexnayder 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1
ph Cade Johnson 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Ryan Rena 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
ph Trey Mollenkolf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ryder Hopper 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hayes Holladay 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 sb
ph Dalton Hodges 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 21 22 19 8 1 5 4
Pitching ip h r er bb so W L
Carter Williams 3.0 1 0 0 0 8 10 4
Ryder Hopper 2.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Totals 5.0 1 0 0 0 13 1 0
Ryan Rena finished with a double & homer in Hawk Pounding of the Panthers.
Canyon Lake run ruled Eastside Memorial, 16-0 with a combined one hitter with starter Carter Williams and Hayes Holladay that finished with 11 total strikeouts during this 5 inning affair.
The Lake had 15 Hawks garnering a hit (17 total) with 7 of those hits doubles (4) or homers (3).
Carter Williams (11) is now one homer away from tying Griffen Williams (12) for a season of taters. Which can be some good talking points at the family dinner table.
Ryan Rena had his 2nd homer this season as he joins Williams as the only two Hawks with multiple round-trippers.
That last homer came off the bat of Gavin Baldera which was his first since little league.
The Lake was held to one run to start the game with an inning ending double play…but that would be the only bad at bat as their next inning had 19 Hawks come to the plate producing 13 runs, 5 singles, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, 2 walks and 1 batter who reached on an error.
Gavin Baldera’s home-run was first since little league as Hawks look to sweep Friday!
Williams took the mound that next frame and struck out the side throwing 9 strikes and 4 balls. Pretty efficient way to squelch any thoughts for these Panthers of staging a comeback. Holladay finished the final two innings striking out 4 in the 4th inning (one player reached base after a passed ball and one in the 5th inning.
The Hawks will continue this best-of-three series tomorrow at Nelson Field in Austin with that first pitch at 5:00pm. A rubber match will start 30 minutes later if the Panthers win that opening contest.
Way to Pound the Ball Hawks!!
1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Eastside 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
CL Hawks 1 13 0 2 X 16 17 0
ab r h bi 2b hr bb so misc
Gram Simpson 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 hbp
Carter Williams 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 hbp
Michael Anderson 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 sac roe
ph Gavin Baldera 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Wayen Slania-Wertz 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
ph Archer Miller 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bryce May 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
ph Greysen Patton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 fc
Lucas Shexnayder 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
ph Trey Mollenkopf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Rena 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 1
ph Jace McGoldrick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ryder Hopper 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
ph Tate Heckman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hayes Holladay 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
ph Max Ross 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 16 17 14 4 3 5 2
Pitching ip h r er bb so W L
Carter Williams 3.0 1 0 0 0 6 9 4
Hayes Holladay 2.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 5.0 1 0 0 0 11 1 0
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Aubrey Avey next hurdle is Austin this Thursday! Go Fast Lake!!
Let’s Go FAST LAKE!
Lake’s Ladies Track & Field contingent will get going this Thursday as there are several running events in play as this season will end once again in Austin.
This will be a stiff climb as there are some great times that were recorded around the state and the times during the Region IV had some strong winds in each of the events that The Lake qualified.
Senior Hannah Hammer will represent Canyon Lake in the 1600 meter run and Junior Aubrey Avey has excelled in the 300 meter hurdles.
The Hawks will have two Relay teams entered with the 4×100 & 4×200 relays.
4×100 Relay will feature: Avey, Te’a Gonzales, Abigail Lowth, Kennedy Grindle and Savanna Oberholtzer.
4×200 Relay will feature: Oberholtzer, Gonzales, Lowth, Kennedy Grindle and Shana Cutrer
Way to Go FAST Hawks!!
This will be the third year where a Lady Hawk will be running in the 1600 meter run as Cadence Patterson (running for Houston University) ran those first two seasons.
A shout out to Ayren Lightfoot who was disqualified in her prelim 400 meter dash where she won this event but had left her lane for a short period which left her without a chance to best her time running in Austin last year.
The Kingsville Region Meet has claimed a lot of previous Hawks from reaching State as it had been a killing field for many years.
This will be the largest (in numbers) to reach this ultimate final meet with 6 ladies ready to make The Lake Nation Proud.
Below, The ReSporter has times for the Hawk qualifiers along with the athletes marks from those other 3 Regions. The running events will start at 5:00pm this Thursday.
Let’s GO FAST Hawks!
1600 meter run:
School Region Time
Canyon 4:52.96
Randall 4:59.68
Huffman Hargrave 5:06.83
Salado 5:07.60
Lindale 5:18.56
Billies 5:18.83
Hannah Hammer 5:20.94 5:18.93 (best time this season)
Sulphur Springs 5:25.20
300 meter hurdles:
Sunnyvale 41.46
Houston Yates 42:71
China Spring 42.87
Randall 43.45
Brownwood 44.02
Aubrey Avey 44.11 43.03 (best time this season)
Lindale 44.28
Kingsville King 44.43
4x100 meter relay:
Brownwood 44.07
Celina 44.28
Chapel Hill 44.63
Katy Freeman 44.76
Madisonville 48.25
Decatur 48.34
The Lake 48.84 48.66 (best time this season)
Aubrey Avey, Te’a Gonzales, Kennedy Grindle
Abigail Lowth, Savanna Oberholtzer.
Cuero 49.93
4x200 meter relay:
Brownwood 1:39.73
Huffman Hargrave 1:40.75
Celina 1:40.85
Stafford 1:40.85
Chapel Hill 1:40.93
Bandera 1:41.40
Decatur 1:42.82
The Lake 1:44.40 1:42.69 (best time this season)
Savanna Oberholtzer, Te'a Gonzales,
Abigail Lowth, Shana Cutrer, Kennedy Grindle.
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HAWK DOG PILE after walk-off win over Billies for berth to Playoffs! GO LAKE!
Way to GO LAKE!
Little things result in big rewards after a Hawk walk-off fielder’s choice scored the winning run in bottom of the 7th frame to put The Lake in Playoffs beating Fredericksburg, 3-2.
Those little things would arise when a savvy Pitcher Carter Williams pointed to a sacrifice bunt having an opponent running the foul line to first base on the inside.
That sacrifice bunt was nullified and put the runner back on first base. What happened next? How bout a 5-1-3 double play ending the first inning. That same incident happened again in the 5th inning taking away having a player in scoring position that had a Williams’ **strikeout** of the next Billie and a ground out to end that inning.
Let’s GO HAWKS!!
**(Williams continues to excel this school year as this 3-Sport freak has broken more records than the Beatles as he reached 118 strikeouts this season besting Tyler Pauly’s 94 during his 2021 campaign.)
Want more? How bout playing a 6’3 first baseman (Ryder Hopper) who was able to catch high throws in the first from Ryan Rena with both throws needing a tag out which was played out twice during that second inning and was sandwiched with another Williams’ strikeout.
In the bottom of that same inning, Bryce May was hit by pitch and then stole 2nd and advanced on a wild pitch being 90 feet away for an easy rbi single off the bat of Rena for CL’s first lead, 1-0.
Both teams had 4 runs scored by players who were hit by a pitch and that final Lake run came around to score after reaching base on an error.
Then Hayes Holladay advanced to 2nd base on a Gram Simpson single and advanced on a passed ball that did not ‘pass’ but stayed underneath the catcher to put the winning run 90 feet from home plate.
Williams then hit a grounder to 2nd base that had Holladay sprinting home for a walk-off playoff berth.
Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!
Ohhh…before celebrating this win, one of those most important ‘little things’ happened at the top of the 7th inning.
With one out a Billies player reached base on a very rare catcher’s interference call that was followed by a double that bounced over the fence keeping the Billies runner from advancing home.
With one out, a pinch bunter, was next up and after two missed bunt attempts that had the first being a suicide squeeze but a bang-bang play led to an out….wait not an out….the call was reversed and player was called safe at third.
‘Hawk’ Proud!!
Next pitch? A Strikeout for the 2nd out but presented the Billies with their best hitter at the plate who Coach Escamilla intentionally walked loading the bases.
A lot of ‘little things’ happenings but one last ‘little thing’ would help put The Lake’s shortest player (but BIG in Stature) climbing the ladder on a line drive to second baseman Simpson for that final out saving at least two runs.
‘Little Things’ would add to be ‘BIG THINGS’ in this Hawk win that now has The Lake playing for a Bi-District crown against Austin Eastside Memorial Panthers next week!
Let’s GO LAKE!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Fredericksburg 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 2
CL Hawks 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 1
(One out when winning run scored)
ab r h bi bb so misc
Gram Simpson 2 1 1 0 1 0 hbp sb
Carter Williams 4 0 0 1 0 2 fc
Michael Anderson 2 0 1 0 1 0
Wayen Slania-Wertz 3 0 1 1 0 0
Bryce May 2 1 0 0 0 1 hbp sb
Lucas Shexnayder 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Rena 3 0 1 1 0 1
Ryder Hopper 3 0 0 0 0 1
Hayes Holladay 3 1 1 0 0 0 sb roe
Totals 25 3 5 3 2 5
Pitching ip h r er bb so W L
Carter Williams 7.0 3 2 1 3 4 8 4
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Michael Anderson’s Walk-Off Double scored Carter Williams in, 7-6 Win! GO LAKE! (photo Daniel Clifton)
Curtain Call today in Wimberley at 2pm after a Senior Night that had your Hawk’s Seniors performing magnificently beating Bandera, 7-6 on a walk-off double by Michael Anderson.
Three starting Seniors had an impressive combined line score at the plate and on the mound.
Batting AB Runs Hits RBIs BB On Base Average
Anderson
Williams 8 4 4 3 6 .714
Hopper
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO era
Hopper
4.2 4 1 0 2 6 0.00
Williams
GO LAKE!
This game started with these Bulldogs rushing out to a 4 run first inning lead when Hawks pitching had a hard time finding the strike-zone.
The Lake did respond scoring 2 runs during the bottom of that opening stanza when Wayen Slanina-Wertz’s two strike single drove in Gram Simpson and Carter Williams who reached base via a free pass.
A two run deficit would increase to 3 runs after an opening home-run to start the 3rd inning for Bandera.
GO HAWKS!!
Then Senior Ryder Hopper was called to the mound to help keep this must win contest close for a chance to keep this game with-in reach. Class Act for sure with a brilliant come to the rescue outing for Senior Hopper.
With one out in the 3rd inning Hopper worked out of trouble before allowing another run later that was helped by an error but a 6-4-3 double play helped minimize the damage.
Bandera had stretched their lead back to 4 runs, 6-2 but now CLake had just 3 innings to respond.
Let’s GO LAKE!
Walks was the mold of transportation on this night as these Bulldogs pitchers walked 14 Hawks and which was how CL was able to tie this game in the 5th inning that started with a pop out to first base. Then Senior Hopper singled which was followed by 2 walks and a couple of balks that scored Hopper.
Then an intentional walk had Williams batting with the bases loaded with still one out. Enter Senior Michael Anderson with a two run single scoring Simpson and Holladay. Anderson has reached base safely for 16 straight games and this would be his 4th contest with more than one hit.
Williams stole home for CL’s final run in the 5th tying the score, at 6 runs a piece.
Go Lake!
A scoreless 6th inning set up that final act for this Senior crew.
To start reliever Williams struck out the side after a lead-off single before a Hawk response that would be an intentional act by these Bulldogs when Williams was given his second free pass this game putting the winning run on first base.
Enter Anderson’s double to centerfield which had a scorched earth running by Williams for that winning score. A Senior Moment on this night and Curtain Call today don’t miss this play!
Curtain Call today…Saturday in Wimbo for a chance to add more games to this year’s schedule.
Way to GO SENIORS & HAWKS!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bandera 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 7 0
CL Hawks 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 7 6 2
(one out when winning run scored)
ab r h bi 2b bb so misc
Gram Simpson 3 2 1 0 0 2 1
Carter Williams 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 sb 2
Michael Anderson 3 0 2 3 1 2 1 sb
Wayen Slania-Wertz 4 0 2 2 0 0 2
Bryce May 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 sb
Lucas Shexnayder 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 sb 2
Ryan Rena 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 sb
Ryder Hopper 4 1 1 0 0 0 2
Hayes Holladay 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 24 7 6 5 1 14 8
Pitching ip h r er bb so W L
Hayes Holladay 2.1 3 5 5 4 1 0 0
Ryder Hopper 3.2 4 1 0 2 3 0 0
Carter Williams 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 7 4
Totals 7.0 7 6 5 6 7 1 0
