Hawk Football Season & The Hill Country a Thing of Beauty! Let’s Go Hawks!
Way to Go Hawks!!
Canyon Lake’s Football squad finished their first week of Summer workouts with an intra-squad practice on Saturday.
The Hawk defense showed off starting this evening as CL’s offense finally finding some rhythm as the plays continued.
Head Coach Sam Parker shared his thoughts after that last played was over, “We were looking for execution on both sides (offensive & defensively) were they able to play fast…do they know what they are doing and are they fast doing it and if they can’t then it is our job to teach them better and it’s our job to give them a scheme that they can play fast.”
Coach Parker continued, “There were some huge pieces and today was more about developing and finding depth and finding pieces behind pieces and making sure..ultimately it is going to be a long season….injuries are going to happen and we are going to have to find people who can play those ones and twos and today was more about that than anything else.”
GO LAKE!
Now The Lake will go into their next week knowing they have more to work on before Canyon Lake goes north to Burnet to play their next scrimmage.
This will allow the Coaches to see where they are when playing a different team with different offensive and defensive plays.
Playing an intra-squad scrimmage where a defense has a good idea of what is going to be run as well as on the offensive side of the table a different color jersey will allow that next step on working on other aspects and how to come together as one unit.
Canyon Lake had a successful first year and seeing what this team might be able to accomplish will hopefully find more hidden treasures on the way to another fruitful season.
Let’s Go Hawks Baby!
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Chloe Gray, Kylie Rodriguez, Gabby Fory, and Mackenzie Dorn looks to forge a playoff spot this season. Go Lake!
Hit Man says get rid of those Pests Hawks!
Canyon Lake’s Volleyball season will commence this Tuesday when Marion will travel to the Hawk Nest to open Coach Daniella Villarreal’s 3rd year
Improvement will hopefully continue this campaign after a 9 win start followed with a 17 win last year.
The Hawks missed the playoffs those first two tries in arguably one of the hardest districts in the state.
The Lake looks to change their focus for that word, ‘improvement’’, coming during their district schedule. Navarro has moved to another district this year while adding Long Creek (a new school in New Braunfels) taking that vacancy.
That will leave a recent State Champion Davenport and an always powerful Wimberley still presenting two major hurdles to clear.
Stay in Shape Hawks!
Fredericksburg has been a tough out these past few years leaving three schools fighting for that one more spot for a play-off chance.
Bandera who has split with Canyon Lake the last two years and already mentioned Long Creek.
Canyon Lake just finished their first week of team practice after ending last week with two scrimmages on Thursday and Friday.
Head Coach Daniella Villarreal shared her thoughts with the season gets started at 6pm Tuesday on a renovated court, “We play our best when we’re having fun and communicating well together! Our team served tough throughout the scrimmages, which helped keep opponents from running their offense. Out of all the matches, our best performance came on Day 2 against a solid Poth team. We executed well in all aspects of the game and looked like we were clicking on all cylinders.”
GO Lake!
Coach Villarreal continued with highlighting some of the players, “Kylie Rodriguez led the team in kills, finding smart shots offensively while also delivering tough serves and providing solid passing and defense in the back row.
Chloe Gray did an excellent job setting and running the offense, making sure all hitters were involved and in position to put the ball away.”
On thoughts as this year gets going…”We’re continuing to build our confidence and communication so we’re prepared for challenges and high-level competition. I’m excited to see this group keep working hard, growing together, and enjoying the 
season!”
The Hawks will travel to Corpus Christi for their first tournament starting on Friday and then back for another home game against Gonzales, Tuesday 19th starting at 6pm.
This year’s Varsity Roster:
# 1 Paisleigh Fahrney Jr DS
2 Chylea Gray So Setter
3 Mackenzie Dorn Sr OH
4 Bella Biasatti So DS/OH
5 Kinsley Van Meter Jr MB
6 Izzy Fory Jr DS
7 Kylee Goff So MB/RS
8 Kylie Rodriguez Sr OH/DS
9 Sabrina Steele Sr DS
10 Te’a Gonzales So RS
11 Chloe Gray Sr Setter
12 Preslie Owens Jr OH
13 KC Caraway Sr Setter
15 Gabby Fory Jr MB/RS
Head Coach: Daniella Villarreal
Assistants: Kara Barnes & Trevor Hamlet
Let’s GO LAKE!
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Canyon Lake will begin their 18th season which puts this group of Seniors starting their existence as a newborn when the high school had their first class.
Should be a fun year after rebounding from a, 2-8 campaign two years ago by adding 6 more wins. In fact, those 6 wins had The Lake getting mentioned in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football website being a select group 5 schools that accomplished that same metric or more.
Night and Day difference for a school that had switched from their Slot-T Offensive set (11 years) to a more wide open offense that was 50/50 on running-passing plays last year. That vaunted slot-t usually had a pass play called in that 10-15% range on average.
Last season CL’s offense was 50-50% run-pass which resulted in averaging 40 points per contest which stands #1 in that category beating out that 2016 team who averaged 38 points. The Lake averaged 185 yards on the ground and 177 yards through the air last season….a pretty 50/50 statistic.
Let’s GO LAKE
Defensively. Canyon Lake clamped down on their opponents by reducing yardage given up by 174 yards per game and coupled that with forcing 31 turnovers which was 7 more than the 2014 team who finished their season with 24 take-aways that now stands in 2nd place for that metric.
It was truly a turn-around season that resulted in a 2nd place finish for district play.
CLHS did lose some high powered skilled players to graduation seeing Carter Williams-James Garza-Harris Gilliam and others cross the stage last May.
However there is still a lot of optimism with a defense that returns 9 starters that will have Linebacker Eli Hammons heading this defense after leading last year’s team with 134 tackles, 29 tackles for loss with 5 sacks.
GO Lake!
Dalton Hodges tied Hammons with 5 sacks and added 11 tackles for loss and will look to increase those numbers for his final season.
There are more defensive stalwarts returning with defensive back Ben Parma with a Hawk best of 12 pass break-ups last season and Tristan Alexander who snagged 6 interceptions and by duplicating that number would pass (pardon the pun) Eric Nelson who had 9 interceptions his senior year and finished with 11 for his career.
Leading the defensive line will Joseph Matos Padilla, DL Wyatt Roberts, DB Jacob Price, DB Cash Ziemba….the hits just keep coming for what this year’s defense will bring to the field with many more ready to step up.
The ReSporter can’t wait to see Isiah Eureste return after missing half the season with an injury and at the time made a living disrupting offenses and was brilliant on the special team unit.
GO LAKE!
On how this year has gone since the end of last year, Head Coach Sam Parker recounted, “We met as a staff and established that the big points of emphasis were football IQ and physical strength and we have done that with proven data and got them stronger and bigger physically and helped them understand where they fit in the big picture and understand their job which would help benefit the team.”
On what Coach Parker has seen so far this pre-season as they ready themselves when they kick off in less than a month, “The kids have done awesome and being here 80 to 85% for the varsity and JV for the entire Summer has been awesome and being able to communicate and having them understand what we are saying all the time has been a real good thing.”
That last line for Coach Parker feeds back on how last year’s team had to learn a whole new system on defense and offense which led to a teach and learn as last year’s season got started.
Offensively, The Lake, will have QB Jace Wheeler (6 ft, 175 lbs) returning and OL Cayden Toon (6-4, 305) and 3 Juniors that played as Sophomores last season will bring a more advanced learning curve: Victor Caldera, Phoenix Dent-McClain, and Dakota Sheffield returning into battle.
Canyon Lake was able to finish 2nd last year with a tie-breaker over Somerset and Fredericksburg. Davenport will be the pick again this season with Pleasanton-Uvalder-JFK hoping to improve enough for a chance to get a playoff invitation.
This Monday the count down will begin with the first scrimmage against Burnet on August 15th and then San Antonio Catholic, August 22nd.
Let’s GO LAKE!
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Head Coach Sam Parker Excited as season approaches. Go Lake!
Let’s Go Hawks!!
Canyon Lake’s Football Season continues to draw closer and after having a renaissance year that had your Hawks able to make the top 5 in two categories on Texas Football website (The Texas Football Bible) that dealt with improvement offensively and defensively from their previous season.
CLake was top 4 among schools that improved their defense by reducing points allowed by 22 points. In 2023, The Lake, allowed 50 points per contest and last year reduced that by 3 touchdowns. While Canyon Lake improved their win total from 2 to 8 wins which ranked 5th for that state ranking.
That 2023 season team struggled to stop opposing teams leaving CL needing to outscore opponents each Friday which proved to be an impossible situation.
Last year’s team was able to improve their offense after an average right at 28 points per game two years ago to a 40 point average last season. In fact that 40 point average beat that 2017 team who averaged 38 points per outing.
Make us Proud Hawks!!
Head Coach Sam Parker had a calculated smile when asked bout this upcoming season, “Our Defense as a whole will be exciting to watch.”
CL’s Defense will return several players who has some outstanding stats put on their resume after last season. Tristan Alexander comes to mind with his ability for getting interceptions as last year was just two off from old timer Eric Nelson had back during his 2010 season when he secured 9 that season.
Another DB Ben Parma had 12 pass break ups last year which is the most for a season while linebacker Eli Hammons led the team in tackles and tackles for loss.
Those riches continues on the defensive line having Dalton Hodges, Joseph Matos Padilla, Wyatt Roberts, and more return with an added Outside Linebacker Isiah Eureste who returns after missing half of last season with an injury and before that mishap this player was blocking kicks getting sacks and was never a wall flower on the field during his brief stint last season.
GO LAKE!
“There are 3 stages we work on during our offseason,” Coach Parker surmised. “We work on strength, then the mental part and then putting those on the football field which we are presently doing this summer.”
The UIL changed how coaches can interact with teams which was certainly crutial with how well Canyon Lake was able to change with a new coaching philosophy on both sides of the ball last year.
“Language is hard learning and we still did better as we finished with an 8-4 season which gave us credibility,” Coach continued. “We were allowed so much practice time and 1/2 we spent last year has turned into a whole….in the old days coaches had no football during the summer and now we are able to work on putting pieces of our puzzle in the right place.”
“We have over 80% of our players coming to our summer program and any coach would be happy with 70-75% during this time of the year…that helped last year and with the newness worn off we are able to get much more done without language hindering us from last year,” Coach said.
QB Jace Wheeler will be entering his second year after a successful first go while settling in as a Sophomore. Wheeler already ranks at 5th place in passing yards (1893) and is the leader throwing 30 touchdowns which passed (pardon the pun) Brandon Belcher (3 yrs) and Ross Wagliardo (2 yrs) who finished with 28 during their career.
Granted, Wheeler is in a much more pass happy offense compared to those 11 years of the slot-t. Wheeler missed 2.5 games last season and with another year of getting acclimated to this offense that should help his overall chance of managing the game as the signal caller.
Stay in Shape Hawks!
“He (Wheeler) has taken steps this offseason and we have a very good receiving core and it will be important for him get the ball in the right spots,” Coach Parker quipped. “Going through the reads is the hardest for a quarterback and he is delivering the ball with confidence and with another year we want to keep things going forward.”
To note this offense was able to finish their first campaign with yardage being equal by the run and pass after gaining 2220 rushing- 32 TD and 2118 passing- 31 TD’s. That will help in those contests when The Lake being down in a game and able to call a run or pass for a chance of a comeback.
With all the greatness of a slot-t…that was not an advantage for making comebacks that are 2 scores down.
In a Boerne game several years ago it happened but that contest had a special team kick-off return touchdown that helped jettison that comeback victory.
Canyon Lake was also a plus 6 in turnovers and the Hawks have added Mountain Valley’s Lee Self to take the reigns of special teams this year.
The Lake will have some big shoes to fill especially in those skill positions that were lost to graduation but with a defense that has a chance of improvement and a offensive line that returns several starters will allow this offense opening some holes while helping QB Wheeler keep his jersey clean and that can go a long way in seeing an improving product on the gridiron this August.
“Ultimately we are becoming a better football team with our players getting stronger and faster,” Parker closed.
With the recent rains and seeing an improved team should help the Lake Rise this season, GO LAKE!!
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(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?
Be Authentic with your Hawk Gear & LET’s GO LAKE!
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
Canyon Lake had a successful first year and seeing what this team might be able to accomplish will hopefully find more hidden treasures on the way to another fruitful season.
