Hawks will be reaching for every yard available this Friday for their season opener. (photo by mjrphotog.com)
Blanco @ Canyon Lake Fri. Sept. 1st 7:30pm
Panthers 0-0 Hawks 0-0
Series Record: Panthers lead series 5-4.
2008 CL Hawks 00 Panthers 63
2009 CL Hawks 21 Panthers 14
2010 CL Hawks 07 Panthers 12
2011 CL Hawks 14 Panthers 07
2012 CL Hawks 26 Panthers 21
2013 CL Hawks 06 Panthers 13
2014 CL Hawks 07 Panthers 35
2015 CL Hawks 00 Panthers 14
2016 CL Hawks 40 Panthers 07
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Canyon Lake will need a win tonight to even their series with the Blanco Panthers as the Hawks will enter their 10th year of competition and presently have a 4-5 record against our friends on the Blanco River.
CL has had a problem in scoring points in these 9 previous years as last season’s 40 points was the most ever.
In fact, the previous 4 games before last year’s game, Canyon Lake, had amassed 39 points total in those contests. It broke a 3 game losing streak and before that 33 point win, the Hawks had not won any previous Panther game by more than a touchdown. (21-14 in 2009)
Blanco JV team lost by 6 points last year and won the year before that, so those indicators might show how this could be a much closer game than might be expected.
The Panthers are similar to Canyon Lake in that throwing the ball is not how they move the ball on offense.
With just 400 yards passing last year, Blanco, would like to control the contest on the ground. QB Kelby Cox will be returning and ready to have a better start than last year’s game.
Beat the Panthers!
Blanco has 6 offensive and 5 defensive starters returning as RB/LB Jeff Hood will be in the backfield while having snaps as a starting linebacker. How the offensive line performs will let you know how the offense will stack up to a loaded CL Hawk team.
Canyon Lake will have a loaded offensive team as most of those students are back from a team that averaged 39 points per game last season.
QB Ben Fulton will be behind center for his 3rd year in a row and that will hopefully pay dividends as Tanner Faris and Micah St. John will be entering another campaign as running backs.
The Hawk offensive line will be anchored by 4 year starter Jacob Foster and this formula could be lethal as CL, by not losing a lot of offensive players, will have a significant amount of snaps with the same cast for two years running. (pardon the pun)
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Defensively, Canyon Lake had an up and down year and will be working on a plan to get this group of players up to speed quickly this year.
There will be games that an offense will not always be on their ‘A’ game and having a defense that has the ability to shut down teams will be a must.
Defense will build champions and Blanco will certainly vouch for that sentiment as this club has been top notch each of their long playoff runs.
Hence, Canyon Lake, has a 4-5 all-time record and not counting last year’s 40 point output, the Hawks averaged 10 points In those previous battles. That will attest to how well the Panther’s have played defense during this series.
Go Hawks!
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(from left to right) Elena Vargas, Reagan Cowan, Riley Mickey, Caroline Kullberg, Eden Farley, Anna Bettersworth, Cassidy Felps, Paige Bower, (bottom row), Alysha Perez, Hanna White, Faith Hasness, Amber Voigt, Lainee Moses, Mariah Haight, Savanna Cox (photo by Karen Holmes)
This Week @ Canyon Lake
Tuesday Aug. 29 Marion Fresh @ CL Hawks Fresh. Volleyball 5pm
Marion JV @ CL Hawks JV Volleyball 5pm
Marion @ CL Hawks Volleyball 6pm
Thursday Aug. 31 CL Fr @ St. Anthony’s Football 5pm
CLJV @ Blanco JV Football 6pm
Friday Sept. 1 Blanco @ CL Hawks Varsity Football 730pm
Saturday Sept. 2 CL Hawks @ New Braunfels CrossCountry am
Fairgrounds
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Canyon Lake’s Volleyball team will be back in action after having an undefeated week of contests that were cut short with the arrival of Harvey.
Go Hawks Beat Blanco
Last Tuesday the Hawks swept a very good SubVarsity Poth squad as both of the Freshman and Junior Varsity continued their early season battles.
The Hawk Varsity Volleyball team went 5 games in their match with the Poth Pirates as CL continues their ascension in taking care of their home court advantage.
Canyon Lake continued their week with a quick 2 game sweep against two 6A foes in Del Valle from the Austin area and Keller Central from the Dallas metroplex.
The Hawks will continue their season with another home game on Tuesday against Marion.
Tis the season for CL Football in getting started this Thursday and Friday as the dress rehearsal with La Vernia and Smithville helped the Coaches to see what needs to be worked on.
Canyon Lake is coming off one of their better seasons in a while as a 7-4 squad was one win away from having their first varsity district championship.
Go Hawks!
The Hawks had their best offensive output that would have CL scoring at a 39 point clip average for the season.
Blanco will once again be in the Hawks crosshair as this will be the 10th year of competition and Canyon Lake has a chance of evening the score with our friends up Highway 281.
Come early for the 7:30pm start time and if you cannot make the home opener then tune into the live stream of the 2nd year CLB Network.
Let’s Go Hawks!!
Mariah Haight and Raegan Cowan prepare for opponents next move. (Photo Karen Holmes)
CL Hawks win two of their scheduled Volleyball games on Thursday at the Rattler Tournament in San Marcos.
With the incoming Harvey Hurricane the tournament will not have any scheduled games for Saturday and the Hawks have also called off their Friday night game with Blanco for that same reason.
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This year’s CLB will start tonight for the Hawks scrimmage with La Vernia starting at 5:45.
The Season will start next Friday September 1st when Canyon Lake plays host to the Blanco Panthers.
Go to the Green CLB block above on the home page for access to the broadcast and Go Hawks!!
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Hawk Freshman Back Row Putting a Patch on the Pirates Eye in sweep. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake Freshman Volleyball swept the Poth Freshman off the Plank in a Tuesday night contest winning, 25-23 and 25-12.
“We were consistent,” Head JV Coach Tosha Ridgeway commented on how the team took control in that second game. “We finished this game and that is what we were wanting to learn today…to finish.
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Paige Bower readies for take-off with Eden Farley and Raegan Cowan prepare for next move. (picture by Karen Holmes)
CL Hawks went the distance in a win over the Poth Pirates on Tuesday night at the Hawk Nest.
After a 4-2 record in last week’s Sinton Tourney, Canyon Lake (11-5) found themselves in a battle with Poth as these Pirates did not want to walk the plank after prolonging the battle with a 5 game set.
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Faith Hasness continued her strong Senior campaign in Sinton
The Lady Hawks finished their 2nd day with a 3rd place finish in the Gold Bracket, at the Sinton Volleyball Tournament giving Canyon Lake an 11th place finish out of 32 schools.
A win over Austin Anderson to start the day was good, but a set back against St. Joseph put the Hawks with a final game with Austin Akins for the 3rd place finish in this bracket.
In the loss a Hawk slow start was the difference as Canyon Lake could not win the 3rd game and that loss solidified the Hawks to the Gold Bracket with the other one loss teams in pool play.
On what the Hawks gained in this tourney, Coach Kim Paisley commented, “We definitely got more touches on the ball and we had more people getting to play….but we still have a lot of work to do.”
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Ben Fulton will be starting his 3rd year in less than 2 weeks against Blanco.
Canyon Lake’s first scrimmage is in the book as the Hawk start their football exhibition
season. The 1st Team scored multiple touchdowns coming away with a win over Smithville.
“It was good work for us,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “It got sloppy at the end with blown assignments and poor tackling.”
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Peyton Chew is a welcoming sight for Hawks Volleyball
The Hawk’s Sub-Varsity Volleyball teams both swept the Lockhart Lions with some back to basic wins.
This year the CLJV squad started with two tough opponents before being entered into the Tex-Fest tournament because of last minute team cancellations.
That put the JV ladies against Varsity Schools which gave the Junior Varsity some good reps even though the results did not add up to any wins.
Getting back to basically playing another JV school helped with a Canyon Lake sweep over Lockhart, 25-20 and 25-20.
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CL Hawks improve record to 6-3 after win over Lockhart. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Hawks victory over the Lockhart Lions was their 6th win in the last 7 games as this team will now prepare for the Sinton Tournament starting this Friday.
Canyon Lake started with a much tougher game than they wanted as Head Coach Kim Paisley had used up all her timeouts before the first rotation had finished.
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