GO HAWKS!!
Canyon Lake Girls had a good first Track & Field Meet as they battled with a crowded field with many large schools.
The Varsity finished in 4th place with 64 points while the Junior Varsity finished 6th overall while scoring 45 points in the 17 event Hawk Relays.
Varsity Junior Varsity
1. Dripping Springs 163.5 1. Dripping Springs 161
2. Hays 152.5 2. Hays 108
3. Wimberley 86 3. Wimberley 107.5
4. CL Hawks 64 4. San Marcos 73.5
5. Bandera 52 5. Lockhart 54.5
6. San Marcos 38 6. CL Hawks 45
7. Austin Akins 19 7. Austin Akins 28
8. Comfort 17 8. Luling 24
9. SMACC 14 9. Bandera 3
10. Luling 6 10. Comfort 2
11. Lockhart 5 11. SMACC 0.5
12. Austin Eastside 0 12. Austin Eastside 0
12. Austin Royals 0 12. Austin Royals 0
12. CL Hawks Green 0 12. CL Hawks Green 0
12. Cen Tx Christian School 0 12. Cen Tx Christian School 0
12. Lockhart B 0 12. Lockhart B 0
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GO HAWKS!!
Canyon Lake had a decent day on the track this past Saturday as the Varsity and Junior Varsity finished 3rd amongst some very large schools.
Final Results: Boys Junior Varsity Boys Varsity
Dripping Springs 130 Dripping Springs 135
Hays 103 Hays 129
CL Hawks 69 CL Hawks 65.5
San Marcos 68 San Marcos 62
Wimberley 57 Wimberley 49
Lockhart 55 Central Tex Christian School 46
Luling 39 Austin Akins 44.5
Bandera 30 Luling 37
Central Tex Christ School 20 Bandera 30
Austin Akins 17 Lockhart 21
Austin Eastside 12 Austin Eastside 1
Austin Royals 10 Austin Royals 0
CL Hawks Green 10 CL Hawks Green 0
Comfort 0 Comfort 0
SMACC 0 SMACC 0
Lockhart B 0 Lockhart B 0
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Lauren Mentzer pitches gem in win over Copperas Cove
Canyon Lake rebounded with a 10-2 win over Copperas Cove as the Hawks ended their Huber Ranch Tourney 3-3 for the three day event.
“We hit very well,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “We ran the bases and used our speed to our advantage.”
CL jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two innings which during normal circumstances would have led to warm fuzzies, however after enjoying similar leads in the past 3 days, Canyon Lake had to find a way to finish which happened when Sophomore pitcher Lauren Mentzer allowed the Bulldogs no more than 5 hits without walking a batter.
Alexis Robinson continued her hot bat with 2 triples in the win that knocked in 3 Hawks while, Junior Kat Weber got into an exclusive Sorority with a home run over the right center field fence.
Home Runs for CL Hawks
name # class
Alexis Robinson 7 Senior
Kelsey Ahrens 6 2015
Brianna Young 2 2014
Katy Payne 1 2010
Kat Weber 1 Junior
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Kat Weber knocked in Alexis Robinson in win over Luling Eagles
Canyon Lake finished their 2nd day at the Huber Ranch Softball Tournament and for the second day in a row finished with one win and one loss as the Hawks held off the Luling Eagles, 6-5 for the win.
This game would give Hawk fans a reason to think this year might be different as Maggie Banks came into the game to relieve Starter Alexis Robinson and as Banks pitched 2.1 innings giving up no runs for the win.
Robinson had the hot bat with 2 doubles and driving in 2 runs but it was a Robinson run off the bat of Kat Weber that had the final run and win for Canyon Lake.
“This week I had been struggling at the plate,” Robinson started. “I knew I needed to focus on my at bats and it finally worked.”
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The ReSporter: Congrats once again on reaching a milestone that is well deserved.
The ReSporter: What can you tell us about the Taylor Ducks?
Head Basketball Coach Lucas Chapman
Coach Chapman: “They are big and athletic and can really get up and down the court. They shoot the ball well from deep and can really attack and rebound the ball. They are certainly going to be a tough opponent, but someone that I think we can certainly play with if we do the things we want to do.”
The ReSporter: I noticed from your last few games that certain players are sharing more of the load in rebounds, etc. Is that by design or just what happens in the flow of the game?
Coach Chapman: “That just happens in the flow of the game. Sometimes the ball bounces differently, so to speak, so rebounding can be fickle sometimes. I do like that we are having more guys get rebounds, especially the guards.”
The ReSporter: What are 2 or 3 things you will need to shore up in order to put this team in a place to pull off an upset?
Coach Chapman: “We need to keep them out of the paint and off of the glass on the defensive end of the floor. If we can do that we have a great shot. We also need to slow them down and make sure they don’t get a bunch of transition and run-out layups. That’s where they really hurt you.” Read the rest here »
Gerrit Wilkins has been an internal part running CL’s offense
Canyon Lake has now made it official as they walloped Yoakum by 25 points in their win to leave no doubt that they deserve their first playoff game in the history of CL Hawks Basketball.
“I am very pleased with how we played,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman started. “We did exactly what we needed to do and built some momentum going into the playoffs.”
A lot of things went right in this game with the Bulldogs as they won each quarter by adding to the lead throughout the contest.
“We started off slow, but really picked it up and play with much better energy the rest of the game,” Coach Chapman assessed.
Gerit Wilkins finished the game with 7 assists as his command of the offense continues to impress as the game gets into a win or go home time of year.
Jacob Ramirez has been working on getting his offense back into his game since he was absent from the team as district play had started and now finds himself back in the groove.
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CL Hawks Top Three Boy’s Basketball
total points 3pt. shots field goal pct
Rory Preiss 243 Brandon Ward 30 Rory Preiss .465
Brandon Ward 237 Jacob Ramirez 30 Robert Woods .444
Will Gray 199 Will Gray 20 Tyler Williams .441
offensive rebounds defensive rebounds total rebounds
Rory Preiss 71 Rory Preiss 112 Rory Preiss 183
Tyler Williams 49 Heath McDonough 89 Heath McDonough 132
Heath McDonough 43 Will Gray 87 Will Gray 119
assists steals blocks
Gerrit Wilkins 64 Rory Preiss 43 Tyler Williams 39
Will Gray 54 Brandon Ward 41 Heath McDonough 18
Brandon Ward 47 Will Gray 37 Rory Preiss 15
3pt percentage free throw made free throw pct
Jacob Ramirez .357 Brandon Ward 49 Brandon Ward .671
Gerrit Wilkins .304 Gerrit Wilkins 40 Justin Ferris .588
Rory Preiss .292 Rory Preiss 38 Jacob Ramirez .571
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CL All-Time Stats Top 10 (Updated for current players)
Total Points 3pt Goals Made Free Throws
Andrew Riali 594 Andrew Riali 122 Andrew Riali 121
Matt Magness 555 Chris Green 77 Matt Magness 120
Brandon Ward 493 Garrett Winters 71 Christian Pena 102
Rory Preiss 414 Matt Magness 52 Brandon Berger 90
Stuart Lowry 407 Brandon Ward 48 Doug Hubnik 80
Caleb Kreiger 406 Will Gray 36 Brandon Ward 74
Skyler Tschoepe 362 Paul Davis 34 Rory Preiss 73
Christian Pena 356 Skyler Tschoepe 34 Caleb Kreiger 72
Tanner Jones 348 Stuart Lowry 31 Sean Nolan 67
Chris Green 348 Jacob Ramirez 30 Tanner Jones 66
Will Gray 310 Skyler Tschoepe 66
Will Gray 49
Total Rebounds Steals Assists
Sean Nolan 368 Neal Whitehead 78 Doug Hubnik 187
Rory Preiss 342 Tanner Jones 76 Matt Magness 136
Andrew Riali 296 Rory Preiss 76 Tanner Jones 90
Skyler Tschoepe 249 Matt Magness 69 Brandon Ward 85
Caleb Kreiger 218 Skyler Tschoepe 69 Brandon Berger 78
Neal Whitehead 203 Doug Hubnik 62 Garrett Winters 77
Tyler Williams 185 Brandon Ward 58 Will Gray 71
Eric Nelson 184 Javier Mendez 58 Gerrit Wilkins 64
Matt Magness 156 Brandon Berger 56 Christian Pena 59
Javier Mendez 151 Will Gray 53 Daulton Winters 56
Rory Preiss 51
Blocks Season Points # Year
Sean Nolan 85 Caleb Kreiger 406 ’12
Tyler Williams 65 Christian Pena 356 ’09
Caleb Kreiger 59 Tanner Jones 348 ’09
Neal Whitehead 47 Andrew Riali 328 ’14
Eric Nelson 29 Stuart Lowry 282 ’10
Skyler Tschoepe 29 Matt Magness 278 ’12
Rory Preiss 23 Andrew Riali 267 ’13
Heath McDonough 18 Paul Davis 259 ’13
Kevin Nolan 15 Brandon Ward 256 ’15
Ancel Morel 15 Matt Magness 252 ’11
Will Nance 11 Rory Preiss 240 ‘16
Brandon Ward 237 ‘16
Will Gray 199 ‘16
Jacob Ramirez 154 ‘16
Tyler Williams 126 ‘16
Heath McDonough 126 ‘16
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Canyon Lake Girls Soccer won their last non-district game over La Vernia, 2-0 at the Hawk Nest on Tuesday night.
A good win as the last few games have had this team finding it hard to get a win as last Saturday, a loss to Liberty Hill and then a string of games that ended in tied scores.
“We played hard and tough,” Head Coach Ryan Tierney said. “I have been extremely proud of our defense lately as they stayed on marks and lock down offensive players and it makes it hard to get shots on goal.”
The Hawks made up for a 1 all tie in their last tilt against the Bears almost a month ago.
CL now will start their tough district slate this Friday on the road at Boerne.
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Travis Walker played 4 years on the Varsity and holds many of the Hawk Records
The ReSporter has been hurriedly trying to get with as many of the Coaches as possible as this time of the year starts to unfold with a lot of games and events going on, almost non-stop.
Catching up with Baseball Head Coach Trent Dunavant was next on our docket and The ReSporter will share the conversation next.
The ReSporter: First off, this season has to remind you of your first year as Coach in the hill country.
Coach Dunavant: “That is the exact analogy I was mentioning to Coach Bret Hodges the other day as we have more Freshman and inexperienced players than those days when we had just Sophomores and Juniors on the club and getting ready for our first season.”
The ReSporter: I was thinking that when you shared that your roster would be so young and then you add how many on last year’s team were seniors and walking across the stage.
The ReSporter: How will you approach this upcoming schedule?
Coach Dunavant: “We are really young and we have three players, Dylan Hodges, CJ Parrish, and Gavin Dietrich that played on last year’s varsity. Austin Brooks did play a little but he was more of person we would plug in here or there.”
Coach Dunavant: “We will have to rely on Dietrich a lot since he pitched for us last year and we just don’t have a lot of pitchers with experience starting this year.”
The ReSporter: Do you have any ‘diamonds in the rough’ that we can look forward to seeing?
Coach Dunavant: “Hayden Reed will give us some good outfield play and Lee Stafford is a catcher by trade but we will be able to move him as a utility middle infielder.”
The ReSporter: When you have such a young team, what part of the game would you say is the hardest to conquer?
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Coach Dunavant: “Hitting is the hardest you have to have so much muscle memory and unless they are playing throughout the season, that will be something hard for these players to master during the season…..defense does not go into a slump.”
The ReSporter: That is a good one coach, that reminded me of many of your past seniors that came into their last campaign and they just hit a mental block and could not get out of their season long slump even though they had a very productive junior year.”
Coach Dunavant: “Yes, even if they can swing a bat, they still have to pick out the right pitch to drive and that just does not happen overnight.”
The ReSporter: How will you replace a Garrett Winters?
Coach Dunavant: “That will be very difficult as he was a top young man and he always brought a great attitude to the field. Yes, his play was ideal, but his upbeat attitude will be hard to replace.”
The ReSporter: Your schedule will not be very forgiving early in the season.
Coach Dunavant: “That is something you cannot know how it will affect the team. We have gone to the Lockhart tournaments before and after playing those teams we would come home and get our game handed to us by more experienced teams. So just playing games for feeling good about yourself will not alway play dividends against teams down the road.”
Coach Dunavant: “We will have a different schedule next year since our district will be much smaller and that will give us a chance to play more non-district teams.”
The ReSporter: This year will be a season where wins and losses might not tell the whole story on how this group might play out as the next two seasons play out.
Coach Dunavant: “We will see what happens and it all feeds on having our kids play a lot….we had a good effort against Boerne and our kids will give a good effort and they are very coachable. If we can stay healthy and we know we have no depth but this will be the first time in a while we will not have any drama going on in practice.”
The ReSporter: Thanks Coach, I will assume having drama on a baseball team will sometimes play against you especially if that drama is a One Act Play. Good luck and we will hope that those one-act-plays turn into double plays.
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All-Time Top 5
batting ave. at bats runs
Michael Brady .364 Travis Walker 272 Travis Walker 65
Nick Cahill .354 Garrett Winters 192 Joe Shone 37
Ross Wagliardo .338 Cody Powell 188 Corey Shedrock 36
Zach Jenkins .336 Michael Brady 184 Nick Cahill 34
Corey Shedrock .320 Logan Felch 184 Cody Powell 34
hits rbi’s extra base hits
Travis Walker 80 Travis Walker 44 Travis Walker 26
Michael Brady 67 Logan Felch 43 Logan Felch 21
Daniel Camarillo 52 Michael Brady 38 Corey Shedrock 17
Jeff Nabors 49 Zach Jenkins 29 Kyler Huff 14
Logan Felch 49 Nick Cahill 27 Jeff Nabors 13
Cody Powell 27 Joe Shone 13
base on balls innings pitched strikeouts
Michael Brady 48 Cody Powell 114.1 Cody Powell 128
Travis Walker 39 Ross Wagliardo 96.1 Ross Wagliardo 109
Daulton Winters 37 Logan Felch 93.2 Cody Breest 87
Kyler Huff 30 Cody Breest 79.1 Logan Felch 64
Garrett Winters 30 Nick Kissell 66.1 Jeff Nabors 56
era (15 or more innings wins
Gordon McCleary 2.32 Cody Breest 11
Cody Breest 2.48 Cody Powell 7
Zach Jenkins 3.03 Ross Wagliardo 5
Cody Powell 3.62 Logan Felch 4
Travis Walker 3.98 Ryan Hutcheson 4
Graduate Mariah Ellis made her mark in more than just one event
The ReSporter: What aspect of this year’s team do you think will be the strongest and why?
Coach Barthels: “I think we will be strong in the hurdles and the relays this year.”
The ReSporter: What about the Field Events?
Coach Barthels: “We have some returning throwers that should get us some points this year and a few Freshman and first year track girls that may help us in the throwing department. Bailey Drum will compete and has a shot at making it to regionals if not state this year in the triple jump. Emma Gray, when basketball season is over should help us in high jump and long/triple jump. Skylar Hurst came on and made it to the area meet in triple jump last year so expectations are that she will also improve this year. Addison Farley has been working on the high jump and long jump and is doing quite well for a first time track athlete as a senior, I am excited to see what she and the others that are new to track can do for our team.”
The ReSporter: Tell us about the Hurdles?
Coach Barthels: “Bailey Drum and Sydney Reibschlaeger should be very competitive this year in both the 100 and 300M hurdles. I only have two other hurdlers so I am working on converting some of the sprinters.”
The ReSporter: Give us your Short Distance (Dash) athletes.
Coach Barthels: “Alysha Perez and Skylar Hurst will compete after good seasons in both the 100 and 200 M Dash. We had some great runners last year with a young JV team and depending on times they may compete this year as Varsity runners or will continue to strive on the JV team. Kaylie Duke, Ashley Shipman, Jasmine Ramos…”
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