Defensive End Tyler McCleary making himself known in game with the Tigers
Canyon Lake’s, the Young and the Restless, came alive in the second half beating the Smithville Tigers, 25-14 for their first win of the season.
“This team cannot use the ‘we are young’ any longer and that excuse can’t go on,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “We did not play with any juice starting the game….but we showed it in the second half.”
The Tigers had a total of 12 offensive plays in that second half with a total of 30 yards as the Hawks controlled the ball for 20 of the 24 minutes in the second stanza. To be exact, CL> 19:50 and Smithville > 4:10.
That first half had the Tigers with a 14-7 lead after scoring on a 34 yard pass play with no time left on the clock.
The Tigers made the most of their opportunities in that first part of the game as their passing offense had 180 yards, capped off by a 62 yard catch run to the Hawk’s 1 yard line in scoring the first touchdown in this game.
Smithville had 217 halftime yardage and finished the game with just 30 more yards in that second half.
Defensive Ends, Robert Woods and Tyler McCleary had so many sacks that HEB said they had a job for life in sacking if they wanted that opportunity.
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17 Year Old Tyler Bishop with Anthony Ozuna after 18-0 whitewash over Smithville
CLJV had a birthday bash for Smithville on Thursday night as they methodically took care of the Tigers in their first home game of the season.
Right out of the gate the surprise Birthday was sniffed out as Defensive Back Tyler Bishop decided to jump on a gift from the Smithville Quarterback and took it home for a 40 yard interception return.
The interception was on the third play from scrimmage and the gift was opened and used for becoming the only gifts needing to be opened for the win.
“I knew they would be throwing a pass and I told Caimen (McDonough) to be looking for it,” Clairvoyant Bishop said.
Bishop celebrated his 17th Birthday on this night and what a present in the size of a oblong object being thrown in your direction.
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Cade Dunavant and Cooper Harris are one-two punch in win over Smithville
Canyon Lake Freshman keep on rolling as they cleaned up the Tigers on Thursday night winning, 34-0.
Smithville started the game with 14 running plays and taking the script from the Hawk’s playbook in taking the air from the clock.
The Tigers were finally stopped after reaching the CL 13 yard line and that would be all the offense this team would accumulate.
This drive ended with Smithville garnering 48 yards and the Tigers finished the game with 43 total yards.
“We did not have the our minds right and we were not focused,” QB Cooper Harris stated. “We started to be a real football team after the second half started…..we got a pep talk at halftime and Coach said we needed to get our head out.”
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History: Canyon Lake leads the all-time series, 1-0.
2014 Hawks 43 Tigers 14
This Year's Games
Hawks 00 Blanco 14 Smithville 28 Rockdale 48
Canyon Lake will enter this year’s second game much like they did last year after a bruising loss to Blanco and this time an offensive shut out from the Panthers.
Smithville had also started their first game with CL with a loss and both teams trying to get off the floor with their first win of the season.
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Coaches Corner with Hawk’s Charley Drum
Canyon Lake’s Head Coach Charley Drum
The ReSporter: Another tough game with Blanco, last season you changed some personnel after that loss…will you be making some changes this week?
Coach Drum: “Not as much, the effort was there and the mistakes can be taken care of. We wanted to see their set and they (the players) did the same thing.”
The ReSporter: That old adage of how a team improves from game one to game two, what are your thoughts.
Coach Drum: “They did well and we had a lot of improvement from the last scrimmage to the game with Blanco. They get it, were they perfect? No! But I like what I saw.” Read the rest here »
Junior setter Regan Mickey finished with 29 assists in win over Marion
Canyon Lake ran away with their score over Marion winning, 3-0 in their Tuesday match up with the Bulldogs.
“Coach (Paisley) said that if they scored over 12 points then their would be consequences,” Junior Setter Regan Mickey said.
When asked what those consequences might be, Mickey was succinct, “We knew Coach would have us running.”
So that will explain the three set scores: 25-17, 25-20, and 25-7. Notice that last set score and you will see a group of players taking their coach seriously.
The two outside hitters had good matches finishing the contest with 17 and 13 kills for Addison Farley and Bailey Drum respectively.
There was good play all around in the game from the net to the back row as each player had a say in the final score.
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Hawks after Winning Silver Bracket at Rattler Tournament
This Week @ Canyon Lake & Bracken Christian
Tue Sept 1 CL Hawks Fresh beat Marion 25-9 & 25-13 Volleyball
CL Hawks JV beat Marion 25-7 & 25-14 Volleyball
CL Hawks Var beat Marion 25-17, 25-20, 25-07 Volleyball
Thu Sept 3 CL Hawks Fresh beat Smithville 34-00 Football
CLJV beat Smithvill JV 18-00 Football
CL Gold beat Lehman 38-06 Football
Fri Sept 4 Bracken Warrior beat Victoria Cobra 54-19 Football
CL Hawks beat Smithville 25-14 Football
CL Hawks beat Salvio 25-12, 25-20, 26-24 Volleyball
CL Hawks JV beat Salvio 25-21, 25-16 Volleyball
CL Hawks Fresh beat Salvio 25-18, 25-09 Volleyball
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Bracken Christian started their season with a win over Temple Holy Trinity to the tune of, 54-24.
“Our guys executed and started off like they should have,” Head Coach Hosea Stredic said. “It was all about execution.”
It was music to the Warriors ears as Cristian De Leon opened the game with a 48 yard kick off return as BCS used that score and added two more for a 24-0 first quarter lead.
More music to the ears came at the sound of watching Carlos Navarro complete 7 out of 8 scores with extra point success that can many times spell doom or victory in 6-man games.
Daniel Forgione also was a first chair recipient as he returned to Bracken’s sideline after a one year absence by finishing with 2 touchdowns and 144 yards rushing.
Some rookies also played their horns well, as Presley Day finished this ensemble with 208 rushing yards, capping it off with a 74 yard touchdown run putting him with a good group of accomplished Warrior rushers.
Player Yds Game Year
1. Grady Achilles 78 Austin Hill Country 2010
1. Eli Achilles 78 SA Winston 2012
3. Presley Day 74 Temple Holy Trinity 2015
3. Noah Boriack 74 San Marcos Home School 2013
5. Grady Achilles 71 Emery-Weiner 2011
6. Noah Boriack 70 Austin Veritas 2014
6. Austin Wilkinson 70 New Braunfels Christian 2011
The music was not only played by the offense but the defense also hummed a couple of bars as newcomer Cade Middleton finished with 9 tackles and Day put 8 Temple players to the ground.
Noble Simmons not only had a sack, but he caused a fumble on the play and recovered the ball to complete the stanza.
“I believe the Defensive End is the most important position on defense,” Coach Stredic stated. “We are in trouble if the DE cannot keep the play going to the inside….it is not their job to get tackles.”
Another player that did not have a lot of time on the field was Senior Joshua Chu, but this young man made every play count as he had two tackles in a row for lost yardage.
“Chu, is our secret weapon,” Coach Stredic said strategically. “He came in and gave guys a breather.”
The maestro (Coach Stredic) was also waving his hands on the sidelines helping the participants to be sure to not miss a note, as this tune had all the parts playing and singing in unison.
On Bracken’s first drive, the Warriors took 4 plays to score with Forgione toting the ball for 71 yards on the drive with one play covering 58 yards to help relieve the pressure.
More of the same on Bracken’s next possession when Brady Beene sauntered in from 10 yards out to finish the 52 yard drive and increase the Warriors lead to, 24-0.
From there, BCS, hit some rough edges as penalties helped in having some promising drives to stall.
Temple then opened their second half with 49 yard drive on 9 plays to get on the board. Alternating with 4 passes and 5 running plays kept the Warriors guessing wrong and giving up that first score.
Day got better as the day turned to night and was 35 yards of the 45 yards totaled in the next drive.
Forgione intercepted a Temple pass on the next series of downs and BCS took 6 plays to score when Beene found De Leon for a 7 yard pass helping Bracken to enjoy their largest lead of the night, 38-6.
Do a little math and you will see how important having Navarro on your team.
The 8 touchdowns resulted in 14 extra points that in the past 4 years being successful on the pat has not been a given.
Temple Holy Trinity was 0fer on their point after attempts and those 14 points might not mean much in a game like this, but for future reference, those points will be gold when you are playing teams that every point is important.
With 4:00 minutes left in the game was when Day decided to turn out the lights on Temple when he scampered 74 yards for the, 54-18 score deep in the fourth quarter.
Bracken did a lot of things well for this first game of the season and now will see if they can continue to grow and mature as a team.
“We came out like we wanted to and did not run a whole lot of plays,” Coach Stredic closed. “We stayed in a tight offense for much of the game and played them straight up.”
The Warriors district is one of the toughest in the state and each game will be a test tube experiment on how to proceed with your goals in tact.
The music was nice on this night as the crescendo matched the anticipation as another year has started and knowing how this piece of music will end is anybodies guess at this point, but for this night it was music to the ears!
Go Warriors!!
1 2 3 4 Final
Temple Holy Trinity 0 0 12 12 24
Bracken Warriors 24 0 14 16 54
Scoring Summary:
BCS-Cristian De Leon 48 yard kick-off return (Carlos Navarro kick), 9:48, 1st
BCS-Daniel Forgione 13 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 5:41, 1st
BCS-Brady Beene 10 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 0:00, 1st
THT-11 yard run (pat failed), 6:11, 3rd
BCS-Daniel Forgione 10 yard pass from Brady Beene (Navarro kick), 5:23, 3rd
BCS-Cristian De Leon 7 yard pass from Brady Beene (pat failed), 2:56, 3rd
THT-65 yard run (pat failed), 1:33, 3rd
THT-13 yard run (pat failed), 7:01, 4th
BCS-Presley Day 19 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 6:02, 4th
BCS-Presley Day 74 yard run (Carlos Navarro kick), 3:54, 4th
THT-20 yard pass (pat failed), 0:02, 4th
Game Stats Temple Warriors
Total Yards 275 442
First Downs 8 11
Rushes/Yards 27/199 33/390
Comp/Att/Int 10/19/1 5/8/0
Passing Yards 76 52
Punts/Average 4/40.8 0/0
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 3/2
Penalties-Yards 3-30 10-87
Passing Comp Att Pct Yds TD Int
Brady Beene 5 8 .625 52 2 0
Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD
Presley Day 15 208 13.9 74 2
Daniel Forgione 12 144 12.0 58 1
Brady Beene 3 26 8.7 16 1
Cristian De Leon 1 4 4.0 4 0
Joshua Chu 1 4 4.0 4 0
Cade Middleton 1 4 4.0 4 0
Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD
Cade Middleton 1 22 22.0 22 0
Daniel Forgione 2 20 10.0 10 1
Cristian De Leon 2 10 5.0 7 1
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Hawks after Winning Silver Bracket at Rattler Tournament
Canyon Lake won the Silver Bracket Championship in the San Marcos Rattler Tournament that finished on Saturday.
“We won the Bronze bracket last year and we wanted to bring some hardware home tonight,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said proudly.
The Hawks swept three games on Saturday winning the final over 6A Weatherford Kangaroos in three sets.
A good week of Volleyball for the Hawks after upping their schedule to play in last week’s NEISD Tournament against larger schools.
“This was a good day…..great day,” Coach Paisley said as her voice was leaving her. “Hannah’s (Wunderlich) serving was on fire, she had good muscle memory and she was on fire….our defense is getting better and we are heading in the right direction.”
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