Canyon Lake started their season with two wins as Harper and St. Anthony were victims at the Navarro Tournament.
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Kelsey Ahrens got the year going strong with 3 rbi’s in her game with Harper, while Kirsten Jones and Kat Weber each had two hits.
The Hawks held on in this timed game as Harper struck for two runs to close the gap but it was still not enough as Canyon Lake held on for their first win.
Robinson pitched 8 strike outs allowing just two hits in the win.
In the Hawks second game, the power game was evident as Canyon Lake scored 7 runs in the top of the fourth inning to wrestle the lead and coast to their win over St. Anthony.
Kelsey Ahrens had a double while Robinson and Dubois both reached base with triples.
The Hawks totaled 11 hits and finished the day with those two wins.
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Canyon Lake’s Freshman squad started a sweep on Tuesday night as they ran away from Yoakum in grand fashion, 55-13.
Michael Harwell, Matthewl Coyne, and Chris Cole pose after a blowout win beating Yoakum, 55-13
In fact, the Hawk’s 14 points in the first quarter would have won this game as Yoakum did not have an answer to every Hawk but two scoring in this game.
“The last couple of weeks we have been working on our mental toughness in practice,” Head Freshman Coach Javier Almanza started. “This group has tons of potential and they bust their butts in games and practices….we are night and day better than where we were when we started.”
Joseph and McDonough led the scoring with 12 and 10 points respectfully as Joseph also chipped in with 10 rebounds for a double-double.
Canyon Lake also stole the show with 23 thefts as Yoakum found it tough to advance the ball to get a shot off.
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Canyon Lake’s JV team finished their District 26-4A season with a 9-3 record after taking care of Yoakum Bulldogs, 37-28.
Gerrit Wilkins was key in win over Navarro JV
“This game wasn’t pretty,” Head JV Coach Brian Hooper stated. “This team has gotten better as this season has progressed and as the competition started getting tougher this team has been getting after it.”
The Hawk’s largest lead was 10 points with less than 3 minutes in the game as their persistence was consistent as their defense kept Yoakum with just 28 points.
Heath McDonough finished this game with a double-double scoring 14 points with 12 rebounds.
Canyon Lake had a suffocating defense which allowed just enough time for working the offense in getting points and this win.
With just enough from the rest of the team allowed Canyon Lake to increase their lead in the second half and their eventual win.
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The Hawks started their last game of this season with an all out senior line up and then an all out sophomore, Rory Preiss blitz in their win over Yoakum, 70-52.
Seniors Sean Nolan, Skyler Tschoepe, and Garrett Winters
With three minutes gone in the first quarter, CL was down 7 points with a very sloppy start as a Yoakum press was doing enough damage that Preiss finally jumped started the Hawks with a 9 point run within a one minute span.
Preiss scored 6 points in that minute and had an assist to Brandon Ward from beyond the arc to help bring the game back from what could have been the abyss.
That energy coming from Preiss also helped in reaching a double-double in the first half of play as Preiss ended with 15 points and 10 rebounds before the end of that second quarter.
“We started off too loose and sloppy,” Head Coach Luke Chapman said. “We had great energy from Rory, right when we needed it.”
Offensive rebounds galore helped CL with one of their best shooting games this season at 48% with a team best 29 field goals.
“Once we got into the offensive side of the court, Yoakum did not have a defensive answer,” Coach Chapman shot. “After getting better at breaking their press we had an opportunity with our transition game especially in that second half.”
The Hawks also finished with three turnovers in the second half compared to a press related 14 in the first half.
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Heath McDonough will be hopefully jumping into the record books this track season.
Canyon Lake will sprint into action this coming Saturday as the Hawks open their Track & Field Season with the Hawk Relays.
There will be 10 teams participating this year from around the area.
San Marcos Austin Akins
Del Valle Dripping Springs
Hays Lockhart Luling
Navarro SMACC
Canyon Lake
The Hawks have been warming up in the up and down weather pattern this past couple of weeks.
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Caitlin Gillum driving for two points against Bandera
Canyon Lake has finished their season and The ReSporter would like to share the All-Time Stat list to show where some Seniors finished and where some of the Hawk players stand in their quest to rise to the top.
Some notes for the numbers below will need to be communicated as Ashley Pfaff stats are based with just one year of playing and so that should help people understand just how good of a player this young lady was.
If The ReSporter was going to place a starting line-up, then based on watching the players below and crunching their numbers then this would be the team we would go to the hardwood with.
Ashley Pfaff: Her numbers speak for themselves, but more than that this player was an all around player that could also handle the ball.
The total package from her assists and blocked shots to her shooting and dishing the rock.
Katie Williams: Katie would be our, ‘get it done underneath’, player. You could count on Williams each night as she brought her lunch pale and was always ready for battle.
Tiffany Arredondo: Arredondo could break a press just by dribbling through the defense and her ability to find a player for an assist is why she is over 40 away from any other player reaching her numbers.
Arredondo is who we would want as our quarterback in those tough situations.
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This Week @ Canyon Lake
February 17th Yoakum 13 CL Hawks Fresh 55 Basketball 5:00pm
Yoakum 28 CL Hawks JV 37 Basketball 6:15pm
Yoakum 52 CL Hawks Varsity 70 Basketball 7:30pm
Liberty Hill 2 CL Hawks 0 Soccer 5:00pm
HC Christ Academy @ CL Hawks JV Softball 5:00pm
February 18th CL Hawks @ Seguin Tournament Girls Golf All Day
Burnet @ CL Hawks JV Baseball 5:00pm
CL Hawks @ Burnet Varsity Baseball 5:00pm
February 19th CL Hawks Win Navarro Tournament Boys Golf All Day
CL Hawks 5 Harper 3 Softball
CL Hawks 8 St Anthony 4 Softball
February 20th CL Hawks 7 John Paul II 2 Softball
CL Hawks 5 Amarillo High 3 Softball
Marion @ CL Hawks JV Baseball 4:30pm
Marion @ CL Hawks Varsity Baseball 6:00pm
February 21st Hawk Relays @ Canyon Lake High School Track Noon
CL Hawks @ Boerne Girls Soccer 10:00am
CL Hawks @ Boerne Boys Soccer Noon
CL Hawks @ Navarro Tournament Softball TBA
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Canyon Lake’s Softball team played their last scrimmage game last night in a win over Fredericksburg, 3-2.
Kelsey Ahrens is ready for season to start after last scrimmage with Fredericksburg
“We’re progressing,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “I saw a lot of good things tonight.”
Short and to the point as this team still has some confidence issues in the field and plate but the trek to having a more competitive team is much shorter than in year’s past.
The Hawks had just two Seniors on last year’s team and again this time around there will be just two Seniors to contribute on another young CL team sport.
“I am hoping for a successful season,” Senior Kelsey Ahrens led off. “A good year for us would be consistency and going forward and not taking a step back.”
On how just two seniors can motivate a team that is made up many more younger players? “We just have to keep talking to our teammates and know there will be times we will need to be mentally tough and need to step it up.”
Canyon Lake started last season with a strong pre-district record but when district play begin the Hawks just could not get a complete game.
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Canyon Lake Baseball, hopes to avoid injuries and other hurdles with the new season approaching next week as the Hawks opened their season with a scrimmage against Llano last Tuesday.
Senior Nick Cahill will hope for a repeat of last years offense numbers
“We played at times looking like it was our first scrimmage,” Head Baseball Coach Trent Dunavant assessed that game.
With this new year of play it will also usher in a district that certainly will be an upgrade from last year’s district.
Granted that statement is based on last year so there will always be teams that might not reach their potential and some teams that will gel and knock your socks off.
Canyon Lake was a team last year that did not reach their potential.
The Hawks entered their campaign last season with more returning starters than they have had since their second year of play when CL was in their second year of competition.
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Canyon Lake Lady Hawks made their game very interesting as they closed a 13 point La Vernia lead and tied it up with just one minute left in the game.
Senior Kyndall Drum finishes her last game with 21 points as the Hawks just missed a chance for a win.
Senior Kyndall Drum was the main instrumental piece that forged the comeback.
“I was angry,” Drum beat. “I did not want to end the season the way the game was going and so I just wanted to help as much as I could.”
Help she did as Drum was the tallest person on the floor for most of this game and La Vernia did not have an answer for her inside play as the Hawks finally started feeding Drum the ball and a comeback was started.
The Hawks started their play inside while La Vernia’s three point shooting accuracy fell in that second half.
Drum finished the year with another double-double as she also snatched 10 rebounds to finish her career as a Hawk.
A few mistakes in that final minute of play sealed Canyon Lake’s loss, but this young team did make a good run for that final playoff spot.
Freshman and Sophomores have played an important roll for this year’s edition and with another year of maturity, this team can certainly become a force in the seasons to come.
Improvements with handling the ball as well as passing will certainly lower the turnover problem that plagued this team.
Two years ago, Kyndall Drum had a horrid free throw percentage and she worked on that part of her game and shot over 50% for her senior year.
Little things can become bigger for this team as a bigger finish next year will hopefully result in playoffs for Canyon Lake.
Thanks for your year and The ReSporter can hardly wait for next year’s edition.
1 2 3 4 Final
La Vernia 10 18 6 8 42
CL Hawks 5 12 5 16 38
3pt tot rebounds
name fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to
Mia Riali 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 1-1 2 0 0 0 1
Gabby Sanchez 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0-2 2 1 1 0 2
Alexis Fullen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1
Kyndall Drum 10-18 0-0 1-4 21 6-4 10 0 2 0 2
Lexy Jackson 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 0-1 1 0 1 0 1
Kirsten Jones 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 2
Alexa Ramos 1-5 0-0 1-5 3 1-0 1 1 1 0 0
Sarah Schneider 1-6 0-0 2-4 4 5-4 9 1 0 0 2
Kelsey Ahrens 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 1-3 4 0 1 0 2
Reagan Heun 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 1-2 3 2 1 0 7
team totals 16-43 0-1 6-18 38 15-19 34 5 7 0 20
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Canyon Lake played their game with La Vernia much better than their last game, but the end result still was a loss to this very tall Bear’s team.
Junior Brandon Ward gets hot scoring 18 points in game with La Vernia
The Hawks had a better percentage of shooting from beyond the arc which helped CL in keeping this game closer than expected.
Junior Brandon Ward was on fire for this game as he finished with 18 points as his shots came from outside, while driving to the basket, and free throw line.
“I knew I was going to have my shot in warming up,” Ward said. “When I made my first three pointer then that just helped my confidence and allowed me to play at a higher level.”
Senior Garrett Winters was the other Hawk to finish in double figures scoring 10 point in the loss where Winters (70) also climbed up the 3 point shooting ladder by only trailing Andrew Riali (122) and Cole Green (77).
Canyon Lake did get into foul trouble as Ward and Skyler Tschoepe both sat on the pine as La Vernia went on a 13 point run starting in the first quarter and well into the second.
That cold spell helped La Vernia’s lead to grow into a game that would become a catch up affair for the rest of this game to the much taller Bear.
Canyon Lake will now have one more game this season with Yoakum next Tuesday at the Hawk Nest as this year’s edition will bow out with a chance to get three wins in district play.
1 2 3 4 Final
La Vernia 13 9 17 22 61
CL Hawks 10 4 13 17 44
3pt tot rebounds
name fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to
Garrett Winters 3-7 3-7 1-2 10 0-1 1 4 0 0 1
Brandon Ward 5-11 3-7 5-6 18 0-2 2 1 0 0 2
Justin Ferris 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Rory Preiss 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0
Skyler Tschoepe 3-4 2-3 0-0 8 0-2 2 1 0 0 2
Nic Adams 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Branton Kindla 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
Will Gray 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 0-2 2 1 1 0 5
Tyler Williams 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 2-1 3 0 0 0 0
Sean Nolan 0-1 0-0 2-2 2 1-5 6 1 1 0 3
totals 14-37 8-21 8-10 44 3-14 17 11 2 0 14
percentages 38% 38% 80%
