Bailey Drum going for the Kill
Smithville started the match scoring the first two of three points and with that 2-1 lead, the Hawks would run away with a victory in three games and Smithville would not have a lead again.
Canyon Lake (13-5) would have won all of their games even by adding all the points scored by Smithville which added up to just 24 points.
A 25-13 first game, 25-4, and 25-7 whitewash set the table for an earlier than usual time for supper with the family.
Canyon Lake had won their previous match against Smithville in tournament play in Bastrop but this game would be at home and this young team would not disappoint.
Addison Farley led the team with 15 kills as Bailey Drum was not that far behind with 13 put downs.
Mariah Ellis had to have her arm put in a sling with ice as she served 12 points. Ellis started her serve with a Hawk 7-2 lead and when she finished her serve the score was a comfortable 19-3 lead.
Grace Allen finished the game serving, as CL only needed four players serving to win this game, 25-4.
Head Coach Kim Paisley had a chance in letting all the players in the game which will hopefully pay dividends as this season closes in on district play.
“This was a developing game,” Coach Paisley said. “We were able to add depth from our bench.”
Canyon Lake has reached the 13 win total earlier than any previous year in their history. Finishing has been their downfall for many of those five losses.
Season Game Reached 13 Wins Total Record
2014 Game 18 13-5
2013 Game 25 18-20
2012 Game 26 16-22
2010 Game 28 20-20
2009 Game 28 25-15
2011 Game 39 13-27
105-109
“We played our level and we did our jobs,” Coach Fields closed. “We had a chance to work on more plays for our offense.”
One of those plays was having Bailey Drum being set from the back row.
“It is fun,” Drum said while commenting on getting some kills from the back court. “They usually don’t see it coming and it is more of a quick offense.”
Drum also talked about some of those losses when the team might not be in sync for the whole game, “We are trying to shake things off and play our game and we definitely were able to get a sneak peak in this win.”
Canyon Lake will be busy for another weekend of non-stop games. The San Marcos Tournament starts on Thursday and then a break on Friday when your Hawks travel to Blanco for a tough opponent before a Saturday of more games in tourney play.
Lot’s of games in a short amount of time and you can feel that this might be a special year as Canyon Lake continues to rack up wins before district comes calling.
Game Stats: CL Wins 25-13, 25-4, 25-7
Kills: Addison Farley 15, Bailey Drum 13
Assists: Regan Mickey 26
Blocks: Destiny Riccio 2
Digs: Regan Mickey 8
Aces: Mariah Ellis 8
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Canyon Lake JV also pulled off a convincing win which would also mark their first victory, 25-11 and 25-13.
Kaylie Duke and Faith Hasness are all smiles after recording their first win of the season.
This win was JV Coach Helmey first and she was all smiles after a winnable game last week in Lockhart that just got away.
“Yeah, that was my first win as a coach,” Helmey stated proudly. “I thought the girls were more comfortable and I had noticed before play started they were playing more as a team.”
Coach Helmey made these comments in response to how many girls had moved in which was hurting their communication and just getting to know each other better.
“In practice this last week, Faith (Hasness) has been getting more vocal and leading, before the girls were not prepared for the Lockhart game,” Coach Helmey closed. “I could tell in warmups that they would be ready tonight.”
Freshman Faith Hasness scored on her serve with 8 aces for the match. Hasness finished the first game and helped give the Hawks enough space to coast to their first game win scoring on her seven serves.
“We started talking a lot more and we would talk after each point,” Hasness talked. “We minimized our errors and we are just getting to know each other and we are starting to play better together.”
Hasness started the second game serving while the Hawks raced off for a 6-0 lead and helping CLJV dominate through the rest of this contest.
Sophomore Kaylie Duke is another newcomer who came on in that second game when she had 4 kills.
“This was a home game,” Duke duked it out. “After losing our last game, we did not want to have that feeling again and wanted to correct it and have a better outcome.”
That Lockhart game was a tough loss as CLJV had a chance to win the match but just could not finish.
“My approach to the ball is what I wanted to be better with,” Duke finished. “In that last game (Lockhart) we had a really big lead and then lost it and that was not going to happen again.”
True to form, Canyon Lake now has all three teams starting to jell and this will be a good time to come out and watch these teams come together.
Blanco is this Friday come out and fill the stands in Blanco.
Go Hawks!!!
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Bracken Christian Warriors @ Temple Holy Trinity Celtics August 29th 7:30pm
Game: Hawks and Celtics
This Season's Games: First Game
Series History: First Game
Bracken Christian will be going into the twilight zone to start this season as this Warrior team will be facing off with a school that has played in a crowded field arena and is moving down to 6-Man game.
That would usually not be that big of a deal, except that BCS is not playing with a full deck as they have in previous years.
In last week’s scrimmage, Bracken had just three players keeping Head Coach Lloyd Fields company on the sideline.
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Canyon Lake @ Blanco Friday August 29th 7:30pm
History: Hawks and Panther's series is tied 3-3
2008 Hawks 00 Blanco 63
2009 Hawks 21 Blanco 14
2010 Hawks 07 Blanco 12
2011 Hawks 14 Blanco 07
2012 Hawks 26 Blanco 21
2013 Hawks 06 Blanco 13
This Season's Games: First Game
Canyon Lake starts their seventh year and seventh contest against Blanco this Friday night.
When taking that first game out of the formula you have a series that has been within 7 points after that final gun has sounded.
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Sophomore Regan Mickey is setting the stage for Senior Lillie Sander
The Canyon Lake Hawk’s Volleyball team will be returning home this Tuesday when they play Smithville.
Canyon Lake has reeled off 12 wins thus far and being just two weeks into their season they have averaged 1.2 games per day.
Two tournaments, in Wimberley and Bastrop, helped in adding to that total. The Hawks will end their tournament tour this weekend when they travel to San Marcos.
The Hawks best win was against Navarro in Wimberley’s tournament and worst loss might have been in their last game at Bastrop when they faced Thrall, a 2A team for that Championship game in the Silver Bracket.
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Bracken Christian ended their preseason scrimmages on a ‘blahhhh’ note as the Warriors went
Senior Coy Zunker
through the motions in a game with San Antonio New Life.
Both teams were short on having companions for their head coach on the sideline as New Life dressed 7 players while BCS could only muster two more.
New Life started their first series with a 60 yard run that helped up the ante for Bracken to get a game face on.
That would be New Life’s final score of the game.
“We only had 15 offensive plays and scored on four of them,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields started. “To play on this level (High School), the younger players will have to get better and we have three days to get there.”
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Canyon Lake last pre season scrimmage was staged on a Thursday in front of a home crowd that had a chance to grasp what type of entertainment will be performed starting next Friday in Blanco.
Serious Junior Robert Woods
Medina Valley was our guest this Thursday evening and from a Varsity stand point both teams seemed pretty even as these two clubs finished their battle with two live 12 minute quarters.
Canyon Lake won that part of scrimmage with a 7-0 score after scoring in the second quarter when Senior Josh DeVries broke a 45 yard run around the right end helping set up a score four plays later moving16 yards.
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Canyon Lake’s Volleyball Team now possess a 7-2 record after taking care of Lockhart in three games last Tuesday night in Lion Country.
Senior Mariah Ellis
The match started with Lockhart scoring their first three points, but that would be their last multiple point outburst for that game, as the Hawks systematically finished off these Lions and their den, 25-12.
In the next two games, CL played multiple lineups while giving their deep bench some game action in winning the next two games, 25-17 and 25-20.
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Bailey Drum making a Point.
Canyon Lake finished in 2nd Place in the Tex Fest Tourney. The Hawks won their first two games before meeting a tough Kerrville Tivy team and bowing in defeat in that championship match.
First Place was not possible, but this Hawk club had several other Firsts on this weekend.
First time they were able to compete in the Gold Bracket.
First time they have had a 6 game winning streak in their history with 5 game winning streak being reached 3 times previously during the 2013, 2012 and 2009 season.
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Coaches Corner with Canyon Lake’s Charley Drum.
The ReSporter: Hey Coach, what are your overall thoughts after the first scrimmage against Gonzales?
Head Coach Charley Drum
Coach Drum: “I thought we responded well to adversity, our offense did not start well and then they scored on their first play. We had an open 12 minute quarter and our offense took the ball for a score while taking 11 minutes off the clock. Then our defense held them to a 3 and out series. I don’t think they will be wanting to scrimmage us again since we did not give them much time to work.
I like how our kids responded and showed mental toughness early in this season.”
The ReSporter: Did you find out anything about your defensive backs and other players?
Coach Drum: “Well, we came out of the game healthy and we tackled well. We had some players that got some separation. All of our defensive line tackled well for a first scrimmage.”
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