Eli Hammons takes flight in game earlier this season. (photo by Step Rowe)
Go Canyon Lake!
Canyon Lake had a good bounce back win with their fast start win over the Navarro Panthers, 52-41.
The Lake had lost two starters (Reese Pipkin & Phoenix Fuentes) to injuries in recent games and now stand with a 1-1 record starting with a loss to SA Cole last week.
“One of our emphasis has been getting off to better starts and we really focused on executing at the beginning of the game,” Head Coach Monte Cole stated. “The kids did a great job of having quality possessions on both offense and defense in the 1st quarter. With our injuries comes a shorter bench and guys came off the bench and contributed all game. I thought it was a good game to start in creating momentum to lead into district next week.”
District is starting January 16th at home against Wimberley.
Let’s GO LAKE!
That first quarter would qualify as a fast start rushing out to a 10 point (13-3) lead within the first half of the opening quarter.
In fact it was three three-pointers (two for Cole Dees & one for Wyatt Sims) that cashed in. Dees scored eight points during that first quarter and CLHS finished that first period with 4 makes beyond the arc. That is one more than CLake has averaged per game this season for a, 18-4 advantage.
The Panthers did claw back 3 points in that second quarter but The Lake still had an 11 point lead going into halftime, 27-16.
Canyon Lake continued garnering double digit numbers in assists and steals but finished with 21 turnovers which allowed Navarro to stay close enough for a chance of getting a run to close for a chance to change the outcome.
Let’s GO HAWKS!
The Lake did have an answer for those mini Panther runs and ran their biggest lead up to 15 points, 40-25.
CLHS shot 50% from the field for the game and finished with seven three pointers with a balmy 41% which is by far the best this season.
The Stephenville game CL had a 33% on six makes and in a Yorktown win there were 8 makes (the most this season) with a 24% in that contest.
It was the charity stripe where Canyon Lake left 10 points on the floor shooting 33% which was less that beyond the arc. (Thought The ReSporter would never release that type of stat…..ever.)
Dees finished with 21 points as the only Hawk in double figures but it was an 8 assist-5 steal evening for Gavin Cano that helped with an overall good finish.
Cano has taken more responsibility with two guards not in the lineup as well as Sims being pegged as a starter.
Canyon Lake will finish their final regular season slate when they travel to Comfort Friday with the tip-off at 6:30pm.
Let’s GO LAKE!
Game 23 1 2 3 4 Final
Navarro 4 12 11 14 41
CL Hawks 18 9 13 12 52
3pt tot rebounds
fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Josh Rowe 2-4 1-3 1-2 6 1-0 1 3 1 0 3
Gavin Cano 1-7 0-3 0-0 2 0-3 3 8 5 0 6
Harlon Wisdom 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1
Eli Cole 1-1 1-1 0-0 3 0-2 2 0 0 0 0
Wyatt Sims 3-7 1-4 0-0 7 1-0 1 0 0 0 0
Cole Dees 8-14 3-4 2-4 21 2-2 4 1 2 1 5
Anthony Hockman 2-2 0-0 2-7 6 1-6 7 2 3 0 3
Bobby Torres 2-4 1-2 0-0 5 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Eli Hammons 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 1-5 6 0 1 0 1
Totals 20-40 7-17 5-15 52 6-18 24 14 12 3 21
50% 41% 33%
(L-R) Isiah Eureste, JR Lindell and Jace Wheeler were 3 of the team amigo’s that dismantled Veterans, 49-14! Go Lake!
Canyon Lake finished their 2025 Season with another 8-4 campaign matching 2024’s results. The Lake has had 3 toral 8 win seasons and these last two years trail a 3 year stint (2016-2018) which amassed 17 victories for two seasons.
Season Record
2016~ 7-4
2017~ 10-3
17-7
2017~ 10-3
2018~ 7-4
17-7
2024 8-4
2025 8-4
16-8
That 2017 year still ranks as best season in wins with an added district championship. That year also finished with 3 games in post-season play.
Congrats on a Great Season Lake!
Another tid-bit comes with 2024 & 2025 matching the 2014 & 2015 seasons with consecutive 12 games played.
Awards for this past season has been released and The Hawks were awarded several accolades both from their classroom to the grid-iron and The ReSporter starts with the academic side for this list of players.
ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Player Position Player Position
Ayden Manzo Fullback Jace Wheeler Quarterback
Ben Parma Defense Back Jack Stracener K/Receiver
Caleb Armstrong Linebacker Jacob Price Defense Back
Carter Prieto Defense Back John Fugate Offense Line
Cash Ziemba Defense Back JR Lindell Linebacker
Chris Brown Running Back Kobe Halverson Receiver
CJ Rodriguez Linebacker Lucas Schexnayder Receiver
Dalton Hodges Defense Line Nick Martinez Defense Line
Divan Hernandez Defense Line Parker Gordon Offense Line
Donavan Menchaca Linebacker Peyton King Receiver
Eli Hammons Linebacker Rowan Edwards Defense Line
Gavyn Baldera Receiver Ryan Frederick Offense Line
Gram Simpson Running Back Ryan Reyna Fullback
Grant Windle Defense Back Thomas Inman Receiver
Hayes Holladay Receiver Vender Hartzell Linebacker
Isiah Eureste Linebacker Wyatt Roberts Defense Line
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THSCA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
Player Position Player Position
Ayden Manzo Fullback Hayes Holladay Receiver
Ben Parma Defene Back Isiah Eureste Linebacker
Caleb Armstrong Linebacker Jackson Stracener Kicker
Cash Ziemba Defense Back Jacob Price Defense Back
Dalton Hodges Defense Line JR Lindell Linebacker
Donavan Menchaca Linebacker Lucas Schexnayder Receiver
Eli Hammons Linebacker Vander Hartzell Linebacker
Gavyn Baldera Receiver Wyatt Roberts Defense Line
Gram Simpson Running Back
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Head Coach Sam Parker shares his comments on each of the 1st Team Hawk players below.
GO LAKE!
Cayden Toon Offensive Line- “Proved over and over again how good of a player he was. He came in as a good player as a Junior and came on as a Senior…he was phenomenal for us.
The Coaches here before me talked about the transformation he came through from his Freshman year to his Senior year and what an amazing athlete and player he had become and truly it came through his own work and he was one of those kids who is going to have a chance to go and play at the next level.”
Dalton Hodges Defensive Line Unanimous- “I cannot say enough bout Dalton…a huge leader for our team and he was also selected to play in San Antonio All-Star Game as a deep snapper. Dalton has been an unbelievable young man and is a little bit special for me because is Dad (Bret Hodges)coaches for us and my Dad was a Coach.”
Go Hawks & Congrats of Special Season!
Eli Hammons Linebacker Unanimous- “Not enough words to describe what he has become with his hard work and perseverance… He was given some natural tools and he was a hard worker and as a first team inside linebacker.
He just had a phenomenal year and another one of those athletes that will have a chance to play at the next level.”
Gram Simpson Running Back- “He was a 2nd Team All-District last year as a wide receiver and he was a player that did not get to touch the ball a lot as a receiver and was mainly a blocking receiver….but with some injuries we had to move him to running back and he did amazing. He was solid and for not being very big ran the ball hard and I could not be as proud for him.”
Congrats Lake Football
Jace Wheeler Quarterback: “Jace threw for for 2800 yards and 27 touchdowns and was 1st Team All-District last year.
He is one of those rare quarterbacks you don’t always get a chance to coach and he is special and his arm strength and ability to put the ball where he wants it as good as I have ever seen.”
JR Lindell Outside Linebacker- “As a Junior he was a little all over the place…he was a receiver for a little bit and then some defense at the end of the year but he really found a home after the season ended last year as an outside linebacker. And just had a phenomenal year…I have praise for the work he put into the off season and just worked his tail off and put on some weight and got faster and had a super special year.”
Peyton King Receiver- “Coming off of last year as a Sophomore he had some meaningful snaps but this year he became our primetime guy and just ate it up…he had huge stats and numbers he finished with the second most receptions in Hawk history for a season and will end up being our all-time receiver when he is finished.”
2025 CANYON LAKE FOOTBALL ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Player Position Award
Cayden Toon Offensive Line 1st Team
Dalton Hodges Defensive Line 1st Team Unanimous
Eli Hammons Linebacker 1st Team Unanimous
Gram Simpson Running Back 1st Team
Jace Wheeler Quarterback 1st Team
JR Lindell Outside Linebacker 1st Team
Peyton King Wide Receiver 1st Team
Cash Ziemba Defensive Back 2nd Team
Chris Brown Running Back 2nd Team
Donavan Menchaca Offensive Line 2nd Team
Hayes Holladay Wide Receiver 2nd Team
Isiah Eureste Outside Linebacker 2nd Team
Joseph Matos Defensive Line 2nd Team
Kobe Halverson Wide Receiver 2nd Team
Lucas Schexnayder Wide Receiver 2nd Team
Wyatt Roberts Defensive Line 2nd Team
Carter Prieto Defensive back Honorable Mention
Chandler Cross Defensive Line Honorable Mention
Jack Stracener Kicker Honorable Mention
Jacob Price Defensive Back Honorable Mention
John Fugate Offensive Line Honorable Mention
Phoenix Dent-Mclain Offensive Line Honorable Mention
Ryan Reyna Full Back Honorable Mention
Tristan Alexander Defensive Back Honorable Mention
Tristan Rios Tight End Honorable Mention
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Reese Pipkin with a rainbow shot against Graham in tourney. (photo Step Rowe)
The Lake did not start their game with Austin Travis very well (understatement) after posting a, 15-2 first quarter with those two lonely points courtesy of an Eli Cole put-back that had 1:30 remaining in the opening quarter.
You read that right….Canyon Lake was looking at a 15 point deficit to start this game.
Way to make some Good Hits!
A start this bad would usually bring a family conversation in the crowd of, ‘Where would be a good place to eat after this game?’
That meal turned out to be a full buffet affair that had this Hawk team not only getting back into this game but….finishing with an 11 point win.
What was the secret sauce? A heavy dose of defense that led to 14 steals and bruises on several Hawk players going after loose balls. Add reducing turnovers down from 11 in that first frame to only two for that next 8 minutes proved to be a winning eatery.
CLHS would score 25 points during that second period and realizing a 3 point lead going into halftime, 27-23.
A Quick 2nd Quarter Recap:
First Quarter 2-15 Who Scored Goal/FT Assist Time
3-15 Free Throw Fuentes 7:01
6-15 Eli Cole 3 Pointer Cano 6:49
6-17 FThrows Austin Travis 6:29
7-17 Free Throw Cole Dees 5:40
9-17 Fuentes Bucket 4:51
9-19 Austin Travis Bucket 3:36
11-19 Fuentes Bucket 3:07
12-19 Dees Free Throw 2:38
14-19 Fuentes Two Free Throws 2:33
16-19 Josh Rowe Bucket Dees 2:10
18-19 Josh Rowe Bucket Steal 1:50
21-19 Dees 3 Pointer Rowe 1:21
21=21 Austin Travis Bucket 1:12
23-21 Fuentes Bucket Torres 0:50
24-21 Fuentes Free Throw 0:25
24-23 Austin Travis Bucket 0:14
27-23 Rowe 3 Pointer Torres 0:01
Let’s Go Hawks Great Comeback!
Canyon Lake would continue their pressure starting the 2nd Half garnering their largest lead in this segment, 9 points (38-29) when Gavin Cano sank a free throw with 1:27 left before the final quarter, the Hawk lead was still tenuous tho, 40-34.
Starting that last period, two buckets for Fuentes and Torres along with assists for Torres & Rowe during the first 90 seconds gave CL a, 44-34.
The Lake kept their distance for the remainder of this quarter as Austin Travis cut into CL’s lead to 8 points while Canyon Lake was able to up their advantage to 12 points on a Fuentes bucket with 3:55 remaining, 48-36.
Basically…Canyon Lake scored 52 points in 3 quarters and outscoring these Rebels, 52-28 during that span.
Another good, gut check, in seeing the possibilities when communication and an all out energy burst that caused chaos on your opponent that led to good offensive play.
Go Lake!
Bobby Torres led The Lake with 5 assists while Josh Rowe forced 5 steals while the team reached 15 steals and assists to end this win.
Canyon Lake did finish with a 3-1 tourney record and lost in a Championship against Stephenville.
Head Coach Monte Cole commented on what the team accomplished, “I think this tournament helped us regain some confidence and start moving in the right direction. It was a great tournament for us and in championship game we played really good Stephenville team and were competitive for a majority of the game.
Coach Cole continued, “The younger guys are learning how hard you have to play at the Varsity level to win games and it’s showing. Very proud of this group of guys.”
A good showing which left the Hawk fans never being able to come to a destination for that elusive win…which made that non-decision a good decision.
Hawk Nation is Proud of The LAKE!
Game 20 1 2 3 4 Final
Austin Travis 15 8 11 9 43
CL Hawks 2 25 13 14 54
3pt tot rebounds
fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Phoenix Fuentes 4-5 0-0 4-6 12 2-4 6 2 4 0 9
Josh Rowe 5-8 1-2 2-2 13 1-1 2 3 5 0 2
Gavin Cano 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 2-0 2 2 0 0 0
Harlon Wisdom 3-4 0-0 0-0 6 2-3 5 1 1 0 0
Eli Cole 3-4 1-2 0-2 7 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyatt Sims 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Cole Dees 1-6 1-5 3-6 6 1-6 7 1 3 1 4
Korbyn Goodman 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0-1 1 1 1 0 1
Anthony Hockman 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2-1 3 0 0 1 0
Bobby Torres 3-6 0-1 1-2 7 1-2 3 5 0 0 2
Eli Hammons 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1-0 1 0 1 0 1
Totals 20-41 3-13 11-20 54 12-18 30 15 15 2 21
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Hawk’s coming out of a time-out ready to implement Coach Cole’s instructions! Go Lake!
Make us Proud Hawks!
The Canyon Lake Hawks’ basketball recent struggles received a respite after starting their Hays Tournament with two wins.
The Lake’s record was 1-8 with most of those losses coming when an illness struck during their Christmas Tourney in Lampasas.
Having a healthy team led to this two game stretch as CLHS was able to succumb their last win against Graham needing to erase a 10 point deficit with 6:17 left on a 4th quarter clock down, 44-34.
CLake answered with an all out defensive effort which led to a Bobby Torres 7 point response (2 free throws~3 pointer~2 assists) barrage which saw Torres’ assist to Anthony Hockman ending the 3rd quarter.
The Lake got the score down to a 3 points, 44-41 when Graham got a fast break two pointer which would turn out to be their last points at the 2:42 mark.
Plug those Leaks (Turnovers) Lake!
Another combo assist to bucket when Phoenix Fuentes found Cole Dees which brought this game down to a one point, 46-45 for these Steers.
Fuentes and Dees combined for 9 assists which would have Dees curtain call when he had his twisting dance move turn into the paint while finding a wide open Hockman for that winning bucket and one point win, 47-46.
The Lake’s first win on this day was a much different style that had The Lake with a convincing, 73-25 win over Yorktown.
This win had 3 Hawks scoring double digits, Fuentes (13), Reese Pipkin (14), Torres (14) and every Hawk but one with a rebound…. this contes produced another double digit game with 18 assists and 16 steals.
The Lake had another 4th quarter awakening scoring 25 points which also produced CL’s best game this season beyond the arc with 8 makes.
Canyon Lake thus far has outscored their competition, 100 points (298-198) during those last 8 minutes.
The Lake will continue their last tourney for this season with a battle against Austin Travis with tip-off at 1:00pm this Tuesday at Barton Middle School in Kyle, Texas.
Way to GO Lake!
Game 19 1 2 3 4 Final
Graham 16 9 14 7 46
CL Hawks 9 15 8 15 47
3pt tot rebounds
fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Phoenix Fuentes 2-4 0-0 1-2 5 2-3 5 5 1 0 3
Josh Rowe 2-10 0-2 1-1 5 4-2 6 1 2 0 2
Reese Pipkin 1-2 1-2 0-0 3 0-0 0 0 1 0 1
Gavin Cano 2-4 1-3 0-0 5 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Harlon Wisdom 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Eli Cole 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1-1 2 0 1 1 0
Wyatt Sims 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1
Cole Dees 3-7 0-0 0-0 6 0-4 4 4 1 0 0
Anthony Hockman 4-5 0-0 0-0 8 2-1 3 0 0 0 1
Bobby Torres 4-9 1-3 2-2 11 2-1 3 2 3 0 3
Eli Hammons 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 20-51 3-14 4-5 47 11-12 23 13 10 3 11
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Game 18 1 2 3 4 Final
Yorktown 6 8 6 5 25
CL Hawks 17 17 14 25 73
3pt tot rebounds
fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Phoenix Fuentes 6-12 1-4 0-0 13 3-3 6 4 1 2 1
Josh Rowe 3-8 2-5 0-2 8 4-2 6 2 3 0 1
Reese Pipkin 5-9 2-5 2-2 14 1-4 5 5 3 0 2
Gavin Cano 1-9 0-5 0-0 2 2-0 2 2 2 0 1
Harlon Wisdom 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 1-2 3 0 2 2 2
Eli Cole 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 1-2 3 0 1 0 2
Wyatt Sims 1-2 1-2 0-0 3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Cole Dees 4-11 0-6 0-0 8 1-2 3 3 1 1 1
Anthony Hockman 2-3 0-0 1-2 5 0-4 4 0 0 0 2
Bobby Torres 6-8 2-4 0-0 14 1-1 2 1 3 0 0
Eli Hammons 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3-3 6 0 0 0 2
Donavan Menchaca 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 31-69 8-33 3-6 73 17-25 42 18 16 5 14
Eli Hammons lending a helping hand for Phoenix Fuentes. (photo by Step Rowe)
Canyon Lake got an All-Meat at High Noon Pizza in the Hancock Plaza after their win over Bastrop, 45-37.
The Lake had laid a Gluten Free Pizza in their previous Burnet contest on Tuesday and knew that those type of efforts lead to an empty stomach.
This win still had some ups & downs but good times were enough to get this win with another game of double digit steals (13) which has CL averaging 14 for this season.
Cole Dees and Phoenix Fuentes both led the Hawks finishing with 12 points and a strong game for Eli Hammons with his 6 points and 9 rebounds.
Those Up times had The Lake opening up with an, 8-2 lead that got thing going before a Down episode when the Bastrop Bears worked this game back to a tie, 17 all at the 1:24 mark before half.
Canyon Lake would open the second half with an improved focus after running their lead to 9 points, 29-20 at the 4:00 minute mark in the 3rd stanza.
But another Gluten Free episode to end that quarter resulted in a, 31-30 advantage going into CL’s final quarter.
That 4th quarter had a rare event when Fuentes found himself on the charity stripe with 5:31 left in the contest. It had been 7 straight quarters of not having a chance for a free throw finally being realized.
The Lake would finish with 7 made free throws while adding a 3 pointer coming from Cole Dees and assist by Fuentes which would result in a, 40-32 lead with a little under 4 minutes remaining. Dees’ with that 3 pointer ended with 6 points in that final 8 minutes.
A good defensive effort allowing 7 points that helped Canyon Lake to rid themselves of that Gluten Free Pizza to a good tasty regular Pizza whether by the Slice or whatever size needed for this filling win.
High Noon is a new ‘Home Grown’ Pizza place right next to Authentic Canyon Lake across from Brookshire’s. Give them a try after Canyon Lake’s next win and GO Lake!
Game 12 1 2 3 4 Final
Bastrop 7 10 13 7 37
CL Hawks 13 8 10 14 45
3pt tot rebounds
fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Phoenix Fuentes 4-7 0-0 4-4 12 3-1 4 4 2 1 5
Josh Rowe 4-6 1-2 0-0 9 0-1 1 0 3 0 3
Reese Pipkin 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 1-4 5 2 1 0 2
Gavin Cano 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2-2 4 1 1 0 0
Harlon Wisdom 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1-1 2 0 0 0 0
Eli Cole 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyatt Sims 1-5 0-1 0-0 2 0-1 1 1 1 0 0
Cole Dees 5-11 1-4 3-4 12 0-1 1 2 2 0 2
Korbyn Goodman 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1
Anthony Hockman 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Torres 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 2 0 2
Eli Hammons 3-6 0-0 0-2 6 4-5 9 0 1 0 0
Totals 18-50 2-13 7-10 45 12-17 29 10 13 1 15
DISTRICT 26-4A
Superlatives
Chloe Gray - Outstanding Setter
1st Team
Kylie Rodriguez, Gabby Fory
2nd Team
Preslie Owens
Izzy Fory
Honorable Mention
Mackenzie Dorn, Te'a Gonzales, Kylee Goff
Academic All District:
Seniors: Chloe Gray, Kylie Rodriguez, Mackenzie Dorn, Sabrina Steele
Juniors: Gabby Fory, Izzy Fory, Paisleigh Fahrney
Sophomores: Chylea Gray, Bella Biasatti
THSCA Academic ALL STATE:
1st team - Chloe Gray
2nd team - Kylie Rodriguez
Honorable Mention: Kaylee Caraway
Go Lake & Congrats on Special Season!
Head Coach Daniella Villarreal: I am extremely proud of all of our athletes and happy to see them receive the recognition they deserve.
Chloe Gray earning Outstanding Setter of the district is a huge accomplishment and reflects her impact on our team’s success. She was the heart of our offense, a steady leader, and one of the hardest-working athletes in our program. We could not have achieved what we did without her. Her presence will be greatly missed.
Kylie Rodriguez was also an integral part of our success, especially in serve receive and defense. She helped us stay in system offensively, kept rallies alive, brought consistency to our back row, and will be deeply missed.
Gabby Fory has grown tremendously each season and continued to rise to every challenge. She was a crucial part of our offense and brought both physical strength and a strong vocal presence to our team.
Preslie Owens and Izzy Fory stepped into bigger roles this season and made a significant impact. Preslie was a powerful offensive force, while Izzy was a defensive anchor who kept the floor clean and extended rallies. Both will be seniors next year, and we are excited to have them return.
Way to GO HAWKS!
Mackenzie Dorn’s leadership will be missed. She was a utility player for us, always willing to do whatever the team needed and making everyone around her better.
Te’a Gonzales and Kylee Goff stepped into starting roles this year and brought consistency, strong blocking, and were options for us offensively. Both will return as juniors next season.
I’m proud of all these girls and everything they accomplished this season, both on the court and in the classroom. The future is bright and we will continue to put in the work and challenge ourselves with even bigger goals!
Way to Go Lake Ladies!
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Eli Hammons contributing fighting for Hawk Rebounds. (photo by Step Rowe)
Let’s Go Lake Great Win Over The Pass
Canyon Lake came back from a 20 point deficit in scoring 51 second half points for a 2 point win over Aransas Pass, 71-70.
It was an offensive rebound put-back for Anthony Hockman with three seconds left that sealed the deal.
The Lake did start this contest storming to a, 13-6 first quarter advantage.
The Aransas Pass would take over with a 24 point 2nd quarter and outscored The Lake, 17 points that produced a 12 point advantage to end that first half.
“We made a lot of mistakes early versus AP (Aransas Pass).” Head Coach Monte Cole recapped. “Unforced turnovers, missed layups, missing open guys with our passing…but the kids were resilient and kept battling to give themselves a chance and then guys made plays at the end to win.”
Let’s Go Hawks Great Comeback!
Canyon Lake will go into Saturday game against Gainesville who has a 5-1 record, “This is a great tournament for us because we’re identifying the little things we have to do a lot better and execute more consistently”….on playing Gainesville, “They’re big and good. A good test for us.”
AP increased their halftime advantage into a 20 point (51-31) lead with just 1:43 remaining in that 3rd stanza, but this Hawk team would turn on a firehose scoring 40 points in a 9:43 time frame.
CL had 4 players reach double digit scoring with Cole Dees (14 pts) leading and being joined with Phoenix Fuentes (13), Josh Rowe (12), and Gavin Cano (10).
Way to GO LAKE!
CL got contributions from a bench that pitched in 26 points in this improbable comeback.
That last quarter was a classic being down, 51-41 to start and Fuentes with a steal (20 steals forced by CL’s defense) cut AP’s lead to single digits, 51-43 to start this avalanche of scoring.
It was a back and force game and The Lake had trouble cutting that lead below 7 points after a Dees three pointer with 6:42 left, 53-46.
The Pass pushed their advantage back to 10 points with under 6 minutes, 60-50.
In fact, CLHS cut the lead to 7 again with an old fashion 3 pointer for Fuentes before quick 4 points giving the Home Team an 11 point lead, 64-53 with 3:24 remaining. From there CL scored 18 points while giving up 7 points for AP.
CLake would score the next 7 points and finish this game with a nail biter victory.
Remaining
A) Cano 3 pointer off a Hockman assist, 56-64 3:12
B) Fuentes with another old fashion 3 pointer, 59-64 2:15
C) Rowe basket after a Hawk steal, 61-64 2:02
D) Rowe after a Pass miss, 63-64 1:53
E) Aransas free throw, 63-65 1:35
F) Aransas free throw, 63-66 1:19
G) Aransas bucket, 63-68 0:58
H) Dees two FT’s on rebound of Pass miss FT, 65-68 0:57
I) Dees bucket on a Rowe assist, 67-68 0:29
J) Rowe score and Cano assist, 69-68 0:14
1st lead since 7:06 First Quarter
K) Aransas made 2 FT’s, 69-70 0:09
L) Hockman offensive Reb put back off glass, 71-70 0:03
Way to Go Hawk Basketball.
As Easy as ABC for a Hawk Team that ran their record to 7-1 with this win.
Cano came up with a huge dishing up a good plate of grub with 6 assists and was nails after Fuentes had to sit with foul trouble earlier in this quarter.
Scoring more points in the last stanza than CL did combined in those first two quarters was a good recipe for this improbable comeback.
Way to GO LAKE!
1 2 3 4 Final
Aransas Pass 8 24 19 19 70
CL Hawks 13 7 21 30 71
3pt tot rebounds
fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Phoenix Fuentes 6-11 0-0 2-2 13 2-6 8 4 4 0 4
Josh Rowe 6-9 0-2 0-0 12 0-1 1 1 3 0 4
Reese Pipkin 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 0-0 0 1 4 0 2
Gavin Cano 4-10 1-2 1-1 10 0-1 1 6 1 0 1
Harlon Wisdom 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 2-3 5 0 0 0 1
Eli Cole 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1-1 2 0 1 0 0
Wyatt Sims 1-6 0-2 0-0 2 1-1 2 0 2 0 2
Cole Dees 5-17 2-8 2-2 14 2-5 7 1 1 0 1
Korbyn Goodman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Anthony Hockman 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 2-2 4 1 2 0 1
Bobby Torres 2-4 1-3 0-0 5 0-0 0 0 2 0 1
Eli Hammons 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 3-1 4 0 0 0 0
Totals 30-73 4-19 7-9 71 13-21 34 14 20 0 19
Anthony Hockman getting things started in win over Sinton earlier this year. (Photo by Step Rowe)
Let’s Go Lake!
Canyon Lake’s Boys Basketball has started their season with a blistering pace with a 3-1 start a loss to New Braunfels Unicorns last Wednesday.
In the Lake’s first three games, the Hawks outscored their opponents by 119 points with a very impressive 61% assist to field goals made during this 4 game start.
Nine of CL’s 11 players have 20 or more points led by Senior point guard Phoenix Fuentes.
“I thought our game with New Braunfels that we did some good things but against good teams like NB, we can’t lose focus as much as we did,” Head Coach Monte Cole assessed. “Good teams will make us pay for it. It was a great game for us to see what areas we need to improve moving forward.”
On Coach Coles thoughts on what he has seen thus far? “I like our team, we have a lot depth and good chemistry. We just have to keep improving everyday and every game. Looking forward to seeing where this team is when we get to January and February.
Plug those Leaks Lake!
The Hawks are averaging a little over 16 assists and 14 steals per outing and at this writing having a 65 points per game clip.
There are a lot of changeable players which gives CL’s Coaching staff many options based on in game situations.
Fuentes did turn in an impressive 14 points in that loss to the Unicorns as that team had lots of length which led to very few offensive rebounds and passing lanes not as open as in those previous three wins.
Canyon Lake will be back in action this coming week with a home game against Ingram-Moore on Tuesday (5:00pm Sub-Varsity & 6:30p Varsity tip-off).
The Lake will then be off to Aransas Pass on Thursday playing in their first tournament.
The Stats Below are based on the first four contests and Let’s Go Lake!
1 2 3 4 Final
Opponent 35 58 43 38 174
CL Hawks 62 77 68 53 260
3pt tot rebounds
Stats fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Phoenix Fuentes 13-21 0-0 9-15 35 7-8 15 14 7 0 11
Josh Rowe 14-31 3-13 0-1 31 6-2 8 4 10 0 11
Reese Pipkin 8-13 3-6 2-4 21 6-8 14 10 6 0 6
Gavin Cano 13-39 4-17 1-2 31 2-4 6 11 7 1 2
Harlon Wisdom 10-20 0-0 0-2 20 3-8 11 6 3 2 2
Eli Cole 7-15 2-10 0-0 16 5-9 14 3 1 0 4
Wyatt Sims 8-29 2-8 5-9 23 8-7 15 1 3 0 5
Cole Dees 13-29 3-9 4-6 33 7-15 22 7 7 1 12
Korbyn Goodman 1-4 1-3 0-0 3 4-0 4 2 5 0 2
Anthony Hockman 10-13 0-0 3-6 25 11-13 24 2 5 2 4
Bobby Torres 10-24 1-6 1-2 22 6-3 9 3 4 0 1
Eli Hammons 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 106-241 19-72 25-47 260
Percentage 44% 26% 53%
Receiver Peyton King scored twice but ended with one TD in loss to Cats. (photo by Daniel Clifton)
What If Canyon Lake would not have had any Bug-a-boos? That was said by many Hawk fans (maybe not a lot but at least one or two) after a, 42-14 loss to Calallen in an Area Round battle.
Turnovers was the bug-a-boo that led to this set-back with 4 that would turn this game in favor and giving these Cats extra lives leading to a win for Calallen.
Canyon Lake started slow when the Cats only needed a 32 yard drive, for their first score, after a good kick-off runback.
Then those bug-a-boos started to appear with one on a 3rd down pass play that CL’s defense swarmed all over…yet to have a face-mask penalty that now had these Cal-Cats with a 1st down on CL’s 12 yard line. Instead of a 4th down needing 9 yards for a first. Four plays later the Lake was down, 7-0.
CLake’s first drive garnered one first down and then punted on a 4th down and two yards needed. That was followed when Cal-Cats offense with a 3 plays and punt sequence.
The Lake would take their next possession down to Calallen’s 31 yard line when that first turnover, an interception, was returned 71 yards to pay dirt. This Hawk drive had 7 plays and 3 first downs.
The dye had been cast as this first quarter had CL’s offense starting to jell while Defensively the Lake would end up allowing just 238 total yards for this game.
CL’s Offense ended up with 419 balanced yards as that first drive would be the only punt in this contest. CLHS ended with 223 rushing and 196 yards through the air.
After another interception Calallen did have an impressive drive going 16 plays with 12 of those snaps 5 yards or less. But an eventual time eating scoring drive that went 57 yards and a, 21-0 lead leaving 2:14 left before halftime.
A score would get CL back into the game by receiving the 2nd half kick-off and with a score a hawk/cat fight would ensue.
Well that first part played out when CL used 10 plays with a tush-push score for Chris Brown and a little Hawk momentum being down, 21-7.
That drive was highlighted by two consecutive pass plays. The first had QB Jace Wheeler finding Lucas Schexnayder for a 20 yard 3rd down conversion on Calallen’s 29 yard line. Schexnayder led CL with 75 receiving yards with several eye-opening catch and runs.
Wheeler then put the ball in the basket down the far sideline to Peyton King for 26 yards to the 3 yard line setting up those 3 consecutive tush-push plays.
Now a second half opening drive was going as planned with two more Schexnayder catches covering 34 yards and a 16 yard and a scamper for Gram Simpson that had CL needing 25 yards to put this contest in overdrive.
But that bug-a-boo interception presented itself, this time, the Cats returned this bug 81 yards and what would be a 14 point snafu swing and a, 28-7 score.
Wait…then the last bug-a-boo happened but this time it was a first play 53 yard run for Brown who was stripped tackled resulting in a fumble.
Calallen took advantage of these bug-a-boos which accounted to scoring 4 TD’s.
Canyon Lake scored two more times but was only allowed to count one of those scores after a motion penalty nullified an incredible one handed catch for King being called back.
King, earlier scored on a 9 yarder late in that 3rd quarter.
Canyon Lake’s line of scrimmage was on top of their game on both sides of the ball with all the proof needed would be perusing those team stats at the end of this article.
Between the 20 yard lines it would be all Canyon Lake but with all those bug-a-boos it would be a wait till next year mantra as this season certainly had some good ole fashion football by The Lake and this Great Senior Class.
Way to Go Lake and next time CL can work on projecting those Bug-a-Boos on their opponents.
The ReSporter will have some Year-End rewards and season stats articles so stay tuned.
1 2 3 4 Final
Calallen 14 7 14 7 42
CL Hawks 0 7 7 0 14
Scoring Summary:
CA-Cats 3 yard run (pat good), 9:05, 1st
CA-Cats 71 yard Int Return (pat good), 0:45, 1st
CA-Cats 1 yard run (pat good), 2:14, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Jack Stracener kick), 0:02, 2nd
CA-Cats 81 yard Int Return (pat good), 7:53, 3rd
CA-Cats 41 yard run (pat good), 3:55, 3rd
CL-Peyton King 9 yard pass from Jace Wheeler (Stracener kick), 2:45, 3rd
CA-Cats 17 yard run (pat good), 11:17, 4th
Team Stats Cats Hawks
Total Yards 238 419
First Downs 18 18
Rush/Yards 39/203 31/223
Comp/Att/Int 7/9/0 19/30/3
Passing Yards 35 196
Punts/Average 1/33.0 1/27.0
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
Penalties-Yards 6-40 6-50
Passing Comp Att Pct Yds Int TD
Jace Wheeler 19 30 .633 196 3 1
Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD
Gram Simpson 13 78 6.0 16 0
Jace Wheeler 8 73 9.1 30 0
Chris Brown 9 72 8.0 53 1
Lucas Schexnayder 1 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 31 223 7.2 53 1
Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD
Lucas Shexnayder 5 75 15.0 24 0
Peyton King 4 50 15.0 19 1
Hayes Holladay 4 34 8.5 15 0
Gram Simpson 5 33 6.6 19 0
Chris Brown 1 4 4.0 4 0
Totals 19 196 10.3 24 1
Hawk’s Chris Brown making his move in earlier win over Freddie. (photo by Daniel Clifton)
Let’s Go Lake Beat Calallen!
Canyon Lake’s Area Bout and Basketball starting out of the gate strong as Thanksgiving is right around the corner.
First will be CL’s battle with Calallen this week at SW Legacy Stadium in San Antonio with kick-off at 7:00pm. The location is: 4495 Verano Pkwy #100 in Von Ormy, Texas 78073.
This is the second playoff game with these wildcats after suffering a heart break, 37-31 loss in 2020. That Covid year was a crazy time that had The Lake literally all over the field with wins and losses.
An overtime loss, 41-40 to Blanco and then seeing state finalist LBJ escape with a, 20-14 thriller and as a 4th seed beating La Vernia, 48-27 in a buzz saw game that led to a Calallen team that had won their district.
Let’s Go Hawks & Beat Calallen!
This year, the Hawks have had some up and downs but not to that 2020 team’s extent sporing a 8-3 record and with a more wide open offense.
These Wildcats have doubled their rushing this season compared to passing yardage. They have 39 touchdowns rushing and 14 through the air.
Passing might not be used as much but this team does use that part of their game to the fullest with two players as their main go-to players.
Gamez (34) and Rusher (33) receptions with the rest of this squad with a total of 11 receptions.
While there is a three headed monster on the run game. The QB Connor Klostermann has 572 yards and running backs Rodriguez (729) and Tipton (728) will give The Lake plenty of work on their defensive side of the ball.
Canyon Lake will need to keep their penalties down as they did last week in that Bi-District win and can get a run game which can open up the passing game to keep the Wildcats guessing.
Some Interesting Tid-Bits by the Numbers.
4 Is number CL has reached 8 wins in a season. (10 in 2017)
5 Receivers amassed more than 100 yards
7 Passing TD’s for QB Wheeler in playoffs #1 (Ben Fulton 4 TD’s)
9 More Turnovers CL has caused. Ranks 2nd behind 13 by 2014 Season.
40 More First Downs that Opponents
40.6 Presently Ranks 1st All-Time in Hawks Punting. Congrats
125 Yds receiving Peyton King has is 4th place in the playoffs.
134 Tackles Eli Hammons has leading the team.
492 Yds CL had last week ranks 2nd for playoffs.
649 Yds #1 QB Wheeler has passed in Playoffs (Peyton McMullen 373 yds)
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Hawks Start Season Strong in 76-32 Win Over Luling
Canyon Lake’s Boys Basketball started their season last Tuesday with a, 76-32 win over Luling in a game the Hawks led throughout.
This was a no-doubter with CL ballooning the lead to 39-10 in the 2nd quarter.
The Lake was led in scoring by newcomer Cole Dees with 14 points and was followed by Bobby Torres (13) and Wyatt Sims (10) points.
All but one Hawk had a rebound and steal giving an idea of how deep this team could be this season.
Of course, there are still items Head Coach Monte Cole after his moan when free throws were brought up in the conversation. The Lake shot better from beyond the arc compared to their 29% charity stripe performance.
Canyon Lake will open at The Hawk Nest this Saturday against Sinton with a tip-off at 11am for sub-varsity and then a noon start for the Varsity.
Way to Go Lake!
1 2 3 4 Final
Luling 4 16 6 6 32
CL Hawks 23 21 17 15 76
3pt tot rebounds
fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a s b to
Phoenix Fuentes 3-3 0-0 0-4 6 3-0 3 4 2 0 1
Josh Rowe 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 1-1 2 2 2 0 4
Reese Pipkin 1-3 0-2 1-2 3 2-2 4 3 2 0 0
Gavin Cano 4-6 1-2 0-0 9 1-0 1 2 1 0 0
Harlon Wisdom 4-7 0-0 0-1 8 2-2 4 4 1 0 1
Eli Cole 1-2 1-2 0-0 3 2-2 4 1 0 0 1
Wyatt Sims 3-9 2-4 2-5 10 2-3 5 1 2 0 1
Cole Dees 6-11 2-5 0-0 14 1-4 5 3 3 1 3
Korbyn Goodman 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 0 1
Anthony Hockman 4-5 0-0 0-0 8 5-1 6 0 0 0 0
Bobby Torres 6-13 0-2 1-2 13 3-1 4 0 3 0 0
Totals 33-64 6-20 4-14 76 22-16 38 21 18 1 12
Percentage 52% 30% 29%
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Dees finished with 21 points as the only Hawk in double figures but it was an 8 assist-5 steal evening for Gavin Cano that helped with an overall good finish.
