Coaches Corner with Soccer Coach, Katie McWhorter.
The ReSporter: Canyon Lake did not lose a lot of Seniors, how young is your team and who will be some athletes you hope to carry your squad?
Coach McWhorter: “Although we didn’t lose many seniors last year, we only have two this year, so our team is a very young team. We are working hard at becoming a more aggressive and explosive team in the hopes that we will be one of the top contenders in our district for playoffs.”
The ReSporter: You have another year of facing schools that are much larger than the Hawks, how will that translate with how the team will approach this season?
Coach McWhorter: “While we are facing schools that are much larger than us, our team has a lot of skill and fight in them. We participated in three tournaments preseason, and most of the teams we played were from much larger schools with excellent soccer teams – some of them were even 5A schools. We held our own and did a really good job in our play.”
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The ReSporter: You seemed really excited after the end of last season having several athletes with another year of experience. Is that still a sense of expectations as you prepare for this Track Season?
Coach Lambert: “Yes it is. We had a very strong young team last year and we are looking forward to having them back this season. We have some upper classman that are showing great enthusiasm for this season and are lookig to spread that enthusiasm with the entire team once we have everyone there together.”
The ReSporter: You have had two girls advance to State in each of the last two seasons. How does that help in motivation for this year’s squad, especially since Marisa is returning this season?
Coach Lambert: “It really shows the other girls how hard you have to work to make it to the state meet, but it also shows them that they too have a chance to make it to state so they are willing to put the work in to be the best.”
The ReSporter: You have some speed with several Ninth graders last season that finished second in District in the 4×100 and 4×200. How many of these athletes will make a jump to Varsity?
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It was a bad news/good news story on Friday night for Canyon Lake’s Freshman team in their game with Bandera.
Bad News: The Hawks came out and needed some plumbing done on their side of the basket when they shot just 14 percent from the field in that first quarter.
Good News: Lucky for Canyon Lake, Gordon The Plumber was watching his son at his baseball practice on campus. During the First Quarter Break, Gordon was able to clear the basket and make it larger than the ball, giving CL a better chance for producing points.
More Good News: After that dismal start, your Hawks had the lead by five points, 10-5. Thanks to some good free throw shooting from Brandon Ward.
More and More Good News: For the remainder of this contest, the Hawks shot a salty 55 percent and were never threatened by this Bulldog club.
Just put Good News in front of each of these next points and you will have an idea of how dominating Canyon Lake was in training a Bulldog.
Next on the docket, your Hawks took the Bull from the dogs and applied it to Robert ‘Bull’ Woods as he proceeded to shoot lights out in this battle.
During the first quarter Woods did not have one shot. All of his shots were recorded in those last three stanzas.
‘Bull’ Woods was 11 for 14 from the field as he took over the lane and had his way with whatever puppy dog came into his kennel.
“We knew Bandera would be playing a 1/3/1 defense and so we were just going to feed the big guys,” Head Coach John Barthels said. “It was a good thing we got our bad quarter out of the way.”
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Canyon Lake lost a heartbreaker game in overtime to Bandera Bulldogs Friday night at the Hawk gym, 50-58.
Sharp Shooter Andrew Riali
“We battled our tails off,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “To be down 15 points and believe we could get it done and get back in it was a great testament to this team.”
The Hawks had 25 turnovers in their last game in Fredericksburg and were on a mission to not let that happen again.
“We started taking care of the ball and our goal was to have 12 or less turnovers in this game,” Andrew “Dead Eye” Riali exclaimed.
Mission accomplished as CL finished with nine miscues in four quarters plus an overtime.
That was a key element as Canyon Lake started their comeback in the second half erasing a 15 point deficit in those last two quarters.
A 34 to 19 advantage in the second half with clutch shooting and lock down defense was a great combination for Canyon Lake as the home crowd helped pump adrenaline into this comeback.
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The Freshman Lady Hawks fought a tough game with Fredericksburg, but could not get that last basket for a win, 50-47.
“We came out slow and it all was very mental,” Coach Shannon Hoberer said. “Our focus was not great, but after halftime they calmed down and started to execute.”
Several players had key baskets and free throws down the stretch in staging an eight point comeback in that fourth quarter that helped delay the Varsity game due to only having three refs for this evening.
This Freshman game was called by one referee for almost the entire affair with reinforcements arriving with under two minutes in that critical fourth stanza.
Canyon Lake found themselves down nine and eight points in the second half before their last push that barely missed a perfect comeback.
In their earlier game, Fredericksburg blew out CL but that game was not as bad as those results garnered. The Billies had borrowed some JV players for the game when several players were sick for that game.
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Turnovers and missed free throws spelled the downfall for Canyon Lake against Fredericksburg in their loss, 35-28.
Canyon Lake’s defense was pretty salty, but the Hawks needed some pepper for their offensive game as another low scoring game could not save the game or season leaving a bad taste in their mouth.
This loss will force Canyon Lake in a corner needing to win every game on their schedule to make the playoffs now.
Katie Williams finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds but finding points was much like finding eggs at a Easter Egg Hunt during a January night for most of the Lady Hawks.
Hard to do.
The Hawks shot 100% in the third quarter, the problem is having only three shots for that quarter.
With 21 turnovers in those middle two quarters CL could not get any shots to help stage a comeback.
“We need to play a tighter man to man defense,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher exclaimed. “The only chance we had to get back into the game was staying in our man defense.”
Canyon Lake will hit the road to Bandera this Friday to try and right this ship. Good Luck.
1 2 3 4 Final
Fredericksburg 4 13 6 12 35
CL Hawks 5 7 8 8 28
3pt Pt Rebounds
Name fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or-dr Tot a s b to
Dulce Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 3
Hannah St. John 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 4
Trena Lorett 2-2 0-0 0-4 4 0-0 0 0 0 0 6
Katie Williams 3-7 0-1 4-6 10 3-11 14 3 0 0 6
Amber Ramsey 1-4 0-0 1-4 3 3-6 9 1 4 4 3
Tammy Dean 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Kyndall Drum 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2-1 3 0 2 0 2
Olivia Flores 2-9 2-6 2-2 8 0-3 3 1 0 0 5
Kelsey Long 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 9-24 2-7 8-19 28 8-22 30 6 6 4 32
Percentage 37.5% 28.6% 42.1%
Quarter First Second Half Third Fourth Half Game
FG 2-10 20% 2-7 29% 24% 3-3 100% 2-4 50% 71% 38%
3pt FG 0-3 00% 0-1 00% 00% 1-1 100% 1-2 50% 67% 29%
FT 1-2 50% 3-7 43% 44% 1-2 50% 3-8 38% 40% 42%
TO 5 12 17 9 6 15 32
The Hawks could not grab enough momentum from their previous game with Navarro to put a scare on Fredericksburg, as Canyon Lake fell to the Billies by 17 points.
Caleb was the only Hawk to finish with double digit scoring finishing with 12 points in the loss.
Canyon Lake now faces a must win game this Friday at home when Bandera comes to town.
Game 1 2 3 4 Final
CL Hawks 11 6 8 12 37
Fredericksburg 13 14 16 11 54
Scorers:
Caleb Kreiger 12, Andrew Riali 7, Paul Davis 5,
Javier Mendez 4, Isaac Pruna 4, Chandler Faulkner 3,
Luke Curry 2.
Canyon Lake Freshman Basketbal team lost a tough battle in Navarro last week in overtime, 56-55.
Navarro has a good club, but a bad fourth quarter left little in their tank to win the game in overtime.
“Tavian Soliz went from wing to point guard early and drove the lane and made some plays,” Coach John Barthels commented. “Robert Woods got several offensive rebounds and easy put backs.”
Both players responded with their best game of this season, but more work will be done as this upstart team goes to Fredericksburg today with a game against the Billies.
1 2 3 4 OT Final
Hawk Freshman 13 11 21 6 4 55
Navarro Freshman 7 15 8 21 5 56
CL Scorers:
T. Soliz 20, R. Woods 12, H. Lee 6, Z. Gregory 6, B. Ward 6,
D. Head 4, J. Ferris 1.
Canyon Lake’s Girls and Boys basketball teams do not need to win every game on their schedule, but there will be some important games played by other schools that will have a say on how the Hawks will fare in finishing district.
The Lady Hawks are now embarking on their final run through district starting this Tuesday when they host Fredericksburg.
In District 27-3A play you have Navarro and Boerne who have separated from the other four schools.
Now it is up to CL to win enough games this second round to get a ticket for a playoff spot.
In the first round Fredericksburg won a pivotal game against Boerne which helps them greatly if they are break even with Wimberley and Canyon Lake to end this season.
Now your Hawks will need to win games with Wimberley, Fredericksburg, and Bandera in order to give them a chance for a playoff game.
What will put them squarely into a playoff game will reside in a win against either Navarro or Boerne. If they can pull that off in this round, then a 5-5 record will put them in a tie with either Wimberley and Fredericksburg.
If Wimberley loses to Navarro, Boerne, and CL, then they will also have that same 5-5 record, but a CL win over one of the two top teams would trump the Texans and give your Hawks an inside trek to a playoff spot.
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Team W L Pct.
Fredericksburg 3 0 1.000
Boerne 3 0 1.000
CL HAWKS 1 2 .333
Bandera 1 2 .333
Wimberley 1 2 .333
Navarro 0 3 .000
This Week's Games
Tuesday January 22nd
Canyon Lake @ Fredericksburg
Bandera @ Wimberley
Navarro @ Boerne
Friday January 25th
Bandera @ Canyon Lake
Wimberley @ Navarro
Boerne @ Fredericksburg
Team Offensive Points Team Defense Points
Boerne 209 Fredericksburg 135
Fredericksburg 189 Boerne 139
Bandera 163 Bandera 170
Canyon Lake 155 Canyon Lake 180
Wimberley 153 Wimberley 183
Navarro 129 Navarro 188
Individual District Scoring
Name Team Points
Aaron Shackelford Bandera 49
Paul Davis Canyon Lake 48
Maverick Harris Boerne 48
Jameson Turner Boerne 45
Ty Neff Bandera 44
Griffin McHone Boerne 44
Clayton Braden Fredericksburg 40
Colin Reyes Fredericksburg 40
Seth Linker Wimberley 39
Hunter Fries Fredericksburg 39
Andrew Riali Canyon Lake 35
Caleb Krieger Canyon Lake 33
Bradley Veselka Boerne 33
Slade Hudson Navarro 26
Desmond Smith Navarro 22
Brook Boatright Navarro 22
Preston Hernandez Navarro 22
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