Canyon Lake halted their seven game losing streak with a 59-54 win over Navarro last Friday night in Panther country.
The Hawks last win was against this same team, Navarro in the Randolph Tournament over a month ago.
This win was also the first District win in over two years. Yes, CL won a forfeit game two years ago against SA Hawkins, but this was an actual win which certainly means more.
Canyon Lake’s last win in district was 24 games counting that forfeit win with Hawkins. You would go back to 26 district games, when the Hawks beat Ingram Moore, 81-73 February 9th, 2010.
Paul Davis was on for this evenings game scoring 25 points while Andrew Riali finished with 17 points.
Caleb Kreiger contributed 12 rebounds and four blocks to his resume. With his next block he will pass Neal Whitehead for the most blocks in Canyon Lake history, both players are tied with 41.
Another milestone could be passed in the Hawks game with Fredericksburg with Point Guard Doug Hubnik needing only five more assists to pass Matt Magness total of 136 in his recently completed career.
Hubnik continues to rack up assists with 103 for this season.
“It was a gut check win, exactly the type of win that we haven’t been able to get the past few years,” a relieved Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “It was a great win and something we can really build on. It was good to finally get over that hump.”
The Hawks will now see what type of building they might be constructing when they face 19th ranked Fredericksburg Billies on their court tonight.
3pt Pt Rebounds
Name fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta tot or-dr Tot a s b to
Riali 5-12 4-11 3-3 17 0-4 4 2 1 1 0
Faulkner 1-5 0-0 3-4 5 2-2 4 1 0 0 0
McIntire 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Davis 7-17 2-6 9-11 25 2-4 6 1 0 0 2
Hubnik 2-6 0-0 1-3 5 2-2 4 4 1 0 2
Kreiger 1-5 0-1 0-0 2 1-11 12 2 0 4 3
Mendez 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 0-3 3 2 0 0 2
Curry 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
Pruna 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-0 1 0 1 0 0
Totals 18-47 6-18 17-23 59 8-26 34 12 4 5 10
38% 33% 74%
Lady Hawks had some good moments against one of the top teams in District 27-3A, but once the dam broke, Canyon Lake could not stop the onslaught as Navarro won going away, 55-34.
Canyon Lake went 10 minutes from the third into the fourth quarter without scoring a bucket while Navarro was scoring 20 points. In that time span, CL could not find any water in their lake and now find themselves needing to reverse this next half of district play with some wins.
The Hawks are not out of the race and if they can find that same feeling of wins from their non-district schedule, then anything can happen.
“We have not put together a full game yet this year,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “We are just not making the changes needed.”
Canyon Lake spent their first two minutes of the second quarter controlling the back board and getting to that foul line.
The result was three points and closing the deficit to four points. Another Canyon Lake seven point run had the Hawks with a lead, 18-17 with over three minutes still to play in the quarter.
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Team W L Pct.
Navarro 4 1 .800
Boerne 4 1 .800
Wimberley 3 2 .600
Fredericksburg 4 2 .667
Canyon Lake 1 5 .167
Bandera 0 5 .000
Friday Results: January 18th
Navarro 55 Canyon Lake 34
Fredericksburg @ Bandera
Boerne 63 Wimberley 41
Tuesday Games: January 22nd
Fredericksburg 35 Canyon Lake 28
Wimberley @ Bandera
Navarro @ Boerne
Team Offense Points Team Defense Points
Navarro 294 Canyon Lake 250
Wimberley 254 Wimberley 237
Boerne 271 Boerne 221
Fredericksburg 226 Navarro 217
Canyon Lake 222 Fredericksburg 221
Bandera 111 Bandera 206
Individual Point Totals (5 Games)
Name Team Points
Shannon Thompson Navarro 76
Avery Queen Boerne 76
Kally Long Wimberley 62
Devon Branch Boerne 49
Allie Doucet Billies 58
Summer Sahd Navarro 52
Katie Williams HAWKS 62
Kiley Jones Wimberley 46
Abby Amick Boerne 52
Olivia Flores HAWKS 50
Taylor Stoever Wimberley 42
Sara Hancock Navarro 48
Andrea Besa Nararro 39
Amber Ramsey HAWKS 38
The Lady Hawks played the second half even but still had some problems sinking shots in the first half resulting in a loss to Boerne Greyhounds, 45-32.
Canyon Lake still held Boerne 10 points below their seasonal average but grasping hold of some offensive power would of been a great equalizer.
The Hawks also reduced their turnovers and the free throw percentage was back up but combining a perfect storm is sometimes like catching that prize butterfly on a windy day.
“We played good defense but struggled to score from the outside,” Head Coach MaryBeth Gallagher said. “We tied their score in the second half after making some halftime adjustments, but we just did not get into sinc until the second half.”
Amber Ramsey pulled off a double double with 10 points and 12 rebounds while also getting her patented three to four steals a game.
Canyon Lake will now have another tough opponent on their docket when Navarro comes to visit this Friday night at the Hawk Gym.
1 2 3 4 Final
Canyon Lake 10 5 4 13 32
Boerne 16 12 5 12 45
3pt Tot Rebounds
Name fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr Tot a s b to
Dulce Brown 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1-1 2 0 2 0 1
Trena Lorett 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Katie Williams 3-12 0-0 2-2 8 2-5 7 2 0 1 3
Amber Ramsey 5-13 0-0 0-0 10 3-9 12 2 4 2 1
Tammy Dean 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0-1 1 0 0 0 5
Kyndall Drum 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 0-2 2 2 0 0 0
Olivia Flores 2-7 1-4 3-4 8 0-0 0 1 2 0 9
Kelsey Long 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 12-35 1-4 7-11 32 7-18 25 7 9 3 20
Percentages 34.3% 25.0% 63.6%
Canyon Lake Freshman missed a win by three points as the Boerne Greyhounds had a comeback in the fourth quarter outscoring CL by seven points for a two point win, 64-62.
“We played our best game offensively,” Coach John Barthels interjected. “We picked a bad time to play our worst game defensively.We can fix that.”
The Hawks had 11 players scoring points showing off their depth and resolve.
“We were able to get more people involved and had several players step up when we asked them to,” Barthels continued. “We were 17 of 28 from the free throw line after going 8 of 10 against Wimberley, so we have stepped up in the last two games there after shooting just 36% on the year.”
Having so many players involved in games will only help as they take on the tasks of getting their best game going.
“We have really started to play as a team and although we are 0-2 in district I feel we are playing better basketball at the right time,” Coach Barthels finished.
Brandon Ward and Zach Gregory both finished with double figure points with 17 and 12 respectfully.
“We worked as hard as we can to come over the injury,” Gregory said after commenting on losing Joseph Arredondo during the second half. “We will try to work harder in practice and come together as a team more and the wins will come.”
A good game for Canyon Lake as they continue their schedule through District 27-3A.
Freshman 1 2 3 4 Final
Boerne 14 16 15 17 64
CL Hawks 18 17 15 10 62
Scoring: B. Ward 17, Z. Gregory 12, R. Woods 7,
H. Lee 7, J. Arredondo 6, D. Head 4, R. Sarmiento 2,
T. Soliz 2, M. Montgomery 2, S. Langford 2, Z. Sawyer 1.
The Hawk’s Junior Varsity made up nine points in the third quarter but could not finish, losing 50-46 to Boerne.
The second half was a different team for Canyon Lake…again.
“Coach said to stay calm and don’t give up,” Trendon Martinez started. “We came out and we got some traps which resulted in easy baskets. We just need to stay focused and get that energy for the whole game with an unstoppable mindset and keep up a good defense.”
A much more active team in the second half helped as Canyon Lake was much more energetic on the boards and defense, which turned into offense.
Half of CL’s field goals, in that second half, was a result of an assist which tells you how good this offense was humming as this game matured.
Skyler Tschoepe was a recipient of many of those assists as he also made several other shots having one of his best overall games of this season with 19 points.
“Our second half we started off and got some easy baskets and then that led to momentum,” Tschoepe said with resolve. “Our transition points were wide open especially on our three’s.”
Garrett Winters also returned with a three point clinic making five long shots throughout this contest.
Seven different players were credited with an assist while also bringing down that turnover epidemic this team was suffering in their last outing.
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Canyon Lake’s effort did not translate to points as Boerne showed the Hawks how a good shooting team can control a game and pulled away for a 22 point win, 63-41 at the Hawk gym.
The Hawks started the game in good shape as they scored 14 points with four assists, eight rebounds and a tied score after the first eight minutes.
That hot shooting quickly became a cold night shooting when Boerne outscored the Hawks by seven points and that same number for the halftime score.
If CL would of converted their free throws in that second quarter, then they could of had a lead or at least a much closer game.
The Hawks did come out with a great play to start the second half, finding Andrew Riali wide open under the basket for their first play, but a missed shot was an omen for what would become a familiar event for the remainder of this contest.
Hard to win when your highest percentage of shooting tops out at 33 percent and that was from the free throw line.
Canyon Lake had open shots but very few would find the bottom of the net. The Hawks almost shot as many three pointers compared to shots inside the perimeter for the game.
Caleb Kreiger led the Hawks with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Riali also found a double digit night with 12 points.
Paul Davis had 22 points in his first district game but in this game his shot would not go in as he drew a blank. Along with many of the other players on this Cold night.
“They’re a good team,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman started. “You pick your poison with a team like this. Guard their point man and he will find their inside game, or let him slash and he can find their outside shooters.”
“We battled and had some guys step up and played some big minutes and none of our team had any let downs.”
Canyon Lake will now go on the road as they play Navarro this Friday and try once again to get off this losing streak that has been infested with some Cold weather, don’t forget your coat.
1 2 3 4 Final
Boerne 14 11 25 13 63
Canyon Lake 14 4 15 8 41
3pt Pts Rebounds
Name ftm-fta ftm-fga ftm-fta Tot or-dr tot a s b to
Andrew Riali 4-10 4-9 0-0 12 0-1 1 1 0 0 0
Robbie Ferris 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Chandler Faulkner 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
Thomas McIntire 2-3 0-1 0-0 4 0-0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Davis 0-8 0-3 1-3 1 1-5 6 2 0 1 2
Doug Hubnik 2-5 0-2 0-0 4 0-0 0 2 0 0 3
Spencer Wellings 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0
Tyler Clark 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1
Caleb Kreiger 6-7 1-1 3-9 16 1-7 8 1 0 1 2
Javier Mendez 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1-4 5 1 0 0 2
Luke Curry 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 1 0 1
Ray Dailey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Isaac Pruna 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1-1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 16-49 5-22 4-12 41 5-18 23 9 1 2 13
Percentage 32.7% 22.7% 33.3%
Quarter First Second Half Third Fourth Half Game
FG 6-16 38% 1-6 17% 32% 6-11 55% 3-16 19% 30% 33%
3pt FG 1-8 13% 0-1 00% 11% 3-5 60% 1-8 13% 31% 23%
FT 1-3 33% 2-8 25% 27% 0-0 00% 1-1 100% 100% 33%
TO 2 6 8 3 2 5 13
Boy's Girl's
Name Points Name Points
Caleb Kreiger 308 Katie Williams 269
Paul Davis 214 Amber Ramsey 192
Andrew Riali 187 Olivia Flores 145
Name Rebounds Name Rebounds
Caleb Kreiger 177 Amber Ramsey 200
Andrew Riali 93 Katie Williams 164
Paul Davis 83 Kyndall Drum 90
Name Made Free Throws Name Made Free Throws
Doug Hubnik 60 Katie Williams 35
Caleb Kreiger 53 Olivia Flores 34
Paul Davis 36 Amber Ramsey 20
Name Assists Name Assists
Doug Hubnik 103 Dulce Brown 20
Paul Davis 21 Katie Williams 19
Caleb Kreiger 14 Kyndall Drum 15
Name Steals Name Steals
Doug Hubnik 20 Amber Ramsey 75
Javier Mendez 17 Dulce Brown 50
Paul Davis 13 Katie Williams 43
Canyon Lake Lady Hawks have some encouraging signs that might help in climbing that hill for a chance to make the playoffs.
Free Throws is one of those times when teams can turn around a game. When a team is attempting to score points from their charity stripe, time stands still with points being scored without losing precious seconds on the clock while your team is in catch-up mode.
The Hawks have upped their ante for this part of the game by increasing their percentage to the good.
Before the Crockett game or the first 17 games this season your Hawks made 43 out of 100 free throws or 43% of their shots.
In their last five games (not counting Wimberley), Canyon Lake has made 59 shots out of 84 attempts. That will translate into a 70% improvement for the team.
Individually you might see how almost every girl has improved on their percentage.
Free Throws Before Crockett Game After Crockett Game
Tammy Dean 4-16 25% 6-8 75%
Kelsey Long 7-13 54% 4-5 80%
Amber Ramsey 10-25 40% 10-12 83%
Olivia Flores 10-17 59% 18-22 82%
Katie Williams 18-29 62% 11-17 65%
Trena Lorett 4-20 20% 3-4 75%
Dulce Brown 12-27 44% 3-8 38%
Hannah St. John 14-35 40% 4-8 50%
Kyndall Drum Has not attempted a free throw in the last five games.
Those numbers will and can add up for a team that is needing to shore up a couple more issues, but taking this season one step at a time will give you an idea that the climb is not that much further to be able to cash in on for some victories.
Canyon Lake will need to sweep Fredericksburg and Wimberley on their next round and steal a victory or hope that Fredericksburg slips up and loses a game that they were favored.
This is all based on an assumption that Boerne and Navarro are the two teams that will lead this season in district play.
Many of these items are fluid. The ReSporter just received the Stats for the Wimberley game while working on this story and that one item that might have caused this defeat was how the Hawks free throw shooting was back to how they were shooting in the first 17 games of the season.
Under 50% from the line in this game which was lost by four points. Yes, there had to be other variables going into that final score, but if you want to see that elephant in the room, then look no further than that free throw line.
The Hawks are one game under .500 in district play, but working on those little things can pay dividends. Good Luck!!
The ReSporter: Coach Dunavant, tell us what your
Head Coach Trent Dunavant
thoughts on that new district schedule where you played each team three times last season.
Coach Dunavant: “The teams that deserved to play in the playoffs got into the playoffs which many times might not be the case when you play twice with several games between contests. You have a chance of getting your opponents ace pitcher in both of those contests where other teams could have a pitcher that would be not as good.
This system gives you a chance to play a team and face more pitchers that can translate into a better chance of winning if you are better. All those better teams got in.”
The ReSporter: Tell us what your thoughts on how this group of players are doing in preparation for the upcoming season.
Coach Dunavant: “Yesterday I went down to the field and saw players knocking the ball around and playing the infield. We might have more infield depth than we have had in several seasons, which might help us in the outfield.”
“I feel pretty good with that depth and maturity, everyone out there has been on the varsity and all those lumps they have endured the past two years will payoff this year.”
“Now it is time to reap the reward and put into motion their game on the field. This is not a rebuilding year, this is a producing year.”
The ReSporter: When does improvement increase the most for players, Freshman to Sophomores, Sophomores to Juniors, etc…?
Coach Dunavant: “I don’t think their improvement happens based on what grade they might be in, they improve because they are guys that want to compete and be out there for something more. Many of our Seniors are wanting to play in college, so they’re going to be more intense their senior year than another player that might be wanting to play out that last game of the season.”
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