Mountain Valley Hawks Come Up Short in Loss to Spring Branch, 5-3

Mountain Valley Baseball in class after 2 run loss to Spring Branch, 5-3.
Mountain Valley Hawks ran out of innings in loss to Spring Branch MS when the game ended down, 5-3.

Mountain Valley Baseball in class after 2 run loss to Spring Branch, 5-3.
Mountain Valley Hawks ran out of innings in loss to Spring Branch MS when the game ended down, 5-3.

A Hunter Anderson and Brayden Welch mid air collision after another one run win. (photo by Dennis Rohlmeier)
Canyon Lake kept their hopes for a Tri-District Championship alive with a 3 run 7th inning that finished this ‘All hands on deck’ come from behind thriller, 7-6.

Griffen Williams & Tanner Schultz will be working on one more sweep this week against Davenport. (photo by Dennis Rohlmeier)
Canyon Lake stayed within one game of frontrunners Boerne and Wimberley going into their last week of District 28-4A play after run ruling Bandera, 12-0 in five innings.

Carter Williams get the win over Davenport during JV District 28-4A Tournament.
Hawk JV Baseball won 1 of 2 games in this year’s JV District 28-4A Tournament and will take the field this Saturday in Boerne to play for 3rd place.
CLJV took care of business beating Davenport 5-2 that was played in an off and on rain and used a 3 run 4th inning that gave The Lake enough separation to withstand the Wolves one run final inning for this win.
That 4th frame started with a Gage Gibbons single and then a double off the bat of Michael Anderson to the left center field scoring Gibbons who had moved up to second on a passed ball.
Roman Gonzales had CL’s third consecutive hit that scoreds Anderson with the final run scored when Dane Sweet was out on a fielder’s choice.
Those 3 runs gave Carter Williams enough cushion to finish for a win.
Defensively CLJV had two double plays that subdued any hope for a rally by these Visitors. During the 4th inning a comebacker to pitcher Williams going to second to first for the quick two outs and then another good defensive throw out by Catcher Anderson cutting down the Wolves chance to move a player to scoring position.
During CL’s next inning Davenport had their first 3 batters reach with an error followed with a walk and single. That single scored a run closing the gap, 5-2 with no outs in what would be the final inning due to a time limit.

Way to Go JV Hawks!!
A line-out to Sweet and throw to first baseman Hopper stopped the Wolves momentum and then game with a final strikeout for Williams.
Game-Set-Match for the Junior Varsity.
What mojo might had been accomplished during the game was quickly doused by Wimberley who scored 3 runs in the top of their first frame which would be enough putting The Lake in the 2nd round match-up fishing for a 3rd place finish.
On getting those double plate, “We do drills like that in practice,” Williams said matter-of=factly. “Practice makes perfect and those two double plays gave me confidence to just throw strikes and let our infield and outfield work.”
Enough said with one more game as this season draws to a close.
Way to GO JV HAWKS!!
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Nine athletes from Canyon Lake’s Track Teams will be able to compete for another day after their Area Track meet on Wednesday.

The largest contingent of Little Leaguers ever came out to a rain soaked day on Tuesday.
Canyon Lake escaped the Bulldogs scoring the winning run with one out in the bottom of the 7th inning.

CL Hawks finish District 28-4A with Win over Davenport, 18-14.
Canyon Lake had their best district record since their District Championship run 4 years ago in amassing the largest come from behind win (11 runs) over Davenport, 18-14.
Canyon Lake Boys Track finished District 28-4A Meet qualifying some well deserving athletes to the Area round this week on Wednesday in Cuero.

Hannah Hammer recording best 800 meter time in Hawk history.
Canyon Lake Ladies Track & Field team made great strides during the District 28-4A Meet with several personal records (pr) as this year’s group had several freshman and sophomores making their claim of being one of the best up and comers as this year’s continues at the Area Meet in Cuero next.

The Walk Thru as Canyon Lake sent the Greyhounds home with a Loss, 5-4.
The Boerne Outfield were still in Hawk’s win that split this series as the season comes down to the final two weeks before post-season.