QB Jace Wheeler readies to take Lake past 2nd round in playoffs.

                                 GO LAKE

This year The Lake is full with hopes of a complete year from the Quarterback position as Jace Wheeler will be going into his third season at the helm.

This is the second time in football that Canyon Lake has had a 3-year starter at this position when Ben Fulton was taking snaps for 3 years during those Slot-T seasons.

Fulton, along with Jace Wheeler, are the only two quarterbacks with a better than 100% QB Rating.

Canyon Lake these past two seasons has two consecutive 8 win campaigns and Wheeler has been a part of 21 of those those games garnering a 14-8 record and will look to surpass Fulton if the Lake can reach that 88 win plateau matching those last two campaigns.

Wheeler comes into this season with a .636 winning percentage which leads all CL’s QBs while Ben Fulton, compiled a .583 percentage with his 21 wins during his 36 starts.

TOP FIVE QUARTERBACKS (based on Yardage).

Player           Comp  Att   Pct   Yds  INT  TD  QB Rating Yds/Att  TD%   INT%
Jace Wheeler     238   414  .574  4348   14  56  119.2     10.50    13.3  3.4
Ross Wagliardo   308   559  .551  3896   23  28   76.6      6.97     5.0  4.1
Branson Belcher  172   339  .507  3101   10  28   97.7      9.43     8.5  3.0
Peyton McMullen  116   288  .403  2461   11  22   80.8      8.55     7.6  3.8
Ben Fulton       106   223  .475  2271   10  27  105.0     10.18    12.1  4.5

With two leading receivers who finished last year as a dynamic duo will be back with a chance to continue waking that sleeping giant in a passing game which had been dormant through a 12 year slot-T stretch.

The ReSporter’s earlier article featured skill position is worth another mention from Last Year’s Receiving Stats Below:

                 No   Yds   Ave   Lg  TD
Peyton King      44   925  21.0   82  13
Kobe Halverson   35   599  17.1   55   6
Total            79  1524  19.3   82  19

“I have two of the best receivers in this district so if I put it into their hands then that makes my game a lot easier,” QB Wheeler said. “As a team I am trying to get better than 8-4 (The Lake’s last two season record) and we are trying to go into that third round and get past that second round we will be trying to go as far as we can.”

                            Go Lake!

Another added element to Wheeler’s game last year was his run game. Wheeler had negative yardage during his Sophomore season but last year topped the 200 yards on the ground.

Having a signal caller running will add more homework for opposing defenses in preparing for The Lake.

Wheeler’s Rushing Two Year comparison.

                 Att   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
’24 Wheeler      18    -35  -1.9    7   0
’25 Wheeler      43    207   4.8   30   2
Total            61    172   2.8   30   2

The Lake will be looking for more battles with the Junior Varsity as Jake Welkey, Jake Stringer and Jacob Little will be looking to head the class for next year’s next varsity quarterback.

Canyon Lake’s only playoff year that went past the 2nd round happened during Fulton’s last year and that stat of going further would certainly be a goal for Wheeler to pass in his final go round.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Peyton King enters his 3rd Year with sights on a longer season! Let’s Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

SKILL POSITIONS

            GET HITS HAWKS!

The Lake has returning starters manning the receiving corp this season and running back will have some ‘wet behind the ears’ players that will be looking to make their mark.

CLHS has had around a 70% player rate for the third year in a row during this Summer’s Strength & Conditioning time  and from gaining speed~weight~improving their skill set  has been noticeable across the board.

With that being the case this year’s receivers with Sr. Peyton King and Jr. Kobe Halverson are bringing some impressive marks with hopes of raising their bar this go round.

For CL’s first year (2024) of debuting a new offense it was Carter Williams and Harris Gilliam who combined with 82 receptions and 1700 yards.

                          Go Hawks!

Last year had King and Halverson combining with 79 receptions and 1524 yards and was helped by a deeper pool of players from their previous campaign adding another 35 receptions ~ 624 yards between Seniors Lucas Schexnayder and Hayes Holladay.

Another added variable came from those senior running backs, Gram Simpson & Chris Brown with 26 combined receptions for another 264 yards.

Those last two points above will have more intrigue in seeing which players can fill those graduated numbers.

                  Proud of the Hawks!

This season has Senior Nico Wyckoff and Senior Aiden Boals as of this writing looking to be this year’s running backs.

Wyckoff has played the past two years but injuries have limited his footprint going into his final season. Thus far, Wyckoff has carried the ball 40 times for 211 yards and two  touchdowns.

Senior Peyton Vann will be vying for filling that slot position while Junior Thomas Inmon having his sight filling as a tight end as well as a wide receiver.

Inmon turned coaches’ heads with some early season highlight reel catches on JV as well as being able to kick a football into the end zone for starters. He was moved up early and will be counted on for garnering some important snaps.

         Go Lake & OK Corral Your Opponents!

Other new names to learn will be Sr. Peyton Vann, Jr. Dario Faz and So. Caleb Cross.

Faz brings some splash plays from JV and Cross will add more depth to this receiving corp especially since Sophomores are not brought up to Varsity because Coaches are not wanting to waste valuable snaps with players watching from a sideline instead of getting starting time on Junior Varsity.

  Fly High Hawks!

A main point to take hold for this group of players comes from Head Coach Sam Parker who praised, “I can’t elaborate how well these young men have done this off-season!”

Next article will Pre-View Quarterback.

Let’s GO LAKE!

                Offensive Center #77 John Fugate Opens Gate for Gram Simpson last year.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

OFFENSIVE LINE

                                 Let’s Go Lake!

The ReSporter will start a series of articles highlighting this year’s upcoming football season.

Starting with the Offense starting with the Offensive Line~Skill Positions~Quarterback.

How this year’s Offensive Line goes should be a good starting point for this group and what might be in store after losing two starters the previous season.

An Offensive Lineman is the top group of players that act as a unit in communicating and meshing in performing in each game for a garnering a decent result.

Three years ago Coach Sam Parker stated there would be a separate group of lineman performing on offense or defense but not both.

That concept had not been the case at The Lake especially those campaigns when injuries were a problem, but after two successful campains this concept has shown success.

                  Plug those Leaks Fast Lake!

Keeping players fresher when the defense takes the field has allowed rest and teaching and those benefits have been brought to light with proof for an offensive unit that has had some eye catching numbers.

Seven times The Lake has amassed more than 4000 yards of offense and Coach Parker’s offense has two of those seasons. (4388 ’24) & (4457 ’25)

This scenario has allowed players to work and perfect their trade which has produced young men that can concentrate exclusively on either side of the ball.

“Our success up front really is going to dictate what the success of our team really is,” Offensive Line Coach Clarence Lewis stated. “We have a really good group of guys this year with some returning starters and some young guy who are going to have to step up and play.”

                          Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake lost Cayden Toon and Donovan Menchaca on the line but returns 4 with Center John Fugate anchoring the line at center. Fugate finished last season with right at 40 pancake blocks and looks to increase that total.

When asked about his 40 pancake blocks last season….Fugate was quick with his reply, “Yeah…I want to double that this year.”

Fugate continued, “We have big expectations coming into this year and we just have to prove…to come back at it. This is probably one of the stronger O-Lines that Canyon Lake has had.”

On how last year went and what to expect, “There’s a few games that we didn’t play together and we were more selfish last year and it showed like Somerset (game) and we didn’t have a good running game at all and then we have games like Taylor….that was a beautiful O-Line game.”

Sr. Parker Gordon also chimed in on how this unit has jelled during these  past few months, “I think as a whole that we are a lot better and this year we have been working on our communication by being more vocal on the line.” On goals for this season? “We want to make it into December and we have a couple of big games at the beginning of the season and I’m looking forward to it.”

GO LAKE!

Inside Offensive Lineman Anthony ‘Chuy’ Mata opined, “Our goal is to do our best….we have to just ‘impose our will on opponents’ this year.”

Canyon Lake has certainly stocked a good group of players on offense and that most important facet will come from how these Linemen can protect the quarterback and forge holes for the running game!

Next Part II: Skill Players

Let’s Go Lake!

QB Jace Wheeler will be in his 3rd year with Coach Parker’s Offensive scheme. (photo by Daniel Clifton)

                              GO LAKE

Alignment for this upcoming year has presented a lot of changes for these next two years as The ReSporter will point out for each sport which schools will be battling for those coveted post-season extended seasons.

These past two campaigns had football relegated going south by playing Uvalde~Pleasanton~Somerset schools. These next two years the UIL has switched Canyon Lake back north (for the most part) by replacing the schools just mentioned with schools from the Austin area.

There is one exception being Kerrville Tivy making their appearance for the first time and now the largest district, The Lake, has played since their first season. Austin Northeast will be another school The Hawks have yet to play along with Tivy.

                   Keep it Going Hawks!

“I’m excited about the 2026-2028 UIL realignment and the challenges it presents with our new opponents,” Head Football Coach Sam Parker opined. “Competing against a district full of well-coached teams will push us to elevate our game. With these new challenges comes a significant opportunity for growth within our program. I look forward to seeing our athletes rise to the occasion and develop both individuality and as a team.”

The Hawk’s Football will switch strengths from Offense (Strength) & Defense (Work in Progress)…last year it was the defense that had more returning starters which has switched for this coming season.

           Go Lake & Congrats on Great Year!

Below, you will see 8 teams now in District 13 and will have District 14 for the first round playoff opponents. There are 3 schools in this district that played The Lake during that 2 year span.

Canyon Lake had a combined 5-1 record against those three schools.

With 3 Non-District contests that have two schools, Lago Vista & Valley Creek View as first time opponents and then that Battle-of the Backbone where The Lake has had to set up a chiropractor to help all those back-pains given by these Texans who have an impressive, 15-3 record against your Hawks.

A GPS will be an useful instrument with 4 schools being first time to play for The Lake.

This year’s football schedule as well as the Hawk’s District in other sports with the District Schools that will pose those first round post-season play.

Let’s GO LAKE!

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug 14th   Home   Burnet            Scrimmage
Aug 21st   Away   Veterans Memorial Scrimmage
Aug 28th   Away   Wimberley
Sep  4th   Away   Lago Vista
Sep 11th   Home   Valley Creek View
Sep 18th   Bye
Sep 25th   Home   Davenport
Oct  2nd   Away   Taylor
Oct  9th   Home   Austin Travis     Homecoming
Oct 16th   Away   Austin Northeast
Oct 23rd   Home   Fredericksburg
Oct 30th   Home   Kerrville Tivy
Nov  6th   Away   Austin LBJ

                   Opponent
FOOTBALL           All-Time  Last Yr          First Round
District 13        Record    Record Finished  Bi-District 14 
Austin LBJ           0-2       9-3    1st     Floresville
Austin Northeast     0-0       1-9    6th     La Vernia
Austin Travis        2-1       4-6    5th     Valley Creek View
Davenport            1-3      13-1    1st     Pleasanton
Fredericksburg      10-6       3-8    5th     SA Kennedy
Taylor               6-4       5-6    2nd     Somerset
Kerrville Tivy       0-0       6-5    4th     Uvalde

VOLLEYBALL~BASKETBALL~CROSS COUNTRY~SOFTBALL~BASEBALL
GOLF~SPRING TENNIS~TRACK & FIELD

District 27                Bi-District 28 
Bandera                    Medina Valley Creek View
Davenport                  Pearsall
Fredericksburg             Pleasanton
Kerrville Tivy             SA Kennedy
Wimberley                  SA Memorial
THE LAKE                   Somerset
                           Uvalde

FALL TENNIS
District 26                Bi-District 25
Bandera                    Burnet
Billies                    Jarrell
Davenport                  Lampasas
Kerrville Tivy             Lago Vista
Ingram Moore               Salado
Llano                      Marble Falls
THE LAKE                   Belton New Tech

SOCCER
District 25                Bi-District 26
Bandera                    Floresville
Billies                    Navarro
Lago Vista                 La Vernia
Wimberley                  SA Kennedy
Marble Falls               SA Memorial
Kerrville Tivy             SA Cole
Davenport                  SA Young Men Great Hearts (Boys Only)
THE LAKE

       Bryce May finished this season on a hot streak. Way to Finish Bryce & Go Lake!

                     Great Season Lake!

Canyon Lake’s Baseball team was ousted from the playoffs after being swept by a very good Floresville Tigers team.

You could make a point that The Lake had been in playoff mode since before district was finished as they amassed a, 1-7 district record with just two schools remaining on their district schedule.

Needing to win was put in place then as CL  finished with a 5-1 record before this final series with the Tigers.

Some of that turn-a-round came about when pitcher Cullen Barnhart, being able to pitch, after an injury during the season had relegated his season playing first base.

In fact, this season The Lake used 12 different pitchers which was the most in Hawk history in trying to find two pitchers who could represent your two district weekly games.

         Go Lake & Congrats on Great Season!

Head Coach Victor Escamilla commented on this year’s seniors, “A lot of these seniors played on varsity for three years and played a big part and gave us a lot of leadership and led on the field with communicating our expectations.”

CLake will be losing all three outfield positions and Coach Escamilla commented on what expectations for next year’s team, “These kids already know that we will have holes in the out-field and we are going to have a place for you if you can put the work in for those spots.”

“Our pitching will be a big question mark too and we will just have to get going there and find our hitters who can excel in the outfield and if you can hit then you don’t sit….we will find a place for you,” Escamilla was quick to his point.

Seeing how well Barnhart performed during this past month will give hope for one spot on the pitching mound as well as seeing Freshman Jacob Little and Sophomore Jace McGoldrick putting up some impressive work on the pitching mound.

Ryan Rena was on fire during these past two months and looking below you will see how his maturation has blossomed this past campaign.

   ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so sb hbp ave  obp  slg
R  57  4 13 13  5  1 14 25  1  1 .228 .384 .316  Freshman
Y  59 19 13 16  6  1 16 18  4  2 .220 .418 .373  Sophomore
A  63 14 23 16  7  1 24  8  8  2 .365 .551 .524  Junior
N 179 37 49 45 18  3 54 51 13  5 .274 .454 .425

Head Coach Lee Self for CL’s Green Squad was glowing with how well this team performed as well as Gold team players could make a significant jump with another year of off-season work and growth.

              Proud of You Hawks!

Just a matter of time and a chance for many of those sub-varsity players to put the work in and as Coach Escamilla said earlier, “If you can hit then you won’t sit!”

Go Lake!

PRESENT: Canyon Lake Players that made the All-Time Top 10 for season and career below:

SEASON                AT BATS        CAREER
Carson Walker      98  6th

                       RUNS
Carson Walker      34  2nd    Gram Simpson        78   3rd

                       HITS
                              Gram Simpson        70  10th

                       RBIs
Cullen Barnhart    26  8th    Ryan Rena           45   8th
Bryce May          22 10th

                      WALKS
Gram Simpson       25  3rd    Gram Simpson        70   1st
Ryan Rena          24  4th    Ryan Rena           54   5th

                    STOLEN BASES
Gram Simpson       16  2nd    Gram Simpson        28   2nd
Bryce May          12  7th    Bryce May           16  10th

                      DOUBLES
Cullen Barnhart     8  7th    Ryan Rena           18   5th
Bryce May           8  7th
Ryan Rena           7 10th

                      TRIPLES
Gram Simpson        2  5th    Gram Simpson         3   6th
Bryce May           2  5th

                     HOME RUNS
Wayen Slania-Wetz   3  6th    Wayen Slania-Wetz    4   5th
                              Ryan Rena            3  10th

                   HIT by PITCH
                              Gram Simpson        23   1st

                ON BASE PERCENTAGE
Ryan Rena         .552 3rd    Gram Simpson      .505   4th

                SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
                              Wayen Slania-Wetz .475   9th

PITCHING         INNING PITCHED
Hayes Holladay   55.2  9th    Hayes Holladay   102.0  10th

                  STRIKEOUTS
Hayes Holladay     58  9th

                     WINS
Hayes Holladay      5  9th    Hayes Holladay       7  10th
                              Ryan Rena            7  10th

The Lake’s 4×200 Relay with Shana Cutrer~Aubrey Avey~Savanna Oberholtzer~Te’a Gonzales show off their medals! Go Lake~see you at State!

Canyon Lake’s Lady Track Team finished 2nd in last week’s Regional IV Meet in scoring 59 points.

Both 4×100 & 4×200 Relays were able to finish 1st & 2nd  which accounts for 36 of those 59 Lake points.

        Top 5 Region IV   Team Results
        Wimberley            70
        Canyon Lake          59
        Rockport             48
        Kingsville King      46
        Bandera              45

This will be the sixth straight year The Lake Ladies have been able to qualify for The State Meet.

It was Landry Brown who qualified in the High Jump in 2021 and then ‘build it and they will come’ motif was born with several athletes being able to make that 60 mile trip to Austin in these last 5 seasons.

Year  Participant(s)            Event
2021  Landry Brown              High Jump

2022  Alencia Lentz             Pole Vault   Won
      Hannah Hammer, Lentz      4x400 Relay
      Ayren Lightfoot, Claire Schroeder

2023  Alencia Lentz             Pole Vault   Won
      Cadence Patterson         3200/1600 Run

2024  Ayren Lightfoot           400 Meter Dash
      Cadence Patterson         3200/1600 Run

2025  Aubrey Avey               300 Meter Hurdles
      Avey, Savanna Oberholtzer 4x100 Relay
      Te’a Gonzales, Kennedy Grindle

2026  Aubrey Avey               300 Meter Hurdles
      Avey, Oberholtzer         4x100 Relay
      Te’a Gonzales, Shana Cutrer
      Avey, Oberholtzer         4x200 Relay
      Gonzales, Cutrer

It has been a great run for The Lake with several Freshman who participated this season with a chance of getting their name on that invitation list.

Results for this year’s Region Meet for The Lake:

100 Meter Dash      Result   Finish  Pts
Savanna Oberholtzer 12.45      5th    2

200 Meter Dash
Te’a Gonzales       25.75      6th    1

1600 Meter Run
Eva Zabarcencu      5:23.64    6th    1
Sophie Eastland     5:34.64   13th

3200 Meter Run
Eva Zabarcencu      11:25.98   4th    4
Sophie Eastland     11:42.33   7th

300 Meter Hurdles
Aubrey Avey         44.75      1st   10

Long Jump
Savanna Oberholtzer 18-02.50   6th    1

Pole Vault
Katelyn Lowth       10-09      4th    4

4x100 Relay         47.96      2nd   16
Oberholtzer~Cutrer~Avey~Gonzales

4x200 Relay       1:41.46      1st   20
Oberholtzer~Cutrer~Avey~Gonzales
===============================

Aubrey Avey          19 points 3 events
Savanna Oberholtzer  12 points 4 events
Te’a Gonzales        10 points 3 events
Shana Cutrer          9 points 2 events
Eva Zabarcencu        5 points 2 events
Katelyn Lowth         4 points 1 event
                     59

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Here are schools and marks from around the state.

300 Meter Hurdles     Result    PR
Aubrey Avey           45.75     43.03

Region I
Crow    ~Seminole     44.44
Flowers ~Seminole     44.72

Region II
Olagbo  ~Sunnydale    41.42
Thurman ~Lindale      43.73

Region III
Baker   ~China Spring 42.52
Seale   ~Lorena       42.99
===========================         
4x100 Relay  Hawks:   47.96     47.13

Region I
Brownwood             47.34
West Plains           47.68

Region II
Sunnyvale             46.59
Dallas Lincoln        47.10

Region III
Madisonville          47.16
Salado                47.35
===========================
4x200 Relay  Hawks: 1:41.46    1:40.46

Region I
Brownwood           1:40.79
Greenwood           1:41.87

Region II
Life Waxahachie     1:38.37
Tyler Chapel Hill   1:38.51

Region III
Little Cypress      1:41.08
Madisonville        1:41.12

The State Meet will be held next week on May 14th and another great year for Canyon Lake!

Way to GO FAST LAKE!

                         Lake win Bi-District & now will face off against Floresville. Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

       GO LAKE & Beat Floresville!

The Ranch found their Legacy at the bottom of THE LAKE after a 10-1 whitewash of these Wranglers.

Canyon Lake would score all the runs needed after starting this Bi-District contest scoring 5 first inning runs.. CL has scored 16 first inning runs since the Fredericksburg series and before that were in a drought of no runs during district play.

The Lake had 8 of 9 starters with a hit and the one player that was hitless, Cullen Barnhart  who has the best average for CLHS went hitless but changed getting a hit to getting hit twice by Wrangler pitching while also  drawing a walk.

            Way to GET HITS Lake!

That first frame had another batter magnet when Gram Simpson was hit by a round ball. Simpson is the all-time leader standing with 23 joining Barnhart in this hit parade.

Double-Mint Ryan Rena was next up rapping a double to left field driving CL’s first two runs followed by a Hayes Holladay rbi single. This game was beginning to think, the Wrangler pitcher,  did not like Hawks after a third hit batter, this time Archer Miller,  loaded the bases.

Then two consecutive singles for Gavyn Baldera and Lucas Shexnayder drove in the last two runs for a  5 run  advantage.

             Way to Go Lake Baseball.

Holladay was on the mound and started a little rusty hitting his first batter (a theme for this contest).  This baserunner  was driven in by a double capping the only run for LR. That turned out to be the only damage these Ranchers could muster.

Lucas Shexnayder led the team with three hits with two doubles while Gavyn Baldera and Rena both tied with 3 rbis a piece.

Rena had two doubles and is now 5th place with 18 in this category.

      1. Carter Williams   22
      2. Griffen Williams  21
      3. Travis Walker     19
      3. Hunter Anderson   19
      5. Ryan Rena         18

Simpson continues his climb on the all-time lists for stolen bases standing with 26 career steals trailing Daniel Camarillo 29 from back during the 2011-12 seasons.

                   Let’s GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake’s District 26-4A all won their Bi-District outing last week and Floresville and The Lake have played three common opponents this year and are pretty even with those outcomes.

La Vernia was the only school that was out of each school’s district and both beat the Bears.

Canyon Lake will play Floresville Tigers (20-6-1) this Thursday at  the Tigers starting at 7:00 pm and Friday at the Hawk Nest at 7:00pm.

A Saturday game if needed will be back in Floresville with a 1:00 start time.

The Texas High School Association and Walmart recognized the Academic All-State Teams.

Greysen Patton    1st Team    Hayes Holladay  2nd Team
Gavyn Baldera     2nd Team    Dalton Hodges   2nd Team
Lucas Schexnayder 2nd Team    Gram Simpson    Honorable Mention

Congrats with the Most Important Statistic Young Men! And Let’s GO HAWKS!

Below is an updated All-Time Playoff Top 4 Records as with each game played a more present Hawk player will start to edge into these records.

UPDATED ALL-TIME PLAYOFF TOP 4     10 At Bats to qualify
At Bats                 Runs                   Hits
Hunter Anderson     44  Gram Simpson       10  Chase Anderson     15
Chase Anderson      38  Griffen Williams    8  Hunter Anderson    15
Griffen Williams    38  Hunter Anderson     8  Griffen Williams   14
Ty Sellers          33  Tyler Pauly         7  Ryan Rena           8
                        Carter Williams     7  Tanner Schultz      8

Present Hawks Standings Runs                   Hits
Hayes Holladay      16  Hayes Holladay      6  Gram Simpson        7
Bryce May           16  Ryan Rena           5  Lucas Schexnayder   7
Gram Simpson        15  Lucas Schexnayder   5  Hayes Holladay      7

RBI                     Extra Base Hits        Walks
Griffen Williams    19  Griffen Williams    8  Chase Anderson      8
Carter Williams     13  Carter Williams     5  Tyler Pauly         8
Chase Anderson       9  Ryan Rena           5  James LaLonde       7
Ryan Rena            6  Hayes Holladay      3  Tanner Schultz      7
Michael Anderson     6  Hayden Baker        3  Hunter Anderson     7

Present Hawks Standings Extra Base Hits        Walks
Hayes Holladay       5  Lucas Schexnayder   2  Gram Simpson        4
Gavyn Baldera        5  Bryce May           2  Wayen Slania-Wertz  3
Bryce May            4                         Lucas Schexnayder   3

10 At Bats to qualify
Batting Ave             On Base Ave            Slugging Ave
Michael Anderson  .600  Lucas Shexnayder .647  Griffen Williams .921
Lucas Schexnayder .538  James LaLonde    .647  Ryan Rena        .800
Ryan Rena         .533  Michael Anderson .600  Michael Anderson .800
Hayes Holladay    .437  Ryan Rena        .588  Carter Williams  .773


               1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
The Lake       5  0  2  1  2  0  0  10 11  0
Legacy Ranch   1  0  0  0  0  0  0   1  3  4

                  ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson       3  2  1  1  0  1  0  hbp sb
Bryce May          4  0  1  0  0  0  1  sb
 ph Dalton Hodges  1  0  0  0  0  0  1
Cullen Barnhart    2  1  0  0  0  1  1  hbp 2
Ryan Rena          3  2  2  3  2  1  0  sf
Hayes Holladay     5  2  1  0  0  0  0  roe
Carson Walker      3  0  1  1  0  0  1  sac
Archer Miller      2  0  1  0  0  0  1  hbp 2
 pr CJ Rodriguez   0  2  0  0  0  0  0  sb
Gavyn Baldera      2  0  1  3  0  1  0  sac
Lucas Schexnayder  3  1  3  1  2  0  0  hbp
Totals            28 10 11  9  4  4  5

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so
Hayes Holiday (5-3) 7.0  3  1  1  1  8

Cullen Barnhart throws another gem in Bi-District win over Legacy Ranch, 5-3.

                      Way to Go Hawks!

The Lake continued peaking at the right time scoring 5 runs and taking the lead after Legacy Ranch jumped out to a one run lead opening the game.

The Ranch made a statement to start this game with their first batter being hit by a pitch and then scored on a single by their clean-up hitter.

Luckily for the Hawk Nation this team had a penchant of bunching their arsenal during the bottom of the third inning that had 11 Hawk’s come to bat leading to this break out frame.

                          Break the Dam~ Lake! 

Ranch was without a Legacy while The Lake had their only out coming from a sacrifice bunt (Archer Miller) for those first 9 players who sauntered to the plate. The damage would be 5 runs which was highlighted with a double for Bryce May along with 3 singles (Carson Walker~Cullen Barnhart~Ryan Rena), two walks (Lucas Schexnayder~Walker) and Joshua Little taking one for the team being hit by a pitch.

Game~Set~Match!

                        Way to Go Lake!

These Wranglers would make things interesting as they scored twice during their 6th frame with both runs coming from fielding errors.

Other than that, Cullen Barnhart won his 3rd game in these last 8 days with another dominant performance from the pitcher’s mound.

Barnhart has pitched 18 innings surrendering one earned run while striking out 16 during that stretch. His era (earned run average) is 0.39 with this victory helping The Lake reach 20 wins for the 5th time in the last 6 years.

The Lake has morphed into a decent outfit as this Legacy Ranch team is a much better version of a 25-4A Bi-District team.

Canyon Lake will work on eliminating these Wranglers on a rainy day that might not be realized at 7:00pm in Liberty Hill.

A third game (if needed) would be played at Lehman High School at 1:00pm on Saturday.

Meanwhile this improved version for CL will continue to work on not having The Ranch able to find nothing instead of a legacy.

Go Lake!

               1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Legacy Ranch   1  0  0  0  0  2  0   3  5  4
The Lake       0  0  5  0  0  0  X   5  6  2

                   ab  r  h bi 2b bb so misc
Gram Simpson        3  1  0  0  0  1  0
Bryce May           4  1  1  1  1  0  1
Cullen Barnhart     3  0  1  1  0  0  0
 pr Gavyn Baldera   0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena           3  0  2  0  0  0  0
Joshua Little       1  0  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
 ph Brenan Hughes   1  0  0  0  0  0  1
Hayes Holladay      3  0  0  1  0  0  0  roe 2 fc
Carson Walker       2  1  1  0  0  1  0
Archer Miller       2  0  1  0  0  0  1  sb sac
Lucas Schexnayder   2  1  0  0  0  1  0
Totals             24  5  6  3  1  3  3

Pitching                 ip  h  r er bb so
Cullen Barnhart (3-0)   7.0  5  3  1  0  3

       The Lake Boy’s Track will have 7 athletes competing in 4 events in Region IV.

                    FLY  FAST HAWKS!

The Lake will be off to the races this week against Region IV schools for a chance of being in that final and ultimate prize ~  State Meet.

Track & Field is a sport where each competitor has two goals. Win an event and/or achieve a personal best (PR).

With each meet during this time of the season athletes are worked through a sieve that eventually only has two that reach that next round.

                   Go Fast Lake!

The times and distances below will not have every athlete is showing a mark.

The ReSporter only has events that involve a Hawk. The list reflects how our Lake’s time/distance squares up with other schools. This allows you to see what would need to be done to advance to State.

If athletes haven’t performed better than a Hawk Athlete then they will not have their showing~showing, unless their time or mark was close enough to make a difference.

                   Plug those Leaks Fast Lake!

Hence, that first salvo (qualifying) comes into play with that second part of achieving a  PR in their event.

Region IV in Kingsville will begin this Friday with finals for all the Field Events and 3200 Meter Run.

There were four athletes from Area Meet who made the cut for this Region Meet which will now have qualifying running events for Saturday and crowning those two athletes that make the State Meet.

The Lake Boys have four events as follows:

4x200 Meter Relay        
Gage Jones, Peyton King   1:30.96
Chris Brown, Tristan Alexander

1:27.82 Wimberley
1:27.92 Lago Vista
1:28.11 Austin LBJ
1:28.42 Gonzales
1:28.89 Bay City
1:28.97 Sinton

This will be a tough road for Canyon Lake but in Relays there is more moving parts (pardon the pun) and chances for a faster school getting disqualified. With a good run a PR is possible as this time by The Lake stands as the 2nd fastest and topping that would be a great year.

1:30.29 was made back during the 2018 season with these 4 athletes.
Cardosa, Greyson Lee, Rose and Boehm.

1600 METER RUN       Gibson Cover    4:41.39

4:35.28 La Feria
4:35.53 La Feria
4:37.53 Tulosa
4:38.47 Rio Grande City
4:39.28 Floresville
4:41.39 Gibson Cover

This will be interesting as Cover improved in the Area Meet right at 9 seconds and still seemed to have more in his tank.

Is it possible? Certainly as longer runs can have seconds better when adrenaline and competing against faster athletes.

Cover ran the fastest 1600 meter in Hawk history by over 4 seconds passing Alek Villavicencio’s 4:45.83 in 2023.

HIGH JUMP       Peyton King      6-00 
                Anthony Hockman  5-10

6-04 Floresville
6-03 Devine
6-03 Rockport
6-02 Gonzales
6-02 Cuero
6-02 La Marque

Interesting event when Hockman jumped 6-02 earlier this year so we certainly know he could reach that measure. King PRed at the Area Meet and so the question? Can he repeat another PR at Region.
Another event that anything can happen in going back 13 years ago when Marisa Ellis won State in this event and topped her all-time best by 4 inches that day. The all-time best is Jordan Anderson who reached 6-06 and performed in State the same year Ellis won the Ladies side.

TRIPLE JUMP     Jacob Price   42-07

46-10 Sweeney
44-09 Cuero
44-08 Long Creek
44-02 Somerset
43-07 Devine
43-06 Lago Vista

Price will have a tough event after PRing at Area and will need to have another PR in this Meet. He did reach the 2nd best Triple Jump at Area but is still behind Caimen McDonough who jumped 43-04 during the 2018 season,

Should be a competitive meet for a Hawk Track Team that certainly PRed this season with great showings.

Way to GO LAKE!

Eva Zabarcencu & Sophie Eastland on qualifying blocks! Good Luck & GO HAWKS!

                         Let’s GO FAST LAKE!

The Lake will be off to the races this week when girls go against Region IV schools for a chance of being in that final and ultimate prize ~  State Meet.

Track & Field is a sport where each competitor has two goals. Win an event and/0r achieve a personal best (PR).

With each meet during this time of the season athletes are working through a sieve that eventually only have two that reach that final round.

                 FLY FAST HAWKS!

The times and distances below will not have every athlete showing a mark.
The ReSporter only has events that involve a Hawks. The list reflects how our Lake’s time/distance squares up with other schools. This allows you to see what would need to be done to advance to State.

If athletes haven’t performed better than a Hawk Athlete then they will not have their showing~showing, unless their time or mark was close enough to make a difference.

                 Go Lake Beat Everyone!

Hence, that first salvo (qualifying) comes into play with that second part of achieving a  PR in their event.

Region IV in Kingsville will begin this Thursday with finals for all the Field Events and 3200 Meter Run.

There were four athletes from Area Meet who made the cut for this Region Meet which will now have qualifying running events for Saturday and crowning those two athletes that make the State Meet.

        Hawk Proud

The Lake Girls have eight events as follows:

THE LAKE LADIES will compete in two Relays, 100 & 200 meter dash, 3200 & 1600 meter runs, 100 & 300 Hurdles, Long Jump and Pole Vault.

4x100 Relay           47.13
Aubrey Avey, Te’a Gonzales  
Shana Cutrer, Savanna Oberholtzer

Manor Tech      47.14

All other schools in this Region are in the 49 second area. CL’s time is an all time best as they topped last year’s 4×100 relay team that ran, 48.14 in the State Meet last year.

4x200 Relay        1:41.17
Aubrey Avey, Te’a Gonzales
Shana Cutrer, Savanna Oberholtzer

The Lake      1:40.76    District Meet
Calhoun       1:42.73

These Hawk ladies will attempt to break the 1:40.00 plateau and hopefully make a mark in Austin….Go Lake!

100 Meter Dash     Savanna Oberholtzer   12.18

Manor Tech       11.72
El Campo         11.92
Oberholtzer      11.99   2025 Year

Two fast ladies in front of Oberholtzer but certainly in range of making State.

200 Meter Dash        Te’a Gonzales      25.40

Manor Tech      24.48
El Campo        24.49
Calhoun         25.35

Gonzales is certainly in the zip code but will need to PR to have a chance for an Austin invite. The question? Can she continue to improve as the season comes into its zenith time.

1600 Meter Run        Eva Zabarcencu    5:21.19
                      Sophie Eastland   5:29.69
Wimberley       5:11.95
Navarro         5:18.58

Zabarcencu (5:15.94) and Eastland (5:25.75) have run faster times than what they turned in at the Area Meet.
Certainly will have a chance for a berth going to Austin and seeing Eastland with another PR is certainly a possibility. This will be a fun race to watch.

3200 Meter Run        Eva Zabarcencu   11:52.41
                      Sophie Eastland  12:08.41
Navarro        11:35.34
Wimberley      11:39.48
La Vernia      11:50.32

Another race that both Zabarcencu (11:37.79) & Eastland (11:53.29) ran faster earlier this season. So those earlier races would be enough to have a chance to Austin. Eastland being a Freshman could make her mark with several more years of reaching a Cadence Patterson all-time time. That might never happen as Patterson had an incredible race of, 10:45.53.

100 Meter Hurdles      Shana Cutrer      14.99

Kingsville King   14.19
Rockport          14.48

This will take a herculean effort for Cutrer but this young lady has certainly continued to get faster and faster this season. Certainly in the realm of possibility.

Cutrer’s time is the only Hawk to break the 15 second barrier. Alyssa Strickland (15.06) could have but her final year was cut short by CHINA COVID which grounded all races which did not have to be. Just Sayn.

300 Meter Hurdles       Aubrey Avey     45.50

Rockport           45.06

Avey ran a 43.03 last year and has been faster than her Area time above.
So this is certainly a possibility of going to Austin again for this Senior Hawk!

Long Jump       Savanna Oberholtzer 16-10.00

Kingsville King  18-08.75
El Campo         18-06.50
Freeport         18-05.00
Calallen         18-01.75
Wimberley        17-09.00
La Vernia        17-08.50

Oberholtzer will need to reach back to last year when she set the Hawk All-Time mark of 18-05.00. If she can…then that would be a possibility for another Austin ticket.

Pole-Vault         Katelyn Lowth        11-00

Pleasanton          11-09
Rockport            11-06
Lago Vista          11-06

Lowth reached her personal best at the Area Meet and could she reach another personal best this week? Time will tell.

What we do know with this event many things could prevent athletes to reach their best with so many variables going into this most fascinating event in Track & Field.

Let’s GO FAST & JUMP FAR-HIGH LAKE!