All Eyes are on Cole Dees in earlier game this year. (photo by Step Rowe)

                 THIS WEEK   @   THE LAKE         February 3-7

Tue Feb 3   Navarro JV       @   The Lake JV        430p       Baseball
            Wimberley JV     @   The Lake JV      500p Girls Basketball
            The Lake Fr/JV   @   Bandera          500p Boys  Basketball
            Bandera          @   The Lake         500p Girls Soccer
            The Lake JV      @   Bandera          500p Boys  Soccer
            Blanco JV        @   The Lake JV      500p       Softball
            The Lake         @   Navarro          630p       Baseball
            The Lake         @   Bandera          630p Boys  Basketball
            Wimberley        @   The Lake         630p Girls Basketball
            Blanco           @   The Lake         700p       Softball
            The Lake         @   Bandera          700p Boys  Soccer

Fri Feb 6   The Lake Green   @   Somerset         430p       Baseball   
            The Lake JV      @   Long Creek JV    500p Girls Basketball
            Long Creek Fr/JV @   The Lake Fr/JV   500p Boys  Basketball
            The Lake JV      @   Wimberley        500p Boys  Soccer
            Wimberley        @   The Lake JV      500p Girls Soccer    
             The Lake         @   Somerset         630p       Baseball
            The Lake         @   Long Creek       630p Girls Basketball
            Long Creek       @   The Lake         630p Boys  Basketball
            Tennis           @   SVHS             700p Tennis
            The Lake         @   Wimberley        700p Boys  Soccer
            Wimberley        @   The Lake         700p Girls Soccer

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                              Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake had an up and down week with Boys (spilt their games) & Girls Basketball are playing for next season. The Boys Friday loss put a big dent in making the post-season that will make the second round of district contests with no room for making mistakes on winning those doable battles.

Boys & Girls Soccer was up and down as the Boys still trying to get their game in gear while the Ladies stayed undefeated with their win over Freddie as district is in full gear.

CL’s Lady Soccer is in the toughest district in Texas for the 4A Classification and reached #1 in one of the two polls which is a first for any Canyon Lake sports to reach that goal.

Now The Lake’s Ladies will me in a mine field playing through their schedule starting this Tuesday for a Senior Night battle with Bandera and then a match-up with another school (Wimberley) in district that has reached #1 in that other poll.

Those Spring Sports are getting in full gear as you can look above and see Baseball~Softball~Tennis and soon The Lake’s Track will start in the middle of this month.

Keep supporting these Local Athletes and Let’s GO LAKE!

Avery Norris advancing The Lake’s Offense in their win earlier this year.
(photo by PacoCreates)

GO LAKE & Flatten them like our Pancakes!

Canyon Lake started district play with a win over Fredericksburg, 4-1 for their 10th straight victory.

Last year, The Lake, came into this first contest with the Billies with a lot of confidence opening at home.

That start was a tied battle at 2 goals which led to two more ties (against Wimberley) during district part of their schedule.

CL’s district added Long Creek which results in a 12 game uphill battle as all but one school (Bandera) presently has a .500 or better record.

The Lady Hawks Soccer has had an impressive run during Head Coach Kara Stracener’s 6th years at the helm.

Authentic Canyon Lake says Go Lake & Don’t Forget Valentine’s Day!

With two campaigns reaching 16 wins while already matching CL’s 10 wins during 2023 season. In Stracener’s 6 years she had raked in 80 wins with 43 losses that comes to a .642 winning percentage.

Head Coach Stracener commented bout the Fredericksburg win, “It was a good win to start district. We Struggled to control the game, but obviously were able to convert some of our chances into goals…We were challenged more defensively than we have been all season, so I’m proud of our defense for shutting down Fred’s attack.”

The Lake has ordered a lot more hangers to show off many firsts this season thus far that now has a ten game winning streak but as Coach Stracener commented on seeing a tougher defense with the Billies, then with more schools still to see in a district that presently have 3 teams in the Top 5 and 4 in the Top 10 it is apparent more challenges will be forthcoming.

                  Congrats Lady Hawks!

Savanna Olberholtzer led the team with 3 goals while Bella Biasatti recorded 2 assists and a goal and Senior Jordan Villareal produced an assist to finish the scoring.

Goalkeeper Liza Schexnayder and defender Chylea Gray were rewarded players of the game in this win.

Canyon Lake will be off this Friday and then open their district home schedule next Tuesday February 3rd against Bandera starting at 7:00pm.

The Lake is treading in water that has not been seen by any Hawk sport since the school started after being recognized in one poll as the #1 team in the state.

But with that caveat you will be seeing tough district play each week that has 3 other schools also hanging with impressive resumes to show-off to their fans. Sooo buckle up and Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T     Pct   GF   GA   Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0   1.000   60   12    10W
Davenport       9  1  0    .900   45    2     7W
Wimberley       9  1  1    .864   39    6     7W
Marble Falls    8  1  2    .818   44    4     1L
Long Creek      4  1  2    .714   20    4     1W
Fredericksburg  5  5  0    .500   25   18     1L
Bandera         3  9  0    .333   14   36     3L

District        W  L  T.    Pct   GF   GA
Canyon Lake     1  0  0   1.000    4    1
Wimberley       1  0  0   1.000    1    0
Davenport       1  0  0   1.000    9    0
Long Creek      0  0  0    .000    0    0
Marble Falls    0  1  0    .000    0    1
Fredericksburg  0  1  0    .000    1    4
Bandera         0  1  0    .000    0    9

Tuesday Results:
Canyon Lake     4  Freddie      1
Wimberley       1  Marble Falls 0
Bandera         0  Davenport    9

Tonight's Schedule:
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Freddie         @  Bandera
Marble Falls    @  Long Creek
Canyon Lake Bye

Tuesday Schedule:
Bandera         @ Canyon Lake   700p
Wimberley       @ Fredericksburg
Long Creek      @ Davenport
Marble Falls Bye

Anthony Hockman has been a help in the paint averaging 4 points & 5 rebounds this season. (photo by Step Rowe)

                         Way to Go Hawks!

The Lake Basketball team dominated in getting a must win over Fredericksburg, 62-45 on a delayed one day battle due to frigid weather.

Frigid was certainly not a word to describe this victory that saw these Hawks shooting 52% from the field, 43% beyond the arc and 64% from the charity stripe.

Canyon Lake only shot below 50% once with 40% shooting in that 3rd quarter.

Josh Rowe (14 pts) drained 4 three pointers which led to a total of 9 threes for the game topping with the most this season.

CLake would also share the rock matching a season best 21 assists which happened twice in wins over Yorktown and Luling. Cole Dees had 9 of those dishes just missing double digits which has happened twice during CL’s history when Doug Hubnik (2015) reached 14 in 2013 and Tyler Pauly’s (2021) 12 in 2021.

                         GO LAKE!

Gavin Cano fielded his stat sheet scoring 12 points, with 4 assists and led CL with 5 steals.

It has been the Cano~Rowe show these past three games which has both reaching double digit scoring helping in with consistency  as this game witnessed while adding defensive effort by recording 14 steals.

The Lake in this first district win scored the first 11 points which had Wyatt Sims, Cano and Rowe on point with 3 pointers which had Cole Dees’ assists attached to this fast start.

                            Let’s GO LAKE!

This scoring surge was capped off with a Harlon Wisdom short jumper off a Rowe pass which spread the scoring to 4 different players, 11-0 to start this game.

A first quarter, 13-4 lead would increase to a 14 point advantage going into halftime, 29-15.

These Hawks would increase their lead to 20 points, 59-39 with 1:37 remaining in this battle.

A must win for a team that will hopefully be adding more out-patients from their M.A.S.H Unit by their next contest with Bandera on the road this Friday.

That steal department this season now has two (Cano 55~ 8th place) and Rowe (51~ 9th place) in the Top 10 for steals in a season. While two other players knocking on the door with Dees and Fuentes~ 49 steals~ 12th place.

Fuentes reached triple digits steals with 100 where he joined 6 other Hawks for that category.

Fuentes stands with 130 assists now for 8th place on that All-Time list trailing Matt Magness (2011) who is next on that ladder with 136.

A good win to build on as the first round of games finishes this week in Bandera.

Way to Go Lake!

Game 28    1  2  3  4  Final
Freddie    4 11  7 23  45
CL Hawks  13 16 10 23  62

                         3pt           tot rebounds
               fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes 1-2      0-0     4-4    6   1-3   4  4  2  0  1
Josh Rowe       5-12     4-8     0-0   14   3-2   5  1  1  0  3
Gavin Cano      5-9      2-5     0-2   12   0-4   4  4  5  0  1
Harlon Wisdom   3-4      0-0     1-2    7   0-4   4  0  1  0  3
Wyatt Sims      2-5      2-5     0-0    6   0-2   2  2  1  0  2
Thomas Inmon    0-0      0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Cole Dees       3-6      1-3     1-1    8   0-3   3  9  4  1  3
Korbyn Goodman  0-0      0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  3
Anthony Hockman 4-6      0-0     1-2    9   1-6   7  1  0  1  0
Totals         23-44     9-21    7-11  62   5-24 29 21 14  2 16
                52%      43%     64%

        Savanna Oberholtzer during I-10 Shootout to start the year.    (photo by PacoCreates) 

                          Plug those Leaks Lake!

Canyon Lake will have a frigid start to district play this Tuesday against an always tough Fredericksburg Billies squad.

But for this season thus far, The Hawks, have been hot with their longest winning streak and starting district play undefeated.

The schools in The Lake’s district have garnered an impressive resume and Fredericksburg will be a good indicator as Freddie’s four losses have come against teams that have a combined 29-9-4 record which gives an idea of how this will be an all out road war.

                 Go Lake Beat Freddie!

In fact, this district will have several evenings without a win just by walking out on the soccer field of play.

The top 4 District 26-4A schools have a combined 33-2-3 (.908) non-district record and have accumulated 174 goals while allowing an anemic 22 before district gets going this week to their opponents.

Need more? Wimberley has played the toughest schedule (.711), Davenport (.571), Marble Falls (.514)  and The Lake (.500).

Rankings
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Canyon Lake     1st
Wimberley       4th
Marble Falls    9th
Davenport      12th


MaxPreps Poll
Wimberley       1st
Davenport       4th
Canyon Lake     5th
Marble Falls   10th
Fredericksburg 29th

                   Way to GO HAWKS!

The ReSporter had a chance of catching up with Coach Kara Stracener for her thoughts as CLake enters their next phase of the season.

The ReSporter: Across the board what does it mean to this program to finish undefeated after non district games?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is the first time we’ve been undefeated going into district play which is exciting.  We have been playing well and improving every time we step on the field.  Every season will bring adversity, and the girls know that and are prepared for what our tough district will bring!”

The ReSporter:  And did you get what you wanted in preparation for district? 

Coach Stracener: “I think I would have liked to have seen some tougher teams           because our district has some of the best in 4A in the state, but going into district playing with confidence is also important.”  

                            Go Lake!

The ReSporter: This is ‘hands down’ the toughest district in the State at any classification. Do you have nightmares before each battle?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is one of the best Canyon Lake teams I’ve coached, so it just shows you that all the teams in our district are improving as we improve.  Iron sharpens iron, so each game is always a battle, but it will prepare those lucky enough to make it into the top 4, which is our goal.”

The ReSporter: And if you have sane moments…what gives you those thoughts when thinking about this team? 

Coach Stracener: “I don’t have nightmares…just have remind myself that this is a game, and we play because we love it and the competition is exciting.  But at the end of the day, it’s a blessing to get to compete.  Not everyone gets to do this…”

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Team            W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake     9  0  0  1.000   56  11    9W
Marble Falls    8  0  2   .900   44   3    2W
Davenport       8  1  0   .889   36   2    6W
Wimberley       8  1  1   .850   38   6    6W
Long Creek      4  1  2   .714   20   4    1W
Fredericksburg  5  4  0   .556   24  14    2W
Bandera         3  8  0   .333   14  27    3L


Last Week’s Results:

Marble Falls 4  KIPP Austin   1
Leander      0  Wimberley     3
Lockhart     3  Bandera       1
Freddie      9  Pleasanton    0

Floresville  1  The Lake      4
Little River 0  Marble Falls  6
Bandera      1  Pleasanton    4

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Tues: Jan 27  Canyon Lake  @  Freddie  7:00pm
              Wimberley    @  Marble Falls
              Bandera      @  Davenport
              Long Creek   Bye

Fri Jan 30    Davenport    @  Wimberley
              Freddie      @  Bandera
              Marble Falls @  Long Creek
              Canyon Lake  Bye

Issy Fory & Abby Lowth were recognized in Win over KIPP-Austin in Lake Classic Tournament.

Canyon Lake’s Lady Soccer had another successful week after sweeping their opponents in CL’s Classic Tournament.

                   Congrats Lake Soccer!

Two Soccer Polls in Texas are filled with schools from Region IV District 26 which happens to be where Canyon Lake resides.

In the TGCA Poll Canyon Lake is presently at #2 followed by Wimberley (4th), Davenport (7th) and Marble Falls (13th).

Fredericksburg was ranked 20th last week but suffered a loss last week that dropped the Billies. But looking at these schools all in the same district tells you how a tough climb it is to finish first.

Max-Preps has Wimberley atop this Poll the Davenport (3rd) followed by Canyon Lake (6th), Marble Falls (14th) and none of these schools will be sighing with relief playing in Fredericksburg.

Go Hawks & Congrats on Tourney Win!

Long Creek is the new school this year and they too have crafted a winning record.

Placing in the top 4 will certainly will give these teams another date in playing one of their neighbors during the post-season.

That almost happened during last year’s campaign if a Hawk win over London would have played Wimberley for the Region IV title.

The Lake tied the Texans in both of their district contests last year.

Canyon Lake will play their final non-district battle against Floresville (6-1-1) who ranks 14th & 24th in the TGCA and Max-Preps Poll.

Way to GO LAKE!

DISTRICT 26 4A REGION IV 

Team           W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake    8  0  0  1.000  52  10    8W
Marble Falls   6  0  2   .929  34   2    2W
Davenport      7  1  0   .875  36   2    5W
Wimberley      6  1  1   .813  27   6    4W
Long Creek     4  1  2   .714  20   4    1W
Fredericksburg 4  4  0   .500  15  14    1W
Bandera        3  6  0   .333  13  20    1L

Last Week’s Results:

Tuesday 13   Long Creek  4  Luling       0
             Bandera     2  Hondo        1

Thursday 15  The Lake    4  La Vernia    2
             Davenport   4  Richards     0
             No Crowley  4  Billies      1
             Wimberley   8  Lockhart     0

Friday 16    KIPP Austin 0  The Lake     9
             Brownwood   1  Marble Falls 1
             Lockhart    0  Davenport    3
             Freddie     0  Godley       2
             Lorena      0  Wimberley    2
             SA Cole     2  Bandera      1

Saturday 17  ChinaSpring 1  The Lake     7
             Lorena      0  Davenport    1
             Freddie     5  Bowie        1
             Burnet      0  Wimberley    8

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Tuesday 20   Mar Falls   @  KIPP Austin
             Leander     @  Wimberley
             Lockhart    @  Bandera
             Freddie     @  Pleasanton

Friday 23    Floresville @  The Lake   6:45p
             LittleRiver @  Marble Falls
             Bandera     @  Pleasanton

                       Canyon Lake Hawks celebrating Championship I-10 Shoot Out Trophy!

               Congrats Lady Hawks!

The Canyon Lake Hawk’s Lady Soccer Team (5-0) has the longest Canyon Lake Sports Teams streak of making post-season and has shot out this season with their best start which included a sweep in the I-10 Shootout in Houston this past week finishing with a Championship trophy.

“The first few weeks of season has been spent figuring out who fits best and where, what formation best suits this group, seeing who will step into those leadership roles that were vacated,” Head Coach Kara Stracener stated. “We are getting close to figuring these things out after five games.”

With this fast start, it was that first contest of the season, that produced their best win when the Hawks outraced La Vernia, 9-6. These Bears finished with a 24-2 record last season which included a shut-out (2-0) win over your Hawks while reaching the Semi-Regional round in the playoffs.

         Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

“The first La Vernia game was fun because of all the goals, but we struggled defensively, which we are figuring that piece out….all three of our seniors were defenders last year,” Coach Stracener recounted.

On winning this past tournament Coach Stracener gave her two cents, “As far as this weekend, the girls dominated the competition. Distracted the pace of the games. Starting to play more cohesive soccer. Still lots to work as we prepare for this weekend and district.”

Stephen F. Austin future star, Savanna Oberholtzer helped with that domination this past week scoring 10 goals and Bella Biasatti pitched in scoring 6 goals for the Hawks.

La Vernia will be in Canyon Lake’s cross hairs again this week with a 12 Noon start on Thursday to start the Canyon Lake Classic tournament.

A great start for this Hawk team that looks to continuing their streak of games and post-season adventures again this season.

Way to GO LAKE!

REGION 4 DISTRICT 26 STANDINGS

Team             W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake      6  0  0  1.000   36   9   6W
Marble Falls     6  0  1   .929   33   1   2W
Davenport        6  1  0   .857   33   2   4W
Wimberley        5  1  1   .786   24   6   3W
Long Creek       4  1  1   .714   20   4   1W
Frederisckburg   3  3  0   .500   10  11   1L
Bandera          3  5  0   .375   12  18   1W

             This Week’s Games:

Tuesday 13   Luling          0   Long Creek      4
             Hondo           1   Bandera         2

Thursday 15  La Vernia       2   The Lake        4
             Richards School 0   Davenport       4
             Fredericksburg  1   North Crowley   4
             Wimberley       8   Lockhart        0

Friday 16    KIPP Austin     @   The Lake   12:00 Noon
             Brownwood       @   Marble Falls
             Lockhart        @   Davenport
             Fredericksburg  @   Godley
             Lorena          @   Wimberley
             SA Cole         @   Bandera

Saturday 17  China Spring    @   The Lake    3:00 pm
             Lorena          @   Davenport
             Fredericksburg  @   Bowie
             Burnet          @   Wimberley

             Cole Dees & Eli Hammons cause chaos in win earlier this season. (photo by Step Rowe)

                           Way to DAM the Bobcats!

The Lake battled back and then outscored Comfort, 32-11 in the 2nd Half leading to another good win as district play comes calling this coming Friday a home game against a salty Wimberley team.

Head Coach Monte Cole expressed his thoughts, “Total team effort. Everyone contributed in some way between scoring, rebounding and assists. Our first half was up and down but second half we really amped up our defense and started hitting shots to create the separation…Really good game for us going into our first district game next Friday.”

That Up & Down sequence played out via quarters after The Lake started with an, 18-15 advantage and then allowing Comfort making it unComfortable in during the second phase and a 4 point lead going into intermission, 30-26.

                       Way to Go Hawks!

These Bobcats feasted at their charity stripe in that first half sinking 12 for a 71% shooting percentage. In this game Comfort finished with a 71% free throw rate scoring 17 points. Which contrasted with The Hawks going 2 for 4 from the line and those two makes came by way of a technical foul.

Canyon Lake problem was committing fouls 20 or more feet from the paint resulted being outscored, 17-2 from the stripe.

CLHS shot 35% beyond to arc with 6 makes which has the last two games doing damage on that shot. CLake is shooting 21% this season up to these last two contests beyond the arc that produced at a 38% percentage.

                        Go Lake Beat Everyone!

Wyatt Sims (10 pts) and Josh Rowe (15 pts) did the most damage with their long range shots which was a welcomed sight helping in this victory.

Those ‘UPs’ happened when Anthony Hockman played the paint with 10 points while pulling down 8 rebounds.

Canyon Lake was down, 39-37 with 2 minutes remaining in that 3rd Quarter when the switch was turned on seeing, The Lake, outscoring Comfort 21-0 until the Bobcats scored their last two points from you guessed it, The Foul Line, with just one minute remaining in this contest.

The Lake brought Landon Brown (scored 4 points) up from Junior Varsity as these Hawks continue to fight short handed these past couple of weeks.

Now it will be a week of fine tuning before district play begins next Friday.

Way to GO LAKE!

Game 24    1  2  3  4   Final
Comfort   15 15  9  2   41
CL Hawks  18  8 19 13   58

                        3pt           tot rebounds
              fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Josh Rowe       6-12    3-5     0-2   15   2-3   5  2  3  0  1
Gavin Cano      4-11    0-5     0-0    8   0-3   3  3  6  0  5
Harlon Wisdom   0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  0
Eli Cole        0-3     0-2     0-0    0   3-0   3  2  1  0  0
Wyatt Sims      4-6     2-3     0-0   10   1-1   2  1  0  0  1
Cole Dees       2-10    1-2     2-2    7   0-3   3  2  1  0  5
Korbyn Goodman  0-1     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  1
Anthony Hockman 5-6     0-0     0-0   10   3-5   8  1  0  0  0
Landon Brown    2-5     0-0     0-0    4   0-2   2  0  0  0  3
Eli Hammons     2-3     0-0     0-0    4   2-1   3  1  4  0  2
Totals         25-53    6-17    2-4   58  11-19 30 12 15  0 17
                47%     35%     50%

            THIS WEEK      @   THE LAKE       January 13-17

Tue Jan 13  The Lake JV    @   Freddie        500p Girls Soccer
            Bandera JV     @   The Lake JV    500p Girls Basketball
            Bandera        @   The Lake       630p Girls Basketball

Thu Jan 15  Hondo          @   The Lake       600p Boys  Soccer
            La Vernia      @   The Lake      1200n Girls Soccer
                               Canyon Lake Classic

Fri Jan 16  KIPP Austin    @   The Lake      1200n Girls Soccer
            SA Cole        @   The Lake       200p Boys  Soccer
                               Canyon Lake Classic
            The Lake JV    @   Wimberley JV   500p Girls Basketball
            Wimberley Sub  @   The Lake Fr/JV 500p Boys  Basketball
            The Lake       @   Wimberley      630p Girls Basketball
            Wimberley      @   The Lake       630p Boys  Basketball

Sat Jan 17  China Spring   @   The Lake       300p Girls Soccer
            IDEA So Flores @   The Lake       900p Boys  Soccer
                                  Canyon Lake Classic

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                                  Way to Go Hawks!

The Winter Sports are going strong with soccer starting the beginning of this year. At this writing the Lady Soccer Team is undefeated with a good resume win over La Vernia that turned out to be a scoring fest as The Lake outscored the Bears, 9-6… that had Savanna Oberholtzer leading the way with seven goals and one assist along with Avery Norris, Bella Biasatti each with a goal and Abby Lowth, Macey Gil helping with one assist a piece.

These Hawks sport a 4-0 record as they are competing in the I-10 Shootout in Houston this week.

Girls Basketball continues to be a work in progress as they ready themselves for district play tonight (Friday) while the Boy’s Basketball team start up later next week after they finish their non-district schedule tonight in Comfort.

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UPDATE:

The ReSporter was informed bout a recent graduate who achieved high praise during the Fall Cross Country Season.

                         Let’s GO LAKE!

Hannah Hammer performs for Central Arizona College after her successful time with Canyon Lake High School as part of an excellent Ladies Track Team that won District and Area Meets last season.

During Hammer’s 4 years on the Lake’s Cinders she made her presence known for The All-Time Top 10 Hawk Athletes list.

      Event          Placed      Time
  400 Meter Dash      3rd       60.42
  800 Meter Run       1st     2:15.20
 1600 Meter Run       2nd     5:18.93
4x200 Meter Relay     2nd     1:44.34  2024
4x400 Meter Relay     1st     4:01.06  2024
4x400 Meter Relay     2nd     4:04.84  2022

Division I ACCAC Cross Country Awards

Female Athlete of the Year – Hannah Hammer, Central Arizona College, 
Hammer earned three ACCAC DI Runner of the Week honors, finished 19th at nationals, and placed second at the Region I/ACCAC Championships.

                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%