Defensive Lineman Joseph Matos Padilla pursuit was relentless in Hawk’s win over Ugalde!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

                        Let’s Go Hawks!

It was a tough week of work for a resilient Hawk team that had some soul searching after set-back against Somerset last week.

“The lessons we learned from last week..you know they say you learn more from a loss than a win,” Head Coach Sam Parker exclaimed after The Lake’s win over Ugalde. “Last week was humbling…the kids had a great week of practices and it showed..they did a great job preparing and it showed…and I couldn’t be more proud of our kids and how they responded from last week to this week.”

Canyon Lake started this game with a resolve, to the point,  of seeing that a misspelled Ugalde team needed a correction much like this Lake team did in preparing for this battle since leaving the Somerset city limits.

Last week’s loss would be akin for a Senior High School student not making it past the first round in a grade school spelling bee.

       Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

Yes, The Lake, found that Uvalde should actually be spelled, Ugalde and made their corrections all week in preparation for this Homecoming contest.

According to Wikipedia: Uvalde was founded in 1853 as the town Encina, but was renamed in 1856 as Uvalde. Its name is a misspelling of the Spanish governor Juan de Ugalde (Cadiz, Andalusia, 1729-1816). Ugalde is a name of Basque origin, meaning water-side or river.

Case in point was watching Canyon Lake needing 3 plays for their first score when QB Jace Wheeler found Peyton King with a crowning 67 yard catch and run for that first score. That catch matched a former receiver, Chase Anderson who was in attendance on this homecoming night. That 67 yards is the 12th longest in Hawk Annals.

                 Way to Go Lake!

The Lake’s defense was next up in holding these Coyotes to 4 yards and punt which gave CL’s offense the ball for a two play drive that was capped off when Chris Brown broke open for a 34 yard scamper to pay-dirt and a quick, 13-0 Hawk lead.

Ugalde did show life on their next possession but this sequence of plays stalled after 16 plays and CL taking over needing 72 yards.

Four plays later with an added 15 yard Ugalde penalty after a Gram Simpson 24 run had The Lake using a 26 yard pass to Lucas Schexnayder (Spelling Bee Champ Based on his name) for his first touchdown this season and a Hawk, 20-0 first quarter lead.

Canyon Lake scored on their first 5 possessions when Simpson scored on his 6 yard carry and he accounted for all 43 yards during this drive.

The only drives CLake failed to score happened before half and end of game that made a statement, that lessons learned were correctable.  This was CL’s best game showing a balanced offense  finishing with 211 yards on the ground and 203 via the air.

Now The Lake will have this next week off before getting back to work for a big battle with Davenport in two weeks.

The best news is knowing that CANYON LAKE is spelled correctly and hopefully this group of players can go further when the season will bring more learning opportunity for future spelling bees.

Way to GO LAKE!

           1  2  3  4   Final
Uvalde     0  0  0  7   07
CL Hawks  20 14  6  7   47
Scoring Summary:
CL-Peyton King 67 yard pass Jace Wheeler (run failed), 10:48, 1st
CL-Chris Brown 34 yard run (Jack Stracener kick), 8:26, 1st
CL-Lucas Shexnayder 26 yd pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 0:04, 1st
CL-Hayes Holladay 17 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 8:37, 2nd
CL-Gram Simpson 6 yard run (Stracener kick), 4:00, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 1 yard run (run failed), 7:22, 3rd
UC-Coyotes 4 yard run (pat good), 11:44, 3rd
CL-Chris Brown 1 yard run (Stracener kick), 6:10, 4th

Game Stats           Coyotes     Hawks
Total Yards          221         414
First Downs          12          20
Rush/Yards           45/182      30/211
Comp/Att/Inc         2/14/0      9/15/1
Passing Yards        39          203
Punts/Average        3/25.7      0/0
Fumbles/Lost         1/1         1/0
Penalties-Yards      4-26        6-40

Passing              Comp  Att  Pct   Yards  Int TD
Jace Wheeler         9     15  .600   203    1   3

Rushing              Att  Yds  Ave   Lg   TD
Chris Brown          11   91   8.3   34   3
Gram Simpson         11   74   5.7   30   1
Jace Wheeler          4   21   5.2   11   0
Hayes Holladay        1   13  13.0   13   0
Ryder Smith           2   11   5.5   13   0
Kobe Halverson        1    1   1.0    1   0
Totals               30  211   7.0   34   4

Receiving            No   Yds  Ave   Lg   TD
Peyton King           2   75  37.5   67   1
Kobe Halverson        3   60  20.0   25   0
Hayes Holladay        2   40  20.0   23   1
Lucas Shexnayder      1   26  26.0   26   1
Gram Simpson          1    2   2.0    2   0
Totals                9  203  22.6   67   3

             Crisp   Farm  TexCon Leecock Signatre Mimas  HitMan Gordon  FBC     RxGood
             Realtor Credit  Oil   Comal  Homes   Tacos   Pests  Plumber Lake    UPS
              83-28  81-30  76-35  77-34  74-37   73—38   73-38  71-40   68-43   66-45

Uvalde/Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake    Lake    Lake   Lake    Lake    Lake
Somerset/Davy Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy    Davy    Davy   Somer   Davy    Somerset
Billies/Pleas Please Billy  Billy  Billy  Billy   Billy   Billy  Billy   Billy   Billy
OU/So Car     OU     OU     OU     USC    OU      OU      OU     USC     OU      OU
LSU/Vandy     Vandy  Vandy  LSU    Vandy  Vandy   Vandy   LSU    Vandy   LSU     LSU
Texas/Ketucky Horns  Horns  Horns  Horns  Horns   Horns   Horns  Horns   Horns   Horns
Mizzou/Auburn Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou Auburn Auburn  Auburn  Auburn Mizzou  Auburn  Mizzou
OleMiss/Georg Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  OleMiss OleMiss Dawgs  OleMiss OleMiss OleMiss
MsSt/Florida  Gators Gators Gators Gators MSU     Gators  Gators Gators  Gators  MSU
Tenn/Bama     Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama    Bama    Bama   Bama    Bama    Vols
USC/Irish     Irish  Irish  USC    Irish  Irish   Irish   Irish  USC     Irish   USC
UTEP/SamHou   UTEP   UTEP   UTEP   UTEP   UTEP    SamHou  SamHou UTEP    SamHou  UTEP
Nebraska/Minn Corn   Corn   Corn   Corn   Corn    Corn    Corn   Corn    Corn    Corn
Geo Tech/Duke Duke   Duke   Duke   Tech   Tech    Tech    Tech   Duke    Duke    Tech
SMU/Clemson   Tigers Tigers Tigers SMU    Tigers  Tigers  Tigers SMU     SMU     SMU
UTSA/NoTexas  UNT    UNT    UNT    UNT    UNT     UTSA    UNT    UNT     UTSA    UTSA

             THIS WEEK        @   THE LAKE        October 14th-17th

Tue Oct 14   The Lake JV Fr   @   Long Creek      500p Volleyball
             The Lake         @   Long Creek      600p Volleyball

Thu Oct 16   The Lake Fresh   @   Uvalde Fresh    500p Football
             The Lake JV      @   Uvalde JV       630p Football

Fri Oct 17   Bandera JV Fr    @   The Lake Fr JV  500p Volleyball
             Bandera          @   The Lake        600p Volleyball
             Uvalde           @   The Lake        700p Football
                                  Homecoming

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It wasn’t a bounty week for Canyon Lake as Volleyball and Football could not shake that loss column.

Volleyball had that tough two game set with Wimberley & Davenport but a loss to Fredericksburg last Friday put a dent into grabbing momentum back.

This week will start with a road game to Long Creek tonight and then a homecoming night game at The Hawk Nest this Friday against Bandera. With a win over Long Creek tonight, The Lake, will clinch a post-season bid.

Volleyball will enter their last phase of their district season with four remaining battles that comes to an end on the 24th of October.

                          Let’s Go Lake!!

CLake’s Football suffered a set-back in their loss to Somerset and find themselves with the same situation as last season. Playoffs are certainly still in the mix but a second seed might be on the line based on upcoming results.

Homecoming this week against Uvalde, a team that played Somerset two weeks ago, and enjoyed a lead going into halftime. A winnable game but a consistent game is a must and not letting last week’s set-back beat the Hawk’s twice.

Cross Country had Tristan Schenk finish 4th and Gibson Cover had a 7th place finish, and the Ladies also will have two continue their season with Eva Zabarcencu and Sophie Eastland. So that makes 4 students going to Region meet this year.

Way to Go Long and Go Fast Lake!

Boys Varsity
5000 Meters     Place  Time          Team Scores
Tristan Schenk    4    14:14.416     Fredericksburg 51
Gibson Cover      7    14:42.946     Davenport      58
Jackson Alvarez  27    19:58.206     Long Creek     64
Brent McDermott  30    20:32.198     Canyon Lake    85
Grant Cover      34    20:46.650     Bandera       102
Cheif Rendon     40    21:14.146     Wimberley     147

Girls Varsity
2 Mile          Place  Time          Team Scores
Eva Zabarcencu    3    11:43.063     Fredericksburg 37
Sophie Eastland   4    12:00.085     Davenport      64
Madison Matheney 26    13:31.601     Wimberley      69
Macie Paredez    32    14:40.419     Bandera        89
Macey Wunderlich 33    14:50.051     Canyon Lake    99
Avery Rutherford 34    14:53.732

Boys Junior Varsity                  Team Scores
Aiden McLaren     4    20:52.154     Canyon Lake    27
Taliesin LeDoux   5    21:28.191     Davenport      28
James Eastland   10    22:27.606
Samuel McNeill   15    24:00.746
Wilhelm Voigt    17    24:13.851

Girls Junior Varsity                 Team Scores
Meagan May       18    15:02.905     Bandera        22
London Webb      23    15:23.151     Fredericksburg 62
Reagan Wood      25    15:25.016     Davenport      71
Layla Jones      40    16:21.426     Long Creek     89
Abcde Jackson    44    16.57.839     Canyon Lake   115

Boys 2 Miles Seniors                 
Marshall Gomez    1st  20:08.389     

Girls 2 Miles Seniors
Ayden Purdum      4    14:58.321
Vivian Gough      5    16:48.420

                          Jack Stracener was perfect in Hawk’s win over Fredericksburg.                (photo by Daniel Clifton)

PRE-GAME:     CL Hawks   @   Somerset Bulldogs   7:00pm
              5-1            4-1

History: Bulldogs lead series, 3-1.
2010  Lake  24  Bulldogs  25
2012  Lake  35  Bulldogs  54
2013  Lake  35  Bulldogs  47
2024  Lake  42  Bulldogs  20

This Year’s Scores:
Hawks 35  Wimberley    36   Bulldogs  30  Southside   7
Hawks 49  Aus Crockett  7   Bulldogs  10  McCollum   22
Hawks 21  Navarro      13   Bulldogs  42  Jefferson  14
Hawks 49  Veterans     14   Bulldogs  48  Jourdanton 13
Hawks 56  JFK           6   Bulldogs  43  Uvalde     22
Hawks 42  Billies      28

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                    GO HAWKS!

Somerset comes into this contest with some payback after suffering a loss to Canyon Lake last season. Both teams finished last year tied with Fredericksburg with 4-2 records after each school suffered a loss to Davenport.

CLake already avenged their loss to Freddie last week and that will be Somerset’s goal this week.

In that one loss to McCollum, Somerset lost the turnover battle 3-0 which helped define that loss. The Bulldogs had a balanced offense with 156 rushing and 186 passing.

Somerset’s defense gave up 215 yards on the ground against this run oriented offense who went to the air just 8 times.

Last week Somerset opened district play against Uvalde and were right at 200 passing yards and a respectable 124 yards on the ground. John Alvarez returned to the lineup last week and led the team with 86 yards on 19 carries.

                                  Way to GO LAKE!

Senior Joe Torres leads in season rushing garnering 221 yards thus far as he took up the slack while Alvarez did not play.

Senior Kaleb Flores has passed for 947 yards averaging 190 per game with 14 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Flores go to receiver will be #44 Malakai Iverson who averages 112 receiving yards for 21 yards per catch and 12 touchdowns.

An interesting tidbit was seeing how Uvalde was able to rack up 298 yards passing against Somerset last week after the Coyote’s were only able to amass 74 yards against Fredericksburg the week before.

You can check out those team stats below for Somerset which is based much like The Lake this season where a passing game has been the most consistent way of moving the ball.

And as always, Let’s Go Hawks!

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Season         District 14-4A    District
Davenport      6  0  1.000       Canyon Lake (1032)   2  0  1.000
Canyon Lake    5  1   .833       Davenport   (1295)   2  0  1.000
Somerset       4  1   .800       Somerset    (1295)   1  0  1.000
Pleasanton     2  3   .400       Billies     (1047)   1  1   .500
Billies        2  4   .333       Pleasanton   (994)   0  1   .000
Uvalde         2  4   .333       Uvalde      (1299)   0  2   .000
JFK            2  4   .333       JFK         (1054)   0  2   .000

    Games This Week:             District 13-4A (Bi-District Round)
    CL Hawks   @ Somerset        Taylor      (1050)   2  0
    Davenport  @ Billies         Austin LBJ   (773)   1  0
    Pleasanton @ JFK             Austin NE   (1226)   1  1
                                 Aus Eastside (694)   1  1                  
                                 Manor Tech   (605)   1  1
                                 Aus Achieve  (628)   0  2
                                 Aus Travis  (1198)   0  2

SEASON STATS:
Offensive Points                 Defensive Points
Davenport     333   55.5         Davenport      77   15.4
Canyon Lake   252   42.0         Somerset       78   15.6
Somerset      173   34.6         Canyon Lake   104   17.3
Uvalde        150   25.0         Pleasanton    147   29.4
Billies       118   19.7         Billies       180   30.0
Pleasanton     70   14.0         Uvalde        203   33.6
JFK            75   12.5         JFK           203   33.8

Offensive Rushing                Offensive Passing
*JFK         1276  255.2         Canyon Lake  1557  259.5
Davenport    1440  240.0         Davenport    1308  218.0
Billies       890  148.3         Somerset      978  195.6
Canyon Lake   862  143.7         Uvalde        799  160.0
Uvalde        660  132.9         Billies       893  148.8
Somerset      647  129.4        *JFK            77   15.4
Pleasanton     na                Pleasanton     na

Total Offense
Davenport    2748  458.0
Canyon Lake  2419  403.2
Somerset     1645  329.0
Billies      1783  297.2
Uvalde       1459  243.2
*JFK         1353  270.6
Pleasanton     na     na

(*) indicates that team stats are not available and at least one game is missing. Pleasanton Eagles has no stats for this season posted by newspapers or MaxPreps.

                      Gram Simpson 40 yard run against Billie was a back-breaker for The Lake.                             (photo by Daniel Clifton)

 

             Crisp   Farm  TexCon Signtre Leecock HitMan FBC   Mimas  Gordon RxGood
             Realtor Credit Oil    Homes  Comal   Pest  Lake   Tacos  Plumber UPS
              70-25  69-26  66-29  64-31  65-30  63-32  60-35  64-31  61-34  58-37 
    
Lake/Somerset Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   The Lake
Please/JFK    Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please JFK    Pleasanton
Davy/Freddie  Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davenport
OU/Texas      Texas  OU     Texas  Texas  Texas  Texas  OU     Texas  OU     Texas
Indana/Oregon Ducks  Ducks  Ducks  Ducks  Ducks  Ducks  Ducks  Ducks  Ducks  Ducks
Gators/Aggie  Aggie  Aggie  Aggie  Aggie  Gators Gators Aggy   Aggie  Aggie  Aggie
Mich/USC      USC    USC    USC    Mich   USC    USC    Mich   USC    USC    Michigan
OhioSt/Illini OhioSt OhioSt OhioSt OhioSt OhioSt OhioSt Illini OhioSt OhioSt Ohio State
Bama/Mizzou   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Mizzou Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama
Pitt/FSU      FSU    FSU    FSU    FSU    FSU    FSU    Pitt   Pitt   FSU    FSU
Dawgs/Auburn  Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  Auburn Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs
ASU/Utah      Utah   Utah   Utah   ASU    Utah   Utah   ASU    Utah   Utah   ASU
Houton/OkieSt Coogs  Coogs  Coogs  Coogs  Coogs  Coogs  Coogs  Coogs  Coogs  Coogs
Stanford/SMU  SMU    SMU    SMU    SMU    SMU    SMU    SMU    SMU    SMU    SMU
Troy/TexState Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St
Rice/UTSA     UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA

    Izzy Fory is ready to usher in a post-season berth this week!  Let’s GO LAKE!

            THIS WEEK       @   THE LAKE             (October 7th-10th)

Tue Oct  7  The Lake JV/Fr  @   Wimberley            500p Volleyball
            The Lake        @   Wimberley            600p Volleyball

Thu Oct  9  The Lake        @   District 26-4A       800a Cross Country
            Somerset Fr     @   The Lake Fresh       500p Football
            Somerset JV     @   The Lake JV          630p Football

Fri Oct 10  The Lake JV/Fr  @   Billies Sub Varsity  500p Volleyball
            The Lake        @   Billies              600p Volleyball
            The Lake        @   Somerset             700p Football
                                7650 S Loop 1604
                                Somerset 78069

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Football will get interesting this week with the winner of Canyon Lake/Somerset game having an inside track for a playoff home game. Davenport are still without a blemish and ranked 5th in the State while CL’s win over Freddie gives us a tie-breaker if we tie them.

Cross Country will have their district meet in Bandera this Thursday.

Last week at The Lake was even-steven for volleyball with a win/loss and this week will have an important game at Fredericksburg on Friday. CL breezed through their first 3 opponents on that first district go-around and replicating that will boost Canyon Lake with their first 20 win season since 2019 and a playoff bid.

That Billie game will start the 2nd round of district battles and the loser of the Bandera/Long Creek game will eliminate that school. For the most part…those 4 schools look set with that Hawk/Billie contest either leading to a tie for 3rd/4th or a Lake win cementing a 3rd place finish.

Below are the Standings and those numbers beside each school indicates attendance size which will decide if The Lake would be placed with smaller or larger schools in the post-season bracket.

                VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS
Season       W   L   Pct   District           W  L    Pct
Wimberley   35   5  .875   Wimberley   (855)  4  0  1.000
Davenport   29   7  .805   Davenport  (1295)  3  1   .750
CL Hawks    19  11  .633   CL Hawks   (1032)  3  1   .750
Billies     14  15  .483   Billies    (1057)  2  2   .500
Bandera     13  22  .371   Bandera     (702)  0  4   .000
Long Creek   7  19  .269   Long Creek (1136)  0  4   .000

               This Week’s Battles
   Tue Oct  7  The Lake   @  Wimberley
               Bandera    @  Long Creek
               Davenport  @  Fredericksburg

   Fri Oct 10  The Lake   @  Fredericksburg
               Wimberley  @  Long Creek
               Bandera    @  Davenport

*Bi-District Round Schools for Canyon Lake's District
                      Dist    Season 
Lago Vista     (673)  8  0    24   4
Manor Tech     (605)  5  2    15   6
Legacy Ranch          5  3    19   9
Austin Travis (1198)  2  4     8  13
Eastside       (694)  2  4     7  13
Austin Achieve (628)  2  4     6  13
Austin LBJ            1  2     4   8
NE Early College      0  6     1  18
*Not all schools have up to date records. 
Season Record column a good idea of strength of schools.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Lucas Shexnayder maneuvering his 47 yard reception that led to CL’s first score. (photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake ran their win streak to 5 games after staving off a relentless Fredericksburg Billies team in a minutia filled contest, 42-28.

Hit Man says get rid of Pests Hawks!

This contest started with a lot of minutia as each team with missed snaps, delay of game penalties, just little things that added up with The Lake being able to add up more positive minutia rather than those negative minutia happenings.

On this night it was a Billie returning an interception 45 yards to start this contest that had CLake looking at their first deficit with 7 minutes left on a first quarter clock.

Canyon Lake countered with an 8 play drive that was highlighted when a Lucas Schexnayder reception covered 47 yards and helped The Lake punch it in when running back Chris Brown bulled his way into the end zone from 2 yards out.

Another special team highlight which has become a common occurrence this season featured a blocked field goal attempt by Kobe Halverson who would return that block 61 yards which gave CL a lead that would not be relinquished.

Then a defensive interception for Carter Prieto on Fredericksburg’s next possession had Canyon Lake needing just 29 yards which needed 6 plays for another Schexnayder reception… this time for 18 yards on the Billie 7 yard line. It would be a Brown brauning for 3 yards for a score and, 21-7 lead.

                                 GO Lake!

Freddie would respond two possession later with an efficient 2 pass play drive covering  67 yards and leaving 1:28 before halftime and a 7 point deficit.

Canyon Lake would capitalize next when Gram Simpson (who finished with 102 yards) covered 16 yards and that was followed with a pass interference and a 37 yard Jace Wheeler strike to Halverson giving CL a, 28-14 halftime advantage.

It would be a 9 yard sack for Joseph Matos that ended this up and down half.

Starting the second half it would be a 40 yard Simpson run followed with a Peyton King 27 yard catch that increased CL’s lead to, 35-14.

A Hawk defensive stand would ice this affair when Canyon Lake used a 6 play drive with another King reception this time for 60 yards for at TD  and a Hawk, 42-14 lead.

Freddie would stage two more scores but CL’s defense would answer the bell two more times when JR Lindell tipped a ball that went into Tristan Alexander’s hands for his first interception this season.

There was still enough of those negative minutia plays that will give coaches enough to work on before next week’s game with Somerset.

This win did give Canyon Lake a milestone with Freddie being the first school to absorb 10 losses with just 6 wins over The Lake.

Little things that can add with a goal of finishing with more positive than negative events. That formula will be needed against a Bulldog team that won their first district battle over Uvalde.

A win would give a boost to these Hawks for a chance of finishing high enough to minimize those little negative minutia things.

Way to Go Lake & Beat Somerset!

                 1  2  3  4   Final
Fredericksburg   7  7  7  7   28
CL Hawks         7 21 14  0   42
Scoring Summary:
FB-Billies 45 yard interception return (pat good), 6:50, 1st
CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Jack Stracener kick), 3:00, 1st
CL-Kobe Halverson 61 yard blocked field goal return (Stracener kick), 9:39, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 3 yard run (Stracener kick), 6:31, 2nd
FB-Billies 26 yard pass (pat good), 1:28, 2nd
CL-Halverson 37 yard pass from Jace Wheeler (Stracener kick), 0:31, 2nd
CL-Peyton King 27 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 10:18, 3rd
CL-King 60 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 6:27, 3rd
FB-Billies 18 yard pass (pat good), 2:19, 3rd
FB-Billies 20 yard run (pat good), 11:21, 4th

Team Stats          Billies    Hawks
Total Yards         314        363
First Downs         16         14
Rush/Yards          20/71      28/136
Comp/Att/Int        20/32/2    12/22/1
Passing Yards       243        227
Punts/Average       4/37.0     4/38.3
Fumbles/Lost        0/0        0/0
Penalties-Yards     5-42       6-55

Passing             Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Jace Wheeler        12    22  .545  227  1   3

Rushing             Att   Yds  Ave  Lg   TD
Gram Simpson        19    102  5.4  40   0
Chris Brown          8     32  4.0   8   2
Peyton King          1      7  7.0   7   0
Team                 1     -5   -    -   -
Totals              28    136  4.9  40   2

Receiving            No   Yds  Ave  Lg   TD
Peyton King           3   94  31.3  60   2
Lucas Schexnayder     2   65  32.5  47   0
Kobe Halverson        3   49  16.3  37   1
Hayes Holladay        3   13   4.3   7   0
Chris Brown           1    6   6.0   6   0
Totals               12  227  18.9  60   3

QB Jake Stringer gets some pressure as The Lake comes up just short in 2nd half comeback.

                           Let’s Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake’s Freshman football has been on a learning curve most of this season but after a one point loss to Fredericksburg that had the Billies with a 21-0 halftime lead….the light switch turned on with an awakening second half and one point loss eventual, 21-20.

This awakening that happened was between those two halves and was significant on both sides of the ball.

A Lake’s defense allowed 77 ground yards and two completions in those last two sessions and it  gave this Hawk offense a chance for their awakening while scoring 3 touchdowns and coming up just short on two poin conversion tries which resulted in this one point set-back.

QB Jake Stringer uncorked a 14 yard touchdown pass to Kasen Piel which started those eye opening moments in this awakening during this 2nd half on a Hawk first drive to start the 2nd half.

These Hawks only needed one play on their next drive after a Freddie punt. Setting up shop on their own 22 yard line it would be Caleb Cross who would take in a catch and run 78 yard play with still more than a quarter remaining.

Way to Plug those Leaks Lake!

A Lake defense would continue opening their eyes for more sunlight in this awakening and forced a punt and forced a fumble that had Maverick Stepanovich with the recovery on Freddie’s next time with the ball.

Now a wide open CL Offense would answer with another one play pass for a touchdown.

Cross got a finger on this Stringer pass but it was intended for Hayden Gemar who grabbed this pass and flew to the end zone for 73 yards which still had these Hawks down by one point.

CL’s Defense would respond with another stop but this final drive would stall needing 38 yards of real estate to complete a wild comeback.

This is the type of contest that shows what a team can do when firing on all cylinders for a team that needed to awake from a slumber that had lasted too long this season.

Now a chance to see if this awakening can continue when The Lake’s Freshman take on Somerset at the Hawk Nest next Thursday with the kick-off schedule at 5:00pm.

Stay Awake Lake!

                 1  2  3  4   Final
CL Hawks Fresh   0  0 12  8   20
Billies Fresh    7 14  0  0   21
Scoring Summary:
FB-Billie 17 yard run (pat good), 0.11, 1st
FB-Billie 25 yard pass (pat good), 4:43, 2nd
FB-Billie 70 yard INT return (pat good), 0:16, 2nd
CL-Kasen Piel 14 yard reception from Jake Stringer (run failed), 6:00, 3rd
CL-Caleb Cross 78 yard reception from Stringer (pass failed), 2:21, 3rd
CL-Hayden Gemar 73 yard reception from Stringer (Derek Dunlap run), 4:37, 4th

Team Stats        Billies    Hawks
Total Yards       180        251
First Downs       13         8
Rush/Yards        45/137     20/85
Comp/Att/Int      4/12/0     5/13/1
Passing Yard      43         166
Punts/Average     3/22.3     2/18.0
Fumbles/Lost      1/1        1/1
Penalties-Yards   4-33       3-35

Passing           Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Jake Stringer      5    13  .385  164  1   3
Wyatt Galvan       0     1  .000    0  0   0
Totals             5    14  .357  164  1   3

Rushing           Att   Yds  Ave  Lg   TD
Derek Dunlap      11    82   7.5  24   0
Colin Armstrong    6    11   1.8   8   0
Hayden Gemar       1     3   3.0   3   0
Jake Stringer      2   -10    -    -   0
Totals            20    85   4.4  24   0

Receiving         No   Yds   Ave  Lg   TD
Caleb Cross        1   78   78.0  78   1
Hayden Gemar       1   73   73.0  73   1
Kasen Piel         2   17    8.5  14   1
Derek Dunlap       1   -2     -    -   0
Totals             5  166   33.3  78   3

    Hawk’s JV Run out Clock in, 12-6 win over Freddie. Go Lake!

                           GO HAWKS!

The Lake’s Junior Varsity ran their district record to, 2-0 after another dominating defensive effort in win over Fredericksburg, 12-6.

“We are just getting back to the basics,” Head JV Coach Brandon Vasquez started when asked about how well this team has performed in their last two outings. “Calls are very simple and I told the guys that they have to be ready for those moments….and those guys are. We still have a long way to go and told them that if there is still time on that clock then we were going to win this game hands down and that is what it has to be week in and week out. The energy they bring to practice every week shows up on game night.”

Coach Vasquez continued, “We are nails against the board and we want to fly around and play solid football.”

Sold football was a key on this win that, The Lake, gave away one scoring drive for Freddie that went one yard after a muffed punt.  The play gave this Billie team a touchdown play for what would end up being their only score.

        Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

Other than that snafu it was Canyon Lake’s Defense that dominated allowing 2.2 yards per offensive play.

CL’s offense did respond through the air with an opening first pass that QB Damon Gracia found Receiver Dario Faz in stride for a catch and run that gave a quick score lead, 6-0.

It was during that 2nd quarter that CL’s gift allowed a Billie touchdown and tied game before halftime.

The Hawks second drive to start the second half would give CL a lead that would not be threatened when Garcia found Colten Adams on a 39 yard post play and score.

That touchdown pass converted a 4th and 21 yards needed for a first and this touchdown put a cherry on top for a win.

                                Go Lake!

Defensively CL was able to get two interceptions with that first INT having Slater Sutherland covering this Billie receiver like a blanket on a wintry Colorado night. (The ReSporter wanted to convey that Sutherland ended up having to give a red jersey back that he had commandeered off this Billie receiver)

That second INT ended any chance for a Billie comeback when Walker Galvan stole the ball on the home team’s sideline. Another theft that had Billie Fans calling 911 for assistance to get Galvan taken in for theft questioning.

Add those plays to several (11) others that had Fredericksburg losing yardage which would be highlighted when Defensive End Charles Palmer had his second sack and interviewed at Brookshire’s for a sacking gig when he stuffed Freddie’s QB for an 11 yard loss.

That was a pivotable play after CL had fumbled a punt which had Fred threatening for a score and only needing 20 yards for a go ahead score late during that first half. With that yardage loss presented a 3rd and 21 yards needed for a conversion. Knowing this Home Team was averaging 2 yards per play would make it inevitable that no score would be forthcoming.

A great win for a Hawk team that will be back at the Hawk Nest this coming Thursday when they welcome Somerset’s Bulldogs with kick-off commencing after CL’s Freshman dispose of the Bulldogs Freshman squad.

Way to Go Hawks!

             1  2  3  4   Final
CL Hawks     6  0  6  0   12
Billies JV   0  6  0  0   06
Scoring Summary:
CLJV-Dario Faz 89 yard reception from Damon Garcia (pass failed), 5:23, 1st
FHJV-Billie one yard run (run failed), 3:52, 2nd
CLJV-Colten Adams 39 yard reception from Garcia (pass failed), 0:46, 3rd

Team Stats          Billies     Hawks
Total Yards         118         255
First Downs         10          13
Rush/Yards          36/24       32/53
Comp/Att/Int        7/17/2      10/17/0
Passing Yard        94          202
Punts/Average       4/33.8      1/31.0
Fumbles/Lost        0/0         2/2
Penalties-Yards     6-45        4-30

Passing             Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Damon Garcia        10    17  .588  202  0   2

Rushing             Att   Yds  Ave  Lg   TD
Isaac Brinkley      10    42   4.2  15   0
Damon Garcia         5    17   3.4   5   0
Oliver Carey-Spoon   7    15   2.1   5   0
Aiden Boales         7    14   2.0   5   0
Peyton Vann          1    -1    -    -   0
Team                 2   -34    -    -   -
Totals              32    53   1.7  15   0

Receiving           No   Yds   Ave  Lg   TD
Dario Faz            2   99   49.5  89   1
Colten Adams         3   52   17.3  39   1
Peyton Vann          3   39   13.0  20   0
Isaac Brinkley       1   12   12.0  12   0
Aiden Boales         1    0    0.0   0   0
Totals              10  202   20.2  89   2

             Crisp   Farm   TexCon Signature Leecock HitMan FBC    Mimas  Gordon RxGood
            Realtor  Credit   Oil   Homes    Comal   Pest   Lake   Tacos  Plumber UPS
             71-24   71-24   65-28   65-28   64-29   64-29  62-31  56-37  60-33  58-35

Freddie/Lake Lake    Lake    Lake    Lake    Lake    Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake
JFK/Davy     Davy    Davy    Davy    Davy    Davy    Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy
Somer/Uvalde Somer   Somer   Somer   Somer   Somer   Somer  Somer  Uvalde Uvalde Somerset
Texas/Gators Horns   Horns   Horns   Horns   Horns   Horns  Horns  Horns  Gators Horns
Vandy/Bama   Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama   Bama   Vandy  Vandy  Bama
MissSt/A&M   A&M     A&M     A&M     A&M     A&M     A&M    A&M    MSU    A&M    A&M
Syracuse/SMU SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU    SMU    SMU    Cuse   SMU
Miami/FSU    Canes   Canes   Canes   Canes   Canes   Canes  Canes  Canes  Canes  Canes
Duke/Cal     Duke    Duke    Duke    Duke    Cal     Duke   Duke   Cal    Duke   California
KSate/Baylor Bears   Bears   Bears   Bears   Bears   Bears  KState KState Bears  Bears
TTech/Hou    TTech   TTech   TTech   TTech   TTech   TTech  TTech  TTech  TTech  TTech
Colorado/TCU TCU     TCU     TCU     TCU     TCU     TCU    TCU    Buffs  TCU    TCU
UTSA/Temple  UTSA    UTSA    UTSA    UTSA    UTSA    UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA   UTSA
TexSt/ArkSt  Tex St  Tex St  Tex St  Tex St  Tex St  Tex St Tex St Tex St Tex St Texas State