Canyon Lake’s Boys Junior Varsity has shown that they will not be a slouch on the hard-wood this year as they take a winning record into their Christmas break.
A game against South San Antonio did not come out on the good side after a slow start during the opening tip as the Hawks found themselves looking at an 11 point deficit while scoring 3 points against a tough man-to-man defense.
The Lake was, however, able to keep within striking distance for the rest of this battle with a wake-up 17 point 2nd Quarter and trailing by 5 points going into halftime.
CLHS just could not get that spark after falling behind 11 points in that 3rd frame that ended with a 12 point climb starting the final period, 43-31.
CLJV would fight back to another 5 point separation to South San, 49-44 with still over 3 minutes remaining.
Gavin Cano was the main spark in this comeback extravaganza finding the net from the beyond the arc three times while also dishing out 4 assists for a chance to pull this contest out.
Another Hawk, Anthony Hockman brought his windex to the backboard after reaching 15 rebounds in the contest while being Johnny on the Spot for those Cano assists keeping this Home Team still in the hunt.
CLJV would find themselves down 13 points, 49-36 with 6 minutes remaining but Eli Cole was good on one of three 3 pointers that started a last gasp run and brought CL back into this game.
Ben Parma was able to match Cano with 5 assists and led the team garnering 4 steals during this final mad scramble.
Yes, a loss but this Hawk Junior Varsity team shows the Hawk Nation that the pipeline has started to fill with several of these players being next in line after a large senior contingent on CL’s Varsity finish their eligibility.
A team with height (Harlow Wisdom-Eli Cole-Anthony Hockman) and ball handlers which was evident after finishing with 17 assists coming from 8 different players.
Still room for improvement on the charity stripe and on the floor after amassing 25 turnovers which were two main reasons for this loss.
A Freshman team that finished with just 6 wins last season has shown great strides along with two juniors for what could be a fun ride when district comes calling in January.
Way to GO JV HAWKS!
1 2 3 4 Final South SA JV 14 11 18 13 56 CL Hawks JV 3 17 11 18 49 3pt tot rebounds fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to Kirby Goodman 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0-1 1 1 1 0 3 Bobby Torres 1-9 0-2 1-2 3 3-1 4 1 1 0 5 Gavin Cano 8-12 3-6 0-1 19 0-1 1 5 2 2 3 Aiden Boals 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Eli Cole 3-7 3-6 0-0 9 0-7 7 1 0 2 0 Landon Brown 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 1 0 8 Jayce Morales 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Anthony Hockman 4-6 0-0 1-1 9 4-11 15 2 1 0 2 Ben Parma 2-5 0-2 0-0 4 1-1 2 5 4 0 1 Harlow Wisdom 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 1-1 2 0 0 1 0 Totals 19-45 6-18 3-8 49 9-23 32 17 10 5 25 42% 33% 38%