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Wednesday, August 26th, 2026THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE (Aug. 24-29th)
Monday, August 24th, 2026
Preslie Owens gets Point Hawk in win with Gabby Fory & Presley Wheeler looking on. Go Lake!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE August 25-29th Tue Aug 25 The Lake Fr/JV @ Lockhart Fr/JV 600p Volleyball The Lake @ Lockhart 700p Volleyball Thu Aug 27 La Vernia vs The Lake 1100a Volleyball Brennan vs The Lake 1200p Volleyball Medina Valley vs The Lake 200p Volleyball Texas Showdown Tournament Texans Freshman @ The Lake Freshman 500p Football Texans JV @ The Lake JV 630p Football Fri Aug 28 Texas Showdown @ The Lake TBD Volleyball Tournament The Lake @ Texans 730p Football Sat Aug 29 Texas Showdown @ The Lake TBD Volleyball
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Haul’em Off Hawks!
The Lake had a decent week of action with Volleyball spiking a, 5-1 record and making the Gold Bracket at the SAISD Tourney.
This week the Ladies will host a Texas Showdown Tournament and this article will update that first day of games and times laster this week.
Head Coach Daniella surmised, “This past weekend the girls went, 4-1 earning their way into the gold bracket by playing clean low error volleyball. We have a tough tournament this weekend for the Texas Showdown with many top teams in the area.”
Daniella concluded, “This competition will be high level volleyball that will help sharpen our game to prepare for the same competition in our district. Iron sharpen iron and we are looking to improve our game each week!”
The Hawk Football finished their scrimmage part of the season against an opponent that had a lot of speed which will certainly be strengths of several district teams this year.
Plug those Leaks Fast Lake!
This scrimmage had The Lake with a, 14-6 score in their end of scrimmage 12 minute quarter.
After giving up a quick score to Veterans Memorial the Hawk Defense bolted down the hatches which allowed C-Lake scoring an explosive pass play to Kobe Halverson from QB Jace Wheeler and a Wheeler to Ryan Rena for a last second score.
The running game had Nico Wyckoff scoring from 13 yards out as he whittled through the line for that score.
Now the curtain will be raised in Wimberley this Friday at 730pm with the Sub-Varsity teams getting things going at the Hawk Nest on Thursday with a 500p start for the Freshman followed by CLJV’s battle with the Texans.
Let’s Go Lake!
Breakfast Feast This Friday & Saturday @ Authentic Canyon Lake
Thursday, August 20th, 2026
This Week @ The Lake had a snippet bout an upcoming event that involves Granny D’s Pancakes, The Nest Coffee Haus, and ACL Authentic Canyon Lake as the host.
Let’s GO LAKE!
Those whopper Granny D’s Pancakes are on the menu as these pancakes will be quartered for a $1.00 or $5.00 for a whole cake.
CLHS & MVMS Principals will be in attendance for this Friday and Coaches for the Saturday morning Pancake Breakfast.
Principal Alex Higby with MVMS and Associate Principal Jessica McCoy will be there Friday which will give attendees a chance for a more personal time with these two ladies to learn more bout each school.
Let’s GO HAWKS!
Saturday will have CLHS Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole and MVMS Athletic Director JJ Sierra coming in that morning for the same opportunity.
Those Pancakes will starting at 800am each morning until we run out of cakes or 1000am whichever comes first.
ACL is located just down the street from Granny D’s~ 14120 FM 306 78133.
Authentic Canyon Lake has indoor seating or a patio for leisurely dining and catching up with old or new friends.
The Nest Coffee Haus is another Local Lake Business in the Hancock Plaza who’s all in for The Lake’s Schools.
Come be a part and see new faces and Let’s GO Hawks!
The Lake’s Volleyball Improves to, 6-2 & Both Sub-Varsity Win
Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
Freshman Leya Campos sets up for a Charli Buskirk kill in a Hawk Freshman win over Stockdale! Go Lake!
Let’s GO HAWKS!
The Hawks improved to, 6-2 in a hard 5 set match that had The Lake needing to win the final two sets for the win over the Stockdale Brahmas, 21-25, 25-12, 22-25, 25-19, 15-10.
“Trying to figure out what’s working for us and what’s working for them and what’s working for them and how we can stop them…and how we can get our offense better how we can adjust our defense and I think our girls did a really good job with that especially when I started throwing in girls in different spots.”
Coach Villarreal continued and commented on those 20 blocks, “Our defense are doing a good job with getting to the right place and are adjusting right after the block and taking them down.”
GET’em HAWKS!
On playing 4 games back to back on Friday? The five setter are long tiring and I think we are physically and mentally ready for that.”
Presley Wheeler continues her strong start to this season with 48 assists and now has over 200 for this young campaign.
Another strong suit in this win was garnering 20 blocks led by Gabby Fory and Kylee Goff each with 6 rejections. There were 5 other Lakesters with a block.
In The Lake had double digit service errors which was certainly a rally killer that made it harder to get this offense in a rhythm.
On the flip side, Izzy Fory led the team with 7 aces during that 2nd set which helped the Hawks to never trail and 9 points scored on her serves.
Way to GO LAKE!
Stockdale did apply pressure throughout and seemed to run out of power as this contest continued into that final set. This set matched the 2nd having The Lake with the lead throughout the set.
Canyon Lake’s Sub-Varsities stayed undefeated with the Freshman being the team needing to will a 2 set win streak to pull off their game.
CL’s JV rebounded after a slow start in their 2nd set but a tied game at 10 had a Hawk timeout which resulted with a, 15-5 finish to their sweep.
JV Coach Kara Barnes was all smiles with her finishing quote, “The girls did a really good job of executing our game plan. They served aggressively, communicated, and minimized their error. I am very proud of the way they came together and took care of business.”
The Sub-Varsity teams will be back in action at Lockhart next Tuesday with their first serve commencing 600pm.
The Hawk Varsity will be in their second tournament in the SAISD schools with 4 contests on Friday and will be seeded in finishing this tourney Saturday.
Way to GO LAKE!
GAME STATS: 21-25, 15-12, 22-25, 25-19, 15-10 Kills: Preslie Owens 15 Emma Goff 11 Gabby Fory 10 Assists: Presley Wheeler 48 Izzy Fory 5 Digs: Izzy Fory 29 Preslie Owens 17 Presley Wheeler 14 Blocks: Gabby Fory 6 Kylee Goff 6 Aces: Izzy Fory 7 Presley Wheeler 2
This Week @ The Lake Aug 17-22nd
Monday, August 17th, 2026
Hawk Tennis Starts Season with a 2-0 record. Way to Go Lake!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE August 17-22nd Mon Aug 17 Canyon Varsity @ The Lake Varsity 830a Tennis Tue Aug 18 Stockade Fr~JV @ The Lake Fr~JV 500p Volleyball Stockdale @ The Lake 600p Volleyball Wed Aug 19 Meet the Hawks @ Hawk Stadium 730p All Sports Thu Aug 20 Canyon JV @ The Lake JV 830p Tennis Cornerstone @ The Lake Noon Tennis The Lake Fr~JV @ Veterans Memorial 530p Football The Lake @ Veterans Memorial 700p Football Fri Aug 21 Mark Oberholtzer CLHS @ Authentic Canyon Lake 800a Meet the & Alex Higby MVMS Pancake Bash 1000a Principals The Lake vs St. Anthony 830a Volleyball The Lake vs Sam Houston 1000a Volleyball The Lake vs Winn 1130a Volleyball The Lake vs Holmes 100p Volleyball Sat Aug 22 Coach Monte Cole CLHS @ Autheniic Canyon Lake 800a Meet the Coach JJ Sierra MVMS Pancake Bash 1000a Coaches The Lake vs TBD SAISD Tourney TBD Volleyball
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Go Lake!
Last week went well for The Lake’s Tennis team that had wins over San Marcos and Lehman.
This week Tennis will compete against Canyon (Monday) & Cornerstone (Thursday) hoping for a .500 based on a tough Canyon HS.
Volleyball finished their first week of action with a 6-2 record and this week has their first home contest with Stockdale on Tuesday and then their 2nd Tourney this time in San Antonio.
Football held their on against Burnet and will finish this Thursday at Veterans Memorial.
The ReSporter and Authentic Canyon Lake will be hosting a Pancake Social with help from Granny D’s supplying the Pancakes while The Nest helping with Coffee.
On Friday morning it will feature the MVMS (Ales Higby) & CLHS (Mark Oberholtzer) Principals starting at 8am till 10am. There will be a chance of meeting The Lake’s Alex and Mark on a more down home setting with those incredible Granny D’s pancakes.
Let’s GO LAKE!
That same itinerary for Saturday morning when The Lake’s Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole & Athletic Director for Mountain Valley MS JJ Sierra.
Cost is $5.00 per person for these two events.
Come out and get full of pancakes and Hawk knowledge….Go Hawks!
Canyon Lake Showed Promise in Burnet Scrimmage.
Sunday, August 16th, 2026
The Lake Huddle Up after first Scrimmage comes to a close! Go Lake!
Go Lake & OK Corral Your Opponents this season!
Canyon Lake showed promise in their first scrimmage against Burnet at the Hawk Nest this past Friday in what turned out to be a very comfortable night with pleasant weather.
Another comfortable feeling had The Lake finishing strong as each 8 minute session continued through the evening.
CLHS showed a very strong passing game and the running part of the offense was evident especially at the end of this scrimmage.
GO LAKE
“Thought the kids played with a lot of emotion we got better and better as the scrimmage went along which is a huge plus, the intensity was good….Burnet is always a good football team I always like to scrimmage those guys to see where we are,” Coach Parker started. “I won’t get to see those answers (on how well the team did) until I come into tomorrow and watch video. But I was pleased with the intensity…I was pleased with the improvement as the game went on and I thought we threw and caught the ball well and we still need to continue to get better in our running game but overall I could not have been more pleased with the kids.”
Break the Dam~ Lake!
Defensive Coordinator Coach Kurt Sloan shared his thoughts for the defensive side of the ball, “Scrimmage is about evaluation so we want to get the kids out there and see what they can do and we try not confuse them with scheme and we saw some plays that did not execute but later on they did and with the young guys that is all we are looking for and we want them to calm down and figure it out and go play football and go get tackles.”
When asked bout seeing improvement, “Yeah…it will be next week when we will be able to see that big gauge from that first to second scrimmage we should see a lot of improvement and if we don’t then we have to go back and work even harder.”
The long wait for football season started with a large crowd of Hawk fans in attendance and now another week of work before their last scrimmage at Veterans Memorial next Friday with the same start times.
Let’s GO LAKE!
CL Hawks Start Season with Win Over Marion, 3-0
Wednesday, August 12th, 2026
The Lake’s JV Green start season with a Marion Win. Go Lake! (photo top row L-R: Catherine Montoya, Valentina Figueroa, Inara Brunson, Grace Smith, Rylee McCollum, Katelyn, Maxson, Cinda Prieto, Kyra Menchaca. Front Row: Nedra Edwards, Lyla Roberts, Khloe Petty and Leighton Hill.)
Break the Dam~ Lake!
The Lady Hawks swept Marion (25-19. 25-18, 25-15) to start their season that showed a deep roster for a team that is looking to take another step on their road in the playoffs.
Canyon Lake ran their all-time series with these Bulldogs (8-3) and never trailed in the opening set that featured a trio of Hawks with 4 kills (Gabby Fory~Preslie Owens~Kylee Goff) and three aces that had Goff securing 2 in this first set.
Owens finished in double digits 10 kills and Goff got CL’s only block and led the team with 4 aces.
Freshman Presley Wheeler made her presence in that 3rd set with two aces and a kill that provided the separation The Lake needed in getting Canyon Lake to 20 points and then coasted to a 10 point advantage in that clinching 3rd set, 25-15.
Way to be Handy Hawk’s!
When Head Coach Daniella Villarreal was asked what her plan was in starting their Friday Spikefest in Corpus Christi with 3 teams within a 3 hour window, “Well this game I changed the line-ups three times so in those 3 sets I had a different lineup so I’m still looking for different options and trying to figure out what is the best lineup for us to be successful. I told the girls actually that no matter the lineup I put up there I’m still feeling confident on who I put out there and us being able to execute and win the set.”
Coach Villarreal closed, “It is a really good feeling to know that I can change things up real quick and still do a really good job.”
‘Hawk’ Proud!
CLHS has always been in a tough district and everything at this junction of the campaign all these contests goes in preparing for playing district battles with a good mindset and confidence.
The Lake’s all-time non-district record is, 226-113 and go into this season 44 games below .500 hence taking a new approach during those games.
Both Canyon Lake’s Sub-Varsity started off with a win as the JV Green won in 3 sets, 25-10, 17-25 and 25-11 and the JV Gold swept with a, 25-11 and 25-16.
Head JV Green Coach Kara Barnes quipped, “The team showed incredible mental toughness last night. After falling behind in the second set, they refused to give up and fought to the end of the set~~a momentum that carried right into the third set, where they controlled the action from start to finish.”
Trevor Hamblet Head Coach of the JV Gold team had this to say on their win, “The Hawks played tough and with a lot of energy in their first game of the season. The girls are starting off on the right foot and seem excited to continue to grow and compete.”
Way to Go Lake!
This Week @ The Lake August 11-14
Monday, August 10th, 2026
Hawk Volleyball Seniors (L-R) Gabby Fory, Izzy Fory, Paisley Fahrney and Presley Owens.
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE August 11-14 Aug 11 Tue Lake Sub-Varsity @ Marion 500p Volleyball The Lake @ Marion 600p Volleyball Aug 14 Fri The Lake vs Bishop 1100a Volleyball The Lake vs Rockport 1215a Volleyball The Lake vs Palmview 130p Volleyball Corpus Christi Spikefest Burnet JV~Fr @ The Lake JV~Fr 500p Football Burnet @ The Lake 630p Football Aug 15 Sat The Lake @ CC Spikefest TBD Volleyball
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Go Lake!
The ReSporter starts their 18th year of covering The Lake’s High School sports and starts an abbreviated schedule for the next few weeks.
We have added several Local Businesses and ask that you help these venues for many of your needs.
The ReSporter is sponsoring two Pancake Socials this August 21st-22nd at the ACL (Authentic Canyon lake) by taking advantage of Granny D’s for these morning extravaganzas with special guests: Mark Oberholtzer & Alex Higby the 21st & Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole.
More information will be shared as those dates draw near.
Proud of the Hawks!
Sports-wise, CL’s Volleyball will start their season on the road in Marion with first serve for the Freshman and JV teams followed by last year’s crew reaching the 4th round in the post-season that was the 2nd furtherest for any sport at The Lake.
It was Boy’s Soccer team that reached the Final Four during the 2019 school year.
Hawk Volleyball will finish this week in Corpus Christi’s Spikefest Tournament where they’re first day this Friday will have 3 games starting with Bishop (3A), Rockport (4A), and then Palmview (5A).
Canyon Lake’s Football teams will have their first of two scrimmages at The Lake against Burnet.Sub-Varsity will kick things off at 5:00pm followed with Varsity at 6:30pm.
This should be an exciting year with hopes of breaking that 8 win threshold while working on passing the Area Round.
Great times and as always: LETS’S GO HAWKS!!
Third in Series Hawk Offense with Quarterback
Thursday, August 6th, 2026
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!
2nd in Series on Hawk Offense with Skill Players
Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
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!
