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%

(L-R) Isiah Eureste, JR Lindell and Jace Wheeler were 3 of the team amigo’s that dismantled Veterans, 49-14! Go Lake!

Canyon Lake finished their 2025 Season with another 8-4 campaign matching 2024’s results. The Lake has had 3 toral 8 win seasons and these last two years trail a 3 year stint (2016-2018) which amassed 17 victories for two seasons.

      
     Season   Record
     2016~     7-4
     2017~    10-3
              17-7

     2017~    10-3
     2018~     7-4
              17-7

     2024      8-4
     2025      8-4
              16-8

That 2017 year still ranks as best season in wins with an added district championship. That year also finished with 3 games in post-season play.

      Congrats on a Great Season Lake!

Another tid-bit comes with 2024 & 2025 matching the 2014 & 2015 seasons with consecutive 12 games played.

Awards for this past season has been released and The Hawks were awarded several accolades both from their classroom to the grid-iron and The ReSporter starts with the academic side for this list of players.

                       ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 
Player            Position      Player             Position
Ayden Manzo       Fullback      Jace Wheeler       Quarterback
Ben Parma         Defense Back  Jack Stracener     K/Receiver
Caleb Armstrong   Linebacker    Jacob Price        Defense Back
Carter Prieto     Defense Back  John Fugate        Offense Line
Cash Ziemba       Defense Back  JR Lindell         Linebacker
Chris Brown       Running Back  Kobe Halverson     Receiver
CJ Rodriguez      Linebacker    Lucas Schexnayder  Receiver
Dalton Hodges     Defense Line  Nick Martinez      Defense Line
Divan Hernandez   Defense Line  Parker Gordon      Offense Line
Donavan Menchaca  Linebacker    Peyton King        Receiver
Eli Hammons       Linebacker    Rowan Edwards      Defense Line
Gavyn Baldera     Receiver      Ryan Frederick     Offense Line
Gram Simpson      Running Back  Ryan Reyna         Fullback 
Grant Windle      Defense Back  Thomas Inman       Receiver
Hayes Holladay    Receiver      Vender Hartzell    Linebacker
Isiah Eureste     Linebacker    Wyatt Roberts      Defense Line

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THSCA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
Player             Position        Player            Position
Ayden Manzo        Fullback        Hayes Holladay    Receiver
Ben Parma          Defene Back     Isiah Eureste     Linebacker
Caleb Armstrong    Linebacker      Jackson Stracener Kicker
Cash Ziemba        Defense Back    Jacob Price       Defense Back
Dalton Hodges      Defense Line    JR Lindell        Linebacker
Donavan Menchaca   Linebacker      Lucas Schexnayder Receiver
Eli Hammons        Linebacker      Vander Hartzell   Linebacker
Gavyn Baldera      Receiver        Wyatt Roberts     Defense Line
Gram Simpson       Running Back

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Head Coach Sam Parker shares his comments on each of the 1st Team Hawk players below.

                                 GO LAKE!

Cayden Toon Offensive Line- “Proved over and over again how good of a player he was. He came in as a good player as a Junior and came on as a Senior…he was phenomenal for us.

The Coaches here before me talked about the transformation he came through from his Freshman year to his Senior year and what an amazing athlete and player he had become and truly it came through his own work and he was one of those kids who is going to have a chance to go and play at the next level.”

Dalton Hodges Defensive Line Unanimous- “I cannot say enough bout Dalton…a huge leader for our team and he was also selected to play in San Antonio All-Star Game as a deep snapper. Dalton has been an unbelievable young man and is a little bit special for me because is Dad (Bret Hodges)coaches for us and my Dad was a Coach.”

Go Hawks & Congrats of Special Season!

Eli Hammons Linebacker Unanimous- “Not enough words to describe what he has become with his hard work and perseverance… He was given some natural tools and he was a hard worker and as a first team inside linebacker.

He just had a phenomenal year and another one of those athletes that will have a chance to play at the next level.”

Gram Simpson Running Back- “He was a 2nd Team All-District last year as a wide receiver and he was a player that did not get to touch the ball a lot as a receiver and was mainly a blocking receiver….but with some injuries we had to move him to running back and he did amazing. He was solid and for not being very big ran the ball hard and I could not be as proud for him.”

                       Congrats Lake Football

Jace Wheeler Quarterback: “Jace threw for for 2800 yards and 27 touchdowns and was 1st Team All-District last year.

He is one of those rare quarterbacks you don’t always get a chance to coach and he is special and his arm strength and ability to put the ball where he wants it as good as I have ever seen.”

JR Lindell Outside Linebacker- “As a Junior he was a little all over the place…he was a receiver for a little bit and then some defense at the end of the year but he really found a home after the season ended last year as an outside linebacker. And just had a phenomenal year…I have praise for the work he put into the off season and just worked his tail off and put on some weight and got faster and had a super special year.”

Peyton King Receiver- “Coming off of last year as a Sophomore he had some meaningful snaps but this year he became our primetime guy and just ate it up…he had huge stats and numbers he finished with the second most receptions in Hawk history for a season and will end up being our all-time receiver when he is finished.”

2025 CANYON LAKE FOOTBALL ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Player               Position             Award
Cayden Toon          Offensive Line       1st Team 
Dalton Hodges        Defensive Line       1st Team  Unanimous
Eli Hammons          Linebacker           1st Team  Unanimous
Gram Simpson         Running Back         1st Team
Jace Wheeler         Quarterback          1st Team
JR Lindell           Outside Linebacker   1st Team
Peyton King          Wide Receiver        1st Team

Cash Ziemba          Defensive Back       2nd Team
Chris Brown          Running Back         2nd Team
Donavan Menchaca     Offensive Line       2nd Team
Hayes Holladay       Wide Receiver        2nd Team
Isiah Eureste        Outside Linebacker   2nd Team
Joseph Matos         Defensive Line       2nd Team
Kobe Halverson       Wide Receiver        2nd Team
Lucas Schexnayder    Wide Receiver        2nd Team
Wyatt Roberts        Defensive Line       2nd Team

Carter Prieto        Defensive back       Honorable Mention
Chandler Cross       Defensive Line       Honorable Mention
Jack Stracener       Kicker               Honorable Mention
Jacob Price          Defensive Back       Honorable Mention
John Fugate          Offensive Line       Honorable Mention
Phoenix Dent-Mclain  Offensive Line       Honorable Mention
Ryan Reyna           Full Back            Honorable Mention
Tristan Alexander    Defensive Back       Honorable Mention
Tristan Rios         Tight End            Honorable Mention

                              Reese Pipkin with a rainbow shot against Graham in tourney. (photo Step Rowe)

The Lake did not start their game with Austin Travis very well (understatement) after posting a, 15-2 first quarter with those two lonely points courtesy of an Eli Cole put-back that had 1:30 remaining in the opening quarter.

You read that right….Canyon Lake was looking at a 15 point deficit to start this game.

            Way to make some Good Hits!

A start this bad would usually bring a family conversation in the crowd of,  ‘Where would be a good place to eat after this game?’

That meal turned out to be a full buffet affair that had this Hawk team not only getting back into this game but….finishing with an 11 point win.

What was the secret sauce? A heavy dose of defense that led to 14 steals and bruises on several Hawk players going after loose balls. Add reducing turnovers down from 11 in that first frame to only two for that next 8 minutes proved to be a winning eatery.

CLHS would score 25 points during that second period and realizing a 3 point lead going into halftime, 27-23.

A Quick 2nd Quarter Recap:
First Quarter 2-15   Who Scored Goal/FT       Assist   Time
              3-15   Free Throw Fuentes                7:01
              6-15   Eli Cole 3 Pointer        Cano    6:49
              6-17   FThrows Austin Travis             6:29
              7-17   Free Throw Cole Dees              5:40
              9-17   Fuentes Bucket                    4:51
              9-19   Austin Travis Bucket              3:36
             11-19   Fuentes Bucket                    3:07
             12-19   Dees Free Throw                   2:38
             14-19   Fuentes Two Free Throws           2:33
             16-19   Josh Rowe Bucket          Dees    2:10
             18-19   Josh Rowe Bucket          Steal   1:50
             21-19   Dees 3 Pointer            Rowe    1:21
             21=21   Austin Travis Bucket              1:12
             23-21   Fuentes Bucket            Torres  0:50
             24-21   Fuentes Free Throw                0:25
             24-23   Austin Travis Bucket              0:14
             27-23   Rowe 3 Pointer            Torres  0:01

     Let’s Go Hawks Great Comeback!

Canyon Lake would continue their pressure starting the 2nd Half garnering their largest lead in this segment, 9 points (38-29) when Gavin Cano sank a free throw with 1:27 left before the final quarter, the Hawk lead was still tenuous tho, 40-34.

Starting that last period, two buckets for Fuentes and Torres along with assists for Torres & Rowe during the first 90 seconds gave CL a, 44-34.

The Lake kept their distance for the remainder of this quarter as Austin Travis cut into CL’s lead to 8 points while Canyon Lake was able to up their advantage to 12 points on a Fuentes bucket with 3:55 remaining, 48-36.

Basically…Canyon Lake scored 52 points in 3 quarters and outscoring these Rebels, 52-28 during that span.

Another good,  gut check,  in seeing the possibilities when communication and an all out energy burst that caused chaos on your opponent that led to good offensive play.

                            Go Lake!

Bobby Torres led The Lake with 5 assists while Josh Rowe forced 5 steals while the team reached 15 steals and assists to end this win.

Canyon Lake did finish with a 3-1 tourney record and lost in a Championship against Stephenville.

Head Coach Monte Cole commented on what the team accomplished, “I think this tournament helped us regain some confidence and start moving in the right direction. It was a great tournament for us and in championship game we played really good Stephenville team and were competitive for a majority of the game.

Coach Cole continued, “The younger guys are learning how hard you have to play at the Varsity level to win games and it’s showing. Very proud of this group of guys.”

A good showing which left the Hawk fans never being able to come to a destination for that elusive win…which made that non-decision a good decision.

Hawk Nation is Proud of The LAKE!

Game 20         1  2  3  4  Final
Austin Travis  15  8 11  9  43
CL Hawks        2 25 13 14  54

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes    4-5     0-0     4-6   12   2-4   6  2  4  0  9
Josh Rowe          5-8     1-2     2-2   13   1-1   2  3  5  0  2
Gavin Cano         0-0     0-0     1-2    1   2-0   2  2  0  0  0
Harlon Wisdom      3-4     0-0     0-0    6   2-3   5  1  1  0  0
Eli Cole           3-4     1-2     0-2    7   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Wyatt Sims         0-1     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  2
Cole Dees          1-6     1-5     3-6    6   1-6   7  1  3  1  4
Korbyn Goodman     0-2     0-2     0-0    0   0-1   1  1  1  0  1
Anthony Hockman    0-2     0-0     0-0    0   2-1   3  0  0  1  0
Bobby Torres       3-6     0-1     1-2    7   1-2   3  5  0  0  2
Eli Hammons        1-3     0-0     0-0    2   1-0   1  0  1  0  1
Totals            20-41    3-13   11-20  54  12-18 30 15 15  2 21

            Hawk’s coming out of a time-out ready to implement Coach Cole’s instructions! Go Lake!

              Make us Proud Hawks!

The Canyon Lake Hawks’ basketball recent struggles received a respite after starting their Hays Tournament with two wins.

The Lake’s record was 1-8 with most of those losses coming when an illness struck during their Christmas Tourney in Lampasas.

Having a healthy team led to this two game stretch as CLHS was able to succumb their last win against Graham needing to erase a 10 point deficit with 6:17 left on a 4th quarter clock down, 44-34.

CLake answered with an all out defensive effort which led to a Bobby Torres 7 point response (2 free throws~3 pointer~2 assists) barrage which saw Torres’ assist to Anthony Hockman ending the 3rd quarter.

The Lake got the score down to a 3 points, 44-41 when Graham got a fast break two pointer which would turn out to be their last points at the 2:42 mark.

            Plug those Leaks (Turnovers) Lake!

Another combo assist to bucket when Phoenix Fuentes found Cole Dees which brought this game down to a one point, 46-45 for these Steers.

Fuentes and Dees combined for 9 assists which would have Dees curtain call when he had his twisting dance move turn into the paint while finding a wide open Hockman for that winning bucket and one point win, 47-46.

The Lake’s first win on this day was a much different style that had The Lake with a convincing, 73-25 win over Yorktown.

This win had 3 Hawks scoring double digits, Fuentes (13), Reese Pipkin (14), Torres (14) and every Hawk but one with a rebound…. this contes produced another double digit game with 18 assists and 16 steals.

The Lake had another 4th quarter awakening scoring 25 points which also produced CL’s best game this season beyond the arc with 8 makes.

Canyon Lake thus far has outscored their competition, 100 points (298-198) during those last 8 minutes.

The Lake will continue their last tourney for this season with a battle against Austin Travis with tip-off at 1:00pm this Tuesday at Barton Middle School in Kyle, Texas.

Way to GO Lake!

Game 19    1  2  3  4  Final
Graham    16  9 14  7  46
CL Hawks   9 15  8 15  47

                          3pt           tot rebounds
                fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes   2-4     0-0     1-2    5   2-3   5  5  1  0  3
Josh Rowe         2-10    0-2     1-1    5   4-2   6  1  2  0  2
Reese Pipkin      1-2     1-2     0-0    3   0-0   0  0  1  0  1
Gavin Cano        2-4     1-3     0-0    5   0-0   0  0  1  0  0
Harlon Wisdom     1-3     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  2  0
Eli Cole          0-2     0-2     0-0    0   1-1   2  0  1  1  0
Wyatt Sims        0-2     0-2     0-0    0   0-0   0  1  0  0  1
Cole Dees         3-7     0-0     0-0    6   0-4   4  4  1  0  0
Anthony Hockman   4-5     0-0     0-0    8   2-1   3  0  0  0  1
Bobby Torres      4-9     1-3     2-2   11   2-1   3  2  3  0  3
Eli Hammons       1-3     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Totals           20-51    3-14    4-5   47  11-12 23 13 10  3 11

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Game 18    1  2  3  4  Final
Yorktown   6  8  6  5  25
CL Hawks  17 17 14 25  73

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes    6-12    1-4     0-0   13   3-3   6  4  1  2  1
Josh Rowe          3-8     2-5     0-2    8   4-2   6  2  3  0  1
Reese Pipkin       5-9     2-5     2-2   14   1-4   5  5  3  0  2
Gavin Cano         1-9     0-5     0-0    2   2-0   2  2  2  0  1
Harlon Wisdom      2-4     0-0     0-0    4   1-2   3  0  2  2  2
Eli Cole           1-3     0-2     0-0    2   1-2   3  0  1  0  2
Wyatt Sims         1-2     1-2     0-0    3   0-0   0  1  0  0  0
Cole Dees          4-11    0-6     0-0    8   1-2   3  3  1  1  1
Anthony Hockman    2-3     0-0     1-2    5   0-4   4  0  0  0  2
Bobby Torres       6-8     2-4     0-0   14   1-1   2  1  3  0  0
Eli Hammons        0-0     0-0     0-0    0   3-3   6  0  0  0  2
Donavan Menchaca   0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-2   2  0  0  0  0
Totals            31-69    8-33    3-6   73  17-25 42 18 16  5 14

                    Eli Hammons lending a helping hand for Phoenix Fuentes.  (photo by Step Rowe)

Canyon Lake got an All-Meat at High Noon Pizza in the Hancock Plaza after their win over Bastrop, 45-37.

The Lake had laid a Gluten Free Pizza in their previous Burnet contest on Tuesday and knew that those type of efforts lead to an empty stomach.

This win still had some ups & downs but good times were enough to get this win with another game of double digit steals (13) which has CL averaging 14 for this season.

Cole Dees and Phoenix Fuentes both led the Hawks finishing with 12 points and a strong game for Eli Hammons with his 6 points and 9 rebounds.

Those Up times had The Lake opening up with an, 8-2 lead that got thing going before a Down episode when the Bastrop Bears worked this game back to a tie, 17 all at the 1:24 mark before half.

Canyon Lake would open the second half with an improved focus after running their lead to 9 points, 29-20 at the 4:00 minute mark in the 3rd stanza.

But another Gluten Free episode to end that quarter resulted in a, 31-30 advantage going into CL’s final quarter.

That 4th quarter had a rare event when Fuentes found himself on the charity stripe with 5:31 left in the contest. It had been 7 straight quarters of not having a chance for a free throw finally being realized.

The Lake would finish with 7 made free throws while adding a 3 pointer coming from Cole Dees and assist by Fuentes which would result in a, 40-32 lead with a little under 4 minutes remaining. Dees’ with that 3 pointer ended with 6 points in that final 8 minutes.

A good defensive effort allowing 7 points that helped Canyon Lake to rid themselves of that Gluten Free Pizza to a good tasty regular Pizza whether by the Slice or whatever size needed for this filling win.

High Noon is a new ‘Home Grown’ Pizza place right next to Authentic Canyon Lake across from Brookshire’s. Give them a try after Canyon Lake’s next win and GO Lake!

Game 12    1  2  3  4  Final
Bastrop    7 10 13  7  37
CL Hawks  13  8 10 14  45

                          3pt           tot rebounds
                fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot  a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes   4-7     0-0     4-4   12   3-1   4   4  2  1  5
Josh Rowe         4-6     1-2     0-0    9   0-1   1   0  3  0  3
Reese Pipkin      0-4     0-1     0-0    0   1-4   5   2  1  0  2
Gavin Cano        0-3     0-2     0-0    0   2-2   4   1  1  0  0
Harlon Wisdom     1-3     0-0     0-0    2   1-1   2   0  0  0  0
Eli Cole          0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0   0  0  0  0
Wyatt Sims        1-5     0-1     0-0    2   0-1   1   1  1  0  0
Cole Dees         5-11    1-4     3-4   12   0-1   1   2  2  0  2
Korbyn Goodman    0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0-1   1   0  0  0  1
Anthony Hockman   0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1-0   1   0  0  0  0
Bobby Torres      0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0   0  2  0  2
Eli Hammons       3-6     0-0     0-2    6   4-5   9   0  1  0  0
Totals           18-50    2-13    7-10  45  12-17 29  10 13  1 15

 

      DISTRICT 26-4A

      Superlatives
      Chloe Gray - Outstanding Setter

      1st Team
      Kylie Rodriguez, Gabby Fory

      2nd Team
      Preslie Owens
      Izzy Fory

      Honorable Mention
      Mackenzie Dorn, Te'a Gonzales, Kylee Goff
      
      Academic All District:
      Seniors: Chloe Gray, Kylie Rodriguez, Mackenzie Dorn, Sabrina Steele
      Juniors: Gabby Fory, Izzy Fory, Paisleigh Fahrney
      Sophomores: Chylea Gray, Bella Biasatti

      THSCA Academic ALL STATE:
      1st team - Chloe Gray
      2nd team - Kylie Rodriguez
      Honorable Mention: Kaylee Caraway

 Go Lake & Congrats on Special Season!

Head Coach Daniella Villarreal: I am extremely proud of all of our athletes and happy to see them receive the recognition they deserve.

Chloe Gray earning Outstanding Setter of the district is a huge accomplishment and reflects her impact on our team’s success. She was the heart of our offense, a steady leader, and one of the hardest-working athletes in our program. We could not have achieved what we did without her. Her presence will be greatly missed.

Kylie Rodriguez was also an integral part of our success, especially in serve receive and defense. She helped us stay in system offensively, kept rallies alive, brought consistency to our back row, and will be deeply missed.

Gabby Fory has grown tremendously each season and continued to rise to every challenge. She was a crucial part of our offense and brought both physical strength and a strong vocal presence to our team.

Preslie Owens and Izzy Fory stepped into bigger roles this season and made a significant impact. Preslie was a powerful offensive force, while Izzy was a defensive anchor who kept the floor clean and extended rallies. Both will be seniors next year, and we are excited to have them return.

                     Way to GO HAWKS!

Mackenzie Dorn’s leadership will be missed. She was a utility player for us, always willing to do whatever the team needed and making everyone around her better.

Te’a Gonzales and Kylee Goff stepped into starting roles this year and brought consistency, strong blocking, and were options for us offensively. Both will return as juniors next season.

I’m proud of all these girls and everything they accomplished this season, both on the court and in the classroom. The future is bright and we will continue to put in the work and challenge ourselves with even bigger goals!

Way to Go Lake Ladies!

                                     Eli Hammons contributing fighting for Hawk Rebounds.      (photo by Step Rowe)

Let’s Go Lake Great Win Over The Pass

Canyon Lake came back from a 20 point deficit in scoring 51 second half points for a 2 point win over Aransas Pass, 71-70.

It was an offensive rebound put-back for Anthony Hockman with three seconds left that sealed the deal.

The Lake did start this contest storming to a, 13-6 first quarter advantage.

The Aransas Pass would take over with a 24 point 2nd quarter and outscored The Lake, 17 points that produced a 12 point advantage to end that first half.

“We made a lot of mistakes early versus AP (Aransas Pass).” Head Coach Monte Cole recapped. “Unforced turnovers, missed layups, missing open guys with our passing…but the kids were resilient and kept battling to give themselves a chance and then guys made plays at the end to win.”

      Let’s Go Hawks Great Comeback!

Canyon Lake will go into Saturday game against Gainesville who has a 5-1 record, “This is a great tournament for us because we’re identifying the little things we have to do a lot better and execute more consistently”….on playing Gainesville, “They’re big and good. A good test for us.”

AP increased their halftime advantage into a 20 point (51-31) lead with just 1:43 remaining in that 3rd stanza, but this Hawk team would turn on a firehose scoring 40 points in a  9:43 time frame.

CL had 4 players reach double digit scoring with Cole Dees (14 pts) leading and being joined with Phoenix Fuentes (13), Josh Rowe (12), and Gavin Cano (10).

Way to GO LAKE!

CL got contributions from a bench that pitched in 26 points in this improbable comeback.

That last quarter was a classic being down, 51-41 to start and Fuentes with a steal (20 steals forced by CL’s defense) cut AP’s lead to single digits, 51-43 to start this avalanche of scoring.

It was a back and force game and The Lake had trouble cutting that lead below 7 points after a Dees three pointer with 6:42 left, 53-46.

The Pass pushed their advantage back to 10 points with under 6 minutes, 60-50.

In fact, CLHS cut the lead to 7 again with an old fashion 3 pointer for Fuentes before quick 4 points giving the Home Team an 11 point lead, 64-53 with 3:24 remaining.  From  there  CL  scored 18 points while giving up 7 points for AP.

CLake would score the next 7 points and finish this game with a nail biter victory.

                                                      Remaining
A) Cano 3 pointer off a Hockman assist,        56-64    3:12 
B) Fuentes with another old fashion 3 pointer, 59-64    2:15 
C) Rowe basket after a Hawk steal,             61-64    2:02 
D) Rowe after a Pass miss,                     63-64    1:53 
E) Aransas free throw,                         63-65    1:35 
F) Aransas free throw,                         63-66    1:19 
G) Aransas bucket,                             63-68    0:58 
H) Dees two FT’s on rebound of Pass miss FT,   65-68    0:57 
I) Dees bucket on a Rowe assist,               67-68    0:29
J) Rowe score and Cano assist,                 69-68    0:14 
   1st lead since 7:06 First Quarter
K) Aransas made 2 FT’s,                        69-70    0:09 
L) Hockman offensive Reb put back off glass,   71-70    0:03 

                  Way to Go Hawk Basketball.

As Easy as ABC for a Hawk Team that ran their record to 7-1 with this win.

Cano came up with a huge dishing up a good plate of grub with 6 assists and was nails after Fuentes had to sit with foul trouble earlier in this quarter.

Scoring more points in the last stanza than CL did combined in those first two quarters was a good recipe for this improbable comeback.

Way to GO LAKE!

              1  2  3  4  Final
Aransas Pass  8 24 19 19  70
CL Hawks     13  7 21 30  71

                          3pt           tot rebounds
                fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot  a  s  b to
Phoenix Fuentes   6-11    0-0     2-2   13   2-6   8   4  4  0  4
Josh Rowe         6-9     0-2     0-0   12   0-1   1   1  3  0  4
Reese Pipkin      2-2     0-0     0-0    4   0-0   0   1  4  0  2
Gavin Cano        4-10    1-2     1-1   10   0-1   1   6  1  0  1
Harlon Wisdom     0-3     0-0     1-2    1   2-3   5   0  0  0  1
Eli Cole          0-3     0-2     0-0    0   1-1   2   0  1  0  0
Wyatt Sims        1-6     0-2     0-0    2   1-1   2   0  2  0  2
Cole Dees         5-17    2-8     2-2   14   2-5   7   1  1  0  1
Korbyn Goodman    0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0   0  0  0  2
Anthony Hockman   1-2     0-0     1-2    3   2-2   4   1  2  0  1
Bobby Torres      2-4     1-3     0-0    5   0-0   0   0  2  0  1
Eli Hammons       3-6     0-0     0-0    6   3-1   4   0  0  0  0
Totals           30-73    4-19    7-9   71  13-21 34  14 20  0 19