Divan Hernandez, CJ Rodriguez & Tristan Alexander had CL’s Defense holding Taylor scoreless 2nd Half. Go Lake!

             THIS WEEK     @    THE LAKE        November 17th-22nd

Tue Nov 18   Lake JV       @    Luling JV       500p Boys  Basketball
             Lake          @    Luling          800p Boys  Basketball
             YMLA JV       @    Lake JV         500p Girls Basketball
             YMLA          @    Lake            630p Girls Basketball

Thu Nov 20   Lake Fr/JV    @    Wimberley       TBA  Boys  Basketball
                                Tourney
             Lake Varsity  @    Cornerstone     TBA  Girls Basketball
                                Tourney

Fri Nov 21   Lake Varsity  @    Cornerstone     TBA  Girls Basketball 
             The Lake      vs   Calallen        700p       Football
             Area Round         SW Legacy 4495 SW Verano
                                Pkwy Von Ormy 78073

Sat Nov 22   Lake          @    Cornerstone     TBA  Girls Basketball
             Sinton        @    Lake Varsity   1200p Boys  Basketball

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                Go Lake Beat Calallen!

First, a shout out to our Volleyball Squad who’s first priority this season was to make the playoffs which was accomplished in spades. CL Volleyball went 4 rounds into the post-season losing in a Regional Final which is one step from securing a Final 4 berth.

Congratulations and you can read about this season and what might be in store in The ReSporter’s Volleyball article on this site.

Curtain call for Football next with an Area Round battle this Friday at SW Legacy Stadium with kick-off 700pm. Calallen will be the next foe after disposing of Taylor in the Bi-District game last week.

Canyon Lake will be working on a chance of copying what Volleyball has just finished doing by going further than the 2nd round. The Lake has made it past this next round once back in 2017 for a team that won district and reached the next round.

The ReSporter will have an article for this week’s game while also showcasing records that have been attained this season and what might be in store.

You Make us Proud Hawks now Beat Calallen!

Girls Basketball finished this week with two losses as this year will certainly have a learning environment for a young team taking instructions from a new locally known coach Char Hutson.

This week will feature a home game with YMLA starting at 500pm with CLJV before the tip-off  Varsity following. Then a slew of contests in a 3 day tourney at San Antonio Cornerstone.

Boys Basketball starts their campaign this week on the road in Luling with sub-varsity tipping off at 500pm and then a late 800pm start for the Varsity.

The Boys will finish their week playing Sinton on Saturday with a noon start at the Hawk Nest.

Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole stated, “Starting the season on the road is never easy but kids are excited to get going and ready to play someone other than ourselves every day. I expect us to look pretty good defensively. Luling played zone last year so we’ll get an early look at our zone offense. Sinton is always good so that should be a good game at home Saturday. One thing we have this year is a lot of depth with all 11 guys (Eli Hammons will be 12 later in the year) playing and contributing.” (but that should be more weeks after The Lake beat Calallen)

Let’s Go Lake & Beat Calallen!

Te’a Gonzales going for the kill while Chloe Gray, Izzy Fory & Kylee Goff get enjoy an eventual Point Hawks!              (photo Daniel Clifton)

Go Hawks & Congrats of Special Season!

The ReSporter: Canyon Lake’s Unforgettable Season climbed some steep hills through this year share with Hawk Nation your road to success.

Coach Villarreal: “This season’s success was built day by day, from the offseason through every practice and match. Our tough district prepared the girls to face any opponent and compete at a high level, which gave them confidence going into playoffs. They learned from setbacks, believed in themselves and each other, and trusted their training. From the start, they embraced their roles, competed with heart, and showed tremendous growth. As coaches, we can provide the tools and guidance, but it’s up to the players to apply it. This group truly bought in and improved quickly because of how coachable they were.”

The ReSporter: Seniors always will rise to the occasion as leaders…give us your thoughts on this group of young ladies.

Coach Villarreal: “The seniors were the backbone of the program. Their leadership, work ethic, and commitment elevated everyone around them. They chose the team motto, “Nothing worth having comes easy,” and lived it through the hard work, sacrifices, and mental toughness required this season. Each senior played a key role on and off the court and left a lasting legacy that will inspire future teams. I am so grateful to have coached Kylie, Chloe, Mackenzie, Sabrina, and KC. And they will be greatly missed!”

Way to make your hits into a Regional Final Lake!

The ReSporter: After a short few days of rest and thinking back, as a coach, that next season always comes calling. Give the Hawk Nation on what goals and what next year might bring to the table.

Coach Villarreal: “We return a talented, motivated group of girls. I hope this season has created momentum and inspired returning and younger athletes, as well as future generations, to believe in continued success. Our goals remain the same, top competitor in district and deep playoff runs, but we will focus on building on this season’s accomplishments, working hard, never being satisfied, and dreaming bigger.”

The ReSporter: You had some high water marks with individual goals that were achieved this season. How have you balanced those milestones while keeping the team focused on getting the job done week-end and week-out.

        Congrats on a Great Season Lake!

Coach Villarreal: “It’s all about team chemistry and understanding what is best for the group. Every player has a role and great value. Team success creates individual success, and when we play for each other, everyone shines. Personal milestones are celebrated while staying connected to the bigger picture and goal, which keeps the team strong and united.”

The ReSporter: A great year that finished with goals reached and passed share your final thoughts.

Coach Villarreal: “I’m incredibly proud of this group for their fight, unity, and belief in something bigger than themselves. They broke records, made history, and built a legacy that will inspire future Hawk teams!”

Once again a year that far exceeded many and the community is Proud of this group of Athletes! Way to GO LAKE!

SEASON FINAL VOLLEYBALL STATS

KILLS                   ACES                    ASSISTS
Preslie Owens     277   Izzy Fory          50   Chloe Gray        906
Kylie Rodriguez   222   Chloe Gray         45   Izzy Fory          86
Gabby Fory        210   Kylie Rodriguez    44   Sabrina Steele     47
Chloe Gray        161   Sabrina Steele     39   Kylie Rodriguez    40
Te'a Gonzales     119   Chylea Gray        31   Chylea Gray        24
Kylee Goff        112   Paisleigh Fahrney  25   KC Caraway         17
Mackenzie Dorn     78   Bella Biasatti     21   Preslie Owens      12
Kinsley VanMeter   57   Kylee Goff         14   Gabby Fory         10
Chylea Gray        12   Gabby Fory          9   Bella Biasatti      8
Izzy Fory           8   Mackenzie Dorn      9   Kylee Goff          7
Bella Biasatti      4   KC Caraway          6   Paisleigh Fahrney   4
Sabrina Steele      4   Kinsley VanMeter    2   Mackenzie Dorn      4
                                                Te'a Gonzales       3

DIGS                    BLOCKS
Kylie Rodriguez   424   Kylee Goff         45
Izzy Fory         370   Gabby Fory         27
Chloe Gray        327   Te'a Gonzales      26
Sabrina Steele    273   Kinsley VanMeter   17
Chylea Gray       186   Preslie Owens      14
Bella Biasatti    113   Chloe Gray          8
Gabby Fory         75   Kylie Rodriguez     8
Preslie Owens      62   Mackenzie Dorn      4
Kylee Goff         52   Chylea Gray         2
Mackenzie Dorn     46
Te'a Gonzales      37
Paisleigh Fahrney  31
Kinsley VanMeter   16
KC Caraway          6

                            QB Jace Wheeler is adding an extra dimension to his game.                             (photo Daniel Clifton)

           Plug those Leaks Lake in Your Area Battle!

Ducks are no match for a Hawk which has the ability matched by a Peregrine Falcon who can use their agility to attack and inflict injuries in regards to a duck.

For this Bi-District conquest these Ducks never made it to The Lake in time for safety after a blistering wipe-out in this Bi-District game, 63-19.

This win was so thorough these Ducks became daffy.

Even tho there was a wake-up moment to start this contest when Taylor took their second play to the house on a 74 pass play that had CLake looking at a 6 point deficit 37 seconds into this battle.

That, however, would be one of a few highlights these ducks would be able to enjoy when these Hawks devoured Taylor by scoring on all of their possessions up until the last drive that came up short which had Punter Jace Wheeler getting off a 41 yarder. Wheeler averages 41 yards on his 30 punts this season.

          Beat Calallen in Area Hawks!

While Defensively it was two interceptions (Cash Ziemba & Walker Carson) and a fumble recovery, while holding Taylor with no points and 159 yards in their second half after these Ducks had accumulated 300 first half yardage. Add a run defense that was a Trump Border Wall holding this opponent to 156 yards leaving this vulnerable Ducks to flying led by Eli (double digit tackles) Hammons and a host of other Defensive Hawks to help lead this carnage.

Hammons finished with 14 tackles 3 for loss with 5 pass break ups for a good day on the football field.

Chris Brown first rush went for 41 untouched yards forged by an offensive line that controlled this contest from the opening play. A flag football game would have been the same result.

Brown joined Tanner Faris, Tristan Chacon and Hayden Dubois who reached 4 touchdowns in a game and fell short of Jesse Horner (5) and Carter Williams (6) who reached that all-time mark in a Veterans Memorial game last year.

                            Way to GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake averaged over 7 yards per rushing attempt while CLake’s passing was just a smidgen off perfection completing 13 of the 15 passes for 220 yards.

Wheeler also showcased his feet after an 11 yarder for The Lake’s first score and finished with 31 hard ground yardage.

During that first half drives, The Lake longest scoring drive was 6 plays which was highlighted after Taylor scored that had these Ducks trailing, 21-12 early in that second period.

CL would take 5 plays using a 27 yard reception for Peyton King followed with a 13 yard pass play to Kobe Halverson that led to a 2 yard up the middle score for Brown, 28-12.

Ending that first half, Canyon Lake had an explosive drive to answer Taylor’s final score of the game with 1:33 left on the halftime clock.

Starting on CL’s 28 yard line the dismantling went thusly:

Play:
1) Hayes Holladay 14 yard run.
2) Chris Brown 19 yard run.
3) Hayes Holladay 14 yard reception.
4) Chris Brown 24 yard run.
5) Chris Brown 1 yard touchdown.

The Hawks went to their locker room sporting a, 42-19 lead and receiving the second half kick-off.

This 2nd Half opened with a ground out time consuming drive that featured a 13 play 72 yards and stick a fork in’em, 49-19 advantage.

Canyon Lake matched last year’s Bi-District game with Austin Travis with the same exact score.

Don’t Forget to Get Your Hawk Gear @ Authentic Canyon Lake’s Hawk Nation Room & The ReSporter will have upcoming Area Round information this weekend so stay tuned and Let’s GO LAKE!

           1  2  3  4  Final
Taylor     6 13  0  0  19
CL Hawks  21 21 14  7  63
Scoring Summary:
TD-Duck 74 yard pass (pat blocked), 11:23, 1st
CL-Jace Wheeler 11 yard run (Stracener kick), 9:19, 1st
CL-Chris Brown 41 yard run (Stracener kick), 7:14, 1st
CL-Peyton King 20 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 4:59, 1st
TD-Duck 22 yard pass (pass failed), 10:27, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Stracener kick), 9:11, 2nd
CL-Gram Simpson 12 yard run (Stracener kick), 4:44, 2nd
TD-Duck 28 yard pass (pat good), 1:33, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 1 yard run (Stracener kick), 0:08, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Stracener kick), 6:39, 3rd
CL-Kobe Halverson 13 yard run (Stracener kick), 0:42, 3rd
CL-Lucas Shexnayder 25 yd pass from Wheeler (Thomas Inmon kick), 7:10, 4th

Game Stats       Ducks    Hawks
Total Yards      459      492
First Downs      21       29
Rush/Yards       36/129   38/272
Comp/Att/Int     17/33/2  13/15/0
Passing Yards    330      220
Punts/Average    2/25.5   1/41.0
Fumbles/Lost     1/1      0/0
Penalties-Yards  10/84    5/40

Passing          Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Jace Wheeler      13   15  .867  220   0  2

Rushing          Att  Yds   Ave  Lg  TD
Chris Brown       13  133  10.2  41  4
Gram Simpson      15   77   5.1  12  1
Jace Wheeler       4   31   7.8  11  1
Hayes Holladay     1   14  14.0  14  0
Kobe Halverson     1   10  10.0  10  1
Lucas Schexnayder  1    6   6.0   6  0
Nico Wyckoff       2    1   0.5   2  0
Gavyn Baldera      1    0   0.0   0  0
Totals            38  272   7.1  41  7

Receiving         No  Yds   Ave  Lg  TD
Peyton King        6   85  14.2  27  1
Lucas Schexnayder  2   57  28.5  32  1
Gram Simpson       2   27  13.5  15  0
Chris Brown        1   24  24.0  24  0
Hayes Holladay     1   14  14.0  14  0
Kobe Halverson     1   13  13.0  13  0
Totals            13  220  16.9  32  2

Savanna Oberholtzer signs Soccer Scholarship with SFA flanked by her Dad (Mark) & Mom (Sherry).

Savanna Oberholtzer picked SFA as her next stop for her Soccer and school studies.

Savanna had already been spoken for after Lubbock Christian offered a place on their team but things got turned around recently after Coach Ben Morrison was recently hired as a SFA Coach which was a deal maker for the Lumberjacks.

“I knew the coaches and when they reached out I went there and loved everything it was nice and I will look forward to continue working on my game and keep playing there.”

On what Savanna plans to do in class? “Nursing,” said like a player dribbling down the field with an open net.

Savanna has been a trail blazer for The Lake Soccer team after becoming the all-time scorer last season passing Maddie (her sister) Oberholtzer last season.

Head Coach Kara Stracener shared her thoughts, “She is not one dimensional…in my 25 years of coaching she is in my top 3 athletes and all of those players played on a Division I College.” Coach Stracener continued, “She is important and great for our team and has raised our other players. Running track and being on the cheer team makes her a more rounded athlete when combined. As well as getting to 108 goals and 27 assists in her years at Canyon Lake.

Mark (Dad) Oberholzer shared his thoughts on this momentous day, “I’m so proud of her….she has worked her whole life for this. People see the end product when she competes but it is her whole work ethics seeing her working hard and wanting to be the best.”

“She is very competitive and playing soccer allows her to get physical on the field and when she is knocked down she gets right back up and ready to be in charge,” Sherry (Mom) Oberholtzer quipped. “She has always been in charge!”

                         Way to Go Savanna!

Savanna came to high school and took her soccer-track-cheer teams to new heights competing at the State Level whether it’s field events or running relays and 100-200 meter dash.

With her uncanny way of throwing a soccer ball with her somersault acrobatics to breaking the 12 second (11.99) 100 meter a full half second faster than CL’s #2 Alysha Perez 12.46 back in 2017. Savanna has the best long jump 18-02.75 and is presently in 3rd place for the triple jump (36-02.50) and as a team player she has been on The Lake’s All-Time Best for the 4×100 & 4×200 relay teams. Both of those relays are 2 seconds better than those 2nd place relay teams.

Canyon Lake will certainly be in the running in all of these sports above this year and chance to catch this Lumberjack taking down some trees on her way to higher lofty goals.

Way to Go Savanna & Go Lake ~ Go Lumberjacks!

                   Kobe Halverson caught 8 Targets in last week’s win. Go Lake Beat the Ducks!       (photo Daniel Clifton)

             Farm   Crisp  Leecock Mimas Gordon HitMan TexCon Signture FBC   RxGood
            Credit Realtor Comal  Tacos  Plumber Pests  Oil   Homes   Lake    UPS
            127-48  126-49 118-57 117-58 118-57 116-59 115-60 114-61  109-66 99-76

Lake/Taylor  Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake    Lake   Lake
Davy/East    Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy    Davy   Davenport
Fred/LBJ     LBJ    LBJ    LBJ    Fred   LBJ    LBJ    LBJ    LBJ     LBJ    LBJ
Somset/Manor BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog    BDog   Somerset
NDame/Pitt   Irish  Irish  Pitt   Irish  Irish  Irish  Pitt   Irish   Pitt   Irish
Arky/LSU     LSU    LSU    LSU    LSU    LSU    Pigs   LSU    LSU     LSU    Pigs
UTEP/MizzSt  MizzSt MizzSt MizzSt UTEP   MizzSt MizzSt MizzSt MizzSt  MizzSt UTEP
Okie/Bama    Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama    Bama   Okie
Virgina/Duke Duke   Duke   Duke   Ginia  Ginia  Duke   Duke   Duke    Duke   Virginia
PSU/MichSt   PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU     PSU    PSU
TexSt/SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss Tx St  SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss  SoMiss Tex State
Gator/OleMis OhMiss OhMiss Gators Gators OhMiss OhMiss OhMiss OhMiss  OhMiss Gators
Texas/Georga Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  Horns  Dawgs  Dawgs  Horns  Horns   Dawgs  Horns
TCU/BYU      BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    TCU     BYU    TCU
MSU/Mizzou   Mizzou Mizzou MSU    MSU    Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou MSU     MSU    MSU
VTech/FSU    FSU    FSU    VTech  VTech  FSU    VTech  FSU    FSU     VTech  FSU
Utah/Baylor  Utah   Utah   Bears  Utah   Bears  Utah   Utah   Utah    Bears  Bears

Canyon Lake will be in action Tuesday against Texans.. 4th round of playoffs.  Let’s GO LAKE!

            THIS WEEK   @  THE LAKE      November 10-14th

Mon Nov 10  The Lake    @  Manor              Boys  Basketball

Tue Nov 11  Smithville  @  The Lake JV   500p Girls Basketball
            Smithville  @  The Lake      630p Girls Basketball
            Wimberley   vs The Lake      700p       Volleyball
                           Blossom Center

Fri Nov 14  The Lake JV @  Saint Mary’s  500p Girls Basketball
            The Lake    @  Saint Mary’s  630p Girls Basketball
            The Lake    vs Taylor        700p       Football
                           Lockhart

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Playoff week @ The Lake with CLake’s Volleyball playing a Semi-Final contest against Wimberley in San Antonio. Volleyball has disposed of Legacy Ranch, Cuero and El Campo thus far with a huge hurdle this Tuesday playing the Texans.

A Tall Order but this is why you play the game because you never know what can or will happen. One thing for sure is a Hawk Team that has been playing lights out who beat a Ricebird team much like they were playing in their district schedule by Needville.

The first serve will be at 700pm in San Antonio Blossom Center.

Football will start their post-season at a neutral site in Lockhart High School with kick-off 700pm. Taylor finished second in their Austin district and should be a good game and a chance for CLake to start another year with a bi-district battle.

The Lake had to come back last week by scoring two 4th quarter touchdowns which had CLHS scoring on all 4 possessions in that 2nd half of action.

Basketball has begun and the Ladies took Jefferson to the woodshed scoring a 73-12 victory and will have a home game this Tuesday against Smithville and then on the road to St. Mary’s.

CLake Boys Basketball had their first scrimmage in Lampasas last Saturday and will continue at Manor on Monday with their first regular season contest in Luling November 18th.

Congrats to The Lake’s Volleyball Team and good luck this week.

Go Hawks!

  Preslie Owens, Te’a Gonzales & Kylee Goff  Lined-UP & Ready to Go Hawks!

Way to Go Lake!

Canyon Lake Volleyball (24-16) is going where no other (except Boy’s Soccer) team has ever gone in The Lake’s Post Season history after a Lake sweep of El Campo (28-12) after spotting these Ricebirds that first set, 25-27, 25-17, 25-21, 25-15.

Boys Soccer made the first round in the Final 4 and now CLake will try to replicate that feat with a win this coming Tuesday at the Blossom Athletic Center Littleton Gym in San Antonio with first serve at 7:00pm.

It will be a tough opponent seeing that it is a team CL has lost 3 times this season to with that first loss early during a regular season tournament play.

Wimberley finished first in district and sport a lofty, 44-5 record entering this Regional Final battle.

                   Let’s Go Hawks!!

The Lake has hit their stride during their last three UIL Tournament season games and beating an El Campo team that finished their district with two losses to Needville while sweeping the rest of those district battles.

This night started with The Lake having a lead early, 4-1 and kept that advantage until a Ricebird 4 point rally securing an El Campo first lead, 18-13.

Canyon Lake would draw back tying, 20-20 on a Gabby Fory kill and an unforced error by EC. The Lake would continue prying with a two point lead, 23-21 but that was when El Campo would impose their will in a first set Lake loss, 27-25.

CLake’s next set was a full out blitz with all but one player scoring points off serve. In fact, CL had 4 service points of 2 or more which led to an, 18-11 Hawk advantage.

Gabby Fory was on top of her game getting 5 kills and a block during that blitz with great passes and solid assists leading to this convincing, 25-17 conquest.

During those last 3 sets had CL in single digits with unforced errors, 7 in set two ~ 8 set three ~ 6 set four.

It was that 3rd set that would see too much Rice in these Birds as The Hawks would soar and finally devour these Ricebirds. Canyon Lake & El Campo would have 8 ties during this set before taking a, 17-14 lead capped by a Chylea Gray ace that tipped the top off the net falling harmlessly to the court.

                          Way to Go Lake Volleyball.

It was a Chloe Gray kill for that final clinching point giving CL a, 2-1 lead and what would lead to an even more convincing fork (or should that be spoon) into these Ricebirds.

Izzy Fory’s service would be a separating moment in this final set with an ace that was joined with two kills from Gabby Fory and Kylie Rodriguez giving CLake a, 7-3 lead and with that separation it would be present until that final point.

Bella Biasatti had an ace and two more kills for Rodriguez and more unforced errors that had the only thing fearing El Campo would be all that Rice left on their plate, 25-15.

Lots of Hawks were flying high in this win with Gabby Fory finishing with 17 kills, Kylie Rodriguez 25 digs, and Chloe Gray’s 38 assists.

Canyon Lake continues to enjoy their ride into another week of games!

Way to GO LAKE!

TEAM STATS: 25-27. 25-17, 25-21, 25-15

Kills:   Gabby Fory       17
         Kylie Rodriguez  10
         Preslie Owens     9

Assists: Chloe Gray       38
         Izzy Fory         2

Digs:    Kylie Rodriguez  25
         Izzy Fory        20
         Bella Biasatti   13
         Chylea Gray      10

Blocks:  Kylee Goff        2
         Te’a Gonzales     2
         Preslie Owens     1
         Gabby Fory        1

Aces:    Izzy Fory         3
         Chylea Gray       2
         Bella Biasatti    2

Chris Brown & the rest of the offensive line’s one yard winning score.   (photo Daniel Clifton)

                               Let’s Go Lake!

The Lake finished regular season with a respectable, 7-3 record and after a fourth quarter comeback win over Pleasanton will now use some momentum in their coming up Bi-District contest against an old foe Taylor Duck team this Friday in Lockhart High School with kick-off at 7:00pm.

CLake started slow with a first series fumble followed with 3 series composed of 3 plays and punt sequence.

Meanwhile the Eagles’ punt return on their second possession started 35 yards for a score. It would be an 8 play and 25 yard field goal, 3-0 score that would end up being all the scoring for all 24 those first half minutes.

CLHS had 89 total yards during those opening two frames with 48 yards coming on their last drive before running out of time.

Pleasanton started their second half with another 8 play drive which was helped with a 26 yard pass play and 29 yard scoring completion for a, 10-0 lead.

Hit Man says way to make your hits a winner Lake!

The Lake responded with a 10 play drive covering 46 yards and a Jack Stracener, first field goal,  traveling  31 yards and putting this battle back into a one score lead, 10-3.

This Eagle team kept soaring with another time consuming 12 play drive which would produce a 41 yard field goal. Leaving CL with a 10 point deficit two plays into that final quarter of work.

This work would need to come both offensively with at least one defensive stop.

Possessions would be treated like gold in this contest and it was the Hawk’s Special Team who helped next when Gram Simpson took his kick-off return setting only needing 57 yards to paydirt. It took 5 plays and a Simpson 4 yard run with still more work needed to be done still needing  3 points for a tie.

Pleasanton did drain more precious minutes off the clock using a 12 play drive which would leave CLake needing to go 76 yards for their final score be it field goal or touchdown.

Fifteen plays later it would be Chris Brown’s power sneak that gave CL a hard fought must win leaving this Eagle team with enough time to respond.

That Canyon Lake final drive had just two 3rd down plays but it would be a Lucas Schexnayder 20 yard catch and run to the 3 yard line that erased an earlier holding call that led to his finishing touches and Hawk with a victory.

A Hawk Defense would be key in giving CLake’s offense enough time and chance to pull this win off after scoring on all 4 possessions in that second half which turned out to be a right potion and putting those same ingredients starting this coming Friday for another win.

Canyon Lake has a, 4-0 record over Pleasanton now with those first two coming during post-season play.

Way to GO LAKE!

             1  2  3  4  Final
Pleasanton   3  0  7  3  13
CL Hawks     0  0  3 14  17

Team Stats        Eagles     Hawks
Total Yards       315        250
First Downs       18         17
Rush/Yards        56/215     20/79
Comp/Att/Int      5/9/0      16/28/0
Passing Yards     100        171
Punts/Average     1/35.0     4/42.8
Fumbles/Lost      3/1        1/1
Penalties-Yards   7-65       5-45

Passing          Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Jace Wheeler     16    28  .571  171  0   0

Rushing          Att  Yds  Ave  Lg   TD
Gram Simpson      9   38   4.2  10   1
Chris Brown       5   24   4.8   9   1
Jace Wheeler      5   22   4.4   9   0
Kobe Halverson    1   -5    -    -   0
Totals           20   79   4.0  10   2

Receiving        No   Yds  Ave  Lg   TD
Kobe Halverson    8   88  11.0  20   0
Gram Simpson      3   28   9.3  13   0
Peyton King       3   26   8.7  11   0
Lucas Schexnayder 1   20  20.0  20   0
Chris Brown       1    9   9.0   9   0
Totals           16  171  10.7  20   0

                 Carter Williams left his mark in basketball rating high in CL’s Top Ten.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball will commence this weekend with a scrimmage against  Lampasas and hopes of building on last year’s Bi-District appearance.

Some strong players were lost which opens the door for new names in search of putting their names on the lists below.

This Top Ten is visited by several former players in particular Andrew  Riali and others who have played for The Lake.

The ReSporter hopes you enjoy this compilation and look forward in covering new heights this season.

Let’s Go Lake!

Career               TOTAL POINTS  Season               #  Yr
Parker Mott      929               Rico Griffin       466  20
Carter Williams  829               Parker Mott        443  18
Mario Aguilar    818               Mario Aguilar      413  24
Rico Griffin     794               Paker Mott         412  19
Rory Preiss      760               Caleb Kreiger      406  13
Andrew Riali     594               Rory Preiss        406  17
Jacob Holland    584               Mario Aguilar      405  22
Jaxson Jeter     578               Sam Schimank       391  19
Matt Magness     555               Christian Pena     384  10
Brandon Wardk    498               Colton Winters     368  21

                       REBOUNDS                         #  Yr
Carter Williams  734               Rico Griffin       264  20
Rico Griffin     558               Carter Williams    249  24
Rory Preiss      499               Carter Williams    246  25
Mario Aguilar    444               Jarred Rollins     220  18
Sean Nolan       368               Caleb Kreiger      218  13
Tyler Williams   357               Sean Nolan         213  15
Heath McDonough  338               Heath McDonough    211  17
Trent MacRoberts 317               Dalton Stromquist  205  25
Griffen Williams 317               Rico Giffin        193  19                   
Andrew Riali     296               Mario Aguilar      190  23

                      3 POINTERS                        #  Yr
Parker Mott      160               Colton Winters      78  21
Jacob Holland    144               Parker Mott         70  18
Andrew Riali     122               Parker Mott         69  19
Mario Aguilar     93               Jacob Holland       66  25
Colton Winters    81               Jacob Holland       65  24
Chris Green       77               Andrew Riali        62  13
Jacob Ramirez     76               Andrew Riali        60  14
Garrett Winters   71               Sam Schimank        49  19
Sam Schimank      61               Jacob Ramirez       45  17
Matt Magness      52               Mario Aguilar       44  23

                      FREE THROWS                       #  Yr
Parker Mott      205               Christian Pena     109  10
Rory Preiss      154               Parker Mott         97  18
Rico Griffin     142               Parker Mott         87  19
Mario Aguilar    132               Tyler Pauly         84  21
Tyler Pauly      124               Patrick McAuliffe   82  20
Andrew Riali     121               Rory Preiss         79  17
Matt Magness     120               Andrew Riali        78  14
Tyler Williams   104               Rico Griffin        73  20
Christian Pena   102               Caleb Kreiger       72  13
Jaxson Jeter      99               Mario Aguilar       70  23

                       ASSISTS                          #  Yr
Tyler Pauly      214               Doug Hubnik        151  13
Jaxson Jeter     214               Tyler Pauly        118  21
Mario Aguilar    188               Mario Aguilar       96  24
Doug Hubnik      187               Tyler Pauly         95  20
Carter Williams  162               Jaxson Jeter        95  25
Rico Griffin     156               Tanner Jones        90  10
Matt Magness     136               Zack Taliaferro     89  18
Parker Mott      123               Rico Griffin        86  20
Rory Preiss      113               Matt Magness        81  11
Gerrit Wilkins   113               Jaxson Jeter        79  23

                       STEALS                           #  Yr
Carter Williams  231               Carter Williams     87  25
Parker Mott      169               Parker Mott         84  19
Rico Griffin     124               Tanner Jones        76  10
Rory Preiss      123               Jaxson Jeter        67  25
Jaxson Jeter     122               Parker Mott         58  18
Mario Aguilar    116               Carter Williams     57  23
Tyler Pauly       81               Parker Mott         56  18
Neal Whitehead    78               Rico Griffin        54  20
Tanner Jones      76               Rico Griffin        52  19
Skyler Tschoepe   69               Sam Schimank        51  19
Matt Magness      69                                           
                        BLOCKS                          #  Yr
Carter Williams  109               Caleb Kreiger       59  13
Tyler Williams    96               Sean Nolan          58  15
Sean Nolan        85               Tyler Williams      39  16
Peyton McMullen   60               Peyton McMullen     34  21
Caleb Kreiger     59               Trent MacRoberts    33  19
Trent MacRoberts  48               Carter Williams     33  23
Neal Whitehead    47               Carter Williams     32  24
Mario Aguilar     40               Tyler Williams      32  17
Dalton Stromquist 40               Neal Whitehead      31  11
Rory Preiss       35               Carter Williams     31  25

                        Hawks advance after sweeping Cuero to Regional Finals. Let’s Go Lake!

                             Way to GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake’s Volleyball (23-16) swept through their Area Round over Cuero, 25-13, 25-17, 26-25 as they will have a short rest before facing El Campo Ricebirds (28-11) in a Regional Semi-Final battle.

The Hawks had been stuck as an Area finalist 7 times previously and now will try to up the ante with another win.

Lake Volleyball was the first sport to win a District Championship when they went undefeated during that 2015 campaign but was just short when Sealy overcame a first set Hawk win before rebounding with a, 3-1 comeback.

CLake started this night with one of their best opening sets taking these Gobblers, 25-13. Over half of those points were a result of some salty sets from Senior Chloe Gray to an array of Hawks with Te’a Gonzales starting off with 2 kills, Gabby Fory 3 kills, Preslie Owens 3 kills in succession.

                  Let’s Go Lake!

That start had The Lake enjoying an 18-7 advantage with Kylie Rodriguez serving a 5 point rally and eventual first set dominating result.

These Gobblers would hang around longer in that second set clawing back to an, 11-11 tie before CL would again be in top form outscoring Cuero, 14-6 to finish that set.

It was the third set that had more drama as both squads were tied 10 times during this set before Canyon Lake forged to a 19-14 advantage and what looked like another copy cat win.

However, it was Cuero that got some pecking (or whatever Gobblers do) and took a, 23-21 lead that had Head Coach Daniella Villarreal calling a timeout, “I just told them to take a deep breath and take it one point at a time.”

Some unforced Gobbler errors and then two kills by Gabby Fory from perfect assists for Chloe Gray to finish flatten this Area Round Road Block that allowed a smooth drive home with a trophy that hopes to have more company in the upcoming years.

This upcoming Regional Semi-Final contest has two even teams according to Max-Preps in Texas Ricebirds ranked 335~~Hawks 334, Section Ricebirds ranked 171~~Hawks 170, and State Division Ricebirds ranked 46~~ Hawks 45.

The 2025 Texas Girls Coaches Association State Volleyball Poll just came out with Canyon Lake ranked 8th in their Class 4A Division II Poll. Wimberley is ranked 3rd in this poll to give some reference.

Canyon Lake will match up this Friday in Gonzales, Texas with the winner advancing to the Regional Finals.

Let’s Go Hawks!