Lauren Mentzer comes on to relieve Alexis Robinson and gets her first district win.

Canyon Lake won another thriller this time over Cuero to draw their district record to even (2-2) at the conclusion of their second week of  district competition, 7-6.

“I had a good feeling about this game,” Head Coach John Gallagher started. “They kept moving the game up until they decided on a 2pm start. “I also felt good with our 5-1 lead.”

“Being on the road and seeing a team we had not seen before, tells you how good our team stayed together even after those errors that helped tie the score, they did not fold.”

This time, the Hawks, called on Freshman Lauren Mentzer in the 5th inning and she did not give up a hit with her stint in the circle.

“Lauren (Mentzer) came on and did a good job,” Coach Gallagher said the obvious.

Mentzer only had one walk in her 3 innings which gave Canyon Lake something that you just can’t emphasize enough.

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Cody Powell has hard luck loss after striking out 13 Panthers on Tuesday night

Canyon Lake lost a pitching duel on Tuesday night as Navarro scored their one run in the top of the first and made it stand as Senior Cody Powell finished with 13 strikeouts in this affair, 1-0.

The Hawks have now gone three games without a run and will need to dig deep to get out of their funk before the Friday game in Cuero.

“If we don’t score runs then we will not win,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant said staring into the infield. “We have to find some way to get them (runners) in and do something…a strikeout is the worst outcome in those situations and we just could not make it happen.”

Navarro’s Ripke matched Powell’s 13 strikeouts and threw 16 first pitch strikes being ahead in the count for most of the night.

“We struck out way too many times tonight,” Dunavant said.

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Canyon Lake will need to take classes on what it takes to blow out a team as the Hawks once again played with danger, winning with the bases loaded over Navarro, 3-2.

Alexis Robinson has her arm iced down because of how hard she hit her home-run!!

“It was obviously a big motivator and it will help put us up mentally as we go into our game Friday,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “We had been in an uphill battle and we were just not finishing.”

Navarro scored one run in the second and third innings after the first batter led off with a walk, which resulted in pressure for CL as they would have to beat the Panthers Ace Cowan with very little being shown in those first three innings.

Kirsten Jones was the spark in that fourth inning as she had a perfect bunt single with one out to get things going. Jones extended her hitting streak to four games with the hit.

Alexis Robinson would be the Hawks next hitter and a 7 pitch battle ended with a shot over the left field fence where cars driving into the sports complex might have had a chance of reported seeing ‘softball’ size hail falling.

“I was expecting to hit the ball and just make contact,” Robinson said. “I wasn’t expecting a home run.”

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 Softball District 26-4A Standings
 team          wins      losses       pct.
 Yoakum         3          0        1.000
 La Vernia      3          2         .600
 Cuero          2          2         .500
 CL Hawks       2          2         .500
 Wimberley      2          2         .500  
 Gonzales       1          3         .250 
 Navarro        1          3         .250  

 This Week's Games: 
 Tue March 17        Navarro    2   CL Hawks   3  
                     Cuero      9   La Vernia 12 
                     Gonzales   1   Yoakum     7 
                     Wimberley  open 

 Fri March 20        CL Hawks   7  Cuero       6
                     Yoakum     @  Navarro     ppl till Monday
                     Wimberley 10  La Vernia   2
                     Gonzales   open 

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 Baseball District 26-4A Standings  
 team            wins       losses     ties       pct.  
 La Vernia       10           2         0        .833  
 Navarro         10           4         0        .714  
 Wimberley        6           3         0        .667 
 Cuero            6           6         1        .500  
 Yoakum           6           4         1        .591  
 Gonzales         6           6         0        .500 
 CL Hawks         3           6         3        .375   

 This Week's Games:  
 Tue March 17      Navarro     1   CL Hawks   0 
                   Gonzales    1   Yoakum     6 
                   Cuero       0   La Vernia  3 
                   Wimberley   open  

 Fri March 20      CL Hawks    @   Cuero 
                   La Vernia   @   Wimberley 
                   Yoakum      @   Navarro 
                   Pleasanton  @   Gonzales

This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Mon Mar 16    CL Hawks JV     @    Cuero                Baseball   5:00pm
               CL Hawks JV     @    Cuero                Baseball   7:00pm

 Tue Mar 17    Navarro         @    CL Hawks             Softball   6:00pm
               Navarro         @    CL Hawks             Baseball   7:00pm

 Wed Mar 18    Fredericksburg  @    CL Hawks JV    Boys  Soccer     5:00pm
               Fredericksburg  @    CL Hawks       Boys  Soccer     7:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Fredericksburg Girls Soccer     7:00pm

 Fri Mar 20    CL Hawks JV     @    Cuero                Softball   4:30pm
               CL Hawks        @    Cuero                Softball   6:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Wimberley      Girls Soccer     5:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Wimberley      Boys  Soccer     7:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Cuero                Baseball   7:00pm

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Christian Dittman Vaulted to a Hawk Record over 14 feet last season

 
Track and Field Scorers for Canyon Lake at the Tiger Relays in Dripping Springs
 name               event            time/distance         place      team
 Aidan Bea          High Jump           5-06               2nd        Boys JV
 Tanner Faris       High Jump           5-04               5th        Boys JV
 Mariah Ellis       High Jump           4-10               3rd        Girls Varsity
 Heath McDonough    High Jump           6-00               3rd        Boys Varsity
 Jaydian Loftis     Pole Vault          8-00               3rd        Girls JV
 Tommy Clark        Pole Vault         11-06               5th        Boys Varsity
 Kaylie Duke        Long Jump          14-05.00            3rd        Girls JV
 Alyssa Natal       Long Jump          13-11.00            6th        Girls JV
 Chris Cole         Long Jump          18-05.75            6th        Boys JV
 Evan Schuller      Long Jump          19-07.00            4th        Boys Varsity
 Bailey Drum        Triple Jump        36-10.25            2nd        Girls Varsity 
 Evan Schuller      Triple Jump        41-08.00            1st        Boys Varsity 
 Robert Woods       Discus Throw      132-11.25            5th        Boys Varsity 
 Jacob Foster       Shot Put           37-04.50            4th        Boys JV
 Abby Freund        100 M Hurdles      18.83               5th        Girls JV
 Bailey Drum        100 M Hurdles      16.89               2nd        Girls Varsity
 Gerrit Wilkins     110 M Hurdles      17.25               2nd        Boys JV
 Brandon Courtney   110 M Hurdles      15.73               4th        Boys Varsity
 Lester Boehm       400 M Dash         54.63               3rd        Boys JV
 Hannah Young       400 M Dash         65.08               6th        Girls Varsity
 Austin Camacho     400 M Dash         53.71               6th        Boys Varsity
 Abby Freund        300 M Hurdles      53.79               5th        Girls JV
 Joe Marple         300 M Hurdles      46.44               3rd        Boys JV
 Bailey Drum        300 M Hurdles      51.74               5th        Girls Varsity
 Brandon Courtney   300 M Hurdles      42.18               1st        Boys Varsity
 Alyssa Natal       200 M Dash         28.73               2nd        Girls JV
 Tanner Faris       200 M Dash         26.73               6th        Boys JV
 Mariah Ellis       200 M Dash         29.03               5th        Girls Varsity
 Skylar Hurst       200 M Dash         29.30               6th        Girls Varsity
 CL Hawks           4x100 Meter Relay  52.66               5th        Girls Varsity
 CL Hawks           4x200 M Relay    1:58.24               3rd        Girls JV
 CL Hawks           4x200 M Relay    1:51.81               5th        Girls Varsity
 CL Hawks           4x400 M Relay    4:44.40               5th        Girls JV
 CL Hawks           4x400 M Relay    3:46.78               5th        Boys JV
 CL Hawks           4x400 M Relay    4:20.29               2nd        Girls Varsity
 CL Hawks           4x400 M Relay    3:31.95               2nd        Boys Varsity

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                             track and field all-time best top 5
 name           time/distance   year       Boys              time/distance     year
                                   100 M Dash
 Alysha Perez     12.75         2015       Jordan Anderson     10.81           2012
 Trena Lorett     13.23         2013       Austin Christman    11.19           2010
 Emily Roach      13.27         2012       Casey Coffee        11.41           2012
 Kyndall Drum     13.37         2014       Blake Walker        11.50           2014
 Emma Broussard   13.39         2013       Joseph Ruiz         11.58           2015
                                  200 M Dash
 Caitlyn Collins  26.97         2010       Jordan Anderson     22.47           2012
 Grace Allen      27.37         2014       Blake Walker        22.70           2014
 Sophia Thorpe    28.21         2014       Conner Ricker       23.60           2013
 Kyndall Drum     28.21         2014       Randy Stone         23.79           2010
 Alyssa Natal     28.72         2015       Neal Whitehead      23.83           2010
                                 400 M Dash
 Hannah Graves    61.86         2013       Jordan Anderson     48.92           2012
 Molli McIntire   64.04         2013       Javier Mendez       52.12           2014
 Caitlyn Collins  65.01         2012       Mikk Griffin        52.49           2011
 Hannah Young     65.08         2015       Lester Boehme       53.18           2015
 Dana Buhr        65.18         2014       Isaac Mendez        53.28           2014
                                 800 M Run
 Hannah Graves    2:27.78       2012       Austin Camacho      2:07.09         2015
 Mariah Ellis     2:27.91       2014       David Pfaff         2:09.55         2014
 Christi Fowler   2:34.28       2014       Winsten Whaley      2:12.31         2010
 Caitlyn Collins  2:43.65       2010       Isaac Mendez        2:12.64         2011
 Felicity Niestemski 2:45.65    2015       Nick Sellers        2:16.29         2012
                                1600 M Run
 Olivia Flores    6:05.22       2013       Mike Russell        4:55.73         2013
 Christi Fowler   6:05.59       2012       Chris Neiland       4:57.01         2013
 Caitlyn Collins  6:07.73       2010       Isaac Mendez        5:04.76         2013
 Hannah Graves    6:12.44       2011       Garrett Hawkins     5:04.81         2011
                                           Javier Mendez       5:08.37         2010
                                3200 M Run
 Mariah Ellis     12:49.54      2014       Chris Nieland       10:51.63        2012
 Jenna MacConnal  13:48.30      2014       John Mauricio       11:04.04        2010
 Hollye Pederson  14:29.91      2009       Andrew Liebl        11:33.92        2010
                                           Nash Opperman       11:39.40        2015
                                           Jacob Dickinson     12:11.02        2009
                              100/110 M Hurdles
 Jessica Cunningham  15.48      2010       Brandon Courtney    15.59           2015
 Sydney Reibschlager 16.71      2013       Bobby Flint         15.64           2010
 Katie Marple        16.73      2011       Repa Dakota         16.70           2011
 Bailey Drum         16.89      2015       Devin Coco          16.85           2013
                                           Gerrit Wilkins      17.16           2014
                                300 M Hurdles
 Jessica Cunningham  46.90      2010       Brandon Courtney    40.51           2014
 Katie Marple        49.97      2011       Karl Tucker         42.23           2010
 Bailey Drum         50.05      2014       Repa Dakota         42.32           2011
                                           Luke Steward        42.44           2011
                                           Chandler Faulkner   42.50           2012
                                  Long Jump
 Trena Lorett        16-00.75   2013       Jordan Anderson     21-04.00        2012
 Marisa Ellis        15-11.50   2013       Eric Nelson         20-07.00        2009
 Mariah Ellis        15-05.00   2015       Shane Relkin        20-05.25        2014
 Hayley Melone       14-10.00   2014       Evan Schuller       19-11.50        2015 

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Canyon Lake ended their San Marcos Tournament and week with a dominating win when they lapped El Paso Socorro, 15-1 Saturday.

Kelsey Ahrens getting an out.

It only took the Hawks two innings to get this game called as they had their largest rally in their school history scoring 15 runs.

Canyon Lake ended their week with just one win against Socorro and those two last inning losses to Yoakum and Gonzales in District 26-4A still stinging.

Hopefully the 15 run inning will get the offense going again for a team with four players batting with a .400 or over average.

Carly Dubois had 6 hits for the tournament as she did her job as the lead off hitter.

With games at home against Navarro and Friday at Cuero, the Hawks can’t wait too long to start responding in district play.

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Canyon Lake Boys Soccer got what was needed with their win over Bandera Bulldogs, 1-0 on Friday night.

Senior Goalie Buddy Glass and the CL Hawks shut-out Bandera, 1-0

“It was a total team effort last night,” Head Soccer Coach Warren Graham said. “I’m proud of the effort put forth by every boy.”

Soccer 1-0 games takes extra effort since the game hinges on both sides of the ball equally in order to keep that precious one goal lead.

“They fought hard the entire 80 minutes, knowing we had to win to keep our playoff hopes alive,” Coach Graham continued. “Buddy Glass and the defense worked hard, especially in the last five minutes, to preserve the shutout.”

The Hawks backs were up against the wall as a loss would put CL with no chance for a playoff spot this year.

Canyon Lake completed their fourth shut-out for this year and first in district play.

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Canyon Lake lose in their last inning again in District 26-4A play as Gonzales continued the Hawks snake-bit district play, 8-6.

The Hawks forged into the lead after a three run fifth inning and then added another insurance run in the seventh only to find out their policy would not cover those last two outs needed to close out this game.

Alexis Robinson was the bad luck pitcher as errors helped in spelling this ending for the second time in their two district outings.

Canyon Lake will need to find out a way to close games as they play their last non-district games in San Marcos Tournament on Saturday.

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Hawks Softball getting instructions after win over Johnson City

Softball Top Four (more…)