Canyon Lake started track season at the Hawk Relays in beautiful weather last Saturday and that same forecast looks to be in store for this season as many Hawk athletes were in heated action.

Triple Jumper Bailey Drum started her first Meet with a win

You would not see many Hawks on the podium since this meet was occupied by larger schools that can throw more students into events limiting the end result.

However, there was enough to see that this could be a good season and there were some that started where they left off at the Region Meet last season.

Brandon Courtney had two good hurdle races and scored in both events. On Courtney’s 110 Hurdle run he broke his previous best by 0.03 seconds.

Heath McDonough cleared 6’2 for his High Jump event that beat his previous best last year at 6 feet even.

Bailey Drum had a Triple Jump of 34-3.75 and a first place finish. Drum will challenge Marisa Ellis who topped 37-04.5 back in 2012 season. Drum’s best last season was over 36 feet.

Lester Boehme won his 400 Meter Run on the JV squad with the 5th best time for the Hawks and Alysha Perez also won her JV 100 Meter Dash breaking the tape with a 12.75 time.

Perez’s time was a Hawk record as she surpassed Trena Lorett who ran the 100 Meter Dash at 13.23 back in 2013.

Great start to her career as Perez topped that by almost a half second.

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CL Hawks after finishing Navarro Tournamen 5-1 for a 4th Place Finish

This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Feb 23 Mon     CL Hawks JV     CXL    Llano           Baseball     6:00pm
                Llano           CXL    CL Hawks        Baseball     6:00pm

 Feb 24 Tues    CL Hawks JV      7    Llano          8 Baseball     6:00pm
                Llano            1    CL Hawks       6 Baseball     6:00pm
                Bandera          3    CL Hawks Boys  2 Soccer       7:00pm
                CL Hawks         5    Bandera Girls  3 Soccer       7:00pm
                CL Hawks Girls   @    Vaaler Creek     Golf         All-Day

 Feb 25 Wed     CL Hawks Boys    @    Starke Park      Golf         All-Day
                Fredericksburg   6    CL Hawks JV   10 Softball     5:00pm
                Fredericksburg   6    CL Hawks      16 Softball     7:00pm

 Feb. 26 Thur  *Second Baptist   vs.  CL Hawks         Baseball     3:00pm
               *CL Hawks         vs.  Marble Falls     Baseball     8:00pm
                                *@    Marble Falls Tournament

 Feb 27 Fri     Canyon Lake      @    Texan Tourney    Softball     8:30am/3:30pm
                                                                    5:15pm
               *CL Hawks         2    Liberty Hill   6 Baseball    12:30pm
                                *@    Marble Falls Tournament
                CL Hawks  Boys   @    Fredericksburg   Soccer CXL   7:00pm
                Fredericksburg   @    CL Hawks Girls   Soccer CXL   7:00pm

 Feb 28 Sat     Texan Tourney    @    Canyon Lake      Softball CXL 8:30am
                                                                    1:45pm
               *CL Hawks         vs.  SA Lee           Baseball    12:30pm
               *CL Hawks         vs.  Hutto            Baseball     5:30pm
                                *@    Marble Falls Tournament
                CL Hawks         @    Panther Relay    Track  CXL   11am
                                      Navarro

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After losing their first game of the season, the Hawks found themselves down by 5 runs in the second game of the day and last game in the Navarro tournament.

Canyon Lake then proceeded to rally on their next at bat and forged to the lead and game, 11-7 against Pearsall.

Lauren Mentzer is all smiles after hit that ties game for eventual win over Pearsall

The win gave CL five out of six games as they finished fourth overall for the weekend.

CL had several good happenings for their first tournament of the season.

“I would have been happy with a split,” Head Coach John Gallagher said when responding if he was happy with the five wins for the weekend. “We finally started hitting today and we have some very good chemistry with this team.”

Canyon Lake relied on Alexis Robinson for pitching as she started four of the six contests.

In that final game with Pearsall, the Hawks went with Freshman Lauren Mentzer in the circle as she works through some arm trouble and Mentzer found it hard to get through the second inning.

Enter Robinson once again to help stop the bleeding for an inning that had several errors and costly runs for Pearsall.

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Canyon Lake continued their streak to four wins at the Navarro tournament on Friday as the Hawks beat Amarillo High and John Paul II.

Kelsey Ahrens continues to shine with several other Hawk players in Navarro

“We are playing together a lot more and our chemistry is very good,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “Amarillo had good pitching and we got our runs early and just moved people with our hits and bunts.”

The Hawks are hitting .370 as a team as this season is beginning much like last year’s club did with hits and finding ways to win those tight games.

Canyon Lake also had a first when Alexis Robinson relieved Freshman pitcher Lauren Mentzer for two innings for the win and first save by a pitcher for CL since Softball started in 2008 season.

“That is always good to get a first,” Coach Gallagher chimed. “Mentzer looked good and sharp and we hope to get her some more work.”

Robinson not only pitched well but her bat came alive as she finished with a double and home run in her two games.

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All-Time Boys Basketball Team and Individual Stats

 Pts Per Game Offense   Pts Per Game Defense      Assists
 2009       53.7        2011       46.6           2010      10.3
 2010       51.1        2012       49.1           2012       9.8
 2013       49.1        2009       55.9           2011       8.9
 2008       48.1        2008       56.9           2009       8.7
 2014       46.6        2014       57.7           2014       8.3
 2012       45.4        2010       60.9           2013       7.8
 2011       41.3        2013       61.6

 Steals                 Rebounds                  Blocks
 2013        9.8        2013       32.9           2014       4.2
 2009        9.6        2014       30.9           2013       2.7
 2010        9.1        2009       28.3           2012       2.7
 2011        8.6        2010       27.9           2009       2.3
 2014        6.6        2012       27.9           2010       1.8
 2012        4.8        2011       26.6           2011       1.6

 Points                 Season Points             Year
 Andrew Riali    594    Caleb Kreiger     406     2012
 Matt Magness    555    Christian Pena    356     2009
 Stuart Lowry    407    Tanner Jones      348     2009
 Caleb Kreiger   406    Andrew Riali      328     2013
 Skyler Tschoepe 362    Stuart Lowry      282     2010
 Christian Pena  356    Matt Magness      278     2011
 Tanner Jones    348    Andrew Riali      267     2012
 Cole Green      348    Paul Davis        259     2012
 Sean Nolan      337    Matt Magness      252     2010
 Garrett Winters 298    Brandon Ward      240     2014
 Brandon Ward    240    Sean Nolan        237     2014

 3pt Goals              Free Throws               Steals
 Andrew Riali    122    Matt Magness      120     Neal Whitehead   78
 Cole Green       77    Andrew Riali      113     Tanner Jones     76
 Garrett Winters  71    Christian Pena    102     Matt Magness     69
 Matt Magness     52    Brandon Berger     90     Skyler Tschoepe  69
 Paul Davis       34    Doug Hubnik        80     Doug Hubnik      62
 Skyler Tschoepe  34    Caleb Kreiger      72     Javier Mendez    58
 Stuart Lowry     31    Sean Nolan         67     Matt Noyola      58
 Brandon Berger   29    Tanner Jones       66     Brandon Berger   55
 Nic Adams        25    Skyler Tschoepe    66     Garrett Winters  53

 Rebounds               Blocks                    Assists
 Sean Nolan      368    Sean Nolan         85     Doug Hubnik     187
 Andrew Riali    296    Caleb Kreiger      59     Matt Magness    136
 Skyler Tschoepe 249    Neal Whitehead     47     Tanner Jones     90
 Caleb Kreiger   218    Eric Nelson        29     Brandon Berger   78
 Neal Whitehead  203    Skyler Tschoepe    29     Garrett Winters  77
 Eric Nelson     184    Tyler Williams     21     Skyler Tschoepe  63
 Brandon Berer   170    Kevin Nolan        15     Christian Pena   59
 Rory Preiss     160    Ancel Morel        15     Daulton Winters  56
 Matt Magness    156    Tommy Clark        10     Nic Adams        42
 Javier Mendez   151    Rory Preiss         8     Brandon Ward     41

Canyon Lake Golf won their first tournament when they traveled to Navarro and out gunned 9 other schools, scoring a 368 at the Chaparral Course.

Skyler Tschoepe scored an 81 as the Hawk Golf team won the Navarro Tourney

Garrett Winters scored the best round and 3rd overall with a 78, while Skyler Tschoepe carded just three strokes more 81.

 Jericho Anderson      98
 Sam Sheppard         111
 Bennie Brownlee      112

Finished out the Hawk scoring.

Navarro, Blanco, La Vernia, Gonzales, Cole, Kenedy, Stockdale, Randolph, and Marion were the other schools entered.

This will be a good indicator for District 26-4A as Navarro, Gonzales, and La Vernia are in the same district with Canyon Lake.

The Boys will be in action, February 25 in Seguin’s Tournament at Starcke Park course.

Canyon Lake’s Girls played at Starcke Park on February 18 and only had two participants as Sam York scored 119 and Kyndle Smith finished with 132.

The Lady Hawks will be in action again on February 24, when they travel to Blanco Tournament at Vaaler Creek.

Canyon Lake started their season with two wins as Harper and St. Anthony were victims at the Navarro Tournament.

Gordon the Plumber Supports Hawk’s Softball

Kelsey Ahrens got the year going strong with 3 rbi’s in her game with Harper, while Kirsten Jones and Kat Weber each had two hits.

The Hawks held on in this timed game as Harper struck for two runs to close the gap but it was still not enough as Canyon Lake held on for their first win.

Robinson pitched 8 strike outs allowing just two hits in the win.

In the Hawks second game, the power game was evident as Canyon Lake scored 7 runs in the top of the fourth inning to wrestle the lead and coast to their win over St. Anthony.

Kelsey Ahrens had a double while Robinson and Dubois both reached base with triples.

The Hawks totaled 11 hits and finished the day with those two wins.
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Canyon Lake’s Freshman squad started a sweep on Tuesday night as they ran away from Yoakum in grand fashion, 55-13.

Michael Harwell, Matthewl Coyne, and Chris Cole pose after a blowout win beating Yoakum, 55-13

In fact, the Hawk’s 14 points in the first quarter would have won this game as Yoakum did not have an answer to every Hawk but two scoring in this game.

“The last couple of weeks we have been working on our mental toughness in practice,” Head Freshman Coach Javier Almanza started. “This group has tons of potential and they bust their butts in games and practices….we are night and day better than where we were when we started.”

Joseph and McDonough led the scoring with 12 and 10 points respectfully as Joseph also chipped in with 10 rebounds for a double-double.

Canyon Lake also stole the show with 23 thefts as Yoakum found it tough to advance the ball to get a shot off.

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Canyon Lake’s JV team finished their District 26-4A season with a 9-3 record after taking care of Yoakum Bulldogs, 37-28.

Gerrit Wilkins was key in win over Navarro JV

“This game wasn’t pretty,” Head JV Coach Brian Hooper stated. “This team has gotten better as this season has progressed and as the competition started getting tougher this team has been getting after it.”

The Hawk’s largest lead was 10 points with less than 3 minutes in the game as their persistence was consistent as their defense kept Yoakum with just 28 points.

Heath McDonough finished this game with a double-double scoring 14 points with 12 rebounds.

Canyon Lake had a suffocating defense which allowed just enough time for working the offense in getting points and this win.

With just enough from the rest of the team allowed Canyon Lake to increase their lead in the second half and their eventual win.

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The Hawks started their last game of this season with an all out senior line up and then an all out sophomore, Rory Preiss blitz in their win over Yoakum, 70-52.

Seniors Sean Nolan, Skyler Tschoepe, and Garrett Winters

With three minutes gone in the first quarter, CL was down 7 points with a very sloppy start as a Yoakum press was doing enough damage that Preiss finally jumped started the Hawks with a 9 point run within a one minute span.

Preiss scored 6 points in that minute and had an assist to Brandon Ward from beyond the arc to help bring the game back from what could have been the abyss.

That energy coming from Preiss also helped in reaching a double-double in the first half of play as Preiss ended with 15 points and 10 rebounds before the end of that second quarter.

“We started off too loose and sloppy,” Head Coach Luke Chapman said. “We had great energy from Rory, right when we needed it.”

Offensive rebounds galore helped CL with one of their best shooting games this season at 48% with a team best 29 field goals.

“Once we got into the offensive side of the court, Yoakum did not have a defensive answer,” Coach Chapman shot. “After getting better at breaking their press we had an opportunity with our transition game especially in that second half.”

The Hawks also finished with three turnovers in the second half compared to a press related 14 in the first half.

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