This just in….Marisa Ellis won State in the High Jump with a personal best of 5’6 as she finished tied with other jumpers, but by having no misses entering the 5’8 mark makes History for Canyon Lake.
A win in this event gives the Hawks there first individual team best and will certainly go down as a great honor for Ellis and makes this community proud.
There were five jumpers that reached the 5’8 standard but within that group of athletes, Ellis had no misses.
The ReSporter will be running articles through the month of May on athletes from each sport from two
Eduardo Covarrubias on a run to 100 yards during first quarter of Boerne game
perspectives.
1. The all-time student athlete in that sport from a performance stand point. Do note that this would be just an opinion from the ReSporter Staff.
2. A spotlight player that The ReSporter thinks will be the athlete to watch as this next year will unfold.
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Jerry Besselman has been a face that many fans have seen at any Hawk Sporting event that would involve refreshing your tastes.
The ReSporter went on a search to find someone that might have been to more games and events that wasn’t a player or Coach. Besselman fit that bill as the man behind the counter where you will find liquids or food to keep that Hawk fan strong enough to end the game and yelling on their Hawk team flavor of that event.
The ReSporter had an opportunity to get with Besselman at the end of a Hawk Softball game for a formal introduction to you the fan.
The ReSporter: Hey Jerry are you having fun?
Jerry Besselman: “Yes, I get to be around students and they all know my name.”
The ReSporter: Do they know you as Jerry or Besselman?
Jerry Besselman: “There was a time when Coach Nicole Creek needed to get a hold of me to change a time of a game or something like that and she was wanting to look up my phone number. She could not find me because she knew me by my first name. So yes, I’m thinking most of the students and teachers just know me by my first name.”
Bracken Christian will be starting their Spring Practice next week as the Warriors will soon have something that might be different, with no Achilles on the field for the first time in five years.
But that is ok, since the brains of BCS football powerhouse really belongs to Head Coach Lloyd Fields as he will also enter his sixth year at the helm of Bracken Football.
The ReSporter woke Coach Fields from his slumber the other day to get his take on next week’s spring work outs.
The ReSporter: Hey Coach next week is the start of spring practice, what are your expectations this season?
Coach Fields: “We will start next Monday and this will be one of our shortest spring practices as we will only be on the field for five days. But I feel we can get a lot done and try to find out how we might be able to compete next season.”
The ReSporter: Let’s break down your team with the defense first.
Coach Fields: “For the last two years we have been running our defense on auto pilot, I had players that had a good grasp of what we were doing and all we had to do is tweak a thing or two.”
“This year we will be going back to basics and hopefully we can find some players we can count on.”
McGuire Johnson making the tackle
The ReSporter will be running several articles through the month of May on athletes from each sport from two perspectives.
1. The all-time student athlete in that sport from a performance stand point. Do note that this would be just an opinion from the ReSporter Staff.
2. A spotlight player that The ReSporter thinks will be the athlete to watch as this next year will unfold.
This series will start with Fall Sports.
Please also note that The ReSporter does not have an opportunity to see every sport and will not have an article if that is the case.
Certainly comment on the articles and give us your opinion on other students or the ones talked about in each segment.
The ReSporter will only allow positive inputs as this will be the only type of conversation needed.
Football is one sport that will have the most players to pick from, so based on that salvo, The ReSporter Staff will break up this sport in three different areas: offense, defense, and special teams.
Defensively, Canyon Lake had one of their best seasons during the 2009 campaign.
The ReSporter will give Eric Nelson our vote for best defensive player from that season.
Before we expound on Nelson’s exploits, The ReSporter would like to talk about other players that had a say in getting to this plateau.
First off at linebacker you had Bobby Flint who holds the record for most tackles with 435 during his career.
Senior High Jumper Maris Ellis
The ReSporter had an opportunity to talk with Senior Marisa Ellis as she was preparing for the State Track Meet in Austin this week-end.
Ellis has been competing for Canyon Lake for two years and will certainly go down as one of the Hawks best as she enters into her last time to compete as a high school student, representing the Hawks.
Volleyball was a sport that Ellis was active in for a whole rotation and anchored the team no matter where she would be on the court.
Her junior year she also helped the Hawks out on the basketball court, but Ellis would be the first to let you know that was not one of her best sports.
Last year for her first year at Canyon Lake she took her Triple Jump to the State Meet and continued a streak of three years now where CL Girls Track Team has had an athlete compete at the pinnacle of track events for high school students.
Jessica Cunningham competed in the Pole Vault during her Senior year in 2011.
Now Ellis has upped the ante and will not only be competing in Austin again this year, but will be competing in the High Jump.
The ReSporter had a chance to catch up with Ellis to find out how this week will shape up.
The ReSporter will be running several articles through the month of May on athletes from each sport
Canyon Lake's Zach Henshaw
from two perspectives.
1. The all-time student athlete in that sport from a performance stand point. Do note that this would be just an opinion from the ReSporter Staff.
2. A spotlight player that The ReSporter thinks will be the athlete to watch as this next year will unfold.
This series will start with Fall Sports.
Please also note that The ReSporter does not have an opportunity to see every sport and will not have an article if that is the case.
Certainly comment on the articles and give us your opinion on other students or the ones talked about in each segment.
The ReSporter will only allow positive inputs as this will be the only type of conversation needed.
Football is one sport that will have the most players to pick from, so based on that salvo, The ReSporter Staff will break up this sport with three different areas: offense, defense, and special teams.
Zach Henshaw would be the pick for this segment of players.
Henshaw will be the first to let you know that he did not get to his goals without God and the offensive line.
So, in giving accolades to Henshaw we will first start with some of those ‘Big Guys’ that helped make his rise to prominence a reality.
Offensive Line Coach Chuck Wallen was quoted a couple of years ago before Henshaw’s senior season:
“The turning point with the offensive line last year (2010 campaign) was when we challenged the team to step it up last season,” Coach Wallen elaborated. “That is when we started believing in each other and the power running game became our identity.”
Wallen continued,”Going into the season last year, we thought the passing game would be our forte….then, we found out we could knock people off the ball.”
The coaches were excited last year as the season started to approach, but this time, the coaches seem to be on a different level with their confidence with this team.
“This is the best we have ever been at this time of the year,” Coach Wallen quipped. “The kids have a grasp and have become coaches on the field. The main core that have been with us a while are real exciting to watch.”
Those words from Coach Wallen morphed into an offensive line that controlled the trenches in many games.
The ReSporter will be running several articles through the month of May on
Amber Ramsey during her Sophomore campaign
1. The all-time student athlete in that sport from a performance stand point. Do note that this would be just an opinion from the ReSporter Staff.
2. A spotlight player that The ReSporter thinks will be the athlete to watch as this next year will unfold.
This series will start with Fall Sports.
Please also note that The ReSporter does not have an opportunity to see every sport and will not have an article if that is the case.
Certainly comment on the articles and give us your opinion on other students or the ones talked about in each segment.
The ReSporter will only allow positive inputs as this will be the only type of conversation needed.
Volleyball will be The ReSporter’s first go of previewing next year’s teams.
The Hawk Volleyball team has had two years of playoffs and this is also where The ReSporter thinks you could pick that special all-time player.
Michelle Roberts, Ashley Biering, Alyssa Drum, and Jessica Watson were all part of those first team rosters and all could very well be that one person that had the most influence for Canyon Lake’s teams.
Jordan Anderson after winning Region Meet High Jump
Senior High Jumper Jordan Anderson will now take his act to Austin this week-end for the State Track Meet where he will be trying to become Canyon Lake’s first State Champion in sports.
Anderson will go down as the most decorated track athlete and will also have some marks that will take a while to best by other tracksters.
How about having the Hawks best times in the 100, 200, 400 Meter Runs to start with.
Add to that his records in the Long Jump and High Jump and you get the idea that this young man is special.
“I had to make Jordan run track,” Robin Anderson (Jordan’s Mom) said earlier this week during his signing with Angelo State in Track and Field.
This young man will now add Field to his Track competition in Austin. Qualifying in the High Jump event has made that a reality this year. Last season Anderson finished 6th in the 400 Meter Run in Austin.
The ReSporter had time to talk with Jordan and wanted to share more information for the Canyon Lake community.
Baseball All-Time Top Three
Batting Average At Bats Runs
Michael Brady .364 Travis Walker 272 Travis Walker 65
Ross Wagliardo .338 Michael Brady 184 Kyler Huff 38
Zach Jenkins .336 Logan Felch 184 Daniel Camarillo 37
Joe Shone 37
Hits RBI's Extra Base Hits Travis Walker 80 Travis Walker 44 Travis Walker 26 Michael Brady 67 Logan Felch 43 Logan Felch 21 Daniel Camarillo 52 Michael Brady 38 Michael Brady 14
Innings Pitched Strikeouts Walks (30 or more innings) Ross Wagliardo 96.1 Ross Wagliardo 109 Michael Brady 14 Logan Felch 93.2 Cody Breest 87 Zach Jenkins 16 Cody Breest 79.1 Logan Felch 64 Logan Chappell 16
Earned Run Average Wins Saves
Cody Breest 2.48 Cody Breest 11 Kyler Huff 3
Zach Jenkins 3.03 Ross Wagliardo 5 Cody Breest 2
Cody Powell 3.63 Logan Felch 4 Ross Wagliardo 2
Ryan Hutcheson 4
