Hawk Freshman almost pitch a shut-out in win over Blanco, Friday January 4 in the Blanco gym.

What doldrums the Hawks had suffered in their last couple of outings was not in attendance in this contest as Canyon Lake jumped out to a 14 point first quarter while pitching a No-No in that quarter.

“We jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back,” Coach John Barthels commented. “After a couple of disappointing losses we decided to not get fancy and go back to what works best for our team, pressure.”

Wow, Coach Bartels can make adjustments sound so easy.

“We caused turnovers that led to easy baskets for our team,” Coach Barthels closed.

Hayden Lee finished with 10 points leading the team in scoring. The Hawks had nine players that scored in the contest while staying focused in a 29 point whitewash.

“We got a lot of of good rebounds and our defense turned into our offense,” Forward Hayden Lee said. “This type of game gives us a good feeling as we go into our next game….this was a nice relief. It also helped to make our threes and that helped open things up.”

Hawks next test will come against Gonzales this coming Monday as they try to keep that good feeling to continue throughout the rest of their season.

Based on Coach Barthels, all this team needs to do is keep up the pressure.

                   1   2   3   4   Final
 Hawks Freshman   14   9  11  10   44
 Blanco Freshman   0   6   7   2   15
 Scorers:
 H. Lee 10, S. Langford 7, B. Ward 5, R. Woods 4, T. Solid 4,
 M. Montgomery 4, J. Arredondo 4, J. Ferris 3, T. Romero 3.

Canyon Lake’s Junior Varsity outscored Blanco, 24-4 in the second half to complete a comeback and put the finishing touches to the Panthers, 40-27.

In the first half, CL only had two players that scored while shooting 28 percent and twice had a 10 point deficit. The last time was 23-13 score with just over a minute left in the first half.

Blanco scored quickly to start the second half, but that was their last basket for this evening as the other two points scored by this Panther team was from their free throw line.

The drought that had hampered this Hawk team for the past few games seemed to still be lingering in starting this contest on this rainy and dreary evening.

The Hawks then woke up and scored 27 points while holding Blanco to four the last 16 minutes of this contest.

Trendon Martinez and Tommy Clark were the only players that scored in the first half combining for 16 points.

Austin Acosta and Skyler Tschoepe had 4 and 5 assists respectfully helping in giving players easy shots and confidence as this game progressed.

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Canyon Lake continues their cold front as the Blanco Panthers go on a 20-0 run from the second to third quarter and coast to a win, 45-32.

The Hawks are searching for answers as their shots have gone cold for their last five games all losses.

 Game           Total Points    Percentage
 Blanco             32             25%
 Lampasas           29             20%
 NB Christian       49             38%
 La Vernia          41             32%
 Randolph           36             33%

“The way we finished was certainly a positive,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman opened. “We continued to compete.”

Confidence is not overflowing and the Hawks do have some impressive wins on their resume, they just need to revive those games and get back on that saddle.

Next game is this coming Monday at Gonzales and then District 27-3A starts the following Friday when Wimberley will visit.

              1   2   3   4   Final
 HAWKS       10   6   4  12   32
 Blanco      11  13  13   8   45

                           3pt            Pt  Rebound
Name             fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or-dr Tot a  s  b  to
Andrew Riali       1-5     1-3     0-0    3   1-2   3  0  2  0  1
Robbie Ferris      0-2     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Chandler Faulkner  1-4     0-1     2-2    4   3-0   3  0  0  0  0
Thomas McIntire    0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  0
Paul Davis         3-9     0-6     0-0    6   1-2   3  2  0  0  1
Doug Hubnik        2-8     0-1     4-4    8   1-2   3  2  2  0  3
Spencer Wellings   0-3     0-2     0-0    0   0-3   3  0  0  0  2
Tyler Clark        1-4     0-2     0-0    2   1-2   3  0  2  0  0
Caleb Kreiger      3-7     0-3     0-0    6   1-8   9  0  1  0  4
Javier Mendez      0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1-0   1  0  0  0  0
Luke Curry         0-3     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  2  0  0
Ray Dailey         0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Isaac Pruna        1-2     0-0     1-4    3   1-2   3  0  1  0  0
Totals            12-48    1-19    7-10  32  10-22 32  4 10  0 11
Percentage        25.0%    5.3%   70.0%

Quarter First      Second      Half       Third      Fourth     Half       Game
FG      3/12..25%  3/12..25%   6/24..25%  1/10..10%  5/14..36%  6/24..25%  12/48..25%
3Pt FG  0-5...00%  0-5...00%   0-10..00%  1-3...33%  0-6...00%  1-9...11%  1-19....5%
FT      4-4..100%  0-0...00%   4-4..100%  1-2...50%  2-4...50%  3-6...50%  7-10...70%
TO      2          5           7          3          1          4          11

Canyon Lake continues their cold streak that started at the end of their semester as the Lampasas Badgers make SnowHawks in, 63-29 win.

What was once a three game cushion (9-6) has now become a one game deficit (9-10) as this Hawk team will try to stop their skid this coming Friday when CL tips off against Blanco at Blanco High School.

It took four minutes before CL could sink a basket and the Hawks did not even get a shot off in the first three minutes of this contest.

If this would of been a Ski Slalom event, then not only was Canyon Lake playing in shorts (Cold…burrrr), but also going down the hill very fast. (Black Slope fast)

It took a Spencer Wellings three point bank shot as the first half horn sounded before your Hawks would break into double figures.

“We haven’t played a game in a week and a half,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “I used the whole bench trying to get our kids enough reps.”

Lampasas was a very athletic team that had played four games in a tournament after Christmas, but excuses will not lower the hurdle that is next on Canyon Lake’s schedule as District 27-3A looms in the very near future.

Layer your clothes when you ski and wear some long johns in this next game and hopefully this contest will start out much warmer with a better outcome.

             1   2   3   4   Final
 Lampasas   11  24  16  12   63
 CL Hawks    3   7  14   5   29

                              3pt           Pt   Rebounds
 Name               fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot  or dr Tot  a  s  b  to
 Andrew Riali         0-5     0-2     0-0    0   2  2   4   0  1  0  0
 Robbie Ferris        0-5     0-3     0-0    0   0  1   1   1  1  0  2
 Chandler Faulkner    0-0     0-0     3-4    3   0  1   1   0  0  0  1
 Thomas McIntire      0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Paul Davis           1-5     0-3     2-3    4   2  1   3   0  1  0  5
 Doug Hubnik          0-2     0-0     1-2    1   0  1   1   1  2  0  4
 Spencer Wellings     2-3     2-3     0-0    6   0  1   1   0  1  0  2
 Caleb Kreiger        3-7     1-1     3-4   10   3  0   3   1  0  2  2
 Javier Mendez        0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1  0   1   0  0  0  4
 Luke Curry           0-4     0-3     0-0    0   0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Ray Dailey           0-0     0-0     0-0    0   2  1   3   1  0  0  0
 Isaac Pruna          1-2     0-0     3-4    5   1  0   1   0  1  0  0
 Total                7-35    3-16   12-17  29  11  8  19   4  7  2 22
 Percentage          20.0%   18.8%   70.6%

 Quarter    First     Second      Half  Third       Fourth    Half  Game
 FG         1/5  20%  1/12   8%   12%   4/9   44%   1/9  11%  28%   20%
 3Pt FG     0-3  00%  1/5   20%   13%   1/3   33%   1/5  20%  25%   19%
 FT         1-1 100%  4/6   67%   71%   5/7   71%   2/3  67%  70%   71%
 TO         8         7           15    4           3         7     22

Canyon Lake Girl’s Basketball finished their Lampasas tournament with two losses on Saturday as they now look forward to District 27-3A action.

The Hawks went back to some troubling habits in those losses with that main habit coming in the form of turnovers.

CL had 25 and 32 turnovers with those two losses which turned out to be almost a larger number than points scored in those two contests.

Having enough able bodies was also a downfall for Canyon Lake as Hannah St. John was out with an injury giving the Hawks only eight players to finish out their last two games.

Taking care of the ball will have to be a major item needed to be rectified going into district play while also using this next off week getting more players healthy.

Saturday’s opponents gave Canyon Lake an idea of what type of teams they have coming up on their schedule.

Navarro and Boerne will certainly emulate those games with athletes that can pressure and get easy baskets.

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The Lady Hawks had a win and loss in action at the Lampasas Tournament Friday.

CL had their seven game winning streak halted in the first game against Lorena, 37-22.

Canyon Lake did not score in double digits in any quarter and seemed to be still asleep in the morning game.

“We played lazy and unenthusiastic,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said.

None of the CL players made it to double digit scoring in the contest as the team could only score nine points in the second half.

Canyon Lake righted their ship in the next game when they beat Austin Crockett, 52-41.

The Hawks had nine players score in this game and Katie Williams pitched in with a double-double. It was her fifth double-double this season for Williams.

Williams finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

“We bounced back and took the lead early and never let them (Crockett) get close,” Coach Gallager said. “Katie had a great game in the second game. I spoke with her prior to the game and challenged her to do better and she did.”

Amber Ramsey had a pair of eights in points and rebounds.

Canyon Lake will play Lampasas Saturday morning with the tip off at 9:30am.

 CL 13-3       1   2   3   4   Final
 Hawks         8   5   3   6   22
 Lorena       13   8   9   9   39
 Scorers:
 Amber Ramsey 9, Katie Williams 6, Olivia Flores 4,
 Kyndall Drum 2, Trena Lorett 1.

 CL 14-3            1   2   3   4   Final
 Austin Crockett   12  11   8  10   41
 CL Hawks          17   8  15  12   52
 Scorers:
 Katie Williams 21, Amber Ramsey 8, Olivia Flores 7,
 Kyndall Drum 4, Dulce Brown 3, Kelsey Long 3,
 Hannah St. John 2, Tammy Dean 2, Trena Lorett 2.

Coaches Corner with Mary Beth Gallagher

Coach Mary Beth Gallagher

Coach Gallagher: “Last year at this time we had already played two district games and thinking that would be the case this season left us scrambling for games. We did not realize until it was too late to schedule games. We called a lot of schools and did get our last two with Pleasanton and Devine.”

The ReSporter: What might be some benefits for this long of a layoff?

Coach Gallagher: “This break will actually help us as these girls will have time to study and do better in their classes. The break will also give us some scrimmages and conditioning. The girls worked hard especially in our scrimmages already this week.”

The ReSporter: Tell us about this Tournament in Lampasas?

Coach Gallagher: “We will have a four team pod system and will be guaranteed at least three games in two days and maybe four.”

The ReSporter: Who are the teams and what do you mean ‘Maybe’ four games?
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Canyon Lake’s quest for another playoff team will continue through this Winter and Spring.

Right now you have two promising scenarios with the Hawk Basketball programs.

The Girls and Boys teams have a legitimate chance to snag a T-Shirt company this coming season with help to design such a shirt.

Soccer has been tough to garner a playoff spot since this sport has been dominated by much larger schools since these teams play in a different district than CL’s other sports.

Because of a reduced number of teams that play that sport, the UIL combines 3A schools with 4A schools to crown a champion in Soccer each year.

The same is true for Canyon Lake’s Swimming team in having a district with larger schools. Another fact is that the Hawk Swimming program is still in it’s infancy stage and that makes competing in this tougher venue doubly hard.

Swimming also is much like Track and Field where playoffs are based on individuals in each event advancing instead of a Team getting in a bus for their next round of events after a District crowns a champion.

Canyon Lake has a few teams that have not had a chance to compete after a district race yet.

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The Canyon Lake Hawks had costly free throws in their loss to New Braunfels Christian Wildcats in their final game of this year losing, 55-49.

The Hawks barely outscored their second quarter in the second half as they went cold again during that time span.

“Being able to know how to score when we need to score is what we need to work on,” Coach Lucas Chapman exclaimed. “They (NB Christian) got us out of what we wanted to do.”

Canyon Lake was just three for 12 from the stripe in that second half and each miss would of either extended their lead or drawn the game closer during some very crucial segments of the game.

Andrew Riali had a spurt of three points in that second quarter giving your Hawks the lead going into halftime.

The Wildcats and Hawks were swashbuckling during the last minutes of the second quarter. Riali had nine points during a two minute stretch that helped give Canyon Lake a 30-27 lead at intermission.

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The ReSporter caught up with Head Football Coach Charley Drum for some thoughts on

Head Coach Charley Drum

The ReSporter: Hey Coach Drum, you have just completed your first year as Head Coach, What was a major thing you learned your first year that you will take with you in your future Coaching career?

Coach Drum: “I learned not to assume anything.  With the transition at Head Coach happening so late, and relatively few coaching changes, there was not much time for any significant changes with our offense, defense, and our coaching staff.  I assumed that what we had done in the past would be just fine for this year.”
 
The ReSporter: This year’s team seemed to be missing an identity, how will you address ways of getting this team ready for next year?

Coach Drum: “The coaches and myself met immediately after this season and came to the same conclusion.  We immediately addressed this with our offseason program.  We have made significant changes to our offseason program and designed it to correct the deficiencies we felt we had this past year.  The second way we will address this is running an offense and defense that fits our team’s identity that we want to develop.”
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