Canyon Lake’s Baseball new Hair-Do last year helped by blinding Bi-District Opponent..

     Congrats Top-10 Baseball Hawks!

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The ReSporter will now highlight the Hawk Nation with Lake Baseball as they will get going this Monday in Devine. We will run an article after the season for those athletes who were able to crack the top 10.

Way to GO LAKE and Congrats to this ALL-TIME Baseball

               ALL-TIME CAREER BASEBALL STATS
 
AT BATS                      RUNS
Hunter Anderson       373    Hunter Anderson        91
Chase Anderson        353    Carter Williams        91
Tanner Schultz        343    Chase Anderson         68
Griffen Williams      323    Travis Walker          65
Travis Walker         322    Ty Sellers             57
Caleb Williams        318    Caleb Williams         54
Ty Sellers            306    James LaLonde          54
Carter Williams       301    Gram Simpson           52
Tyler Pauly           281    Jeremy Greene          46
Cody Powell           245    Griffen Williams       44
                             Garrett Winters        44
                             Tyler Pauly            44

HITS                         RBI's
Chase Anderson        122    Griffen Williams      126
Carter Williams       115    Carter Williams        97
Hunter Anderson       112    Tyler Pauly            61
Griffen Williams      104    Chase Anderson         55
Tanner Schultz         82    Tanner Schultz         53
Travis Walker          80    Hunter Anderson        49
Caleb Williams         77    Ty Sellers             48
Tyler Pauly            75    Travis Walker          44
Brandon Robinson       72    Caleb Williams         44
Ty Sellers             68    Logan Felch            42

BASE on BALLS                STOLEN BASES
Tyler Pauly            63    Daniel Camarillo       29
Carter Williams        63    Hunter Anderson        25
Hunter Anderson        55    Caleb Williams         23
Matt Anderson          54    Joe Shone              23
Griffen Williams       51    Tyler Pauly            23
Michael Brady          48    Carter Williams        22
Chase Anderson         48    James LaLonde          20
Gram Simpson           47    Jeremy Greene          20
Travis Walker          38    Mason Lee              16
Caleb Williams         38    Chase Anderson         16

DOUBLES                      TRIPLES
Carter Williams        22    Kyler Huff              6
Griffen Williams       21    Carter Williams         5
Travis Walker          19    Hunter Anderson         5
Hunter Anderson        19    Caleb Williams          4
Chase Anderson         17    Ty Sellers              4
Hayden Baker           17    Cody Powell             3
Tanner Schultz         17    Gavin Dietrich          3
Tyler Pauly            17    Daniel Camarillo        3
Corey Shedrock         16    Tyler Pauly             3
Logan Felch            14    9 Tied with             2

HOME RUNS                    HIT by PITCH
Griffen Williams       27    Tanner Schultz         21
Carter Williams        22    Matt Anderson          15
Travis Walker           6    Ethan Slater           13
Logan Felch             6    Michael Anderson       12
Jeremy Greene           4    Brandon Robinson       12    
Cody Breest             4    CJ Parrish             12
Nick Cahill             4    Griffen Williams       12
Joe Shone               4    Jeremy Greene          12
Ty Sellers              3    Ty Sellers             10
Brandon Robinson        3
Tanner Schultz          3
 
(100 or more Plate Appearances)
BATTING AVERAGE              ON BASE PERCENTAGE
Matthew McLain       .421    Matthew McLain       .581
Griffen Williams     .402    Griffen Williams     .519
Chase Anderson       .401    Michael Brady        .510
Brandon Robinson     .398    Brandon Robinson     .505 
Carter Williams      .384    Tyler Pauly          .498
Michael Brady        .364    Carter Williams      .492
Hunter Anderson      .362    Chase Anderson       .490
Nick Cahill          .354    Matt Anderson        .489
Tyler Pauly          .344    Jeff Nabors          .475
Ross Wagliardo       .339    Zach Jenkins         .472

                 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
                 Griffen Williams     .811
                 Carter Williams      .710
                 Matthew McLain       .539
                 Brandon Robinson     .519
                 Joe Shone            .505
                 Tyler Pauly          .493
                 Nick Cahill          .485
                 Chase Anderson       .480
                 Hunter Anderson      .466
                 Ross Wagliardo       .446
                 Michael Brady        .446

                   PIICHING
INNINGS PITCHED              EARNED RUN AVE.            
Tanner Schultz      224.0    Peyton McMullen     1.44
Luke Roskin         170.2    Tyler Pauly         1.71
Tyler Pauly         149.1    Carter Williams     1.84
Avery Montgomery    142.0    Luke Roskin         1.89
Griffen Williams    138.2    Hunter Anderson     2.02
Carter Williams     129.1    Tanner Schultz      2.38
Cody Powell         114.1    Cody Breest         2.48
Hunter Anderson     110.0    Griffen Williams    2.76
Matt Anderson        99.0    Zach Jenkins        3.03
Ross Wagliardo       96.1    Cale Claycomb       3.17 

WINS                         STIKEOUTS
Tanner Schultz         29    Tanner Schultz       226 
Luke Roskin            20    Luke Roskin          220
Tyler Pauly            18    Tyler Pauly          190
Hunter Anderson        15    Carter Williams      184
Carter Williams        13    Griffen Williams     143
Cody Breest            11    Cody Powell          128
Griffen Williams        9    Hunter Anderson      111
Avery Montgomery        8    Ross Wagliardo       109
Cody Powell             7    Avery Montgomery     108
Matt Anderson           6    Cale Claycomb        105
Ryder Hopper            6

                         SAVES
                   John Gulley        4
                   Luke Roskin        4
                   Carter Williams    3
                   Kyler Huff         3
                   Hunter Anderson    3
                   Peyton McMullen    3
                   Griffen Williams   3
                   Cale Claycomb      2
                   Cody Breest        2
                   Ross Wagliardo     2
                   Drew Tyra          2
                   Matt Anderson      2

            Hawks enter last 3 games of season needing to win 2 of 3 for a playoff spot. Go Lake!        (photo by Step Rowe)

              THIS WEEK        @   THE LAKE (February 10-14)

Tue Feb 10    The Lake Green   @   Southwest         430p       Baseball
              Davenport Fr/JV  @   The Lake          500p Girls Basketball
              The Lake Fr/JV   @   Davenport         500p Boys  Basketball
              Long Creek JV    @   The Lake JV       500p Girls Soccer
              The Lake JV      @   Long Creek JV     500p Boys  Soccer
              Elgin            @   The Lake          600p       Softball
              Davenport        @   The Lake          630p Girls Basketball
              The Lake         @   Davenport         630p Boys  Basketball
              The Lake         @   Southwest         630p       Baseball
              The Lake         @   Long Creek        700p Boys  Soccer
              Long Creek       @   The Lake          700p Girls Soccer

Thu Feb 12    Akins            @   The Lake          200p       Softball
              Laredo LBJ       @   The Lake          400p       Softball
                                   Wurst Tourney
              BrackenChristian @   The Lake Gold     600p       Baseball

Fri Feb 13    The Lake         @   San Marcos        800a       Tennis
              The Lake         @   Comal Relays      900a       Track & Field
              Round Rock       @   The Lake         1200n       Softball
              Lehman           @   The Lake          400p       Softball
                                   Wurst Tourney
              The Lake Green   @   Somerset JV       430p       Baseball
              The Lake Fr/JV   @   Fredericksburg JV 500p Boys  Basketball
              Marble Falls JV  @   The Lake JV       500p Boys  Soccer
              The Lake JV      @   Marble Falls JV   500p Girls Soccer
              The Lake         @   Somerset          600p       Baseball
              The Lake         @   Fredericksburg    630p Boys  Basketball
              Marble Falls     @   The Lake          700p Boys  Soccer
              The Lake         @   Marble Falls      700p Girls Soccer

Sat Feb 14    Wurst TBD        @   The Lake         1200n       Softball

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                                   Way to GO LAKE!

Some tough losses during last week’s contests with boys basketball and girls soccer came up short but for basketball the Boys are still hanging on needing to win two of three remaining games for securing a post-season invite.

That would have a potential tie with Fredericksburg but the tie-breaker would go to The Lake based on two wins over the Billies if they accomplish their two of three victories.

For the Lady Soccer team their script still has a lot of lines with district just getting started and this tough district will have pitfalls for the majority of the schools and Canyon Lake’s loss was to a #1 Texan team.

Now The Lake Soccer will need to focus as Long Creek tied Davenport and beat Marble Falls showing this is certainly an upstart team and nothing is guaranteed….and then a battle on the road with The Falls on Friday will be another hurdle to clear.

                                    Let’s GO LAKE!

Softball gets going this week starting with Elgin on Tuesday with the Wurst Tournament starting on Thursday at the Hawk Nest with two games on Thursday & Friday with a ‘To Be Determined’ contest on Saturday at Noon.

Baseball started scrimmages last week and the first pitch is in a couple of weeks as Coach Escamilla fine tunes Pitching~Fielding~Batting in hope for an another successful season.

Track & Field will begin this Friday with the Comal Relays where CLake will see how they stack up against larger schools and the Lady Tracksters have a chance to repeat as District Champs with another solid core of athletes with sights on qualifying for Austin again this year.

Looking at the above week gives The Hawk Nation an idea of where they can take in a lot of sports to support,

Let’s Go Lake!

                                         All Eyes are on Cole Dees in earlier game this year. (photo by Step Rowe)

                 THIS WEEK   @   THE LAKE         February 3-7

Tue Feb 3   Navarro JV       @   The Lake JV        430p       Baseball
            Wimberley JV     @   The Lake JV      500p Girls Basketball
            The Lake Fr/JV   @   Bandera          500p Boys  Basketball
            Bandera          @   The Lake         500p Girls Soccer
            The Lake JV      @   Bandera          500p Boys  Soccer
            Blanco JV        @   The Lake JV      500p       Softball
            The Lake         @   Navarro          630p       Baseball
            The Lake         @   Bandera          630p Boys  Basketball
            Wimberley        @   The Lake         630p Girls Basketball
            Blanco           @   The Lake         700p       Softball
            The Lake         @   Bandera          700p Boys  Soccer

Fri Feb 6   The Lake Green   @   Somerset         430p       Baseball   
            The Lake JV      @   Long Creek JV    500p Girls Basketball
            Long Creek Fr/JV @   The Lake Fr/JV   500p Boys  Basketball
            The Lake JV      @   Wimberley        500p Boys  Soccer
            Wimberley        @   The Lake JV      500p Girls Soccer    
             The Lake         @   Somerset         630p       Baseball
            The Lake         @   Long Creek       630p Girls Basketball
            Long Creek       @   The Lake         630p Boys  Basketball
            Tennis           @   SVHS             700p Tennis
            The Lake         @   Wimberley        700p Boys  Soccer
            Wimberley        @   The Lake         700p Girls Soccer

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                              Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake had an up and down week with Boys (spilt their games) & Girls Basketball are playing for next season. The Boys Friday loss put a big dent in making the post-season that will make the second round of district contests with no room for making mistakes on winning those doable battles.

Boys & Girls Soccer was up and down as the Boys still trying to get their game in gear while the Ladies stayed undefeated with their win over Freddie as district is in full gear.

CL’s Lady Soccer is in the toughest district in Texas for the 4A Classification and reached #1 in one of the two polls which is a first for any Canyon Lake sports to reach that goal.

Now The Lake’s Ladies will me in a mine field playing through their schedule starting this Tuesday for a Senior Night battle with Bandera and then a match-up with another school (Wimberley) in district that has reached #1 in that other poll.

Those Spring Sports are getting in full gear as you can look above and see Baseball~Softball~Tennis and soon The Lake’s Track will start in the middle of this month.

Keep supporting these Local Athletes and Let’s GO LAKE!

                              Reese Pipkin with a rainbow shot against Graham in tourney. (photo Step Rowe)

The Lake did not start their game with Austin Travis very well (understatement) after posting a, 15-2 first quarter with those two lonely points courtesy of an Eli Cole put-back that had 1:30 remaining in the opening quarter.

You read that right….Canyon Lake was looking at a 15 point deficit to start this game.

            Way to make some Good Hits!

A start this bad would usually bring a family conversation in the crowd of,  ‘Where would be a good place to eat after this game?’

That meal turned out to be a full buffet affair that had this Hawk team not only getting back into this game but….finishing with an 11 point win.

What was the secret sauce? A heavy dose of defense that led to 14 steals and bruises on several Hawk players going after loose balls. Add reducing turnovers down from 11 in that first frame to only two for that next 8 minutes proved to be a winning eatery.

CLHS would score 25 points during that second period and realizing a 3 point lead going into halftime, 27-23.

A Quick 2nd Quarter Recap:
First Quarter 2-15   Who Scored Goal/FT       Assist   Time
              3-15   Free Throw Fuentes                7:01
              6-15   Eli Cole 3 Pointer        Cano    6:49
              6-17   FThrows Austin Travis             6:29
              7-17   Free Throw Cole Dees              5:40
              9-17   Fuentes Bucket                    4:51
              9-19   Austin Travis Bucket              3:36
             11-19   Fuentes Bucket                    3:07
             12-19   Dees Free Throw                   2:38
             14-19   Fuentes Two Free Throws           2:33
             16-19   Josh Rowe Bucket          Dees    2:10
             18-19   Josh Rowe Bucket          Steal   1:50
             21-19   Dees 3 Pointer            Rowe    1:21
             21=21   Austin Travis Bucket              1:12
             23-21   Fuentes Bucket            Torres  0:50
             24-21   Fuentes Free Throw                0:25
             24-23   Austin Travis Bucket              0:14
             27-23   Rowe 3 Pointer            Torres  0:01

     Let’s Go Hawks Great Comeback!

Canyon Lake would continue their pressure starting the 2nd Half garnering their largest lead in this segment, 9 points (38-29) when Gavin Cano sank a free throw with 1:27 left before the final quarter, the Hawk lead was still tenuous tho, 40-34.

Starting that last period, two buckets for Fuentes and Torres along with assists for Torres & Rowe during the first 90 seconds gave CL a, 44-34.

The Lake kept their distance for the remainder of this quarter as Austin Travis cut into CL’s lead to 8 points while Canyon Lake was able to up their advantage to 12 points on a Fuentes bucket with 3:55 remaining, 48-36.

Basically…Canyon Lake scored 52 points in 3 quarters and outscoring these Rebels, 52-28 during that span.

Another good,  gut check,  in seeing the possibilities when communication and an all out energy burst that caused chaos on your opponent that led to good offensive play.

                            Go Lake!

Bobby Torres led The Lake with 5 assists while Josh Rowe forced 5 steals while the team reached 15 steals and assists to end this win.

Canyon Lake did finish with a 3-1 tourney record and lost in a Championship against Stephenville.

Head Coach Monte Cole commented on what the team accomplished, “I think this tournament helped us regain some confidence and start moving in the right direction. It was a great tournament for us and in championship game we played really good Stephenville team and were competitive for a majority of the game.

Coach Cole continued, “The younger guys are learning how hard you have to play at the Varsity level to win games and it’s showing. Very proud of this group of guys.”

A good showing which left the Hawk fans never being able to come to a destination for that elusive win…which made that non-decision a good decision.

Hawk Nation is Proud of The LAKE!

Game 20         1  2  3  4  Final
Austin Travis  15  8 11  9  43
CL Hawks        2 25 13 14  54

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes    4-5     0-0     4-6   12   2-4   6  2  4  0  9
Josh Rowe          5-8     1-2     2-2   13   1-1   2  3  5  0  2
Gavin Cano         0-0     0-0     1-2    1   2-0   2  2  0  0  0
Harlon Wisdom      3-4     0-0     0-0    6   2-3   5  1  1  0  0
Eli Cole           3-4     1-2     0-2    7   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Wyatt Sims         0-1     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  2
Cole Dees          1-6     1-5     3-6    6   1-6   7  1  3  1  4
Korbyn Goodman     0-2     0-2     0-0    0   0-1   1  1  1  0  1
Anthony Hockman    0-2     0-0     0-0    0   2-1   3  0  0  1  0
Bobby Torres       3-6     0-1     1-2    7   1-2   3  5  0  0  2
Eli Hammons        1-3     0-0     0-0    2   1-0   1  0  1  0  1
Totals            20-41    3-13   11-20  54  12-18 30 15 15  2 21

                      Michael Anderson was one of three Seniors this season. Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Hawks finish their season with a loss to Uvalde in a one game Area Round contest, 13-4.

The Lake led through the 5th inning but was soundly beaten, 11-1 in those last two frames that had multiple walks and errors contributing to that final score.

Overall a good season that ended with 19 wins with a relatively young team that had just 3 seniors with two starters.

Coach Escamilla: “Any loss is disappointing….we didn’t capitalize during the first part of the game and left the bases loaded and did not get any timely hits.”  (Lake left 12 on base)

The ReSporter: Give us your thoughts on your 3 Seniors.

Coach Escamilla: “We appreciated their leadership and how they worked everyday and they were focused even tho there are so many distractions during this time of year for seniors. They focused and never took off and gave it their all.”

The ReSporter: What do you do now in preparation for next year?

Coach Escamilla: “We really don’t have contact with them until January as several player play football….which is okay because that keeps them in shape and competition keeps them sharp. A big part of sports is Summer ball and that is where they will gain and and get an advantage with competition….They know the expectations we have.”

The ReSporter: What will be your emphasis for next season?

Coach Escamilla: “Consistency especially with our pitching. We need to strengthen pitching and be consistent on the mound…that will be our key for success.”

Canyon Lake had both sub-varsity squads finish with winning records and Mountain Valley Middle School is playing right now and with 17 players on last night’s roster returning will allow a good nucleus or starting point for next year’s team.

Senior Day next season will be longer than the game with 17 presently that will be going into their senior year.

Thanks for a Great Season & Way to GO LAKE!

Area Round 1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Uvalde     0  0  0  2  0  4  7  13  7  4
CL Hawks   0  1  1  1  0  0  1   4  7  5

                   ab  r  h bi bb so  misc
Gram Simpson        2  0  0  0  1  0  sac
Carter Williams     3  0  0  1  1  1  sb fc cs
Michael Anderson    4  0  2  0  0  1  sb
 pr Archer Miller   0  1  0  0  0  0
Wayen Slania-Wertz  2  0  0  0  1  2  roe
Bryce May           3  1  1  0  0  1  sf
Lucas Shexnayder    3  1  1  0  1  1  roe
Ryan Rena           4  0  1  0  0  0  roe
Hayes Holladay      3  0  2  1  1  0
Ryder Hopper        3  1  0  1  1  0  sf fc
Totals             27  4  7  4  6  6

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so  misc  W  L
Carter Williams   5.0  1  3  1  5  8  hb 2  0  0
Ryder Hopper      0.0  2  3  3  2  0  bk    5  2
Hayes Holliday    2.0  4  7  6  4  2        0  0
Totals            7.0  7 13 10 11 10        0  1

                ALL-TIME BASEBALL STATS

AT BATS                  RUNS                    HITS
Hunter Anderson    373   Hunter Anderson    91   Chase Anderson   122  
Chase Anderson     353   Carter Williams    91   Carter Williams  115
Tanner Schultz     343   Chase Anderson     68   Hunter Anderson  112
Griffen Williams   323   Travis Walker      65   Griffen Williams 104
Travis Walker      322   Ty Sellers         57   Tanner Schultz    82
Caleb Williams     318   Caleb Williams     54   Travis Walker     80
Ty Sellers         306   James LaLonde      54   Caleb Williams    77
Carter Williams    301   Gram Simpson       52   Tyler Pauly       75
Tyler Pauly        281   Jeremy Greene      46   Brandon Robinson  72
Cody Powell        245   Griffen Williams   44   Ty Sellers        68
                         Garrett Winters    44
                         Tyler Pauly        44

RBI's                    BASE on BALLS           STOLEN BASES
Griffen Williams   126   Tyler Pauly        63   Daniel Camarillo  29
Carter Williams     97   Carter Williams    63   Hunter Anderson   25
Tyler Pauly         61   Hunter Anderson    55   Caleb Williams    23
Chase Anderson      55   Matt Anderson      54   Joe Shone         23
Tanner Schultz      53   Griffen Williams   51   Tyler Pauly       23
Hunter Anderson     49   Michael Brady      48   Carter Williams   22
Ty Sellers          48   Chase Anderson     48   James LaLonde     20
Travis Walker       44   Gram Simpson       47   Jeremy Greene     20
Caleb Williams      44   Travis Walker      38   Mason Lee         16
Logan Felch         42   Caleb Williams     38   Chase Anderson    16  

DOUBLES                  TRIPLES                 HOME RUNS
Carter Williams     22   Kyler Huff          6   Griffen Williams  27
Griffen Williams    21   Carter Williams     5   Carter Williams   22
Travis Walker       19   Hunter Anderson     5   Travis Walker      6
Hunter Anderson     19   Caleb Williams      4   Logan Felch        6
Chase Anderson      17   Ty Sellers          4   Jeremy Greene      4
Hayden Baker        17   Cody Powell         3   Cody Breest        4
Tanner Schultz      17   Gavin Dietrich      3   Nick Cahill        4
Tyler Pauly         17   Daniel Camarillo    3   Joe Shone          4
Corey Shedrock      16   Tyler Pauly         3   Ty Sellers         3
Logan Felch         14   9 tied with         2   Tanner Schultz     3
                                                 Brandon Robinson   3
                         (100 or more AB's)      ...
HIT BY PITCH             BATTING AVERAGE         ON BASE PERCENTAGE 
Tanner Schultz      21   Matthew McLain   .421   Matthew McLain  .581
Matt Anderson       15   Griffin Williams .402  Griffen Williams .519
Ethan Slater        13   Chase Anderson   .401   Michael Brady   .510
Michael Anderson    12   Brandon Robinson .398  Brandon Robinson .505
Brandon Robinson    12   Carter Williams  .384   Tyler Pauly     .498
CJ Parrish          12   Michael Brady    .364   Carter Williams .492
Jeremy Greene       12   Hunter Anderson  .362   Chase Anderson  .490
Ty Sellers          10   Nick Cahill      .354   Matt Anderson   .489
(only double figures)    Tyler Pauly      .344   Jeff Nabors     .475
                         Ross Wagliardo   .339   Zach Jenkins    .472

                                                 (35 or more Innings)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE      INNINGS PITCHED         EARNED RUN AVERAGE
Griffen Williams  .811   Tanner Schultz    224   Peyton McMullen 1.44
Carter Williams   .710   Luke Roskin       171   Tyler Pauly     1.71
Matthew McClain   .539   Tyler Pauly       149   Carter Williams 1.84
Brandon Robinson  .519   Avery Montgomery  142   Luke Roskin     1.89
Joe Shone         .505   Griffen Williams  139   Hunter Anderson 2.02
Tyler Pauly       .493   Carter Williams   129   Tanner Schultz  2.38
Nick Cahill       .485   Cody Powell       114   Cody Breest     2.48
Chase Anderson    .480   Hunter Anderson   110  Griffen Williams 2.76
Hunter Anderson   .466   Matt Anderson      99   Zach Jenkins    3.03
Ross Wagliardo    .466   Ross Wagliardo     96   Cale Claycombe  3.17
Michael Brady     .466

WINS                     STRIKEOUTS              SAVES
Tanner Schultz      29   Tanner Schultz    226   John Gulley        4
Luke Roskin         20   Luke Roskin       220   Luke Roskin        4
Tyler Pauly         18   Tyler Pauly       190   Carter Williams    3
Hunter Anderson     15   Carter Williams   184   Kyler Huff         3
Carter Williams     13   Griffen Williams  143   Hunter Anderson    3
Cody Breest         11   Cody Powell       128   Peyton McMullen    3
Griffen Williams     9   Hunter Anderson   111   Griffen Williams   3
Avery Montgomery     8   Ross Wagliardo    109   (several with      2)
Cody Powell          7   Avery Montgomery  108   
Matt Anderson        6   Cale Claycomb     105  

                                                        2025 BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
(photo by Shannon Anderson)

           Make a Deposit & Go Hawks!  Canyon Lake has penciled in their name to the Area Round when they will face Uvalde in Somerset this Thursday with first pitch at 6:30pm.

There was no doubt of a Bi-District clinching round as The Lake was able to score 4 runs to start this contest and ended up amassing 21 runs while Pitcher’s Carter Williams and Ryder Hopper held this Panther team to one hit.

An errorless game that was helped when the battery struck out 13 in needing two fielding opportunities to finish this round in the win category.

There was a plethora of Hawks (18) who had on opportunity to wedge their way into action who finished with 22 hits that had 8 doubles and a lone home-run off the bat of Williams.

Uvalde (18-7-2) will certainly pose a bigger hurdle than Eastside was able to muster and being ready has to be at the forefront for this Hawk team as they enter this week for getting prepared for this one-game do or die event.

Season Accolades: All-Time Season Stats
                    AT BATS
Carter Williams       101       4th   Tyler Pauly      104   ’21
Bryce May              92      12th
Wayen Slania-Wertz     92      12th

                     RUNS
Carter Williams        44       1st   Hunter Anderson   31   ’23
Gram Simpson           31       2nd

                     HITS
Carter Williams        46       2nd   Chase Anderson    47   ’22
Wayen Slania-Wertz     31      14th
Bryce May              29      15th
Michael Anderson       27      21st
Hayes Holladay         27      21st

                    RBI’s
Carter Williams        44       2nd   Griffen Williams  46   ’22
Michael Anderson       30       7th
Wayen Slania-Wertz     20      10th
Bryce May              19      14th

                 BASE on BALLS
Gram Simpson           22       5th   Tyler Pauly       36   ’21
Hayes Holladay         19       8th
Lucas Schexnayder      16      17th
Ryan Rena              15      18th
Wayen Slania-Wertz     14      22nd

                   DOUBLES
Carter Williams        14       1st   Tyler Pauly       12   ’21
Michael Anderson       10       5th
Wayen Slania-Wertz      7       8th

                  HOME RUNS
Carter Williams        12       1st   Griffen Williams  12   ’23

BATTING AVERAGE
Carter Williams      .455       1st   Griffen Williams .453  ’22
Michael Anderson     .409      11th

              ON BASE PERCENTAGE
Michael Anderson     .552       3rd   Matthew McLain   .581  ’21
Carter Williams      .538       6th

             SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
Carter Williams      .990       1st   Griffen Williams .905  ’23
Michael Anderson     .606       5th

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           1  2  3  4  5   R  H  E
CL Hawks   4  4 11  0  2  21 22  0
Eastside   0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0

                     ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Gram Simpson          3  4  3  0  0  0  1  0  sb
 ph Max Ross          1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Carter Williams       3  3  3  6  2  1  1  0
 pr Archer Miller     0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
 ph Greysen Patton    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Michael Anderson      4  3  3  4  2  0  0  0
 ph Brenan Hughes     0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
Wayen Slania-Wertz    3  1  1  0  0  0  1  1
 ph Archer Miller     1  1  1  2  0  0  0  0
Bryce May             2  1  2  2  0  0  1  0
 ph CJ Rodriguez      2  0  1  1  0  0  0  1
Lucas Shexnayder      3  1  2  2  0  0  0  1
 ph Cade Johnson      2  0  2  1  1  0  0  0
Ryan Rena             2  1  1  1  1  0  1  0
 ph Trey Mollenkolf   2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
Ryder Hopper          4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay        3  3  3  2  2  0  0  0  sb
 ph Dalton Hodges     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Totals               37 21 22 19  8  1  5  4

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Carter Williams     3.0  1  0  0  0  8  10  4
Ryder Hopper        2.0  0  0  0  0  5   0  0
Totals              5.0  1  0  0  0 13   1  0

Ryan Rena finished with a double & homer in Hawk Pounding of the Panthers.

Canyon Lake run ruled Eastside Memorial, 16-0 with a combined one hitter with starter Carter Williams and Hayes Holladay that finished with 11 total strikeouts during this 5 inning affair.

The Lake had 15 Hawks garnering a hit (17 total) with 7 of those hits doubles (4) or homers (3).

Carter Williams (11) is now one homer away from tying Griffen Williams (12) for a season of taters. Which can be some good talking points at the family dinner table.

Ryan Rena had his 2nd homer this season as he joins Williams as the only two Hawks with multiple round-trippers.

That last homer came off the bat of Gavin Baldera which was his first since little league.

The Lake was held to one run to start the game with an inning ending double play…but that would be the only bad at bat as their next inning had 19 Hawks come to the plate producing 13 runs, 5 singles, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, 2 walks and 1 batter who reached on an error.

Gavin Baldera’s home-run was first since little league as Hawks look to sweep Friday!

Williams took the mound that next frame and struck out the side throwing 9 strikes and 4 balls. Pretty efficient way to squelch any thoughts for these Panthers of staging a comeback. Holladay finished the final two innings striking out 4 in the 4th inning (one player reached base after a passed ball and one in the 5th inning.

The Hawks will continue this best-of-three series tomorrow at Nelson Field in Austin with that first pitch at 5:00pm. A rubber match will start 30 minutes later if the Panthers win that opening contest.

Way to Pound the Ball Hawks!!

           1  2  3  4  5   R  H  E
Eastside   0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1
CL Hawks   1 13  0  2  X  16 17  0

                     ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Gram Simpson          4  3  2  2  0  0  0  0  hbp
Carter Williams       2  3  1  2  0  1  2  0  hbp
Michael Anderson      2  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  sac roe
 ph Gavin Baldera     1  1  1  2  0  1  0  0
Wayen Slania-Wertz    2  0  1  0  0  0  1  0
 ph Archer Miller     1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Bryce May             3  1  1  1  1  0  0  1
 ph Greysen Patton    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  fc
Lucas Shexnayder      2  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
 ph Trey Mollenkopf   1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena             3  2  2  2  1  1  0  1
 ph Jace McGoldrick   1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryder Hopper          3  2  2  1  1  0  0  0
 ph Tate Heckman      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay        2  2  1  1  1  0  1  0
 ph Max Ross          1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Totals               30 16 17 14  4  3  5  2

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so  W  L
Carter Williams     3.0  1  0  0  0  6  9  4
Hayes Holladay      2.0  0  0  0  0  5  0  0
Total               5.0  1  0  0  0 11  1  0

         HAWK DOG PILE after walk-off win over Billies for berth to Playoffs! GO LAKE!

                      Way to GO LAKE!

Little things result in big rewards after a Hawk walk-off fielder’s choice scored the winning run in bottom of the 7th frame to put The Lake in Playoffs beating Fredericksburg, 3-2.

Those little things would arise when a savvy Pitcher Carter Williams pointed to a sacrifice bunt having an opponent running the foul line to first base on the inside.

That sacrifice bunt was nullified and put the runner back on first base. What happened next? How bout a 5-1-3 double play ending the first inning. That same incident happened again in the 5th inning taking away having a player in scoring position that had a Williams’ **strikeout** of the next Billie and a ground out to end that inning.

                      Let’s GO HAWKS!!

**(Williams continues to excel this school year as this 3-Sport freak has broken more records than the Beatles as he reached 118 strikeouts this season besting Tyler Pauly’s 94 during his 2021 campaign.)

Want more? How bout playing a 6’3 first baseman (Ryder Hopper) who was able to catch high throws in the first from Ryan Rena with both throws needing a tag out which was played out twice during that second inning and was sandwiched with another Williams’ strikeout.

In the bottom of that same inning, Bryce May was hit by pitch and then stole 2nd and advanced on a wild pitch being 90 feet away for an easy rbi single off the bat of Rena for CL’s first lead, 1-0.

Both teams had 4 runs scored by players who were hit by a pitch and that final Lake run came around to score after reaching base on an error.

Then Hayes Holladay advanced to 2nd base on a Gram Simpson single and advanced on a passed ball that did not ‘pass’ but stayed underneath the catcher to put the winning run 90 feet from home plate.

Williams then hit a grounder to 2nd base that had Holladay sprinting home for a walk-off playoff berth.

             Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!

Ohhh…before celebrating this win, one of those most important ‘little things’ happened at the top of the 7th inning.

With one out a Billies player reached base on a very rare catcher’s interference call that was followed by a double that bounced over the fence keeping the Billies runner from advancing home.

With one out, a pinch bunter, was next up and after two missed bunt attempts that had the first being a suicide squeeze but a bang-bang play led to an out….wait not an out….the call was reversed and player was called safe at third.

‘Hawk’ Proud!!

Next pitch? A Strikeout for the 2nd out but presented the Billies with their best hitter at the plate who Coach Escamilla intentionally walked loading the bases.

A lot of ‘little things’ happenings but one last ‘little thing’ would help put The Lake’s shortest player (but BIG in Stature) climbing the ladder on a line drive to second baseman Simpson for that final out saving at least two runs.

‘Little Things’ would add to be ‘BIG THINGS’ in this Hawk win that now has The Lake playing for a Bi-District crown against Austin Eastside Memorial Panthers next week!

Let’s GO LAKE!

                1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Fredericksburg  0  0  0  1  0  1  0   2  3  2
CL Hawks        0  1  1  0  0  0  1   3  5  1
(One out when winning run scored)

                      ab  r  h bi bb so  misc
Gram Simpson           2  1  1  0  1  0  hbp sb
Carter Williams        4  0  0  1  0  2  fc
Michael Anderson       2  0  1  0  1  0
Wayen Slania-Wertz     3  0  1  1  0  0
Bryce May              2  1  0  0  0  1  hbp sb
Lucas Shexnayder       3  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena              3  0  1  1  0  1
Ryder Hopper           3  0  0  0  0  1
Hayes Holladay         3  1  1  0  0  0  sb roe 
Totals                25  3  5  3  2  5

Pitching              ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Carter Williams      7.0  3  2  1  3  4   8  4 

Michael Anderson’s Walk-Off Double scored Carter Williams in, 7-6 Win! GO LAKE!         (photo Daniel Clifton)

Curtain Call today in Wimberley at 2pm after a Senior Night that had your Hawk’s Seniors performing magnificently beating Bandera, 7-6 on a walk-off double by Michael Anderson.

Three starting Seniors had an impressive combined line score at the plate and on the mound.

Batting      AB  Runs  Hits  RBIs  BB   On Base Average
Anderson
Williams     8    4     4     3     6     .714
Hopper

Pitching     IP    H    R    ER   BB   SO   era
Hopper
            4.2    4    1     0    2    6   0.00
Williams

                               GO LAKE!

This game started with these Bulldogs rushing out to a 4 run first inning lead when Hawks pitching  had a hard time finding the strike-zone.

The Lake did respond scoring 2 runs during the bottom of that opening stanza when Wayen Slanina-Wertz’s two strike single drove in Gram Simpson and Carter Williams who reached base via a free pass.

A two run deficit would increase to 3 runs after an opening home-run to start the 3rd inning for Bandera.

                         GO HAWKS!!

Then Senior Ryder Hopper was called to the mound to help keep this must win contest close for a chance to keep this game with-in reach.  Class Act for sure with a brilliant come to the rescue outing for Senior Hopper.

With one out in the 3rd inning Hopper worked out of trouble before allowing another run later that was helped by an error but a 6-4-3 double play helped minimize the damage.

Bandera had stretched their lead back to 4 runs, 6-2 but now CLake had just 3 innings to respond.

                 Let’s GO LAKE!

Walks was the mold of transportation on this night as these Bulldogs pitchers walked 14 Hawks and which was how CL was able to tie this game in the 5th inning that started with a pop out to first base. Then Senior Hopper singled which was followed by 2 walks and a couple of balks that scored Hopper.

Then an intentional walk had Williams batting with the bases loaded with still one out. Enter Senior Michael Anderson with a two run single scoring Simpson and Holladay. Anderson has reached base safely for 16 straight games and this would be his 4th contest with more than one hit.

Williams stole home for CL’s final run in the 5th tying the score, at 6 runs a piece.

                              Go Lake!

A scoreless 6th inning set up that final act for this Senior crew.

To start reliever Williams struck out the side after a lead-off single before a Hawk response that would be an intentional act by these Bulldogs when Williams was given his second free pass this game putting the winning run on first base.

Enter Anderson’s double to centerfield which had a scorched earth running by Williams for that winning score. A Senior Moment on this night and Curtain Call today don’t miss this play!

Curtain Call today…Saturday in Wimbo for a chance to add more games to this year’s schedule.

Way to GO SENIORS & HAWKS!

          1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Bandera   4  0  1  0  1  0  0   6  7  0
CL Hawks  2  0  0  0  4  0  1   7  6  2 
(one out when winning run scored)

                   ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson        3  2  1  0  0  2  1
Carter Williams     1  3  0  0  0  4  1  sb 2
Michael Anderson    3  0  2  3  1  2  1  sb
Wayen Slania-Wertz  4  0  2  2  0  0  2
Bryce May           2  0  0  0  0  2  0  sb
Lucas Shexnayder    2  0  0  0  0  2  0  sb 2
Ryan Rena           4  0  0  0  0  0  1  sb
Ryder Hopper        4  1  1  0  0  0  2
Hayes Holladay      1  1  0  0  0  3  0
Totals             24  7  6  5  1 14  8

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Hayes Holladay    2.1  3  5  5  4  1   0  0
Ryder Hopper      3.2  4  1  0  2  3   0  0
Carter Williams   1.0  0  0  0  0  3   7  4
Totals            7.0  7  6  5  6  7   1  0

Ryder Hopper doing clean-up with his 7th inning finishing job in win over Bandera. GO LAKE

Hit Man says way to get rid of those Pests Hawks!

Canyon Lake passed their first test for this week of games with two more remaining to realize a chance to play in the post-season.

The Lake started this contest scoring 3 runs in their first two frames which would turn out to be plenty enough for this victory.

Carter Williams and Ryder Hopper combined on a two hitter for this much needed shut-out win. Williams helped his outing with a towering homer that left no doubt after it left his bat that had the Bulldog left fielder morphing into a fan as he stood and watched the flight of this ball that threatened some trees 20-30 feet behind the fence.

The top of the batting order administered much of the damage with Gram Simpson and Michael Anderson joining Williams with two hits a piece/5 runs/4 rbi’s that had a double for Anderson added to that moonshot. Add 3 walks from this trio and you can see how that damage turned out to be lethal.

                         GO LAKE!

More good news was having Navarro beating Fredericksburg which was a welcome sight after hearing the Hawk crowd yelling their approval when it was learned Navarro had taken a 4-0 lead in that game in the stands.

Two more hurdles this Friday with the same scenario needed for a chance for a play-in contest with the Billies this Saturday.

Just taking care of business and prepare for a joyous extra game or time to wash the uniform scenario.

Let’s GO LAKE!

           1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
CL Hawks   1  2  0  0  2  2  0   7  8  1
Bandera    0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  2

                    ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Gram Simpson         3  3  2  0  0  0  1  0
Carter Williams      3  1  2  2  0  1  1  1
Michael Anderson     3  1  2  2  1  0  1  0  sb
Wayen Slania-Wertz   4  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  roe 2
 pr Archer Miller    0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  sb
Bryce May            3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  sf
Lucas Shexnayder     3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  sf sb fc
Ryder Hopper         2  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
 ph Archer Miller    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay       4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena            2  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  cs
Totals              28  7  8  5  1  1  5  2

Pitching            ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Carter Williams    6.0  2  0  0  0  7   7  5
Ryder Hopper       1.0  0  0  0  1  1   0  0
Totals             7.0  2  0  0  1  8   1  0