Hawks are snake bit by Wimberley after losing their second game in the last inning of play this

Defensive Specialist T. J. Jones

season.

Canyon Lake went into that last inning up by two runs and even escaped one scare before the Texans found the snake needed to put the Hawks out of their misery.

After a walk to the Texan’s lead off hitter, CL had some luck when they caught the tying run off of third base after a failed squeeze play and still up by one run.

Those two outs could not make it to three before Wimberley loaded the bases and scored three runs for a two run lead and game against this ‘Snake Bit’ Hawk team.

Canyon Lake did work 10 walks with only one strike out from the battery of Wimberley pitchers. Still not enough of those key hits that could of iced this game away.

The Hawks now find themselves down two games for a chance to plug themselves into that third playoff spot.

JJ Nance had two great bunt plays, with one going down as a hit and keeping that inning going after a double from Travis Walker. Both players would score in the third inning.

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Stats based on 25 at bats and 10 or more innings pitched.

 Batting Average             Runs                   Hits
 Cody Powell     .480        Kyler Huff      13     Michael Brady      24
 Michael Brady   .400        Peyton Sipila   11     Daniel Camarillo   15
 Peyton Sipila   .333        JJ Nance        11     Kyler Huff         14
                             Travis Walker   11     Peyton Sipila      14

 RBI's                       Extra Base Hits        Base on Balls
 Michael Brady   16          Kyler Huff      7      Travis Walker      14
 Kyler Huff      11          Logan Felch     6      Michael Brady      13
 Logan Felch     10          Michael Brady   6      Kyler Huff          8

 Innings Pitched (IP)        ERA (earned run ave)   Strikeouts
 Logan Felch     33.1        Tyler Vinson     2.80  Logan Felch        22
 Ryan Hutcheson  27.1        Travis Walker    2.96  Cody Powell        17
 Cody Powell     27.0        Ryan Hutheson    3.62  Ryan Hutcheson     15

 Strikeouts to IP ratio      BB to IP ratio         Hits to IP ratio
 Kyler Huff     1.078        Logan Felch      .332  Tyler Vinson     .500
 Logan Felch     .664        Travis Walker    .423  Ryan Hutcheson   .701
 Cody Powell     .629        Cody Powell      .518  Travis Walker    .807

Infielder Peyton Sipila

The Hawks finally put the Bandera Bulldogs away in a much needed sweep in district play, 7-1 on Friday night.

With each team scoring a run in the first inning, Canyon Lake had a nail driving six run rally in that sixth inning giving the Hawks a lead that would guarantee a sweep of Bandera.

Another good pitching performance from Ryan Hutcheson by allowing just one run on one hit to even his record to 3-3 for the season.

Senior Kyler Huff finished the game off closing out that 7th inning and closing the door and not allowing the Dogs to go outside for anymore play time.

Canyon Lake had bats were alive in this contest finishing with 12 hits and the top four batters in the batting order tied with two a piece.

Bandera is on the bottom of District 27-3A without a win and this game was a must for CL in order to get back into the district race.

A good sign in raising the season batting percentage by 7 points without any strikeouts.

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Pitcher Cody Powell

Canyon Lake only needs one more win to sweep the series with Bandera.

This series was a must win for Canyon Lake as a loss would put the Hawks in a hole since Bandera is at the bottom of District 27-3A.

This game was won with the pitching of Cody Powell who recovered after a tough start in his last outing.

Seven strikeouts and giving up just one three hits was just what the doctored ordered as CL was also held to just three hits in this win.

Six errors by the Bulldogs certainly helped at Canyon Lake had six batters reach base by an error on Bandera giving an extra six outs for CL which all but sealed the deal.

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The Hawks drew blanks again against Fredericksburg as they lost the season series, 9-4.

Senior Travis Walker

Canyon Lake did take the lead with one run in the first two innings and also tied the score in the top of the fifth inning before those flood gates opened up with a Billie six run inning.

Nick Cahill led the offense with a double and two hits in the game.

Kyler Huff took the loss as CL’s pitching could not solve the strike zone by walking 10 batters in this contest.

Both teams finished with five hits but walks will kill you and now Canyon Lake needs to get back on track fast as they have little room for mistakes as the district games continue.

Canyon Lake will play Bandera next week in hopes that those Bulldogs will stay in the Bullpen and give the Hawks some momentum as the season heats up.

                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
 Canyon Lake     1  1  0  0  1  0  1   4  5  3
 Fredericksburg  0  2  0  1  6  0  x   9  5  1

 name               ab r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
 Peyton Sipila      4  1  1  0  0  0  0  sb
 Kyler Huff         4  1  1  2  0  0  0  roe
 Michael Brady      4  0  1  1  1  0  1
 Travis Walker      2  0  0  0  0  1  0
 Ryan Hutcheson     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
  ph Corey Shedrock 1  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Nick Cahill        2  1  2  0  1  0  0  hbp
 Tyler Vinson       1  0  0  1  0  0  0  sac
 JJ Nance           2  1  0  0  0  1  0  sb
 TJ Jones           2  0  0  0  0  0  0
  ph Daniel Reed    1  0  0  0  0  0  1
 Totals            24  4  5  4  2  2  2

 pitching       ip r er  h bb so np  W  L
 Tyler Vinson   3  3  3  2  4  0 49
 Kyler Huff     1  4  4  3  3  2 38  0  l
 Nick Kissell   2  2  2  0  3  1 45

These Stats are based on players with 7 or more innings pitched and 20 or more at bats.

 Batting Average            Runs                      Hits
 Cody Powell      .480      Kyler Huff       10       Michael Brady      21
 Michael Brady    .438      JJ Nance         10       Daniel Camarillo   13
 Peyton Sipila    .367      Logan Felch      10       Cody Powell        12

 RBI's                      Extra Base Hits           Base on Balls
 Michael Brady      13      Kyler Huff        7       Michael Brady      13
 Logan Felch        10      Logan Felch       6       Travis Walker      12
 Kyler Huff          8      Michael Brady     5       Kyler Huff          7

 Innings Pitched (IP)       ERA (earned run ave.)     Strikeouts
 Logan Felch      33.1      Tyler Vinson   1.00       Logan Felch        22
 Travis Walker    26.0      Travis Walker  2.96       Ryan Hutcheson     11
 Ryan Hutcheson   21.1      Logan Felch    3.81       Cody Powell        10

 Strikeouts to IP ratio     BB to IP ratio            Hits to IP ratio
 Kyler Huff      1.125      Logan Felch    .332       Tyler Vinson     .429
 Tyler Vinson     .857      Kyler Huff     .375       Travis Walder    .808
 Logan Felch      .664      Travis Walker  .423       Ryan Hutcheson   .853

At least this was not a ‘Heart’ breaker game, but it hurt just the same as Canyon Lake had pitching,

The Hawks Tyler Vinson

hitting and fielding woes all come to the same party at the same time in their loss to Fredericksburg, 12-6.

The Billies sent nine batters to the plate in that first inning giving CL a taste of what might happen, but then Canyon Lake also responded with five runs in their next two innings to take a one run lead and momentum.

Four of CL’s six hits were in those first two innings as they could only scrape across to more runs in this game.

Some very good defensive gems were also present at this party that turned bad.

JJ Nance had a great play in right field when he fielded a hard hit single and threw the first base runner out at second base.

Kyler Huff in centerfield also threw out a runner trying to advance to third in that first inning resulting in a double play on a fly ball out.

Nick Cahill then pegged a runner trying to score on a single at home plate and Catcher Michael Brady had the honors of tagging a Billie on the ear.

A double play started by SS Peyton Sipila in the second inning kept Fredericksburg at bay by letting Pitcher Ryan Hutcheson facing the minimum.

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Hawks had a walk in the park with two wins in Wimberley on a cold Monday night.

Pitcher Hayden Dubois Wins Nightcap of Double Header Sweep in Wimberley

Canyon Lake outhit the Texans by 13, but walking nine players kept this game close as the Hawks completed a double header sweep after a 7-6 win in their first game.

“We won two tight ball games tonight,” Coach Brian Owens said. “It is those little things with the teams enthusiasm and communication on the field that win tight ball games.”

“Nick Kissell, coming in for Austin Headrick in that first game when the game was on the line and holding Wimberley that allowed us to comeback and William Volz doing the same thing in game two.”

Starting pitcher, Hayden Dubois had a no-hitter when Coach Owens went to the mound in the bottom of the fourth after allowing a couple of runs on walks.

Yes, it was a no hitter, but with seven walks Dubois certainly did not have command of the plate on this night.

“I went to get him because he was getting tired,” Coach Owens said. “He played hard in that first game and his legs were dead.”

On if he thought about letting Dubois continued pitching since he had a no hitter, “I did not even know he had a no hitter. But even if I did know, he (Dubois) would not complain because he is a team player.”

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Jordan Anderson running the 400 Meter Dash Last Year

Mar 25   JV Baseball   Canyon Lake     7   Wimberley                 6
                       Canyon Lake     9   Wimberley                 5
Mar 26   Soccer        Boerne Champion 5   Canyon Lake               0
         Softball      Wimberley      13   Canyon Lake               5
         Baseball      Fredericksburg 12   Canyon Lake               6
         Tennis        Johnson City    @   Canyon Lake               4:00pm
Mar 27   Golf          Canyon Lake     @   Fredericksburg Lady Bird  9:00am
Mar 28   Track         Canyon Lake Relays                            3:30pm
         Baseball      Canyon Lake     @   Fredericksburg            7:00pm
         Softball      Canyon Lake     @   Boerne                    6:00pm

This Week in Hawk Country, CL has a Playoff game at home against Boerne Champion who finished second in District 54-4A.

Canyon Lake Girls Soccer earned this right when they tied Wimberley in their regular season final last Friday night.

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Senior Kyler Huff

Canyon Lake has officially checked in to the Heartbreak Hotel after another loss by one run to Navarro last Friday night at the Hawk Diamond.

The offense for both schools was over after a home run in the top of the first inning with two outs.

Both pitchers and their defense were able to wrap this game up in a little over 1:20 minutes.

Two innings of, what ifs, continued this heartbreak season with a bases loaded no outs inning and nothing to show for it.

The other inning had two runners on base and a bullet hit off the bat into Navarro’s third baseman mitt, ending that inning with a double play.

This heartbreak hotel had the tenants taking their own luggage to their room and no one to help.

Logan Felch pitched a masterful game with one pitch he would love to have back.

Kyler Huff had a double for the Hawks only extra base hit and Michael Brady kept his hot streak with two hits.

Another heartbreak game and hopefully this hotel is full now and Canyon Lake can get a room at Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San Antonio and a new season can begin.

           1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
 Navarro   1  0  0  0  0  0  0   1  7  0
 Hawks     0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0  7  0

 name                 ab r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
 Daniel Camarillo     3  0  1  0  0  0  0
 Peyton Sipila        3  0  1  0  0  0  0
 Michael Brady        3  0  2  0  0  0  0
 Cody Powell          2  0  1  0  0  0  0  hbp
 Logan Felch          2  0  0  0  0  1  1
 Ryan Hutchinson      2  0  0  0  0  0  0
  ph Corey Shedrock   1  0  0  0  0  0  0
 J. J. Nance          2  0  0  0  0  0  2
  ph Nick Cahill      1  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Travis Walker        3  0  1  0  0  0  0
 Kyler Huff           3  0  1  0  1  0  0
 Totals              25  0  7  0  1  1  1

 pitching       ip r er  h bb so  np  misc
 Logan Felch    7  1  1  7  4  3  80  hbp