Canyon Lake JV baseball team split their games with Navarro Panthers last Monday night at the

Hawk Diamond. Winning the first game 7-4 and coming out on the short end 13-8 in the nightcap.

The Hawks dug themselves in a hole in both games, but the second game their hole was much deeper than a Hawk could climb (or fly) out of.

“We started both games the same in making the same mistakes over and over,” Head JV Coach Brian Owens said. “I challenged them on communicating, but for the most part I was pleased with our pitchers.”

Canyon Lake did have some good pitching in that first game as Nick Kissell had a decent outing with Gordon McCleary closing out this contest.

The Hawks did have a little bit of fireworks as Austin Headrick hit a two run home run in the bottom of that fourth inning giving Canyon Lake their lead back after allowing the tying runs in the top of that same inning.

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 Baseball and Softball Season's Top Three
 Softball
 Average                      Hits                      Runs
 McKenna Beseda    .493       McKenna Beseda    34      McKenna Beseda    25
 Alexis Robinson   .360       Alexis Robinson   27      Alexis Robinson   18
 Brianna Young     .352       Kelsey Ahrens     24      Lilimae Daily     15

 RBI's                        Walks                     Extra Base Hits
 Brianna Young       14       Brianna Young     14      Brianna Young      8
 Lilimae Daily       13       Lilimae Daily      5      Kelsey Ahrens      7
 McKenna Beseda      12       Vicky Henderson    5      Alexis Robinson    7

 Baseball
 Average                      Hits                      Runs
 Michael Brady     .403       Michael Brady     27      Peyton Sipila     14
 Cody Powell       .400       Peyton Sipila     17      Kyler Huff        13
 Peyton Sipila     .347       Daniel Camarillo  17      Daniel Camarillo  12
                                                        Travis Walker     12
                                                        J. J. Nance       12

 RBI's                        Walks                     Extra Base Hits
 Michael Brady       17       Michael Brady      17     Michael Brady      7
 Kyler Huff          12       Travis Walker      15     Kyler Huff         7
 Logan Felch         10       J. J. Nance         9     Logan Felch        6

If Boerne is ranked in the Top 5 for the State of Texas, then based on the past two contests with the

Greyhounds, Canyon Lake should be ranked in the Top 10.

Simply put, the Hawks lost another one run game to a very sound baseball team and all they have to show for this outing is another loss.

However, that is not entirely true based on the level of play displayed on Tuesday night at the Hawk’s Baseball Diamond.

Travis Walker was nails on the mound as he held the Greyhounds to four hits and CL’s defense was just as impressive in helping to keep this game in doubt until that last out.

Walker had Boerne guessing at the plate as he threw the ‘eefus’ pitch with mastery.

“I’ve been throwing that pitch since I was 12 years old,” Walker recollected. “They called it the ‘Big Cheese’, and somedays it is on and somedays it is off.”

That pitch would be classified as being ‘on’ this evening.

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At Bats                   Batting Average             Runs Batted In
Travis Walker     260     Michael Brady      .362     Logan Felch       43
Logan Felch       184     Ross Wagliardo     .333     Travis Walker     43
Michael Brady     174     Drew Riccio        .318     Michael Brady     37

Runs                      Hits                        Extra Base Hits
Travis Walker      65     Travis Walker        77     Travis Walker     24
Kyler Huff         38     Michael Brady        63     Logan Felch       21
Daniel Camarillo   36     Daniel Camarillo     50     Kyler Huff        13
Logan Felch        36                                 Michael Brady     13

Base on Balls             On Base Pct.                Strikeouts (50 or more at bats)
Michael Brady      45     Michael Brady      .493     Dylan Adams       15
Travis Walker      39     Logan Chappell     .470     Eric Nelson       15
Daulton Winters    37     Ross Wagliardo     .441     Logan Chappell    20

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

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

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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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.

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