Canyon Lake JV Baseball team split a double header with Bandera, Monday night at the Hawk Diamond

winning the second game, 8-0 to earn this split.

The Hawks were a different team when they took the field for the nightcap.

“Coach (Brian Owens) challenged our manhood,” Colton Avey said after commenting how bad their first game was played. “That got us fired up!”

The split was a result of good defense and even better pitching.

How good? Try these stats out for size.

Bandera’s pitcher threw 35 pitches in his first inning of work.
Austin Headrick pitched 30 pitches for the entire game.

How about three outs on three pitches in his final inning.

“I have only done that once when I was eight,” Pitcher Headrick recollected. “I was really focused and Coach really wanted us to turn it around after the loss and get some enthusiasm.”

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 3/18    JV Baseball       Bandera           10      Canyon Lake       7 First Game
                           Canyon Lake        8      Bandera           0 Second Game
 3/19    Varsity Baseball  Boerne             3      Canyon Lake       2 (8 innings)
         Varsity Softball  Fredericksburg    10      Canyon Lake       3
         JV Softball       Fredericksburg     9      Canyon Lake       4
         Boy's Soccer      Dripping Springs   4      Canyon Lake       0
         Girl's Soccer     Dripping Springs   6      Canyon Lake       0
 3/20    Golf              Canyon Lake               Finished Second
 3/21    Track and Field   Canyon Lake        @      Wimberley         3:30pm
 3/22    Varsity Baseball  Navarro            1      Canyon Lake       0
         Varsity Softball  Bandera           12      Canyon Lake       2
         JV Softball       Bandera           12      Canyon Lake       4
         Tennis            Canyon Lake        @      Wimberley         TBA
         Girl's Soccer     Canyon Lake        1      Wimberley         1 *Won Coin Toss
         Boy's Soccer      Canyon Lake        1      Wimberley         1

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Canyon Lake could not hold onto a two run lead in the seventh inning and end up giving a game to Wimberley in extra innings, 4-3.

The Hawks were progressing through the game with timely double plays and hitting while forging to what seemed to be a comfortable win.

Then two hit batters to start the seventh inning ended up scoring on the Texans only hit of that stanza and tying the game which eventually led to this heartbreaking loss.

Daniel Camarillo started the game with a double in the gap and scored the Hawks opening run when the Texans pitcher wild pitched him home on a bang…bang play at the plate.

Canyon Lake drew blood again in the third when Peyton Sipila singled with one out and advanced to second on catcher’s indifference.

Enter Cody Powell, who proceeded to have a seven pitch at bat and he finally found a pitch to handle scoring Sipila with a single.

That at bat by Powell had six of those seven pitches in the strike zone and speaks well for a great at bat. Powell ended this game with three hits.

The Hawks last score was ln the next inning when CL had two outs that were made on the base paths.

With Camarillo advancing to third with Travis Walker’s hard grounder in the hole, the ball hit Camarillo’s foot resulting in runner’s interference and an automatic out.

Walker’s hit would of scored Camarillo, but all CL had to show for this first out of the inning was two runners on and one out.

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The Hawks evened their district record with a walk off single by Michael Brady helping CL overcome a two run deficit in their last at bat.

Canyon Lake had a 3-2 lead starting the third inning but a seventh inning three run rally by the Bulldogs was matched when the Hawks held on for a team that might not have accomplished a game like this in previous seasons.

“Things looked bleak,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant mused. “I don’t know what a come from behind win will do for this club, but last year’s team would not of won this game.

Corey Shedrock who had been injured the past couple of weeks had a pinch hit in that last inning and that was just what the doctored ordered.

That hit was a result of a perfect bunt single on what was set up to be a sacrifice bunt to advance the two runners. This bunt saved an important out and helped lead to the late heroics.

Brady also added a triple to his walk off single resume and has been on a good hitting streak the past few games.

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Canyon Lake Baseball team rebounded with two wins in the Llano Tournament last Saturday.

The two wins were a welcome relief after losing their first two games of this tourney.

The Hawks beat Austin St. Michaels for the first time since starting the program, 5-4.

Travis Walker had a strong six innings of work before giving up the mound for Austin Headricks to help end the inning.

Kyler Huff ended up pitching the final inning and getting the win.

Michael Brady continues to have a high on base percentage as he finished with one hit and three walks.

Peyton Sipila and Daniel Camarillo both finished with two hits in this contest.

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Canyon Lake had a bad day in Llano tournament on Thursday as they took it on the chin in games with Liberty Hill and Taylor.

In the game with Liberty Hill, CL could not solve their pitcher with a total of 13 strikeouts. When you only need your defense to field eight outs, then many times the end result will be a loss.

The Hawks did have enough base runners to do more damage, but the strikeout pitch would help the pitcher to survive for another inning.

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Canyon Lake has served notice that this season there will be no cake walks in District 27-3A and laugher games.

Ten of last years district losses were by four or more runs and this time the Hawks used just two hits and left this game within two runs of staying alive.

Michael Brady had one of those hits in the form of a double and driving in two runs to get the ball rolling.

With a 6-4 lead going into the bottom of the fifth inning, CL had a chance of getting that all important win to start district play.

Four runs later by Fredericksburg had the Hawks in a hole that could not be filled and this eventual loss.

The good news is this district has three games with each school and that should give CL plenty of time to start getting those important wins.

Now it is time to get in front of that line to get some cake and eat it too!

                 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R H E
 Canyon Lake     2  3  0  0  1  0  0  6 2 2
 Fredericksburg  0  2  1  1  4  0  X  8 6 6

 name                ab  r  h bi 2b bb so misc
 Daniel Camarillo     2  2  0  0  0  1  2 hbp
 Michael Brady        3  1  1  2  1  1  1
  pr Conner Drum      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Logan Felch          3  0  0  1  0  0  0 roe (2), sf
 Travis Walker        4  0  0  0  0  0  0 roe
 Nick Cahill          2  0  1  0  0  0  1 hbp
  ph Peyton Sipila    1  1  0  0  0  0  0 roe
 Tyler Vinson         3  0  0  0  0  0  0 hbp
 Ryan Hutcheson       4  0  0  0  0  0  0 roe
 Kyler Huff           2  1  0  0  0  1  0 roe
 J. J. Nance          3  1  0  0  0  0  0 fc (2)
 Totals              27  6  2  3  1  3  4

 pitching       ip  r er  h bb so  np  W  L
 Logan Felch   4.1  6  4  5  1  6  78
 Travis Walker 1.2  2  2  1  3  0  33  0  1

Mar. 4th  JV Baseball       Wimberley    16   Canyon Lake      6

Mar. 5th  Varsity Baseball  Billies       8   Canyon Lake      6
          JV Softball       Hyde Park    13   Canyon Lake      1
          Varsity Softball  Hyde Park     8   Canyon Lake      7
          Varsity Tennis    Canyon Lake   7   Navarro          7

Mar. 6th  Boys Golf         Canyon Lake   @   Wimberley

Mar. 7th  Varsity Softball  Canyon Lake   7   Pearsall        6
          Varsity Baseball  Liberty Hill  9   Canyon Lake     5
          Track and Field   Canyon Lake   @   Hays

Mar. 8th  Girls Soccer      Canyon Lake   @   Seguin             6:00pm
          Boys Soccer       Seguin        @   Canyon Lake        7:00pm
          Varsity Baseball  Canyon Lake   @   Llano Tournament
          JV Softball       Canyon Lake   @   La Vernia          5:15pm
          Varsity Softball  Canyon Lake   @   La Vernia          7:00pm

Mar. 9th  Varsity Softball  Canyon Lake   @   Marion Tournament  TBA
          Varsity Baseball  Canyon Lake   @   Llano Tournament

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Canyon Lake won another game on Friday night, it just so happens that it was a previous

contest against Marble Falls as the Mustangs were playing with an ineligible player.

However, on the game played on the field tonight, Canyon Lake lost a one run game to St. Michaels as that clutch hit just could not be found.

Recap: Playing in tournaments is tough on many teams based on how deep a pitching staff they might have.

St. Michael’s was playing their second game to CL’s third game, so advantage to St. Michaels in the arms race.

This game last season might have been a laugher when you consider that the Hawks barely had nine players much less enough pitchers to put out on a mound to help give CL a chance for a win.

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Canyon Lake (5-2) split their two games to open the Comal Tournament yesterday at Hawk Diamond.

Once again this Hawk team is starting to show that depth might be able to give CL a chance for each game they play.

Logan Felch is the ace of this bullpen and will only see a couple of innings due to a start against Fredericksburg next Tuesday night to open District 27-3A play.

Usually that would mean a drop off for other games due to depth problems on the mound.

Ryan Hutcheson took his first loss with giving up two runs and two hits to Lehman in the first game.

“We had costly error and stranded some runners,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant said. “Did not play badly but we just could not seem to get that timely hit.”

Canyon Lake had three hits but the most glaring number in this loss were those three errors.

It was a different story in CL’s game with El Paso Parkland as they scored in every inning but one and amassed 12 hits in this win.

Take the more important number and you will really make sense with this victory, one error.

Senior Travis Walker pitched a gem in this contest as he scattered six hits while giving up only three runs.

Meanwhile in the other dugout Canyon Lake found their real bats and had several extra base hits to bury the EP Matadors.

“We played really well in this game,” Coach Dunavant commented.

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