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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Canyon Lake has a four game winning streak after an ugly win over Lago Vista

Vikings after their 1-day delayed affair at the Hawk Diamond.

The game that was scheduled for Monday night was postponed by wind and CL continued this season by settling in on a four game win streak which has not happened since, since, well it has never happened.

This is now the longest streak of this sort since two three game winning streaks during their 2010 season. A season that was climaxed with a trip to Harlingen and one batter short of a third round opponent.

“We need to work on our mental toughness and we’ve got to focus,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant said. ”

The Vikings opened up their first inning with a towering home run by Mason Ornales who would also finish off this game with another shot over that same left field fence in the seventh inning.

Both home runs were solo shots, but good hits all the same.

The Hawks responded in their bottom of the first when lead off hitter Garrett Winters walked and eventually scored when Logan Felch knocked him in two batters later.

Travis Walker reached base on an error and then with two runner on Michael Brady broke out of a mini slump with a double scoring both runners. Brady would end with two hits.

Hitting machine, Kyler Huff then did likewise with a double scoring the fourth run knocking in Brady.

Huff has been on a tear this season from the plate and does not seem to be letting up.
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Boys                        At Bats          Girls
Corey Shedrock    18                         Lilimae Daily     28
Logan Felch       15                         McKenna Beseda    27
Travis Walker     14                         Kelsey Ahrens     26
Michael Brady     11

                             Runs
Logan Felch        5                         McKenna Beseda    11
Kyler Huff         5                         Alexis Robinson    9
Daniel Camarillo   4                         Lilimae Daily      6

                             Hits
Kyler Huff         6                         McKenna Beseda    17
Corey Shedrock     5                         Alexis Robinson   14
Daniel Camarillo   4                         Lilimae Daily     14

                            RBI's
Logan Felch        6                         Lilimae Daily      8
Kyler Huff         5                         Alexis Robinson    5
Travis Walker      4                         Kelsey Ahrens      4

                        Extra Base Hits
Kyler Huff         3                         Briana Young       7
Logan Felch        2                         Alexis Robinson    4
Michael Brady      2                         Kelsey Ahrens      3

                         Batting Average
Daniel Reed       .667                       McKenna Beseda    .652
Kyler Huff        .600                       Alexis Robinson   .545
Cody Powell       .500                       Lilimae Daily     .478

                         Innings Pitched
Logan Felch        8.2                       Alexis Robinson    35.1
Ryan Hutcheson     7.1                       Kelsey Ahrens      10.2
Cody Powell        5.0

                           Strikeouts
Ryan Hutcheson      7                        Alexis Robinson    61
Kyler Huff          6                        Kelsey Ahrens       4
Logan Felch         5

Canyon Lake has now reached last year’s win total as the Hawks took care of the little things to win big over Austin Lanier Vikings, 7-3.

“Glad we got to three wins,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant dead panned. “Let’s don’t shut down main street for a parade just yet.”

Baseball is won more by doing little things within a game and when a team is successful in that execution, then a win will usually be a result.

“If you don’t hit the ball then your opponent can’t have fielding errors,” Coach Dunavant said eloquently. “We need to get on a roll to get things right and just win.”

Little things like hitting a ball and giving yourself a chance to have your opponent make a mistake. Lanier finished with seven errors in this game.

The Lanier Vikings did have some fielding problems and CL did what good teams are suppose to do when given gifts.

Open them!!

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 Feb. 25th
            Golf Boys    Vaaler Creek Tournament Hawks finished 4th
 Feb. 26th  JV Softball  Luling       14  Canyon Lake    7
            Softball     Canyon Lake  16  Luling        11
            Soccer Boys  Wimberley     2  Canyon Lake    0
            Soccer Girls Canyon Lake   0  Wimberley      0
            Baseball     Canyon Lake   8  Lago Vista     6
 Feb. 27th  Tennis       Canyon Lake   8  Blanco         2  (Matches)
 Feb. 28th  Track        CL Boys Varsity 2nd, Girls Varsity 4th,
                         JV Boys 6th, JV Girls 1st. Finishes in Blanco
            Baseball     Lehman        2  Canyon Lake    1
            Baseball     Canyon Lake   7  EP Parkland    3
            Softball     Canyon Lake   7  Johnson City   1
            Softball     Canyon Lake   2  Hondo          0
 Mar. 1st   Baseball     St. Michael's 4  Canyon Lake    3
            Soccer Boys  Clemens       2  Canyon Lake    0
            Soccer Girls Clemens       6  Canyon Lake    0
 Mar. 2nd   Softball     Canyon Lake   @  Blanco Tournament 12:00Noon
            Baseball     Canyon Lake  vs. Burbank           12:00Noon
 Mar. 4th   Softball     Hyde Park     @  Canyon Lake        6:00pm
            JV Baseball  Canyon Lake   @  Wimberley          6:30pm

Canyon Lake will be baseball central this week as your Hawks will entertain four teams from around the state for the Comal ISD Tournament. There will other games played at the Hawk field so if you want to take in other games, then contact Comal Athletic Department.

The Hawks had a decent week of games with a couple of run ruled games in the Lockhart Tournament and also a good competitive game with Marble Falls on opening night.

This is not the same team that has graced Hawk Field in recent years as both Varsity and JV are having some great results with depth out the wazoo.

The Varsity finished their tournament 3-0 by winning Saturday over Austin Lanier.

CLJV baseball team had a win over Wimberley on Friday night and have several players that deserve some attention.

Girls Soccer also had a significant win this past week taking on and beating Seguin, 4-0. Soccer does not have as many teams as other sports so CL plays in a 4A division with other brought up 3A squads.

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Canyon Lake Junior Varsity took care of Wimberley in their first District 27-3A game giving the Texans a long ride home, winning 6-4.

After a rough start in that first inning, Canyon Lake’s defense buckled down and did not commit another misplay allowing their bats to come alive and their pitchers finish off our neighbors to the north.

William Volz started the first inning having to adjust after some defensive miscues but that learning process is what will pay dividends as this season matures.

“I started pretty good,” Pitcher Volz said. “It kind of makes me think on what I need to work on…I was a little frustrated but then I just let it go and then tried my hardest.”

Volz was commenting on how he approached those first couple of innings while only having a texas leaguer as the biggest hit and no other ball scared the grass in the outfield.

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Canyon Lake continues strong run in Lockhart Tournament with another run rule win over Austin Travis, 12-0.

Pitcher Ryan Hutcheson was well in command in this affair without allowing a hit in his four innings of work.

Kyler Huff is on a good hitting pace so far this season as he ripped a triple in this game while driving in two runs.

Canyon Lake started this game on fire scoring five runs and ended up scoring in each inning as the Hawks are over the .500 mark for the first time in three years.

In baseball you need Pitching, Batting, and Fielding and in all three the Hawks got a passing grade.

Ten hits, no errors and a shut out will do wonders for your win-loss column.

Now Canyon Lake will play again in Lockhart at noontime and see about running their streak up to three games.

Wow…there are a lot of threes in this article. Congrats!

                 1  2  3  4   R  H  E
 Canyon Lake     5  2  2  3  12  8  0
 Austin Travis   0  0  0  0   0  0  4

 name              ab  r  h  bi 2b 3b bb so misc
 Daniel Camarillo   4  3  2  0  0  0  0  0  roe
 Corey Shedrock     3  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  roe
 Logan Felch        2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  roe, hbp
 Travis Walker      1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  sf, roe
 Tyler Vinson       1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0
 Michael Brady      3  1  1  0  0  0  1  0
 Ryan Hutcheson     3  1  1  0  0  0  1  0
 Kyler Huff         2  0  1  2  0  1  0  0
 JJ Nance           2  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  fc
 Daniel Reed        1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
 Garrett Winters    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Conner Drum        1  1  1  2  1  0  0  0
 Cody Powell        0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
 Totals            24 12  8  7  1  1  4  0

 Pitching          ip r  er h  bb so np  W  L
 Ryan Hutcheson    4  0  0  0  2  3  55  1  0

Canyon Lake won their first game in the Lockhart Tournament on Thursday against

Austin Del Valle, 10-1.

“In other seasons we might have played down to our competition,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant started. “We played a crisp game and I was very pleased on how the players took care of business.”

An onslaught of six runs in the second inning put this game away early and also allowed Sophomore Cody Powell to throw strikes and let the Hawks play defense. Powell averaged a little over 12 pitches per inning.

“We wanted Powell to be in the 15 pitches are lower per inning,” Coach Dunavant said.

Defense came without any errors while CL benefitted from three errors by Del Valle.

Kyler Huff finished the day with three hits, three runs, two rbi’s, and one double.

Daniel Reed and Michael Brady also had doubles in this game.

With a three run 5th inning, the Hawks were able to run rule Del Valle which allowed Powell to go the distance.

That meant Canyon Lake could rest pitchers which will always a good thing for you first tournament of the season.

Now Canyon Lake will play again on Friday, with an early 10am start time. Austin Travis will be in that other dugout, then CL’s final game is Saturday against Austin Lanier with another game before lunch, 11:30 start time.

               1  2  3  4  5  R  H  E
 Del Valle     0  0  0  1  0  1  2  3
 Canyon Lake   0  6  0  1  3 10 10  0

 name               ab  r  h  bi 2b bb so  misc.
 Daniel Camarillo    2  1  0  1  0  0  0   sf, roe
 Cory Shedrock       3  0  1  0  0  0  0
 Logan Felch         3  0  1  1  0  0  0
 Travis Walker       3  1  1  0  0  0  0
 Tyler Vinson        3  2  1  1  0  0  0   roe
 Michael Brady       3  1  1  1  1  0  0
 Cody Powell         2  1  1  1  0  0  0
 Kyler Huff          3  3  3  2  1  0  0
 T.J. Jones          3  0  0  0  0  0  0   roe
 Daniel Reed         1  1  1  1  1  0  0
 Totals             26 10 10  8  3  0  0

 Pitching     ip  r  er h  bb so np  W  L
 Cody Powell   5  1  1  2  1  2  61  1  0

Play Ball!! Canyon Lake started their season against a solid 4A Marble Falls outfit and had a good

chance of pulling off an impressive win.

But that timely hit just did not find a spot on this field of play leaving a one run deficit to the Mustangs.

Speaking of timely hits, MF could only muster three and that last one happened to bring in three runs with a bases clearing double.

The fifth inning was a case where starter Logan Felch just ran out of gas and could not finish his outstanding start.

Felch had thrown just 11 balls through four innings and had 13 in the fifth giving the Mustangs an opening that was capitalized on.

“You can’t give freebies like that,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant said in responding to also having a MF batter reaching base by being hit by a pitch, loading the bases.

The Hawks have started their season with Marble Falls each year and this game was won by a very slim margin compared to past campaigns.

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Super Fan Mr. Bill Phillips can be seen at almost all of Canyon Lake’s venues

cheering on young athletes in many fields.

You have seen him, he has that special place in the Hawk Gymnasium, up behind the student section, or walking up to a press box during a football game, or how about seeing Phillips hanging out at countless Baseball and Little League games.

“I played Junior High Softball because there was no baseball at my school,” Mr. Bill started. “With both of my brothers, we played every sport.”

So going back to Junior High days the seed had been planted and now you have ‘Super Fan’ still showing his support for athletes in the Canyon Lake community.

Just sitting by Bill and watching a game will give you wisdom as you listen to all of his recollections of games from the past.

Not to mention his countless one liners that are lined up inside his mind like every Baseball Coach would be preparing a line-up card.

Coaches know him as ‘Bill’ and seeing him at all of their games does not go unnoticed.

“My Dad played semi-pro baseball back in 1938 when we moved down to Houston,” Mr. Bill continued. “I have been around the kids watching them play and grow with all of their skills and attitudes.”
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