Carter Williams left his mark in basketball rating high in CL’s Top Ten.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball will commence this weekend with a scrimmage against  Lampasas and hopes of building on last year’s Bi-District appearance.

Some strong players were lost which opens the door for new names in search of putting their names on the lists below.

This Top Ten is visited by several former players in particular Andrew  Riali and others who have played for The Lake.

The ReSporter hopes you enjoy this compilation and look forward in covering new heights this season.

Let’s Go Lake!

Career               TOTAL POINTS  Season               #  Yr
Parker Mott      929               Rico Griffin       466  20
Carter Williams  829               Parker Mott        443  18
Mario Aguilar    818               Mario Aguilar      413  24
Rico Griffin     794               Paker Mott         412  19
Rory Preiss      760               Caleb Kreiger      406  13
Andrew Riali     594               Rory Preiss        406  17
Jacob Holland    584               Mario Aguilar      405  22
Jaxson Jeter     578               Sam Schimank       391  19
Matt Magness     555               Christian Pena     384  10
Brandon Wardk    498               Colton Winters     368  21

                       REBOUNDS                         #  Yr
Carter Williams  734               Rico Griffin       264  20
Rico Griffin     558               Carter Williams    249  24
Rory Preiss      499               Carter Williams    246  25
Mario Aguilar    444               Jarred Rollins     220  18
Sean Nolan       368               Caleb Kreiger      218  13
Tyler Williams   357               Sean Nolan         213  15
Heath McDonough  338               Heath McDonough    211  17
Trent MacRoberts 317               Dalton Stromquist  205  25
Griffen Williams 317               Rico Giffin        193  19                   
Andrew Riali     296               Mario Aguilar      190  23

                      3 POINTERS                        #  Yr
Parker Mott      160               Colton Winters      78  21
Jacob Holland    144               Parker Mott         70  18
Andrew Riali     122               Parker Mott         69  19
Mario Aguilar     93               Jacob Holland       66  25
Colton Winters    81               Jacob Holland       65  24
Chris Green       77               Andrew Riali        62  13
Jacob Ramirez     76               Andrew Riali        60  14
Garrett Winters   71               Sam Schimank        49  19
Sam Schimank      61               Jacob Ramirez       45  17
Matt Magness      52               Mario Aguilar       44  23

                      FREE THROWS                       #  Yr
Parker Mott      205               Christian Pena     109  10
Rory Preiss      154               Parker Mott         97  18
Rico Griffin     142               Parker Mott         87  19
Mario Aguilar    132               Tyler Pauly         84  21
Tyler Pauly      124               Patrick McAuliffe   82  20
Andrew Riali     121               Rory Preiss         79  17
Matt Magness     120               Andrew Riali        78  14
Tyler Williams   104               Rico Griffin        73  20
Christian Pena   102               Caleb Kreiger       72  13
Jaxson Jeter      99               Mario Aguilar       70  23

                       ASSISTS                          #  Yr
Tyler Pauly      214               Doug Hubnik        151  13
Jaxson Jeter     214               Tyler Pauly        118  21
Mario Aguilar    188               Mario Aguilar       96  24
Doug Hubnik      187               Tyler Pauly         95  20
Carter Williams  162               Jaxson Jeter        95  25
Rico Griffin     156               Tanner Jones        90  10
Matt Magness     136               Zack Taliaferro     89  18
Parker Mott      123               Rico Griffin        86  20
Rory Preiss      113               Matt Magness        81  11
Gerrit Wilkins   113               Jaxson Jeter        79  23

                       STEALS                           #  Yr
Carter Williams  231               Carter Williams     87  25
Parker Mott      169               Parker Mott         84  19
Rico Griffin     124               Tanner Jones        76  10
Rory Preiss      123               Jaxson Jeter        67  25
Jaxson Jeter     122               Parker Mott         58  18
Mario Aguilar    116               Carter Williams     57  23
Tyler Pauly       81               Parker Mott         56  18
Neal Whitehead    78               Rico Griffin        54  20
Tanner Jones      76               Rico Griffin        52  19
Skyler Tschoepe   69               Sam Schimank        51  19
Matt Magness      69                                           
                        BLOCKS                          #  Yr
Carter Williams  109               Caleb Kreiger       59  13
Tyler Williams    96               Sean Nolan          58  15
Sean Nolan        85               Tyler Williams      39  16
Peyton McMullen   60               Peyton McMullen     34  21
Caleb Kreiger     59               Trent MacRoberts    33  19
Trent MacRoberts  48               Carter Williams     33  23
Neal Whitehead    47               Carter Williams     32  24
Mario Aguilar     40               Tyler Williams      32  17
Dalton Stromquist 40               Neal Whitehead      31  11
Rory Preiss       35               Carter Williams     31  25

         Senior Ayren Lightfoot has high aspirations as this 2025 Track Season get going. Go FAST Hawks!                                      (photo by Daniel Clifton)

         THIS WEEK       @   THE LAKE

Feb 24   CL Hawks Var    @   Pearsall           630p        Baseball

Feb 25   Luling JV       @   CL Hawks           500p        Softball
         Luling Var      @   CL Hawks           700p        Softball
         Davenport       @   CL Hawks           700p Boys   Soccer
         CL Hawks        @   Davenport          700p Girls  Soccer

Feb 26   CL Hawks Green  @   Double J           TBA         Golf
         CL Hawks Green  @   Marion             430p        Baseball
         CL Hawks Gold   @   Floresville        600p        Baseball

Feb 27   CL Hawks Green  vs  Navarro           1000a        Baseball
                             Texan Tourney
         Hawk Relays     @   The Hawk Nest      TBA         Track
         CL Hawks        vs  Southwest          200p        Baseball
                                Southwest Tourney
         CL Hawks        vs  Natalia            545p        Softball
                             Blanco Tourney
         CL Hawks        vs  Roma               700p        Baseball
                             Southwest Tourney
         CL Hawks        vs  John Paul          730p        Softball
                             Blanco Tourney

Feb 28   CL Hawks Green  vs  Hutto              Noon        Baseball
                             Texan Tourney
         CL Hawks        vs  San Angelo Central 1000a       Baseball
         CL Hawks        vs  Brackenridge        200p       Baseball
                             Southwest Tourney
         CL Hawks        vs  Lytle               215p       Softball
                             Blanco Tourney
         CL Hawks        @   Freddie             700p Girls Soccer
         Freddie         @   CL Hawks            700p Boys  Soccer

Mar 01   CL Hawks        vs  Marion              Noon       Baseball
                             Southwest Tourney
         CL Hawks        vs  Blanco             1230p       Softball
                             Blanco Tourney
         CL Hawks Green  vs  Llano               300p       Baseball
                             Texan Tourney
         CL Hawks        vs  Comfort             545p       Softball
                             Blanco Tourney

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Jaxson Jeter reached Tyler Pauly for 1st Place on the All-Time Assist List finishing with 214! Go Lake!
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

Canyon Lake cleared a hurdle with their Boys Basketball team this season when a playoff was achieved in Head Coach Monte Cole’s third season.

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   Carter Williams driving to the basket in win against Fredericksburg.    (photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake’s Boys Basketball will be in action this Tuesday with play-by-play coming from Chad Parma & LJ Anderson.

This is The Lake’s first Basketball playoff since a 3 year (2017-18-19) stint which has also been the only invites this sport has garnered.

A hard earned award as this Hawk Team has played several tough opponents as well as finishing 3rd in District 26-4A play.

This Broadcast will air 10 minutes before the 6:30pm tip-off coming to you from Canyon High School in New Braunfels.

The Hawks finished the season with 3 impressive games and will look to continue their run against a Lago Vista team that finished tied for first with Austin LBJ.

Should be a barn burner and hoping for a Lake Win!

Lago Vista Vikings vs Canyon Lake Hawks-02/18/25
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                                   Carter Williams driving to the basket in win against Fredericksburg.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake will make their first playoff since a 3-year stint from 2017-18-19 seasons. The Lake were one and done each of those seasons with their closest chance for an Area berth being a 2 point loss to Navarro in 2017 season.

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Ayren Lightfoot will be one of many Hawks looking for good times this season with Austin as their Goal! Go Fast Hawks!

             THIS WEEK      @    THE LAKE

Feb 10 Mon   Canyon Lake    @    Brackenridge      700p       Baseball
             Scrimmage

Feb 11 Tue   Bandera SubVar @    CL Hawks SubVar   500p Boys  Basketball 
             Elgin SubVar   @    CL Hawks Sub Var  500p       Softball
             Bandera        @    CL Hawks          630p Boys  Basketball
             Elgin          @    CL Hawks          700p       Softball
             CL Hawks       @    Blanco            700p Boys  Soccer
             Bandera        @    CL Hawks          700p Girls Soccer

Feb 12 Wed   Navarro JV     @    CL Hawks JV       530p       Baseball

Feb 13 Thu   Akins          @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  200p       Softball
             Lockhart       @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  600p       Softball 
             
Feb 14 Fri   Austin High    @    CL Hawks (Wurst) 1200p       Softball
             CL Hawks       @    Canyon            100p       Track & Field
             Round Rock     @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  400p       Softball
             Somerset       @    CL Hawks          700p       Baseball
             Wimberley      @    CL Hawks          700p Boys  Soccer
             CL Hawks       @    Wimberley         700p Girls Soccer

Feb 15 Sat   TBA            @    CL Hawks (Wurst) 1200p       Softball 
             TBA            @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  400p or 6p Softball
                                                        
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                           Let’s Go Lake!

Canyon Lake’s Soccer teams started district play last week and the Girls tied Fredericksburg while the Boys lost to Freddie, 3-1.

Both teams will be back in action twice this week against Bandera Tuesday & Wimberley Friday.

Softball will start their regular season and new Head Coach Hope Gipson had this to say, “Our recent scrimmages have showcased significant growth despite early adversity. Through these challenges, we’ve gained game knowledge, confidence and improvement as a team.”

Coach Gipson continued, “We’ve made strides defensively even while challenging many to expand beyond their original position. Offensively we have learned to execute at the plate, move runners into scoring position, and create chaos with our speed. Overall, our game awareness has increased significantly while working through the many different situations the game of softball puts you in.”

                              Go Hawks!

Coach Gipson will have a home game with Elgin this Tuesday before heading off to the Wurst Tournament starting this Thursday.

Track Season will commence on Friday when Canyon Lake will compete in the Comal Relays in New Braunfels starting at 1:00pm.

CLake’s Boys Basketball secured a berth for the playoffs this past week and will conclude their district at home this Tuesday against Bandera. The ReSporter has the District Records below with an idea of what and who might be in store next.

It’s that time of year when all the days start to fill up with competition and little rest.

BASKETBALL DISTRICT RECORDS
           GO HAWKS
Team        W   L    Pct
Davenport   8   1   .889
Wimberley   8   1   .889
CL Hawks    4   5   .444
Navarro     3   6   .333
Billies     2   7   .222
Bandera     2   7   .222

Tuesday Games
Bandera     @   CL Hawks
Wimberley   @   Davenport
Navarro     @   Billies

If the Hawks beat Bandera then they will be a 3rd seed and with a loss coupled with a Navarro win over Fredericksburg those two schools would need a tie-breaker to decide the seeding.

A Hawk loss to Bandera and Navarro loss to Freddie would still have CL as a 3rd seed and a Panther/Billie needing to decide which team gets penciled in as a 4th seed.

This year there are two separate brackets divided by enrollment of the schools.

Largest            Smallest
Davenport          Wimberley
Fredericksburg     Navarro
Canyon Lake        Canyon Lake

Based on the size of schools above, The Lake would have a chance of being in either bracket.
So, if there is a tie between the Billies and Navarro the winner of their play-in game would decide where the Hawks would go….a Navarro win would place CL with Davenport in the large school and a win for the Billies would place your Hawks in that smaller school bracket.

If the Hawks finish in a large school bracket they Austin LBJ and the smaller school bracket would be Lago Vista.

Clear as mud?

Let’s GO LAKE!

Dalton Stromquist reaching for the stars on the jump ball in game played earlier this season. Stromquist was 6 for 7 in Billies victory!

The Hawks were able to break out of their chains in time to clinch a playoff spot in win over Fredericksburg, 53-31.

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Canyon  Lake comes out of huddle with a renewed focus in needing a successful week to secure a playoff spot. Let’s Go Hawks!

DISTRICT 26                   Season Records
Davenport        4  1  .800   Davenport      23   5  .821
Wimberley        4  1  .800   Wimberley      20   8  .714
CL Hawks         3  2  .600   Bandera        19   9  .679
Navarro          2  3  .400   Fredericksburg 17  11  .607
Fredericksburg   1  4  .200   CL Hawks       13  15  .464
Bandera          1  4  .200   Navarro        10  14  .417

Tuesday Games:
Wimberley   @   CL Hawks
Navarro     @   Davenport
Bandera     @   Billies

Friday Games:
CL Hawks    @   Navarro
Billies     @   Davenport
Bandera     @   Wimberley

Friday’s Results:
Bandera    38   CL Hawks   37
Wimberley  63   Davenport  57
Navarro    44   Billies    37

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         Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!

Don’t look now but last Friday’s games was a polar opposite situation that threw this upcoming 2nd round of games into a ‘what will or could happen on this night’ thoughts.

There was 3 upsets when  games that had the home team taking advantage of the scoreboard which will put pressure on some teams while giving new hope to others.

First: The Lake was upset by Bandera resulting in their first victory in district.
Ramifications: Canyon Lake is now in a fight needing wins to secure a spot with little room for set-backs.
Bandera, on the other hand, has been put back on life-support  for their (19-9) squad and only one game behind Navarro for a chance of making some noise.

Wimberley was victorious against Davenport and now finds themselves tied at the top owning a tie-breaker win over the Wolves. These two teams will be fighting for those top 2 post-season spots.

                            Go Hawks!

Navarro won their second game in a row which put Freddie in a need to win scenario for a chance of getting a date for the end of season dance card.

The Lake will have an important contest with the Texans at the Hawk Nest on Tuesday and then will be on the road Friday to play against a Panther team that has a renewed hope for this season presently on a two-game win streak.

Simply put….this Bandera loss, with those two other upsets,  shows more schools being able to put together enough wins for making a play-off run.

The Lake does have 4 of their 5 next contests at the Hawk Nest with hope that this crew of Hawks can rebound with more conquests.

A loss by one point on a night that CLake went to the line for 15 shots and coming away making 6 of those attempts. Simple math for that

major reason for this loss.

An important week that can help secure or put this team in limbo as the season comes down to these last 3 weeks.

Let’s GO HAWKS!

           1  2  3  4   Final
CL Hawks  10  2  8 17   37
Bandera    4  9 19  6   38

                            3pt           tot rebounds
                    fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr to  a  s  b  to  
Jacob Holland       1-6     0-5     0-0    2   1-2   3  1  1  0  3
Jaxson Jeter        0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0  2  1  0  2
Phoenix Fuentes     0-7     0-2     1-2    1   1-1   2  2  1  0  2
Reese Pipkin        0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  0
Carter Williams     6-14    0-0     3-8   15   5-10 15  4  1  0  2
Dalton Stromquist   2-6     0-0     1-3    5   3-5   8  2  0  1  0
Josh Rowe           0-2     0-1     0-0    0   1-0   1  0  0  0  1
Christian Cheatham  5-8     3-6     0-0   13   0-1   1  2  1  0  1
Eli Hammons         0-3     0-0     1-2    1   4-2   6  0  0  0  1
Totals             14-50    3-16    6-15  37  15-22 37 13  4  1  9
                    28%     19%     40%

              Marley Christian going for a 3-Pointer in earlier game this season. Go Lake!

                THIS WEEK     @     THE LAKE

Jan 27 Mon Johnson City JV    @     CL Hawks     500p Softball
           Johnson City       @     CL Hawks     700p Softball

Jan 28 Tue CL Hawks Freshman  @     Texans       500p Girls Basketball
           CL Hawks JV        @     Texans       500p Girls Basketball
           Texans Freshman    @     CL Hawks     500p Boys  Basketball
           Texans JV          @     CL Hawks     500p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks Varsity   @     Texans       630p Girls Basketball
           Texans Varsity     @     CL Hawks     630p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks           @     Canyon       700p Girls Soccer

Jan 31 Fri CL Hawks JV        @     Pieper       500p Softball
           CL Hawks Freshman  @     Navarro      500p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks JV        @     Navarro      500p Boys  Basketball
           Navarro Freshman   @     CL Hawks     500p Girls Basketball
           Navarro JV         @     CL Hawks     500p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks           @     Pieper       630p Softball
           CL Hawks Varsity   @     Navarro      630p Boys  Basketball
           Navarro Varsity    @     CL Hawks     630p Girls Basketball

Feb 1 Sat  CL Hawks           @     Flour Bluff/Calallen    Baseball
                                    Scrimmage 

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             Make us Proud Hawks!!

Canyon Lake’s Basketball teams has the Ladies playing their last round of games while the Boy’s Team will start their second round of games this week when Wimberley comes to the Hawk Nest.

CL’s Girl Soccer (6-4) will have their final pre-district game against Canyon at home before facing their first district contest with Fredericksburg. The Lake’s Boys Soccer will be playing at home and Ladies on the road Friday February 7th.

Softball will have scrimmages this week when Johnson City comes to The Lake on Monday and then will be at Pieper this Friday.

Baseball will also be in action this Saturday in the Corpus Christi area playing scrimmages with Calallen and Flour Bluff.

Tis the season when those Spring Sports start up with Track & Field-Golf-Tennis start up later in February.

Let’s GO LAKE!

DISTRICT 26               Season Records
Davenport   4 0  1.000    Davenport   23    4   .852
CL Hawks    3 1   .750    Wimberley   19    8   .704
Wimberley   3 1   .750    Bandera     18    9   .667
Billies     1 3   .250    Billies     17   10   .630
Navarro     1 3   .250    CL Hawks    13   14   .481
Bandera     0 4   .000    Navarro      9   14   .381

Friday’s Games:
Canyon Lake     @  Bandera
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Fredericksburg  @  Navarro

Wednesday Results:
CL Hawks      50   Billies   47
Davenport     75   Bandera   55
Wimberley     67   Navarro   36
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Dalton Stromquist is going up Strom in pre-game warm-ups!

Canyon Lake was able to hold off a desperate Fredericksburg team who needed a win that would help for a chance to be invited for this year’s playoffs.

Now, looking at the standings above, there are 3 schools that find themselves 2 games behind a 3rd place spot and grouped with 2 other teams fighting for that 4th place playoff spot.

The Lake has been a fast starting team for most of this season and this night was no exception after securing a 16 point lead (38-22) with just 32 seconds before the final quarter.

This Billie team was ice cold during those two middle quarters while only mustering 10 points but this story was far from over as Freddie almost reached their 3 quarter game scoring (24 points) in that final quarter when they reached 23 points.

CLake was steady while never losing the lead but seeing this desperate school get within one point, 46-45 with 31 seconds remaining.

That was when this contest became a charity stripe game and those final two makes by Jacob Holland (who finished as high scorer 16 points) being enough for another hard fought win, 50-47.

Carter Williams finished with a double-double scoring 13 points with 10 rebounds it was his 7th double-double this season.

“Kids are starting to find their groove and hopefully we’re starting to peak at the right time,” Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole stated. “Just need to find a little more consistency and put four quarters together every game.”

                  Way to Go Hawks!!

The Hawks have Bandera as their last district opponent yet to be played before that final round of games finalizes who can actually punch their dance card for a post-season.

Post-Season is not a phrase that has been used much for CL’s previous 16 seasons. In fact, The Hawks have made the playoffs 3 times with each time playing one game. CL’s Boys Basketball  was the last Hawk sport to make the playoffs.

A win on Friday would cement CL for this year by finishing their first round with one loss and a 4-1 record.

An undefeated Davenport will play an important game Friday at Wimberley. If the Texans win then a 3-way tie for first place and with a loss Wimbo would be placed 3rd spot in district play.

                          Go Hawks!

Reese Pipkin has been a valuable roll play for CLHS this season and has been the first player off the bench. On what he looks for when he waits to be called on, “I like to watch the offense and what I might expect when I enter the contest,” Pipkin said with resolve.

“Pipkin is very coachable,” Coach Cole interjected. “I let the players know what Fredericksburg likes to do coming out of our time-out and that was when Pipkin made a steal at the end of this game.

A player that is not a shoot first player but a guard that distributes the ball while filling out those little things in the stat sheet that keeps a team to stay in sync.

“The game is more intense and it matters more,” Pipkin said when asked the difference between non-district and district play. “We just need to keep our energy and not do anything different.”

Dalton Stromquist has morphed into a key Hawk in the middle of the paint as many times a game will be played off his high post when getting CL’s offense in attack mode.

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

On when this change came about during the end of December play, “I started to find open shots while I was calling for the ball,” Stromquist remembered. “I have gotten better and I am trying to go up every time and I just have more confidence.”

Stromquist talked bout how his needs changed with a mid-season injury to Williams, “I was the only person to get rebounds and I just stepped up to get them (rebounds) to help the team.”

On what the Hawk Nation can expect with Friday’s contest against Bandera, “I’m ready to get another win!”

Coach Cole also chimed in on how district play has had these Hawks improving their season stats when that has not been the case for a long time (ever), “We have a lot of Seniors and they know that every possession matters and everything this season has led up to this point. Our shot quality has been better and by playing 5A and 6A schools that has helped when we got into district play. I don’t care what our pre-district record is because what matters will be those earlier games and how they prepared us for district.”

Canyon Lake’s first round of district games has been on the road and now that will change the next go round but this has been a WOW  of first games with two road wins against the Billies and Texans which are CL’s first time to win those two games on the road in The Lake’s history.

This Friday against Bandera will be a big hurdle since these Bulldogs need a win big time to salvage their season and CL can’t take this contest lackadaisical or they will have a long bus ride home with a missed opportunity.

The win over Fredericksburg would have been a loss last season, as keeping a lead, was the Hawk’s kryptonite then.

It’s time to plant another road flag as this next round will have Canyon Lake with 4 of their last 5 games at the Hawk Nest.

Let’s GO HAWKS!

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                    1  2  3  4  Final
Freddie          12  7  5 23  47
CL Hawks (3-1)   17 12  9 12  50

                            3pt           tot rebounds
                  fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a  s  b to
Jacob Holland       5-13    4-12    2-2   16   1-3   4  3  3  0  0
Jaxson Jeter        1-4     0-1     2-4    4   0-1   1  0  0  1  4
Phoenix Fuentes     0-3     0-1     0-0    0   0-2   2  2  0  0  1
Reese Pipkin        2-4     0-2     2-3    6   0-0   0  1  1  0  4
Carter Williams     6-10    0-0     1-2   13   3-7  10  5  3  1  2
Dalton Stromquist   2-3     0-0     0-0    4   2-4   6  1  0  1  1
Christian Cheatham  2-5     1-2     0-0    5   0-1   1  2  1  0  2
Eli Hammons         1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Totals             19-40    3-12    7-11  50   6-18 24 14  8  3 14
                    48%     25%     64%