Dalton Stromquist making his presence known in the Paint!! Go Hawks!!
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

Season           W   L   Pct    District         W   L     Pct   GB
Boerne          16   5  .762    Davenport        1   0   1.000    -
Davenport       16   6  .727    Wimberley        1   0   1.000    -
Wimberley       13   7  .690    Canyon Lake      1   0   1.000    -
Fredericksburg  12   9  .571    Boerne           0   0    .000   0.5
Bandera         12   9  .571    Bandera          0   1    .000   1.0
Canyon Lake     11  12  .478    Navarro          0   1    .000   1.0
Navarro          7   9  .438    Fredericksburg   0   1    .000   1.0

                     District 28-4A Results
                        January 2nd
                   CL Hawks.   @   Davenport
                   Navarro     @   Bandera
                   Wimberley   @   Boerne
                   Fredericksburg  Bye

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WEEK'S RECAP

                        Go Hawks!!

The Lake Boy’s Basketball team had even-steven results after a 2-2 record in the Fredericksburg Tourney and CL will now be enveloped in moving their focus to their district season starting this Tuesday playing in Davenport.

Canyon Lake has already matched their total with one district win matching last year’s club and will have their sights on adding to that total  this campaign.

When comparing common opponents played this season, The Lake, is holding their own based on those results. One caveat was seeing this season with 3 starters from last season missing a majority of those pre-district battles.

A small sample size of games has CL showing enough improvement for a realization of placing above last place in district with an outside chance of reaching a post-season berth.

District 28-4A has 5 of those 7 teams with a winning record and a glimpse of that if these Hawks would have had those injured players during the beginning of this season….they too…not having totake a lot of, horse shoe throwing, to think thii The Lake team having a winning record too.

                      Let’s GO HAWKS!!

CLHS sandwiched their two tourney wins with two losses against 5A schools.

One loss against Georgetown was a forgettable affair after a 50 point set-back and then seeing CL give Liberty Hill a scare which had the good guys achieving  a 10 point lead early in that contest.

In that first win playing Salado, Canyon Lake, started with a dismal first quarter that had the Eagles working  a 13 point advantage, 20-7 with 30 seconds remaining in that first stanza before CLHS cutting it to an 11 point deficit.

The Lake would put together an 8 point barrage to start the 2nd quarter which helped close that gap leading to a one point halftime, 28-27.

With 3:13 remaining in the third quarter, Canyon Lake would have their first lead, 36-34 when Jacob Holland found Mario Aguilar for a bucket and lead that lasted for the remainder in this 8 point victory.

                             Go Hawks!!

CLHS started the game shooting 31% but after finding their groove ended this contest with a respectable 46% from the floor.

Carter Williams led CL scoring 18 points without a miss from the field as those points came around the basket while leading the Hawks with 3 steals and 10 rebounds.

Mario Aguilar also scored in double digits (12 points) while pulling down 7 rebounds.

Salado cooled off and that had The Lake with an in your face defense during those last three quarters leaving these Eagles scoring 27 points.

This Eagle team beat Davenport in overtime and lost by 5 points to Bandera which gives C-Lake a notion that they can compete in district play.

Canyon Lake’s defense ranks 2nd on the All-Time Points allowed average, 47.1 points per game. The 2012 team is first in this category when they allowed, 46.6 points that year.

                            Go Hawks!!

The Hawks win over Greenwood showed that this team can lose a 9 point lead in that 4th quarter and still have enough still in their tank for a 3 point win.

Games like this, in the past, would certainly be put on the loss ledger.  Canyon Lake’s history is suiting up their deepest bench since the beginning of Hawk basketball back in 2008.

Jacob Holland sank 4 three-pointers in this win and has amassed 49 for the season and now ranks 6th on the All-Time makes list.

Jaxson Jeter (one of those late arrivals) finished high point with 17 points and has given Coach Cole a slasher who can shoot or dish the ball for an assist and Jeter also sank 3 of his 4 from beyond the arc which will come in handy.

Mario Aguilar finished with a double-double with 11 rebounds and points in this win. You can also add 5 assists to his game totals and now stands 9th with 66 for this year with a chance to reach triple digits and join Doug Hubnik (151 2013 season) and Tyler Pauly (118 2021 season) which is pretty good company.

Carter Williams missed CL’s first 11 tip-offs and has now been active in his past 12 games with good results taking the lead in rebounds. On this Greenwood win Williams finished with 11 bounds and 7 assists. But this young man wasn’t finished with in this win after contributing 4 blocks and 3 steals.

A pretty good work day and seeing how Dalton Stromquist and Jeter continue to find their hard-wood legs as they continue to acclimate would help as this season matures.

Canyon Lake’s next home game will come on January 5th against Bandera with tip-off at 6:30pm.

Come and support these young men and Go Hawks!!

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Tourney Game #4   1  2  3  4  Final
Greenwood        10 16  8 19  53
CL Hawks         11 12 20 13  56

                           3pt           tot  rebounds
                 fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts  or-dr tot a  s  b to
Jacob Holland      5-12    4-11    0-0   14    3-1   4  1  1  0  1
Jaxson Jeter       7-12    3-4     0-1   17    2-1   3  2  2  0  1
Mario Aguilar      3-12    1-4     4-6   11    2-9  11  5  3  0  4
Eddie Zdunczyk     0-3     0-2     2-2    2    0-0   0  1  0  0  1
Carter Williams    3-10    0-1     2-4    8    8-3  11  7  3  4  5
Dalton Stromquist  1-3     0-0     0-0    2    2-1   3  0  0  0  2
Harris Gilliam     1-1     0-0     0-0    2    0-0   0  0  1  0  0
Logan Lewis        0-1     0-0     0-0    0    0-0   0  0  0  0  1
Reese Pipkin       0-0     0-0     0-0    0    0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Alvarez       0-0     0-0     0-0    0    0-0   0  0  0  0  1
Totals            22-54    8-22    8-13  56   17-15 32 16 10  4 16
                   41%     36%     62%


Tourney Game #2  1  2  3  4   Final
Georgetown      25 21 12 18   76
CL Hawks         7 11  2  9   29

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to
Jacob Holland      1-7     0-4     0-0    2   0-2   2  0 0 0  0
Jaxson Jeter       3-13    1-6     0-0    7   1-1   2  1 2 1  4
Mario Aguilar      2-11    1-8     2-2    7   1-5   6  3 1 1  3
Eddie Zdunczyk     1-5     0-1     0-0    2   0-0   0  0 2 0  2
Carter Williams    1-3     0-1     0-0    2   0-3   3  2 2 1  5
Dalton Stromquist  1-2     0-0     0-0    2   4-1   5  1 0 0  1
Harris Gilliam     0-3     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0  0 0 0  1
Logan Lewis        1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-1   1  0 0 0  1
Reese Pipkin       1-2     1-2     0-0    3   0-0   0  0 0 0  2
Ryan Alvarez       1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-2   2  0 0 0  0
Totals            12-48    3-23    2-2   29   6-14 21  7 7 3 19
                   25%     13%    100%

Tourney Game #3  1  2  3  4   Final
Liberty Hill    13 16 19 14   62
CL Hawks        18 11  6 15   50

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a  s  b to
Jacob Holland      3-5     2-3     0-0    8   1-0   1  1  0  0  8
Jaxson Jeter       2-9     1-7     0-0    5   1-1   2  1  2  1  3
Mario Aguilar      4-7     4-5     2-2   14   4-2   6  2  1  0 11
Eddie Zdunczyk     2-3     0-1     0-0    4   0-0   0  1  2  0  3
Carter Williams    3-8     1-3     2-3    9   2-8  10  3  4  1  3
Dalton Stromquist  2-6     0-0     2-2    6   1-1   2  1  0  1  0
Harris Gilliam     1-1     1-1     0-0    3   0-0   0  1  1  0  0
Logan Lewis        0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  1  0  1
Reese Pipkin       0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  1
Ryan Alvarez       0-0     0-0     1-3    1   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Totals            17-39    9-20    7-10  50   9-14 23 10 11  3 30
                   44%     45%     70%

Tourney Game #1  1  2  3  4   Final
Salado          20  8  9 10   47
CL Hawks         9 18 14 14   55

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a  s  b to
Jacob Holland      3-5     2-4     0-0    8   0-3   3  4  0  0  1
Jaxson Jeter       1-5     1-4     1-2    4   1-2   3  3  1  0  1
Mario Aguilar      5-11    2-3     0-0   12   0-7   7  1  1  1  3
Eddie Zdunczyk     0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  2  0  0  0
Carter Williams    8-8     0-0     2-5   18   4-6  10  1  3  2  1
Dalton Stromquist  3-10    0-0     0-0    6   0-3   3  1  0  0  1
Harris Gilliam     0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-4   4  0  1  0  2
John Alexander     1-8     0-6     0-0    2   1-2   3  1  1  0  3
Logan Lewis        0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Reese Pipkin       0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Alvarez       2-3     0-0     1-2    5   1-2   3  0  0  0  1
Totals            23-50    5-17    4-9   55   7-29 36 13  7  3 13
                   46%     29%     44%

                      Jacob Holland getting two points in the paint.
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

Season        W   L    Pct    District     W   L     Pct   GB
Boerne       14   4   .778    Davenport    1   0   1.000    -
Davenport    14   4   .778    Wimberley    1   0   1.000    -
Billies      10   6   .625    Canyon Lake  1   0   1.000    -
Bandera      11   7   .611    Boerne       0   0    .000   0.5
Wimberley     9   7   .563    Bandera      0   1    .000   1.0
Navarro       7   7   .500    Navarro      0   1    .000   1.0
Canyon Lake   9  10   .474    Billies      0   1    .000   1.0

                 District 28-4A Results
                 CL Hawks   46  Billies   40
                 Davenport  50  Navarro   43
                 Wimberley  62  Bandera   56
                 Boerne Bye

                 January 2nd
                 CL Hawks    @  Davenport
                 Navarro     @  Bandera
                 Wimberley   @  Boerne
                 Bandera Bye

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                  Let’s Go Hawks!!

Canyon Lake was finally able to have enough ammo for their battle against Fredericksburg last week with a well deserved win over the Billies, 46-40.

The last time The Lake was able to beat FHS was January 10, 2010 when they outscored the Billies, 57-54.

Thirteen years later, The Hawks were able to get that next victory. CLHS is the only school in District 27-4A that presently is below .500 record wise and the next round of district foes fighting it out comes on January 2nd after their last tournament in Fredericksburg December 28th-30th.

The Hawks have been short handed since the season started with two players Jaxson Jeter & Carter Williams nursing injuries and then there was more company after Dalton Stromquist went down in the second outing which left CL with 3 starters who had finished last year as starters.

Williams returned 8 games ago and Jeter/Stromquist made their comeback during the Freddie win.

The ReSporter was able to sit down with Head Coach Monte Cole to talk where Canyon Lake stands after reaching the half-way point of this 2024 campaign.

                     Way to Go Hawk’s!!

“We didn’t really know what we were going to get,” Coach Cole said when asked what he thought how the last two puzzle pieces (Stromquist & Jeter) would do on their return. “I was surprised when Jaxson came in for his first minute and a half by being that aggressive. He studies the game while he is on the bench but both Jaxson and Dalton were both aggressive and they were difference makers for us.”

Coach Cole continued, “Harris (Gilliam) had three huge plays during the 4th (quarter) with a hustle basket and then took a charge and then added a steal.”

During this part of the contest, Canyon Lake, needed other players to step up after Mario Aguilar and Stromquist both had to leave after some minor injuries that knocked them out for the remainder of this tilt.

Canyon Lake had been able to get their whole team with lots of reps resulting by being short handed for those first 18 games and the whole team had showed they could  help when called upon.

“I ask the team to hunt for great shots and I want them to have quick ball reversals and be aggressive,” Coach quipped. “Each player has a role and they will have different reasons to be in a game whether it is to defend or do both (scoring). We want to have paint touches and when they have good shots we want them to look for great shots!”

   Hit Man says way to Hit’em Hawks!!

Canyon Lake has had slow 3rd quarters as this season has matured, “We (the coaches) are trying to figure out why we are having a lack of focus coming out of halftime,” Coach said. “I want us to win the quarter and that can happen with our defense…I tell the players that, ‘If they (our opponent) can’t score then they are not going to beat us.’”

The Hawks recorded 13 turnovers in their Billie win and Coach Cole was asked what he could live within a game, “I would like to be below 10 but I know for high school that might not be an attainable number for most games…so…I would be pleased being below 15 (turnovers) for a game.”

Earlier during this season Canyon Lake seemed to have hit a wall and Coach Cole surmise, “I think I might have scheduled too many games in that short span of time without having enough practices.”

Well, that certainly will not be the case when next week’s tournament in Fredericksburg comes into to focus. With a Christmas break the Hawks can get some stamina back before going into a tourney with district starting in earnest to start the New Year.

On what Coach Cole is looking for in this tournament knowing that there are several good schools in the mix, “I want them to show up and compete against those people…play hard after their 3 to 5 days off and not sleep walk thru this tourney.”

This tournament will allow your Hawks a chance to get all those new faces in game action which will re-introduce them playing as a team before district starts.

Merry CHRISTmas & Go Hawks!!

               Jean Paul Alexander driving for a hoop in earlier game in Hondo win.
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball halted a 27 game and 13 year losing streak to the Fredericksburg Billies with a stifling defense that resulted in a 6 point win, 46-40.

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   Sr. Mario Aguilar going for a rebound in earlier win against Hondo.
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

Canyon Lake’s Boys Basketball (5-6) finished last week’s tourney in Port Aransas with a 3 game winning streak and will be in Llano tonight before heading to Devine for their 2nd tournament this year in Devine.

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                                  Ryan Alvarez ready to score in earlier game played this year. Go Hawks!!

The Lake’s Hawk Boys Basketball team left last week looking at a 3 game losing streak after starting this season overpowering a couple of teams that turned out to be glorified scrimmages.

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                                        Canyon Lake was flying high in win over Hondo, 87-43!
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball had stiffer competition in playing Hondo but this Owl team still has players missing due to their football playoffs so take this 44 point win with a grain of salt, 87-43.

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                                                       Future Hawks wanting to make a future Top 10 Lists. Go Hawks!!

A shout out to all those Alumni Basketball Players that frequent this site (at least once a year) to see where they stand on these All-Time scenarios.

Hey Andrew Riali….The Hawk Nation hopes all the Alumni are doing well & way to Go Hawks!!

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                            Ryan Alvarez is successful on one of his 12 made baskets in Hawks win over KIPP!

Canyon Lake finished off a KIPP team who were short on some key players but on this night that might not have mattered after a 67 point win to start the season, 92-25.

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           Sophomore Jaxson Jeter made his mark with hopes for more in coming years!
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

Canyon Lake Basketball finished their first season under new coach Monte Cole securing 11 wins which was 3 more than the past two seasons combined.

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                              Ayren Lightfoot looks on as Sofia George takes aim for a 3 pointer.
(photo by Dan Reed Photography https://www.danreedphotography.com)

At First Glance Canyon Lake Winter Sports

The ReSporter would like take a look at how CL’s round-ball sports have fared this season.

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