Celebrating a good outcome for CL’s Soccer team         (Pictures by Lynne Carpenter)

                         This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Mon. Feb. 22    CL Hawks       1   Llano        3     600pm         Baseball
                 Llano JV      21   CL Hawks JV 22     600pm         Baseball

 Tue. Feb. 23    CL Hawks JV    @    Bandera           500pm  Boys   Soccer
                 Bandera JV     @    CL Hawks JV       500pm  Girls  Soccer
                 Taylor        73    CL Hawks   43     630pm  Boys   Basketball
                 793 Union Chapel Rd. Cedar Creek HS   Bi-District   Playoffs
                 CL Hawks       1    Bandera     2     700pm  Boys   Soccer
                 Bandera        2    CL Hawks    2     700pm  Girls  Soccer

 Thu. Feb 25     CL Hawks      vs.   Second Baptist    230pm         Baseball
                 CL Hawks      vs.   Marble Falls      730pm         Baseball
                                     Marble Falls Tourney
                 Johnson City   3    CL Hawks          4             Softball
                 2nd Annual Hill Country Classic Tourney

 Fri. Feb. 26    Blanco         @    CL Hawks          800am         Softball
                 2nd Annual Hill Country Classic Tourney
                 Flatonia       @    CL Hawks          12noon        Softball
                 2nd Annual Hill Country Classic Tourney
                 Harper         @    CL Hawks          200pm         Softball
                 2nd Annual Hill Country Classic Tourney
                 CL Hawks       @    James Hood Classic All-Day      Tennis
                                     Westwood High School
                 Fredericksburg @    CL Hawks JV       500pm   Boys  Soccer
                 CL Hawks JV    @    Fredericksburg    500pm   Girls Soccer
                 Fredericksburg @    CL Hawks          700pm   Boys  Soccer
                 CL Hawks       @    Fredericksburg    700pm   Girls Soccer
                 CL Hawks      vs.   Liberty Hill      Noon          Baseball

 Sat. Feb. 27    Seminole       @    CL Hawks          800am         Softball
                 2nd Annual Hill Country Classic Tourney
                 CL Hawks      vs.   Elgin             230pm         Baseball
                 CL Hawks       @    Tiger Relays      All-Day       Track
                                     Dripping Springs

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The ReSporter: Congrats once again on reaching a milestone that is well deserved.

The ReSporter: What can you tell us about the Taylor Ducks?

Head Basketball Coach Lucas Chapman

Coach Chapman: “They are big and athletic and can really get up and down the court. They shoot the ball well from deep and can really attack and rebound the ball. They are certainly going to be a tough opponent, but someone that I think we can certainly play with if we do the things we want to do.”

The ReSporter: I noticed from your last few games that certain players are sharing more of the load in rebounds, etc. Is that by design or just what happens in the flow of the game?
Coach Chapman: “That just happens in the flow of the game. Sometimes the ball bounces differently, so to speak, so rebounding can be fickle sometimes. I do like that we are having more guys get rebounds, especially the guards.”

The ReSporter: What are 2 or 3 things you will need to shore up in order to put this team in a place to pull off an upset?
Coach Chapman: “We need to keep them out of the paint and off of the glass on the defensive end of the floor. If we can do that we have a great shot. We also need to slow them down and make sure they don’t get a bunch of transition and run-out layups. That’s where they really hurt you.” (more…)

Gerrit Wilkins has been an internal part running CL’s offense

Canyon Lake has now made it official as they walloped Yoakum by 25 points in their win to leave no doubt that they deserve their first playoff game in the history of CL Hawks Basketball.

“I am very pleased with how we played,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman started. “We did exactly what we needed to do and built some momentum going into the playoffs.”

A lot of things went right in this game with the Bulldogs as they won each quarter by adding to the lead throughout the contest.

“We started off slow, but really picked it up and play with much better energy the rest of the game,” Coach Chapman assessed.

Gerit Wilkins finished the game with 7 assists as his command of the offense continues to impress as the game gets into a win or go home time of year.

Jacob Ramirez has been working on getting his offense back into his game since he was absent from the team as district play had started and now finds himself back in the groove.

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                              CL Hawks Top Three Boy’s Basketball

 total points                   3pt. shots                 field goal pct
 Rory Preiss       243          Brandon Ward       30      Rory Preiss       .465
 Brandon Ward      237          Jacob Ramirez      30      Robert Woods      .444
 Will Gray         199          Will Gray          20      Tyler Williams    .441

 offensive rebounds             defensive rebounds         total rebounds
 Rory Preiss        71          Rory Preiss       112      Rory Preiss        183
 Tyler Williams     49          Heath McDonough    89      Heath McDonough    132
 Heath McDonough    43          Will Gray          87      Will Gray          119

 assists                        steals                     blocks
 Gerrit Wilkins     64          Rory Preiss        43      Tyler Williams      39
 Will Gray          54          Brandon Ward       41      Heath McDonough     18
 Brandon Ward       47          Will Gray          37      Rory Preiss         15

 3pt percentage                 free throw made            free throw pct
 Jacob Ramirez    .357          Brandon Ward       49      Brandon Ward      .671
 Gerrit Wilkins   .304          Gerrit Wilkins     40      Justin Ferris     .588
 Rory Preiss      .292          Rory Preiss        38      Jacob Ramirez     .571

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                     CL All-Time Stats Top 10 (Updated for current players)

 Total Points                   3pt Goals                   Made Free Throws
 Andrew Riali      594          Andrew Riali       122      Andrew Riali      121
 Matt Magness      555          Chris Green         77      Matt Magness      120
 Brandon Ward      493          Garrett Winters     71      Christian Pena    102
 Rory Preiss       414          Matt Magness        52      Brandon Berger     90
 Stuart Lowry      407          Brandon Ward        48      Doug Hubnik        80
 Caleb Kreiger     406          Will Gray           36      Brandon Ward       74
 Skyler Tschoepe   362          Paul Davis          34      Rory Preiss        73
 Christian Pena    356          Skyler Tschoepe     34      Caleb Kreiger      72
 Tanner Jones      348          Stuart Lowry        31      Sean Nolan         67
 Chris Green       348          Jacob Ramirez       30      Tanner Jones       66
 Will Gray         310                                      Skyler Tschoepe    66
                                                            Will Gray          49

 Total Rebounds                 Steals                      Assists
 Sean Nolan        368          Neal Whitehead      78      Doug Hubnik       187
 Rory Preiss       342          Tanner Jones        76      Matt Magness      136
 Andrew Riali      296          Rory Preiss         76      Tanner Jones       90
 Skyler Tschoepe   249          Matt Magness        69      Brandon Ward       85
 Caleb Kreiger     218          Skyler Tschoepe     69      Brandon Berger     78
 Neal Whitehead    203          Doug Hubnik         62      Garrett Winters    77
 Tyler Williams    185          Brandon Ward        58      Will Gray          71
 Eric Nelson       184          Javier Mendez       58      Gerrit Wilkins     64
 Matt Magness      156          Brandon Berger      56      Christian Pena     59
 Javier Mendez     151          Will Gray           53      Daulton Winters    56
                                                            Rory Preiss        51

 Blocks                         Season Points        #    Year
 Sean Nolan         85          Caleb Kreiger      406    ’12
 Tyler Williams     65          Christian Pena     356    ’09
 Caleb Kreiger      59          Tanner Jones       348    ’09
 Neal Whitehead     47          Andrew Riali       328    ’14
 Eric Nelson        29          Stuart Lowry       282    ’10
 Skyler Tschoepe    29          Matt Magness       278    ’12
 Rory Preiss        23          Andrew Riali       267    ’13
 Heath McDonough    18          Paul Davis         259    ’13
 Kevin Nolan        15          Brandon Ward       256    ’15
 Ancel Morel        15          Matt Magness       252    ’11
 Will Nance         11          Rory Preiss        240    ‘16
                                Brandon Ward       237    ‘16
                                Will Gray          199    ‘16
                                Jacob Ramirez      154    ‘16
                                Tyler Williams     126    ‘16
                                Heath McDonough    126    ‘16

Senior Mike Thorpe sets his sights on a Goal as CL prepares to open district play this Friday with Boerne                                                        (Picture by Lynne Carpenter)

                                 This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Feb 16   CL Hawks Fresh     @      Yoakum               500pm  Boys   Basketball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Burnet               500pm         Softball
          Canyon             @      CL Hawks JV          500pm  Boys   Soccer
          CL Hawks JV        @      Burnet               500pm         Baseball
          Burnet             @      CL Hawks             500pm         Baseball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Yoakum               615pm  Boys   Basketball
          La Vernia          @      CL Hawks             700pm  Girls  Soccer
          CL Hawks Var       @      Burnet               700pm         Softball
          Liberty Hill       vs     CL Hawks             700pm  Girls  Basketball
                             @      Lake Travis High School     Playoffs
          CL Hawks Var       @      Yoakum               730pm  Boys   Basketball

 Feb 18   CL Hawks JV        @      Matador Invitational               Tennis
                                    Seguin
          CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    8:00am and 2:00pm

 Feb 19   CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    10:00 am and 2:00pm
          CL Hawks Var       @      Matador Invitational               Tennis
                                    Seguin
          CL Hawks           @      Marion               430pm         Baseball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Boerne               500pm  Girls  Soccer
          Boerne             @      CL Hawks JV          500pm  Boys   Soccer
          CL Hawks Var       @      Boerne               700pm  Girls  Soccer
          Boerne             @      CL Hawks Var         700pm  Boys   Soccer

 Feb 20   CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    8:00am and 12:00 noon
          CL Hawks Relays Track & Field                  AllDay        Track

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Mason Blackburn goes to new heights in with his kicks in.                                           Pictures by Lynne Carpenter

                              This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Mon. Feb 8    Llano             @   CL Hawks            500pm       Baseball

 Tue. Feb 9    CL Hawks JV       @   La Vernia           500pm Boys  Basketball
               CL Hawks JV       @   La Vernia           500pm Girls Basketball
               CL Hawks JV       @   Wimberley           500pm       Baseball
               CL Hawks Fresh    @   La Vernia           615pm Boys  Basketball
               CL Hawks Varsity  @   La Vernia           630pm Girls Basketball
               CL Hawks Varisty  @   La Vernia           730pm Boys  Basketball
               CL Hawks Fresh    @   La Vernia           730pm Girls Basketball

 Thu. Feb 11   Harper            @   CL Hawks            600pm       Softball

 Fri. Feb 12   CL Hawks          @   Georgetown (East View)          Tennis
                                     Kerry Minzenmayer Classic
               Boerne            @   CL Hawks            500pm       Baseball
               CL Hawks JV       @   Boerne              500pm       Baseball

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Canyon Lake Lady’s Basketball lost their Friday game with Wimberley but with Gonzales taking some lumps from Navarro guaranteed CL to qualify after this Tuesday’s game.

Stay tuned to Hilltop and we will get you info on where and who the Hawks will be playing.

Congratulations!!

Likewise, the Boy’s Basketball squad finished the week 1-1 and will take on La Vernia this Tuesday.

The Hawks would settle things with an upset over the Bears this Tuesday.

Canyon Lake will have one other game a week later against Yoakum and the Bulldogs helped the Hawks cause immensely when they lost their game to Cuero last Friday.

The Boys team is coupled with CL’s Boys Soccer as the only team sport to yet make it out of district play by qualifying for playoffs.

Hawk Soccer has started to make some noise this season as they sport a 7-4 record and presently on a 5 game winning streak.

That will be the same until district starts up in two weeks and finding a way to also qualify for the playoffs would make this season one of the best in Hawk Sport’s history.

This week CL beat a high caliber team in San Marcos Academy on Tuesday and then followed that win with their first home win on Friday over Burnet.

CL’s Girls Soccer finished this past week with 2 ties with one of those games having the Hawks coming back from a 3 goal deficit.

Softball is still in exhibition stage with Harper’s game this Tuesday being the last game before contests start counting.

Baseball will also be starting this week as the Spring Schedule starts to get interesting.

The Varsity Tennis will have their first competition this Friday as they will travel to Georgetown’s Kerry Minzenmayer Classic.

There has to be a sport you can come and support this year’s Spring edition for Hawk sports.

Go Hawks!!

Will Gray dished out 5 Assists in loss to Texans

Canyon Lake had their moments in a loss to Wimberley but those moments were fleeting as CL fell short, 58-49.

“They were on the boards and being physical and that limited our chances,” Coach Brian Hooper said as he filled in for an ill Coach Chapman. “We did a good job of breaking their press and we did some good things.”

Hawk fans have heard it before, but the free throw line was their downfall as the Texans took advantage with sharpshooting while the misses would be rebounded by the team in red for another chance of scoring.

Which Wimberley did on 6 different occasions for more points. Add those missed opportunities up and it would more points than this 9 point loss.

Oh yeah, that same free throw line for CL turned into 40% shooting or another six point left on the hardwood.

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Senior Brandon Ward scored 21 points in game with Cuero

Canyon Lake did what needed to be done to realize their chance for a playoff game by flying away from the Cuero Gobblers on Tuesday night, 61-34.

Brandon Ward was the hot player on this night as he finished with 21 points and making 4 shots from beyond the arc.

The Hawks also had surprise points from Gerrit Wilkins and Sam Langford as these two players combined for 20 point to offset the scoring woes from Rory Preiss and Will Gray.

Canyon Lake is averaging right at 10 points a game from Ward, Preiss, and Gray for district play and having those two players combine with 7 points meant other players would need to step up.

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Eduardo Marcial and the rest of Hawk Soccer has already matched a team high in victories with 5                                                                     (Pictures by Lynne Carpenter)

                                   This Week at Canyon Lake

 Tue. Feb 2   CL Hawks JV      @     Gonzales            500pm   Boys   Basketball
              CL Hawks JV      @     Gonzales            500pm   Girls  Basketball
              Burbank          0     CL Hawks JV         3       Boys   Soccer
              CL Hawks Var     2     San Marcos Academy  1       Boys   Soccer
              CL Hawks Fresh   @     Gonzales            615pm   Boys   Basketball
              CL Hawks Var    39     Gonzales           38       Girls  Basketball
              Burnet           @     CL Hawks Var        630pm   Girls  Soccer
              CL Hawks Var    61     Gonzales           34       Boys   Basketball
              CL Hawks Fresh   @     Gonzales            730pm   Girls  Basketball

 Thu. Feb 4   Luling           @     CL Hawks            500pm   Girls  Softball
              CL Hawks JV      @     Georgetown JV Tourn         Both   Tennis

 Fri. Feb 5   Wimberley        @     CL Hawks JV         500pm   Boys   Basketball
              Wimberley        @     CL Hawks JV         500pm   Girls  Basketball
              Burnet           @     CL Hawks Var        500pm   Boys   Soccer
              Wimberley        @     CL Hawks Fresh      615pm   Boys   Basketball
              Wimberley        @     CL Hawks Var        615pm   Girls  Basketball
              Breckenridge     @     CL Hawks JV         700pm   Girls  Soccer
              Wimberley        @     CL Hawks Var        730pm   Boys   Basketball
              Wimberley        @     CL Hawks Fresh      730pm   Girls  Basketball
              CL Hawks         @     LCISD Natatorium    AllDay         Swimming
                                     UIL 28-5A Championship
                                     Rosenberg, Tx

 Sat. Feb 6   CL Hawks         @     Canyon High School  9/11/1p Girls  Softball

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Canyon Lake’s Freshman and Junior Varsity continue reaching for the upper echelon in District 26-4A Basketball with some dominant contests.

On Friday the Freshman won over Navarro by 16 points as the Hosts decided to call off the dogs as they enjoyed a 20 point lead going into the 4th quarter.

The Freshman Hawks were led with 3 players scoring in double digits.

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