Hawks go over strategy during a time-out

Canyon Lake Boys Basketball does not have much time to get their act together for a playoff spot.

There is still a chance for the Hawks to make the High School Dance thanks in part to an UIL ruling that allows 4 teams to qualify from each district.

This week’s game with Wimberley will be pivotal in this quest as a win would put CL in a position to make a statement this year.

The football team pulled off two rounds of playoffs with a losing record, but the difference in these two scenarios was the Hawks finishing 3rd when they finished their district season.

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Junior Skyler Tschoepe readies for a 3 pointer

Canyon Lake’s first quarter started so bad that the score was Skyler Tschoepe 10 and Wimberley 27 in the second quarter.

In fact the first Hawk not named Tschoepe to score was Isaac Mendez with a little less than four minutes left in the first half.

Tschoepe finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds in a game that was hard to find a positive vibe.

Canyon Lake had 19 points in the first half which also matched the number of turnovers for a Hawk team that found it hard to beat a press put on by the Texans.

The Hawks would pull within 11 points with an 8 point run to start the second half, but after Luke Curry scored five points in a 10 second period out spurt the Basketball gods decided to let this hot Hawk to go down with an ankle injury.

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The ReSporter: Your thoughts on this team before the season and now…what is something

Tyler Clark drives for the basket as Andrew Riali looks on

you have seen that you did not expect?

Coach Chapman: “I think we are finally shaping up to be the team I expected in the pre-season. We are getting up and down the court a lot more and using our athleticism to our advantage. We are steadily improving and for the first time maybe in the history of our program we are playing our best going into district. I don’t know if things are happening that I didn’t expect, I am just glad that we are starting to play like I expected.”

The ReSporter: What has happened that you thought would be better?

Coach Chapman: “I thought we would be better with our man defense, which has been our calling card the past few seasons. Fortunately, we have found an alternative (our zone) that has worked really well for us and has allowed us to play more of the style that we would like to play. Now that I have really looked at it and studied it, our personnel is better suited for a zone defense because it allows us to scramble around and get more steals and deflections. We will still play man defense, but the zone has really saved us this year.”

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Canyon Lake’s Top Three

Points                 3pt Goals               Free Throw Made
Andrew Riali     229   Andrew Riali     42     Andrew Riali     63
Skyler Tschoepe  131   Garrett Winters  26     Skyler Tschoepe  27
Garrett Winters  108   Luke Curry       14     Luke Curry       11
                                               Sean Nolan       11

Offensive Rebounds     Defensive Rebounds      Assists
Sean Nolan       49    Andrew Riali     68     Garrett Winters  34
Andrew Riali     39    Skyler Tschoepe  62     Austin Acosta    23
Skyler Tschoepe  33    Sean Nolan       46     Skyler Tschoepe  22
                                               Trendon Martinez 22

Steals                 Blocks                  Free Throw Percentage
Skyler Tschoepe  32    Sean Nolan       15     Andrew Riali     74%
Tyler Clark      28    Skyler Tschoepe   9     Austin Acosta    70%
Isaac Mendez     28    Haden Lee         6     Skyler Tschoepe  55%
                       Luke Curry        6

Field Goal Percentage  3Point Percentage       Rebounds Per Game
Sean Nolan       49%   Trendon Martinez 41%    Skyler Tschoepe  5.9
Isaac Mendez     48%   Javier Mendez    40%    Andrew Riali     5.6
Trendon Martinez 48%   Garrett Winters  33%    Sean Nolan       5.0

Canyon Lake solved their starting slow mantra when they accumulated 23 points in the first quarter against Gonzales and coasted to their final non-district win, 52-39 last Tuesday night at the Hawk Gym.

“We finally came out from the start at home and made a statement,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “I feel a lot better now than I did two weeks ago and we have come a long way…we are ready to play.”

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                 1   2   3   4   Final
 Gonzales        2   2  13   8   25
 Canyon Lake    16   7  11  11   45

The Hawk Freshmen basketball team came out fast this week as they were able to jump on the Apaches early.

It was a slow start for both teams until the Hawks applied pressure a few minutes into the game.

A few steals and quick passes later the Hawks were up for good in the game.

A 23-4 Halftime lead and hot shooting for the Apaches made this one a little more interesting than it seemed in the second half. The Apaches were able to rally to within 9 points until the Hawks applied pressure again.

“We put in a new press this week that is more of a risk reward press, tonight it just happened to be rewarded as they were only able to break it once.” Coach Barthels stated. “We had Wilkins get banged up a little on the first possession of the game, but Preiss stepped in and did a great job at the point guard tonight.”

The Hawks will need everyone to step up this week as Canyon Lake begins district play against a very tough district from here on out.

“All of the freshmen groups this year are tough in district.” Coach Barthels finished. “We are going to have to play our best basketball and be aggressive if we are going to beat the district teams this year.”

Climbing the Charts

Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball has a short history but as we partake in a mid/season time period The

Luke Curry drives the baseline

ReSporter wanted to show how this team of players stack up with previous players in the record book.

The players in kelly green are the current players and in each category there will be players that have ranked in the top 5 or more levels.

So, seeing a current player ranked sixth might not mean they are the sixth best ever with that stat.

You will be able to tell by looking at the official number of points (or whatever the stat is) that this player has many more points needed to enter into the higher stratosphere.

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Canyon Lake finished 0fer in their last two games of the Blanco Holiday Hoopfest Tournament on

Sophomore Haden Lee is looking to improve as District 27-3A nears

Saturday.

The Hawks lost their first game, 61-44 to Port Aransas and then finished with a hard fought loss to Llano, 56-46 in the night cap.

CL had a problem getting out of the gate in both affairs after accounting for only 7 points in each game.

However the second quarter was a team that played with rhythm as in each case the Hawks held their own or was able to chip away at the deficit.

Andrew Riali took top honors again in being the Hawk’s best scorer with a 14 and 11 point games.

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Canyon Lake won their third game in a row in the Blanco Holiday Hoopfest when they eased their way

Trendon Martinez has clutche 3pointer in game with Blanco

to a 10 point victory, 68-58 on Friday.

The win will have the Hawks playing at 11:30 Saturday morning against the winner of the Llano and Johnson City game.

CL made four three point shots in the first quarter to wedge a five point lead, 16-11.

Austin Acosta delivered the ball to three of those behind the arc shots and finished with 6 assists for this game.

Andrew Riali and Skyler Tschoepe both finished in double figure scoring with 16 and 13 points respectfully.

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Canyon Lake started the New Year on an upbeat as they ran past Mason and Fredeiricksburg

Junior Skyler Tschoepe makes his presence known around the basket at Hoopfest Tournament

Heritage at the Blanco Holiday Hoopfest Tournament.

Skyler Tschoepe and Andrew Riali were the recipients as the rest of the Hawks followed suit and finished off their counterparts.

Tschoepe finished the day with 28 points and 18 rebounds for the two games and seems to be getting his basketball legs as this season matures into district play.

“I worked hard in practice,” Tschoepe said. “We worked on fast break drills but football and basketball is night and day difference on the type of shape you need to be in.”

Tschoepe was strong around the rim and scored most of his points inside the paint.

“I need to be strong with the ball underneath,” Tschoepe closed. “We need to play and get better on how we played today and play fast.”

Andrew Riali finished his two game stint with double/doubles with points and rebounds.

Riali’s two game totals were impressive with 21 points and 20 rebounds.

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