Canyon Lake could not get out of the gate in their game with La Vernia and ended up on the wrong side of the ledger, 75-54 last Tuesday night.

The Hawks are still searching for some pieces to their puzzle that will help put together some good results.

“We just have to find something to hang our hat on and right now we are searching,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “The good news is we have six practices and only one game coming up and that will help us refine some things and work on stuff.”

CL did have Andrew Riali with 20 points that might have this sharp shooter coming out of his slump. All the baskets by Riali were from three-point land.

Canyon Lake had some players out with sickness and that did not help in getting a good game rhythm.

“We played hard as always,” Coach Chapman closed. “We still need to improve our decision making and ball skills.”

The Hawks will be back in action this Friday for an early Tip-Off (5:00pm) at Canyon Lake against Lampasas.

 Dec 17, 2013
 Player             FGM-A  2PM-A  3PM-A  FTM-A  OR-DR  Reb  AST ST TO BS PF PT
 Trendon Martinez     3-7     2-4     1-3    1-2     2-2    4    0  1  0  0  1   8
 Tyler Clark          2-3     2-2     0-1    0-0     1-1    2    0  1  2  0  2   4
 Austin Acosta        2-5     2-3    0-2     2-2     0-0    0    0  1  3  0  2   6
 Skyler Tschoepe      3-11    3-9    0-2    3-4      3-0    3    0  0  2  2  2   9
 Nic Adams            0-1     0-0     0-1    0-0      0-1    1    0  0  1  0  0   0
 Haden Lee            0-1    0-1      0-0    2-3      0-3    3    2  0  2  0  1   2
 Javier Mendez        0-2    0-2     0-0     0-0     0-5    5    0  1  3  0  5   0
 Luke Curry           2-7    2-4     0-3     0-0     0-0    0    1  0  0  0  0   4
 Robert Woods         0-0    0-0     0-0     1-2     0-0    0    0  1  0  0  0   1
 Sean Nolan           0-4    0-4     0-0     0-0     4-0    4    0  0  2  1  0   0
 Andrew Riali         6-12   0-0    6-12     2-2     0-3    3    0  1  0  0  2  20
 Totals              18-53  11-29   7-24  11-15 10-15  25    3  6 15  3 14  54
                     33.9%  37.9%  29.2%  73.3%

Score by quarters: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Canyon Lake Hawks 10 10 18 16 54 La Vernia 20 13 23 19 75

The Canyon Lake Freshman started their game with La Vernia Bears like they were the team in hibernation as the Hawks first and second quarter was a sleepy 11total points.

La Vernia capitalized on those two periods and held on for a 43-33 win.

Canyon Lake finally did awake with a 14 point third quarter which also allowed the Hawks close their 14 point halftime deficit to a five point barn burner.

“If we can put together four periods of basketball like we played in the third quarter tonight, then we are going to be competitive in all of our games,” Head Freshman Coach John Barthels stated. “The kids did a great job of staying positive both on and off the court.”

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Canyon Lake finished the Hawk Classic on a down note on Saturday with two losses against Randolph and Liberty Hill.

The Hawks need games to get used to each players nuances and with time hoping that ingredient will jell in time before district play commences.

“We have a long way to go,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We still have a goal of working hard and to peak in January. There is still some stuff that we need to add.”

Canyon Lake is still on a first name basis among the players.

“We did a lot in those last two games,” Chapman closed. “We have played more games than practices.”

That statement gives a fan an idea of what is being shown in games now being improved upon as this season matures.

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Hawks Varsity can’t get to the mountain top in loss to Comfort Bobcats last Tuesday night at the Hawk gym, 49-46.

Canyon Lake’s scoring drought with over a minute left in the first quarter lasted with a little over two minutes left in the second quarter and that allowed Comfort to take a lead and win over the Hawks.

“We played stagnant and could not get the ball into the middle,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “Turnovers and frenzy shots did us in, but in the second half we got back into the game when we played man offense against their zone defense.”

By the time CL scored in the second quarter, Comfort had taken their one point deficit and ballooned their lead to an 11 point lead, 26-15.

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  2013 Canyon Lake Classic Tournament

 GIRLS - THURSDAY, Dec. 12
 Main Gym                                  Auxiliary Gym
 12:00 Johnson City  vs.  Burnet           Lago Vista  vs.  Shiner
  1:30 Canyon Lake   vs.  Gonzales         Blanco      vs.  Bandera
  3:00 Burnett       vs.  Lago Vista       Mason       vs.  Johnson City
  4:30 Shiner        vs.  Blanco           Bandera     vs.  Gonzales
  6:00 Canyon Lake   vs.  Mason

 BOYS - FRIDAY, Dec. 13
 Main Gym                                   Auxiliary Gym
 12:00 Llano         vs.  Lockhart          Fredericksburg vs. Randolph
  1:30 Liberty Hill  vs.  Somerset
  3:00 Canyon Lake   vs.  Llano             Lockhart vs. Fredericksburg
  4:30 Randolph      vs.  Liberty Hill
  6:00 Somerset      vs.  Canyon Lake

 SATURDAY, Dec. 14
 Main Gym                                    Auxiliary Gym
  8:30 Blanco         vs. Burnet (Girls)     Bandera vs. Mason (Girls)
 10:00 Johnson City   vs. Shiner (Girls)     Gonzales vs. Lago Vista (Girls)
 11:30 Mason          vs. Blanco (Girls)     Burnet vs. Bandera (Girls)
  1:00 Canyon Lake    vs. Shiner (Girls)     Lockhart vs. Liberty Hill
  2:30 Llano          vs. Fredericksburg     Gonzales vs. Johnson City (Girls)
  4:00 Canyon Lake    vs. Lago Vista (Girls) Somerset vs. Lockhart
  5:30 Liberty Hill   vs. Canyon Lake        Randolph vs. Llano
  7:00 Fredericksburg vs. Somerset
  8:30 Canyon Lake    vs. Randolph

Canyon Lake finally broke into the win column in their win over San Antonio Stacey, 67-64 in the Marion Tournament on Friday.

The Hawks were clicking by pouring in 49 points in the first half and leading by 24 points, 49-25.

In the second half, Stacey had their way winning that part of the game, 39-18.

The hot and cold Hawks continue to work on that formula that will be able to garner more wins and of course points in the process.

In the recent past, CL has had a hard time scoring points and getting into the 60 or more points arena will help in getting more chances for pulling out wins.

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Hawk Freshman Take it on the Chin in loss to Lockhart, 63-30

Canyon Lake could not find the bottom of the rim in their loss to Lockhart last Tuesday night at the Mountain Valley Middle School.

“What a difference this game was after we scored 66 points in our game with Llano,” Head Freshman Coach John Bartthels said. “Turnovers played a major role in our loss, we had a spark in the fourth quarter but we started to late in playing like a team.”

The Hawks were led in scoring by Wilkins as he scored 10 points in the loss.

Canyon Lake was put on life support until the fourth quarter when the EMS finally found a pulse as the Hawks scored 13 points to help get to 30 for the final score.

Come support the Freshman in their next contest as they plan on rebounding on the hardwood.

                   1   2   3   4   Final
 Lockhart Fresh   14  15  22  12   63
 CL Hawks Fresh    5   9   3  13   30
 Scoring:
 G. Wilkins 10, R. Priess 7, H. McDonough 5,
 D.J. Dorroh 2, J. Naranjo 2, J. Balmos 2, C. McIntosh 2.

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Canyon Lake Varsity scratched and clawed their way back to a one point deficit going into the 4th quarter and then the trap door was sprung and Lockhart unleashed a 27 point barrage and buried the Hawks 62-45 last Tuesday night at Mountain Valley Middle School.

The Hawks were ahead 5-3 with 4:00 minutes left the the first quarter and that would be their last lead in this affair.

The Lockhart Lions led for the remainder of this game but did have a scare when CL closed to within one point when Garrett Winters drained a 3-pointer with two seconds left in the 3rd.

During the fourth quarter, the Lions started the stanza with a 17-1 spurt that took less than four minutes to attain.

Now Canyon Lake will need to learn how to play four quarters.

“We are still trying to figure stuff out,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “We did play better this week and we have 13 players that can play and contribute.”

As Coach Chapman continues to try different potions for his pre District experiment in making this Hawk team into a competitive unit entering district play in a month.

“Our ultimate goal is to get better,” Coach Chapman said. “We are getting better and we need to get things together especially defensively.”

There was some bright spots for the team as several players have only been to four practices after competing in the football arena recently.

Guard Garrett Winters did shine as he handled and shot the ball with a lot of confidence since playing on JV last year.

“I feel like I have grown up a lot,” Winters said. I feel like I’m rebounding and taking care of the ball and this still just our second game, but I feel we will get better and better.”

Canyon Lake will continue to get some unity with the team as they play in the Marion Tournament this weekend.

                1   2   3   4   Final
 Lockhart      15  11   9  27   62
 Canyon Lake    9  13  12  11   45

                             3pt           tot  rebounds
                   fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts  or-dr tot  a  s  b to
 Andrew Riali        1-9     1-8     3-4    6    3-3   6   0  0  0  4
 Trendon Martinez    0-2     0-0     0-0    0    1-3   4   0  1  0  2
 Garrett Winters     3-5     3-3     1-2   10    0-0   0   2  1  0  4
 Tyler Clark         0-2     0-0     2-4    2    3-0   3   2  3  0  4
 Austin Acosta       0-1     0-0     0-0    0    0-1   1   1  2  0  4
 Isaac Mendez        1-2     0-1     0-0    2    1-1   2   2  0  0  4
 Skyler Tschoepe     1-3     0-1     2-5    4    1-3   4   1  0  1  5
 Nic Adams           2-6     1-4     0-0    5    1-0   1   0  0  0  1
 Hayden Lee          1-5     0-0     0-0    2    2-3   5   0  1  0  0
 Luke Curry          1-8     0-1     0-2    2    0-1   1   1  1  1  2
 Robert Woods        2-3     0-0     0-2    4    1-2   3   0  0  0  0
 Javier Mendez       2-2     0-0     0-0    4    3-4   7   0  1  0  1
 Sean Nolan          2-3     0-0     0-2    4    0-3   3   0  1  2  0
 Totals             16-51    5-18    8-21  45   16-24 40   9 11  4 31

              1   2   3   4   Final
 Llano       25  20  20  16   81
 CL Hawks     6  10   6  16   38
 Scorers: Tyler Clark 9, Hayden Lee 6, Trendon Martinez 5,
 Garrett Winters 3, Isaac Mendez 3, Nic Adams 3, Sean Nolan 3,
 Austin Acosta 2, Andrew Riali 2, Javier Mendez 2.

Hawks met a YellowJacket that could turn different colors as Canyon Lake was also seeing stars as Llano

Javier Mendez making switch from football to basketball

hammered the Hawks, 81-38.

Yes, you read that score right. Canyon Lake did not respond to Llano’s press and turnovers was the result to this dismantling.

“We shot the ball poorly and Llano pressed the whole game and we were just not ready for it,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman opened.

Canyon Lake had only one practice with the players that just finished their football season and so a little rust and getting into basketball shape could of been some of the reasons for this blowout.

“That plays into it,” Coach Chapman said. “We hope to have those guys basketball ready by our next game and a lot of what we are doing this year is new those players too.”

The Hawks were as cold as the weather outside and this snowball gathered speed as each quarter transpired.

“Even when we did break the press we were not able to take advantage,” Coach Chapman closed.

Skyler Tschoepe and Robert Woods did not play in this opening game for those football athletes that double with basketball also. They will be ready for varsity next week.

This team will have better days, and the good news is games before district are for working out kinks.

The Hawk Football team proved that a 3-7 team can at least two rounds in the playoffs so wins and losses before district are just Christmas Ornaments.

The Hawks had their 7 point lead slip away in the last two minutes as Lampasas closed the game out with a last

Sharp Shooter Andrew Riali

second shot to win, 59-57.

Canyon Lake was still playing short handed as this Saturday game was postponed one day as the Hawk’s football team was playing in a second round game a day earlier.

There are several players that will be bringing reinforcements to the hard wood by next week.

The game against Lampasas was a stark improvement from CL’s first 40 point loss to Cedar Creek.

Improvements in several areas was evident. Shooting percentage and taking care of the ball were both part of those building blocks.

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Canyon Lake had a rude awakening to their season last Tuesday as they absorbed a 50 point loss to Cedar Creek.

One item to take note would be playing a higher classification school will not result in good things when many players are still in pads and helmets.

The Hawks are still without a compliment of players and this is not to imply a loss would not have still been the outcome. But, that outcome would have not been of this magnitude.

“Obviously it is disappointing any time you lose,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “I was very proud of our effort. We were outmanned and the guys we did have suit out, played as hard as they could.”

Playing a game when many of your players have not practiced and will not be implemented until the football season ends does give a coach a chance to see other tendencies with a team besides a score.

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