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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Catch a Boys Hawk Basketball game in Blanco this next three days.

Javier Mendez readies himself for District 27-3A play in Blanco Hoopfest

Canyon Lake will be one of several local teams participating in the Blanco Holiday Hoopfest Tournament for the next three days.

Thursday you can catch the Hawks at 10:00 AM against Mason and again with a tip-off with Fredericksburg Heritage starting at 1:00 PM.

Canyon Lake will be back in action on Friday for another early start against Blanco at 10:00 AM.

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Boys Basketball Top Three

 Points                      Three Pointers             Made Free Throws
 Andrew Riali     153        Andrew Riali      27       Andrew Riali       46
 Garrett Winters   80        Garrett Winters   20       Skyler Tschoepe    11
 Luke Curry        80        Luke Curry        11       Luke Curry          9

 2Pt Made Field Goals        Offensive Rebounds         Defensive Rebounds
 Skyler Tschoepe   23        Sean Nolan        33       Andrew Riali       36
 Sean Nolan        20        Andrew Riali      25       Luke Curry         30
 Luke Curry        20        Skyler Tschoepe   19       Skyler Tschoepe    26
                             Haden Lee         19

 Total Rebounds              Assists                    Steals
 Andrew Riali      61        Garrett Winters   19       Tyler Clark        21
 Sean Nolan        56        Tyler Clark       13       Javier Mendez      16
 Skyler Tschoepe   45        Isaac Mendez      12       Garrett Winters    11
                             Javier Mendez     12       Skyler Tschoepe    11

 Blocks                      FG Percentage              Free Throw Percentage
 Sean Nolan         9        Sean Nolan        49%      Andrew Riali       77%
 Skyler Tschoepe    7        Trendon Martinez  46%      Tyler Clark        64%
 Haden Lee          5        Skyler Tschoepe   40%      Luke Curry         60%

FRESHMAN

Canyon Lake had a rough night losing close games with Lampasas as the Hawk Freshman team had a one point loss to the Badgers.

“We played hard and kept ourselves in the game,” Head Freshman Coach John Barthels said. “A late turnover with just a few seconds on the clock sealed the deal.”

The Hawks seem to have a disease that is creeping onto each squad this year as first quarter jitters are allowing opponents to seize a lead and CL having to come back to get back into the game.

Canyon Lake had to overcome a five point hill to start the fourth quarter and just could not climb another hill for a win.

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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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