Hoops Talk

Canyon Lake Girls will be playing their last game of this season tonight and there will be some sad times as four players will be playing their last contest.

Tammy Dean who has started a few games but more often than not, Tammy has come in to spell other guards and play some hustle defense.

Hannah St. John has been injured some this year, but also is one of those guards that has had some good offensive and defensive skills these past few seasons for the Hawks.

St. John is tied for fifth place in three point shots made with Amber West.

Kelsey Long has been an important post and wing player this season giving some important minutes on both sides of the court.

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Games from District Top Three

Girls                       Points         Boys
Katie Williams       95                    Caleb Krieger      96
Olivia Flores        70                    Andrew Riali       85
Amber Ramsey         53                    Paul Davis         75

                           Rebounds
Katie Williams       79                    Caleb Krieger      54
Amber Ramsey         77                    Andrew Riali       34
Kyndall Drum         34                    Paul Davis         27

                            Assists
Amber Ramsey          9                    Doug Hubnik        40
Katie Williams        8                    Caleb Kreiger       9
Olivia Flores         8                    Paul Davis          6

                             Steals
Amber Ramsey         29                    Doug Hubnik         9
Katie Williams        9                    Javier Mendez       8
Dulce Brown           7                    Andrew Riali        5
                                           Paul Davis          5

                           3Point Goals
Olivia Flores        12                    Andrew Riali       24
Hannah St. John       3                    Paul Davis          8
Katie Williams        2                    Caleb Kreiger       4

                         Free Throws Pct.
Amber Ramsey      9/14 .643                Chandler Faulkner   8/9  .889
Olivia Flores    24/39 .615                Andrew Riali        7/9  .778
Katie Williams   25/41 .610                Paul Davis         19/29 .655

                              Blocks
Amber Ramsey         14                    Caleb Kreiger        21
Katie Williams        9                    Doug Hubnik           2
Trena Lorett          3                    Paul Davis            2

Canyon Lake had one of their best shooting games in their loss to Boerne last Friday night.

The Hawks went crazy beyond the arc in this game setting a new Canyon Lake record for three pointers in this game.

A record 11 three point shots made on just 18 attempts beat Canyon Lake’s old record of 9 shots made from the outer limits three years ago in a game against San Antonio Lutheran in the CL Tournament.

Record Three Point Games
Year    Team              Date     3pt/Shot      Percentage
'12-13  Boerne          02/01/13    11/18        61%
'10-11  SA Lutheran     12/10/10     9/28        32%
'10-11  Blanco          12/20/11     8/20        40%
'09-10  Bandera         01/09/10     8/24        33%
'09-10  Lehman          11/24/09     7/17        41%
'10-11  Fredericksburg  01/11/11     7/18        39%
'10-11  Randolph        12/28/10     7/19        37%

Another slow start put CL on a steep hill to climb for the rest of this game. With just 20 points in that first half you can make an argument that two quarters like the last two with 38 points might have had the just right amount of pressure on those Greyhounds.

To no avail but it did allow Canyon Lake to open it up and respond accordingly with a red hot finish from the floor.

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CL Boy’s Basketball cut it close in their loss to Wimberley last night, needing only one three point basket to win the game.

The Hawks stumbled in that second quarter spelling their doom as that helped the Texans to get all the breathing room needed to hold off this Hawk team.

Garrett Winters and Trendon Martinez both finished in double figures in this game with 20 and 10 points respectfully.

“Overall, it was the best we have looked since district has started,” Coach Brian Hooper said. “The guys played as a team and battled hard all game.”

Coach Hooper assessed the game, “A few too many turnovers that led to points and the lack of offense in that second quarter was the difference in this game.”

              1   2   3   4   Final
 CLJV        14   4  13  16   47
 Wimberley   10  11  14  14   49
 Scorers:
 Garrett Winters 20; Trendon Martinez 10; Skyler Tschoepe 6;
 Tommy Clark 5; NIc Adams 2; Dave Pfaff 2; Austin Acosta 2.

              1st  2nd  3rd  4th   Final
 CL Freshman   8   13    6   17    46
 Wimberley    17   13   15   16    61

Scoring – Z. Gregory 12, R. Woods 10, M. Montgomery 4, J. Arredondo 5, B. Ward 7, H. Lee 4, T. Soliz 2, Z. Sawyer 2

Hawks struggle in the 1st and 3rd quarters and lost their composure against the press as Wimberley had their way on this night.

“Zach Gregory and Robert Woods played well down low,” Coach John Barthels said.  “At times when we pushed the ball and looked up court we had good looks for open shots.”

Now as the learning process continues through the season this group of freshman will continue to finish this season strong.

Canyon Lake did not have a good day in competition on Tuesday night as the Hawks drew a blank in their games against Wimberley in girls and boys play.

CL Hawk girls basketball started their game scoring just one point in their first quarter and that start would be to hard to overcome in their loss, 44-30.

Katie Williams scored eight points to lead CL and also pulled down 10 rebounds, she was followed by Hannah St. John with six points.

Poor shooting continues to haunt Canyon Lake as they shot 22% from the field.

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CL Boy’s basketball also could not keep up with Wimberley as the Texans increased their lead in that decisive fourth quarter for a victory over a ‘Backs to the Wall’ Hawk team.

Canyon Lake will now have to win out to have a legitimate chance for making the playoffs this season losing, 73-53.

Wimberley outscored CL 23-8 in that final stanza sealing this loss.

It was a bad news/good news story on Friday night for Canyon Lake’s Freshman team in their game with Bandera.

Bad News: The Hawks came out and needed some plumbing done on their side of the basket when they shot just 14 percent from the field in that first quarter.

Good News: Lucky for Canyon Lake, Gordon The Plumber was watching his son at his baseball practice on campus. During the First Quarter Break, Gordon was able to clear the basket and make it larger than the ball, giving CL a better chance for producing points.

More Good News: After that dismal start, your Hawks had the lead by five points, 10-5. Thanks to some good free throw shooting from Brandon Ward.

More and More Good News: For the remainder of this contest, the Hawks shot a salty 55 percent and were never threatened by this Bulldog club.

Just put Good News in front of each of these next points and you will have an idea of how dominating Canyon Lake was in training a Bulldog.

Next on the docket, your Hawks took the Bull from the dogs and applied it to Robert ‘Bull’ Woods as he proceeded to shoot lights out in this battle.

During the first quarter Woods did not have one shot. All of his shots were recorded in those last three stanzas.

‘Bull’ Woods was 11 for 14 from the field as he took over the lane and had his way with whatever puppy dog came into his kennel.

“We knew Bandera would be playing a 1/3/1 defense and so we were just going to feed the big guys,” Head Coach John Barthels said. “It was a good thing we got our bad quarter out of the way.”

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Canyon Lake lost a heartbreaker game in overtime to Bandera Bulldogs Friday night at the Hawk gym, 50-58.

Sharp Shooter Andrew Riali

“We battled our tails off,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “To be down 15 points and believe we could get it done and get back in it was a great testament to this team.”

The Hawks had 25 turnovers in their last game in Fredericksburg and were on a mission to not let that happen again.

“We started taking care of the ball and our goal was to have 12 or less turnovers in this game,” Andrew “Dead Eye” Riali exclaimed.

Mission accomplished as CL finished with nine miscues in four quarters plus an overtime.

That was a key element as Canyon Lake started their comeback in the second half erasing a 15 point deficit in those last two quarters.

A 34 to 19 advantage in the second half with clutch shooting and lock down defense was a great combination for Canyon Lake as the home crowd helped pump adrenaline into this comeback.

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The Hawks could not grab enough momentum from their previous game with Navarro to put a scare on Fredericksburg, as Canyon Lake fell to the Billies by 17 points.

Caleb was the only Hawk to finish with double digit scoring finishing with 12 points in the loss.

Canyon Lake now faces a must win game this Friday at home when Bandera comes to town.

Game 1 2 3 4 Final
CL Hawks 11 6 8 12 37
Fredericksburg 13 14 16 11 54
Scorers:
Caleb Kreiger 12, Andrew Riali 7, Paul Davis 5,
Javier Mendez 4, Isaac Pruna 4, Chandler Faulkner 3,
Luke Curry 2.

Canyon Lake Freshman Basketbal team lost a tough battle in Navarro last week in overtime, 56-55.

Navarro has a good club, but a bad fourth quarter left little in their tank to win the game in overtime.

“Tavian Soliz went from wing to point guard early and drove the lane and made some plays,” Coach John Barthels commented. “Robert Woods got several offensive rebounds and easy put backs.”

Both players responded with their best game of this season, but more work will be done as this upstart team goes to Fredericksburg today with a game against the Billies.

                    1   2   3   4   OT   Final
 Hawk Freshman     13  11  21   6   4    55
 Navarro Freshman   7  15  8   21   5    56
 CL Scorers:
 T. Soliz 20, R. Woods 12, H. Lee 6, Z. Gregory 6, B. Ward 6,
 D. Head 4, J. Ferris 1.