Canyon Lake continues their cold streak that started at the end of their semester as the Lampasas Badgers make SnowHawks in, 63-29 win.

What was once a three game cushion (9-6) has now become a one game deficit (9-10) as this Hawk team will try to stop their skid this coming Friday when CL tips off against Blanco at Blanco High School.

It took four minutes before CL could sink a basket and the Hawks did not even get a shot off in the first three minutes of this contest.

If this would of been a Ski Slalom event, then not only was Canyon Lake playing in shorts (Cold…burrrr), but also going down the hill very fast. (Black Slope fast)

It took a Spencer Wellings three point bank shot as the first half horn sounded before your Hawks would break into double figures.

“We haven’t played a game in a week and a half,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “I used the whole bench trying to get our kids enough reps.”

Lampasas was a very athletic team that had played four games in a tournament after Christmas, but excuses will not lower the hurdle that is next on Canyon Lake’s schedule as District 27-3A looms in the very near future.

Layer your clothes when you ski and wear some long johns in this next game and hopefully this contest will start out much warmer with a better outcome.

             1   2   3   4   Final
 Lampasas   11  24  16  12   63
 CL Hawks    3   7  14   5   29

                              3pt           Pt   Rebounds
 Name               fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot  or dr Tot  a  s  b  to
 Andrew Riali         0-5     0-2     0-0    0   2  2   4   0  1  0  0
 Robbie Ferris        0-5     0-3     0-0    0   0  1   1   1  1  0  2
 Chandler Faulkner    0-0     0-0     3-4    3   0  1   1   0  0  0  1
 Thomas McIntire      0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Paul Davis           1-5     0-3     2-3    4   2  1   3   0  1  0  5
 Doug Hubnik          0-2     0-0     1-2    1   0  1   1   1  2  0  4
 Spencer Wellings     2-3     2-3     0-0    6   0  1   1   0  1  0  2
 Caleb Kreiger        3-7     1-1     3-4   10   3  0   3   1  0  2  2
 Javier Mendez        0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1  0   1   0  0  0  4
 Luke Curry           0-4     0-3     0-0    0   0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Ray Dailey           0-0     0-0     0-0    0   2  1   3   1  0  0  0
 Isaac Pruna          1-2     0-0     3-4    5   1  0   1   0  1  0  0
 Total                7-35    3-16   12-17  29  11  8  19   4  7  2 22
 Percentage          20.0%   18.8%   70.6%

 Quarter    First     Second      Half  Third       Fourth    Half  Game
 FG         1/5  20%  1/12   8%   12%   4/9   44%   1/9  11%  28%   20%
 3Pt FG     0-3  00%  1/5   20%   13%   1/3   33%   1/5  20%  25%   19%
 FT         1-1 100%  4/6   67%   71%   5/7   71%   2/3  67%  70%   71%
 TO         8         7           15    4           3         7     22

Canyon Lake’s quest for another playoff team will continue through this Winter and Spring.

Right now you have two promising scenarios with the Hawk Basketball programs.

The Girls and Boys teams have a legitimate chance to snag a T-Shirt company this coming season with help to design such a shirt.

Soccer has been tough to garner a playoff spot since this sport has been dominated by much larger schools since these teams play in a different district than CL’s other sports.

Because of a reduced number of teams that play that sport, the UIL combines 3A schools with 4A schools to crown a champion in Soccer each year.

The same is true for Canyon Lake’s Swimming team in having a district with larger schools. Another fact is that the Hawk Swimming program is still in it’s infancy stage and that makes competing in this tougher venue doubly hard.

Swimming also is much like Track and Field where playoffs are based on individuals in each event advancing instead of a Team getting in a bus for their next round of events after a District crowns a champion.

Canyon Lake has a few teams that have not had a chance to compete after a district race yet.

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The Canyon Lake Hawks had costly free throws in their loss to New Braunfels Christian Wildcats in their final game of this year losing, 55-49.

The Hawks barely outscored their second quarter in the second half as they went cold again during that time span.

“Being able to know how to score when we need to score is what we need to work on,” Coach Lucas Chapman exclaimed. “They (NB Christian) got us out of what we wanted to do.”

Canyon Lake was just three for 12 from the stripe in that second half and each miss would of either extended their lead or drawn the game closer during some very crucial segments of the game.

Andrew Riali had a spurt of three points in that second quarter giving your Hawks the lead going into halftime.

The Wildcats and Hawks were swashbuckling during the last minutes of the second quarter. Riali had nine points during a two minute stretch that helped give Canyon Lake a 30-27 lead at intermission.

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Canyon Lake found themselves at the North Pole on Tuesday night in their games with La Vernia Bears.

In fact, La Vernia could change their mascot name to Polar Bears based on how cold the shooting was for how the Hawks played in their games at Hawk Gym.

The Freshman team was ‘As Cold as Ice’…sung by Foreigner several years ago scoring just two points in their first quarter and with seven total points by halftime.

The Junior Varsity did not do much better, finishing with 27 points in their game, just one more point scored by their Freshman counterparts.

Canyon Lake’s Varsity team fared a little better, but missed lay ups during the fourth quarter that doomed a game that had just 13 points in their two middle quarters.

The Varsity Hawks did speed the game up with a press during the fourth quarter,  that did lead to several chances of closing the gap, but their end result was no different than two other games that had teams with Hawks spelled across their jerseys.

Missed shots and opportunities were in abundance on this night. Canyon Lake’s final stats was dismal when combining all three teams:

Team            FG Percentages    Three Point Goals     Free Throws
Freshman        10-46   21.7%     0-5   00.0%            6-22   27.3%
Junior Varsity   8-36   22.2%     1-7   14.3%           10-20   50.0%
Varsity         15-47   31.9%     4-13  30.8%            7-13   53.8%
Combined        33-129  25.6%     5-25  20.0%           23-55   41.8%

The ReSporter saw some Polar Bears in route to the Hawk gym after leaving.

Global Warming has been confirmed a hoax the Ice Age is another matter however.

 Varsity            1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia Bears   13  12   8  16   49
 Canyon Lake Hawks 12   6   7  16   41

                             3pt           Pts  Rebounds
 Name              fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot  o-d  Tot a  s  b  to
 Andrew Riali        2-5     1-3     1-2    6   2-3   5  0  0  0  1
 Chandler Faulkner   1-3     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
 Thomas McIntire     0-1     0-1     0-0    0   1-0   1  0  0  0  0
 Paul Davis          3-12    2-5     0-0    8   1-2   3  0  1  0  1
 Doug Hubnik         3-11    0-1     5-8   11   0-3   3  5  1  0  3
 Spencer Wellings    1-1     1-1     0-0    3   0-2   2  0  0  0  0
 Tyler Clark         0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
 Caleb Kreiger       4-11    0-1     1-1    9   5-3   8  0  0  2  1
 Javier Mendez       1-1     0-0     0-2    2   0-1   1  0  1  0  4
 Luke Curry          0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  1
 Ray Dailey          0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
 Totals             15-47    4-13    7-13  41   9-15 24  5  3  2 11
 Percentages        31.9%   30.8    53.8%

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 Junior Varsity   1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia Cubs   9  12  26  14   61
 Canyon Lake JV   5   6   6  10   27

                            3pt               Rebounds
 Name             fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or dr Tot a  s  b  to
 Garrett Winters    1-4     0-3     1-1    3  0  0  0   1  1  0  7
 Trendon Martinez   1-3     0-1     4-4    6  0  0  0   1  1  0  3
 Austin Acosta      0-5     0-1     1-2    1  2  1  3   0  1  0  1
 Michael Russell    1-5     0-1     1-2    3  0  1  1   0  1  0  2
 Skylar Tschoepe    1-7     1-1     2-4    5  1  2  3   1  1  0  1
 Branton Kindla     0-0     0-0     0-0    0  0  0  0   0  1  0  1
 Tommy Clark        1-4     0-0     0-4    2  2  2  4   0  1  0  0
 Nic Adams          1-3     0-0     1-2    3  1  0  1   0  0  0  1
 Qurion Banks       0-2     0-0     0-0    0  1  0  1   0  0  1  0
 Dave Pfaff         1-1     0-0     0-1    2  0  2  2   0  0  1  0
 Sean Nolan         1-2     0-0     0-0    2  1  6  7   0  1  0  0
 Totals             8-36    1-7    10-20  27  8 13 21   3  8  2 16
 Percentages       22.2%   14.3%   50.0%

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 Freshman               1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia Young Cubs  13   3  18   6   40
 Canyon Lake Fr.        2   5   7  12   26

                      3pt               Rebounds
 Name       fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or dr Tot a  s  b  to
 Sarmiento    0-0     0-0     0-0    0  1  0   1  0  0  0  1
 Soliz        1-7     0-1     1-3    3  1  0   1  2  0  0  3
 Head         0-4     0-0     0-0    0  3  1   4  0  1  0  1
 Ferris       0-0     0-0     0-0    0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0
 Romero       1-3     0-0     1-4    3  0  1   1  0  2  0  1
 Arredondo    3-13    0-1     1-4    7  1  1   2  0  3  0  3
 Montgomery   0-0     0-0     0-0    0  0  0   0  0  0  0  1
 Langford     0-1     0-0     0-0    0  0  1   1  0  0  0  2
 Lee          1-8     0-0     2-6    4  5  5  10  0  2  1  3
 Gregory      1-3     0-0     1-4    3  2  4   6  0  1  0  4
 Ward         2-6     0-3     0-0    4  1  1   2  2  1  0  1
 Sawyer       1-1     0-0     0-1    2  0  2   2  0  2  0  3
 Totals      10-46    0-5     6-22  26 14 16  30  4 12  1 23
 Percentages 21.7%   00.0%   27.3%

All-Time Basketball Stats

 Points Average         Defense Ave        Assists            Rebounds
 2009   53.7            2011   46.6        2010  10.3         2009   28.3
 2010   51.1            2012   46.9        2012   9.1         2010   27.9
 2012   48.6            2009   55.9        2009   8.7         2012   27.1
 2008   47.6            2008   56.9        2011   8.6         2011   26.6
 2011   41.3            2010   60.9

 Steals                Blocks              Turnovers
 2009    9.6           2012     2.4        2011   370
 2012    9.1           2009     2.3        2010   545
 2010    9.1           2010     1.8        2009   596
 2011    8.6           2011     1.6        2012   223

 Total Points          3Pt Goals            Free Throws Made
 Matt Magness   555    Cole Green      77   Matt Magness       120
 Stuart Lowry   407    Matt Magness    52   Christian Pena     109
 Christian Pena 356    Stuart Lowry    31   Brandon Berger      90
 Tanner Jones   348    Brandon Berger  29   Tanner Jones        66
 Cole Green     348    Christian Pena  23   Stuart Lowry        60
                       Andrew Riali    23   Doug Hubnik         54
                       Paul Davis      22   Caleb Kreiger       43

 Total Rebounds        Steals               Assists
 Neal Whitehead  203   Neal Whitehead  78   Matt Magness       136
 Eric Nelson     184   Tanner Jones    76   Doug Hubnik        115
 Brandon Berger  170   Matt Magness    69   Tanner Jones        90
 Matt Magness    155   Matt Noyola     58   Brandon Berger      78
 Stuart Lowry    130   Brandon Berger  55   Christian Pena      59
 Caleb Kreiger   121   Christian Pena  49   Daulton Winters     56
                       Doug Hubnik     42
 Blocks
 Neal Whitehead   41
 Eric Nelson      29
 Caleb Kreiger    29
 Kevin Nolan      15
 Ancel Morel      15

 CANYON LAKE BOYS                    Points             CANYON LAKE GIRLS
 1. Caleb Kreiger     261                               1. Katie Williams   227
 2. Paul Davis        150                               2. Amber Ramsey     166
 3. Andrew Riali      137                               3. Olivia Flores    112
                         FG Percentage (20 or more shots)
 1. Caleb Kreiber   48.9%                               1. Kyndall Drum     43.9%
 2. Javier Mendez   39.4%                               2. Amber Ramsey     38.7%
 3. Isaac Pruna     39.1%                               3. Katie Williams   34.4%
                      Free Throw Percentage (10 or more shots)
 1. Doug Hubnik     66.2%                               1. Olivia Flores    65.2%
 2. Caleb Kreiger   64.8%                               2. Katie Williams   61.0%
 3. Paul Davis      56.3%                               3. Amber Ramsey     53.6%
                                    Rebounds
 1. Caleb Kreiger     133                               1. Amber Ramsey     169
 2. Andrew Riali       72                               2. Katie Williams   134
 3. Paul Davis         61                               3. Kyndall Drum      70
                                    Assists
 1. Doug Hubnik        83                               1. Dulce Brown       18
 2. Paul Davis         14                               2. Olivia Flores     15
 3. Chandler Faulkner  12                               3. Katie Williams    13
 3. Caleb Kreiger      12

CL Hawks Boys and Girls Basketball Week’s Recap

The Canyon Lake Ladies have had another successful week in hoopsville.

Since our last recap, CL Girls have won a tournament and both single games last week over Devine and Pleasanton.

This team is now on a seven game winning streak which is a high water mark for this school.

In our last wrap up ‘Percentages’ was talked about and here is what the Hawks had two weeks ago compared to today:

 Team Total                      Shots       3Point       Free Throws
 Percentages Two Weeks Ago      36.7%        32.9%        39.2%
 Percentages Now                33.4%        31.4%        42.8%

All those percentages have gone down except for Canyon Lake’s free throws.

Shooting is important, but this team relies on three other items that have resulted in their bottom line: Winning.

Defense has been top notch throughout in all their games thus far. That one result can cover a multitude of shortcomings in a game. This Hawk team is a testament to that truism.

Another positive is how much the Hawks are cutting down on those pesky turnovers. Every time a turnover is avoided will give Canyon Lake another chance to score.

One more positive this team possesses is their knack for offensive rebounding. That one stat will allow that shooting percentage to actually be higher than it shows.

Canyon Lake averages right at 14 offensive rebounds per game which might be their most important number in that stat box.

Confidence is sprouting with each win and the emergence of Sophomore Kyndall Drum will pay dividends when district starts.

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Canyon Lake had a statement game in a win over Navarro, 60-47 in the Randolph Tournament.

The Hawks have not won a district game in the past two years and even though this win does not count in District 27-3A play, it sure will play in the minds of a team that has been in the desert for way too long.

“We did a good job after breaking the press,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “We started getting good shots especially in the fourth when we only had two turnovers.”

CL started out lukewarm and then regressed to ice cold in this contest as the Hawks went into halftime trailing, 23-17 after a five point second quarter.

Canyon Lake went over six minutes counting the end of the first quarter before a free throw finally stopped a Navarro 13 point run. Caleb Kreiger had the only basket in this quarter with the Hawks going cold shooting 9%….ouch!!

During the second half, better than 50% from the floor had a different result on the scoreboard as CL reversed the game in their favor.

The Hawks made their statement starting the fourth quarter when they had a 12 point run and a lead for the remainder of this contest.

Andrew Riali had that feel again with an eight point barrage in a 1:12 seconds span in this quarter.

“I was feeling it,” Riali said warmly. “We started cold in the first half and the second half we got it going. You can’t make it if you don’t shoot it.”

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Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball won their first two games in the Randolph Tournament on Friday and will finish Saturday with games against Navarro (11am) and Randolph (2pm).

This Hawk team is now 8-6 this season after starting 0-4 a few weeks ago. That would equate to winning eight of their last 10 games.

CL’s game with Nixon-Smiley had 11 different players register a point as the Hawks coasted to a 31 point win.

In their second game, Canyon Lake won, 63-52 over SA Lutheran who had beaten Randolph earlier in this tournament.

Caleb Kreiger (21), Doug Hubnik (14) , and Andrew Rial (10) all finished in double figures scoring.

The ReSporter will have full write-ups after this tournament concludes today.

 Scoring:
                  SA Lutheran    Nixon-Smiley     Total
 Caleb Kreiger         21             8            29
 Andrew Riali          10            16            26
 Doug Hubnik           14             1            15
 Robbie Ferris          1            12            13
 Paul Davis             9             2            11
 Tyler Clark            0             7             7
 Ray Dailey             2             4             6
 Javier Mendez          2             3             5
 Spencer Wellings       2             2             4
 Luke Curry             0             4             4
 Chandler Faulkner      2             0             2
 Thomas McIntire        0             1             1

Bracken Christian could not find an answer for New Braunfels Christian inside or outside game as the Wildcats finished with 90 points winning, 90-33.

The basket looked like the ocean for NBC and this team had all the networks ready for a replay.

Chase Higgins was the lone Warrior to finish with double figure scoring hanging 21 points for BCS on the scoreboard.

Other notable players had Coy Zunker with his on ‘catlike’ quickness and five steals whie Jon Wright corralled nine rebounds for Bracken.

             1   2   3   4   Final
 Wildcats   25  17  30  15   90
 Warriors    5  18   6   4   33

                          3pt                Rebounds
 Name           fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot  or dr Tot a  s  b  to
 Chase Higgins    8-25    5-18    0-2   21   2  1  3   1  2  0  5
 Thomas Mott      0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0  0  0   1  0  0  1
 Coy Zunker       1-3     0-1     1-2    3   0  0  0   1  5  0  5
 Will Faulkner    1-6     0-2     2-2    4   0  4  4   0  1  1  4
 John Colby       0-4     0-0     0-1    0   2  1  3   0  0  0  1
 Aaron Jahns      0-2     0-0     0-0    0   1  1  2   0  0  0  3
 Ryan Majors      0-2     0-0     0-0    0   1  2  3   0  1  0  1
 Jon Wright       2-8     0-0     1-6    5   3  6  9   2  0  1  0
 Totals          12-52    5-22    4-13  33   9 15 24   5  9  2 20
 Percentages     23.1%   22.7%   30.7%