Tournament Time for Canyon Lake as Varsity Boys are in Marion, Varsity Girls are in Johnson City, and JV and Freshman Boys are playing in Wimberley.

CL Boys JV team won their second game on Friday and will play again in tomorrow at 9am against Wimberley with the winner playing for a Championship and loser for Third Place at Wimberley.

In CLJV second game, the Hawks were never threatened as this Gonzales JV team could not outscore any of CL’s individual quarters using every quarter adding up to only 13 total points.

Canyon Lake was lead by a whole host of players, but Garrett Winters was almost perfect with only one missed shot for the game.

Winters finished with 17 points and Austin Acosta had 16 points while also distributing six assists against the Apaches.

The Hawks shot 73% from beyond the three point arc and a salty 48% from the field in this game.

Nic Adams had 10 rebounds and seven players along with Acosta dished out an assist.

Total domination for your Hawks in this contest as the clock hit 6:30 left in the first quarter a three point shot from Trendon Martinez gave CL a lead that would never be threatened.

“We have an improving offense and we are moving the ball more,” Coach Brian Hooper said. “We did not make mistakes and we were taking good shots and hustling for the whole game.”

Hard to critique a 60 point win, but you could look at those free throws if you wanted to find something to do in your next practice.

Maybe you can petition the Basketball Officials and see if you could move that charity stripe back to the three point line.

Varsity Boys won their first game in Marion Tournament.
Varsity Girls lost their first game in Johnson City Tournament. Lago Vista won 47-36.
Freshman Boys finished 1-1 with a 53-23 victory over Gonzales and their loss was to St. Michael.

                  1  2  3  4  Final
 Gonzales JV      2  7  2  2  13
 Canyon Lake JV  16 22 17 18  73

                             3pt               Rebounds
 Name              FG-FGM  FG-FGM  FT-FTM PTS OR DR TOT  A  S  B  TO
 Scott Taylor       1-2     1-1     0-0    3  2  1   3   1  0  0  0
 Garrett Winters    6-7     3-3     2-2   17  2  2   4   2  1  0  0
 Trendon Martinez   1-2     1-1     0-0    3  1  7   8   0  0  1  0
 Austin Acosta      6-10    3-3     1-3   16  1  3   4   6  1  0  3
 Michael Russell    2-5     0-1     3-4    7  2  1   3   0  1  0  2
 Branton Kindla     0-1     0-0     0-2    0  1  0   1   1  1  0  0
 Tommy Clark        2-5     0-0     1-1    5  1  3   4   1  3  0  0
 Nic Adams          3-8     0-1     0-0    6  5  5  10   0  2  0  2
 Qurion Banks       1-3     0-1     0-0    2  0  1   1   1  2  0  2
 Dave Pfaff         3-9     0-0     0-1    6  2  2   4   2  2  0  1
 Sean Nolan         4-8     0-0     0-0    8  3  4   7   0  1  1  3
 Total             29-60    8-11    7-13  73 20 29  49  14 14  2 13
 Percentage        48.3%   72.7%   53.8%
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 Varsity Girls    1   2   3   4   Final
 Canyon Lake      7   8  14   7   36
 Lago Vista       7   7  16  17   47

 Name            FG-FGM  FG-FGM  FT-FTM  Pts  OR DR TOT  A  S  B  TO
 Dulce Brown      3-4     0-0     1-2     7   0  2   2   1  2  0  7
 Hannah St John   0-4     0-1     0-0     0   0  1   1   0  0  0  7
 Trena Lorett     0-0     0-0     1-2     1   2  0   2   0  0  0  0
 Katie Williams   5-16    0-1     0-2    10   2  6   8   2  2  0  2
 Amber Ramsey     3-6     1-2     0-0     7   0  5   5   0  1  0  0
 Tammy Dean       0-1     0-0     0-0     0   0  1   1   1  1  0  3
 Kyndall Drum     0-2     0-0     0-0     0   0  3   3   0  2  0  0
 Olivia Flores    2-5     2-3     0-1     6   0  0   0   0  0  0  2
 Kelsey Long      0-1     0-0     2-2     2   1  0   1   0  0  0  1
 McKenna Beseda   0-2     0-1     0-0     0   1  0   1   1  0  0  2
 Cati Harrington  1-2     1-1     0-0     3   0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Total           14-43    4-9     4-9    36   6 18  24   5  8  0 25
 Percentage      32.6%   44.4%   44.4%

Canyon Lake Boy’s Freshman team had a refreshing win over Stockdale Freshman squad last Tuesday night at Hawk Gym, winning 58-28.

All the Hawks got into this game and contributed in some fashion. It was a good game to work on different aspects of their game for future encounters.

Justin Ferris finished with six points and was like many other players as both his field goals were from beyond the arc. There were several players that launched a barrage of shots from down town.

“It’s all in commitment,” Ferris started. “Everybody is working hard and knowing what to do.”

In games that get enough separation, you will find Coaches in a learning mode.

“Trying to feed the ball to the post men and get them into the game,” Ferris said after asked on what part of this game, Coach wanted them to work on.

“We are still trying to get into basketball shape from football shape,” Coach John Barthels said. “We have players that have not picked up a basketball in a year.”

Coach Barthels also commented on how he managed this game, “We were able to make better passes and started playing more as a team. Our defense picked up and we were in the right spots today for our press.”

This Canyon Lake team did not lose any intensity or skill level no matter how deep in the bench, Coach Barthels went.

“We are a very athletic team,” Coach Barthels finished.

                        1   2   3   4   Final
 Stockdale Freshman     7   9   5   7   28
 Canyon Lake Freshman  15  19  15   9   58

Canyon Lake will be getting more air punps for game day as the Hawks started another game flat in their loss to Stockdate Brahmas last Tuesday night at Hawk gym, 53-49.

The Hawks left 14 points on their free throw line as well as putting a lid on their basketball rim which helped in this loss.

CL did not respond well to start the game and played from behind throughout this contest.

“There are a lot of bad things we did in this game, but at least we fought and did not give up,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We finally had a lot of pluses in this game.”

Late in the third quarter, Stockdale increased their lead to, 38-26 with 2:24 left in the quarter.

Canyon Lake cut into that lead and only trailed, 39-32 going to their bench.

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Canyon Lake Junior Varsity continues their strong play during first part of season as this Hawk team scored at will in a complete victory, 73-23 over the Stockdale Brahmas.

CL shot over 50% for each quarter as the Hawks played like they were in their 20th game this season.

More assists than turnovers and controlling every facet in this game.

“We are getting better,” Head Coach Brian Hooper said. “We played well down low and our defense was very strong.”

“This team has some good basketball skills.”

Two players, Trendon Martinez and Austin Acosta, were both perfect from the floor with both players making six shots a piece.

“This is my first year back since my seventh grade year,” Martinez reminisced. “We have a great chemistry and we play as a family.”

On how this game went compared to earlier games, Martinez commented, “We played better, looking for better shots and not settling for outside shots.”

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Canyon Lake is still a work in progress as they lost to a very athletic team in Stacey last Friday night at Hawk Gym.

The game started and ended with some exciting play at both ends of the court.

CL started with a press and ended with a press.

In between, a maize set in and Stacey slowly increased their lead to as much as 16 points in the third quarter.

Caleb Kreiger started strong with 6 straight points, but then some point blank shots just could not find the bottom of the basket and that caused that deficit to increase.

Paul Davis was a spark plug for the Hawks as he poured in 19 points in the loss.

Davis was the only player to hit a basket in that third quarter as he had 10 of those 12 points.

When asked about how he is viewing this season after a rough go at it last year, “Consistency with my shot, I just have to perfect it and get it (shot) down during the game,” Davis said. “I was able to create space and I got a chance to run the offense and execute the offense more.”

However, Davis also fell victim to three turnovers in a row in the second quarter that allowed a run for Stacey, “I need to try and stay calm when I’m under pressure, it kind of freaked out on that and I need to work on keeping calm and poised.”

Canyon Lake fought back to within eight points in the fourth quarter, when the Hawks installed their press again to get some easy shots.

“I have to trust it (the press) a little more,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman lamented. “Especially a team like that, the more we ork on it and I will have more confidence. We are still trying to figure out our identity and play up tempo. Offensively we found some pick and roll stuff with Caleb (Kreiger) and found out some guys who can help offensively.”

Canyon Lake is still a work in progress and improvement will need to be the key as pre-district games will certainly allow you to see what to have confidence in.

 Score by Quarter  1   2   3   4  Final
 Stacey           22  16  16  11  65
 Canyon Lake      18   9  12  15  54
 Scoring:  
 Davis-19, Kreiger-15, Hubnik-11, Faulkner-3, McIntire-3,
 J. Mendez-2, Ferris-1.

Canyon Lake Junior Varsity Basketball team pulled away from Stacey in the third quarter after hitting for 70% from the field.

That quarter allowed the Hawks the separation needed to coast for a 16 point win, 50-34.

The first quarter, CLJV was not in sync, as they were only able to get eight shots off. When shooting 50% for a quarter, you will usually like to get more chances at the basket.

A two point lead was not a good indicator on how this game might transpire.

Good defense helped Canyon Lake increase that two point lead up to seven points going into halftime.

The third quarter was when CL got their bearings, while shooting a lofty percentage and big Sean Nolan setting up shop underneath the basket for what proved to be the deciding quarter in this game.

Nolan finished with 10 rebounds and altered many more shots that gave the Hawks that elusive momentum.

“Just trying to get rebounds and put backs,” the 6’5″ Nolan bellowed. “This was just our second game and we need to work on our shots.”

Well said, from a man that was twice the size, of this reporter, as this reporter looked up during the interview.

Austin Acosta also had a good game as he shared the leading scorer accolades with Trendon Martinez with nine.

“I was trying to get good looks and having to move the ball around to get our offense going,” Acosta said. “We can get pretty good when we get into better condition.”

A good game for Canyon Lake to see how far they need to go as this season progresses.

Now you can go work on those FREE Throws!

Good Luck Hawks!!!
                   Points     3pt                  Rebounds
 Name              FGM-FGA  FGM-FGA  FTM-FTA  Pts  OF  DE  Tot  A  S  B  T0
 Trendon Martinez    4-9      1-3      0-1    9    2   5    7   0  0  0  1
 Garrett Winters     1-3      1-2      1-2    4    0   3    3   2  0  0  3
 Scott Taylor        0-1      0-0      0-0    0    0   1    1   0  0  0  0
 Austin Acosta       4-8      1-2      0-2    9    1   0    1   1  2  0  1
 Michael Russell     0-3      0-1      0-2    0    0   0    0   1  2  0  3
 Skylar Tschoepe     2-3      0-0      0-0    4    0   2    2   2  0  0  1
 Nic Adams           2-6      0-0      1-2    5    2   6    8   2  0  0  2
 Sean Nolan          4-5      0-0      0-4    8    3   7   10   0  3  1  1
 Qurion Banks        1-3      0-0      2-2    4    0   1    1   1  1  0  4
 Tommy Clark         1-1      0-0      0-0    2    0   1    1   3  1  0  2
 Branton Kindla      1-1      0-0      0-0    2    0   1    1   0  0  0  0
 Dave Pfaff          1-4      0-0      1-2    3    1   2    3   1  1  0  1
 Total              21-47     3-8      5-17  50    9  29   38  13 10  1 19
 Percent            44.7%    37.5%    29.4%

Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball tipped off their season last Tuesday night at Hawk gym against Stacey, in what proved to be a glorified scrimmage based on having one practice for many of these players.

“We played hard and we have had only one or two practices,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We haven’t had a lot of time to get our feet yet.”

Cedar Creek comes from a larger school setting, which gives those type of schools an upper hand against schools like Canyon Lake that has many players just now coming over from their football season.

The Hawks had a lead of 2-0, but that would be their last chance to be above water, as this Cedar Creek team had plenty of depth and continued to bring players from their bench that could exploit CL, which was just trying to find out who was playing where.

Coach Chapman also had 14 players that he was trying to find out what their skill set would be this early in the season.
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The ReSporter would like to finish this year’s sports campaign by

Senior Missy Romero

recognizing three Seniors that were covered by this website.

Last Thursday night, Canyon Lake Coaches announced their winners at a Banquet for the Track, Baseball, Golf, and Softball teams during the spring awards night.

Missy Romero, Matt Magness, and Zach Henshaw were the three students recognized by their Coaches as Seniors that were the outstanding athlete for this academic year.

Missy Romero literally kept the Softball program in the circle the past four years.

Softball was one of the last team sports to make the playoffs last season, when they not only qualified for the playoffs, but was the first team to ever finish second in District competition.

Romero has set the standard for CL Softball for years to come, as she signed on with Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi before the season was in full gear.
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Head Basketball Coach Jeff Maynard

Canyon Lake Basketball is down to just one Coach after Head Coach Jeff Maynard made the announcement that this would be his last year on the bench.

The Hawks had known about JV Coach David Bentzen leaving at the end of basketball season and a couple of months of silence was met with this news out of the blue.

When asked about the decision to leave, Coach Maynard was quick with an answer, “Family! Spending time with my kids and seeing her (my daughter’s) games…Coaching would not give me that opportunity. I will be working for Farm Bureau Insurance and I’m local, born and raised. So this deal was too good to pass up.”

Coach Maynard continued, “It’s going to be tough, but I have been thinking about a change and it was very coincidental and this deal for me that just seemed right. I did not want to kick myself if I missed the years of watching my children growing up. Coaching from football to basketball takes a lot of time from the family.”

Now Canyon Lake has made the quick decision and moved Freshman Coach Lucas Chapman up to Head Coach.
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Canyon Lake had three players from the 2011-12 season that were

Matt Magness scores 2nd Team All-District

honored in District 26-3A.

Matt Magness made the Second Team squad.

Magness was all over the court as he led the team in scoring (11.6), assists (53), made three pointers (20), and finished just one rebound short of Ancel Morel with (89).

Magness finished with 278 points and is now the All-Time Leader in points scored for Canyon Lake. Matt is also in the top five of the following stats for the Hawks.

The worth of this young man for the Hawks can be seen very clearly from the stats below.

Magness left a lot of floor burns on the court and his sacrifice was a joy to witness from the Coaches, Parents, and Fans. (more…)