Canyon Lake Varsity has made up their four game losing streak to start this season when they went on the road to Comfort and won a hard fought battle, 46-42.

While, the Junior Varsity and Freshman, able to come away with a victories after being without a game for a week.

Getting cobwebs cleared was good for this impressive group of players.

The Freshman took no prisoners in their contest while enjoying a runaway win by 27 points.

“We started the game by playing at a much higher tempo and moved the ball around better than any game this year,” Freshman Coach John Barthels said. “We have been focusing our practices on defense and moving the ball around…making good passes and we were able to do both tonight.”

Ten different players had a ball go through the hoop in this game.

“Finding open players allows more of our kids to get involved and gives us more options in our offense,” Coach Barthels ended.

“It was good to win a close game,” JV Coach Brian Hooper said. “Comfort did a good job defending our offense. We stepped up our press and were able to cause turnovers for easy baskets.”

Coach Hooper will not allow this team to rest on laurels as he closed, “We need to work on finishing around the rim and eliminating turnovers.”

Canyon Lake Varsity has now won six of their last eight games with both losses coming from Randolph, who will also be hosting CL in this weekends tournament.

Coach Chapman give us an overview of your game against Comfort.
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The ReSporter: What are your thoughts as you look over the first third of your season and what are some things that need work and what are pleasant surprises?

Coach Chapman: Obviously, we started off slow, going 0-4, but since then we have played a lot better and are improving each time we go out.

We still need to work on executing better on offense, especially when it gets late in a game, and we need a bucket.

Our patience and shot selection will help that a bunch.

I have been really pleased with our defensive effort. The guys have bought in to playing defense and rebounding and those two things are what have turned our season around.

The ReSporter: Will you use a small and big lineup against certain type of teams?

Coach Champman: Basketball is a game of match-ups. If we play a team where we think we have an advantage going big, then we will do that and the same goes with using a small lineup.

We are fortunate to have a few guys that can play multiple positions and that helps us mix and match who we have on the floor. The more versatile we can be, the better.
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    CANYON LAKE BOYS                Points            CANYON LAKE GIRLS
 1. Caleb Kreiger    155                           1. Katie Williams     163
 2. Paul Davis        96                           2. Amber Ramsey       119
 3. Doug Hubnik       66                           3. Olivia Flores       90
                       FG Percentage (20 or more shots)
 1. Caleb Kreiger   45.8%                          1. Kyndall Drum       43.4%
 2. Paul Davis      39.6%                          2. Olivia Flores      40.8%
 3. Luke Curry      39.1%                          3. Amber Ramsey       39.4%
                   Free Throw Percentage (10 or more shots)
 1. Caleb Kreiger   66.7%                          1. Kelsey Long        60.0%
 2. Doug Hubnik     64.3%                          2. Olivia Flores      53.3%
 3. Andrew Riali    64.3%                          3. Katie Williams     52.0%
                                   Rebounds
 1. Caleb Kreiger     65                           1. Amber Ramsey       136
 2. Paul Davis        42                           2. Katie Williams     108
 3. Isaac Pruna       36                           3. Kyndall Drum        51
                                   Assists
 1. Doug Hubnik       42                           1. Dulce Brown         15
 2. Paul Davis        12                           2. Katie Williams      11
 3. Caleb Kreiger      7                           2. Amber Ramsey        11

Canyon Lake came up short again against Randolph in another Championship game, this time losing, 32-30.

Last week, CL lost by 16 at the Marion Tourney and so if you are into moral victories, then this was one you can hang your hat on.

“Our defense was real good,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We need to find ways to score and find ways to win.”

For five minutes starting their end of the third quarter, the Hawks could not buy a basket.

Canyon Lake had just one field goal with 30 seconds left in the third quarter till the end of this contest.

The chances of only losing by two points will give you an idea of how much, other parts, of CL’s game is clicking, especially on the defensive side of their game.

Some of that intensity was lost when Isaac Pruna went down with an ankle sprain in that second half.

The Hawks had a chance after forcing a turnover with four seconds left in regulation, but a Andrew Riali three pointer was short of the mark.

Canyon Lake will now travel to Comfort next Tuesday and then another chance to meet Randolph in their tournament next weekend.

               1   2   3   4   Final
 Randolph      9   5   9   9   32
 Canyon Lake   8   8  11   3   30

                3point               Rebounds
 Name      fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta  Tot or dr Tot  a  s  b  to
 Riali       0-4     0-4     0-0     0  0  2   2   0  1  0  0
 McIntire    1-2     1-2     0-0     3  0  1   1   0  0  1  1
 Faulkner    0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0  0   0   0  0  0  2
 Davis       3-9     0-3     1-2     7  2  3   5   0  0  0  2
 Hubnik      3-6     0-2     1-2     7  0  2   2   0  0  0  5
 Wellings    0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Clark       0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0  0   0   1  0  0  1
 Kreiger     2-10    0-1     0-0     4  2  3   5   1  2  3  3
 J Mendez    3-5     0-0     0-0     6  0  1   1   0  4  0  1
 Pruna       0-0     0-0     3-4     3  2  3   5   0  1  0  0
 Total      12-36    1-12    5-8    30  6 15  21   2  8  4 16
 Percentage 33.3%    8.3%   62.5%

 Girls Varsity for Third Place
 Game 5     1   2   3   4   Final
 Stacey     8   4  11   0   23
 Lytle     21  22  10  21   74
 Scoring:
 Stacey: Haylie 15, Kadija 5, Tiona 2, Brianna 2.
 Lytle: Kendra 20, Natalie 12, Aubrey 11, Clarissa 8,
 Andrea 7, Kim 4, Gabby 4, Katie 4, Victoria 2, Emily 2.

 Girls Varsity for First Place
 Game 6        1   2   3   4   Final
 Blanco        2  14   6   6   28
 Canyon Lake   6   8   7   9   30
 Scoring:  
 Blanco: McClinton 8, Savarino 6, Jenkins 7, Rodgers 4,
 Seales 2, Culton 2.
 Hawks: Ramsey 13, Williams 11, Drum 4, Brown 2.

 Boys Varsity for Seventh Place
                1   2   3   4   Final
 Floresville   14  17  15   8   54
 Lockhart      14  11  14  20   59
 Scoring:
 Floresville: Gonzales 18, Chambers 13, Loskowski 13,
 Barnard 4, Marsh 4, Trevino 2.
 Lockhart: Roland 18, Butler 17, Sanders 16, Carrasco 4,
 Johnson 2, Sanchez 2.

 Boys Varsity for Consolation
           1   2   3   4   Final
 Blanco    8  11  17   9   45
 Stacey   13  16   9  18   55
 Scoring:
 Blanco: Sauceda 20, Green 6, Childress 6, Ramirez 5,
 McCaslin 2, Champion 1.
 Stacey: Ruffin 14, Hedrick 14, White 11, Warren 9, Stewart 4,
 Cospening 3.

 Boys Varsity for Third Place
                  1   2   3   4   Final
 Fredericksburg  18   6  13   6   43
 Somerset         3   7  10  11   31
 Scoring: 
 Billies: Fries 10, Braden 10, Rodriques 8, McBee 7, Prado 4,
 Hardin 2, Shepherd 2.
 Somerset: Camarillo 10, DeLeon 5, Manez 4, Gonzalez 4,
 Pena 3, Detmer 2, Dorman 2, Guerra 1.

 Boys Varsity Championship Game
              1   2   3   4   Final
 Randolph     9   5   9   9   32
 Canyon Lake  8   8  11   3   30
 Scoring:
 Randolph: Carlson 11, Jones 7, Jackson 6, London 4, Belyeu 2,
 Blount 2.
 Hawks: Hubnik 7, Davis 7, Mendez 6, Kreiger 4, McIntire 3,
 Pruna 3.

Canyon Lake Classic Tournament First Day Results

 Game 1     1   2   3   4   Final
 Blanco    11   4   8  13   36
 Randolph  19  12  10  11   52
 Scoring:
 Blanco: Sauceda 17, Champion 12, McCaslin 3, Childress 2,
 Green 2.
 Randolph: London 13, Jones 12, Philips 9, Blount 8, Eidenschink 4,
 Belyeu 3, Jackson 3.

 Game 2            1   2   3   4   Final
 Fredericksburg   15  17  15  26   73
 Lockhart          8  13  16  11   48
 Billies: Fries 15, Braden 15, Rodriques 14, Prado 9, Cowser 9,
 Shepherd 4, Hardin 4, Koenig 2, Williams 1.
 Lockhart: Roland 28, Murphy 6, Johnson 4, Butler 4, Sanchez 2,
 Alvarez 1.

 Game 3       1   2   3   4   Final
 Somerset    14  28  15   4   61
 Stacey      12  16  15  13   56
 Scoring:
 Somerset: Gonzales 23, Dorman 7, Guerra 7, Yanez 7, Detmer 6,
 Camerillo 5, Reyna 4, Rodriquez 2.
 Stacey: Ruffin 19, White 11, Corpening 9, D. Stewart 6, Hedrick 5,
 Warren 3, A. Stewart 3.

 Game 4           1   2   3   4   Final
 Floresville JV   6   4  14   8   32
 Canyon Lake     13   7   9  13   42
 Scoring:
 Floresville: Gonzales 9, Laskowski 7, Chambers 6, Frantz 6, Marsh 2,
 Rocha 2.
 Hawks: Hubnik 9, Kreiger 8, Curry 7, McIntire 6, Riali 6, Faulkner 4,
 Pruna 2.

 Game 5     1   2   3   4   Final
 Blanco    20  16  13  13   62
 Lockhart  10   9  13  10   42
 Scoring:
 Blanco: Sauceda 15, Childress 10, Ramirez 10, Isenberg 8, Champion 8,
 Green 4, Dillard 4, McCaslin 3.
 Lockhart: Williams 18, Roland 11, Sanchez 7, Carrasco 5, Johnson 1.

 Game 6            1   2   3   4   Final
 Fredericksburg   14  10  16   9   49
 Randolph         19  11  11  10   51
 Scoring:
 Billies: Rodriguez 24, Fries 10, McBee 6, Braden 4, Shepherd 3, Prado 2.
 Randolph: Jones 21, Jackson 9, Belyeu 8, London 7, Blount 3, Eidenschink 3.

 Game 7           1   2   3   4   Final
 Stacey          21  10  16  11   58
 Floresville JV  10  15   8   8   41
 Scoring:
 Stacey: Carpening 20, Warren 10, White 9, Ruffin 8, D. Stewart 7, Hedrick 2,
 A, Stewart 2.
 Floresville: Gonzales 14, Marsh 9, Barnard 7, Chambus 5, Loskowski 4, Fratz 2.

 Game 8         1   2   3   4  Final
 Canyon Lake   12  14  13   9  48
 Somerset       6  19  13   9  47
 Scoring:
 Hawks: Kreiger 26, Riali 7, Davis 5, Pruna 4, Hubnik 3, McIntire 3.
 Somerset: Gonzalez 19, Detmer 6, Dorman 6, Yanez 5, Camarillo 5, Reyna 3,
 DeLeon 3.

Canyon Lake will get another crack at Randolf as these two schools will meet for the second consecutive week as foes fighting for a Tournament Championship.

The Hawks punched their ticket for this rematch when they held on for a, 48-47 victory over Somerset Bulldogs in a nightcap on the first day of the Canyon Lake Classic.

This game had 15 lead changes, as each team traded punches all night long trying to get an advantage.

Somerset’s largest lead was only two points and CL had a seven point lead in their second quarter, 18-11.

Senior Caleb Kreiger had no problem establishing the inside as he hit at a 82% rate from the field through the first half scoring 20 points.

The second half, Somerset put a couple of Bulldogs on Kreiger forcing the Hawks to get more players involved.

“I had a size advantage,” Kreiger started. “We were beating their press, but then in the second half they put more players on me and I had to find other players.”

Canyon Lake started the fourth quarter with a one point lead, when Kreiger hit his first shot stretching that lead to three, 41-38.

Somerset would answer with five straight points, seizing the lead again, 43-41.

Paul Davis took his next rebound and went coast to coast for a tying score at the five minute mark.

A couple of minutes of blank shooting by both clubs, put this game in pressure mode when the Bulldogs broke the tie with under three minutes in regulation, 45-43.
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Canyon Lake Boy’s won their first CL Tournament game in front of a pack house against Floresville JV, 42-32.

The Hawks withstood a cold spell while the Tigers closed the gap to three points late in the third quarter.

During this cold spell, Floresville scored 11 straight points to cut a 29-15 lead down to 29-26.

Even thought the Hawk Gym was packed with students on this Friday afternoon, only a fraction realized that their was a basketball game going on.

CL responded with or without the crowd and increased their lead back to a final 10 point win.

Doug Hubnik was high point with nine points while being joined in the scoring book with six other Hawks.

“Our shot selection has to be better,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We drive into traffic and then put up a tougher shot, than if we just ran our offense a couple more times through to get a more open chance.”

Canyon Lake will face Somerset on Friday night for a chance to play for a championship on Saturday.

               1   2   3   4   Final
 Floresville   6   4  14   8   32
 Canyon Lake  13   7   9  13   42

                3pt            Rebounds
 Name      fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or dr Tot a s b to
 Riali       2-9     2-7     0-0    6  2  3  5   0 0 0 1
 Ferris      0-3     0-2     0-0    0  1  0  1   1 0 0 1
 Faulkner    2-3     0-0     0-0    4  1  3  4   1 0 0 0
 McIntire    2-2     2-2     0-0    6  1  0  1   1 0 0 0
 Hubnik      4-8     0-1     1-2    9  1  1  2   2 3 0 4
 Wellings    0-0     0-0     0-0    0  0  0  0   0 0 0 0
 Clark       0-2     0-0     0-0    0  3  1  4   0 0 0 1
 Krieger     3-9     0-3     2-4    8  0  3  3   2 2 3 4
 J Mendez    0-2     0-0     0-0    0  1  0  1   0 0 0 4
 Curry       3-5     1-3     0-0    7  0  0  0   1 2 0 0
 Dailey      0-1     0-0     0-0    0  1  1  2   0 0 0 0
 Pruna       1-3     0-0     0-0    2  0  4  4   0 0 0 0
 Totals     17-47    5-18    3-6   42 11 16 27   8 7 3 15
 Percentages 36.2%  27.8% 50.0%

Canyon Lake flew away from the Lockhart Lions, 55-43 last Tuesday night in Lockhart and has now won three of their last four games.

Caleb Kreiger was the difference in this contest as he poured in 35 points, which is a new record for points in one game.

“Caleb played a great game,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “He played within himself and didn’t force too much. He took what they gave him and played to his strengths.”

“He (Caleb) was in attack mode, which is better than him standing outside and shooting threes. I think he did a good job of getting into our offense, and when we do that, Caleb can get some good looks.”

Chapman finished, “The thing I like most about Caleb is the first thing he talked about after the game was getting better on defense. That just shows you the type of kid he is and he is always looking to get better.”

Other contributors were Paul Davis who also made double digit points with 11, while Doug Hubnik finished with 10 assists.
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