Chandler Faulkner and Isaac Mendez are the firsline of Defense

The second quarter was the turning point that allowed the Hawks to distance themselves from Navarro. Canyon Lake outscored their counterparts by eight points in the quarter and maintained that advantage through the rest of the game, beating the Panthers, 51-44.

Three of the players enjoyed double figures scoring, Caleb Kreiger 13, Andrew Riali 12, and Tyler Clark 11.

The three players combined to hit 13 out of 21 shots. That percentage did not disappoint as the rest of the squad pitched in finishing with a 54.0% from the floor.
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The field goal for Austin Hill Country was scored with less than three minutes on the fourth quarter clock while the BCS JV basketball team used a round ball to secure the win, Saturday at Bracken gymnasium.

The Warriors started slow by hitting only two of their 15 shots in the first quarter.

However, the rim got much larger the next three stanzas as BCS shot 60% and put the game away.

Briana Martinez continues to have a hot hand scoring 11 points coming off the bench. Every Warrior player had a steal in the game as Austin Hill Country could not find the basket.
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Basketball Coach Jeff Maynard

The ReSporter: What are you trying to emphasize during the off week for the team?

Coach Maynard: “We are focusing on everything that we are doing right.  Although the outcomes have not gone our way, we had played well.  I think that the boys seem to realize that all of these games could have easily gone in our favor.”

The ReSporter: Does the team need a little help in everything, or a larger dose with a certain part of thelr game?

Coach Maynard: “We are playing well in all areas of the game, with the exception of one–shooting.  We have shot the ball better our last two games, but we still have been struggling at times when we need to make a shot.”
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The ReSporter has some more stats for Boys Basketball. The team and

Canyon Lake has many players rising making their mark for a team sport.

individual stats will give you a sense of where this years team stacks up with previous Hawk teams.

Note: Red will indicate former students and previous teams. Green represents this year and current players.

These stats are by no means complete. The ReSporter is missing five games from this season and previous year stats were also missing games.

The 2008-09 team had no stats to be found, therefore the records below might be off a tad. However you will get a jest of accomplishments of past players. The ReSporter only inserted the top five in each category, except when a current player was close enough to break into the block of five players.

Some interesting notes below:
Matt Magness has passed Stuart Lowry as the all time leading scorer.
Chris Green was a three point machine.
Matt Magness is closing in on Christian Pena in made free throws.
Neal Whitehead leads Canyon Lake in three categories, Rebounds, Blocks, and Steals.
We hope you enjoy reading about the students related to the numbers.

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Canyon Lake took one on the chin from the Billies as Matt Magness returned to the lineup scoring 13 points in another low scoring affair.

The ten point loss was just a three points deficit with three minutes left in the game, as the Hawks had to revert to fouling Fredericksburg to help close the gap.

Magness was not only the high point player (13), but he also led the team with eight rebounds.

There were a couple more surprises, with five three pointers from four different players.

Paul Davis pitched in with two in the first half while Carl Cook and Ancel Morel helped out in the cause keeping the Hawks close with two three pointers in the second stanza.

“The bench did fabulous,” Coach Maynard surmised. “I’m proud of the bench players.”

Of the 35 points scored, the bench players once again contributed 19 points, as Coach Jeff Maynard shuffled the deck and had Morel and Cook coming in after tip off.

“Ancel (Morel) games have been much better when he is coming off the bench,” Coach Maynard closed.
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Whoever came up with the word ‘Free’ throw in basketball needs to come

Senior Kevin Nolan finishes after being surrounded by Texans

back and have a do over on naming rights.

Canyon Lake Hawks could not cash in on the ‘Free’ throws when they needed too the most. A good free throw night would of been the difference maker in a game that saw the Hawks down as many as 13 points early in the first quarter.

In fact, the Hawks scored their first point on a free throw after the Texans had run up a 12-0 score in the first two minutes of the game.

Go back to an earlier game at the Canyon Lake Tournament and the same type of game transpired against Fredericksburg. That game was not pretty as the Hawks just dug themselves deeper and deeper after a similar start.

Against Wimberley, the Hawks were down 17-4 with four minutes left in the first quarter when the short handed Hawks started chipping away at what would’ve been an avalanche against the Billies earlier this season.
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Bracken Christian Boys Basketball started District play on the short end, losing to Kerrville OLH, 41-30.

The Tuesday night game started with the Warriors enjoying a seven point lead the first three minutes of the game.

But that is when the lids were put on the basket as BCS next basket happened with four minutes left in the second quarter. While the cold shooting was taking place, the Hawks from Kerrville had tacked on 13 unanswered points.
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The ReSporter finally caught up with Jeff Maynard, the Head Coach for Canyon Lake Boys Basketball team.

The ReSporter: A 9-5 record so far this season….what are your thoughts on the progress the team has shown thus far?

Coach Maynard: “I am very pleased with where we are right now. This is the best start that we have ever had, and in all honesty we are a couple of possessions away from being 11-3. We still have a lot to improve on, but I am real proud of how our boys have approached the season thus far.”

The ReSporter: With this team it seems like you have a chance to sub any player at any time during a game and the talent level does not drop significantly. How will this dictate your game management?
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The stats below are missing two games this season.

 Points Scored       FG Pct               Free Throws Made           

 Magness     138     Nolan       .500     Magness        34
 Berger       94     Pearson     .444     Berger         24
 Noyola       61     Berger      .426     Belcher        12 

 Free Throw Pct      Three Points Made    Three Point Pct
 Davis       .750    Noyola      8        Bustamante     .500     
 Hubnik      .727    Berger      6        Noyola         .348
 Cook        .688    Magness     6        Berger         .333

 Offensive Rebounds  Defensive Rebounds   Total Rebounds
 Belcher     19      Magness     38       Belcher    49
 Cook        14      Hubnik      33       Magness    47
 Berger      13      Belcher     30       Berger     42

 Assists             Steals               Blocks
 Magness     25      Hubnik      21       Morel      6
 Hubnik      22      Cook        17       Nolan      4
 Berger      17      Magness     16       Belcher    4
                                          Cook       4

The score was much closer than what the final indicated, but the Hawks were in control for the game and beat a hapless Blanco by seven points.

Canyon Lake shot 41% from the floor the first three quarters, leaving Blanco with a furious comeback to make the game seem closer.

Six turnovers for the first half also helped the JV to secure another win.

Caleb Kreiger led the Hawks with 17 points while cleaning the glass with 14 rebounds. Kreiger almost had a double double in the first half.

Kreiger was helped with 11 points from Chandler Faulkner and seven points from Robbie Ferris.

Isaac Mendez helped with seven rebounds while dishing out two assists.

Everyone contributed in the game as Erik Ibarra was heard saying going to the bench, ‘I scored my first points of the year.’

“We had a lot of energy from this past week,” Ibarra interjected. “Crashing the boards and blocking out has helped with a good winning streak.”

The Hawks were up by 16 points in the second half while Coach Chapman allowed all the players to apply pressure on Blanco throughout the game.

The game was coached by Chapman as Coach David Bentzen had to leave early for his Christmas vacation.

When asked which Coach was the better tactician, the players were almost all in agreement and The ReSporter will leave the answer for the Coaches to deduce.

Merry Christmas!!

                            1   2   3   4   Final
 Canyon Lake    11  12  12  11    46
 Blanco          6   4  12  17    39
 
 
                    Total   3PT.                 Rebounds
 Name              FGM-FGA FGM-FGA FTM-FTA  PTS OR  DR  TOT  A  S  B  TO 
 Sam Seeger          0-0     0-0     0-0     0   0   0   0   0  0  0  0
 Chandler Faulkner   4-11    1-2     2-4    11   1   0   1   0  0  1  1
 Thomas McIntire     0-1     0-1     0-0     0   0   0   0   0  0  0  1
 Luke Curry          0-1     0-1     0-0     0   0   0   0   0  0  0  1
 Isaac Mendez        1-4     0-0     0-0     2   2   5   7   0  1  0  3
 Robbie Ferris       3-7     1-4     0-2     7   0   1   1   2  3  0  2
 Andrew Riali        1-2     0-1     0-0     2   0   0   0   0  0  0  0
 Chris Biediger      0-1     0-0     0-0     0   0   0   0   0  0  0  0
 Javier Mendez       1-4     0-0     0-0     2   0   2   2   2  3  0  1
 Caleb Kreiger       7-15    1-1     2-5    17   5   9  14   2  0  2  3 
 Tyler Clark         0-1     0-0     0-0     0   0   2   2   2  1  0  3
 Ray Dailey          0-1     0-0     2-2     2   2   2   4   1  0  1  3
 Erik Ibarra         1-1     0-0     1-2     3   2   0   2   0  0  2  0 
 TOTAL              18-49    3-9     7-13   46  12  21  33   9  8  5 18
 Percent            36.7%   33.3%   53.8%