The Bracken Warriors won a much needed road game on Thursday night at Marble Falls Faith, 35-34.

The game kept fans on the edge of their seats as the final seconds ticked down and smiled on the Warriors.

“Exciting for the fans but nothing either coach will be using as a training aid for future teams,” Head Coach James Johnson said. “We had a very good effort defensively but not much of anything positive to say about the offensive execution.”

With a halftime deficit of seven points, the Warriors came out with a defensive effort Coach Johnson spoke of, “I thought we defended well and that was what saved us.” (more…)

The final score could indicate a tight contest with several lead changes, however the game was not close for much of the contest.

Canyon Lake garnered more points in the fourth quarter (27) than they had in the first three quarters combined (25).

“We finally knew we could play with these guys,” Senior Matt Noyola said. “That is what gave us the confidence.”

The Hawks missed 15 free throws which should let you know what could of been done to get in the win column.

Noyola finished with 15 points and contributed 12 points in the second half. Noyola made his last eight free throws that help close the gap.
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Garrett Winters soars for two points as Sean Nolan waits for a rebound if needed.

The Canyon Lake Freshmen Boy’s Basketball team defeated Navarro 55-17 to improve to 10-5 on the season.

The Hawks’ defensive effort led the way as the Panthers were only able to score three points through three quarters.

“We talk about defense all the time, and it’s good to see that we came out and executed what we talk about,” Coach Luke Chapman said. “In order for us to be successful we have to play tough, physical defense, and the kids have bought into that.”

The Hawks match up with another district foe as they play at Boerne this Friday.

 Freshman      1   2   3   4   Final
  Navarro       0   1   2  14    17
 Canyon Lake  10  13  16  16    55 

 Player Scoring:
 Tommy Clark – 8, Skylar Tschoepe – 8, Sean Nolan – 5,
 Zach Moss – 5, Dave Pfaff – 5, Garrett Winters – 5,
 Nic Adams – 4, Taylor Lucas – 4, Michael Russell – 3,
 Matt Thomasson – 3, Branton Kindla – 2, Scott Taylor – 2
  

The Hawks still could not get to the top of the hill as they were topped by

Doug Hubnik and Branson Belcher close in on another rebound.

Navarro in Overtime last Tuesday night, 42-37.

Canyon Lake was ahead for most of the game until two and a half minutes was left in the fourth quarter. The contest went into slow motion for the next 20 minutes as both teams battled to the wire.

“Hopefully we will learn some lessons,” Head Coach Jeff Maynard said. “There is really not much you can say….”

The undoing for CL was free throws once again, as the Hawks sank just 15 out of 28 tries.
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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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