Head Cross Country Coach Mary Beth Gallagher
Coaches Corner with Cross Country Coach Mary Beth Gallagher
This is an exciting time for Cross Country at Canyon Lake as last year the Boy’s team qualified for the post season for the first time.
CC lost some runners but a restocking of more good athletes looks in the offing as we catch up with Coach Gallagher.
The ReSporter: Hey Coach, what are your expectations for this year’s Cross Country team? (more…)
Coaches Corner with Hawk’s Charley Drum
Canyon Lake’s Head Coach Charley Drum
The ReSporter: Another tough game with Blanco, last season you changed some personnel after that loss…will you be making some changes this week?
Coach Drum: “Not as much, the effort was there and the mistakes can be taken care of. We wanted to see their set and they (the players) did the same thing.”
The ReSporter: That old adage of how a team improves from game one to game two, what are your thoughts.
Coach Drum: “They did well and we had a lot of improvement from the last scrimmage to the game with Blanco. They get it, were they perfect? No! But I like what I saw.” (more…)
The ReSporter: Canyon Lake beat Fredericksburg 3-1 on Tuesday and Head Coach Kim Paisley was kind enough to offer some answers for the game and season.
Head Volleyball Coach Kimberley Paisley
The ReSporter: Did not see Addison Farley on any of the leader lines, did she play or are you having a reduced roll for her?
Coach Paisley: “She did play and played the whole match. I guess the way the game played out, she wasn’t able to execute with the bigger girls she had across the net. His lineup couldn’t sustain both Bailey and Addison so one of them were not going to get the same look on offense. He had to pick one to try and stop. Also the rotation we had when we were serving and keeping them out of system, fell on Bailey front row and Addison back row. Addison had some great digs last night.”
The ReSporter: Could the players see a difference in facing Fred vs. those teams faced last week in San Antonio? (more…)
Coaches Corner with Bracken’s Hosea Stredic
Head Coach Hosea Stedic
The ReSporter will be having a weekly Coaches Corner with Coach Stredic this season as this will be an interesting time getting to know the ‘New’ Head Coach of BCS…hope you enjoy the talks.
The ReSporter: Coach Stredic, tell us how many years you have been coaching and where you were stationed.
Coach Stredic: “I have been coaching for 20 years now and the whole time I have been in El Paso….Faith Christian from 1994 to 1997, I coached at Jesus Chapel and then on to Bethel Christian till 2011. I went back to Faith Christian and that is where I was coaching when I took the Bracken position.”
The ReSporter: Have you had this type of experience when you start at a school with a team this young? (more…)
Coaches Corner with Canyon Lake’s Charley Drum
Canyon Lake’s Head Coach Charley Drum
The ReSporter will be having a weekly Coaches Corner with Coach Drum this season and hopes that this will be an informative time in understanding that week’s game and other information.
The ReSporter: Hey Coach, thanks for spending time with me and I have questions for your upcoming game….you have heard how much a team will improve from the first game to the second game in a season. Can you also say that your improvement is measurable from the last scrimmage to the first game?
Coach Drum: “Actually, this is different because a scrimmage has the coaches out on the field and we cannot be on the field during a game. A scrimmage is also a controlled game with so many plays for offense and defense. Even the half we played live has a running clock, so there are too many variables between a scrimmage and game situations.”
The ReSporter: So, that would be hard to compare in those situations… (more…)
Head Volleyball Coach Kimberley Paisley
The ReSporter: How has your off-season conditioning and workout been going?
Coach Paisley: “Offseason is great! The girls have been touching a ball, lifting weights, conditioning and improving skills at an individual and team level. We are about to begin the San Marcos Summer League for the month of June.” (Tuesday nights)
The ReSporer: What is the main item you look for as you put this ‘new’ edition on the court for this upcoming season?
Coach Paisley: “The main item for this upcoming season is raising the level of intensity. I am looking for players who are driven, passionate, communicates, and flat out gets after it!” (more…)
The ReSporter: What are your overall impressions for this group of athletes?
Track and Field Coach Troy Moses
Coach Moses: “Right now they are enthusiastic and working hard to improve. That has made it fun to coach.”
The ReSporter: You have to feel emboldened when you look at how young your team is and how stacked of an incoming group of young man enter into next year’s season.
Coach Moses: “We have a very good young group of athletes. There are good jumpers and runners and hurdlers, and that has the potential to be a very good track team in the upcoming years. But, at this point it’s only POTENTIAL!!!
The ReSporter: What does it take for a student to be able to realize their goal and get to a Region Meet? (more…)
Hawk Crawfish Boil Support Canyon Lake Track & Field
The ReSporter: Tell me how you see the future for this Girls team….I see a lot of good things coming from this group of ladies.
Coach Barthels: “We are a young team, we are only graduating a couple of seniors. 2 of the 3 relay teams consisted of 3 freshmen and a sophomore with pretty good JV times in those same events. We had a group of girls that worked hard in practice and competed on meet days with almost everyone improving on their times at each meet. At district we finished 2nd as a JV team with only 11 girls. Varsity girls set records in the 4X100, and the Long Jump. I see the future looking bright with a few girls already asking if they can run track this year. Obviously the more girls we can have come to track the better we can be.
The ReSporter: What did you take from the District Meet? (more…)
Coaches Corner with Softball Coach John Gallagher
Head Softball Coach John Gallagher
The Canyon Lake Hawks find themselves in a crowded field as they prepare for another battle against La Vernia tonight and The ReSporter wanted a chance to see some of his thoughts about this season.
The ReSporter: As you look at this year’s district standings, have you ever seen a district that does not have any separation between the schools?
Coach Gallagher: “No I haven’t for quite a few years, this year everyone is very competitive.”
The ReSporter: What are some of the intricacies of a game do you look for in how you decide that a pitching change is warranted?
Coach Gallagher: “A pitchers control, number of walks given up, effectiveness of her pitches, and how well the other team is hitting the ball.”
Triple Jumper Bailey Drum wants to go further.
The ReSporter: Is your team at full strength as you head to District play?
Coach Barthels: “Yes, we are at full strength with most of our girls having better times each week in the running events and better distances and heights on field events.”
The ReSporter: What event will be the strongest and why?
Coach Barthels: “At this point in time I would say that our hurdle events are the strongest right now with Bailey, Sydney and Abby all getting better as the year goes on. Our Sprint relay is running the fastest times ever at CLHS with the 4×200 relay on track to one of the best times ever. That being said, we are still a ways in each event from the front runners of the district, but the girls are working hard to make up any time possible including better timing of the handoffs.”
The ReSporter: Are the girls where they need to be performance wise as they head to the tape? (more…)
