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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025Lake Corrects Spelling in Beating Ugalde, 47-7
Saturday, October 18th, 2025
Defensive Lineman Joseph Matos Padilla pursuit was relentless in Hawk’s win over Ugalde!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)
It was a tough week of work for a resilient Hawk team that had some soul searching after set-back against Somerset last week.
“The lessons we learned from last week..you know they say you learn more from a loss than a win,” Head Coach Sam Parker exclaimed after The Lake’s win over Ugalde. “Last week was humbling…the kids had a great week of practices and it showed..they did a great job preparing and it showed…and I couldn’t be more proud of our kids and how they responded from last week to this week.”
Canyon Lake started this game with a resolve, to the point, of seeing that a misspelled Ugalde team needed a correction much like this Lake team did in preparing for this battle since leaving the Somerset city limits.
Last week’s loss would be akin for a Senior High School student not making it past the first round in a grade school spelling bee.
Yes, The Lake, found that Uvalde should actually be spelled, Ugalde and made their corrections all week in preparation for this Homecoming contest.
According to Wikipedia: Uvalde was founded in 1853 as the town Encina, but was renamed in 1856 as Uvalde. Its name is a misspelling of the Spanish governor Juan de Ugalde (Cadiz, Andalusia, 1729-1816). Ugalde is a name of Basque origin, meaning water-side or river.
Case in point was watching Canyon Lake needing 3 plays for their first score when QB Jace Wheeler found Peyton King with a crowning 67 yard catch and run for that first score. That catch matched a former receiver, Chase Anderson who was in attendance on this homecoming night. That 67 yards is the 12th longest in Hawk Annals.
The Lake’s defense was next up in holding these Coyotes to 4 yards and punt which gave CL’s offense the ball for a two play drive that was capped off when Chris Brown broke open for a 34 yard scamper to pay-dirt and a quick, 13-0 Hawk lead.
Ugalde did show life on their next possession but this sequence of plays stalled after 16 plays and CL taking over needing 72 yards.
Four plays later with an added 15 yard Ugalde penalty after a Gram Simpson 24 run had The Lake using a 26 yard pass to Lucas Schexnayder (Spelling Bee Champ Based on his name) for his first touchdown this season and a Hawk, 20-0 first quarter lead.
Canyon Lake scored on their first 5 possessions when Simpson scored on his 6 yard carry and he accounted for all 43 yards during this drive.
The only drives CLake failed to score happened before half and end of game that made a statement, that lessons learned were correctable. This was CL’s best game showing a balanced offense finishing with 211 yards on the ground and 203 via the air.
Now The Lake will have this next week off before getting back to work for a big battle with Davenport in two weeks.
The best news is knowing that CANYON LAKE is spelled correctly and hopefully this group of players can go further when the season will bring more learning opportunity for future spelling bees.
Way to GO LAKE!
1 2 3 4 Final Uvalde 0 0 0 7 07 CL Hawks 20 14 6 7 47 Scoring Summary: CL-Peyton King 67 yard pass Jace Wheeler (run failed), 10:48, 1st CL-Chris Brown 34 yard run (Jack Stracener kick), 8:26, 1st CL-Lucas Shexnayder 26 yd pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 0:04, 1st CL-Hayes Holladay 17 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 8:37, 2nd CL-Gram Simpson 6 yard run (Stracener kick), 4:00, 2nd CL-Chris Brown 1 yard run (run failed), 7:22, 3rd UC-Coyotes 4 yard run (pat good), 11:44, 3rd CL-Chris Brown 1 yard run (Stracener kick), 6:10, 4th Game Stats Coyotes Hawks Total Yards 221 414 First Downs 12 20 Rush/Yards 45/182 30/211 Comp/Att/Inc 2/14/0 9/15/1 Passing Yards 39 203 Punts/Average 3/25.7 0/0 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0 Penalties-Yards 4-26 6-40 Passing Comp Att Pct Yards Int TD Jace Wheeler 9 15 .600 203 1 3 Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD Chris Brown 11 91 8.3 34 3 Gram Simpson 11 74 5.7 30 1 Jace Wheeler 4 21 5.2 11 0 Hayes Holladay 1 13 13.0 13 0 Ryder Smith 2 11 5.5 13 0 Kobe Halverson 1 1 1.0 1 0 Totals 30 211 7.0 34 4 Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD Peyton King 2 75 37.5 67 1 Kobe Halverson 3 60 20.0 25 0 Hayes Holladay 2 40 20.0 23 1 Lucas Shexnayder 1 26 26.0 26 1 Gram Simpson 1 2 2.0 2 0 Totals 9 203 22.6 67 3
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This Week @ The Lake Oct. 14th-17th
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE October 14th-17th Tue Oct 14 The Lake JV Fr @ Long Creek 500p Volleyball The Lake @ Long Creek 600p Volleyball Thu Oct 16 The Lake Fresh @ Uvalde Fresh 500p Football The Lake JV @ Uvalde JV 630p Football Fri Oct 17 Bandera JV Fr @ The Lake Fr JV 500p Volleyball Bandera @ The Lake 600p Volleyball Uvalde @ The Lake 700p Football Homecoming
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It wasn’t a bounty week for Canyon Lake as Volleyball and Football could not shake that loss column.
Volleyball had that tough two game set with Wimberley & Davenport but a loss to Fredericksburg last Friday put a dent into grabbing momentum back.
This week will start with a road game to Long Creek tonight and then a homecoming night game at The Hawk Nest this Friday against Bandera. With a win over Long Creek tonight, The Lake, will clinch a post-season bid.
Volleyball will enter their last phase of their district season with four remaining battles that comes to an end on the 24th of October.
CLake’s Football suffered a set-back in their loss to Somerset and find themselves with the same situation as last season. Playoffs are certainly still in the mix but a second seed might be on the line based on upcoming results.
Homecoming this week against Uvalde, a team that played Somerset two weeks ago, and enjoyed a lead going into halftime. A winnable game but a consistent game is a must and not letting last week’s set-back beat the Hawk’s twice.
Cross Country had Tristan Schenk finish 4th and Gibson Cover had a 7th place finish, and the Ladies also will have two continue their season with Eva Zabarcencu and Sophie Eastland. So that makes 4 students going to Region meet this year.
Way to Go Long and Go Fast Lake!
Boys Varsity 5000 Meters Place Time Team Scores Tristan Schenk 4 14:14.416 Fredericksburg 51 Gibson Cover 7 14:42.946 Davenport 58 Jackson Alvarez 27 19:58.206 Long Creek 64 Brent McDermott 30 20:32.198 Canyon Lake 85 Grant Cover 34 20:46.650 Bandera 102 Cheif Rendon 40 21:14.146 Wimberley 147 Girls Varsity 2 Mile Place Time Team Scores Eva Zabarcencu 3 11:43.063 Fredericksburg 37 Sophie Eastland 4 12:00.085 Davenport 64 Madison Matheney 26 13:31.601 Wimberley 69 Macie Paredez 32 14:40.419 Bandera 89 Macey Wunderlich 33 14:50.051 Canyon Lake 99 Avery Rutherford 34 14:53.732 Boys Junior Varsity Team Scores Aiden McLaren 4 20:52.154 Canyon Lake 27 Taliesin LeDoux 5 21:28.191 Davenport 28 James Eastland 10 22:27.606 Samuel McNeill 15 24:00.746 Wilhelm Voigt 17 24:13.851 Girls Junior Varsity Team Scores Meagan May 18 15:02.905 Bandera 22 London Webb 23 15:23.151 Fredericksburg 62 Reagan Wood 25 15:25.016 Davenport 71 Layla Jones 40 16:21.426 Long Creek 89 Abcde Jackson 44 16.57.839 Canyon Lake 115 Boys 2 Miles Seniors Marshall Gomez 1st 20:08.389 Girls 2 Miles Seniors Ayden Purdum 4 14:58.321 Vivian Gough 5 16:48.420
Somerset Pre-Game, District Standings & Stats
Thursday, October 9th, 2025PRE-GAME: CL Hawks @ Somerset Bulldogs 7:00pm 5-1 4-1 History: Bulldogs lead series, 3-1. 2010 Lake 24 Bulldogs 25 2012 Lake 35 Bulldogs 54 2013 Lake 35 Bulldogs 47 2024 Lake 42 Bulldogs 20 This Year’s Scores: Hawks 35 Wimberley 36 Bulldogs 30 Southside 7 Hawks 49 Aus Crockett 7 Bulldogs 10 McCollum 22 Hawks 21 Navarro 13 Bulldogs 42 Jefferson 14 Hawks 49 Veterans 14 Bulldogs 48 Jourdanton 13 Hawks 56 JFK 6 Bulldogs 43 Uvalde 22 Hawks 42 Billies 28
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Somerset comes into this contest with some payback after suffering a loss to Canyon Lake last season. Both teams finished last year tied with Fredericksburg with 4-2 records after each school suffered a loss to Davenport.
CLake already avenged their loss to Freddie last week and that will be Somerset’s goal this week.
In that one loss to McCollum, Somerset lost the turnover battle 3-0 which helped define that loss. The Bulldogs had a balanced offense with 156 rushing and 186 passing.
Somerset’s defense gave up 215 yards on the ground against this run oriented offense who went to the air just 8 times.
Last week Somerset opened district play against Uvalde and were right at 200 passing yards and a respectable 124 yards on the ground. John Alvarez returned to the lineup last week and led the team with 86 yards on 19 carries.
Senior Joe Torres leads in season rushing garnering 221 yards thus far as he took up the slack while Alvarez did not play.
Senior Kaleb Flores has passed for 947 yards averaging 190 per game with 14 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Flores go to receiver will be #44 Malakai Iverson who averages 112 receiving yards for 21 yards per catch and 12 touchdowns.
An interesting tidbit was seeing how Uvalde was able to rack up 298 yards passing against Somerset last week after the Coyote’s were only able to amass 74 yards against Fredericksburg the week before.
You can check out those team stats below for Somerset which is based much like The Lake this season where a passing game has been the most consistent way of moving the ball.
And as always, Let’s Go Hawks!
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Season District 14-4A District Davenport 6 0 1.000 Canyon Lake (1032) 2 0 1.000 Canyon Lake 5 1 .833 Davenport (1295) 2 0 1.000 Somerset 4 1 .800 Somerset (1295) 1 0 1.000 Pleasanton 2 3 .400 Billies (1047) 1 1 .500 Billies 2 4 .333 Pleasanton (994) 0 1 .000 Uvalde 2 4 .333 Uvalde (1299) 0 2 .000 JFK 2 4 .333 JFK (1054) 0 2 .000 Games This Week: District 13-4A (Bi-District Round) CL Hawks @ Somerset Taylor (1050) 2 0 Davenport @ Billies Austin LBJ (773) 1 0 Pleasanton @ JFK Austin NE (1226) 1 1 Aus Eastside (694) 1 1 Manor Tech (605) 1 1 Aus Achieve (628) 0 2 Aus Travis (1198) 0 2 SEASON STATS: Offensive Points Defensive Points Davenport 333 55.5 Davenport 77 15.4 Canyon Lake 252 42.0 Somerset 78 15.6 Somerset 173 34.6 Canyon Lake 104 17.3 Uvalde 150 25.0 Pleasanton 147 29.4 Billies 118 19.7 Billies 180 30.0 Pleasanton 70 14.0 Uvalde 203 33.6 JFK 75 12.5 JFK 203 33.8 Offensive Rushing Offensive Passing *JFK 1276 255.2 Canyon Lake 1557 259.5 Davenport 1440 240.0 Davenport 1308 218.0 Billies 890 148.3 Somerset 978 195.6 Canyon Lake 862 143.7 Uvalde 799 160.0 Uvalde 660 132.9 Billies 893 148.8 Somerset 647 129.4 *JFK 77 15.4 Pleasanton na Pleasanton na Total Offense Davenport 2748 458.0 Canyon Lake 2419 403.2 Somerset 1645 329.0 Billies 1783 297.2 Uvalde 1459 243.2 *JFK 1353 270.6 Pleasanton na na
(*) indicates that team stats are not available and at least one game is missing. Pleasanton Eagles has no stats for this season posted by newspapers or MaxPreps.
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Sunday, October 5th, 2025THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE (October 7th-10th) Tue Oct 7 The Lake JV/Fr @ Wimberley 500p Volleyball The Lake @ Wimberley 600p Volleyball Thu Oct 9 The Lake @ District 26-4A 800a Cross Country Somerset Fr @ The Lake Fresh 500p Football Somerset JV @ The Lake JV 630p Football Fri Oct 10 The Lake JV/Fr @ Billies Sub Varsity 500p Volleyball The Lake @ Billies 600p Volleyball The Lake @ Somerset 700p Football 7650 S Loop 1604 Somerset 78069
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Football will get interesting this week with the winner of Canyon Lake/Somerset game having an inside track for a playoff home game. Davenport are still without a blemish and ranked 5th in the State while CL’s win over Freddie gives us a tie-breaker if we tie them.
Cross Country will have their district meet in Bandera this Thursday.
Last week at The Lake was even-steven for volleyball with a win/loss and this week will have an important game at Fredericksburg on Friday. CL breezed through their first 3 opponents on that first district go-around and replicating that will boost Canyon Lake with their first 20 win season since 2019 and a playoff bid.
That Billie game will start the 2nd round of district battles and the loser of the Bandera/Long Creek game will eliminate that school. For the most part…those 4 schools look set with that Hawk/Billie contest either leading to a tie for 3rd/4th or a Lake win cementing a 3rd place finish.
Below are the Standings and those numbers beside each school indicates attendance size which will decide if The Lake would be placed with smaller or larger schools in the post-season bracket.
VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Season W L Pct District W L Pct Wimberley 35 5 .875 Wimberley (855) 4 0 1.000 Davenport 29 7 .805 Davenport (1295) 3 1 .750 CL Hawks 19 11 .633 CL Hawks (1032) 3 1 .750 Billies 14 15 .483 Billies (1057) 2 2 .500 Bandera 13 22 .371 Bandera (702) 0 4 .000 Long Creek 7 19 .269 Long Creek (1136) 0 4 .000 This Week’s Battles Tue Oct 7 The Lake @ Wimberley Bandera @ Long Creek Davenport @ Fredericksburg Fri Oct 10 The Lake @ Fredericksburg Wimberley @ Long Creek Bandera @ Davenport *Bi-District Round Schools for Canyon Lake's District Dist Season Lago Vista (673) 8 0 24 4 Manor Tech (605) 5 2 15 6 Legacy Ranch 5 3 19 9 Austin Travis (1198) 2 4 8 13 Eastside (694) 2 4 7 13 Austin Achieve (628) 2 4 6 13 Austin LBJ 1 2 4 8 NE Early College 0 6 1 18 *Not all schools have up to date records. Season Record column a good idea of strength of schools.
Let’s GO LAKE!
Hawks Wins Minutia War Against Billies, 42-28.
Saturday, October 4th, 2025
Lucas Shexnayder maneuvering his 47 yard reception that led to CL’s first score. (photo by Daniel Clifton)
Canyon Lake ran their win streak to 5 games after staving off a relentless Fredericksburg Billies team in a minutia filled contest, 42-28.
This contest started with a lot of minutia as each team with missed snaps, delay of game penalties, just little things that added up with The Lake being able to add up more positive minutia rather than those negative minutia happenings.
On this night it was a Billie returning an interception 45 yards to start this contest that had CLake looking at their first deficit with 7 minutes left on a first quarter clock.
Canyon Lake countered with an 8 play drive that was highlighted when a Lucas Schexnayder reception covered 47 yards and helped The Lake punch it in when running back Chris Brown bulled his way into the end zone from 2 yards out.
Another special team highlight which has become a common occurrence this season featured a blocked field goal attempt by Kobe Halverson who would return that block 61 yards which gave CL a lead that would not be relinquished.
Then a defensive interception for Carter Prieto on Fredericksburg’s next possession had Canyon Lake needing just 29 yards which needed 6 plays for another Schexnayder reception… this time for 18 yards on the Billie 7 yard line. It would be a Brown brauning for 3 yards for a score and, 21-7 lead.
Freddie would respond two possession later with an efficient 2 pass play drive covering 67 yards and leaving 1:28 before halftime and a 7 point deficit.
Canyon Lake would capitalize next when Gram Simpson (who finished with 102 yards) covered 16 yards and that was followed with a pass interference and a 37 yard Jace Wheeler strike to Halverson giving CL a, 28-14 halftime advantage.
It would be a 9 yard sack for Joseph Matos that ended this up and down half.
Starting the second half it would be a 40 yard Simpson run followed with a Peyton King 27 yard catch that increased CL’s lead to, 35-14.
A Hawk defensive stand would ice this affair when Canyon Lake used a 6 play drive with another King reception this time for 60 yards for at TD and a Hawk, 42-14 lead.
Freddie would stage two more scores but CL’s defense would answer the bell two more times when JR Lindell tipped a ball that went into Tristan Alexander’s hands for his first interception this season.
There was still enough of those negative minutia plays that will give coaches enough to work on before next week’s game with Somerset.
This win did give Canyon Lake a milestone with Freddie being the first school to absorb 10 losses with just 6 wins over The Lake.
Little things that can add with a goal of finishing with more positive than negative events. That formula will be needed against a Bulldog team that won their first district battle over Uvalde.
A win would give a boost to these Hawks for a chance of finishing high enough to minimize those little negative minutia things.
Way to Go Lake & Beat Somerset!
1 2 3 4 Final Fredericksburg 7 7 7 7 28 CL Hawks 7 21 14 0 42 Scoring Summary: FB-Billies 45 yard interception return (pat good), 6:50, 1st CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Jack Stracener kick), 3:00, 1st CL-Kobe Halverson 61 yard blocked field goal return (Stracener kick), 9:39, 2nd CL-Chris Brown 3 yard run (Stracener kick), 6:31, 2nd FB-Billies 26 yard pass (pat good), 1:28, 2nd CL-Halverson 37 yard pass from Jace Wheeler (Stracener kick), 0:31, 2nd CL-Peyton King 27 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 10:18, 3rd CL-King 60 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 6:27, 3rd FB-Billies 18 yard pass (pat good), 2:19, 3rd FB-Billies 20 yard run (pat good), 11:21, 4th Team Stats Billies Hawks Total Yards 314 363 First Downs 16 14 Rush/Yards 20/71 28/136 Comp/Att/Int 20/32/2 12/22/1 Passing Yards 243 227 Punts/Average 4/37.0 4/38.3 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0 Penalties-Yards 5-42 6-55 Passing Comp Att Pct Yds Int TD Jace Wheeler 12 22 .545 227 1 3 Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD Gram Simpson 19 102 5.4 40 0 Chris Brown 8 32 4.0 8 2 Peyton King 1 7 7.0 7 0 Team 1 -5 - - - Totals 28 136 4.9 40 2 Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD Peyton King 3 94 31.3 60 2 Lucas Schexnayder 2 65 32.5 47 0 Kobe Halverson 3 49 16.3 37 1 Hayes Holladay 3 13 4.3 7 0 Chris Brown 1 6 6.0 6 0 Totals 12 227 18.9 60 3
Hawk’s Freshman Have Awakening in One Point Set-Back to Billies, 21-20
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Canyon Lake’s Freshman football has been on a learning curve most of this season but after a one point loss to Fredericksburg that had the Billies with a 21-0 halftime lead….the light switch turned on with an awakening second half and one point loss eventual, 21-20.
This awakening that happened was between those two halves and was significant on both sides of the ball.
A Lake’s defense allowed 77 ground yards and two completions in those last two sessions and it gave this Hawk offense a chance for their awakening while scoring 3 touchdowns and coming up just short on two poin conversion tries which resulted in this one point set-back.
QB Jake Stringer uncorked a 14 yard touchdown pass to Kasen Piel which started those eye opening moments in this awakening during this 2nd half on a Hawk first drive to start the 2nd half.
These Hawks only needed one play on their next drive after a Freddie punt. Setting up shop on their own 22 yard line it would be Caleb Cross who would take in a catch and run 78 yard play with still more than a quarter remaining.
A Lake defense would continue opening their eyes for more sunlight in this awakening and forced a punt and forced a fumble that had Maverick Stepanovich with the recovery on Freddie’s next time with the ball.
Now a wide open CL Offense would answer with another one play pass for a touchdown.
Cross got a finger on this Stringer pass but it was intended for Hayden Gemar who grabbed this pass and flew to the end zone for 73 yards which still had these Hawks down by one point.
CL’s Defense would respond with another stop but this final drive would stall needing 38 yards of real estate to complete a wild comeback.
This is the type of contest that shows what a team can do when firing on all cylinders for a team that needed to awake from a slumber that had lasted too long this season.
Now a chance to see if this awakening can continue when The Lake’s Freshman take on Somerset at the Hawk Nest next Thursday with the kick-off schedule at 5:00pm.
Stay Awake Lake!
1 2 3 4 Final CL Hawks Fresh 0 0 12 8 20 Billies Fresh 7 14 0 0 21 Scoring Summary: FB-Billie 17 yard run (pat good), 0.11, 1st FB-Billie 25 yard pass (pat good), 4:43, 2nd FB-Billie 70 yard INT return (pat good), 0:16, 2nd CL-Kasen Piel 14 yard reception from Jake Stringer (run failed), 6:00, 3rd CL-Caleb Cross 78 yard reception from Stringer (pass failed), 2:21, 3rd CL-Hayden Gemar 73 yard reception from Stringer (Derek Dunlap run), 4:37, 4th Team Stats Billies Hawks Total Yards 180 251 First Downs 13 8 Rush/Yards 45/137 20/85 Comp/Att/Int 4/12/0 5/13/1 Passing Yard 43 166 Punts/Average 3/22.3 2/18.0 Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1 Penalties-Yards 4-33 3-35 Passing Comp Att Pct Yds Int TD Jake Stringer 5 13 .385 164 1 3 Wyatt Galvan 0 1 .000 0 0 0 Totals 5 14 .357 164 1 3 Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD Derek Dunlap 11 82 7.5 24 0 Colin Armstrong 6 11 1.8 8 0 Hayden Gemar 1 3 3.0 3 0 Jake Stringer 2 -10 - - 0 Totals 20 85 4.4 24 0 Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD Caleb Cross 1 78 78.0 78 1 Hayden Gemar 1 73 73.0 73 1 Kasen Piel 2 17 8.5 14 1 Derek Dunlap 1 -2 - - 0 Totals 5 166 33.3 78 3
Hawks JV’s Defense Dominated While Lake’s Passing Put Bow on Billies
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
The Lake’s Junior Varsity ran their district record to, 2-0 after another dominating defensive effort in win over Fredericksburg, 12-6.
“We are just getting back to the basics,” Head JV Coach Brandon Vasquez started when asked about how well this team has performed in their last two outings. “Calls are very simple and I told the guys that they have to be ready for those moments….and those guys are. We still have a long way to go and told them that if there is still time on that clock then we were going to win this game hands down and that is what it has to be week in and week out. The energy they bring to practice every week shows up on game night.”
Coach Vasquez continued, “We are nails against the board and we want to fly around and play solid football.”
Sold football was a key on this win that, The Lake, gave away one scoring drive for Freddie that went one yard after a muffed punt. The play gave this Billie team a touchdown play for what would end up being their only score.
Other than that snafu it was Canyon Lake’s Defense that dominated allowing 2.2 yards per offensive play.
CL’s offense did respond through the air with an opening first pass that QB Damon Gracia found Receiver Dario Faz in stride for a catch and run that gave a quick score lead, 6-0.
It was during that 2nd quarter that CL’s gift allowed a Billie touchdown and tied game before halftime.
The Hawks second drive to start the second half would give CL a lead that would not be threatened when Garcia found Colten Adams on a 39 yard post play and score.
That touchdown pass converted a 4th and 21 yards needed for a first and this touchdown put a cherry on top for a win.
Defensively CL was able to get two interceptions with that first INT having Slater Sutherland covering this Billie receiver like a blanket on a wintry Colorado night. (The ReSporter wanted to convey that Sutherland ended up having to give a red jersey back that he had commandeered off this Billie receiver)
That second INT ended any chance for a Billie comeback when Walker Galvan stole the ball on the home team’s sideline. Another theft that had Billie Fans calling 911 for assistance to get Galvan taken in for theft questioning.
Add those plays to several (11) others that had Fredericksburg losing yardage which would be highlighted when Defensive End Charles Palmer had his second sack and interviewed at Brookshire’s for a sacking gig when he stuffed Freddie’s QB for an 11 yard loss.
That was a pivotable play after CL had fumbled a punt which had Fred threatening for a score and only needing 20 yards for a go ahead score late during that first half. With that yardage loss presented a 3rd and 21 yards needed for a conversion. Knowing this Home Team was averaging 2 yards per play would make it inevitable that no score would be forthcoming.
A great win for a Hawk team that will be back at the Hawk Nest this coming Thursday when they welcome Somerset’s Bulldogs with kick-off commencing after CL’s Freshman dispose of the Bulldogs Freshman squad.
Way to Go Hawks!
1 2 3 4 Final CL Hawks 6 0 6 0 12 Billies JV 0 6 0 0 06 Scoring Summary: CLJV-Dario Faz 89 yard reception from Damon Garcia (pass failed), 5:23, 1st FHJV-Billie one yard run (run failed), 3:52, 2nd CLJV-Colten Adams 39 yard reception from Garcia (pass failed), 0:46, 3rd Team Stats Billies Hawks Total Yards 118 255 First Downs 10 13 Rush/Yards 36/24 32/53 Comp/Att/Int 7/17/2 10/17/0 Passing Yard 94 202 Punts/Average 4/33.8 1/31.0 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2 Penalties-Yards 6-45 4-30 Passing Comp Att Pct Yds Int TD Damon Garcia 10 17 .588 202 0 2 Rushing Att Yds Ave Lg TD Isaac Brinkley 10 42 4.2 15 0 Damon Garcia 5 17 3.4 5 0 Oliver Carey-Spoon 7 15 2.1 5 0 Aiden Boales 7 14 2.0 5 0 Peyton Vann 1 -1 - - 0 Team 2 -34 - - - Totals 32 53 1.7 15 0 Receiving No Yds Ave Lg TD Dario Faz 2 99 49.5 89 1 Colten Adams 3 52 17.3 39 1 Peyton Vann 3 39 13.0 20 0 Isaac Brinkley 1 12 12.0 12 0 Aiden Boales 1 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 10 202 20.2 89 2