Kylee Goff goes for the Kill with Chloe Gray & Mackenzie Dorn wait for a celebration. GO LAKE!

             THIS WEEK       @   THE LAKE            August 19-23rd

Tue  Aug 19  Gonzales Fr     @   The Lake Green      500p Volleyball
             Gonzales JV     @   The Lake Gold       500p Volleyball
             Gonzales        @   The Lake            600p Volleyball

Wed  Aug 20  Devine          @   The Lake            400p Tennis

Thur Aug 21  The Lake        @   San Antonio         700a Cross Country
                                 Friday Night Lights
             The Lake Fr/JV  @   SA Catholic         500p Football 
             The Lake        @   SA Catholic         700p Football
  
Fri  Aug 22  The Lake        @   Pieper Tourney      tba  Volleyball

Sat  Aug 23  The Lake        @   Pieper Tourney      tba  Volleyball

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Hawk Sports are back in full swing after having CL’s Volleyball finish with a 4-2 record and winning the Bronze Bracket Crown at Corpus Christy Tournament.

Head Coach Daniella Villarreal surmised, “We are proud to share that Canyon Lake came away as Bronze Bracket Champions, and Chloe Gray was recognized with All-Tournament honors.

Chloe and Kylie Rodriguez did an outstanding job running the court for us. They are our steady presence, never leaving the floor and serving as strong leaders their teammates can always count on.

On Day 1, we had a tough pool draw against CC Veterans Memorial and LEE. Veterans Memorial went on to win the entire tournament, and LEE finished third in the Silver Bracket. We battled with both teams, but higher errors on our side prevented us from finishing out those matches.

                      Let’s GO LAKE!

Day 2 was a much better day as the team came out strong and controlled most of the matches. Our offense clicked more consistently, and we served aggressively to keep opponents from running their systems effectively. It was a long day with three matches, capped off with a best-of-five final, but the girl’s showed resilience and toughness to finish as Bronze Bracket champions.

I’m especially proud of how they bounced back after a challenging first day. We talk often about how struggles, setbacks, and tough moments make us stronger. This weekend was a great example of learning, growing, and becoming better together!”

Volleyball will welcome Gonzales to The Lake this Tuesday before debarking on their 2nd Tourney at Pieper High School starting on Thursday.

                   Let’s Go Lake!

The Hawk Cross Country also debuted at the Hill Country Rust Buster (don’t ask The ReSporter what that means).

Cross Country will in San Antonio this Thursday in a Friday Night Lights (on Thursday) and it is also starts at 7am….Looking at those titles you will have for these first two meets could strike a smile white these Hawk Athletes grimace in their open terrain jaunts.

Lake Tennis has started this season with two wins and will be in action this Wednesday when Devine will come to town with the first serve at 4pm. Bring some shade and water for this event and way to GO Lake!

Football finished their first scrimmage against Burnet last Friday and will continue their pre-season battles on the road in San Antonio when the Hawks battle the Buttons. The Central Catholic scrimmage will begin at 530pm for the sub-varsity teams and then Varsity will have a 700pm final round before starting their season against Wimberley at the Hawk Nest on the 29th of this month.

Good Start Lake and Let’s Make More WAVES!!

        Hawk Football Season & The Hill Country a Thing of Beauty! Let’s Go Hawks!

Way to Go Hawks!!

Canyon Lake’s Football squad finished their first week of Summer workouts with an intra-squad practice on Saturday.

The Hawk defense showed off starting this evening as CL’s offense finally finding some rhythm as the plays continued.

Head Coach Sam Parker shared his thoughts after that last played was over, “We were looking for execution on both sides (offensive & defensively) were they able to play fast…do they know what they are doing and are they fast doing it and if they can’t then it is our job to teach them better and it’s our job to give them a scheme that they can play fast.”

Coach Parker continued, “There were some huge pieces and today was more about developing and finding depth and finding pieces behind pieces and making sure..ultimately it is going to be a long season….injuries are going to happen and we are going to have to find people who can play those ones and twos and today was more about that than anything else.”

                                  GO LAKE!

Now The Lake will go into their next week knowing they have more to work on before Canyon Lake goes north to Burnet to play their next scrimmage. 

This will allow the Coaches to see where they are when playing a different team with different offensive and defensive plays. 

Playing an intra-squad scrimmage where a defense has a good idea of what is going to be run as well as on the offensive side of the table a different color jersey will allow that next step on working on other aspects and how to come together as one unit.

Canyon Lake had a successful first year and seeing what this team might be able to accomplish will hopefully find more hidden treasures on the way to another fruitful season.

Let’s Go Hawks Baby!

Canyon Lake will begin their 18th season which puts this group of Seniors starting their existence as a newborn when the high school had their first class.

Should be a fun year after rebounding from a, 2-8 campaign two years ago by adding 6 more wins. In fact, those 6 wins had The Lake getting mentioned in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football website being a select group 5 schools that accomplished that same metric or more.

Night and Day difference for a school that had switched from their Slot-T Offensive set (11 years) to a more wide open offense that was 50/50 on running-passing plays last year. That vaunted slot-t usually had a pass play called in that 10-15% range on average.

Last season CL’s offense was 50-50% run-pass which resulted in averaging 40 points per contest which stands #1 in that category beating out that 2016 team who averaged 38 points. The Lake averaged 185 yards on the ground and 177 yards through the air last season….a pretty 50/50 statistic.

Let’s GO LAKE

Defensively. Canyon Lake clamped down on their opponents by reducing yardage given up by 174 yards per game and coupled that with forcing 31 turnovers which was 7 more than the 2014 team who finished their season with 24 take-aways that now stands in 2nd place for that metric.

It was truly a turn-around season that resulted in a 2nd place finish for district play.

CLHS did lose some high powered skilled players to graduation seeing Carter Williams-James Garza-Harris Gilliam and others cross the stage last May.

However there is still a lot of optimism with a defense that returns 9 starters that will have Linebacker Eli Hammons heading this defense after leading last year’s team with 134 tackles, 29 tackles for loss with 5 sacks.

                               GO Lake!

Dalton Hodges tied Hammons with 5 sacks and added 11 tackles for loss and will look to increase those numbers for his final season.

There are more defensive stalwarts returning with defensive back Ben Parma with a Hawk best of 12 pass break-ups last season and Tristan Alexander who snagged 6 interceptions and by duplicating that number would pass (pardon the pun) Eric Nelson who had 9 interceptions his senior year and finished with 11 for his career.

Leading the defensive line will Joseph Matos Padilla, DL Wyatt Roberts, DB Jacob Price, DB Cash Ziemba….the hits just keep coming for what this year’s defense will bring to the field with many more ready to step up.

The ReSporter can’t wait to see Isiah Eureste return after missing half the season with an injury and at the time made a living disrupting offenses and was brilliant on the special team unit.

           GO LAKE!

On how this year has gone since the end of last year, Head Coach Sam Parker recounted, “We met as a staff and established that the big points of emphasis were football IQ and physical strength and we have done that with proven data and got them stronger and bigger physically and helped them understand where they fit in the big picture and understand their job which would help benefit the team.”

On what Coach Parker has seen so far this pre-season as they ready themselves when they kick off in less than a month, “The kids have done awesome and being here 80 to 85% for the varsity and JV for the entire Summer has been awesome and being able to communicate and having them understand what we are saying all the time has been a real good thing.”

That last line for Coach Parker feeds back on how last year’s team had to learn a whole new system on defense and offense which led to a teach and learn as last year’s season got started.

Offensively, The Lake, will have QB Jace Wheeler (6 ft, 175 lbs) returning and OL Cayden Toon (6-4, 305) and 3 Juniors that played as Sophomores last season will bring a more advanced learning curve: Victor Caldera, Phoenix Dent-McClain, and Dakota Sheffield returning into battle.

Canyon Lake was able to finish 2nd last year with a tie-breaker over Somerset and Fredericksburg. Davenport will be the pick again this season with Pleasanton-Uvalder-JFK hoping to improve enough for a chance to get a playoff invitation.

This Monday the count down will begin with the first scrimmage against Burnet on August 15th and then San Antonio Catholic, August 22nd.

Let’s GO LAKE!

                              Head Coach Sam Parker Excited as season approaches. Go Lake!

                   Let’s Go Hawks!!

Canyon Lake’s Football Season continues to draw closer and after having a renaissance year that had your Hawks able to make the top 5 in two categories on Texas Football website (The Texas Football Bible) that dealt with improvement offensively and defensively from their previous season.

CLake was top 4 among schools that improved their defense by reducing points allowed by 22 points. In 2023, The Lake, allowed 50 points per contest and last year reduced that by 3 touchdowns. While Canyon Lake improved their win total from 2 to 8 wins which ranked 5th for that state ranking.

That 2023 season team struggled to stop opposing teams leaving CL needing to outscore opponents each Friday which proved to be an impossible situation.

Last year’s team was able to improve their offense after an average right at 28 points per game two years ago to a 40 point average last season. In fact that 40 point average beat that 2017 team who averaged 38 points per outing.

                 Make us Proud Hawks!!

Head Coach Sam Parker had a calculated smile when asked bout this upcoming season, “Our Defense as a whole will be exciting to watch.”

CL’s Defense will return several players who has some outstanding stats put on their resume after last season. Tristan Alexander comes to mind with his ability for getting interceptions as last year was just two off from old timer Eric Nelson had back during his 2010 season when he secured 9 that season.

Another DB Ben Parma had 12 pass break ups last year which is the most for a season while linebacker Eli Hammons led the team in tackles and tackles for loss.

Those riches continues on the defensive line having Dalton Hodges, Joseph Matos Padilla, Wyatt Roberts, and more return with an added Outside Linebacker Isiah Eureste who returns after missing half of last season with an injury and before that mishap this player was blocking kicks getting sacks and was never a wall flower on the field during his brief stint last season.

                                 GO LAKE!

“There are 3 stages we work on during our offseason,” Coach Parker surmised. “We work on strength, then the mental part and then putting those on the football field which we are presently doing this summer.”

The UIL changed how coaches can interact with teams which was certainly crutial with how well Canyon Lake was able to change with a new coaching philosophy on both sides of the ball last year.

“Language is hard learning and we still did better as we finished with an 8-4 season which gave us credibility,” Coach continued. “We were allowed so much practice time and 1/2 we spent last year has turned into a whole….in the old days coaches had no football during the summer and now we are able to work on putting pieces of our puzzle in the right place.”

“We have over 80% of our players coming to our summer program and any coach would be happy with 70-75% during this time of the year…that helped last year and with the newness worn off we are able to get much more done without language hindering us from last year,” Coach said.

QB Jace Wheeler will be entering his second year after a successful first go while settling in as a Sophomore. Wheeler already ranks at 5th place in passing yards (1893) and is the leader throwing 30 touchdowns which passed (pardon the pun) Brandon Belcher (3 yrs) and Ross Wagliardo (2 yrs) who finished with 28 during their career.

Granted, Wheeler is in a much more pass happy offense compared to those 11 years of the slot-t. Wheeler missed 2.5 games last season and with another year of getting acclimated to this offense that should help his overall chance of managing the game as the signal caller.

                   Stay in Shape Hawks!

“He (Wheeler) has taken steps this offseason and we have a very good receiving core and it will be important for him get the ball in the right spots,” Coach Parker quipped. “Going through the reads is the hardest for a quarterback and he is delivering the ball with confidence and with another year we want to keep things going forward.”

To note this offense was able to finish their first campaign with yardage being equal by the run and pass after gaining 2220  rushing- 32 TD and 2118 passing- 31 TD’s. That will help in those contests when The Lake being down in a game and able to call a run or pass for a chance of a comeback.

With all the greatness of a slot-t…that was not an advantage for making comebacks that are 2 scores down.

In a Boerne game several years ago it happened but that contest had a special team kick-off return touchdown that helped jettison that comeback victory.

Canyon Lake was also a plus 6 in turnovers and the Hawks have added Mountain Valley’s Lee Self to take the reigns of special teams this year.

The Lake will have some big shoes to fill especially in those skill positions that were lost to graduation but with a defense that has a chance of improvement and a offensive line that returns several starters will allow this offense opening some holes while helping QB Wheeler keep his jersey clean and that can go a long way in seeing an improving product on the gridiron this August.

“Ultimately we are becoming a better football team with our players getting stronger and faster,” Parker closed.

With the recent rains and seeing an improved team should help the Lake Rise this season, GO LAKE!!

(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake is preparing for another season of grid-iron action being a little more than 8 weeks away and counting.

The ReSporter will have an article with Head Coach Sam Parker early next week to help get the Hawk Nation through these summer days.

The Hawks had the 5th best record based on schools that improved their record from the previous season according to Texas Football web-site.

Enjoy going back in time with these former students and LET’S GO HAWKS!

 



CAREER       RUSHING STATS     SEASON
Zach Henshaw        4324       Zach Henshaw      2070  2011
Tanner Faris        3058       Josh DeVries      1389  2014
James Bates         2437       James Garza       1350  2024
Helijah Johnson     2386       Helijah Johnson   1335  2022
James Garza         2108       McGuire Johnson   1306  2013
Josh DeVries        2104       Zach Henshaw      1227  2010
Hayden Dubois       1963       Tanner Faris      1206  2016
Tristan Chacon      1934       Zach Henshaw      1135  2009
Micah St. John      1915       Tristan Chacon    1071  2017
Eduardo Covarrubias 1711       James Bates       1009  2019 

GAME RUSHING TD's                         SEASON
Zach Henshaw        300  Billies   2011   Zach Henshaw    23  2011
Zach Henshaw        297  Sealy     2011   Tristan Chacon  18  2017
Zach Henshaw        287  Gonzales  2011   Josh DeVries    17  2014
Helijah Johnson     277  Davenprt  2022   Hayden Dubois   17  2014
Zach Henshaw        266  Somerset  2010   James Garza     17  2024
Zach Henshaw        252  A Travis  2011   Helijah Johnson 15  2022
Shayne Moss         243  Jordanton 2020   Micah St. John  14  2016
Zach Henshaw        243  Burnet    2010   Jesse Horner    14  2020
Zach Henshaw        233  Burnet    2011   Tanner Faris    14  2016
James Bates         223  Smithvile 2019   Jacob Ruff      13  2018

RECEIVING TD's                  SEASON 
Carter Williams      19  2024   Zach Henshaw     25  2011
Eric Nelson           9  2009   Josh DeVries     20  2014
Matt Magness          9  2010   Carter Williams  20  2024
Harris Gilliam        8  2024   Tristan Chacon   20  2017
Matt Magness          7  2011   James Garza      18  2024
Doug Hubnik           7  2012   Tanner Faris     17  2016
Harris Gilliam        7  2023   Tanner Faris     17  2017
Daniel Camarillo      6  2012   Hayden Dubois    17  2014
Tanner Faris          6  2017   Helijah Johnson  17  2022
Jeremy Greene         6  2020   Austin Brennan   15  2016

                      RECEIVING STATS
Career           Rec   Yds      Season           Rec  Yds   Yr
Eric Nelson      97   1527      Carter Williams  50  1189   24
Carter Williams  60   1390      Eric Nelson      62   925   09
Harris Gilliam   68   1114      Daniel Camarillo 29   640   12
Matt Magness     51   1045      Harris Gilliam   35   603   24
Jeremy Greene    44    782      Eric Nelson      35   602   08
Tanner Faris     31    775      Richard Howell   38   577   10
Doug Hubnik      28    642      Matt Magness     30   560   10
Daniel Camarillo 29    640      Doug Hubnik      22   547   12
Richard Howell   39    592      Harris Gilliam   32   511   23
J.T. Greene      30    574      Matt Magness     30   481   11

CAREER RECEIVING TD's           SEASON           TD's  Yr
Carter Williams  20             Carter Williams  19    24  
Eric Nelson      18             Eric Nelson       9    09
Matt Magness     16             Matt Magness      9    10
Harris Gilliam   15             Harris Gilliam    8    24
Jeremy Greene    12             Harris Gilliam    7    23
Tanner Faris      9             Doug Hubnik       7    12
Doug Hubnik       8             Daniel Camarillo  6    12
Chase Anderson    7             Tanner Faris      6    17
Daniel Camarillo  6             Jeremy Greene     6    20
Austin Brennan    5             Chase Anderson    5    22
Tristan Chacon    5             Jeremy Greene     5    21  
Caden Rodriguez   5

Touchdowns      Rushing    Total Touchdowns
Zach Henshaw     47        Zach Henshaw     52
Tanner Faris     32        Tanner Faris     41
Tristan Chacon   28        Tristan Chacon   33
Helijah Johnson  27        Helijah Johnson  29
Hayden Dubois    26        Josh DeVries     29
Micah St. John   24        Hayden Dubois    26
Josh DeVries     23        Austin Brennan   25
James Bates      23        James Bates      25
Austin Brennan   20        Micah St. John   24
James Garza      20        James Garza      21

QUARTERBACKS
Passing           Comp   Att   Pct    Yds  Int  TD
Ross Wagliardo    308    559  .551   3896  23   28
Brandon Belcher   172    339  .507   3101  10   28
Peyton McMullen   116    288  .403   2461  11   22
Ben Fulton        101    299  .483   2271  10   27
Jace Wheeler      105    183  .567   1893  10   30
Jeffrey Nabos     135    272  .495   1709  12   16
Hunter Anderson   116    204  .569   1643   6   16
Steven Crowder     69    127  .543   1160  10   11
Skylar Tschoepe    61    128  .476   1081   5    7

QB All-Time Rush  Att    Yds   Ave    Lg   TD
Peyton McMullen   130    609   4.6    72    5
Ben Fulton        139    530   3.8    37    4
Hunter Anderson   117    524   4.8    54   16
Branson Belcher   106    241   2.3    36   10
Skyler Tschoepe    81    189   2.3    29    3

                   W   L    Pct
Ben Fulton        21  15   .583
Hunter Anderson   13   9   .579
Branson Belcher   11   9   .550
Peyton McMullen   18  15   .545
Skylar Tschoepe    9  15   .375
Ross Wagliardo     7  14   .333
Jace Wheeler       6   4   .600
Jeff Nabors        6   6   .500
Steven Crowder     2   8   .200

Canyon Lake’s Fall Sports came to a close when The Lake was ousted from their 2nd round of play-offs against Bay City in November, but this season was not without some exciting moments.

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                                                                                                                        Way to GO LAKE!

              Crisp   Leecock Signature HitMan    Farm   Gordon    Texas    Mimas    RxGood
             Realtor   Comal   Homes    Pest     Credit  Plumber    RV      Tacos     UPS
             116-39  110-45   110-45   110-45   110-45   105-50    96-59    94-61    95-59

Texas/A&M    Texas    Texas    Texas    Texas    Texas    Texas    Texas    Texas    Texas
Auburn/Bama  Bama     Bama     Bama     Bama     Bama     Auburn   Bama     Auburn   Bama
MSU/OleMiss  Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss
TxSt/SoBama  TxState  SoBama   SoBama   SoBama   SoBama   SoBama   Tx St    Tx St    Tx State
GTech/Gorgia Dogs     Dogs     Dogs     G Tech   Dogs     Dogs     Dogs     Dogs     Dogs
Florida/FSU  Gators   Gators   Gators   Gators   Gators   Gators   Gators   Gators   Gators
Kan/Baylor   Baylor   Kansas   Kansas   Baylor   Baylor   Kansas   Kansas   Kansas   Kansas
WVU/TTech    TTech    TTech    TTech    TTech    TTech    WVU      WVU      TTech    WVU
UTSA/Army    Army     Army     Army     Army     Army     Army     Army     Army     UTSA
Louis/Kentky Louis    Louis    Louis    Louis    Louis    Louis    Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky
Cal/SMU      SMU      SMU      SMU      SMU      SMU      SMU      Bears    Bears    SMU
NC State/UNC UNC      UNC      UNC      NC St    UNC      UNC      NC St    UNC      NC St
UTEP/NMSU    NMSU     NMSU     NMSU     UTEP     NMSU     NMSU     NMSU     NMSU     UTEP
TCU/Cinn     TCU      Cinci    TCU      TCU      TCU      Cinci    TCU      Cini     TCU
Okie/LSU     LSU      LSU      Okie     LSU      LSU      LSU      LSU      LSU      Okie
NDame/USC    Irish    Irish    Irish    USC      Irish    USC      USC      Irish    Irish
KState/IwaSt ISU      ISU      ISU      KState   ISU      ISU      ISU      ISU      KState

        Way to make us Proud Hawks!!

                    Way to Go Hawks!!

James Garza finished game with 123 yards rushing and 3rd on All-Time Rushing for a season with 1,350 yards.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake came up short for their Area Round of this year’s playoff run but a ray of hope morphed into a beam of light as this campaign proved much more this season.

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(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake Hawks (8-3) will be facing the Bay City Panthers (10-1) tonight in Austin at the Del Valle Stadium with kick-off commencing at 7:00pm. Live Audio coming to you via Chad Parma & LJ Anderson and the with Pre-Game at 6:30pm.

This is an Area Round playoff with both teams having convincing in their first Bi-District Rounds.

Let’s Go Lake!!

http://gotsp.live Canyon Lake vs Bay City Area Round

(Photo by Daniel Clifton)

            Signature  Crisp Leecock   Farm   HitMan  Gordon  MiMas  Texas   RxGood
              Homes   Realtor Comal   Credit   Pest   Plumber Tacos    RV      UPS
              98-40  101-37   98-40   96-42   97-41   95-43   84-54   85-53   84-54

Hawks/BayCity Hawks   Hawks   Hawks   Hawks   Hawks   Hawks   Hawks   BayCity Hawks
Kentcky/Texas Texas   Texas   Texas   Texas   Texas   Texas   Texas   Texas   Texas
A&M/Auburn    A&M     Auburn  A&M     Auburn  Auburn  Auburn  Auburn  A&M     A&M
Vandy/LSU     LSU     LSU     LSU     LSU     LSU     Vandy   Vandy   LSU     LSU
Bama/ou       Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama    Bama
USC/UCLA      USC     USC     USC     USC     UCLA    USC     UCLA    USC     USC
Indina/OhioSt Indiana Ohio St Ohio St Ohio St Ohio St Indiana Indiana Ohio St Ohio St
NoWest/Mich   Mich    Mich    Mich    Mich    Mich    Mich    Mich    Mich    Northwestern
SMU/Virginia  SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU     Vrginia Virginia
Pitt/Lousvile Pitt    Louis   Louis   Pitt    Louis   Louis   Pitt    Pitt    Louisville
ChrlstnSo/FSU FSU     FSU     FSU     FSU     FSU     FSU     FSU     CharSo  FSU
TTech/Okie St Okis St TTech   TTech   Okie St TTech   TTech   Okie St Okie St Okie St
Iowa St/Utah  Iowa St Iowa St Utah    Iowa St Utah    Utah    Iowa St Iowa St Iowa St
Baylor/Huston Baylor  Baylor  Baylor  Baylor  Baylor  Baylor  Houston Baylor  Houston
BYU/ASU       BYU     BYU     ASU     BYU     ASU     ASU     BYU     BYU     ASU
Colrado/Knsas Buffs   Buffs   Buffs   Buffs   Kansas  Kansas  Buffs   Buffs   Buffs
Temple/UTSA   UTSA    UTSA    UTSA    Temple  UTSA    UTSA    UTSA    UTSA    UTSA
GeoSt/TexasSt Tx St   TxSt    Tx St   Tx St   Tx St   Tx St   Tx St   Tx St   Georgia St

                    Way to Go Lake!!

                          Go Hawks!