QB Jace Wheeler readies to take Lake past 2nd round in playoffs.

                                 GO LAKE

This year The Lake is full with hopes of a complete year from the Quarterback position as Jace Wheeler will be going into his third season at the helm.

This is the second time in football that Canyon Lake has had a 3-year starter at this position when Ben Fulton was taking snaps for 3 years during those Slot-T seasons.

Fulton, along with Jace Wheeler, are the only two quarterbacks with a better than 100% QB Rating.

Canyon Lake these past two seasons has two consecutive 8 win campaigns and Wheeler has been a part of 21 of those those games garnering a 14-8 record and will look to surpass Fulton if the Lake can reach that 88 win plateau matching those last two campaigns.

Wheeler comes into this season with a .636 winning percentage which leads all CL’s QBs while Ben Fulton, compiled a .583 percentage with his 21 wins during his 36 starts.

TOP FIVE QUARTERBACKS (based on Yardage).

Player           Comp  Att   Pct   Yds  INT  TD  QB Rating Yds/Att  TD%   INT%
Jace Wheeler     238   414  .574  4348   14  56  119.2     10.50    13.3  3.4
Ross Wagliardo   308   559  .551  3896   23  28   76.6      6.97     5.0  4.1
Branson Belcher  172   339  .507  3101   10  28   97.7      9.43     8.5  3.0
Peyton McMullen  116   288  .403  2461   11  22   80.8      8.55     7.6  3.8
Ben Fulton       106   223  .475  2271   10  27  105.0     10.18    12.1  4.5

With two leading receivers who finished last year as a dynamic duo will be back with a chance to continue waking that sleeping giant in a passing game which had been dormant through a 12 year slot-T stretch.

The ReSporter’s earlier article featured skill position is worth another mention from Last Year’s Receiving Stats Below:

                 No   Yds   Ave   Lg  TD
Peyton King      44   925  21.0   82  13
Kobe Halverson   35   599  17.1   55   6
Total            79  1524  19.3   82  19

“I have two of the best receivers in this district so if I put it into their hands then that makes my game a lot easier,” QB Wheeler said. “As a team I am trying to get better than 8-4 (The Lake’s last two season record) and we are trying to go into that third round and get past that second round we will be trying to go as far as we can.”

                            Go Lake!

Another added element to Wheeler’s game last year was his run game. Wheeler had negative yardage during his Sophomore season but last year topped the 200 yards on the ground.

Having a signal caller running will add more homework for opposing defenses in preparing for The Lake.

Wheeler’s Rushing Two Year comparison.

                 Att   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
’24 Wheeler      18    -35  -1.9    7   0
’25 Wheeler      43    207   4.8   30   2
Total            61    172   2.8   30   2

The Lake will be looking for more battles with the Junior Varsity as Jake Welkey, Jake Stringer and Jacob Little will be looking to head the class for next year’s next varsity quarterback.

Canyon Lake’s only playoff year that went past the 2nd round happened during Fulton’s last year and that stat of going further would certainly be a goal for Wheeler to pass in his final go round.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Peyton King enters his 3rd Year with sights on a longer season! Let’s Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

SKILL POSITIONS

            GET HITS HAWKS!

The Lake has returning starters manning the receiving corp this season and running back will have some ‘wet behind the ears’ players that will be looking to make their mark.

CLHS has had around a 70% player rate for the third year in a row during this Summer’s Strength & Conditioning time  and from gaining speed~weight~improving their skill set  has been noticeable across the board.

With that being the case this year’s receivers with Sr. Peyton King and Jr. Kobe Halverson are bringing some impressive marks with hopes of raising their bar this go round.

For CL’s first year (2024) of debuting a new offense it was Carter Williams and Harris Gilliam who combined with 82 receptions and 1700 yards.

                          Go Hawks!

Last year had King and Halverson combining with 79 receptions and 1524 yards and was helped by a deeper pool of players from their previous campaign adding another 35 receptions ~ 624 yards between Seniors Lucas Schexnayder and Hayes Holladay.

Another added variable came from those senior running backs, Gram Simpson & Chris Brown with 26 combined receptions for another 264 yards.

Those last two points above will have more intrigue in seeing which players can fill those graduated numbers.

                  Proud of the Hawks!

This season has Senior Nico Wyckoff and Senior Aiden Boals as of this writing looking to be this year’s running backs.

Wyckoff has played the past two years but injuries have limited his footprint going into his final season. Thus far, Wyckoff has carried the ball 40 times for 211 yards and two  touchdowns.

Senior Peyton Vann will be vying for filling that slot position while Junior Thomas Inmon having his sight filling as a tight end as well as a wide receiver.

Inmon turned coaches’ heads with some early season highlight reel catches on JV as well as being able to kick a football into the end zone for starters. He was moved up early and will be counted on for garnering some important snaps.

         Go Lake & OK Corral Your Opponents!

Other new names to learn will be Sr. Peyton Vann, Jr. Dario Faz and So. Caleb Cross.

Faz brings some splash plays from JV and Cross will add more depth to this receiving corp especially since Sophomores are not brought up to Varsity because Coaches are not wanting to waste valuable snaps with players watching from a sideline instead of getting starting time on Junior Varsity.

  Fly High Hawks!

A main point to take hold for this group of players comes from Head Coach Sam Parker who praised, “I can’t elaborate how well these young men have done this off-season!”

Next article will Pre-View Quarterback.

Let’s GO LAKE!

                Offensive Center #77 John Fugate Opens Gate for Gram Simpson last year.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

OFFENSIVE LINE

                                 Let’s Go Lake!

The ReSporter will start a series of articles highlighting this year’s upcoming football season.

Starting with the Offense starting with the Offensive Line~Skill Positions~Quarterback.

How this year’s Offensive Line goes should be a good starting point for this group and what might be in store after losing two starters the previous season.

An Offensive Lineman is the top group of players that act as a unit in communicating and meshing in performing in each game for a garnering a decent result.

Three years ago Coach Sam Parker stated there would be a separate group of lineman performing on offense or defense but not both.

That concept had not been the case at The Lake especially those campaigns when injuries were a problem, but after two successful campains this concept has shown success.

                  Plug those Leaks Fast Lake!

Keeping players fresher when the defense takes the field has allowed rest and teaching and those benefits have been brought to light with proof for an offensive unit that has had some eye catching numbers.

Seven times The Lake has amassed more than 4000 yards of offense and Coach Parker’s offense has two of those seasons. (4388 ’24) & (4457 ’25)

This scenario has allowed players to work and perfect their trade which has produced young men that can concentrate exclusively on either side of the ball.

“Our success up front really is going to dictate what the success of our team really is,” Offensive Line Coach Clarence Lewis stated. “We have a really good group of guys this year with some returning starters and some young guy who are going to have to step up and play.”

                          Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake lost Cayden Toon and Donovan Menchaca on the line but returns 4 with Center John Fugate anchoring the line at center. Fugate finished last season with right at 40 pancake blocks and looks to increase that total.

When asked about his 40 pancake blocks last season….Fugate was quick with his reply, “Yeah…I want to double that this year.”

Fugate continued, “We have big expectations coming into this year and we just have to prove…to come back at it. This is probably one of the stronger O-Lines that Canyon Lake has had.”

On how last year went and what to expect, “There’s a few games that we didn’t play together and we were more selfish last year and it showed like Somerset (game) and we didn’t have a good running game at all and then we have games like Taylor….that was a beautiful O-Line game.”

Sr. Parker Gordon also chimed in on how this unit has jelled during these  past few months, “I think as a whole that we are a lot better and this year we have been working on our communication by being more vocal on the line.” On goals for this season? “We want to make it into December and we have a couple of big games at the beginning of the season and I’m looking forward to it.”

GO LAKE!

Inside Offensive Lineman Anthony ‘Chuy’ Mata opined, “Our goal is to do our best….we have to just ‘impose our will on opponents’ this year.”

Canyon Lake has certainly stocked a good group of players on offense and that most important facet will come from how these Linemen can protect the quarterback and forge holes for the running game!

Next Part II: Skill Players

Let’s Go Lake!

(L-R) Isiah Eureste, JR Lindell and Jace Wheeler were 3 of the team amigo’s that dismantled Veterans, 49-14! Go Lake!

Canyon Lake finished their 2025 Season with another 8-4 campaign matching 2024’s results. The Lake has had 3 toral 8 win seasons and these last two years trail a 3 year stint (2016-2018) which amassed 17 victories for two seasons.

      
     Season   Record
     2016~     7-4
     2017~    10-3
              17-7

     2017~    10-3
     2018~     7-4
              17-7

     2024      8-4
     2025      8-4
              16-8

That 2017 year still ranks as best season in wins with an added district championship. That year also finished with 3 games in post-season play.

      Congrats on a Great Season Lake!

Another tid-bit comes with 2024 & 2025 matching the 2014 & 2015 seasons with consecutive 12 games played.

Awards for this past season has been released and The Hawks were awarded several accolades both from their classroom to the grid-iron and The ReSporter starts with the academic side for this list of players.

                       ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 
Player            Position      Player             Position
Ayden Manzo       Fullback      Jace Wheeler       Quarterback
Ben Parma         Defense Back  Jack Stracener     K/Receiver
Caleb Armstrong   Linebacker    Jacob Price        Defense Back
Carter Prieto     Defense Back  John Fugate        Offense Line
Cash Ziemba       Defense Back  JR Lindell         Linebacker
Chris Brown       Running Back  Kobe Halverson     Receiver
CJ Rodriguez      Linebacker    Lucas Schexnayder  Receiver
Dalton Hodges     Defense Line  Nick Martinez      Defense Line
Divan Hernandez   Defense Line  Parker Gordon      Offense Line
Donavan Menchaca  Linebacker    Peyton King        Receiver
Eli Hammons       Linebacker    Rowan Edwards      Defense Line
Gavyn Baldera     Receiver      Ryan Frederick     Offense Line
Gram Simpson      Running Back  Ryan Reyna         Fullback 
Grant Windle      Defense Back  Thomas Inman       Receiver
Hayes Holladay    Receiver      Vender Hartzell    Linebacker
Isiah Eureste     Linebacker    Wyatt Roberts      Defense Line

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THSCA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
Player             Position        Player            Position
Ayden Manzo        Fullback        Hayes Holladay    Receiver
Ben Parma          Defene Back     Isiah Eureste     Linebacker
Caleb Armstrong    Linebacker      Jackson Stracener Kicker
Cash Ziemba        Defense Back    Jacob Price       Defense Back
Dalton Hodges      Defense Line    JR Lindell        Linebacker
Donavan Menchaca   Linebacker      Lucas Schexnayder Receiver
Eli Hammons        Linebacker      Vander Hartzell   Linebacker
Gavyn Baldera      Receiver        Wyatt Roberts     Defense Line
Gram Simpson       Running Back

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Head Coach Sam Parker shares his comments on each of the 1st Team Hawk players below.

                                 GO LAKE!

Cayden Toon Offensive Line- “Proved over and over again how good of a player he was. He came in as a good player as a Junior and came on as a Senior…he was phenomenal for us.

The Coaches here before me talked about the transformation he came through from his Freshman year to his Senior year and what an amazing athlete and player he had become and truly it came through his own work and he was one of those kids who is going to have a chance to go and play at the next level.”

Dalton Hodges Defensive Line Unanimous- “I cannot say enough bout Dalton…a huge leader for our team and he was also selected to play in San Antonio All-Star Game as a deep snapper. Dalton has been an unbelievable young man and is a little bit special for me because is Dad (Bret Hodges)coaches for us and my Dad was a Coach.”

Go Hawks & Congrats of Special Season!

Eli Hammons Linebacker Unanimous- “Not enough words to describe what he has become with his hard work and perseverance… He was given some natural tools and he was a hard worker and as a first team inside linebacker.

He just had a phenomenal year and another one of those athletes that will have a chance to play at the next level.”

Gram Simpson Running Back- “He was a 2nd Team All-District last year as a wide receiver and he was a player that did not get to touch the ball a lot as a receiver and was mainly a blocking receiver….but with some injuries we had to move him to running back and he did amazing. He was solid and for not being very big ran the ball hard and I could not be as proud for him.”

                       Congrats Lake Football

Jace Wheeler Quarterback: “Jace threw for for 2800 yards and 27 touchdowns and was 1st Team All-District last year.

He is one of those rare quarterbacks you don’t always get a chance to coach and he is special and his arm strength and ability to put the ball where he wants it as good as I have ever seen.”

JR Lindell Outside Linebacker- “As a Junior he was a little all over the place…he was a receiver for a little bit and then some defense at the end of the year but he really found a home after the season ended last year as an outside linebacker. And just had a phenomenal year…I have praise for the work he put into the off season and just worked his tail off and put on some weight and got faster and had a super special year.”

Peyton King Receiver- “Coming off of last year as a Sophomore he had some meaningful snaps but this year he became our primetime guy and just ate it up…he had huge stats and numbers he finished with the second most receptions in Hawk history for a season and will end up being our all-time receiver when he is finished.”

2025 CANYON LAKE FOOTBALL ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Player               Position             Award
Cayden Toon          Offensive Line       1st Team 
Dalton Hodges        Defensive Line       1st Team  Unanimous
Eli Hammons          Linebacker           1st Team  Unanimous
Gram Simpson         Running Back         1st Team
Jace Wheeler         Quarterback          1st Team
JR Lindell           Outside Linebacker   1st Team
Peyton King          Wide Receiver        1st Team

Cash Ziemba          Defensive Back       2nd Team
Chris Brown          Running Back         2nd Team
Donavan Menchaca     Offensive Line       2nd Team
Hayes Holladay       Wide Receiver        2nd Team
Isiah Eureste        Outside Linebacker   2nd Team
Joseph Matos         Defensive Line       2nd Team
Kobe Halverson       Wide Receiver        2nd Team
Lucas Schexnayder    Wide Receiver        2nd Team
Wyatt Roberts        Defensive Line       2nd Team

Carter Prieto        Defensive back       Honorable Mention
Chandler Cross       Defensive Line       Honorable Mention
Jack Stracener       Kicker               Honorable Mention
Jacob Price          Defensive Back       Honorable Mention
John Fugate          Offensive Line       Honorable Mention
Phoenix Dent-Mclain  Offensive Line       Honorable Mention
Ryan Reyna           Full Back            Honorable Mention
Tristan Alexander    Defensive Back       Honorable Mention
Tristan Rios         Tight End            Honorable Mention

Receiver Peyton King scored twice but ended with one TD in loss to Cats.       (photo by Daniel Clifton)

What If Canyon Lake would not have had any Bug-a-boos? That was said by many Hawk fans (maybe not a lot but at least one or two) after a, 42-14 loss to Calallen in an Area Round battle.

Turnovers was the bug-a-boo that led to this set-back with 4 that would turn this game in favor and  giving these Cats extra lives leading to a win for Calallen.

Canyon Lake started slow when the Cats only needed a 32 yard drive, for their first score, after a good kick-off runback.

Then those bug-a-boos started to appear with one on a 3rd down pass play that CL’s defense swarmed all over…yet to have a face-mask penalty that now had these Cal-Cats with a 1st down on CL’s 12 yard line. Instead of a 4th down needing 9 yards for a first. Four plays later the Lake was down, 7-0.

CLake’s first drive garnered one first down and then punted on a 4th down and two yards needed. That was followed when Cal-Cats offense with a 3 plays and punt sequence.

The Lake would take their next possession down to Calallen’s 31 yard line when that first turnover, an interception, was returned 71 yards to pay dirt. This Hawk drive had 7 plays and 3 first downs.

The dye had been cast as this first quarter had CL’s offense starting to jell while Defensively the Lake would end up allowing just 238 total yards for this game.

CL’s Offense ended up with 419 balanced yards as that first drive would be the only punt in this contest. CLHS ended with 223 rushing and 196 yards through the air.

After another interception Calallen did have an impressive drive going 16 plays with 12 of those snaps 5 yards or less. But an eventual time eating scoring drive that went 57 yards and a, 21-0 lead leaving 2:14 left before halftime.

A score would get CL back into the game by receiving the 2nd half kick-off and with a score a hawk/cat fight would ensue.

Well that first part played out when CL used 10 plays with a tush-push score for Chris Brown and a little Hawk momentum being down, 21-7.

That drive was highlighted by two consecutive pass plays. The first had QB Jace Wheeler finding Lucas Schexnayder for a 20 yard 3rd down conversion on Calallen’s 29 yard line. Schexnayder led CL with 75 receiving yards with several eye-opening catch and runs.

Wheeler then put the ball in the basket down the far sideline to Peyton King for 26 yards to the 3 yard line setting up those 3 consecutive tush-push plays.

Now a second half opening drive was going as planned with two more Schexnayder catches covering 34 yards and a 16 yard and a scamper for Gram Simpson that had CL needing 25 yards to put this contest in overdrive.

But that bug-a-boo interception presented itself, this time, the Cats returned this bug 81 yards and what would be a 14 point snafu swing and a, 28-7 score.

Wait…then the last bug-a-boo happened but this time it was a first play 53 yard run for Brown who was stripped  tackled resulting in a fumble.

Calallen took advantage of these bug-a-boos which accounted to scoring 4 TD’s.

Canyon Lake scored two more times but was only allowed to count one of those scores after a motion penalty nullified an incredible one handed catch for King being called back.

King, earlier scored on a 9 yarder late in that 3rd quarter.

Canyon Lake’s line of scrimmage was on top of their game on both sides of the ball with all the proof needed would be perusing those team stats at the end of this article.

Between the 20 yard lines it would be all Canyon Lake but with all those bug-a-boos it would be a wait till next year mantra as this season certainly had some good ole  fashion football by The Lake and this  Great Senior Class.

Way to Go Lake and next time CL can work on projecting those Bug-a-Boos on their opponents.

The ReSporter will have some Year-End rewards and season stats articles so stay tuned.

           1  2  3  4  Final
Calallen  14  7 14  7  42
CL Hawks   0  7  7  0  14
Scoring Summary:
CA-Cats 3 yard run (pat good), 9:05, 1st
CA-Cats 71 yard Int Return (pat good), 0:45, 1st
CA-Cats 1 yard run (pat good), 2:14, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Jack Stracener kick), 0:02, 2nd
CA-Cats 81 yard Int Return (pat good), 7:53, 3rd
CA-Cats 41 yard run (pat good), 3:55, 3rd
CL-Peyton King 9 yard pass from Jace Wheeler (Stracener kick), 2:45, 3rd
CA-Cats 17 yard run (pat good), 11:17, 4th


Team Stats        Cats      Hawks
Total Yards       238       419
First Downs       18        18
Rush/Yards        39/203    31/223
Comp/Att/Int      7/9/0     19/30/3
Passing Yards     35        196
Punts/Average     1/33.0    1/27.0
Fumbles/Lost      0/0       1/1
Penalties-Yards   6-40      6-50

Passing           Comp  Att  Pct  Yds Int TD
Jace Wheeler       19   30  .633  196  3   1

Rushing            Att  Yds  Ave  Lg  TD
Gram Simpson       13    78  6.0  16  0
Jace Wheeler        8    73  9.1  30  0
Chris Brown         9    72  8.0  53  1
Lucas Schexnayder   1     0  0.0   0  0
Totals             31   223  7.2  53  1

Receiving          No   Yds  Ave  Lg  TD
Lucas Shexnayder    5   75  15.0  24  0
Peyton King         4   50  15.0  19  1
Hayes Holladay      4   34   8.5  15  0
Gram Simpson        5   33   6.6  19  0
Chris Brown         1    4   4.0   4  0
Totals             19  196  10.3  24  1

                  Hawk’s Chris Brown making his move in earlier win over Freddie. (photo by Daniel Clifton)

           Let’s Go Lake Beat Calallen!

Canyon Lake’s Area Bout and Basketball starting out of the gate strong as Thanksgiving is right around the corner.

First will be CL’s battle with Calallen this week at SW Legacy Stadium in San Antonio with kick-off at 7:00pm. The location is: 4495 Verano Pkwy #100 in Von Ormy, Texas 78073.

This is the second playoff game with these wildcats after suffering a heart break, 37-31 loss in 2020. That Covid year was a crazy time that had The Lake literally all over the field with wins and losses.

An overtime loss, 41-40 to Blanco and then seeing state finalist LBJ escape with a, 20-14 thriller and as a 4th seed beating La Vernia, 48-27 in a buzz saw game that led to a Calallen team that had won their district.

        Let’s Go Hawks & Beat Calallen!

This year, the Hawks have had some up and downs but not to that 2020 team’s extent sporing a 8-3 record and with a more wide open offense.

These Wildcats have doubled their rushing this season compared to passing yardage. They have 39 touchdowns rushing and 14 through the air.

Passing might not be used as much but this team does use that part of their game to the fullest with two players as their main go-to players.

Gamez (34) and Rusher (33) receptions with the rest of this squad with a total of 11 receptions.

While there is a three headed monster on the run game. The QB Connor Klostermann has 572 yards and running backs Rodriguez (729) and Tipton (728) will give The Lake plenty of work on their defensive side of the ball.

Canyon Lake will need to keep their penalties down as they did last week in that Bi-District win and can get a run game which can open up the passing game to keep the Wildcats guessing.

Some Interesting Tid-Bits by the Numbers.

  4   Is number CL has reached 8 wins in a season. (10 in 2017)
  5   Receivers amassed more than 100 yards
  7   Passing TD’s for QB Wheeler in playoffs #1 (Ben Fulton 4 TD’s)
  9   More Turnovers CL has caused. Ranks 2nd behind 13 by 2014 Season.
 40   More First Downs that Opponents
40.6  Presently Ranks 1st All-Time in Hawks Punting. Congrats
125   Yds receiving Peyton King has is 4th place in the playoffs.
134   Tackles Eli Hammons has leading the team.
492   Yds CL had last week ranks 2nd for playoffs. 
649   Yds #1 QB Wheeler has passed in Playoffs (Peyton McMullen 373 yds)

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Hawks Start Season Strong in 76-32 Win Over Luling

Canyon Lake’s Boys Basketball started their season last Tuesday with a, 76-32 win over Luling in a game the Hawks led throughout.

This was a no-doubter with CL ballooning the lead to 39-10 in the 2nd quarter.

The Lake was led in scoring by newcomer Cole Dees with 14 points and was followed by Bobby Torres (13) and Wyatt Sims (10) points.

All but one Hawk had a rebound and steal giving an idea of how deep this team could be this season.

Of course, there are still items Head Coach Monte Cole after his moan when free throws were brought up in the conversation. The Lake shot better from beyond the arc compared to their 29% charity stripe performance.

Canyon Lake will open at The Hawk Nest this Saturday against Sinton with a tip-off at 11am for sub-varsity and then a noon start for the Varsity.

Way to Go Lake!

          1  2  3  4 Final
Luling    4 16  6  6 32
CL Hawks 23 21 17 15 76
                         3pt           tot rebounds
               fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b to 
Phoenix Fuentes  3-3     0-0     0-4    6   3-0   3  4  2  0  1 
Josh Rowe        1-4     0-2     0-0    2   1-1   2  2  2  0  4 
Reese Pipkin     1-3     0-2     1-2    3   2-2   4  3  2  0  0 
Gavin Cano       4-6     1-2     0-0    9   1-0   1  2  1  0  0 
Harlon Wisdom    4-7     0-0     0-1    8   2-2   4  4  1  0  1 
Eli Cole         1-2     1-2     0-0    3   2-2   4  1  0  0  1 
Wyatt Sims       3-9     2-4     2-5   10   2-3   5  1  2  0  1 
Cole Dees        6-11    2-5     0-0   14   1-4   5  3  3  1  3 
Korbyn Goodman   0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0  1  2  0  1 
Anthony Hockman  4-5     0-0     0-0    8   5-1   6  0  0  0  0 
Bobby Torres     6-13    0-2     1-2   13   3-1   4  0  3  0  0 
Totals          33-64    6-20    4-14  76  22-16 38 21 18  1 12 
Percentage       52%     30%     29%

 

             Farm    Crisp  Leecock Gordon   Mimas  HitMan  TexCon Signture  FBC   RxGood
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Somer/LaVer  Vernia  Somer   Vernia  Vernia  Somer  Vernia  Vernia  Vernia  Vernia Somerset
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Louis/SMU    SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU    SMU     SMU     SMU     SMU    Louisville
Pitt/G Tech  GTech   GTech   GTech   GTech   GTech  Pitt    GTech   GTech   GTech  GTech
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Wash/UCLA    Wash    Wash    Wash    Wash    UCLA   UCLA    Wash    Wash    UCLA   Washington
USC/Oregon   Ducks   Ducks   Ducks   Ducks   Ducks  USC     Ducks   Ducks   USC    USC
Nebraska/PSU PennSt  PennSt  Corn    PennSt  Corn   PennSt  PennSt  PennSt  PennSt Nebraska
Baylor/Zona  Zona    Zona    Zona    Zona    Zona   Zona    Zona    Zona    Baylor Baylor
TCU/Houston  Coogs   TCU     Coogs   TCU     Coogs  Coog    Coogs   Coogs   TCU    Coogs
NMSU/UTEP    UTEP    UTEP    UTEP    UTEP    UTEP   UTEP    UTEP    NMSU    UTEP   NMSU
WSU/JMadison James   James   James   James   James  James   James   James   WSU    James Madison

Divan Hernandez, CJ Rodriguez & Tristan Alexander had CL’s Defense holding Taylor scoreless 2nd Half. Go Lake!

             THIS WEEK     @    THE LAKE        November 17th-22nd

Tue Nov 18   Lake JV       @    Luling JV       500p Boys  Basketball
             Lake          @    Luling          800p Boys  Basketball
             YMLA JV       @    Lake JV         500p Girls Basketball
             YMLA          @    Lake            630p Girls Basketball

Thu Nov 20   Lake Fr/JV    @    Wimberley       TBA  Boys  Basketball
                                Tourney
             Lake Varsity  @    Cornerstone     TBA  Girls Basketball
                                Tourney

Fri Nov 21   Lake Varsity  @    Cornerstone     TBA  Girls Basketball 
             The Lake      vs   Calallen        700p       Football
             Area Round         SW Legacy 4495 SW Verano
                                Pkwy Von Ormy 78073

Sat Nov 22   Lake          @    Cornerstone     TBA  Girls Basketball
             Sinton        @    Lake Varsity   1200p Boys  Basketball

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                Go Lake Beat Calallen!

First, a shout out to our Volleyball Squad who’s first priority this season was to make the playoffs which was accomplished in spades. CL Volleyball went 4 rounds into the post-season losing in a Regional Final which is one step from securing a Final 4 berth.

Congratulations and you can read about this season and what might be in store in The ReSporter’s Volleyball article on this site.

Curtain call for Football next with an Area Round battle this Friday at SW Legacy Stadium with kick-off 700pm. Calallen will be the next foe after disposing of Taylor in the Bi-District game last week.

Canyon Lake will be working on a chance of copying what Volleyball has just finished doing by going further than the 2nd round. The Lake has made it past this next round once back in 2017 for a team that won district and reached the next round.

The ReSporter will have an article for this week’s game while also showcasing records that have been attained this season and what might be in store.

You Make us Proud Hawks now Beat Calallen!

Girls Basketball finished this week with two losses as this year will certainly have a learning environment for a young team taking instructions from a new locally known coach Char Hutson.

This week will feature a home game with YMLA starting at 500pm with CLJV before the tip-off  Varsity following. Then a slew of contests in a 3 day tourney at San Antonio Cornerstone.

Boys Basketball starts their campaign this week on the road in Luling with sub-varsity tipping off at 500pm and then a late 800pm start for the Varsity.

The Boys will finish their week playing Sinton on Saturday with a noon start at the Hawk Nest.

Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole stated, “Starting the season on the road is never easy but kids are excited to get going and ready to play someone other than ourselves every day. I expect us to look pretty good defensively. Luling played zone last year so we’ll get an early look at our zone offense. Sinton is always good so that should be a good game at home Saturday. One thing we have this year is a lot of depth with all 11 guys (Eli Hammons will be 12 later in the year) playing and contributing.” (but that should be more weeks after The Lake beat Calallen)

Let’s Go Lake & Beat Calallen!

                            QB Jace Wheeler is adding an extra dimension to his game.                             (photo Daniel Clifton)

           Plug those Leaks Lake in Your Area Battle!

Ducks are no match for a Hawk which has the ability matched by a Peregrine Falcon who can use their agility to attack and inflict injuries in regards to a duck.

For this Bi-District conquest these Ducks never made it to The Lake in time for safety after a blistering wipe-out in this Bi-District game, 63-19.

This win was so thorough these Ducks became daffy.

Even tho there was a wake-up moment to start this contest when Taylor took their second play to the house on a 74 pass play that had CLake looking at a 6 point deficit 37 seconds into this battle.

That, however, would be one of a few highlights these ducks would be able to enjoy when these Hawks devoured Taylor by scoring on all of their possessions up until the last drive that came up short which had Punter Jace Wheeler getting off a 41 yarder. Wheeler averages 41 yards on his 30 punts this season.

          Beat Calallen in Area Hawks!

While Defensively it was two interceptions (Cash Ziemba & Walker Carson) and a fumble recovery, while holding Taylor with no points and 159 yards in their second half after these Ducks had accumulated 300 first half yardage. Add a run defense that was a Trump Border Wall holding this opponent to 156 yards leaving this vulnerable Ducks to flying led by Eli (double digit tackles) Hammons and a host of other Defensive Hawks to help lead this carnage.

Hammons finished with 14 tackles 3 for loss with 5 pass break ups for a good day on the football field.

Chris Brown first rush went for 41 untouched yards forged by an offensive line that controlled this contest from the opening play. A flag football game would have been the same result.

Brown joined Tanner Faris, Tristan Chacon and Hayden Dubois who reached 4 touchdowns in a game and fell short of Jesse Horner (5) and Carter Williams (6) who reached that all-time mark in a Veterans Memorial game last year.

                            Way to GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake averaged over 7 yards per rushing attempt while CLake’s passing was just a smidgen off perfection completing 13 of the 15 passes for 220 yards.

Wheeler also showcased his feet after an 11 yarder for The Lake’s first score and finished with 31 hard ground yardage.

During that first half drives, The Lake longest scoring drive was 6 plays which was highlighted after Taylor scored that had these Ducks trailing, 21-12 early in that second period.

CL would take 5 plays using a 27 yard reception for Peyton King followed with a 13 yard pass play to Kobe Halverson that led to a 2 yard up the middle score for Brown, 28-12.

Ending that first half, Canyon Lake had an explosive drive to answer Taylor’s final score of the game with 1:33 left on the halftime clock.

Starting on CL’s 28 yard line the dismantling went thusly:

Play:
1) Hayes Holladay 14 yard run.
2) Chris Brown 19 yard run.
3) Hayes Holladay 14 yard reception.
4) Chris Brown 24 yard run.
5) Chris Brown 1 yard touchdown.

The Hawks went to their locker room sporting a, 42-19 lead and receiving the second half kick-off.

This 2nd Half opened with a ground out time consuming drive that featured a 13 play 72 yards and stick a fork in’em, 49-19 advantage.

Canyon Lake matched last year’s Bi-District game with Austin Travis with the same exact score.

Don’t Forget to Get Your Hawk Gear @ Authentic Canyon Lake’s Hawk Nation Room & The ReSporter will have upcoming Area Round information this weekend so stay tuned and Let’s GO LAKE!

           1  2  3  4  Final
Taylor     6 13  0  0  19
CL Hawks  21 21 14  7  63
Scoring Summary:
TD-Duck 74 yard pass (pat blocked), 11:23, 1st
CL-Jace Wheeler 11 yard run (Stracener kick), 9:19, 1st
CL-Chris Brown 41 yard run (Stracener kick), 7:14, 1st
CL-Peyton King 20 yard pass from Wheeler (Stracener kick), 4:59, 1st
TD-Duck 22 yard pass (pass failed), 10:27, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Stracener kick), 9:11, 2nd
CL-Gram Simpson 12 yard run (Stracener kick), 4:44, 2nd
TD-Duck 28 yard pass (pat good), 1:33, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 1 yard run (Stracener kick), 0:08, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 2 yard run (Stracener kick), 6:39, 3rd
CL-Kobe Halverson 13 yard run (Stracener kick), 0:42, 3rd
CL-Lucas Shexnayder 25 yd pass from Wheeler (Thomas Inmon kick), 7:10, 4th

Game Stats       Ducks    Hawks
Total Yards      459      492
First Downs      21       29
Rush/Yards       36/129   38/272
Comp/Att/Int     17/33/2  13/15/0
Passing Yards    330      220
Punts/Average    2/25.5   1/41.0
Fumbles/Lost     1/1      0/0
Penalties-Yards  10/84    5/40

Passing          Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Jace Wheeler      13   15  .867  220   0  2

Rushing          Att  Yds   Ave  Lg  TD
Chris Brown       13  133  10.2  41  4
Gram Simpson      15   77   5.1  12  1
Jace Wheeler       4   31   7.8  11  1
Hayes Holladay     1   14  14.0  14  0
Kobe Halverson     1   10  10.0  10  1
Lucas Schexnayder  1    6   6.0   6  0
Nico Wyckoff       2    1   0.5   2  0
Gavyn Baldera      1    0   0.0   0  0
Totals            38  272   7.1  41  7

Receiving         No  Yds   Ave  Lg  TD
Peyton King        6   85  14.2  27  1
Lucas Schexnayder  2   57  28.5  32  1
Gram Simpson       2   27  13.5  15  0
Chris Brown        1   24  24.0  24  0
Hayes Holladay     1   14  14.0  14  0
Kobe Halverson     1   13  13.0  13  0
Totals            13  220  16.9  32  2

                   Kobe Halverson caught 8 Targets in last week’s win. Go Lake Beat the Ducks!       (photo Daniel Clifton)

             Farm   Crisp  Leecock Mimas Gordon HitMan TexCon Signture FBC   RxGood
            Credit Realtor Comal  Tacos  Plumber Pests  Oil   Homes   Lake    UPS
            127-48  126-49 118-57 117-58 118-57 116-59 115-60 114-61  109-66 99-76

Lake/Taylor  Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake   Lake    Lake   Lake
Davy/East    Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy   Davy    Davy   Davenport
Fred/LBJ     LBJ    LBJ    LBJ    Fred   LBJ    LBJ    LBJ    LBJ     LBJ    LBJ
Somset/Manor BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog   BDog    BDog   Somerset
NDame/Pitt   Irish  Irish  Pitt   Irish  Irish  Irish  Pitt   Irish   Pitt   Irish
Arky/LSU     LSU    LSU    LSU    LSU    LSU    Pigs   LSU    LSU     LSU    Pigs
UTEP/MizzSt  MizzSt MizzSt MizzSt UTEP   MizzSt MizzSt MizzSt MizzSt  MizzSt UTEP
Okie/Bama    Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama   Bama    Bama   Okie
Virgina/Duke Duke   Duke   Duke   Ginia  Ginia  Duke   Duke   Duke    Duke   Virginia
PSU/MichSt   PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU    PSU     PSU    PSU
TexSt/SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss Tx St  SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss SoMiss  SoMiss Tex State
Gator/OleMis OhMiss OhMiss Gators Gators OhMiss OhMiss OhMiss OhMiss  OhMiss Gators
Texas/Georga Dawgs  Dawgs  Dawgs  Horns  Dawgs  Dawgs  Horns  Horns   Dawgs  Horns
TCU/BYU      BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    BYU    TCU     BYU    TCU
MSU/Mizzou   Mizzou Mizzou MSU    MSU    Mizzou Mizzou Mizzou MSU     MSU    MSU
VTech/FSU    FSU    FSU    VTech  VTech  FSU    VTech  FSU    FSU     VTech  FSU
Utah/Baylor  Utah   Utah   Bears  Utah   Bears  Utah   Utah   Utah    Bears  Bears