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1st Advertiser’s Pick’em Contest & GO HAWKS!
Wednesday, August 26th, 2026THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE (Aug. 24-29th)
Monday, August 24th, 2026
Preslie Owens gets Point Hawk in win with Gabby Fory & Presley Wheeler looking on. Go Lake!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE August 25-29th Tue Aug 25 The Lake Fr/JV @ Lockhart Fr/JV 600p Volleyball The Lake @ Lockhart 700p Volleyball Thu Aug 27 La Vernia vs The Lake 1100a Volleyball Brennan vs The Lake 1200p Volleyball Medina Valley vs The Lake 200p Volleyball Texas Showdown Tournament Texans Freshman @ The Lake Freshman 500p Football Texans JV @ The Lake JV 630p Football Fri Aug 28 Texas Showdown @ The Lake TBD Volleyball Tournament The Lake @ Texans 730p Football Sat Aug 29 Texas Showdown @ The Lake TBD Volleyball
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Haul’em Off Hawks!
The Lake had a decent week of action with Volleyball spiking a, 5-1 record and making the Gold Bracket at the SAISD Tourney.
This week the Ladies will host a Texas Showdown Tournament and this article will update that first day of games and times laster this week.
Head Coach Daniella surmised, “This past weekend the girls went, 4-1 earning their way into the gold bracket by playing clean low error volleyball. We have a tough tournament this weekend for the Texas Showdown with many top teams in the area.”
Daniella concluded, “This competition will be high level volleyball that will help sharpen our game to prepare for the same competition in our district. Iron sharpen iron and we are looking to improve our game each week!”
The Hawk Football finished their scrimmage part of the season against an opponent that had a lot of speed which will certainly be strengths of several district teams this year.
Plug those Leaks Fast Lake!
This scrimmage had The Lake with a, 14-6 score in their end of scrimmage 12 minute quarter.
After giving up a quick score to Veterans Memorial the Hawk Defense bolted down the hatches which allowed C-Lake scoring an explosive pass play to Kobe Halverson from QB Jace Wheeler and a Wheeler to Ryan Rena for a last second score.
The running game had Nico Wyckoff scoring from 13 yards out as he whittled through the line for that score.
Now the curtain will be raised in Wimberley this Friday at 730pm with the Sub-Varsity teams getting things going at the Hawk Nest on Thursday with a 500p start for the Freshman followed by CLJV’s battle with the Texans.
Let’s Go Lake!
This Week @ The Lake Aug 17-22nd
Monday, August 17th, 2026
Hawk Tennis Starts Season with a 2-0 record. Way to Go Lake!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE August 17-22nd Mon Aug 17 Canyon Varsity @ The Lake Varsity 830a Tennis Tue Aug 18 Stockade Fr~JV @ The Lake Fr~JV 500p Volleyball Stockdale @ The Lake 600p Volleyball Wed Aug 19 Meet the Hawks @ Hawk Stadium 730p All Sports Thu Aug 20 Canyon JV @ The Lake JV 830p Tennis Cornerstone @ The Lake Noon Tennis The Lake Fr~JV @ Veterans Memorial 530p Football The Lake @ Veterans Memorial 700p Football Fri Aug 21 Mark Oberholtzer CLHS @ Authentic Canyon Lake 800a Meet the & Alex Higby MVMS Pancake Bash 1000a Principals The Lake vs St. Anthony 830a Volleyball The Lake vs Sam Houston 1000a Volleyball The Lake vs Winn 1130a Volleyball The Lake vs Holmes 100p Volleyball Sat Aug 22 Coach Monte Cole CLHS @ Autheniic Canyon Lake 800a Meet the Coach JJ Sierra MVMS Pancake Bash 1000a Coaches The Lake vs TBD SAISD Tourney TBD Volleyball
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Go Lake!
Last week went well for The Lake’s Tennis team that had wins over San Marcos and Lehman.
This week Tennis will compete against Canyon (Monday) & Cornerstone (Thursday) hoping for a .500 based on a tough Canyon HS.
Volleyball finished their first week of action with a 6-2 record and this week has their first home contest with Stockdale on Tuesday and then their 2nd Tourney this time in San Antonio.
Football held their on against Burnet and will finish this Thursday at Veterans Memorial.
The ReSporter and Authentic Canyon Lake will be hosting a Pancake Social with help from Granny D’s supplying the Pancakes while The Nest helping with Coffee.
On Friday morning it will feature the MVMS (Ales Higby) & CLHS (Mark Oberholtzer) Principals starting at 8am till 10am. There will be a chance of meeting The Lake’s Alex and Mark on a more down home setting with those incredible Granny D’s pancakes.
Let’s GO LAKE!
That same itinerary for Saturday morning when The Lake’s Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole & Athletic Director for Mountain Valley MS JJ Sierra.
Cost is $5.00 per person for these two events.
Come out and get full of pancakes and Hawk knowledge….Go Hawks!
Canyon Lake Showed Promise in Burnet Scrimmage.
Sunday, August 16th, 2026
The Lake Huddle Up after first Scrimmage comes to a close! Go Lake!
Go Lake & OK Corral Your Opponents this season!
Canyon Lake showed promise in their first scrimmage against Burnet at the Hawk Nest this past Friday in what turned out to be a very comfortable night with pleasant weather.
Another comfortable feeling had The Lake finishing strong as each 8 minute session continued through the evening.
CLHS showed a very strong passing game and the running part of the offense was evident especially at the end of this scrimmage.
GO LAKE
“Thought the kids played with a lot of emotion we got better and better as the scrimmage went along which is a huge plus, the intensity was good….Burnet is always a good football team I always like to scrimmage those guys to see where we are,” Coach Parker started. “I won’t get to see those answers (on how well the team did) until I come into tomorrow and watch video. But I was pleased with the intensity…I was pleased with the improvement as the game went on and I thought we threw and caught the ball well and we still need to continue to get better in our running game but overall I could not have been more pleased with the kids.”
Break the Dam~ Lake!
Defensive Coordinator Coach Kurt Sloan shared his thoughts for the defensive side of the ball, “Scrimmage is about evaluation so we want to get the kids out there and see what they can do and we try not confuse them with scheme and we saw some plays that did not execute but later on they did and with the young guys that is all we are looking for and we want them to calm down and figure it out and go play football and go get tackles.”
When asked bout seeing improvement, “Yeah…it will be next week when we will be able to see that big gauge from that first to second scrimmage we should see a lot of improvement and if we don’t then we have to go back and work even harder.”
The long wait for football season started with a large crowd of Hawk fans in attendance and now another week of work before their last scrimmage at Veterans Memorial next Friday with the same start times.
Let’s GO LAKE!
Third in Series Hawk Offense with Quarterback
Thursday, August 6th, 2026
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!
2nd in Series on Hawk Offense with Skill Players
Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
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!
Hawk Football Three Part Series Offense: Line of Scrimmage
Sunday, August 2nd, 2026
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!
2025 Football All-District Accolades & Coach Sam Parker’s Thoughts
Thursday, January 8th, 2026
(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
Lake Bug-a-Boos Lead to, 42-14 loss to Calallen
Saturday, November 22nd, 2025
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
Tid-Bits: Area Round Football & Boys Basketball Win~Luling, 76-32
Thursday, November 20th, 2025
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%
