Pleasanton is nice enough to lend a hand in pushing McGuire Johnson over the goal line.
Canyon Lake just made every fan who has ever said, “That is why you play the game,” a truism as the Hawks jumped out to a 14 point lead and held on for a 24-21 win on a Mike Thorpe, 19 yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
“We did not get breaks during the first of the year,” Head Coach Charles Drum said. “This team just kept fighting back and now this game is important because of all the confidence we lost in the Navarro game has come back.”
Pleasanton came into this game as a one loss team, but found out Canyon Lake was no slouch and were succumbed at the hands of this 3-7 team.
The Eagles (9-1) did have a good record, but their non-district opponents were over 20 games below .500 ball
A Pleasant Sandwich
while CL had played a non-district schedule with teams sporting a 20-42 record.
Pleasanton won the toss and had moved into Canyon Lake’s territory when Christian Dittman put a hit on an Eagle causing a fumble that Dominick Theisz pounced on.
That play allowed the Hawks to drive 63 yards on 9 plays and a quick 7-0 score when McGuire Johnson ran it in from the 8 yard line.
On that drive, Josh DeVries had first dibs with a 20 yard run and Hayden DuBois then helped the Hawks overcome a penalty and gained 14 yards when 15 yards was needed for a first.
Two plays later the Johnson score gave Pleasanton a sad start.
The Hawk Defense then contributed on the Eagles next set of plays with a Dittman sack and a punt.
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