Senior Heath McDonough is ready for a fresh start

The first week of practices are in the book, as the Hawks had their first Saturday practice in pads.

Now, at the end of next week, there will be a scrimmage to see how this first month of practices might translate for this upcoming season.

“No injuries,” Head Coach Charley Drum stated after finishing the first week of practice. “We still need to work on conditioning but I am pleased overall.”

CL’s defense seemed to have the upper hand for this morning practice.

“The defense is ahead,” Coach Drum reiterated. “But we need to get better every week on both sides of the ball.”

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                                  Hawks Volleyball is Reaching for New Heights

Over 200 student’s took part in fall sports starting this week on Monday.

Football had in the neighborhood of 140 of those while Volleyball and Cross Country all got in gear for what could be another good start of the school year.

Last year, Canyon Lake had their first district championship with the Volleyball teams as well as Boys Cross Country and Football going further after their regular season ended.

All three sports should be in line of upping their game again this year with the new district line-up.

Football will have Austin Eastside Memorial as the new entrant while losing Liberty Hill and Bandera from last year’s district.

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                  Hawks will try to make Question Marks into Exclamation Points!!

Remember this answer: 77

What is the number of consecutive point after’s that Mike Thorpe made after his last game against Waco La Vega?

Go CL Hawks

That same young man made first team All-District as a Punter and second team All-District as a kicker.

There were two extra point tries that were blocked but only one missed try, in a career where Thorpe also made 9 out of 12 field goals.

That included the longest in Hawk history from 43 yards out in the Boerne game this past season.

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                                                  What a Swarming Hawk Defensive Unit Looks Like

The ReSporter continues the Hawk Football series and with just 10 days away for players to report we will go over CL’s defense and then finish inside a week going over the Special Team.

Repeat Boutique Says Go Defense

Last year’s defense had some rocky moments and was a very inconsistent group as a whole.

The only thing consistent about last years defensive unit was how inconsistent they were.

There were a couple of games where the CL Defense worked their way into the top 10 of all-time games.

Those two games were Fredericksburg and Bandera as Canyon Lake gave up 144 and 194 yards respectfully in those contests.

Six of the 10 games on that all-time defensive yardage list, are games with the Billies and Bulldogs. So, that information might suggest that the Hawks match up very well with those two teams.

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                                                                       Hawks on Offense this Season

The ReSporter will start a 3-part series on this upcoming Hawk Football team as they prepare for another year.

One thing to take note is having less teams in this year’s new edition for district play.

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The loss of Bandera and Liberty Hill is a good and bad happening, in how CL struggled against Liberty Hill and had never lost to Bandera.

CL’s district did add Austin East-Memorial and this school will be playing up this season as in year’s past this team has been playing schools that would not be considered stellar.

So with just five schools, the district slate will be reduced one game and after the last contest in November, the district race will have one fewer team deleted. from the playoffs.

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                                                                Defense is the name of the game

The ReSporter spends a lot of time with the offense side of stats and now is a good time to show-off many Hawk athletes that have excelled on the defensive side of the ball.

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This update can give all those aspiring future Hawks an idea of what they can do to work their way up that leader board.

Canyon Lake’s best defensive effort can probably be tagged for the 2009 season as that crew forced a great amount of turnovers as well as keeping opponents within striking range on the score board.

There were a few games that ended up out of reach but for the most part that 2009 team was nails.

With that tidbit, understand that many of those stats for that age group had very few numbers to put down for compiling.

Bobby Flint did have his 2008 tackles recorded but he was the only player to get that red carpet treatment.

Go Hawks!!

Last year’s trio of, Haden Lee, Robert Woods, and Matt Adams will be tough to replace as you peruse the names below.

The 2015 Senior Class was not a large group but the ones that stayed around did contribute in all aspects of their game.

There are just 24 days when the Hawks will start their 2016 season quest and 49 days before Canyon Lake will take the field in Blanco.

Thanks for reading and The ReSporter will have more articles coming this month on this year’s offense/defense/special teams.

Go Hawks!!!

                      Top 10 Hawks All-Time Defensively

 career                                   career
 tackles          #     last year         tackles for loss     #       last year
 Bobby Flint      435     2010            Alex Kemp            33        2011
 Haden Lee        285     2015            Haden Lee            31        2015
 Jeremy Best      181     2011            Robert Woods         30        2015
 Austin Acosta    176     2014            Chris Kopecky        26        2010
 Chris Kopecky    164     2010            J Garrett Grooms     25        2010
 McGuire Johnson  162     2013            Bobby Flint          18        2011
 Matt Adams       154     2015            Taylor Hocutt        17        2011
 Isaac Pruna      138     2012            Dominik Enea         15        2014
 Brandon Berger   128     2012            James Richard        14        2009
 Alex Kemp        126     2011            Joe Ottavio          14        2011

 season                                   season
 tackles          #       year            tackles for loss     #         year
 Bobby Flint      175     2010            Haden Lee            20        2015
 Haden Lee        149     2015            J Garrett Grooms     18        2010
 Bobby Flint      146     2009            Alex Kemp            18        2011
 Jeremy Best      140     2011            Taylor Hocutt        17        2011
 Haden Lee        129     2014            Robert Woods         16        2015
 James Richard    122     2009            Alex Kemp            15        2010
 Bobby Flint      114     2008            James Richard        14        2009
 Matt Adams       100     2014            Chris Kopecky        14        2010
 Austin Acosta     98     2014            Joe Ottavio          14        2011
 Matt Noyola       93     2011            Bobby Flint          12        2010
                                          Chris Kopecky        12        2009
                                          Christian Dittman    12        2013

 interceptions    #     last year         caused fumbles       #       last year
 Eric Nelson      9       2009            Clint Goodman        7         2009
 Doug Hubnik      3       2011            Alex Kemp            6         2011
 Todd Pippin      3       2010            Matt Adams           5         2015
 James Richard    2       2009            James Richard        5         2009
 Kevin Buxkemper  2       2010            Bobby Flint          4         2010
 Matt Magness     2       2011            Dominik Enea         4         2014
 Daniel Camarillo 2       2012            Jacob Phillips       3         2009
 McGuire Johnson  2       2012            Tommy Clark          3         2014
 Javier Mendez    2       2013            Isaac Pruna          3         2011
 Isaac Mendez     2       2013            Kenneth Jowers       3         2016
 Cody Powell      2       2014            Haden Lee            3         2015
 Garrett Grundei  2       2014
 Tommy Clark      2       2014

 career                                   season
 sacks            #      last year        sacks                 #        year
 Alex Kemp        20      2011            Alex Kemp             11       2011
 Robert Woods     15      2015            Alex Kemp              9       2010
 J Garrett Grooms 10      2010            Robert Woods           7       2015
 Haden Lee         7      2015            J Garrett Grooms       6       2010
 Chris Kopecky     6      2010            Jacob Phillips         5       2009
 Jacob Phillips    5      2009            Haden Lee              4       2015
 Dominik Enea      5      2014            J Garrett Grooms       4       2009
 Isaac Pruna       4      2011            Bobby Flint            4       2010
 Christian Dittman 4      2013            Joe Ottavio            4       2011
 Tanner McGill     4      2014            Tony Hocutt            4       2011
 Cody Thompson     4      2014            Christian Dittman      4       2013
 Tony Hocutt       4      2011            Robert Woods           4       2013
 Joe Ottavio       4      2011            Robert Woods           4       2014
 Bobby Flint       4      2010            Tanner McGill          4       2014
 Dominik Enea      4      2014
 Cody Thompson     4      2014

 pass break ups                           pass break ups
 career            #    last year         season                 #       year
 Javier Mendez     14     2013            Isaac Mendez           10      2013
 Isaac Mendez      10     2013            Javier Mendez           7      2012
 Devin Collins     10     2010            Javier Mendez           7      2013
 Matt Adams         9     2015            Cody Powell             6      2014
 Brandon Berger     9     2011            Matt Adams              6      2015
 Kevin Buxkemper    9     2010            Haden Lee               5      2015
 Doug Hubnik        9     2012            Doug Hubnik             5      2012
 Cody Powell        6     2014            Brandon Berger          5      2011
 Devin Collins      5     2009
 Devin Collins      5     2010
 Kevin Buxkemper    5     2009

                               Canyon Lake Yardage
                            Hawk Offense Top 10 Games

     Team                Total Yards           Year Played            Won/Lost
     Ingram                 579                  2009                   Won
     Bandera                528                  2011                   Won
     Marion                 499                  2015                   Lost
     Fredericksburg         494                  2011                   Won
     Llano                  479                  2009                   Won
     Waco La Vega           476                  2014                   Won
     Fredericksburg         474                  2010                   Won
     Austin Travis          471                  2011                   Won
     Bandera                456                  2015                   Won
     Bandera                449                  2012                   Won

     Team                Rushing Yards         Year Played            Won/Lost
     Bandera                456                  2015                   Won
     Marion                 429                  2015                   Lost
     Waco La Vega           410                  2014                   Won
     Somerset               387                  2013                   Lost
     Sealy                  370                  2011                   Won
     Bandera                367                  2013                   Won
     Wimberley              351                  2013                   Won
     Smithville             351                  2015                   Won
     Boerne                 349                  2013                   Won
     Smithville             338                  2014                   Won

     Team                Passing Yards         Year Played            Won/Lost
     Ingram                 343                  2009                   Won
     Llano                  330                  2009                   Won
     Luling                 323                  2011                   Won
     China Spring           307                  2009                   Lost
     Burnet                 300                  2012                   Lost
     Wimberley              293                  2010                   Lost
     Blanco                 292                  2009                   Won
     Wimberley              273                  2010                   Lost
     Fredericksburg         258                  2010                   Won
     Bandera                255                  2011                   Won
 
                                 Opponent's Yardage
                              Hawk Defense Top 10 Games

     Team                Total Yards           Year Played            Won/Lost
     Marion                  65                  2014                   Won
     Bandera                109                  2013                   Won
     Bandera                133                  2012                   Won
     Fredericksburg         144                  2015                   Won
     Wimberley              150                  2013                   Won
     Smithville             171                  2014                   Won
     Fredericksburg         173                  2011                   Won
     La Vernia              174                  2013                   Lost
     Bandera                194                  2015                   Won
     Fredericksburg         215                  2009                   Won

     Team                Rushing Yards         Year Played            Won/Lost
     Marion                  19                  2014                   Won
     Somerset                36                  2010                   Lost
     Smithville              39                  2015                   Won
     Wimberley               48                  2015                   Won
     Ingram                  48                  2009                   Won
     Wimberley               56                  2009                   Lost
     Boerne                  60                  2010                   Won
     Smithville              61                  2014                   Won
     Fredericksburg          68                  2014                   Won
     Wimberley               70                  2013                   Won

     Team                Passing Yards         Year Played            Won/Lost
     Navarro                  3                  2010                   Lost
     La Vernia               17                  2013                   Lost
     Liberty Hill            18                  2009                   Won
     Rockdale-Fulton         19                  2014                   Lost
     Bandera                 20                  2012                   Won
     Liberty Hill            20                  2015                   Lost
     Lampasas                21                  2015                   Lost
     Bandera                 23                  2015                   Won
     Blanco                  31                  2015                   Lost
     Fredericksburg          32                  2011                   Won

                            
                             Canyon Lake All Time Scoring

Players in Red indicate still active.

 Points Scored            Run   Pass  Defense  Return  2EP   1EP   FG    Total
 Zach Henshaw              47     4                                       306
 Josh DeVries              23     4             2 ko    4                 182
 Hayden Dubois             26                                             156
 Mike Thorpe                                                97/98  9/12   124
 Matt Magness                    16                     2                 100
 Eric Nelson                     15                                        90
 Jake Robinson                                              67/71  5/6     82
 Branson Belcher           13                           1                  80
 Eduardo Covarrubias       11                                              66
 McGuire Johnson           11                                              66
 Doug Hubnik                1     7    1 int    1 ko                       60
 Austin Brennan             8     2                                        60
 Tanner Faris               7                           1                  44
 Robert Woods               7                                              42
 Juan Martinez                                              29/33  4/6     41
 Jacob Crabb                                                34/38          34
 Micah St. John             5                            1                 32
 Jeff Nabors                5                            1                 32
 Daniel Camarillo                  5                                       30
 Christian Pena                    4                                       24
 Drew Riccio                       4                                       24
 Richard Howell                    3             1 pr                      24
 Skyler Tschoepe            3                             1                20
 Heath McDonough                   3                                       18
 Matt Adams                        1             2 ko                      18
 Todd Pippin                       3                                       18
 Ross Wagliardo             3                                              18
 Quinn Pike                        3                                       18
 JJ Nance                   2      1                                       18
 Evan Schuller                     2                       1               14
 Joe Shone                         2                                       12
 Casey Coffee               2                                              12
 Luke Justis                                      1 ko                      6
 Jacob Ruff                 1                                               6
 Ben Fulton                 1                                               6
 Tyler McCleary                        F Rec                                6
 Cody Powell                           1 int                                6
 Tommy Clark                           1 int                                6
 Connor Ricker              1                                               6
 Christian Dittman                 1                                        6
 Isaiah Gutierrez                  1                                        6
 Matt Riffe                 1                                               6
 Cole Seitz                        1                                        6
 Jeremy Fulton                     1                                        6
 Gene Williams              1                                               6
 Brody Wisdom                      1                                        6
 Robin Pedranti                    1                                        6
 Jacob Phillips                         Safety                              2
 James Richardson                                               2/2         2

Hawks Defense could define how good their Season goes

First, realize that this is an idea of what might or could happen if everything comes together for the Hawks starting in about 2 months.

This ‘best case’ would be based on injuries or lack of injuries as well as having the players being at their peak as well as keeping all of those other intangibles coming up roses for those 11 weeks of play.

Much has been made of how well Blanco plays in their first game and CL can certainly vouch for that sentiment as the Hawks have been on the losing side the past three years with no offense to speak of in those losses.

What would need to change to start this campaign with a win? A mind set that Blanco will give their best effort and that leaves Canyon Lake no room to take this game lightly.

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 Just 64 days before kick-off

What might be the worst case scenario for this year’s edition of Canyon Lake’s Varsity?

In other words, knowing that an obvious answer being an 0-10 game count, that record did not even come about in that first year Hawk team after a win over Ingram on the road.

The ReSporter will go through what type of season, game by game, based on tendencies and what if’s based on how events happening’s with those worst case situations.

First Game with Blanco will find CL with an 0-1 record as the Hawks always have a tough time starting strong as past campaigns would indicate.

The Panthers seem to have CL’s number for that first game and this year might be more of the same.

This game is an away game for the Hawks and in the past three openers with Blanco, Canyon Lake has only been awarded 13 points.

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