Greysen Patton is now 2-0 after shutting down Beeville Jones @ Comal Clash Tourney.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake matched their first 15 games last year with an, 11-3-1 record and now this Hawk team can hopefully finish with a better second half after last year’s squad finished, 14-10.

This past week, The Lake finished their Comal Clash contests sporting a, 3-1-1 record based on having a deeper pitching staff than their competition.

This year’s team has amassed a, 2.70 earned run average (era) and presently show 4 different pitcher’s with 2 wins. The mayo is more evenly spread across this bread than last year’s edition that had Carter Williams getting the rock as many times possible.

This has Head Coach Victor Escamilla working on all his chess moves before district gets going in two weeks against Wimberley.

Still way too many base on balls and errors that could derail district contests as CL’s hitting usually starts a slight decline when league contest get going. So those first two of the baseball trinity will need to diminish playing those district games.

                              Go Lake!

“Our pitching part has become clearer, “Coach Escamilla said in response to his assessment of where the team is at this time. “Offensively I think we are very streaky individually and we want to have some of that consistency but as we put more games together things are becoming clearer. We also need those guys who are come in when we have a different pitcher… and we need to have an extra outfielder or extra middle fielder or whatever it may be and those things are cleaning up a bit.”

When asked bout how well the catching has been with Wayen Slania-Wertz and Archer Miller behind the plate, “We’re fortunate to have those two…they are young and they’ve got a lot of upside and we are  excited to have both of them.”

                          Go Hawks!

Hayes Holladay is working on a streak of reaching base 9 games in a row and has reached base in all but one contest this season while Archer Miller had his  5 game hitting streak halted in CLake’s final game with San Antonio Wagner.

Other Notes:
Gram Simpson has 64 runs for his career and that has him ranked 5th on that All-Time list…he needs 5 more to be placed 3rd behind Hunter Anderson and Carter Williams who each reached 91 runs scored during their careers.

Ryan Rena (31) is 11 rbi’s from breaking into Top 10 status with RBI’s.

Simpson ranks 3rd in walks behind Tyler Pauly and Carter Williams who each reside with 62 base on balls. Rena is 10th on that same list with 38 walks.

        Way to make some Good Hits!

Stolen bases has Simpson (17) at 9th needing 13 more to take the lead over Daniel Camarillo who last played during the 2012 season. Bryce May (12) and Holladay (9) could reach top ten with Chase Anderson’s 16 stolen bases who is 10th on that list.

Rena needs one more double to tie Logan Felch’s 14 and Waylen Slania-Wertz (10) still has 4 more but being a Sophomore could have his sights on reaching 22 that Carter Williams has that tops that list.

And finally, Simpson needs 5 and Lucas Schexnayder  8 to take the lead in that bruising stat called, Hit-By-Pitch, held by now an EMT Tanner Schultz’s (21)…that makes a lot of sense now based on his trade.

The Lake will use this week playing three contests going to Marion this Monday with a Noon first pitch and then will welcome La Vernia to the Hawk Nest Tuesday starting at 2:30pm.

A road game with Antonian Prep on Wednesday starting at 1:00pm with finish this week’s action.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Saturday Games  1  2  3  4  5  R  H  E
SA Wagner       0  1  0  0  0  1  8  1
The Lake        2  2  2  0  X  6  5  0

                  ab  r  h bi bb so  misc
Gram Simpson       2  2  2  1  1  0
Carson Walker      2  1  0  0  0  0  fc hbp
Wayen Slania-Wetz  1  1  1  2  1  0
 ph Wyatt Sims     1  0  0  0  0  1
Cullen Barnhart    1  0  1  1  2  0
Archer Miller      3  0  0  0  0  2
Hayes Holladay     1  0  0  1  1  0  hbp
Ryan Rena          1  0  0  1  1  0
 ph Greysen Patton 1  0  0  0  0  1
Bryce May          3  1  1  0  0  1  sb
Gavyn Baldera      2  1  0  0  1  0  roe
Totals            18  6  5  6  7  5

Pitching          ip  h  r er bb so
Joshua Little    3.0  5  1  1  2  1  (2-0)
Cade Johnson     2.0  3  0  0  0  1
Totals           5.0  8  1  1  2  2
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                  1  2  3  4   R  H  E
Beeville          0  1  0  0   1  2  1
The Lake          3  1  8  x  12  8  1

                   ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson        0  3  0  0  0  2  0  hbp sb
Carson Walker       2  0  1  0  0  1  0
Wayen Slania-Wetz   3  0  2  1  1  0  0
 cr Gavyn Baldera   0  1  0  0  0  0  0
 cr CJ Rodriguez    0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Cullen Barnhart     3  1  2  0  0  0  0
Brenan Hughes       1  2  0  0  0  0  0  hbp roe
 ph Joshua Little   1  0  0  0  0  0  0
Archer Miller       2  1  2  1  0  0  0
 ph Lance Halverson 0  0  0  1  0  1  0
Hayes Holladay      3  1  1  1  0  0  1
Ryan Rena           1  1  0  0  0  1  1
 ph Dalton Hodges   1  0  0  0  0  0  1
Lucas Schexnayder   2  1  1  2  0  0  0
Totals             19 11  9  6  1  5  3

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so
Greysen Patton    4.0  2  1  0  4  6  (2-0)

                            Eva Zabarcencu continues The Lake’s dominance in Distance Events.

     DAVENPORT WOLVES RELAYS
Varsity                  Junior Varsity
Canyon Lake     170      Sotomayor      202
Kerrville Tivy  112      Pieper         139
Randolph        105      Randolph        62
Pieper           81      Canyon Lake     56
Davenport        55      Kerrville Tivy  51
Marion           49      Davenport       48
Long Creek       34      Long Creek      28
Gloria Academy   12      Gloria Academy  17
                         Marion          10

  Congrats Lady Hawk Track & Field!

The Canyon Lake’s Girls Track team does not possess depth like many schools they compete against.

District foe Fredericksburg is a school that always has a plethora of students in each event which allows this school to score well in most of their meets due to their amount of students competing.

Track scored the first 6 in each event and those athletes that finish 4th-5th-6th will in total add enough points for a team victory.

There were times in the past that the Billies would outscore The Lake by 50 or more points in district but lose many of those points as they competed in Area-Regional Meets.

            Way to GO FAST HAWKS!

That would allow CLake to score more points at the Regional Meet due to having enough Hawks scoring in those meets giving The Lake the edge over Freddie.

Canyon Lake has now won their last three meets, not with depth, but with star power.

This Wolves’ Meet had the same result involving 7 athletes who combined to score 131 of those points or 77% of that total of 170 points.

In this Meet The Lake finished first in 6 of the events led by distance runner Eva Zabarcencu’s win in the 1600-3200 meter runs.

                       Let’s GO FAR LAKE!

Te’a Gonzales, Kennedy Grindle and Aubrey Avey had two first place finishes that included the 4×100 meter relay.

This Meet was a One-Two Punch of sorts when taking in the days finished product.

In that 3200 run had Eva Zabarcencu and Sophie Eastland finishing 1st & 2nd.

100 meter dash had Gonzales & Savanna Oberholtzer finishing 1st & 2nd.

300 meter hurdles had Avey & Grindle finishing 1st & 2nd.

100 meter hurdles had Kennedy & Cutrer finishing 1st & 2nd.

Pole Vault had Gindle & Katelyn Lowth finishing 2nd & 3rd.

Those events add up to 86 points which has Canyon Lake finishing ahead of all but 2 other schools. The 2025 State Champion Randolph and 5A Kerrville Tivy.

                          Plug those Leaks Lake!

The Lake first place finish in the 4×100 relay was aided with a 3rd place 4×200 relay and a revived 4×400 relay who turned in their best finish this season finishing 2nd place.

So those three relays were a One-Two-& Knock-out Punch garnering, 38 points adding up to 124 points that topped Tivy’s 112 point final tally.

So, Freshman Sophie Eastland’s  6th Place (1 point) finish in her 1600 Meter Run would have Canyon Lake adding those depth point(s) up when facing tougher group of schools in the future.

The Lake will be off these next two weeks before finishing their last non-district meet in Wimberley on Thursday March 26th.

A short drive to watch a salty group of ladies before the meets that count  in April

Way to GO~Fast~Jump Far & High Hawks!

Varsity               3200 meter     Junior Varsity
Eva Zabarcencu     11:58.71 1st      Layla Jones 15:53.43 6th          
Sophia Eastland    12:03.76 2nd

4x100 Relay Varsity   49.98 1st      4x100 Relay    53.87 3rd 
Aubrey Avey, Te’a Gonzales           Julia Pena, Perri Jackson
Kennedy Grindle, Savanna Oberlhoter  Paisliegh Fahrney, Avery Rugherford

                  100 meter hurdles 
Kennedy Grindle       16.52 1st      Perri Jackson  18.59 3rd
Shana Cutrer          17.30 2nd

100 meter
Te’a Gonzales         12.69 1st
Savanna Oberholtzer   12.75 2nd

4x200 Relay Varsity 1:49.26 3rd      4x200 Relay   1:55.92 3rd
Aubrey Avey, Mia Zabarcencu          Kiley Williams, Hayden Granzin
Shana Cutrer, Te’a Gonzales          Breannah Matthews, Haley Mechler

400 meter
Mia Zabarcencu        62.51 3rd
Georgia Schexnayder   64.69 5th

                    300 meter hurdles
Aubrey Avey           43.04 1st      Haley Mechler   52.82 2nd
Kennedy Grindle       44.23 2nd

1600 meter                           200 meter 
Eva Zabarcencu      5:25.57 1st      Kiley Williams  28.91 6th
Sophie Eastland     5:50.19 6th

4x400 relay         4:14.68 2nd      4x400 relay  4:33.19 4th
Mia Zabarcencu, Bella Biasatti       Kiley Williams, Haley Mechler
Georgia Schexnayder, Eva Zabarcencu  Bella Huneau, Avery Rutherford

Long Jump                            High Jump 
Savanna Oberholtzer 16-9.50 2nd      Julia Pena      4-08 2nd
Georgia Schexnayder 15-4.75 5th

Triple Jump 
Savanna Oberholtzer    32-6 3rd

High Jump
Shana Cutrer           4-06 5th
Trinity Turner         4-06 5th

Pole Vault
Kennedy Grindle        10-6 2nd
Katelyn Lowth          10-6 3rd
Shana Cutrer            9-6

                          Hawks win at Wimberley, 3-1 to keep chance for a District Title.    Go Lake!

          Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

Canyon Lake’s Ladies Soccer Made Wimberley UPSET-3-1 in a payback contest avenging that first district round loss for The Lake, 3-1.

The Hawks scored first in that first contest and Wimberley scored 3 goals in the second half for a win. Wimberley scored first during that second contest and The Lake responded scoring 3 goals in that second.

The ReSporter has this road win ranked in the Top 3 of All-Time including all Lake sports.

Looking at the rankings based on MaxPreps’ matrix below can give a good idea the distance between these two schools….yes, MaxPreps is by no means 100% accurate but seeing how they have info on schools all over…it does share an area code worth of schools with an approximate estimation.

Rankings      Canyon Lake    Wimberley
National          295           111
Texas              80             9
Section Region 4   29             6
Division 4A         4             1

These Texans certainly had an impressive resume by looking below showing just one team played, Lockhart… being under water record wise and not having any post-season aspirations.

WIMBERLEY’S 2026 Non-District Results
Opponents                Present Day Records  District Place
Celina   Result  1-1 Tie  4A  16-1-1 Dist.    12-0-0  1st
Sulphur  Result  4-2 Won  4A  16-4-2 Dist.     7-0-0  1st
Springs
Bullard  Result  5-0 Won  4A  14-3-0 Dist.    10-1-0  2nd
Amarillo Result  0-2 Lost 5A  18-2-1 Dist.    12-1-1  1st
Frenship Result  2-1 Won  4A  10-4-2 Dist.     6-1-1  1st
Monterey Result  6-1 Won  5A  11-8-1 Dist.     9-3-1  4th
Lockhart Result  8-0 Won  5A  7-13-3 Dist.     2-8-2  7th
Lorena   Result  2-0 Won  4A  13-3-1 Dist.    10-0-0  1st
Burnet   Result  8-0 Won  4A  17-5-0 Dist.    11-1-0  1st
Leander  Result  3-0 Won  5A  14-3-4 Dist.     9-0-3  2nd

Canyon Lake now has won a contest that shows they too might be in a position for a good run this playoff season.

                    Way to Go Lake!

“These girls are pretty humble but hard working…and honestly I am pretty hard on them,” Head Coach Kara Stracener stated. “I hope after last night and beating a really good team like Wimberley it brings them a new confidence going into these last few games of district and into post-season.”

Confidence would be that key word for this win as The Lake’s 3 goals was also the most scored against these Texans this season.

Savanna Oberholtzer scored the first two goals to start that 2nd Half and now has reached 54 with still 3 more district battles to add to her record setting season.

                   High Noon says GO LAKE!

“We knew that wasn’t our best half,” Oberholtzer stated when asked about being behind going into halftime. “It was s reality check and we set out to get to every ball first and then try to score.”

Oberholtzer scored two second half goals within an 8 minute span and then Kylee Morrow had a crowning shot from 25 yards from the left side of the goal that curved right over the Texan Goalies hands settling at the right-side of the goal with right at 4 minutes remaining.

“We were all excited,” Oberholtzer quipped when seeing Morrow’s shot. “This is a huge rivalry and it was exciting to see that we have a chance to finish first in district if we can win our next three games.”

               Way to Go Lake Soccer!

Coach Stracener’s parting shots, “Two of our goals were from over 25 yards and Kylee is a very unselfish and will pass many times over shooting….Glad she chose to shoot tonight cuz we needed her too. Like last time we played them we wanted to make it a messy game. Not allow them to get into a rhythm and try to frustrate them. We ‘weathered the storm’ the first half. Wimberley came out Very Strong and we struggled to get control of the middle….but halftime was a good reset and the girls did a fantastic job of digging deep and fighting back till the end. We played a good full 80 minutes this time around.”

Canyon Lake Hawk Proud!

Now The lake’s season goals are still attainable with this win having a chance for a district championship, going further in the playoffs and Canyon Lake’s 2026 squad now took the sole lead with wins in a season sitting with 17 so far.

The Hawks still have 3 games remaining and none of these battles will be a cakewalk which will equate in needing 3 more complete 80 minutes of game time.

Congrats and Way to GO LAKE!

            PANTHER RELAYS
GIRLS VARSITY       JUNIOR VARSITY
THE LAKE    191     Wimberley    178
Wimberley   154     Davenport    163
Marion       76     La Vernia     74
Long Creek   60     THE LAKE      53
La Vernia    54     Navarro       51
Davenport    49     Long Creek    38
Navarro      33     Marion        32

The Lake’s Ladies won their 2nd Meet this season scoring 191 points against a combined 7 schools.

The Jump’s Events had this Hawk team cashing in 50 points with the relays scoring 44 points which included two first place finishes in the 4×100 & 4×200 category.

The Sprints also pitched in 44 points with the Hurdle’s bringing in 28 and Distance 24 points.

There was a lot of Gold this week starting with those two relays and then individual Gold by the following:

Aubrey Avey          200 & 400 meter dash
Kennedy Grindle      100 & 300 meter hurdles
Savanna Oberholtzer  long & triple jumps
Te’a Gonzales        100 meter dash

Julia Pena with JV a PR on her high jump for a first place medal.

Those Athletes in the two sprint relays were:
4x100                4x200
Aubrey Avey          Savanna Oberholtzer
Te’a Gonsales        Mia Zabarecencu
Kennedy Grindle      Shana Cutrer
Savanna Oberholtzer  Te’a Gonzales

This Panther Relays had one less school than Canyon Lake’s Relays last week minus Dripping Sprints which aided in scoring more points.

Head Coach Sami Theurer said in response to this meet and having Aubry Avey not running her bell-cow 300 meter hurdle’s event, “We wanted to use the 400 meter to help Avey work on getting out in her 300 hurdle, including endurance. She was a bit disappointed she did not hit 58 seconds.”

Avey is the third Hawk to break the 60 second barrier as the now University of Houston trackster Ahren Lightfoot’s (56.77 at the 2024 State Meet)set that all time mark. A few years back it was Skylar Hurst being the first to reach this milestone after racing around the cinders with a, 58.28 back in 2017.

The Lake will be in action again March 5th at Davenport Relays and those Field events get going at 1:00pm along with that 3200 meter race where Canyon Lake continues their strong distance team.

Points Scored by Athlete + How Events Scored

Varsity              Pts~Events  Junior Varsity  Pts ~Events
Savanna Oberholtzer  38 ~ 5      Delilah King     14 ~ 4
Kennedy Grindle      33 ~ 4      Julia Pena       13 ~ 4
Aubrey Avey          25 ~ 3      Haley Mechler    10 ~ 2
Shana Cutrer         22 ~ 4      Isabella Cameron  4 ~ 1
Te’a Gonzales        20 ~ 3      Bella Huneau      4 ~ 2
Sophie Eastland      12 ~ 2      Paisleigh Fahrney 4 ~ 3
Eva Zabarcencu       12 ~ 2      Kiley Williams    4 ~ 3
Mia Zabarcencu       12 ~ 3
Katelyn Lowth         6 ~ 1
Georgia Schexnayder   5 ~ 2
Emma Risien           4 ~ 1
Avery Rutherford      1 ~ 1
Bella Biasatti        1 ~ 1

Way to GO Fast LAKE!

                           Archer Miller getting reps on the mound during a Hawk tournament game.

        Way to make some Good Hits!

Canyon Lake Baseball’e Tourney was a 4 game sweep that had The Lake outscoring their opponents, 47-12 that showed how much depth a school has on the pitching mound which especially shows in those later contests.

CLHS outscored Giddings & Long Creek, 24-8 and on the defensive side, The Lake, had no errors on Saturday and finished with just 3 miscues during these games…while 9 errors were committed by CL’s opponents.

CLake still has a walking problem for the pitchers but some timely double plays and working out of jams let to 9 unearned runs.

CL’s pitchers issued 18 base-on-balls while striking out 16 players with different uniforms. Those free passes will lead to some losses when district gets going.

                                   Way to GO LAKE!

Lucas Schexnayder broke out of his slump that had one hit in his first 5 games with 6 hits that has a 4 game hitting streak with 3 doubles and 4 rbi’s.

Wayen Slania-Wertz continued his strong batting cashing in getting on base in all but one game this campaign matching Carson Walker with 12 rbi’s these past two weeks leading the team.

Cullen Barnhart (10) along with Walker (11) have both reached double digit hits while Hayes Holladay leads the team with 4 doubles while has missed reaching base in just one contest thus far.

Canyon Lake will be feasting with another home tournament this week in the Comal Clash.
The Hawks will start with Marble Falls at 11am this Thursday and will end that day playing Beeville with first pitch 5pm.

Friday will be another two-till day facing Holladay 3:40pm and then Corpus Christi Moody 5:00pm.

Canyon Lake’s last game was with Long Creek who plays in the same district which has the box score below.

It was a game that showed some promise when Gavyn Baldera and Greysen Patton both left the yard with their hits in this game.

Way to GO LAKE!

            1  2  3  4   R  H  E
Long Creek  0  1  2  0   3  4  2
The Lake    2  3  6  3  14 11  0

                  ab  r  h bi 3b hr bb so  misc
Bryce May          2  2  1  1  0  0  1  0  sb
Gram Simpson       3  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  sb
Carson Walker      3  2  1  3  0  0  0  0
Wayen Slania-Wetz  2  0  1  2  1  0  1  0
Cullen Barnhart    3  0  2  2  0  0  0  0
Brenan Hughes      3  0  1  1  0  0  0  2
Hayes Holladay     1  1  0  0  0  0  1  1  sb
Gavyn Baldera      1  3  1  1  0  1  0  0
Archer Miller      1  3  1  0  0  0  1  0  hbp
Lucas Schexnayder  1  2  1  0  0  0  1  0
 Greysen Patton    1  2  1  2  0  1  0  0
Totals            21 14 11 14  1  2  5  3

Pitching            ip  h  r er bb so
Cade Johnson (2-1) 4.0  4  3  3  5  4 

Ryan Rena pitched in win over Aransas Pass. Way to Go Lake!

The Hawks finished their Sinton Tourney, 3-2 giving Head Coach Victor Escamilla a lot of data in forming those three baseball elements of, Pitching~Fielding~Hitting.

Thus far The Lake has used more pitchers by this time of the year seeing 8 players. This group has posted a decent 2.70 era and 12 earned runs during 31 innings of work.

“Every outing is a test for our guys,” Head Coach Victor Escamilla stated on how he takes in pitching before pre-district. “We have a few arms but we need to find those that throw more strikes. We will continue to work with all of them hoping to get better results with each outing.”

Giving up 21 hits is doable but their base on balls reached 21 which would help with a lower number which will certainly be in Coach Escamilla’s thought process in choosing those players that take the mound.

         Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

Those two losses were to perennial power Sinton and Tuloso-Midway a larger school. The Lake managed just one run in those outings.

Fielding has been decent with a .937 percentage. But Coach Escamilla is a tough grader, “I would give fielding a C plus. We have to get better. We Don’t have those guys that will strike out 10 in a game. Good defense will go a long way for us.”

Coach Escamilla graded CL’s batting thusly, “Hitting C plus. We must improve our hitting against good pitching.”

                                Go Lake!

That was the main theme in those two losses and one win happened with just two hits…but those hits came when Wayen Slania-Wertz  hit a 3-run homer and a double for Brenan Hughes.

Overall, “We need to find our top 4 guys on the mound and improve against quality pitching.

The Lake will continue with 4 games at the Hawk Nest this week with one game Thursday-Friday and then finish with two contests next Saturday.

A lot of ??? that can hopefully turn into !!!!

Let’s Go Lake!

                           1  2  3  4  R  H  E
Vet Memorial Brownsville   0  0  0  3  3  5  0
Canyon Lake Hawks          4  0  1  0  5  2  0

                  ab  r  h  bi 2b hr bb so misc
Bryce May          3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
Gram Simpson       0  1  0  0  0  0  3  0
Carson Walker      2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
Wayen Slania-Wertz 2  1  1  3  0  1  0  0  hbp
Cullen Barnhart    1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
 Jace McGoldrick   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
Brenan Hughes      1  0  1  0  1  0  1  0
Ryan Rena          0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  hbp
Hayes Holladay     2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Lucas Schexnayder  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Archer Miller     0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
Totals            12  5  2  3  1  1  7  1

Pitching          ip  h  r er bb so  W
Kobe Halverson   3.0  3  3  3  1  2  1
Greysen Patton   1.0  2  0  0  1  1  S
Totals           4.0  5  3  3  2  3 

========================================

             1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Aransas Pass 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2
The Lake     4 2 4 0 X 10 10 0

                 ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Bryce May         2  2  1  1  0  1  0  sb 2
Gram Simpson      2  1  1  0  0  0  0  sb
Jace McGoldrick   1  1  1  1  0  0  0
Carson Walker     2  1  1  2  0  0  1
Dalton Hodges     0  0  0  1  0  0  0  sf
Hayes Holladay    2  1  1  1  0  0  0
Lance Halverson   1  0  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena         2  0  2  1  0  0  0
Kobe Halverson    1  0  0  0  0  0  1  sb
Greysen Patton    2  0  0  1  0  0  0  hbp sb
Wyatt Sims        2  1  1  0  0  1  1
Archer Miller     3  0  1  0  0  0  0
Gavyn Baldera     1  2  1  0  1  1  0
Totals           21 10 10  8  1  3  3

Pitching         ip  h  r er bb so  misc
Ryan Rena       5.0  3  1  1  2  4  Won

             Savanna Oberholtzer going for the kill in Hawks win over Billies, 3-1.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

                             Let’s GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake kept their hold on second place in District 26-4A after sweeping through last week’s contests that included the last & first game of round play.

Both wins were significant in getting a win over Davenport (2-1) the first in 3 games and taking care Fredericksburg (3-1) last Friday sweeping the Billies.

The Lake has an all-time 15-10-4 record and will continue this week at Bandera on Friday.

In CL’s contest with Freddie, was a fast start with 3 goals scored during the first 17 minutes of that first half and gave up one goal the second stanza at the 35 minute mark but held serve the rest of this game and win, 3-1.

                             GO LAKE!

It was a Bella Biasatti ~ Savanna Oberholtzer volley with each player either scoring or giving the other an assist.

That first goal had a flawless pass by Callie Dominguez to Biasatti to Oberholtzer that gave Canyon Lake a lead they would never relinquish at the 38:45 mark.

Two more goals at the 32 & 23 minute would give The Lake a dominating first half of action.

It was that second half the Billies would continued to press but CL’s back row with newcomer Cierra Marsh continued turning back those Freddie attacks and an eventual win.

                          Break the Dam~ Lake!

The rankings below show just how hard it is for entities to be able to grasp schools that play 500 miles from each other with few common opponents for the eye test.

One ranking now has just Wimberley 3rd and CLHS 6th with 3 of those district foes falling past that 25th spot. Certainly a result of battling each other with a loss or win and sliding in rankings.

There is one other 4A district with 2 schools being highly ranked with a fall out with those other schools in that same district.

Right now the point totals have Wimberley leading with 21 points while The Lake reaching 18 points. As for the rest of this group of teams has 4 schools fighting for those other 2 spots in hopes of making the playoffs.

Davenport        10  points
Long Creek        9  points
Fredericksburg    7  points
Marble Falls      5  points

This shows how close these 4 schools are for making or missing post-season.

As for Canyon Lake? A playoff clinching game is right around the corner.
Way to GO LAKE!

Rankings
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Wimberley       3rd
Canyon Lake     6th

MaxPreps
Wimberley       1st
Canyon Lake     4th
Davenport      10th
Marble Falls   18th
Billies        32nd

Let’s Go Lady Hawks!


District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall Standings
School          W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA
Canyon Lake    15  1  0   .938  82  17
Wimberley      15  1  1   .912  75   9
Davenport      11  4  1   .719  65   8
Marble Falls    9  4  4   .687  53  13
Long Creek      7  4  2   .615  32  22
Fredericksburg  7  8  1   .469  35  36
Bandera         3 15  0   .167  15  83

District Standings
School          W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  GP
Wimberley       7  0  0  1.000  37   4  21
Canyon Lake     6  1  0   .857  25   6  18
Davenport       3  3  1   .500  28   6  10
Long Creek      3  3  0   .500  11  18   9
Fredericksburg  2  4  1   .357  11  22   7
Marble Falls    1  4  2   .286   9  10   5
Bandera         0  6  0   .000   1  56   0

Last Week’s Results:
Tuesday
Canyon Lake   2  Davenport    1
Wimberley     9  Long Creek   0
Marble Falls  8  Bandera      0
Friday
Canyon Lake   3  Freddie      1
Wimberley     3  Marble Falls 0
Davenport    12  Bandera      0

This Week’s Contests:
Tuesday
Bandera      @   Fredericksburg
Wimberley    @   Davenport

Friday
Canyon Lake  @   Bandera
Davenport    @   Long Creek
Freddie      @   Wimberley

       Savanna Oberholtzer scored 38 points as The Lake’s Ladies Won Hawk Relays.

     Way to make some Good Marks!

The Hawk Relays had beautiful weather for the 8 schools in attendance as these conditions led to The Lake’s Ladies to either PR their top ten spot or move past former athletes.

CL’s Ladies finished first with 152 points that had 7 Hawks in double digit points led by Savanna Oberholtzer’s 38 points in her 5 events.

She was followed by Kennedy Grindle who scored 27 pts in 4 events, Te’a Gonzales & Aubrey Avey both finished with 20 points.

Eva Zabarcencu and Sophie Eastland had 12 points each and Shana Cutrer with 13 points.

Mia Zabarcencu had 8.5 points that involved a 2nd place in the open 400 dash and being part of the 4×400 relay who finished in 6th place.

                       Go Fast Hawks!

Seven of the 18 events had Hawks leading or placing first.

In the 4×100 (by 0.01) & 4×200 (by 0.27) relays CLHS broke last year’s relays times that qualified for Austin.

Kennedy Grindle is now just one inch from passing Jessica Cunningham for 2nd place in the Pole-Vault and now has the 4th best 300 meter hurdle event.

Grindle and Shana Cutrer are 3rd & 4th respectfully now in the 100 meter hurdle race.

Freshman Sophie Eastland stands in 3rd place in the 3200 Meter Run and 4th place in the 1600 Meter Run.

                                      Go Fast Lake!

Mia Zabarcencu moved into 8th place after her 2nd place finish for the 400 meter dash.

Te’a Gonzales went to the top of the class after winning the 200 meter dash besting Ayren Lightfoot by 2 tenths of a second.

CL’s Ladies JV were led by Georgia Schexnayder’s 19 points scored in 5 events.

Madison Matheney scored 8 points with 4th place finishes in the 800/1600 meter runs with Julia Pena getting her 8 points finishing 2nd in her High Jump event.

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Canyon Lake’s Boys had more meat on their bone this week with some decent showings when Anthony Hockman won the High Jump with a 6’2 mark.

                          High Noon says GO LAKE!

While Gipson Cover improved from last week with PR’s in the 3200/1600 runs as Peyton King scored 8 points in 3 events for The Lake and a 5th place showing as a team.

CL’s JV copied the Varsity with at 4th place in the Standings with 3 Hawk’s winning an event.

Gage Jones was first in his 200 Meter Dash, Frazier Zach won the Discus, and Jacob Stahla won in his 110 Meter Hurdles event.

The Lake’s Track Team will be at the Panther Relays (Navarro) with a 1:00pm start time February 26th.

Way to GO FAST HAWKS!  

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               CL HAWK RELAYS
   Girls Varsity          Boys Varsity
1. Canyon Lake      152   Dripping Springs 160
2. Wimberley        140   Davenport        114
3. Dripping Springs 135   Marion           111
4. Pleasanton        73   Wimberley         78
5. Navarro           37   Canyon Lake       47
6. Marion            34   Pleasanton        46
7. Long Creek        28   Navarro           39
8. Davenport         17   Long Creek        25

   Girls JV               Boys JV
1. Wimberley        173   Dripping Springs 189
2. Dripping Springs 155   Wimberley        145
3. Davenport        141   Davenport         88
4. Canyon Lake       54   Canyon Lake       62
5. Long Creek        46   Navarro           51
6. Marion            20   Pleasanton        45
7. Pleasanton        12   Marion            23
8. Navarro           12   Long Creek        15

 3200 Meter Run               3200 Meter Run
 Eva Zabarcencu  12:00.20     Gibson Cover     11:05.14 
 Sophie Eastland 12:01.46     Tristan Schenk   11:17.59 

 4x100 M Relay      48:13     4x100 Relay         43.07 
 Savanna Oberholter           Kobe Halverson 
 Te’a Gonzales                Peyton King
 Kennedy Grindle              Tristan Alexander
 Aubrey Avey                  Jace Morales

 100 Meter Hurdles            100 Meters Dash
 Kennedy Grindle    15.54     Tristan Alexander  11.36 
 Shana Cutrer       15.66 

100 Meter Dash                300 Meter Hurdles
Savanna Oberholtzer 12.08     Miller Beebe       44.30 

4x200 Meter Relay 1:42.26     200 Meter Dash
Aubrey Avey                   Joseph Matos       24.29 
Savanna Oberholtzer
Shana Cutrer 
Te’a Gonzales

4x400 Meter Relay 4:24.82     4x400 Meter Relay 3:35.78
Avery Rutherford              Joseph Matos
Bella Biasatti                Peyton King
Mia Zabarcencu                Jacob Price
Sophie Eastland               Tristan Alexander

400 Meter Dash                Shot Put                     
Mia Zabarecencu     62.46     Cayden Toon       41-4.50

300 Meter Hurdles             High Jump 1600 Meter Run
Aubrey Avey         44.66     Anthony Hockman       6-2  
Kennedy Grindle     46.97     Peyton King           5-8
                               
Pole Vault                    Triple Jump             
Kennedy Grindle     11-00     Jacob Price         40-00

200 Meter Dash  
Te’a Gonzales    25.39 10
        
Long Jump 
Savanna Oberholtzer  18-5
  
Triple Jump 
Savanna Oberholtzer 35-3.25  

4x400 Meter Relay 4:24.82  
Avery Rutherford 
Bella Biasatti
Mia Zabarcencu
Sophie Eastland 
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                JUNIOR VARSITY HAWK RESULTS  
200 Meter Dash                 200 Meter Dash 
Julia Pena           29.73     Gage Jones            24.04  
Kiera Bell           31.24     Carter Prieto         25.60 
Khloe Hangca         32.41     Braden Karrow         26.11
 
400 Meter Dash                 100 Meter Dash 
Bella Huneau         69.89     Braden Bantner        12.25 
Khloe Hangca         73.82     Colin Armstrong       12.94 

800 Meter Run                  400 Meter Dash 
Madison Matheney   2:46.92     Diego Perez           63.72 
Bella Huneau       2:52.66     Zackry Knox           65.20 
Khloe Hangca       3:13.13     Jackson Dow           67.34 
Vivian Gough       3:24.58   
                               1600 Meter Run 
1600 Meter Run                 Thomas Woods        5:49.01 
Madison Matheney   6:27.80     Skeet Kitchen       5:55.32 
Layla Jones        7:10.00     Antonio Rivera      6:03.99 
Abcde Jackson      7:43.13 
Bethany Nocito     7:48.28     110 Meter Hurdles  
                               Jacob Stahla          17.59  
3200 Meter Run                 Aidyn Ibarra          21.19 
Layla Jones       16:23.22 
Abcde Jackson     16:56.50     300 Meter Hurdles  
                               Jacob Stahla          46.86  
4x100 Meter Relay    54.54     Harley Hamilton       47.11  
Delilah King, 
Georgia Schexnayder            3200 Meter Run 
Paisleigh Fahrney              Skeet Kitchen      12:59.26 
Kiley Williams                 Thomas Woods       13:16.95 
                               Antonio Rivera     13:27.99 
4x200 Meter Relay  1:56.14  
Delilah King                   4x100 Meter Relay     45.80 
Paisleigh Fahrney              Jacob Stahla, Carter Prieto 
Kiley Williams                 Braden Brantner, Gage Jones                
Georgia Schexnayder            
                               4x400 Meter Relay   3:52.78 
4x400 Meter Relay   4:46.99    Braden Brantner, Gage Jones 
Paisleigh Fahrney              Gage Jones, Blake McCullough 
Kiley Williams   
Georgia Schexnayder            Shot Put 
Haley Mechler                  Frazier Zach        31-8.50 
                               Parker Gordon       31-2.50 
Discus                         Mata Anthony        30-1.75 
Kiera Bell             51-1   
                               Discus 
High Jump                      Frazier Zach           106-1 
Julia Pena              4-8    Parker Gordon           94-1  
                               Glenn McKenzie          80-7 
Long Jump  
Georgia Schexnayder 15-4.00    Long Jump 
                               Gage Jones           17-3.75 
Triple Jump                    Zackry Knox          16-5.50 
Georgia Schexnayder 33-2.50    Braden Brantner      15-9.00 

                               Triple Jump 
                               Zackry Knox          37-0.50 

                                            2026 Hawks Opening Game was Devine, 12-3.
(photo Adam Schexnayder)

                               Way to GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake’s Baseball won their 8th opening day game in a row with a dismantling of the Devine Warhorses, 12-3.

“The bats came alive and the pitcher’s threw strikes,” Head Coach Victor Escamilla stated. “The defense needs to be shored up. Every error is a window of opportunity for our opponents and good teams will exploit that.”

CLake rushed out to a 3 run lead before those dastardly errors to two runs in the 3rd and their last run in that following frame. Canyon Lake still led, 4-3 but broke out this contest in those last three innings scoring 8 runs and 6 during that 6th inning.

It was an extra base hit parade with 8 of the Hawks 15 hits went for extra bases with 7 doubles and a homer for newcomer Cullen Barnhart who chipped in with one of those doubles.

                           Let’s GO LAKE!

Carson Walker did not do his last name any favors as walking was not his motif of getting around first base after 3 of his 4 hits went for doubles knocking in 3 Hawks matching Barnhart’s 3 rbi’s.

Ryan Rena and Bryce May also had multiple hits along with Brennan Hughes 3 singles helping put this game in a win column.

Cade Johnson and Hayes Holladay combined for a no-hitter while giving up 2 walks and striking out 9 Warhorses that were not led to water on this night.

Those errors led to all of Devine’s runs and a good start before The Lake heads to a perennial power Sinton team on Thursday with a 2pm first pitch.

Canyon Lake will start their first tournament in that game followed with Port Lavaca later that same day.

A good start with some tough competition in the Sinton Tourney will give the Hawk’s coaching staff plenty of ideas on what will need work as pre-district battles continue.

Way to GO Lake!

           1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
The Lake   1  0  3  0  1  6  1  12 15  4
Devine     0  0  2  1  0  0  0   3  0  3

Player             ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc 
lf Bryce May        4  3  2  1  1  0  0  0  sb sac  
rf Gram Simpson     3  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  hbp 
rf Greysen Patton   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    
2b Carson Walker    5  3  4  3  3  0  0  0  sb  
c  Wayen Wertz      4  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  sf  
dh Brennan Hughes   4  0  3  1  0  0  0  0  cs 
dh Wyatt Sims       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  
1b Cullen Barnhart  4  1  2  3  1  1  0  0  
cf L Schexnayder    3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  hbp 
ss/p Hayes Holladay 3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  
3b Ryan Rena        3  2  2  0  2  0  0  0  
cr Dalton Hodges    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  
p  Cade Johnson     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  
cr Gavyn Baldera    0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 
cr/2b Archer Miller 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  cs  
cr  Kobe Halverson  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  
Totals             35 12 15 10  7  1  1  3   

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so   era  W L S
Cade Johnson      4.0  0  3  0  1  4  0.00  1 0 0 
Hayes Holladay    3.0  0  0  0  1  5  0.00  0 0 1 
Totals            7.0  0  3  0  2  9  0.00  1 0 1 

Avery Norris advancing The Lake’s Offense in their win earlier this year.
(photo by PacoCreates)

GO LAKE & Flatten them like our Pancakes!

Canyon Lake started district play with a win over Fredericksburg, 4-1 for their 10th straight victory.

Last year, The Lake, came into this first contest with the Billies with a lot of confidence opening at home.

That start was a tied battle at 2 goals which led to two more ties (against Wimberley) during district part of their schedule.

CL’s district added Long Creek which results in a 12 game uphill battle as all but one school (Bandera) presently has a .500 or better record.

The Lady Hawks Soccer has had an impressive run during Head Coach Kara Stracener’s 6th years at the helm.

Authentic Canyon Lake says Go Lake & Don’t Forget Valentine’s Day!

With two campaigns reaching 16 wins while already matching CL’s 10 wins during 2023 season. In Stracener’s 6 years she had raked in 80 wins with 43 losses that comes to a .642 winning percentage.

Head Coach Stracener commented bout the Fredericksburg win, “It was a good win to start district. We Struggled to control the game, but obviously were able to convert some of our chances into goals…We were challenged more defensively than we have been all season, so I’m proud of our defense for shutting down Fred’s attack.”

The Lake has ordered a lot more hangers to show off many firsts this season thus far that now has a ten game winning streak but as Coach Stracener commented on seeing a tougher defense with the Billies, then with more schools still to see in a district that presently have 3 teams in the Top 5 and 4 in the Top 10 it is apparent more challenges will be forthcoming.

                  Congrats Lady Hawks!

Savanna Olberholtzer led the team with 3 goals while Bella Biasatti recorded 2 assists and a goal and Senior Jordan Villareal produced an assist to finish the scoring.

Goalkeeper Liza Schexnayder and defender Chylea Gray were rewarded players of the game in this win.

Canyon Lake will be off this Friday and then open their district home schedule next Tuesday February 3rd against Bandera starting at 7:00pm.

The Lake is treading in water that has not been seen by any Hawk sport since the school started after being recognized in one poll as the #1 team in the state.

But with that caveat you will be seeing tough district play each week that has 3 other schools also hanging with impressive resumes to show-off to their fans. Sooo buckle up and Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T     Pct   GF   GA   Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0   1.000   60   12    10W
Davenport       9  1  0    .900   45    2     7W
Wimberley       9  1  1    .864   39    6     7W
Marble Falls    8  1  2    .818   44    4     1L
Long Creek      4  1  2    .714   20    4     1W
Fredericksburg  5  5  0    .500   25   18     1L
Bandera         3  9  0    .333   14   36     3L

District        W  L  T.    Pct   GF   GA
Canyon Lake     1  0  0   1.000    4    1
Wimberley       1  0  0   1.000    1    0
Davenport       1  0  0   1.000    9    0
Long Creek      0  0  0    .000    0    0
Marble Falls    0  1  0    .000    0    1
Fredericksburg  0  1  0    .000    1    4
Bandera         0  1  0    .000    0    9

Tuesday Results:
Canyon Lake     4  Freddie      1
Wimberley       1  Marble Falls 0
Bandera         0  Davenport    9

Tonight's Schedule:
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Freddie         @  Bandera
Marble Falls    @  Long Creek
Canyon Lake Bye

Tuesday Schedule:
Bandera         @ Canyon Lake   700p
Wimberley       @ Fredericksburg
Long Creek      @ Davenport
Marble Falls Bye