2025 BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
(photo by Shannon Anderson)

           Make a Deposit & Go Hawks!  Canyon Lake has penciled in their name to the Area Round when they will face Uvalde in Somerset this Thursday with first pitch at 6:30pm.

There was no doubt of a Bi-District clinching round as The Lake was able to score 4 runs to start this contest and ended up amassing 21 runs while Pitcher’s Carter Williams and Ryder Hopper held this Panther team to one hit.

An errorless game that was helped when the battery struck out 13 in needing two fielding opportunities to finish this round in the win category.

There was a plethora of Hawks (18) who had on opportunity to wedge their way into action who finished with 22 hits that had 8 doubles and a lone home-run off the bat of Williams.

Uvalde (18-7-2) will certainly pose a bigger hurdle than Eastside was able to muster and being ready has to be at the forefront for this Hawk team as they enter this week for getting prepared for this one-game do or die event.

Season Accolades: All-Time Season Stats
                    AT BATS
Carter Williams       101       4th   Tyler Pauly      104   ’21
Bryce May              92      12th
Wayen Slania-Wertz     92      12th

                     RUNS
Carter Williams        44       1st   Hunter Anderson   31   ’23
Gram Simpson           31       2nd

                     HITS
Carter Williams        46       2nd   Chase Anderson    47   ’22
Wayen Slania-Wertz     31      14th
Bryce May              29      15th
Michael Anderson       27      21st
Hayes Holladay         27      21st

                    RBI’s
Carter Williams        44       2nd   Griffen Williams  46   ’22
Michael Anderson       30       7th
Wayen Slania-Wertz     20      10th
Bryce May              19      14th

                 BASE on BALLS
Gram Simpson           22       5th   Tyler Pauly       36   ’21
Hayes Holladay         19       8th
Lucas Schexnayder      16      17th
Ryan Rena              15      18th
Wayen Slania-Wertz     14      22nd

                   DOUBLES
Carter Williams        14       1st   Tyler Pauly       12   ’21
Michael Anderson       10       5th
Wayen Slania-Wertz      7       8th

                  HOME RUNS
Carter Williams        12       1st   Griffen Williams  12   ’23

BATTING AVERAGE
Carter Williams      .455       1st   Griffen Williams .453  ’22
Michael Anderson     .409      11th

              ON BASE PERCENTAGE
Michael Anderson     .552       3rd   Matthew McLain   .581  ’21
Carter Williams      .538       6th

             SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
Carter Williams      .990       1st   Griffen Williams .905  ’23
Michael Anderson     .606       5th

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           1  2  3  4  5   R  H  E
CL Hawks   4  4 11  0  2  21 22  0
Eastside   0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0

                     ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Gram Simpson          3  4  3  0  0  0  1  0  sb
 ph Max Ross          1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Carter Williams       3  3  3  6  2  1  1  0
 pr Archer Miller     0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
 ph Greysen Patton    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Michael Anderson      4  3  3  4  2  0  0  0
 ph Brenan Hughes     0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
Wayen Slania-Wertz    3  1  1  0  0  0  1  1
 ph Archer Miller     1  1  1  2  0  0  0  0
Bryce May             2  1  2  2  0  0  1  0
 ph CJ Rodriguez      2  0  1  1  0  0  0  1
Lucas Shexnayder      3  1  2  2  0  0  0  1
 ph Cade Johnson      2  0  2  1  1  0  0  0
Ryan Rena             2  1  1  1  1  0  1  0
 ph Trey Mollenkolf   2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
Ryder Hopper          4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay        3  3  3  2  2  0  0  0  sb
 ph Dalton Hodges     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Totals               37 21 22 19  8  1  5  4

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Carter Williams     3.0  1  0  0  0  8  10  4
Ryder Hopper        2.0  0  0  0  0  5   0  0
Totals              5.0  1  0  0  0 13   1  0

Ryan Rena finished with a double & homer in Hawk Pounding of the Panthers.

Canyon Lake run ruled Eastside Memorial, 16-0 with a combined one hitter with starter Carter Williams and Hayes Holladay that finished with 11 total strikeouts during this 5 inning affair.

The Lake had 15 Hawks garnering a hit (17 total) with 7 of those hits doubles (4) or homers (3).

Carter Williams (11) is now one homer away from tying Griffen Williams (12) for a season of taters. Which can be some good talking points at the family dinner table.

Ryan Rena had his 2nd homer this season as he joins Williams as the only two Hawks with multiple round-trippers.

That last homer came off the bat of Gavin Baldera which was his first since little league.

The Lake was held to one run to start the game with an inning ending double play…but that would be the only bad at bat as their next inning had 19 Hawks come to the plate producing 13 runs, 5 singles, 5 doubles, 2 home runs, 2 walks and 1 batter who reached on an error.

Gavin Baldera’s home-run was first since little league as Hawks look to sweep Friday!

Williams took the mound that next frame and struck out the side throwing 9 strikes and 4 balls. Pretty efficient way to squelch any thoughts for these Panthers of staging a comeback. Holladay finished the final two innings striking out 4 in the 4th inning (one player reached base after a passed ball and one in the 5th inning.

The Hawks will continue this best-of-three series tomorrow at Nelson Field in Austin with that first pitch at 5:00pm. A rubber match will start 30 minutes later if the Panthers win that opening contest.

Way to Pound the Ball Hawks!!

           1  2  3  4  5   R  H  E
Eastside   0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1
CL Hawks   1 13  0  2  X  16 17  0

                     ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Gram Simpson          4  3  2  2  0  0  0  0  hbp
Carter Williams       2  3  1  2  0  1  2  0  hbp
Michael Anderson      2  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  sac roe
 ph Gavin Baldera     1  1  1  2  0  1  0  0
Wayen Slania-Wertz    2  0  1  0  0  0  1  0
 ph Archer Miller     1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Bryce May             3  1  1  1  1  0  0  1
 ph Greysen Patton    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  fc
Lucas Shexnayder      2  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
 ph Trey Mollenkopf   1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena             3  2  2  2  1  1  0  1
 ph Jace McGoldrick   1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryder Hopper          3  2  2  1  1  0  0  0
 ph Tate Heckman      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay        2  2  1  1  1  0  1  0
 ph Max Ross          1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Totals               30 16 17 14  4  3  5  2

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so  W  L
Carter Williams     3.0  1  0  0  0  6  9  4
Hayes Holladay      2.0  0  0  0  0  5  0  0
Total               5.0  1  0  0  0 11  1  0

         HAWK DOG PILE after walk-off win over Billies for berth to Playoffs! GO LAKE!

                      Way to GO LAKE!

Little things result in big rewards after a Hawk walk-off fielder’s choice scored the winning run in bottom of the 7th frame to put The Lake in Playoffs beating Fredericksburg, 3-2.

Those little things would arise when a savvy Pitcher Carter Williams pointed to a sacrifice bunt having an opponent running the foul line to first base on the inside.

That sacrifice bunt was nullified and put the runner back on first base. What happened next? How bout a 5-1-3 double play ending the first inning. That same incident happened again in the 5th inning taking away having a player in scoring position that had a Williams’ **strikeout** of the next Billie and a ground out to end that inning.

                      Let’s GO HAWKS!!

**(Williams continues to excel this school year as this 3-Sport freak has broken more records than the Beatles as he reached 118 strikeouts this season besting Tyler Pauly’s 94 during his 2021 campaign.)

Want more? How bout playing a 6’3 first baseman (Ryder Hopper) who was able to catch high throws in the first from Ryan Rena with both throws needing a tag out which was played out twice during that second inning and was sandwiched with another Williams’ strikeout.

In the bottom of that same inning, Bryce May was hit by pitch and then stole 2nd and advanced on a wild pitch being 90 feet away for an easy rbi single off the bat of Rena for CL’s first lead, 1-0.

Both teams had 4 runs scored by players who were hit by a pitch and that final Lake run came around to score after reaching base on an error.

Then Hayes Holladay advanced to 2nd base on a Gram Simpson single and advanced on a passed ball that did not ‘pass’ but stayed underneath the catcher to put the winning run 90 feet from home plate.

Williams then hit a grounder to 2nd base that had Holladay sprinting home for a walk-off playoff berth.

             Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!

Ohhh…before celebrating this win, one of those most important ‘little things’ happened at the top of the 7th inning.

With one out a Billies player reached base on a very rare catcher’s interference call that was followed by a double that bounced over the fence keeping the Billies runner from advancing home.

With one out, a pinch bunter, was next up and after two missed bunt attempts that had the first being a suicide squeeze but a bang-bang play led to an out….wait not an out….the call was reversed and player was called safe at third.

‘Hawk’ Proud!!

Next pitch? A Strikeout for the 2nd out but presented the Billies with their best hitter at the plate who Coach Escamilla intentionally walked loading the bases.

A lot of ‘little things’ happenings but one last ‘little thing’ would help put The Lake’s shortest player (but BIG in Stature) climbing the ladder on a line drive to second baseman Simpson for that final out saving at least two runs.

‘Little Things’ would add to be ‘BIG THINGS’ in this Hawk win that now has The Lake playing for a Bi-District crown against Austin Eastside Memorial Panthers next week!

Let’s GO LAKE!

                1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Fredericksburg  0  0  0  1  0  1  0   2  3  2
CL Hawks        0  1  1  0  0  0  1   3  5  1
(One out when winning run scored)

                      ab  r  h bi bb so  misc
Gram Simpson           2  1  1  0  1  0  hbp sb
Carter Williams        4  0  0  1  0  2  fc
Michael Anderson       2  0  1  0  1  0
Wayen Slania-Wertz     3  0  1  1  0  0
Bryce May              2  1  0  0  0  1  hbp sb
Lucas Shexnayder       3  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena              3  0  1  1  0  1
Ryder Hopper           3  0  0  0  0  1
Hayes Holladay         3  1  1  0  0  0  sb roe 
Totals                25  3  5  3  2  5

Pitching              ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Carter Williams      7.0  3  2  1  3  4   8  4 

Michael Anderson’s Walk-Off Double scored Carter Williams in, 7-6 Win! GO LAKE!         (photo Daniel Clifton)

Curtain Call today in Wimberley at 2pm after a Senior Night that had your Hawk’s Seniors performing magnificently beating Bandera, 7-6 on a walk-off double by Michael Anderson.

Three starting Seniors had an impressive combined line score at the plate and on the mound.

Batting      AB  Runs  Hits  RBIs  BB   On Base Average
Anderson
Williams     8    4     4     3     6     .714
Hopper

Pitching     IP    H    R    ER   BB   SO   era
Hopper
            4.2    4    1     0    2    6   0.00
Williams

                               GO LAKE!

This game started with these Bulldogs rushing out to a 4 run first inning lead when Hawks pitching  had a hard time finding the strike-zone.

The Lake did respond scoring 2 runs during the bottom of that opening stanza when Wayen Slanina-Wertz’s two strike single drove in Gram Simpson and Carter Williams who reached base via a free pass.

A two run deficit would increase to 3 runs after an opening home-run to start the 3rd inning for Bandera.

                         GO HAWKS!!

Then Senior Ryder Hopper was called to the mound to help keep this must win contest close for a chance to keep this game with-in reach.  Class Act for sure with a brilliant come to the rescue outing for Senior Hopper.

With one out in the 3rd inning Hopper worked out of trouble before allowing another run later that was helped by an error but a 6-4-3 double play helped minimize the damage.

Bandera had stretched their lead back to 4 runs, 6-2 but now CLake had just 3 innings to respond.

                 Let’s GO LAKE!

Walks was the mold of transportation on this night as these Bulldogs pitchers walked 14 Hawks and which was how CL was able to tie this game in the 5th inning that started with a pop out to first base. Then Senior Hopper singled which was followed by 2 walks and a couple of balks that scored Hopper.

Then an intentional walk had Williams batting with the bases loaded with still one out. Enter Senior Michael Anderson with a two run single scoring Simpson and Holladay. Anderson has reached base safely for 16 straight games and this would be his 4th contest with more than one hit.

Williams stole home for CL’s final run in the 5th tying the score, at 6 runs a piece.

                              Go Lake!

A scoreless 6th inning set up that final act for this Senior crew.

To start reliever Williams struck out the side after a lead-off single before a Hawk response that would be an intentional act by these Bulldogs when Williams was given his second free pass this game putting the winning run on first base.

Enter Anderson’s double to centerfield which had a scorched earth running by Williams for that winning score. A Senior Moment on this night and Curtain Call today don’t miss this play!

Curtain Call today…Saturday in Wimbo for a chance to add more games to this year’s schedule.

Way to GO SENIORS & HAWKS!

          1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Bandera   4  0  1  0  1  0  0   6  7  0
CL Hawks  2  0  0  0  4  0  1   7  6  2 
(one out when winning run scored)

                   ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson        3  2  1  0  0  2  1
Carter Williams     1  3  0  0  0  4  1  sb 2
Michael Anderson    3  0  2  3  1  2  1  sb
Wayen Slania-Wertz  4  0  2  2  0  0  2
Bryce May           2  0  0  0  0  2  0  sb
Lucas Shexnayder    2  0  0  0  0  2  0  sb 2
Ryan Rena           4  0  0  0  0  0  1  sb
Ryder Hopper        4  1  1  0  0  0  2
Hayes Holladay      1  1  0  0  0  3  0
Totals             24  7  6  5  1 14  8

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Hayes Holladay    2.1  3  5  5  4  1   0  0
Ryder Hopper      3.2  4  1  0  2  3   0  0
Carter Williams   1.0  0  0  0  0  3   7  4
Totals            7.0  7  6  5  6  7   1  0

Ryder Hopper doing clean-up with his 7th inning finishing job in win over Bandera. GO LAKE

Hit Man says way to get rid of those Pests Hawks!

Canyon Lake passed their first test for this week of games with two more remaining to realize a chance to play in the post-season.

The Lake started this contest scoring 3 runs in their first two frames which would turn out to be plenty enough for this victory.

Carter Williams and Ryder Hopper combined on a two hitter for this much needed shut-out win. Williams helped his outing with a towering homer that left no doubt after it left his bat that had the Bulldog left fielder morphing into a fan as he stood and watched the flight of this ball that threatened some trees 20-30 feet behind the fence.

The top of the batting order administered much of the damage with Gram Simpson and Michael Anderson joining Williams with two hits a piece/5 runs/4 rbi’s that had a double for Anderson added to that moonshot. Add 3 walks from this trio and you can see how that damage turned out to be lethal.

                         GO LAKE!

More good news was having Navarro beating Fredericksburg which was a welcome sight after hearing the Hawk crowd yelling their approval when it was learned Navarro had taken a 4-0 lead in that game in the stands.

Two more hurdles this Friday with the same scenario needed for a chance for a play-in contest with the Billies this Saturday.

Just taking care of business and prepare for a joyous extra game or time to wash the uniform scenario.

Let’s GO LAKE!

           1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
CL Hawks   1  2  0  0  2  2  0   7  8  1
Bandera    0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  2

                    ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Gram Simpson         3  3  2  0  0  0  1  0
Carter Williams      3  1  2  2  0  1  1  1
Michael Anderson     3  1  2  2  1  0  1  0  sb
Wayen Slania-Wertz   4  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  roe 2
 pr Archer Miller    0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  sb
Bryce May            3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  sf
Lucas Shexnayder     3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  sf sb fc
Ryder Hopper         2  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
 ph Archer Miller    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay       4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena            2  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  cs
Totals              28  7  8  5  1  1  5  2

Pitching            ip  h  r er bb so   W  L
Carter Williams    6.0  2  0  0  0  7   7  5
Ryder Hopper       1.0  0  0  0  1  1   0  0
Totals             7.0  2  0  0  1  8   1  0

Carter Williams was perfect from the batting box going 5 for 5 with 2 doubles an a homer in, 14-6 win over Billies. Go Hawks & Beat Bandera!

                      Way to Go Lake!!

Canyon Lake came into their Friday night contest against Fredericksburg with a need to win or go home situation. A preface of this being a playoff atmosphere to have a chance of making the postseason.

The game was a success for a Hawk team that had been in the doldrums since that first pitch to start district play that had this Lake team without a win. CLake had scored 15 runs in their 7 district games and decided to break out of this prolonged slump amassing 14 runs leaving no doubt scoring 12 runs in those first three frames of this game.

Carter Williams was the big man on campus going 5 for 5 that had 2 doubles and a home-run scoring 4 runs.

        Way to Make us Proud Hawks!!

Williams also produced on the mound after surrendering the first run after CL was sitting on a 12 run advantage. The Hawks still have a fielding problem tho seeing 6 runs scored and only one of those scores being earned.

But on this night Fredericksburg one upped the Hawks committing 6 errors which was 4 more than Canyon Lake had received in their previous 7 district outings.

Michael Anderson continued his hot bat with 2 doubles, 2 rbi’s, and 2 runs…in fact, Anderson (.762) still has a slugging percentage higher than Williams (.700) in district play.

MVMS Baseball & Softball starts April 24th 630pm! GO LAKE!

This win will have your Hawks doing some window watching as a playoff has two more hurdles to clear to realize this opportunity. The Billies will need to lose both of their games with Navarro to end the regular season while, The Lake, still has to take care of business in beating Bandera this week.

A road game on Tuesday and then their final home game with the Bulldogs this Friday.

If these hurdles are cleared then both teams will have a one game play-in contest this Saturday.

At least, there is a chance, to barrow that iconic movie phrase from (Dumber and Dumber) for those who were alive back in 1994.

Way to GO LAKE and Beat the Bulldogs!!

          1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Freddie   0  0  0  2  2  1  0   5  6  6
CL Hawks  3  5  4  0  1  1  X  14 11  3

                  ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Bryce May          3  2  0  0  0  0  2  0
Carter Williams    5  4  5  2  2  1  0  0
Michael Anderson   4  2  2  2  1  0  0  0
Wayen Slania-Wertz 5  0  1  1  0  0  0  2
Gram Simpson       0  2  0  0  0  0  4  0  sb
Lucas Schexnayder  2  0  2  2  0  0  0  0  sb sf
Archer Miller      4  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  sb
Hayes Holladay     1  1  0  0  0  0  2  0
 ph Max Ross       0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
Ryder Hopper       3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
 pr Gavin Baldera  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  sb 4
Totals            27 14 11  7  3  1  9  3

Pitching          ip  h  r er bb so  W  L
Carter Williams  6.2  6  5  1  3 10  6  5
Ryder Hopper     0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Totals           7.0  6  5  1  3 10  1  0 

The 7th Inning Huddle before The Lake put finishing touches on the Panthers, 10-5!    Go Lake!

  

   District 26-4A Standings

   School           W   L    Pct
  *Wimberley        6   1   .857
  *Fredericksburg   6   1   .857
  *Davenport        5   2   .714
  *CL Hawks         3   4   .429
   Navarro          1   6   .000
   Bandera          0   7   .000
  *Clinched a Playoff

   This Week’s Games:
   Friday  Davenport   @   CL Hawks
           Wimberley   @   Fredericksburg
           Navarro     @   Bandera

  Tuesday  CL Hawks   10   Navarro    5
           Wimberley  15   Bandera    0
           Freddie     9   Davenport  8

                       GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake clinched a playoff berth with their, 10-5 road win over Navarro last Tuesday.

The Lake used the binary scoring system (using #’s 2 & 1) during those first 4 innings starting with 2 runs then 1 run during those 4 frames. When that math was done, The Lake enjoyed a, 6-1 advantage.

Navarro did not give up holding CLake without a run in the 5th inning and scored their second run drawing within 4 runs with two innings remaining.

The Hawks put across another run but these Panthers responded with a 3-run homer and now going to the final inning needing 2 runs for a tie.

That was when the insurance salesman got involved for Canyon Lake by scoring 3 runs for a needed term policy with a 5 run lead.

                     Let’s Go Lake!

It was a three up and three down for these Panthers to end the game.

Canyon Lake started with Rianna Gonzales getting her 5th win in the circle this season. Aubrey Long finished the game that finished with both Ladies giving up just one earned run a piece.

Liza Shexnayder used her lead-off spot in the lineup getting on base 5 of her 6 at bats which was productive with a 2-run double that helped increase Hawk’s lead to, 6-1 which would be the winning hit.

The Lake is down to their final 3 games at the Hawk Nest starting with Davenport this Friday. The Hawks have officially clinched since a Navarro 3-0 finish would still leave a tie with CLake but a 2-0 record against Panthers would break that tie in favor of The Hawks!

Still a lot of games to shore-up some defensive shortcomings but a playoff goal has been reached and time to up the next goal for this team.

Canyon Lake’s last play-off was the 2021 season when this group of seniors were in 8th graders and a Bi-District crown would match that 2018 Hawk squad who bowed out in their Area round.

Way to GO Hawks!!

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           1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
CL Hawks   2  1  2  1  0  1  3  10  5  3
Navarro    1  0  0  0  1  3  0   5  6  7
 
                     ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Liza Schexnayder      3  3  2  2  1  2  0  sb
Marley Christian      2  1  0  0  0  1  1  hbp 2 sb
Cheyenne Fields       4  3  2  1  1  0  0  hbp sb 2
Rianna Gonzales       3  1  0  1  0  2  1
Braelyn Rice          5  0  0  2  0  0  1
Aubrey Long           4  0  1  1  0  1  0
Alli Christian        2  0  0  0  0  1  2
 ph Aliciana Barnes   0  0  0  1  0  0  0  hbp
Kelsey Unrue          3  1  0  0  0  0  1  hbp
Kylee Goff            3  1  0  0  0  1  2
Totals               29 10  5  8  2  8  8

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so  W  L
Rianna Gonzales     5.0  4  2  1  0  4  5  8
Aubrey Long         2.0  2  3  1  0  1  0  0
Totals              7.0  6  5  2  0  5  1  0

                HAWKS 2025 TRACK & FIELD 26-4A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS

                              HAWKS 2025 TRACK & FIELD 26-4A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS

Track is a fun sport that has one item that is hard to gauge…what is a team’s score as each event unfolds. Well The ReSporter would like to rectify that with a tale of the tape as this last day of District 26-4A transpired. This meet had a lot of drama that had a 3 team race after Field Event day would become a two team fight when CL reached a 10 point deficit after the 100 meter dash that had 3 Lady Hawks who scored in that race. Follow below to see how CLake made this a Hawk Championship.

Enjoy: (*) The point total for previous day is how team started when 4×100 relay began festivities.

           Freddie  Wimbo Lake   Davy Bandera LC   Navarro  Hawks Who
           Billies Texans Hawks Wolves Dogs Dragon Panther  Scored 
First Day    *66     61    51     16    15     3     2
4x100 Relay   86     73    67     24    17     7     2      Savanna~Te'a~Avey~A Lowth
800 M Run     95     73    73     34    19     7     6      Hannah Hammer
100 Hurdles  102     75    85     34    29     7     6      Kennedy Grindle~Abigail Lowth
100 M Dash   106     75    96     34    39     7     6      Savanna~Cutrer~Gonzales
4x200 Relay  114     91   108     38    39     9     6      Savanna~Te'a~Shana~Mia Z
400 M Dash   120     94   118     38    39     9    18      Ayren Lightfoot 1st
300 Hurdles  130     94   129     46    41     9    18      Aubrey Avey 1st~Grindle
200 M Dash   130     94   132     54    57     9    18      Cutrer~Lightfoot
1600  Run    139     96   146     54    57     9    24      Hammer 1st~Eva Zabarcencu
4x400 Relay  147    108   150     74    73    11    24      Paredez~Mia Z~Walker~Grindle

             Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!

Canyon Lake made up a 15 point deficit and took their first lead when Shana Cutrer and Ayren Lightfoot finished 5th & 6th in the 200 meter dash. Yes those two finishes might not have been what those two young ladies were wanting but those points are what pushed Canyon Lake to their first District Championship and first district championship for the school when Baseball won during the 2021 season.

An interesting note for CL’s final 4×400 relay event the Foursome was not the usual team and this group finished 5th which guaranteed the win.

“We decided to put in the future of Canyon Lake track with 3 freshmen and 1 junior pushing herself to get to that anchor spot,” Head Coach Sami Theurer recounts. “Our 4×400 relay did not qualify but did earn us the points to get past Fred and win our first ever district championship. We are excited to keep moving forward. Let’s Go HAWKS!!!”

Those 4 Ladies garnered 8 points which had Macie Paredez who was brought up from Junior Varsity (to run distance events) just for instances such as what was needed for this situation. Mia Zabarcencu, Embry Walker, and Kennedy Grindle who ended up scoring 21 meet points. Those other 3 Hawks each finished with 2 points each which proved to be enough for this Hawk Championship.

The future will be shining bright with a lot of talent from CL’s Junior Varsity ready to take the reins for more points next season. Emma Risien (High Jump) and Tessa Jones (100 Hurdles) each won their event for Junior Varsity.

The Lake will be taking these following athletes to Area Meet next week across the  ‘Devil’s Backbone’  on Thursday April 10th.

Athlete                                      Events
Savanna Oberholtzer scored 31 pts 5 events.  Long & Triple Jump 100 m 4x100 4x200
Kennedy Grindle finished 21 pts 4 events.    Pole Vault, 100 hurdle
Shana Cutrer with 15 points.                 High Jump,  4x200
Hannah Hammer who had 16 points.             1600, 800
Aubrey Avey who had best 300 hurdle run.     300 hurdle, 4x100
Eva Zabarcencu had 14 distance points.       3200 & 1600
Ayren Lightfoot looking for repeat @ Austin. 400
Abigail Lowth secured 8 pts.                 100 hurdle, relay 4x100
Katelyn Lowth make it a family affair.       Pole Vault
Te’a Gonzales continues her 1st Yr campaign. 4x100 4x200
Mia Zabarcencu Hawk helped 400 relay.        200 relay 4x200

As for those Hawks that entered or improved their All Time Top 10 Standings this year…so far?

There are 14 Athletes who made their TOP TEN mark:

Athlete           TOP TEN Events (Place in Parentheses)
Shana Cutrer      100 m (4),  200 m (8),  4x200 (2), High Jump (6), Pole Vault (4)
S Oberholtzer     100 m (1),  200 m (2),  4x100 (1), 4x200 (2)
Te’a Gonzales     100 m (3),  200 m (10), 4x100 (1), 4x200 (2)
Hannah Hammer     400 m (3),  800 m (1),  1600 m (2)
Kennedy Grindle   100 h (5),  300 h (4),  Pole Vault (3)
Eva Zabarcencu   1600 m (3), 3200 m (2)
Aubrey Avey       300 h (1),  4x100 (1)
Macie Paredez    1600 m (5), 3200 m (5)
Ayden Purdum     3200 m (8)
Ayren Lightfoot   200 m (1)
Katelyn Lowth     Pole Vault (4)
Abigail Lowth     4x100 (1)
Mia Zabarencu     4x200 (2)

This season will now go into qualify or go home stage and as you can read above there is a lot of excitement for this TEAM that gets back to work for a chance of unreached goals.

LET’S GO FAST-JUMP LONG & VAULT & JUMP HIGH~~~~LAKE!

Freshman Kennedy Grindle took 1st Place in District Pole Vault with a Vault of 10-6. Way to    GO HIGH HAWKS!   (photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake’s Ladies Track & Field team will go into their final day of the District 27-4A Meet with a 3rd placement with all running events starting today at 4:00pm at the HAWK NEST.

These points are a result of field events and one running final in the 3200 meter run.

First Day Results:

Girls                   JV Girls
Fredericksburg    66    Fredericksburg    89
Wimberley         61    Davenport         42
CL Hawks          51    Wimberley         23
Davenport         16    CL Hawks          20
Bandera           15    Bandera           18
Long Creek         3    Navarro           13
Navarro            2    Long Creek        12

                    Let’s GO LAKE!

This season The Lake has had 26 pr’s or new Ladies that have broken into the Lady Hawk Top-Ten marks annals.

That is far and away a new record in itself coming from every age bracket and some of those entries were achieved as an athlete was competing for the Junior Varsity.

One event (Pole Vault) had Shana Cutrer, Katelyn Lowth, and Kennedy Grindle that scored points each week and yesterday Freshman Grindle won this event with her pr of 10-6. With Lowth and Cutrer scoring that gave The Hawks, 15 points for this event.

Eva Zabarcencu won the 3200 meter run beating her previous best by over 11 seconds with a finish of 11:46.09.

Lake ‘Hawk’ Proud!!

Savanna Oberholtzer finished 1st in her long jump event and on the Junior Varsity Emma Risien came in first in the High Jump and was followed by Trinity Turner who pr’ed her jump finishing in 3rd place.

CL’s Varsity High Jump had Cutrer (2nd place) and Isabella Fory (5th place) which finished out those 51 first day point totals.

Tentative Schedule of Track Events
5:00pm 4x100m Relay
5:20pm 800 Meter Run
5:55pm 100 Meter Hurdles
6:05pm 110 Meter Hurdles
6:20pm 100 Meter Dash
6:55pm 4x200m Relay
7:20pm 400 Meter Dash
7:40pm 300 Meter Hurdles
8:05pm 200 Meter Dash
8:20pm 1600 Meter Run
9:00pm 4x400m Relay

Let’s GO FAST on THE LAKE

Savanna Oberholtzer and her Topsy-Turvy throw-ins keep teams discombobulated. Head over Heels Love the Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

          GO TOPSY-TURVY HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake’s Girls Soccer turned Floresville upside down in a, 5-1 win and will now prepare for London Pirates (22-4 & 16-0 District) in a Regional Semifinals battle.

The Lake’s next opponent is London and that contest will be this Friday at Poteet High School starting at 7:30pm.

CL’s Topsy Turvey contest in this Area Round once again started with a one goal deficit when the Jaguars took a lead at the 28:15 mark left in the first half.

That first 30 minutes of play was not what the doctor ordered for a Hawk team that was finding it hard to get an attack offensively as Floresville was the aggressor of the two with most of those 30 minutes being played with Canyon Lake defending against a resilient Jaguar team.

The Lake would turn it around when Abby Lowth scored on a topsy-turvy header tying this game, 1-1 with 8:52 before halftime.

                     Go Canyon Lake!

Three minutes later Bella Biasatti scored for what would turn out to be the game winner, 2-1.

“Coach (Kara Stracener), during halftime told us that we were better than this,” Avery Norris recalled. “She (Coach) had us close our eyes and imagine us locking in and we got better.”

That 2nd half would be all Canyon Lake switching with Floresville now not being able to get any traction against a Hawk offense that pitched a tent at the Jaguar’s net with a constant barrage of shots on goal.

Topsy Turvy definition: Utter confusion or disorder. With the top or head downward: upside down….
What was down was now up for The Lake and opposite for Floresville and the remainder of this contest.

              Way to Go Lake!!

To start the 2nd half and 11 minutes in had Oberholtzer’s only goal right in front of the net with a pass to herself on the opposite side and a Hawk 2 goal lead, 3-1.

Within that 11 minute span to the final score that had a Norris goal one minute later and then another final topsy-turvy score with 18:37 remaining.

Oberholtzer’s somersault throw-ins led to scores that had Floresville seeing double with no plan of attack.

Now the next rung up the ladder has CL playing a London team that has a stout resume.

However this battle does show a chance for your Lake team with a common opponent being Wimberley who beat the Pirates early this season 4-0.

With the 4 London losses their opponents have a very respectable .718 winning percentage. (65-24-5)

The Lake’s 6 losses to schools that presently have a, 101-22-10 combined record for a .797 winning percentage.

Canyon Lake has an, 0-3 record in their previous Regional Semifinals games and wanting a chance to go another round.

Coach Stracener might want to have these Ladies closing their eyes on the bus imagining another gold ball. With a little topsy-turvy play thrown in for good measure.

Let’s Go Hawks!

GOALS:                First Half
Floresville      0-1  28:15
Canyon Lake      1-1   8:52   Abby Lowth
Canyon Lake      2-1   5:13   Bella Biasatti
                      Second Half
Canyon Lake      3-1  29:57   Savanna Oberholtzer
Canyon Lake      4-1  28:25   Avery Norris
Canyon Lake      5-1  18:37   Avery Norris

Assists: Savanna Oberholtzer  3
         Abby Lowth           1
         Bella Biasatti       1