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

Cheyenne Fields going Yard! Way to GO LAKE!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

District 26-4A Standings

School          W  L     Pct
Wimberley       2  0   1.000
Fredericksburg  2  0   1.000
CL Hawks        1  1    .500
Davenport       1  1    .500
Navarro         0  2    .000
Bandera         0  2    .000

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

Friday    CL Hawks        @   Fredericksburg
          Navarro         @   Wimberley
          Bandera         @   Davenport
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               Let’s GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake got back on track after evening their record beating Navarro, 10-3 last Friday.

Cheyenne Fields’ had a 3-run homer upping CL’s score to, 7-2 while with the help from Kelsey Unrue getting 3 rbi’s with her double and a, 4-0 Hawk lead during the bottom of the 3rd inning.

Navarro had crept back to a one run deficit, 3-2 before a 5 run answer for The Lake and eventual 10-3 win.

Pitcher Rianna Gonzales had a steller evenmin giving up one earned run while striking out 11 Panthers.

The Lake showed power accumulating 3 doubles and that Fields’ homer.

    Hit Man says get rid of Pests Hawks!

This coming week, Canyon Lake will have two tough outings on the road with Davenport and Fredericksburg.

Breaking even would be considered a good week and a sweep would jump start a chance for finishing on the upper crust of District 26-4A Standings.

Let’s GO LAKE!

          1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Navarro   0  0  0  2  0  1  0   3  3  4
CL Hawks  1  0  3  5  1  0  X  10 11  3

                   ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Liza Schexnayder    3  2  2  0  1  0  1  0
Marley Christian    2  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  hbp
Cheyenne Fields     4  1  2  3  0  1  0  0
Rianna Gonzales     4  1  2  1  1  0  0  0
Braelyn Rice        3  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
Aubrey Long         3  2  1  0  0  0  1  1
Alli Christian      4  0  1  0  0  0  0  1
Kelsey Unrue        4  0  2  3  1  0  0  1
Kylee Goff          2  1  0  1  0  0  2  2
Totals             29 10 11  8  3  1  5  5

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so  W  L
Rianna Gonzales   7.0  3  3  1  2 11  1  0

                           Ayren Lighfoot taking the 400 meter dash in stride.  Go Fast Hawks!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Canyon Lake’s Boys and Girls last meet at Lago Vista was filled with several schools that gave this group of athletes some new faces in their events to see where they stand.

                     VIKING RELAYS

VARSITY            GIRLS      JUNIOR VARSITY 
Austin Vandergrift   127      Austin Vandergrift   175
CL Hawks             124      RR McNeil            103
Hendrickson          124      Jarrell               97
RR McNeil             77      CL Hawks              57
Lago Vista            64      Hendrickson           56
Jarrell               51      Lago Vista            42
Brentwood Academy     18      Aus School for Deaf   36
Rockport Fulton       16      Austin Royal          33
Austin Veritas         9      Leander Founders      13
Tilden McMullen        8      Brentwood Academy      6

Varsity             BOYS      JUNIOR VARSITY 
Hendrickson          132      Austin Vandergrift   169
Austin Vandergrift   128      RR McNeil            113
Lago Vista           117      Hendrickson           89
RR McNeil            116      Jarrell               56
Jarrell               43      Lago Vista            51
CL Hawks              34      CL Hawks              50
Brentwood Academy     16      Aus School for Deaf   43
Austin Champions      14      Leander Founders      33
Austin Hill Country   12      Austin Royal          12
Austin Royal           5

The Lake’s Boys had a couple of break out performances after seeing Cayden Toon’s 45-8.5 Shot Put which was 3rd best at this Viking Relays and for CL’s All-Time Top 10 List Toon now stands as the 4th best.

Top 5 Shot Put Performances *Some pretty good Lineman on this list.

1) Robert Woods     47-03.50   2016
2) Connor Windham   46-07.00   2022
3) Jaaz McNair      45-09.00   2012
4) Cayden Toon      45-08.50   2025
5) Jacob Foster     45-07.50   2018

Jacob Price’s Triple Jump result has put this athlete with a Hawk 5th best All-Time.

1) Caiden McDonough     43-04.00   2018
2) Brandon Belcher      42-00.75   2013
3) Evan Schuller        41-08.00   2015
4) Christian Dittman    41-02.25   2014
5) Jacob Price          41-01.00   2025

Be Authentic with your Hawk Gear & LET’s GO LAKE!

Anthony Hockman and Landon Brown competing on the Junior Varsity places in a tie for 9th place for the High Jump hitting 5-10.00.

One more Hawk has reach Top Ten status when Tristan Alexander stands in 6th place with a 100 meter dash mark of 11.18 this season.

For the Hawk Ladies who have won two meets this year finished 2nd in the Viking Relays a scant 4 points from taking another 1st Place finish.

To take that one step further would be to ask Head Girls Track Coach Sami Theurer to enter Ayren Lightfoot in the 400 meter dash and that would have put The Lake in first place.

That’s why the rest of this article is a quick interview with Coach Theurer on those type of questions.

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                        Let’s GO LAKE!

The ReSporter: Some athletes were scheduled to compete and did not….what goes into those type of decisions?

Coach Theurer: “We are a little thin this year and a lot of our girls are doing multiple events or just coming from another sport/game. We are trying to make sure they are healthy for district so that we compete at our highest level.”

The ReSporter: You had the team competing against some different faces…How does that help in their development?

Coach Theurer: “I have made it a priority this season to see some different schools and let our girls compete against a variety of runners. We don’t need to run against the same runners every week.”

The ReSporter: Hannah Hammer improved her PR for the 1600 by right at 8-9 seconds and for those younger ladies you had Macie Paredez PR by 12-13 seconds in that same event.

        Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!

Coach Theurer: “Both of these young ladies are working hard and pushing themselves at every practice and meet. They are super excited to show up at district.”

The ReSporter: Overall thoughts?

Coach Theurer: “Just trying to do our best to get ready to compete at our “tough” district meet. We have a team of girls that care and want to do well. I know that they are putting in the work to win.”

The ReSporter: How do you approach this open week?

Coach Theurer: “Take this week as an opportunity to focus on our physical and mental state in our running game. Use this week to recover, work and power up. Healthy, hydrated and strong has to be our long game if we want to get out of district. Let’s Go HAWKS!!!!“

DISTRICT 26-4A

School           W  L  T    Pct
Navarro         12  1  0   .923
Davenport       12  2  2   .813
Fredericksburg  13  4  0   .765
CL Hawks        13  4  1   .750
Wimberley        8  3  1   .708
Bandera          7  4  1   .625

This Week’s Games: *All Games Start at 7:00pm
Tuesday    Wimberley  @   CL Hawks
           Freddie    @   Bandera
           Davenport  @   Navarro

Friday     CL Hawks   @   Wimberley
           Bandera    @   Freddie
           Navarro    @   Davenport

Last Week’s Results:
CL Hawks  14  SA Cole        6
CL Hawks  10  Comfort        0
CL Hawks   2  New Braunfels  3
CL Hawks  27  Gonzales       4
Davenport 10  Eagle Pass     9
Bandera   18  Devine         4
Navarro   20  Gonzales       1
Texans     4  Lago Vista     3
Texans     6  Thorndale      0
Texans     9  Thorndale      8
Freddie    4  SA Home School 2
Freddie   16  Llano          6

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Wayen Slania-Wertz had 2 doubles & homerun in a Hawk win this week.

Canyon Lake started playing against varsity competition during the 2007-08 year and for that Hawk Baseball team they played very few games.

However, that short season did produce for CLake a record that had stood for 17 years. The Lake outscored San Marcos Academy by 24 runs in a shut-out victory. Well, that minute record is now in the past (pardon the pun) when the Hawks scored 27 runs in a win over Gonzales, 27-4. That 2008 season still has a record winning by 24 runs but the amount of runs now belongs to this year’s squad.

This Spring Break week had 4 consecutive contests starting Monday through Friday’s win as Coach Escamilla said, “I would rather play games than practice.”

CLHS will go into district play this Tuesday at Wimberley with an, 13-4-1 record. Baseball has 3 elements that compose, hitting (offense), fielding (defense), and pitching.

Canyon Lake has done well in two of those 3 elements except for their fielding which showed up in this win by producing 3 errors. To put that in perspective, CL has given up 51 runs and bout half (25 runs) has been earned. The rest came as a result of errors which certainly will play a much more pivotal aspect of wins and losses when competing against district brethren.

                    Let’s Go Hawks!!

Canyon Lake scored double digit in 3 of the 4 games this week with that one loss to state ranked New Braunfels where 2 runs came across the plate for the Hawks.

Looking at this year’s district opponents on the Standings graph above will show every school with a winning record and that magnifying glass being a tad closer in hopes of having a chance for a post-season season.

Last year, The Lake broke their, no-go to playoff streak, that your Hawks had crafted for 3 seasons during the year after the Wuhan Covid outbreak came right before district and wasting an awesome, 12-2 record collecting cobwebs. (2021-2023 seasons)

                              Go Lake!

This year, district contests will have 2 games for each school which had been 3 games per school. Another change for the better will have those two games during the same week instead of doing a more traditional round-robin schedule.

In this win over Gonzales, Canyon Lake had 19 hits and 11 of those went extra bases. Carter Williams had two homers a double for 8 rbi and Wayen Slania-Werts had two doubles and a homerun.

In the one run loss to New Braunfels, Williams was on the mound and struck-out 13 Unicorns and gave up 5 hits. The Lake was close to pulling an upset except for those little things that were presented but not being able to increase a lead. It was errors that also contributed to this outcome. Hence, in facing district games for the rest of this season needing to be held to a minimum.

It was a good week of ‘Practice’ and now it will be time to perform with a new purpose that eluded this team last year.

Let’s GO LAKE!

           1  2  3  4   R  H  E
Gonzales   2  0  2  0   4  5  3
CL Hawks  12 13  2  X  27 19  3

                     ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so misc
Bryce May             2  3  1  1  0  0  2  1
 ph Lucas Shexnayder  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena             1  4  1  2  1  0  2  0  hbp
 ph Gram Simpson      0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0
Carter Williams       4  3  3  8  1  2  0  1
 ph Hayes Holladay    1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Wayen Slania-Wertz    4  1  3  3  2  1  0  0  roe
 pr Schexnayder       0  3  0  0  0  0  0  0
 ph Michael Anderson  1  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
Ryder Hopper          4  1  3  1  0  0  0  0
 pr Gram Simpson      0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
 ph Trey Mollenkolf   0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  hbp
Wyatt Sims            3  2  1  1  1  0  1  0  hbp roe
Archer Miller         4  2  2  1  1  0  1  1  fc
Greysen Patton        4  2  2  2  1  0  0 1
Gavin Baldera         3  4  1  1  1  0  0  0 hbp roe 2
Totals               32 27 19 22  8  3  7  4

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so  W  L
Ryder Hopper        2.0  2  2  0  2  3  5  0
Trey Mollenkolf     2.0  3  2  0  0  3  0  0
Totals              4.0  5  4  0  2  6  5  0

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                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
CL Hawks        0  0  0  1  1  0  0  2  4  1
New Braunfels   0  0  0  0  2  0  1  3  5  0

                    ab  r  h bi bb so  misc
Bryce May            2  0  0  0  1  1  sac
Hayes Holladay       3  0  0  1  0  0  fc
Carter Williams      3  1  1  0  0  1
Wayen Slanina-Wertz  2  0  0  0  1  1
 pr Gavin Baldera    0  0  0  0  0  0  cs
Michael Anderson     3  0  1  0  0  2  sb
Ryder Hopper         3  0  1  1  0  2
Lucas Schexnayder    2  0  0  0  1  1
Ryan Rena            0  1  0  0  3  0
Gram Simpson         2  0  1  0  0  0  sac cs
Totals              20  2  4  2  6  8

Pitching            ip  h  r er bb so  W  L  S
Carter Williams    6.0  5  3  1  2 13  4  1  0

                          Savanna Oberholtzer’s one of five goals in Hawk’s Win over Gateway, 6-1.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

         Way to Make us Proud Hawks!!

Canyon Lake spotted the Gateway Gators an early one goal lead a mere 47 seconds into this Bi-District contest but would make up for that in spades by scoring the next unanswered 6 goals and ended with a date against Floresville next Tuesday at Lehman High School.

“Everyone in our district is more physical than Gateway,” Head Coach Kara Stracener said. “They were calm and possessed the ball well and we were able to win a lot of those 50-50 balls.”

Coach Stracener continued, “We always have a game plan…We did okay but it was not our best game… but it was good to get a win not playing our best game.”

Savanna Oberholtzer scored one of her 5 goals during this contest 12 minutes later and then again it took one minute for another goal for a lead that would not be threatened for the rest of this battle.

                    Way to Go Hawks!!

Basically a, ’See You Later Alligator’ scenario as CLake will now start preparations for their Area round after Floresville Jaguars who beat Luling, 2-2 on a penalty shootout.

The Gators came into this game averaging a little over 6 goals per contest and was riding high without a loss in their last 12 games which had one tie to their district champion, Burnet, 5-5. These Bulldogs beat Fredericksburg, 5-4 in their playoff battle in that large school bracket.

Goalie Callie Dominguez had 7 saves with her best coming at the 22:46 mark of the 2nd half while The Lake was enjoying a, 4-1 advantage.

Team Lake showing off their Bi-District Trophy!  GO LAKE!

Oberholtzer scored 3 goals in that first half and then continued her flash points two more times in the 2nd half at the 28 and 6 minute mark.

The finishing touches was when Abby Lowth scored with a header off a corner kick from Oberholtzer with 18 seconds remaining.

Bella Biasatti had CL’s other assist in this Gator Feast.

Great defense continued after that first minute hic-up with the midfield defenders keeping these Gators in the water where The Lake had the advantage.

Sofia Balderas was awarded the defensive player of this win by her coaches after this game.

Oberholtzer’s speed kept Gateway without a lock as they could not find a way to keep the Hawk’s from threatening for more goals…the Gators defenders could only turn their head to see where Oberholtzer would be dribbling next before her eventual, ‘back of the net’, score.

Congrats Hawks and next up will be the Jaguars and next victim.

Go Hawks!

Brenan Hughes tripled in the winning run in Hawks win over Comfort, 8-6. Way to Go Lake!

Canyon Lake’s Green answered a Comfort 2 run first inning with a 3 spot the bottom of that same frame for a back and forth affair that had these Visitors tying the score in the top of the 2nd and 4th innings before a Hawk final 2 runs for a time ending win, 8-6.

CJ Rodriguez had a strike-out pitch and (finished with 8) but the flip side showed 5 walks and one hit batter allowing Comfort to put enough players on base to score runs and keep this game close.

Max Ross and Tate Heckman started the bottom of the first with walks before a Brenan Hughes single drew first blood that jettisoned a one run lead and then a Hughes score on a wild pitch giving The Lake a, 3-2 lead.

Comfort would not make this game comfortable tho when they scored a tying run in that 2nd frame without a hit. This menu had two walks a hit batter followed by an error for that score.

The Lake would grab the lead back when Cade Johnson singled and advanced to second on an error. Two passed balls later the Hawks had their lead back.

Be Authentic with your Hawk Gear & LET’s GO LAKE!

Pitcher Rodriguez got his groove back in that 3rd inning by striking out the side with 11 pitches (9 for strikes) for a quick…good morning—good afternoon—and goodnight for these Bobcat hitters.

Canyon Lake worked two more runs on their at bat when Catcher Greysen Patton had a one pitch hit (his second hit this game) and scored when Rodriguez singled two batters later.

Dalton Hodges followed by taking one for the team (hbp)…then Cade Johnson single produced two insurance runs.

          Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!

CLHS would use those insurance runs for a win the next inning after these Visitors tied the game again scoring 3 runs helped by 3 Hawk errors while sending 9 batters to the plate.

CLake used 3 pitchers to help put out the fire when Reliever Jace McGoldrick, with the bases loaded, struck out that final Bobcat on four pitches.

Canyon Lake would put their finishing touches on this contest when Rowan Edwards drew a walk to start the final inning which was followed by a scorcher triple off the bat of Hughes for what would eventually be the winning run.

The Hawks would score again before the game was called due to time constraints.

It was the 9th win this season as those upcoming games will feature district battles now for a team with high expectations.

Let’s Go Lake!

            1  2  3  4  R  H  E
Comfort     2  1  0  3  6  5  2
CL Hawks    3  1  2  2  8  9  4

                   ab  r  h bi 2b 3b bb so  misc
Max Ross            1  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  hbp sb
Tate Heckman        2  1  1  0  0  0  1  0
Brenan Hughes       3  2  2  1  0  1  0  0
 ph Rowan Edwards   0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0
Greysen Patton      3  0  2  3  0  0  0  0
 pr Derek Spiwak    0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0
Jace McGoldrick     3  1  0  0  0  0  0  1
CJ Rodriguez        3  0  2  0  1  0  0  0
Dalton Hodges       1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  hbp
Cade Johnson        2  1  2  2  0  0  0  0
 ph Derek Spiwak    0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
Peyton Vann         2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Totals             20  8  9  6  1  1  5  2

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so   W  L  S
CJ Rodriguez      3.2  4  6  4  5  8   1  0  0
Cade Johnson      0.0  0  0  0  2  0   0  0  0
Jace McGoldrick   0.1  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  1
Totals            4.0  4  6  4  7  9   1  0  1

                                    Pitcher Hayes Holladay giving it his all on the mound. Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

                 DISTRICT 26 4A
Team             W  L  T    Pct
Navarro         10  1  0   .909
Davenport       11  2  2   .800
Fredericksburg  12  3  0   .800
CL Hawks        10  3  0   .769
Wimberley        5  3  1   .611
Bandera          6  4  1   .591

Last Week’s Results
CL Hawks   6   Antonian       0
CL Hawks  12   Crystal City   5
Bandera   21   Comfort        9
Bandera   13   Hondo          8
Navarro   19   Pearsall       1
Billies    3   Converse       4
Billies    4   Lytle          2
Davenport 11   La Vernia      5
Davenport 19   Gonzales       1
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Hit Man says way to get rid of those Pests Hawks!

Canyon Lake got back on a winning streak now at two games this week and will enjoy their Spring Break with 4 consecutive day games starting on the road at SA Cole~~Home Comfort~~Road New Braunfels~~Home Gonzales.

A Unicorn match-up will be a telling game based on making the playoffs and as teams progresses,  games become harder. That would put this contest for an idea of how your Hawks might fair against a NB team that has an 11-2 season record and is 2-1 in district outings thus far.

The Lake beat a 6-3 team last Friday scoring in all but one inning while amassing 12 hits beating Crystal City, 12-5.

Ryder Hopper ran his record to 4-0 with this win allowing 2 hits and one unearned run in his 4 innings of work.

                         Go Hawks!

Hayes Holladay pitched the final 3 innings for a save with 2 unearned runs coming across the plate.

Those unearned runs will be one of the major needs to improve as those mistakes could cost a district victory.

Canyon Lake blew this game wide open in their final at bat scoring 4 runs on 3 hits. Ryan Rena had the big hit with a double that was followed by an rbi single off the bat for Gavin Baldera.

Three hits for Bryce May and Michael Anderson and all the players who made an appearance reached base during this outing.

                      Let’s Go Lake!

CL’s district has all these schools with a better than .500 record with perennial power Navarro at the top of the list with just one loss along with their 10 wins.

Davenport has played the toughest schedule and should be a major hurdle this year as well as always tough Wimberley.

Fredericksburg is standing in with a stellar, 12-3 record and will coming into district play loaded with a lot of confidence.

Bandera proved last year they could get a district win which happened against Canyon Lake which tells you that taking a day off for any team will not be a recipe for garnering a conquest.

“I think we are set for our first district game for Tuesday,” Head Coach Victor Escamilla stated. “We have to have a line-up for our Friday district ball game…We have to get some action and have someone step up on the mound who wants to become our number two and once we find that person then we will fill in those defensive spots behind him.”

Coach Escamilla continued talking bout CL’s defense and hitting part of the game, “On the fielding part, we have to do a better job and on the hitting part… we are not adjusting to the off speed pitches and we’re trying to yank it and we know better than and we need to learn to go the other way and once we start hitting the right-center gap then we are doing good.”

Four games in four days will play like a tournament week without playing back to back contests.

This week will have a lot riding on the progress as a road game against Wimberley will be here soon and an, all hands on deck,  with players assigned being ready for having a productive district results.

Make it Work Hawks!!

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               1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Crystal City   1  0  0  0  0  2  2   5  6  4
CL Hawks       1  3  0  2  2  4  X  12 14  4

                     ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Bryce May             4  3  3  2  1  0  0
 ph Gavin Baldera     1  0  1  1  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay        4  1  2  1  0  1  0
Carter Williams       4  1  1  1  0  0  1  sb 2 sf roe
Wayen Slanina-Wertz   4  0  2  1  1  0  0  fc
 pr Gavin Baldera     0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryder Hopper          3  0  0  0  0  1  0  roe
Lucas Schexnayder     4  1  1  1  0  0  1  sb fc
Gram Simpson          2  0  0  0  0  1  0
 ph Greysen Patton    0  1  0  0  0  1  0
Michael Anderson      4  2  3  1  0  0  0  sb 3 roe
Wyatt Sims            1  1  0  0  0  1  0
 ph Ryan Rena         2  1  1  1  1  0  0
Totals               33 12 14  9  3  5  2

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so   W  L  S
Ryder Hopper        4.0  2  1  0  3  2   4  0  0
Hayes Holladay      3.0  4  4  2  2  4   0  0  2
Totals              7.0  6  5  2  5  6