QB Jace Wheeler passed for 221 yards in, 21-13 win over Panthers. Go Lake!                              (photo by Daniel Clifton)

           Way to Plug those Leaks Lake!

Canyon Lake’s Defense was a Rock of Gibraltar coming out of halftime and proceeded to allow Navarro one first down and 14 yards which was enough for CL’s Offense to get two scores and a, 21-13 win.

Two Panther completions for 9 yards added by a suffocating Hawk front seven who applied pressure that entire second half.

Navarro possessed the ball 5 times during those last two quarters and the results were stunning on the negative side for the visitors.

Panther’s Second Half:
Possession 1: Gained  1 yard  on 2 plays and lost fumble.
Possession 2: Gained 19 yards on 9 plays and punt.
Possession 3: Lost   17 yards on 3 plays and punt.
Possession 4: Gained  9 yards on 3 plays and punt.
Possession 5: Gained  2 yards on 4 plays and interception.

That would be the ball game with a dominating defense while CL’s Offense came out of their shell after a 141 first half yards followed with 250 second half yards.

Two main offensive weapons had Gram Simpson reached over 100 yards finishing with 117 while Peyton King was targeted 7 times gaining 117 yards which would have been a year’s total during those slot-t campaigns.

QB Jace Wheeler finished with 221 yards passing and now possesses the best win/loss percentage for any Hawk quarterback and 3rd all-time in passing yardage.

TOP 3 QB’s Based on Passing Yardage:

Passing         Comp   Att   Pct    Yds   Int  TD  Year Finished
Ross Wagliardo   308   559  .551   3896   23   28    2009
Brandon Belcher  172   339  .507   3101   10   28    2012
Jace Wheeler     142   235  .604   2609   10   39   Not Yet

                  W   L    Pct
Jace Wheeler      8   5   .615
Ben Fulton       21  15   .583
Hunter Anderson  13   9   .579

King (265 yards)   jumped up to 34th on the all-time season receiving yardage and needs 150 more to be in the top 10.

Top 5 Receivers Season All-Time:
Receiving        Yards   Year   No  Longest TD’s
Carter Williams   1189   2024   50    72    19
Eric Nelson        925   2009   62    77     9
Daniel Camarillo   640   2012   29    70     6
Harris Gilliam     603   2023   36    75     8
Eric Nelson        602   2008   35    62     4

                    Let’s Go Hawks!!

This game had a rough start when Navarro traveled 75 yards to score taking 4 minutes. The Panther’s lead lasted 16 seconds after Peyton King returned the kick-off 40 yards resulting  a short field and one play 39 yard strike to Kobe Halverson.

Coach Darrell Royal once said that two bad things can happen on a pass play. With an obvious interception or a fumble if pass is caught.

The Panthers did the fumble ‘bad thing’ on their next drive but CL would not take advantage reaching the 22 yard line before running out of downs.

Next, Navarro with a 14 play drive but a Hawk defensive stop on the 15 yard line kept this battle  tied.

Navarro’s next drive went 11 plays covering 75 yards giving these Panthers a, 13-7 lead that had Isiah Eureste blocked extra point. A key play.

                          Way to GO LAKE!

The Lake would come out of intermission and ‘repeat’ dominated the last two quarters scoring twice when Wheeler found King on a 42 yard beautiful pass and catch on this one play drive and Hawk, 14-13 lead at the end of that 3rd stanza.

A clinching score starting the 4th quarter was accomplished on a drive that took more than one play when CLake drove 70 yards on 16 plays topped off when Chris Brown used a bruising run for 7 yards and Hawk, 21-13 lead and final score.

Canyon Lake will be back in action when they travel to San Antonio to take on Veterans Memorial at D. W. Rutledge Stadium with kick-off 7:00pm.

A Rock of Gibraltar second half with a chance to improve on that performance against a 5A opponent Veterans Memorial.

Way to GO LAKE!

           1  2  3  4   Final
Navarro    7  6  0  0   13
CL Hawks   7  0  7  7   21
Scoring Summary:
NP-Panther QB 2 yard run (pat good), 8:04, 1st
CL-Kobe Halverson 39 yard pass Jace Wheeler (Stracener kick), 7:42, 1st
NP-Panther running back 12 yard run (pat blocked), 2:04, 2nd
CL-Peyton King 42 yard pass Wheeler (Jack Stracener kick), 1:56, 3rd
CL-Chris Brown 7 yard run (Jack Stracener kick), 4:50, 4th

Team Stats        Panthers    Hawks
Total Yards       231         391
First Downs       15          18
Rush/Yards        35/103      31/170
Comp/Att/Int      11/21/1     13/21/0
Passing Yards     128         221
Punts/Average     3/35.7      1/38.0
Fumbles/Lost      3/2         3/3
Penalties-Yards   3-30        8-75

Passing           Comp  Att   Pct   Yds  Int  TD
Jace Wheeler      13    21   .600   221   0   2

Rushing           Att   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
Gram Simpson      18    117   6.5   16   0
Chris Brown        6     29   4.8   15   1
Jace Wheeler       4     22   5.5    7   0
Lucas Schexnayder  1      3   3.0    3   0
Kobe Halverson     2     -1    -     3   0
Nico Wyckoff       2     -3    -     3   0
Totals            33    167   5.4   16   1

Receiving          No   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
Peyton King        7    117  16.7   42   2
Kobe Halverson     4     76  12.3   39   0
Gram Simpson       1     17  17.0   17   0
Lucas Schexnayder  1     11  11.0   11   0
Totals            13    221  17.0   39   2

Panther’s did not have a chance with CLJV’s Defense! Hawks won, 48-20! Go Lake!

Canyon Lake’s Junior Varsity started slow but finished in a 6-Man football mode in their 48-20 spanking of Navarro’s Panthers.

The Lake’s defense was spot on after a special team fumble recovery and a Carson Walker interception to start this affair.

Then forcing two 3 plays and punt series that had your Hawks up, 14-0 before giving up a score with just under 4 minutes remaining in the first half.

CLHS would respond to the Panther’s score with a 58 yard drive when John Fitzharris received a team sneak from 2 yards out resulting in a Hawk, 20-7 first half lead.

It would last two quarters that started a six-man contest. (For those unfamiliar with 6-man football it will many times take less than 4 plays for a touchdown)

Panthers started the 2nd stanza with a one play 75 yard run by a ‘Jack Rabbit’ or fast Panther down the home sideline taking less than 10 seconds to accomplish.

The Lake found out that their first half of dominance would be challenged.

                        GO HAWKS!!

That CL response would be in rapid fire using just 9  plays during those last two quarters and scoring 4 times that responded with a Lake, 48-14 lead until a no-time on the clock score by Navarro for a final score, 48-20.

This won’t take long if you catch The ReSporter’s 6-man scenario.

After the opening 2nd half score the Lake:

Took 3 plays to travel 61 yards when Dario Faz caught an over his shoulder pass from QB Damon Garcia for 59 yds and score.

N Panthers then went 4 plays and punt.

Hawks? Two plays for 61 yards when Oliver Carey-Spoon found his offensive line wedging a hole and squirting for 55 yards and score. Carey-Spoon finished with 106 ground yardage on 9 carries.

N Panthers 3 plays and punt.

Hawks? 3 plays that had a *Thomas Inmon 31 yard finger tip catch followed with a catch and run that went 23 yards for Peyton Vann.

*Inmon finished with 157 receiving Yards.

N Panthers 3 plays and punt.

The Hawks? A one play 41 yard run for Isaac Blinkley when he bounced out of the middle of the line and down the visitor side of the field and score.

QB Garcia started this contest with 6 incompletions before finding Inmon for 20 yard touchdown strike and CL’s first score of the game left in that opening frame. He was 2 for 9 going 26 yards before catching red hot fire with 11 straight completions and 247 yards.

Pretty impressive well oiled machine for The Lake!

It had been two weeks since that first game loss to Wimberley and getting that first win would be a defensive stalwart effort followed by a Six-Man football contest.

If you do this same type of game next week then start in that first quarter and the game would be over with a 45 point  or more lead going into halftime.

The Lake’s JV first home game will be next Thursday in a 5:30pm kick-off.

Way to Go Lake!

CLJV      1  2  3  4  Final
CL Hawks  7 13 21  7  48
Navarro   0  7  7  6  20
Scoring Summary:
CL-Thomas Inmon 20 yd pass from Damon Garcia (Inmon kick), 2:52, 1st
CL-Isaac Brinkley 5 yard run (Inmon kick), 7:35, 2nd
NP-Panther 20 yard pass (pat good), 3:57, 2nd
CL-John Fitzharris 3 yard run (kick blocked), 1:40, 2nd
NP-Panther 75 yard run (pat good), 9:46, 3rd
CL-Dario Faz 59 yard pass from Garcia (Inmon kick), 8:21, 3rd
CL-Oliver Carey-Spoon 55 yard run (Inmon kick), 4:13, 3rd
CL-Peyton Vann 23 yard pass from Garcia (Inmon kick), 0:45, 3rd
CL-Isaac Brinkley 41 yard run (Inmon kick), 9:33, 4th
NP-Panther pass for 11 yards (pat failed), 0:00, 4th

Team Stats     Panthers    Hawks
Total Yards    255         471
First Downs    11          13
Rush/Yards     27/191      24/198
Comp/Att/Int   7/12/1      13/20/0
Passing Yards  64          273
Punts/Average  5/37.8      1/30.0
Fumbles/Lost   1/1         0/0
Penalties-Yds  1-15        5-50

Passing        Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int TD
Damon Garcia   13    20  .650  273  0   3

Rushing              Att  Yds  Ave  Lg  TD
Oliver Carey-Spoon    9   106 11.8  55  1
Isaac Brinkley        8    90 11.3  41  2
Canyon Buchman        1     7  7.0   7  0
John Fitzharris       1     2  2.0   2  1
Collin Joyce          1     2  2.0   2  0
Damon Garcia          4    -8   -   10  0
Totals               24   198  8.3  55  4

Recieving            No   Yds  Ave  Lg  TD
Thomas Inmon          7   151 21.6  37  1
Peyton Vann           5    63 16.0  26  1
Dario Faz             1    59 59.0  59  1
Totals               13   273 21.0  59  3

Derek Dunlap says Thanks to Offensive Line as he used a flag football play to score.    (photo by Stephanie Huth)

The Freshman Hawks evened their record by leaving no doubt coming out of the chute ready to dominate in this win over the Crockett Cougars, 38-7.

Head Freshman Coach Lee Self, “I was super proud of the kids…the boys came out and played hard….we had a great first half and 2nd half we slated off a little bit and we have to work on that and play all four quarters and keeping that focus.”

“We have a lot to fix tomorrow and Monday but on top of that the positives and excited for the guys to get a win,” Coach Self continued. “We have improved from 7th grade to 8th and how much they have improved from 8th grade to 9th and how much they will continue to improve.”

This game started when CL’s defense pushed these Cougars offense back 11 yards in those first 3 plays capped off with a sack by Derek Dunlap.

Then on offense. The Lake, took 5 plays to drive 38 yards and scored off a QB Jake Welkey pass to Caleb Cross for 15 yards.

The Lake’s defense would continue their iron wall with another offensive barrage going 47 yards taking 9 plays on this drive that had running back Colin Armstrong with an 11 yard run that converted a 3rd & 10 situation.

Dunlap had his first score from a yard out which this TD was capped with a Dunlap 2 point extra point run.

CL’s Freshman kept the pressure going when Armstrong would take the rock 48 yards that converted a 3rd and 14 yards needed that was bounced out down the sideline for a score and Hawk lead, 22-0.

Armstrong finished this game rushing for 118 yards on 11 carries with that long of 48 yards.

On the Cougar’s next two drives the turnover bug struck with and a lost fumble and then an interception for Wyatt Galvan and a 25 yard return to the Crockett 30 yard line.

One play later it was Dunlap who would gallop 19 yards through a huge hole left by the offensive line and final score before half, 30-0.

The Lake would score their last time on a drive that consisted of 4 explosive plays sandwiched with a face mask penalty.

It was receiver Cross who produced a catch and run from QB Welkey for 28 yards score leaving 29 seconds in the 3rd stanza.

These Cougars did have a damaging play when #11 (who had speed out the wazoo) make the sideline for his 69 yard touchdown run. This was a one play touchdown and after that firework display the game finished with a whimper.

Improving would be the key word on this night and season as this Freshman group continues to see positive results and will see if that can continue next week when they go on the road again in Navarro.

Congrats and Way to GO LAKE!

            1  2  3  4   Final
CL Hawks    6 24  8  0   38
Crockett    0  0  0  7   07
Scoring Summary:
CL-Caleb Cross 15 yard pass Jake Welkey (run failed), 4:58, 1st
CL-Derek Dunlap 1 yard run (Dunlap run), 9:03, 2nd
CL-Colin Armstrong 48 yard run (Dunlap run), 5:21, 2nd
CL-Derek Dunlap 19 yard run (Dunlap run), 2:02, 2nd
CL-Caleb Cross 28 yard pass Jake Welkey (Cross run), 0:29, 3rd
AC-Cougar 69 yard run (pat good), 5:14, 4th

Team Stats         Cougars     Hawks
Total Yards        78          275
First Downs        3           15
Rush/Yards         25/76       25/191
Comp/Att/Int       1/3/1       8/13/0
Passing Yards      2           84
Punts/Average      2/25.5      2/31.0
Fumbls/Lost        2/2         0/0
Penalties-Yards    2-25        3-35

Passing            Comp  Att   Pct  Yds Int  TD
Jake Welkey        7     14   .500  79   0   2
Wyatt Galvan       1      1  1.000   5   0   0
Totals             8     15   .533  84   0   2

Rushing            Att  Yds   Ave  Lg   TD
Colin Armstron     11   118  10.7  43   1
Derek Dunlap        5    46   9.2  13   2
Kasen Piel          3    26   8.7  14   0
Dallas Huth         3     8   2.7   6   0
Hunter Bardwell     1     4   4.0   4   0
Jake Welkey         1    -4    -    -   0
Team                1    -7    -    -   -
Totals             25   191   7.6  43   3

Receiving           No  Yds   Ave  Lg   TD
Caleb Cross         3    53  17.7  28   2
Heydan Gemar        3    24   8.0  12   0
Hunter Bardwell     1     5   5.0   5   0
Colin Armstrong     1     2   2.0   2   0
Totals              8    84  10.5  28   2

Libero Viv Schapp & Haley Mechler are ready to receive and dish out pain to Akins. Go Lake!

                     Let’s GO HAWKS!

Hawk Volleyball Sub-Varsity has shown a lot of athletes that have improved with another night of a sweep over on this night Akins school.

CL’s Gold team finished ahead of Akins JV, 25-15 & 25-12 as they run their record to 3-1 this season.

On what was the goal going into this game, Gold Coach Kara Barnes opined, “Our goal going into the game against Akins was to control what we can control and the court. We did a good job serving tough, keeping our energy high, and executing on our offense.”

A passing grade for this Gold team that amassed 7 aces and an eventual enough momentum for this sweep.

In that first set, The Lake, did not start strong as the Eagles were able to secure a 4 point start leading to a 5-3 lead.

That lead was helped with 11 unforced errors which by doing the math gave Akins 73% of their points in this set.

The Lake got things going when Khloe Petty started her serve and quickly gave CL a lead they would not lose with an ace and kill by Alleigh Jones.

Libero Liv Schapp quarterbacked the team to the end especially after CL’s slow start, “Liv has been an excellent leader on the court,” Coach Barnes said. “She’s consistently communicating with her teammates and working hard to keep plays alive.”

It was on Haley Mechler’s serves that ended this first set when she delivered two aces and a capping kill by Cameron Parker.

In the 2nd set The Gold team played a much cleaner set with only 3 unforced errors which help keep the pressure on Akins and eventual 13 point loss, 25-12.

Cameron Parker started this set serving a 4 point rally that had Mechler with 3 kills that put this set away early.

“Haley (Mechler) has also been a vital part of our offense,” Coach heaped praise. “Her vertical ability allows her to finish points effectively, especially during extended rallies.”

Addison Carrara came off the bench to serve an 8 point rally which would give your Hawks all the separation needed.

Mechler had two more kills during this episode along with a Leighton Hill kill.

Game-Set-Match with a their next battle being at San Antonio Cole this Friday.

Way to GO GOLD!

Preslie Owens & Kylee Goff is first line of defense in Hawk’s win over Akins.

                 Way to Go Hawks!!

The Lake continued their dominance in home games thus far after upending Austin Akins, 3-0 on Tuesday night at the Hawk Nest.

Head Coach Daniella Villarreal was able to work in several players as this season draws closer to a district slate.

CLHS was able to see 8 different players getting into the Kill column with Preslie Owens leading the way with 10 for this win.

Owens has been showing off with each additional game as she reached 3rd on this season’s list which gives CLake a slew of players that can attack the net for points.

                         Let’s Go Lake!

Te’a Gonzales was another player who was moved up from Junior Varsity full time now as this lefty gives the Lake more options offensively.

Garnering 14 aces did hurt in this night’s performance as this has been another good trait as this season has matured.

A tough district that Canyon Lake has been left out these past few years for a playoff spot will certainly give this Senior class a goal to reach when that part of the schedule gets going in 3 weeks.

District Standongs
Davenport      22    3   .880
Wimberley      25    5   .833
Canyon Lake    13   10   .565
Bandera        13   15   .464
Fredericksburg  9   12   .423
Long Creek      6   15   .286

The Hawks will be in action this Friday in Randolph that will have the Varsity’s first serve at 5pm followed by the Sub-Varsity.

Who were also on fire on this night in sweeping all three contests.

Way to GO LAKE!

STAT LEADERS: 25-18 25-13 25-21
Kills:   Preslie Owens    10
         Chloe Gray        6
         Mackenzie Dorn    5
         Kylie Rodriguez   5

Blocks:  Kylee Goff        1
         Te’a Gonzales     1

Aces:    Chloe Gray        4
         Mackenzie Dorn    3
         Chylea Gray       2
         Kylie Rodriguez   2

Digs:    Izzy Fory        12
         Chloe Gray       12
         Chylea Gray       6

Assists: Chloe Gray       19
         KC Caraway        7
         Izzy Fory         4

Receiver Peyton King 55 yard TD reception from QB Jace Wheeler. Way to make us Proud Lake! (photo by Daniel Clifton)

Hawk Proud!

Cutting to the chase, The Hawk Nation could not be as proud in what was witnessed in last night’s game. By scoring 35 straight points which would be the most points ever scored in this Battle of the Back-Bone.

Yes, it ended in a heart breaking loss but by considering previous year’s campaigns this night became a story in scoring an all-time best and seeing their opponent as quiet as a Wimberley Whimper for 3 straight quarters and that Whimper was a sound that brought a smile to many faces of some old timers (The ReSporter included) which bodes well as each upcoming year it conjures up ideas of those days waiting for a Christmas where children and yes even old timers can hardly wait for what might be in that wrapped box for children and adults alike.

Canyon Lake was not able to steal their contest against Wimberley as this Texan team does what they do best and that is finishing with a win, 36-35.

                         Way to Go Lake!

The Lake is in their 2nd season under the tutelage of Head Coach Sam Parker and checking last season’s game that ended as a 46 point loss.

No points offensively but as last season unfolded there was a lot of hidden gems that came from last year’s debut which was a start that ended two extra games into the playoffs.

CLake looks to have future games where stealing will not be their vernacular whether changed to, ‘Come and Take It’.

An excruciating loss, but when taken into context this was one of the best nights for this contest’s history. Back in 2011 the Lake was State Ranked but a 14-50 loss was the outcome as the Hawks entered that battle undefeated and had a disappointing present letting that loss costing, The Lake in not making the playoffs.

                            GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake cannot let this final score define their season but an awakening as this team has 9 more gifts to open and for those of us that are Christians know that there is certainly a gift that will be greater.

The Lake will make a comeback and The ReSporter can’t wait to open more presents as this season matures.

Canyon Lake did finish with 210 yards through the air with Peyton King leading with 91 yards followed closely by Sophomore Kobe Halverson 89 yards of real estate.

King continues to perform like he had during those two scrimmages and looks like he will be ready to make his mark this year.

Now in his Senior year he started in a promising manner as a receiver and a key part of this team.

CL’s Offensive Line kept QB Jace Wheeler off the carpet which deserves mention.

The Lake will be home again next week when Austin Crockett comes calling and the Hawks might have some presents ready for Crockett to open.

Let’s GO LAKE & Way to Make us Proud!

            1  2  3  4  Final
Wimberley   7  0  0 29  36
CL Hawks    7 14 14  0  35
Scoring Summary:
WT-Texans 18 yard run (pat good), 6:37, 1st
CL-Kobe Halverson 43 yard pass from Jace Wheeler, (Stracener kick), 3:34, 1st
CL-Peyton King 22 yard pass from Wheeler, (Jack Stracener kick), 11:09, 2nd
CL-Jace Wheeler 2 yard run (Stracener kick), 1:58, 2nd
CL-Chris Brown 10 yard run (Stracener kick), 10:33, 3rd
CL-Peyton King 55 yard pass from Wheeler, (Stracener kick), 2:37, 3rd
WT-Texans 5 yard run (pat good), 10:39, 4th
WT-Texans 30 yard pass (pat good), 10:06, 4th
WT-Texans 7 yard pass (pat good), 6:09, 4th
WT-Texans 17 yard run (pass good), 2:10

Team Stats        Texans    Hawks
Total Yards       386       306
First Downs       22        12
Rush/Yards.       38/169    21/95
Comp/Att/Int      16/34/1   12/16/0
Passing Yards.    217       211
Punts/Average     4/39.0    3/39.3
Fumbles/Lost      0/0       0/0
Penalties-Yards   3-30      6-63

Passing          Comp  Att  Pct   Yds  Int  TD
Jace Wheeler      12   16  .750   211  0    3

Rushing           Att  Yds  Ave   Lg   TD
Gram Simpson      10   51   5.1   24   0
Chris Brown        5   21   4.2   11   1
Jace Wheeler       4   19   4.8    9   1
Peyton King        1    2   2.0    2   0
Lucas Schexnayder  1    2   2.0    2   0
Totals            21   95   4.5   24   2

Receiving         No  Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
Peyton King        4   92  22.8   43   2
Kobe Halverson     4   89  22.3   55   1
Lucas Schexnayder  1   33  33.0   33   0
Gram Simpson       3   -3    -     0   0
Totals            12  211  17.6   55   3

Lake’s Freshman played a tough game and showed that this can be a good season with some more seasoning by holding their on in loss to Wimberley!

A 20 yard pass from QB Jake Welkey to Heyden Gemar started CL’s scoring after halftime that brought this battle to a one score game.

In that first half, CL’s Freshman gave up one hic-up on the Texan’s one play drive that gave this Home team a 13 point advantage.

The Lake did respond with a 14 play drive that stalled at Wimberley’s 8 yard line. CLake came up short on a 4th and 2 yards needed that would have had a score to end the first half.

Canyon Lake did respond with a take-a-way (literally) when Linebacker Dallas Huth

robbed the Texan receiver who had a 12 yard gain down to CL’s 18 yard line but this

                       Let’s Go Hawks!!

pickpocket resulted in a Huth 43 yard jaunt down the far sideline that had The Lake setting up shop 39 yards away from their first score.

That happened 5 plays later when Welkey found Heyden Gemar for the score on a 4th down that went for 20 yards and a touchdown.

CLHS Freshman would score again with 1 minute left in the contest. This drive went for 69 yards and another 4th down conversion went for 20 yards to Gemar leaving your Hawks needing 29 more yards for another score.

That was what was dialed (something an older generation used to do) up with a 29 yard strike when Welkey found Kasen Piel and score.

This is not the same team that competed in a tough larger school middle schools last year and now a more even playing field can result in better results during this go around.

Way to GO Freshman Hawks!

Freshman   1  2  3  4  Final
CL Hawks   0  0  6  6  12
Texans     7  6  8  7  28
Scoring Summary:
WT-Texans 14 yard pass (pat good), 0:56, 1st
WT-Texans 43 yard run (pass failed), 8:01, 2nd
CL-Heydan Gemar 20 yard pass from Jake Welkey (pat failed), 5:00, 3rd
WT-Texans 14 yard pass (run good), 1:26, 3rd
WT-Texans 14 yard run (pat good), 4:06, 4th
CL-Kasen Piel 29 yard pass from Welkey (run failed), 0:59, 4th

Team Stats      Texans    Hawks
Total Yards     270       210
First Downs     12        11
Rush/Yards      26/204    31/120
Comp/Att/Int    5/10/0    6/15/1
Passing Yards   66        90
Punts/Average   2/26.9    2/32.0
Fumbles/Lost    2/1       0/0
Penalty-Yards   7-50      6-55

Passing         Comp  Att  Pct  Yds  Int  TD
Jake Welkey      6    15  .400  90    1   2

Rushing         Att   Yds  Ave   Lg   TD
Derek Dunlap    10    58   5.8   16   0
Colin Armstrong 13    57   4.4   15   0
Kasen Piel       2     9   4.5    7   0
Caleb Cross      1     3   3.0    3   0
Jake Welkey      5    -7    -     2   0
Totals          31   120   3.9   16   0

Receiving       No   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
Kasen Piel       3   45   15.0   29   1
Heydan Gemar     2   40   20.0   20   1
Colin Armstrong  1    5    5.0    5   0
Totals           6   90   15.0   29   2

The Junior Varsity Hawk’s Defense came through with a strong showing against Wimberley! Go Lake!

         Way to Make us Proud Hawks!!

Canyon Lake’s Sub-Varsity Football teams started their season on the short end of the stick in losses to Wimberley.

The Junior Varsity out gained the Home team but 6 turnovers was too much to overcome.

Canyon Lake finished with 225 yards passing that had 4 players on the receiving end for QB Damon Garcia.

Peyton Vann garnered 84 yards on 8 receptions while newcomer Thomas Inman with 70 yards on 3 carries with his last catch being a thing of beauty on a catch inside the 5 yard line that had some snatchy dance moves resulting in a score.

The Lake did start this affair on fire after a defensive 3 plays and punt for the Texans and then a quick 5 play that had Dario Faz with two catches for 17 yards and a defensive facemark that help jump start this drive.

Garcia snuck the ball over the goal line for an instant 7 point lead.

                                   GO Lake!

Things calmed down that had CL’s Defense holding the line stopping Wimbo at the 9 yard line and then another 4 play punt sequence.

That was when CLJV started their turnover bout that had a pick-six covering 33 yards.

A lost fumble on the next possession resulted in a 32 yard Texan drive scoring with less than a minute on the halftime clock.

How bout a fumble to start the 2nd half on the kick-off return for another short drive on 3 plays covering 36 yards.

Both teams were in a tug-of-war on the next nine drives that featured the Hawk’s blocking a field goal try and seeing Elias Salgado giving short lived life with his interception.

Yes, The Lake, also pitched in with another interception along with another fumble during these fruitless drives.

That last Hawk fumble was inside the 5 yard line that had Wimberley’s QB breaking open for a 95 yard run and score on their next play.

Canyon Lake was not finished by responding with a 6 play drive covering 68 yards resulting in the already mentioned Garcia to Inman reception ending the scoring and game.

Clean-up on aisle 2 and 3 with several food items being turned over before next week’s game against Austin Crockett.

Let’s GO Lake!

JV         1  2  3  4   Final
CL Hawks   7  0  0  6   13
Texans     0 14  7  7   28
Scoring Summary:
CL-Damon Garcia 1 yard run (Inman kick), 7:07, 1st
WT-Interception 33 yards (pat good), 5:55, 2nd
WT-Texan 7 yard run (pat good), 0:55, 2nd
WT-Texan 14 yard run (pat good), 9:09, 3rd
WT-Texan 3 yard run (pat good), 2:50, 4th
CL-Thomas Inman 40 yard pass Garcia (run failed), 0:25, 4th

Team Stats       Texans     Hawks
Total Yards      268        304
First Downs      11         15
Rush/Yards       25/200     22/79
Comp/Att/Int     5/13/0     17/29/2
Passing Yards    68         225
Punts/Average    4/40.0     2/31.0
Fumbles/Lost     1/0        4/4
Penalties        8-82       4-35

Passing          Comp  Att  Pct   Yds  Int TD
Damon Garcia     17    29  .586  225   2   1

Rushing          Att Yds  Ave   Lg  TD
Isaac Brinkley   9   32   3.5   10  0
Carson Walker    2   23  12.5   14  0
Peyton Vann      4   12   3.0   10  0
Damon Garcia     7   10   1.4    9  1
Totals          22   79   3.6   14  1

Receiving         No  Yds  Ave  Lg  TD
Peyton Vann        8  84  10.5  24  0
Thomas Inman       3  70  23.3  40  1
Dario Faz          5  63  12.6  21  0
Oliver Carey-Spoon 1   8   8.0   8  0
Totals            17 225  13.2  40  1

Libero Anastasia Schultz & Breanna Fitzpatrick both showed moxie in Hawk’s Win over Somerset.

Both Sub-Varsities were victorious with CL’s Freshman being a part of one the more exciting matches coming back for a, 26-24. 23-25, 15-12.

The Lady Hawks jumped out to a quick 4 point lead but before that first rotation was completed found themselves in a close affair that quickly turned to being down 4 points, 18-22 before a Breanna Fitzpatrick serving a 4 point rally that tied the game at 23 all.

That rally had a Somerset error and a Fitzpatrick ace followed with a kill for Kyrn Menchaca and Katelyn Maxson.

A Peyton McCombs kill on a Lake next serve put this first set into the wings of the Hawks.

Coach Trevor Hamblet commented, “We faced a great test from a competitive team! The girls were very resilient and battled through adversity to pull out a victory in the final set. Kyra Menchaca was a phenomenal leader making plays as a setter and hitter. Katelyn Maxson also had some great serves and swings down the stretch to help win the game.”

That deciding set was inked when these Bulldogs overcame another 4 point Hawk lead, 17-13. Somerset ended this set when solid play totaling 9 points with 3 servers turning the tide (23-25) in favor when the visitors won by putting this game in a winner take all final set.

This final set had The Lake in a close battle before the Hawks forged to a vicarious 2 point advantage, 9-7 when McComb and Lauren Nouh each with a kill for that rally.

Another Hawk 2 point lead, 10-8 lead was quickly rectified by Somerset but another 2 point rally on a Bulldog error and a McComb ace ballooned the lead, 12-8.

From there this final set had that resilient Hawk team covering the floor with carpet led by Libero Anastasia Schultz and a Lake defense that kept the pressure on Somerset with more errors and a Hawk win, 15-12.

CLake had 4 players each with 3 kills:
Peyton McCombs, Lauren Nouh, Kyrn Menchaca, and Katelyn Maxson.
Lauren Nouh also led this Hawk attack garnering 3 aces.

A well played win and as always, Way to Go Lake!!

Outside Hitter Preslie Owens goes in orbit for her kill as the Hawks prepare for Peiper Tourney next.                (photo by Hayley Antoniolli)    

The Lake’s Varsity Volleyball ran their record to 5-2 after sweeping Gonzales at the Hawk Nest, 25-11 25-21 25-09.

          Way to Make us Proud Hawks!!

CLHS jumped out to a 9-2 lead and never looked back in that first set. Chloe Gray started the set serving and had help with a Gabby Fory and Kylie Rodriguez kill shot and 3 unforced errors by the Apaches.

It was that second set Gonzales woke up and secured a, 13-13 tie and a Coach Daniella Villarreal time-out.

After that break the Lake forged a, 21-14 advantage before these Apaches rebooted with a 4 point rally closing the contest to, 23-20.

It was Preslie Owens who had two consecutive kills that helped in a, 25-21 win.

Canyon Lake decided to not waste around in a one rotation route, 25-9.

                               GO LAKE!

It was KC Caraway who served for an 11 point drowning rally that had 2 Chylea Gray kills, 3 blocks (Mackenzie Dorn, Kinsley Van Meter, and Te’a Gonzales), and 2 aces closing out a 3 point lead, 8-5 that ballooned to 19-6 advantage.

Set-Game-Match win and on to a Hawk second tournament at Pieper High School where CL will have an opportunity to face a SA Lee school that beat the Hawks, 2-1 in last week’s tournament.

This will prove to be a good test for district to show if a first round loss can be turned around to a win in those round-about district schedules.

Gabby Fory and Mackenzie led the Lake with 8 kills that had 9 different players getting in the kill line-up.

Chloe Gray led with 26 assists and 10 digs in this total dominating battle.

Canyon Lake will be in action at home again next Tuesday when Somerset sets foot on the Hawk home court.

Way to Go Lake!!

Match Leaders:
Kills:   Mackenzie Dorn    8
         Gabby Fory        8
         Preslie Owens     6

Blocks:  Mackenzie Dorn    1
         Kinsley Van Meter 1
         Te’a Gonzales     1
         Gabby Fory        1

Digs:    Chloe Gray       10
         Sabrina Steele    7
         Bella Biasatti    6

Assists: Chloe Gray       26
         Izzy Fory         4
         Paisleigh Fahrney 1
         Sabrina Steele    1
         Preslie Owens     1
         KC Caraway        1

District 26-4A Standings
Davenport        9  0  1.000
Wimberley        9  2   .818
Canyon Lake      5  2   .714
Bandera          5  4   .555
Long Creek       5  5   .500
Fredericksburg   2  6   .333