Lake win Bi-District & now will face off against Floresville. Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

       GO LAKE & Beat Floresville!

The Ranch found their Legacy at the bottom of THE LAKE after a 10-1 whitewash of these Wranglers.

Canyon Lake would score all the runs needed after starting this Bi-District contest scoring 5 first inning runs.. CL has scored 16 first inning runs since the Fredericksburg series and before that were in a drought of no runs during district play.

The Lake had 8 of 9 starters with a hit and the one player that was hitless, Cullen Barnhart  who has the best average for CLHS went hitless but changed getting a hit to getting hit twice by Wrangler pitching while also  drawing a walk.

            Way to GET HITS Lake!

That first frame had another batter magnet when Gram Simpson was hit by a round ball. Simpson is the all-time leader standing with 23 joining Barnhart in this hit parade.

Double-Mint Ryan Rena was next up rapping a double to left field driving CL’s first two runs followed by a Hayes Holladay rbi single. This game was beginning to think, the Wrangler pitcher,  did not like Hawks after a third hit batter, this time Archer Miller,  loaded the bases.

Then two consecutive singles for Gavyn Baldera and Lucas Shexnayder drove in the last two runs for a  5 run  advantage.

             Way to Go Lake Baseball.

Holladay was on the mound and started a little rusty hitting his first batter (a theme for this contest).  This baserunner  was driven in by a double capping the only run for LR. That turned out to be the only damage these Ranchers could muster.

Lucas Shexnayder led the team with three hits with two doubles while Gavyn Baldera and Rena both tied with 3 rbis a piece.

Rena had two doubles and is now 5th place with 18 in this category.

      1. Carter Williams   22
      2. Griffen Williams  21
      3. Travis Walker     19
      3. Hunter Anderson   19
      5. Ryan Rena         18

Simpson continues his climb on the all-time lists for stolen bases standing with 26 career steals trailing Daniel Camarillo 29 from back during the 2011-12 seasons.

                   Let’s GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake’s District 26-4A all won their Bi-District outing last week and Floresville and The Lake have played three common opponents this year and are pretty even with those outcomes.

La Vernia was the only school that was out of each school’s district and both beat the Bears.

Canyon Lake will play Floresville Tigers (20-6-1) this Thursday at  the Tigers starting at 7:00 pm and Friday at the Hawk Nest at 7:00pm.

A Saturday game if needed will be back in Floresville with a 1:00 start time.

The Texas High School Association and Walmart recognized the Academic All-State Teams.

Greysen Patton    1st Team    Hayes Holladay  2nd Team
Gavyn Baldera     2nd Team    Dalton Hodges   2nd Team
Lucas Schexnayder 2nd Team    Gram Simpson    Honorable Mention

Congrats with the Most Important Statistic Young Men! And Let’s GO HAWKS!

Below is an updated All-Time Playoff Top 4 Records as with each game played a more present Hawk player will start to edge into these records.

UPDATED ALL-TIME PLAYOFF TOP 4     10 At Bats to qualify
At Bats                 Runs                   Hits
Hunter Anderson     44  Gram Simpson       10  Chase Anderson     15
Chase Anderson      38  Griffen Williams    8  Hunter Anderson    15
Griffen Williams    38  Hunter Anderson     8  Griffen Williams   14
Ty Sellers          33  Tyler Pauly         7  Ryan Rena           8
                        Carter Williams     7  Tanner Schultz      8

Present Hawks Standings Runs                   Hits
Hayes Holladay      16  Hayes Holladay      6  Gram Simpson        7
Bryce May           16  Ryan Rena           5  Lucas Schexnayder   7
Gram Simpson        15  Lucas Schexnayder   5  Hayes Holladay      7

RBI                     Extra Base Hits        Walks
Griffen Williams    19  Griffen Williams    8  Chase Anderson      8
Carter Williams     13  Carter Williams     5  Tyler Pauly         8
Chase Anderson       9  Ryan Rena           5  James LaLonde       7
Ryan Rena            6  Hayes Holladay      3  Tanner Schultz      7
Michael Anderson     6  Hayden Baker        3  Hunter Anderson     7

Present Hawks Standings Extra Base Hits        Walks
Hayes Holladay       5  Lucas Schexnayder   2  Gram Simpson        4
Gavyn Baldera        5  Bryce May           2  Wayen Slania-Wertz  3
Bryce May            4                         Lucas Schexnayder   3

10 At Bats to qualify
Batting Ave             On Base Ave            Slugging Ave
Michael Anderson  .600  Lucas Shexnayder .647  Griffen Williams .921
Lucas Schexnayder .538  James LaLonde    .647  Ryan Rena        .800
Ryan Rena         .533  Michael Anderson .600  Michael Anderson .800
Hayes Holladay    .437  Ryan Rena        .588  Carter Williams  .773


               1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
The Lake       5  0  2  1  2  0  0  10 11  0
Legacy Ranch   1  0  0  0  0  0  0   1  3  4

                  ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson       3  2  1  1  0  1  0  hbp sb
Bryce May          4  0  1  0  0  0  1  sb
 ph Dalton Hodges  1  0  0  0  0  0  1
Cullen Barnhart    2  1  0  0  0  1  1  hbp 2
Ryan Rena          3  2  2  3  2  1  0  sf
Hayes Holladay     5  2  1  0  0  0  0  roe
Carson Walker      3  0  1  1  0  0  1  sac
Archer Miller      2  0  1  0  0  0  1  hbp 2
 pr CJ Rodriguez   0  2  0  0  0  0  0  sb
Gavyn Baldera      2  0  1  3  0  1  0  sac
Lucas Schexnayder  3  1  3  1  2  0  0  hbp
Totals            28 10 11  9  4  4  5

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so
Hayes Holiday (5-3) 7.0  3  1  1  1  8

Cullen Barnhart throws another gem in Bi-District win over Legacy Ranch, 5-3.

                      Way to Go Hawks!

The Lake continued peaking at the right time scoring 5 runs and taking the lead after Legacy Ranch jumped out to a one run lead opening the game.

The Ranch made a statement to start this game with their first batter being hit by a pitch and then scored on a single by their clean-up hitter.

Luckily for the Hawk Nation this team had a penchant of bunching their arsenal during the bottom of the third inning that had 11 Hawk’s come to bat leading to this break out frame.

                          Break the Dam~ Lake! 

Ranch was without a Legacy while The Lake had their only out coming from a sacrifice bunt (Archer Miller) for those first 9 players who sauntered to the plate. The damage would be 5 runs which was highlighted with a double for Bryce May along with 3 singles (Carson Walker~Cullen Barnhart~Ryan Rena), two walks (Lucas Schexnayder~Walker) and Joshua Little taking one for the team being hit by a pitch.

Game~Set~Match!

                        Way to Go Lake!

These Wranglers would make things interesting as they scored twice during their 6th frame with both runs coming from fielding errors.

Other than that, Cullen Barnhart won his 3rd game in these last 8 days with another dominant performance from the pitcher’s mound.

Barnhart has pitched 18 innings surrendering one earned run while striking out 16 during that stretch. His era (earned run average) is 0.39 with this victory helping The Lake reach 20 wins for the 5th time in the last 6 years.

The Lake has morphed into a decent outfit as this Legacy Ranch team is a much better version of a 25-4A Bi-District team.

Canyon Lake will work on eliminating these Wranglers on a rainy day that might not be realized at 7:00pm in Liberty Hill.

A third game (if needed) would be played at Lehman High School at 1:00pm on Saturday.

Meanwhile this improved version for CL will continue to work on not having The Ranch able to find nothing instead of a legacy.

Go Lake!

               1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Legacy Ranch   1  0  0  0  0  2  0   3  5  4
The Lake       0  0  5  0  0  0  X   5  6  2

                   ab  r  h bi 2b bb so misc
Gram Simpson        3  1  0  0  0  1  0
Bryce May           4  1  1  1  1  0  1
Cullen Barnhart     3  0  1  1  0  0  0
 pr Gavyn Baldera   0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena           3  0  2  0  0  0  0
Joshua Little       1  0  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
 ph Brenan Hughes   1  0  0  0  0  0  1
Hayes Holladay      3  0  0  1  0  0  0  roe 2 fc
Carson Walker       2  1  1  0  0  1  0
Archer Miller       2  0  1  0  0  0  1  sb sac
Lucas Schexnayder   2  1  0  0  0  1  0
Totals             24  5  6  3  1  3  3

Pitching                 ip  h  r er bb so
Cullen Barnhart (3-0)   7.0  5  3  1  0  3

                                                   Time for Post Season! Let’s GO LAKE!

                  Keep it Going Hawks!!

Canyon Lake doused the Long Creek Dragons after another strong performance from Cullen Barnhart who pitched a 2 hitter in giving up one run while striking out five.

Barnhart was also instrumental in this win offensively as his double drove in two runs as The Lake plated 3 runs in that opening inning. Those runs would prove to be enough for this win.

There was rough waters starting the 4th frame when Long Creek had 6 of 7 batters able to reach base but could only garner one run.

Three Dragons reached base with two walks and a hit batter to start this roller-coaster. This ride had two players out at the plate….one on a suicide squeeze play and the other fielder’s choice.

Be Handy Hawks Baseball & Go Lake in Playoffs!

The Lake responded an inning later when Ryan Rena opened this inning with a single and then stole second base before another towering triple off the bat of Bryce May that scored Rena that got the Hawk’s lead back to three runs.

This was Bryce’s second triple this week with this hit against the wind.

Barnhart had right at 110 pitches when the last Dragon to bat swung at the first pitch for a pop-out that had the Hawks punching their dance card for another post-season chance to advance to State.

It was after that scary 4th frame that Barnhart doused these Dragons in facing 10 and getting 9 outs for those last 3 innings and an impressive outing on the mound.

The Lake will now play Legacy Ranch (17-10) for a 3 game series that starts at The Lake this Thursday at 7:00pm and then return the favor Friday at The Ranch starting at 7:00pm.

If a third game is needed then the location will be determined for a Saturday start.

Congrats and Way to GO LAKE!!

             1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Long Creek   0  0  0  1  0  0  0   1  2  1
The Lake     3  0  0  0  1  0  X   4  7  1

                 ab  r  h bi 2b 3b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson      3  1  0  0  0  0  1  0
Carson Walker     3  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  sb
Cullen Barnhart   3  0  1  2  1  0  0  0
Ryan Rena         2  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  sb sac
Bryce May         3  0  1  1  0  1  0  1
Brenan Hughes     3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0
Joshua Little     3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
Lucas Shexnayder  1  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  sb 2
Gavyn Baldera     3  0  1  0  0  0  0  1
Totals           24  4  7  4  1  1  3  3

Pitching               ip  h  r er bb so
Cullen Barnhart (2-0) 7.0  2  1  1  4  5

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                   ALL-TIME PLAYOFF TOP 3 STATS
At Bats                Runs                  Hits
Hunter Anderson    44  Griffen Williams  8   Chase Anderson    15
Griffen Williams   38  Hunter Anderson   8   Hunter Anderson   15
Chase Anderson     38  Tyler Pauly       7   Griffen Williams  14
                       Carter Williams   7

RBI’s                  Extra Base Hits       Base on Balls
Griffen Williams   19  Griffen Williams   8  Chase Anderson     8
Carter Williams    13  Carter Williams    5  Tyler Pauly        8
Chase Anderson      9  Hayden Baker       3  Tanner Schultz     7
                       Ryan Rena          3  James LaLonde      7
                       Hayes Holladay     3

Batting Ave (10 ab)    Inning Pitched         Strikeouts
Michael Anderson .600  Tanner Schultz   23.1  Tyler Pauly      23
Matthew McLain   .429  Tyler Pauly      18.0  Carter Williams  22
James LaLonde    .400  Griffen Williams 18.0  Luke Roskin      15
                                              Tanner Schultz   15

Earned Run Ave. (era)  Wins
Carter Williams  0.64  Tyler Pauly         3
Tyler Pauly      0.78  Tanner Schultz      3
Luke Roskin      0.81  Carter Williams     2
                       Cody Breest         2

Hawk JV Green Pitcher Rowan Edwards had a No-No in win over Bandera.

                  Way to GO LAKE!

The Canyon Lake JV Green Baseball team finished their season capping off a huge win at Bandera, 9-2 with some timely hitting and a gem of a pitching performance.

This JV Green team finished their season completing a, 16-9-1 record and finished tied for 2nd place in district play.

Rowan Edwards threw a complete game no hitter against the Bulldogs while striking out 6 and only giving up 2 walks in this victory.

Edwards started this contest with a strike out and then after giving up a walk was redeemed when First Baseman Hudson Hastings started a 3-1-4 double play while Edwards ended each inning with a strikeout.

Josh Little was all business in Hawk’s JV Green win!

It not for a couple of errors in that final frame these Bulldogs would have gone home having Jowls without teeth.

The Hawks were led offensively by Josh Little, Brandon Rilee and Payton Vann who went a combined 6 at bats~6 runs~5 hits~& 5 RBI’s.

Coach Self was selfless in his assessment of this year, “I am extremely proud of these guys this season. They improved every week and competed for a district championship. These guys were a great group to coach and Coach Wilson and I are proud of them and our season!”

Way to GO LAKE!!

                1  2  3  4   R  H  E
The Lake Green  4  1  2  2   9  6  2
Bandera         0  0  0  2   2  0  3 

                    ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
2b Kobe Halverson    2  1  0  0  0  1  0  sb 2 roe
1b Hudson Hastings   3  0  0  0  0  0  1  roe
3b Joshua Little     2  1  2  2  1  0  0  sb sf
 P Rowan Edwards     2  1  0  0  0  0  1  sb hbp
ss Payton Vann       2  2  1  2  0  0  0  sb 2 sf
lf Brandon Rilee     2  3  2  1  0  1  0  sb 3
dh JJ Bettis         2  0  1  1  0  0  0
cf Peyton King       0  0  0  0  0  1  0
rf Davin Childers    2  0  0  0  0  1  1
 c Jake Welkey       2  1  0  0  0  1  0
pr Peyton King       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  sb
Totals              19  9  6  6  1  5  3

Pitching            ip  h  r er bb so
Rowan Edwards      4.0  0  2  0  2  7  Won

Jacob Little was huge helping The Lake have chance making post-season.  Go Lake!

              GO LAKE Baseball

The Lake garners a play-in game with their 13-5 win over Bandera thanks to a not so Little Jacob pitching 6 innings in giving up one run while striking out 7 Bulldogs.

Yes, Jacob Little was helped by a flood of runs the top of the 6th frame as The Lake batted around while scoring 9 runs and now a date this Saturday at 2:30pm in New Braunfels’ High School against Long Creek.

The winner will have their dance card for more games in the post-season.

                  Let’s GO LAKE!

This Bandera contest was testy after, The Lake, took a 3 run lead to start this game but these Bulldogs answered with 2 runs and then added another 3 runs in that second inning which had Head Coach Victory Escamilla changing pitchers and inserting a Freshman who started his first ever varsity action.

Head Coach Victor Escamilla had this to say about Jacob Little’s pitching, “I’ve seen him enough in the sub-varsity where I had seen him with four (types of) pitches and he throws them for strikes. He’s like a coach on the field…and I told one of my coaches in the dugout, ‘When that kid graduates then I want him as one of my assistants.’  He’s always coaching and he wants to learn the game.”

            Break the Dam~ Lake!

Coach Escamilla wasn’t finished, “He can slow down the game by shutting down the run game because he can hold them to a one way lead because, there is a lefty throwing.”

Jacob Little took the BIG Stage on the mound and after giving up a run on a sacrifice fly then those jitters would be gone until that final out in the seventh frame.

Mr. Little, after his first entrance to the mound would settle in by giving up a walk (3rd inning), single (4th inning)…without any damage and then followed with a 3-up & 3-down in the 5th and 6th frame accumulating 4 strikeouts during those two innings.

Meanwhile the Lake was down 2 runs and was able to answer with one score in the third when Ryan Rena doubled and scored on a Bryce May single. These two players combined for 6 hits and 6 rbi’s in this win.

It was in that 6th inning that had Bandera’s pitcher running out of pitches and then CL took care of the Bulldogs bullpen. Canyon Lake had 13 Hawks coming to the plate which was highlighted with a towering triple off the bat for May-Day knocking in two of those runs.

The Lake had 4 consecutive hits after Gavyn Baldera was robbed after being called safe beating out an infield hit…. but an umpire conference ruled that play an out.

It would be Archer Miller legging out another infield hit as speed kills and that was CL’s main helping hand for this game. The Lake coasted while not allowing any more runs and another Hawk must win battle.

Now another contest on Saturday at 2:30pm at New Braunfels High School in realizing hopefully another play-off year!

Way to Go Lake!

           1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
The Lake   3  0  1  0  0  9  0  13 14  1
Bandera    2  3  0  0  0  0  0   5  4  5

                  ab  r  h bi 2b 3b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson       4  2  1  0  0  0  1  0  sb roe fc
Carson Walker      5  1  2  1  0  0  0  1
Cullen Barnhart    4  1  1  2  0  0  1  1
Ryan Rena          4  3  3  1  1  0  1  0
Brenan Hughes      3  1  0  1  0  0  1  1  fc
 ph Dalton Hodges  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
Bryce May          4  1  3  5  0  1  0  1
Lucas Schexnayder  4  1  1  1  0  0  0  2
Gavyn Baldera      3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  roe
 ph Joshua Little  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
Archer Miller      4  2  2  0  0  0  1  0
Totals            37 13 14 11  1  1  5  7

Pitching             ip  h  r er bb so
Jace McGoldrick     1.0  1  4  4  4  1
Jacob Little (1-0)  6.0  3  1  1  3  7
Totals              7.0  4  5  5  7  8

Gram Simpson stealing his 23rd base that has him in 3rd Place on CL’s All-Time List. (photo by Daniel Clifton)

         Way to GET HITS HAWKS!

The Lake was missing two starters (pitcher & catcher) in a must(er) win contest against Bandera and came through with flying colors as Cullen Barnhart pitched 4 innings giving up one unearned run while Archer Miller was his battery mate in this conquest.

It was Barnhart’s first appearance in an official game this season which became a, ‘where has this pitcher been all season’, thoughts of grandeur.

Eight strikeouts and no walks was the perfect formula needed for The Lake while getting some help from Bandera’s pitchers who issued 9 walks while hitting three batters being enough for CL’s six hits to capitalize in scoring 8 runs.

Canyon Lake came into this contest one day later due to weather and knew that the team they are chasing for a play-off spot had won their opening game with Fredericksburg.

                Congrats Lake Baseball.

Long Creek’s  win presented a must(er) win battle with these Bulldogs needing a sweep as the only chance to realize entry to post-season.

Now, The Lake, will be doing some scoreboard watching this Friday in Bandera while needing a win and seeing who their next opponent might be on Saturday when they will face the Billies/Dragons loser.

It was the same scenario last year too…as the Hawks had to play Fredericksburg for that play-in game ironically in Wimberley where this contest was conducted after all the much needed rain.

             Proud of you Hawks!

Gram Simpson started this game getting hit by a pitch (hbp)  which allowed Simpson to own most hbp’s, passing Tanner Schultz,  with 22 for his career.

Simpson (64) was not finished tho…after working a walk later in this game which also put him #1 with that stat,  passing Tyler Pauly and Carter Williams, who finished their career with 63 base on balls.

All this to say that Simpson has been a good lead-off batter with his ability to reach base as he stands tied at 5th place all-time with Brandon Robinson who has a .505 On Base Percentage (OBP).

Carson Walker scored his 30th run thus far which is just two away from having 2nd place in runs scored for a season. Carter Williams scored 44 runs last year and Walker needs just one run in tying Hunter Anderson (’23)/Gram Simpson (’25).

Pitcher Greysen Patton did enter this must(er)  game during that last inning with two Bulldogs on base and no outs. Patton stayed in his tank striking out the side for a save.

A lot on the line this Friday’s, must(er) win for a chance of more games starting this Saturday.

Let’s GO LAKE!

            1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
Bandera     1  0  0  0  1  1  2   5  3  5
The Lake    2  0  2  0  3  1  X   8  6  6

                    ab  r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson         2  1  1  1  0  1  0  hbp sb 2
Carson Walker        3  2  2  1  0  1  0  sb
Cullen Barnhart      4  0  0  0  0  0  0  roe
Brenan Hughes        2  1  0  0  0  0  0  hbp
 ph Greysen Patton   0  1  0  0  0  1  0
Ryan Rena            1  1  1  1  0  2  0  sac sb 3
Bryce May            2  0  0  2  0  1  1  sac
Archer Miller        2  1  0  0  0  2  2  sb
Gavyn Baldera        2  0  1  1  0  1  1  hbp
Lucas Schexnayder    4  1  1  1  1  0  0
Totals              22  8  6  7  1  9  4

Pitching               ip  h  r er bb so
Cullen Barnhart (1-0) 4.0  3  1  0  0  8
Jace McGoldrick       2.0  0  2  0  2  2
Bryce May             0.0  0  2  2  3  0
Greysen Patton        1.0  0  0  0  1  3
Totals                7.0  3  5  2  6 13

Shana Cutrer passing the baton to Savanna Oberholtzer in CL’s winning 4×100 Relay at the Area Track Meet! Way to GO FAST LAKE!

                        Go Fast Lake!

Canyon Lake Ladies won the Area Meet scoring 114 points while having 7 Ladies punching their ticket for Kingsville, May 1st & 2nd.

It was night and day for Hawk Boys after having one (Tristan Schenk) last year The Lake added to that total with 7 more participants in scoring 42 points and placing 6th amongst the two districts.

Katelyn Lowth set a personal best reaching 11-0 in the pole vault finishing 2nd in that event. Then Eva Zabarcencu and Sophie Eastland scored 26 points in their two distance events (3200~1600 runs).

In an earlier district article these four ladies (Savanna Oberholtzer~Aubrey Avey~Te’a Gonzales~Shana Cutrer) accounted for 98 points that day in Fredericksburg.

The Fantastic Four will have a busy schedule in Kingsville participating in the following:

4x100 Relay    Savanna Oberholtzer~Te’a Gonzales
               Shana Cutrer~Aubrey Avey
4x200 Relay    Savanna Oberholtzer~Te’a Gonzales
               Shana Cutrer~Aubrey Avey
100 meter dash Savanna Oberholtzer
200 meter dash Te’a Gonzales
100 m hurdles  Shana Cutrer
300 m hurdles  Aubrey Avey
Long Jump      Savanna Oberholtzer

4x200 Relay    Gage Jones, Peyton King
               Chris Brown~Tristan Alexander
1600 Meter Run Gibson Cover
High Jump      Peyton King~Anthony Hockman
Triple Jump    Jacob Price

                      Plug those Leaks FAST LAKE!

As you can see The Fantastic had two (Cutrer~Avey) placing First in their two events while CL’s other two (Oberholtzer~Gonzales) was Second in their 100 & 200 races.

Eva Zabarcencu and Sophie Eastland have been a consistent 2nd-3rd place in those two (3200~1600) distance races. Those two events has been producing 14 points or more most of this track season.

Katelyn Lowth was able to continue Canyon Lake’s pole vault participation in Kingsville through this decade thus far as she had a personal best with her 11-00 foot vault and finishing in second place.

That night and day for The Lake’s Boys Track & Field showed a good jump from their previous year and for that matter since 2019 season.

                              Way to GO LAKE!

Peyton King won the high jump and Anthony Hockman had a 4th place finish but does have a personal best of 6-02 earlier this season at the Hawk Relays.

Jacob Price had his personal best in the triple jump when he traveled, 42-07 that placed him 2nd on CL’s All-Time Top 10 List. That jump was about 2 feet better than he had done this season but did have a better jump last year, but his PR (personal best) was over a foot better than last year.

That brings us to 1600 meter man: Gibson Cover who obliterated his PR when he finished First in the 1600 meter by improving, right at, 8 seconds from what his performed earlier this year. In fact, he has put up some good races that have his time finishing 18 seconds better than earlier this season.

First Place for Gibson Cover in his 1600 Meter Run!

This was a sweet victory after his disappointment earlier in the day in that 3200 race and then on top of that beating a Dynamite Duo Davenport runners with a Superman effort and leaving them in the dust.

The Boy’s 4×200 Relay was able to make a date in Kingsville and their time was the Second best in Hawk Annals passing former 2nd place 2017 team of, Tanner Faris~Heath McDonough~Timothy Boehm~Connor Rose & former 3rd place 2012 team of, Daniel Camarillo~Eduardo Covarrubias~Zach Henshaw~Doug Hubnik.

In two weeks this Lake Relay team is not that far off in taking first as their time was .67 of a second off needing to beat, 1:30.29 race that was reached during the 2018 season.

These marks are important as they emphasize how this coaching staff has raised the bar in those important areas that can translate into other endeavors…..especially in that sport called Football.

In two weeks The Lake will look for improvement, as The ReSporter, will have the next track article comparing other Area qualifiers and how/what this present group of Hawk Athletes will need to do in making it to Austin.

Way to GO Fast~Jump Far~Jump High~Vault High~LAKE

Pitcher Hayes Holladay got his 4th win this season in a needed victory over Billies.

The Lake got a win on a, must win week, over Fredericksburg, 6-2 as Canyon Lake scored all the runs needed during their opening inning.

That first frame was the CL’s first run scored in district play that had a double off Ryan Rena’s bat helping cap those tallies. Rena had his 15th double that moved him up to 10th place on the Top-Ten Career list.

Some more power was next with two solo shots of the bat of Lucas Schexnayder and Wayen Slania-Wetz who yard over the left field fence. Slania-Wetz (4) now stands at 5th place on CL’s all-time homer standings.

Pitcher Hayes Holladay was money on the mound striking out 7 Billies while giving up two walks….and a little let down with three hit batters. This win has Holladay at 10th place with 6 career wins.

A solid defense helped calm down the base paths that was present… which had this Hawk version needed for the rest of this campaign that has 3 contests remaining with a return date to Billie land this Friday.

                         GO LAKE!

The Lake will conclude district play against Bandera which lately has not been a show-up and win contest.

Gram Simpson continues his strong showing at lead-off working two walks which has tied for the most in a career 63 joined bt Tyler Pauly and Carter Williams.

Simpson’s first at bat set the stage when the Billie’s pitcher had  two called strikes before working the pitch count to 8 and a walk and eventual score.

Now the stage is set for another showdown this Friday in Freddie for a hopeful sweep.

Go Lake!

          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
Billies   0  1  0  0  0  0  1  2  5  1
The Lake  3  1  1  0  1  0  X  6  6  2

                  ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc
Gram Simpson       1  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  sb
Carson Walker      3  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
Wayen Slania-Wetz  2  1  1  1  0  1  1  0
Cullen Barnhart    3  1  1  1  0  0  0  0
Hayes Holladay     3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  sb
Ryan Rena          2  0  1  1  1  0  1  0  sb
Brenan Hughes      2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 Gavyn Baldera     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Bryce May          2  0  0  0  0  0  1  2
Lucas Schexnayder  3  1  1  1  0  1  0  2
Totals            22  6  6  4  1  2  5  4

Pitching              ip  h  r er bb so
Hayes Holladay (4-3) 7.0  5  2  2  2  7

4×100 Relay Team beat a 14 year record on CL All-Time List,  43.05.
Tristan Alexander, Kobe Halverson, Peyton King and Joseph Matos. Way to Go Fast Lake!

Way to be Handy Hawk Track & Field. Good Luck in Area Meet!

The Lake Boy’s Track & Field qualified 11 for their Area Meet and matched that with 11 different events for a sport that had not been scoring much in previous years.

“I’m really proud of what our kids did at the District meet,” Head Track Coach Brad Manning said. “We were able to check off several goals we set even before the start of the season, and they earned it.”

This season showed a team that continued to make a mark while also competing at a much higher level as this year matured.

Coach Manning continued with his assessment, “When I got here about 20 months ago, we knew exactly where the boys program stood and the kind of work it was going to take to build it into something competitive.”

                  Let’s GO Fast LAKE!

“By this time last year, we felt like we were about a year away from being able to walk into a District meet and truly contend especially in a 4A district as deep as ours,” Manning maned up.
“The question the whole time was “if.” If our kids would buy in. If they would commit to the work it was going to ultimately take. If they would trust what we are trying to build. This past week, they answered that.”

Track can have coaches, that many times, need a PHD in Rocket s
Science when trying to maximize points while moving athletes around for 17 different events for getting results for their team.

“Our staff made some key decisions with events, we tapered the right way, and the kids showed up and competed,” Coach Manning remembered. “Across the board— Lake Boy’s Track and Field—we now have several athletes moving on to the Area meet, and that says a lot about the direction of the program. It’s been a while since that’s been the case, and our kids have taken a lot of pride in changing that.”

                   Go Hawks!

Coach Manning finished, “Now the focus shifts. We’re not trying to do more—we’re trying to stay sharp and continue to peak at the right time. District 25-4A is going to bring a high level of competition, and you have to reallly want to run well this time of year. Our kids are excited, and they’re preparing to go out there and compete at an even higher level.”

Canyon Lake’s 4×100 meter relay exemplifies what is possible as they went to the top of that All-Time Lake list with a time that had not been bested since 2012 when Zach Henshaw, Doug Hubnik, Eduardo Covarrubias and Daniel Camarillo was perched at the top with a 43.73 mark.

Joseph Matos, Peyton King, Kobe Halverson and Tristan Alexander lowered that time with a 43.05 result.

The ReSporter will release another article before Wednesday with a synopsis of times of District 25-4A Athletes who will be the competition for Area Meet at Lago Vista.

Coach Manning wasn’t finished, “We’re looking forward to Wednesday.”

Go~Jump Faster & Farther Hawks!

Area Qualifiers:
Jacob Price –       Triple Jump
Tristan Alexander – Long Jump
Peyton King –       High Jump
Anthony Hockman –   High Jump
Gibson Cover –      3200m, 1600m
Jace Morales –      100m, 200m
Miller Beebe –      110m Hurdles

4x100 Relay – Joseph Matos, Peyton King, 
Kobe Halverson, Tristan Alexander

4x200 Relay – Gage Jones, Peyton King, 
Chris Brown, Tristan Alexander

4x400 Relay – Joseph Matos, Peyton King, 
Tristan Alexander, Kobe Halverson

Shana Cutrer, Savanna Oberholtzer, Te’a Gonzales & Aubrey Avey had a record setting 4×200 relay. Way to GO Fast Lake!

                                Break the Dam~ Lake!

Canyon Lake finished 2nd in District 26-4A Meet last Wednesday missing their second District Title by less than 10 points. If the Hawks would have been able to pull off another District Title then that would have 2 consecutive titles a first for a sport at The Lake.

CLake was short a few players but now the future will dominate the Ladies as they prepare for Area Meet this Wednesday at Lago Vista with Field Events at 10:00am and running events with a 4:30 start.

The Lake did finish first place in seven events which helped propel this group into that chance to win this meet.

“‘I’m so proud of all of their hard work this season,’” Head Coach Sami Theurer said to the team. “’In this meet these ladies left everything on the track and ran for each other.’”

The Hawks will have several in attendance at the Area Meet who qualified in these following events:

                         Event       Mark      Place
Savanna Oberholtzer       100m      12.18       1st
                     long jump    16-2.75       4th
                   triple jump    33-5.75       2nd

Te’a Gonzales             200m      25.29       1st

Mia Zabercencu            400m      60.72       4th

Eva Zabercencu           1600m    5:15.94       2nd
Eva Zabercencu           3200m   11:37.79       2nd

Sophie Eastland          1600m    5:25.75       3rd
Sophie Eastland          3200m   11:53.29       3rd

Shana Cutrer       100 hurdles      15.15       1st
                    pole vault      10-00       3rd

Aubrey Avey        300 hurdles      44.75       1st

Katelyn Lowth       pole vault       10-6       1st

Lake               4x100 relay      47.69       1st
Shana Cutrer, Aubrey Avey
Te’a Gonzales, Savanna Oberholtzer

Lake               4x200 relay    1:40.76       1st
Shana Cutrer, Aubrey Avey
Te’a Gonzales, Savanna Oberholtzer

Way to GO~Vault~Jump Hawks!