Go Hawks
Canyon Lake Lady Hawks take out the Navarro Panthers with a hard fought win, 57-53.
“We really battled well all night,” Head Coach Zach Burleson said. “It was a real good win for us and this is a tough place to play.”
This 9th win tied last year’s total and with another Hawk victory, this team will have the most conquests in the past 4 years.
Rory Preiss flying like a Hawk in game with Boerne Champion (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball started 0-2 in the Hawk Classic Tournament and ended 2-0 on Saturday to call it even after a very tiring two days of round ball action.
Young Life says Go Hawks
The first game had Canyon Lake on the brink of their first win over the Texans, as the Hawks let a 4 point advantage evaporate in the final minute of play for a disappointing finish and loss, 53-50.
Consolation prize was having the closest game with Wimberley will have to suffice as the Hawks await another chance in January to right this ship.
Jacob Ramirez and Rory Preiss led the Hawks with 14 and 13 points respectfully as CL could not get a larger hole enlarged on the rim for their foul shots that would have increased the lead against the Texans.
Senior Mia Riali delivering the ball for an assist in win over Florence (photo by Karen Holmes)
CL Hawks featured the Seniors in beating Florence on Friday at the Hawk Nest, 51-17.
The fact that Canyon Lake had just two Seniors to feature did not take away from the fireworks in the 34 point victory as Florence was out classed from the get-go. Sarah Russell and Mia Riali had the honors as both players started their career as freshman and will leave a mark for future Hawks.
Sophia Barber looking to dish another assist in win over Canyon (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake Hawks JV 1 team won their 6th game with just one loss after taking the New Braunfels’ Cougarettes to the zoo in a, 44-13 victory.
A pair of Hawks had 12 points with Lainee Moses and Sophia Barber leading the charge for Canyon Lake.
Barber had a different outlook on this contest as a Canyon transfer that knew this opponents in a much deeper way.
Guard Barber shared how she approaches her games, “I address the situation and as a guard you have to take charge of the game.”
Go Hawks
Canyon Lake took Luling out to the wood-shed in their win over Eagls after spotting the home team to a 2 point first quarter lead before laying the wood in a, 57-30 victory.
“We started off slow, but really picked it up on the defensive end, which led to steals and easy points,” Head Basketball Coach Lucas Chapman started. “Our defense really carried us as we didn’t shoot the ball real well and turned it over way too much. Like I told them after the game, we have the ability to have a great offensive team if we can limit our turnovers. Overall it was a good win.”
Canyon Lake took a 5 point first quarter deficit and finish with a 15 point win over Austin Crockett on Tuesday night in Austin, 52-37.
Go Hawks
“It was rough at the beginning,” Head Coach Zach Burleson started. “We were frustrated but battled through it. It’s good to come back from adversity. Then again, I need to find a way to get us starting better.”
Those 19 points given up in that first quarter by the Hawks had the defense not allowing that many points combined for the rest of the contest while an impressive 20 point second quarter giving CL enough fire power to build their lead till the end.
“The defense did their job that turned a rough start to a win,” Coach Burleson assessed. “We played good after the first outscoring them, 38-19 in the last 3 periods.”
Char Hutson one of many Hawks that do those important little things
Canyon Lake Lady Hawks wrestled through another tough tournament while going 1-3 this weekend in New Braunfels at Canyon High School.
The Hawks were in all of their games but having such a diverse team that ranges from freshman to seniors on the roster will many times produce those parts of the game where climbing the mountain a fall is always around the corner.
In most of these contests, the Hawks, started slow and found themselves trying to catch up to have a chance for the win.
CL had 5 freshman on the roster and getting significant playing time for future games that will prove fruitful.
“Overall, the tournament was tough and we had moments of good with some struggles,” Head Coach Zach Burleson surmised. “We didn’t play our best at all times but hopefully playing bigger schools will help us prepare for the district season.”
Somersits on Canyon Lake in Championship Game
Rory Preiss after scoring 32 points in game with Marion.
Canyon Lake forged a good two game stint in Marion’s Tournament this week-end but meeting up with Somerset for the second time in one week did not produce any positive results in losing, 80-54 in the Championship contest.
The Hawks beat Gregory-Portland and Marion to reach the final game as CL can now attest that the Somerset Bulldogs are a good team with very few (if any) weaknesses.
On Friday, Canyon Lake started the tournament with Jacob Ramirez and Rory Preiss coming through scoring 13 and 18 points respectfully.
The Hawks were ahead for most of this game but did find themselves with a bigger fight than they wanted as G-P closed the gap during that last stanza. Canyon Lake would have an answer with each Gregory-Portland run for an eventual win.
The Hawk Ladies beat up on the Badgers this past Tuesday with a 10 point victory improving their record to 5-4 for this young season winning, 48-38.
Go Hawks
“This was a good win for us,” Head Coach Zach Burleson started. “Lampasas is a tough place to play and to be able to come out with a win is good.”
Alexa Ramos was everywhere as this ever-ready battery lady was non-stop scoring 16 points with 7 steals and dishing out 4 assists.
“Alexa Ramos had a real good night slashing to the basket,” Head Coach Zach Burleson surmised. “It was her best as far at that goes.”
Not a bad days work as Ramos would harness 7 rebounds to finish out her effort in Badger country.
Joseph Boyd fights for rebound in earlier game with Llano (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake took one on the chin from Somerset as the Bulldog’s bite was bigger than their bark in this loss, 63-45.
“It was a learning experience,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said while trying to shed some positive vibes into this evening’s game. “We did have some players that had good individual effort.”
The game started as if CL would make a statement as the Hawks fought back from an early 5 point deficit to an, 18-15 lead as Ryner Martin sank a 3 pointer as time ran out in that first stanza.
This contest continued to be nip and tuck in the second quarter as Canyon Lake started slow but worked back into the game trailing by 6 points going into halftime.
