Libero Lainee Moses serves her usual stuff

Just another game for this year’s Freshman Volleyball team as the Hawks went a max 3 game set in winning over Fredericksburg’s freshman and staying in first place in District 28-4A play.

Canyon Lake was on the short end in that first set as they had the lead through most of the game until a Billie rally that outscored the Hawks, 11-3 to close the set out and put CL right where they wanted to be. Behind in the contest to allow another comeback victory.

“We wanted it more,” Head Coach Tasha Ridgeway said calmly. “Lainee served like she wanted to win and she served to get aces….I haven’t seen her serve like that this year.”

Fredericksburg jumped out to a, 5-1 lead to start the second set and Canyon Lake had yet to find their consistency to the taller Billie team.

With the rotation finally able to forge more than a 2 point rally, the game and Hawks started cooking as the next 3 servers had a 2, 3, and then a 4 point rally and now the lead was up 6 points, 13-7 lead.

Freedom Mail Center says Go Freshman Hawk’s Volleyball

After having neither team able to close or increase their lead or deficit, Canyon Lake used a 5 point rally that put a dagger to the Goats in winning the game, 25-17.

Canyon Lake was able to reduce their unforced errors as each set continued and also by having 4 service errors for the game helped in taking the 3rd and final set with that sterling comeback.

Fredericksburg increased their lead in the final set on a service that started with both teams tied at 19 points. The bleeding was stopped on a kill by Cassidy Felps but not after the Billies would seize the game by 4 points, leading 24-20.

Lainee Moses took the ball and dished out some hard serves with two kills by Caroline Kullberg and an ace by Moses, the Hawks scored the last 6 points in the match for a win in dramatic fashion, 26-24.

“In practice I never serve like that,” Moses said on her way to the Promise Land. “The adrenaline was going fast and I was hitting the ball as hard as I could.”

Alisia Niestemski rises with Hawk’s Volleyball

Moses had some more thoughts on how she handled a game that hung on every serve, “Toss, Step, and Hit, was all I was thinking as I just went back to the basic level when I first started learning the game…..We do this all the time and this is just usual.”

On the last rally, Kullberg relayed, “I was super nervous and was trying hard wanting to win….when we worked our hardest we worked together.”

Alisia Niestremski had 12 kills while Kullberg shored up the middle of the Hawks offense with 8 kills which helped in securing the win on her last two swings.

Niestremski has a way of celebrating a kill which seems to get the whole Hawk team pumping. “I get pumped up with the point and I was trying not to be nervous but I was,” Niestremski said. “We just focused not to make mistakes and in our huddle we decided in not playing it safe and to be aggressive.”

Canyon Lake had a similar game last Tuesday in their victory over Boerne that went 3 games with a dramatic comeback similar to the win over the Billies.

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“I reminded them of the Boerne game when we were down to them,” Coach Ridgeway said with the wisdom of Solomon.

Now this Freshman team will go up against Bandera this Friday with a goal of being undefeated in the first round of district play. This Hawk team beat the Bulldogs in tournament play earlier this year, 25-18 and 25-15 and will look to continue where they left off last month.

This is the same type of team last seen when last year’s Senior group started their high school career winning district and carrying that wave through their senior campaign with a Hawk District Championship.

Good things in store for the girls at Canyon Lake as Mountain Valley continues to feed talented ladies into CL’s high school.

Congrats and Go Hawks!!

                                A happy Cross Country group after good showing in Comfort Meet

Canyon Lake’s Cross Country team was one of the sports to go from a tough district to an impossible district after the realignment of schools.

The Hawks district was tough with La Vernia and other schools last year, but CL’s Boys team did qualify for Regions both years.

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Sophomore Paige Bower getting her point across.                           (photo by Karen Holmes)

By Karen Holmes

  Jellystone Park says Go Hawks

The varsity volleyball game against Hondo, Friday night, gave Coach Kimberley Paisley the chance to utilize her bench and try new strategies and player positions. The Lady Hawks swept the Owls in three-game match, winning with scores of 25-7, 25-8 and 25-19.

In the first game Coach Paisley started her team as she always does, but quickly began to change things up allowing her players to take on different positions on the court to strengthen her chances against tougher teams. Hondo was unable to stand against the mental  toughness of the Hawks as they continued to place the ball in all the right places to score and that score quickly rose to 10-3. Paige Bower was a force to reckoned with at the net. If the ball hung at the top of the net, Paige was there to cram it into the Owls’ open court.

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Lucas McCrum has another big game for BCS

Bracken Christian started slow but finished strong in taking down the SA Lutheran Mustangs at Bracken Stadium, 70-25.

“Lutheran came out and played a good game,” Head Coach Hosea Stredic started. “They are well coached and brought it to us….you could see that we were in better shape the longer the game played out.”

“We did not do a good job,” Stredic said succinctly.

Looks like some of the Warriors will have more tuning up to do as this season continues.

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Greg Almond waiting for a Jace McBride block           (mjrphotog.com)

Hawks JV fumbled away a win in their game with Akins last Wednesday at the Hawks Nest, 28-30.

Canyon Lake started with a fumble on their first drive and continued that trend through the rest of this contest.

The Hawks scored on their second possession as Connor Rose returned to the line-up after missing the past two games. Rose scored from the 8 yard line and finished the game with 72 yards.

This Akins JV team was undefeated coming into this game and escaped by the skin on their teeth when they scored leaving 30 seconds on the fourth quarter clock.

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Birthday Boy, Ethan Slater running for 71 yards in win over Akins  (mjrphotog.com)

Canyon Lake Freshman squad rebounded with win over an undefeated Akins team at the Hawk nest, 22-16.

The CL Freshman started this game on shaky ground by gaining just 6 yards on their first three plays and punting to this unbeaten Akins Eagles.

Akins would march the ball for 15 plays and CL’s defense holding on and taking over on their own 23 yard line.

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Tanner Faris on long jaunt in last week’s Lampasas Game    (picture  mjrphotog.com)

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Don’t Underestimate the Jumping Ability of Perez

Canyon Lake Volleyball started where they left off last year in district play as the Hawks ran their streak to 14 wins in a row after sweeping Boerne, 3-0.

“Ever since last Tuesday night we have been having stellar practices,” Head Coach Kim Paisley stated. “We had a good film session and we were energized all night and did not let up.”

The Hawks took the first two sets with little resistance after, 25-15 and 25-16 victories. Then the 3rd set interjected a bit more drama as the Greyhounds started to find their stride as they rounded the corner on the track.

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Micah St. John enjoying some room to run in win over Badgers            (photo by mjrphotog.com)

Canyon Lake took the Badgers to the cleaners in their Thursday night win, 42-34. As there were many flags flying on this night with both squads totaling 20 penalties which added up to 200 yards.

Lampasas won this penalty battle after finishing with 115 yards of step offs with personal foul infractions out the wazoo.

The Hawks controlled the line of scrimmage which helped with long drives and the special teams were special in this win, stopping a 2 game skid as CL prepares for a 6A team in Austin next Thursday.

“The special teams won this game by giving CL that extra possession,” Head Coach Charlie Drum started. “The offensive line came out and helped control this game and that helped us control the clock and score in the red zone.”

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Anna Bettersworth and the Hawks win over Marion earlier this year.           (picture by Corey Mickey)

La Vernia would win CL’s district as the Bears have now won against all of the teams but Hondo.

In the Canyon Lake game, ‘The Bears’, eked out a win in that first match, 25-22 and then unleashed every Bee from every Hive on the Hawks in the last two sets, 6-25 and 9-25 ending up with all the honey.

In that first match, the Hawks, were ahead through most of the set and enjoyed a 5 point lead at, 14-9. Then the Bears hugged CL for the remainder of the night, not allowing any breathing for the home team.

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