Go Hawks!!

It was a good day for Canyon Lake’s Baseball team as they finally broke the dam for a win over San Antonio Burbank behind some strong pitching and 2-1 win.

Colton McDonald was the starter and he went 5 innings in giving up just 2 hits and keeping the visitors without a way to deposit in their ‘Bur’ Bank.

The Hawks scratched across two runs in the 3rd inning as Gavin Dietrich knocked a run in with a triple and scored the next run off the bat of Austin Brooks.

Those two runs would hold for this game as Brooks and Avery Montgomery each pitched an inning to shut down Burbank.

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Maggie Banks is making her presence known in the circle and 3rd base.

Canyon Lake had a banner day in their Blanco Tourney as the Hawks scored 39 runs in their run-a-way games to start with 3 wins.

The Hawks pounded the ‘soft’Ball again on Thursday in Johnson City and now officials will have to dispose of those balls since those Softballs were actually ‘Soft’ after the Hawks pounded them.

Put in perspective, CL only had one inning in those 3 contests where there was a 0 used after their 3 outs.

Having 40 hits in those three games will give you an idea of how on fire these Hawks were on this break out day.

Lead off batter, Carly Dubois, was 11 for 11 for the day. Take a look at this line score for this hitter. If you go back to her Fredericksburg game then you have a batter that has 14 hits in her last 15 at bats.

                                          ab   r   h   bi    ave.
Carly Dubois Day at the 'soft'Ballpark    11   9  11   4   1.000

Dubois also used one of her hits for an inside the park home-run to go along with her 6 stolen bases for the day.

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Gavin Dietrich pitches strong game against Johnson City giving up just 1 earned run

If Canyon Lake could have ‘do-overs’ then redoing that 2nd Inning would be where the Hawks would have another chance of playing that inning after a hard fought loss to Johnson City, 7-4.

It has been mentioned before as this year’s Hawk team has just one Senior and has the look of how Canyon Lake started when the school was just starting.

So, this is not the first time for Head Coach Trent Dunavant to be in these situations, “I am finding myself saying things to this team that I said back when we first started.”

“This was a tough game but our effort was good and we knew this year would be a struggle,” Coach Dunavant said. “This team likes to come to the park and they are getting things done and they want to learn and teaching these guys is many times, more than just baseball.”

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Hawks Grab 2nd Win over Fredericksburg the last two years

Canyon Lake has a 2 game winning streak over Fredericksburg as Alexis Robinson threw a shutout over the Billies to improve their record to, 9-3-1 as the Hawks prepare for the Blanco tournament this Thursday.

“This game was something that we needed,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “This is the type of game we will see when we start district.”

Canyon Lake’s schedule is crafted, by helping the team to improve as district starts which is always that end goal in getting players ready for a larger pie.

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          Go Hawks!!

Canyon Lake went to Dripping Springs this past Saturday and once again showed promise as this group of athletes raised the bar with their competition.

Last week, the Hawks were matched with Dripping Springs, Hays, and San Marcos schools.

This week the field was larger and when that happens it becomes harder to get in position for scoring points.

What Coaches are looking for when in these situations is how well is that athlete doing in topping their personal bests and that was a win for the Hawks.

High Point for CL’s Girls Varsity was Bailey Drum for the second week in a row with 18.5 points while Emma Gray also reached double digits with 11 points.

Madison Blackburn and Adia Garcia both had 4 points for the Girls Junior Varsity team.

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Senior 2nd Baseman Kirsten Jones

Cows were seen running for the hills after Canyon Lake’s softball game with Seminole ended on a run rule, 12-0 as the Hawks finished the tournament undefeated and one tie.

Canyon Lake hit the cover off the ball with 13 hits as all but one Hawk batter made it to base safely.

With just one game of stats not complete the Hawks can go 8 batters with a .300 batting average or higher.

Carly Dubois who carries a .398 lifetime batting average looks anemic with a .351 so far this season.

The Hawks have found their bat and the result is Cows heading for the hills to protect their hide as CL was busy trying to find some leather to rewrap the balls hit throughout this 3 day tournament.

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Junior Carly Dubois is the spark-plug for CL’s offense

Canyon Lake wakes up in time to get a two game winning streak after the second day of games as the Hawks win last games against Harper and Flatonia.

In that first game, the Hawks, had to rally for a tie as a 5-0 lead was reduced to a 2 run deficit as the game’s time limit was starting to close out the affair.

Alexis Robinson started the 5th inning with a double and then Kat Weber would single Robinson home as CL still needed at least one more score to tie this game.

That hit came from the bat of Bailey Bryan and she was left stranded on third base as Canyon Lake just could not close the game out.

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Canyon Lake persevered in their first tournament game played on Thursday against Johnson City, 4-3.

“We did not give up and persevered,” Head Softball Coach John Gallagher stated. “We started slow but our pitching was very good and we got it done in the last inning.”

Drama was part of the action as both teams scored in their final at bat as the Hawks pushed across the winning run with 2 outs after a Alexis Robinson walk.

That base on balls had Robinson scooting to second base with a steal and then an error on a throw to second allowed Kirsten Jones to score that winning run.

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Jacob Ramirez is looking forward to next year’s Season

The Basketball Season for Canyon Lake turned over their previous years by making the playoffs for the first time in their history, but it was those turnovers of a different nature that caused the downfall as the Hawks lost their battle with the Ducks, 73-43, on Tuesday night in Cedar Creek.

CL had been averaging just 16 turnovers per game these past few weeks but the butterflies won on this night as the Hawks finished with 23 against a team that was very athletic.

Those passes against Yoakum became a hazard in playing Taylor as these players had the quickness and the ability to close those passing lanes and turn that Hawk pass into an overage of points in this win.

Canyon Lake had those turnovers lead to 26 points and what turned out to be a 30 point loss.

The good news? Canyon Lake started 3 Juniors while the Ducks had 4 Seniors start this contest.

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           GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake Girls had a good first Track & Field Meet as they battled with a crowded field with many large schools.

The Varsity finished in 4th place with 64 points while the Junior Varsity finished 6th overall while scoring 45 points in the 17 event Hawk Relays.

    Varsity                                Junior Varsity
  1. Dripping Springs       163.5        1. Dripping Springs        161
  2. Hays                   152.5        2. Hays                    108
  3. Wimberley               86          3. Wimberley               107.5
  4. CL Hawks                64          4. San Marcos               73.5
  5. Bandera                 52          5. Lockhart                 54.5
  6. San Marcos              38          6. CL Hawks                 45
  7. Austin Akins            19          7. Austin Akins             28
  8. Comfort                 17          8. Luling                   24
  9. SMACC                   14          9. Bandera                   3
 10. Luling                   6         10. Comfort                   2
 11. Lockhart                 5         11. SMACC                     0.5
 12. Austin Eastside          0         12. Austin Eastside           0
 12. Austin Royals            0         12. Austin Royals             0
 12. CL Hawks Green           0         12. CL Hawks Green            0
 12. Cen Tx Christian School  0         12. Cen Tx Christian School   0
 12. Lockhart B               0         12. Lockhart B                0

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