Senior Matt Adams is all smiles after comeback win over SM Academy

Canyon Lake’s Soccer program has now stepped out into an area never before seen in any past season, SIX WINS!!

The Hawks traveled to San Marcos Academy and beat a 10-3 team with a goal by Mike Thorpe in the second half.

San Marcos took the early lead but Canyon Lake fought back and never allowed another goal for the win.

CL is presently on a 4 game winning streak which is more games than the team won in 3 of their season and has tied two years of playing soccer.

“This was a really good win against a real good team,” Head Coach Warren Graham admonished. “I was a little nervous before the game and I am proud of our effort especially when we went down, 1-0 and then seeing the team locking it on defense.”

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Freshman Michael Carpenter shows off defensive skills in Hawk Win over Badgers

Canyon Lake Boy’s Soccer won their third game in a row when they outscored Lampasas, 2-1 on the road.

This 3 game streak has all been road games as that song will continue when the Hawks will match up with San Marcos Academy this coming Tuesday.

All three games have been close as CL has given up just 2 goals in those games.

“Brayden Damico keeps getting better with every game we play,” Head Coach Warren Graham stated. “He’s been working hard after practice to develop as a keeper and it’s paying off on the field.”

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Sarah Russell scores 17 points as Canyon Lake looks for that elusive win

Canyon Lake continues to knock on the door but just could not break it down in another close loss to Navarro, 49-40.

“We just were not in sync tonight,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “We played hard, but our defense was not clicking and we struggled to get into rhythm.”

The Hawks continue to improve as Senior Emma Gray rehabs for another shot of playing in the final contests as CL looks to find an open door.

On this night Sarah Russell was on with 5 shots from beyond the arc and 17 points as Sophomore energizer Alexa Ramos found her teammate open on her drives to the basket.

In fact, Ramos was perfect from the floor finishing with 9 points but foul trouble would spell her’s and Canyon Lake’s doom on this night.

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Canyon Lake’s Freshman and Junior Varsity continue reaching for the upper echelon in District 26-4A Basketball with some dominant contests.

On Friday the Freshman won over Navarro by 16 points as the Hosts decided to call off the dogs as they enjoyed a 20 point lead going into the 4th quarter.

The Freshman Hawks were led with 3 players scoring in double digits.

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Senior Sam Langford and other Hawks will need to dig deep as Season comes to a climax

Canyon Lake fell behind by 9 points in the first quarter and could not recover in their loss to first place Navarro, 59-56 in Friday’s night game at the Hawk Nest.

“We did some good stuff and this is a team that thrives in that 4th quarter,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman opened. “We beat them in the 4th but we need to play the whole game.”

Navarro had won their last game against the Hawks by blitzing CL turning a 1 point game to a 10 point win. In two other wins this season the Panthers had that same formula in wins over Wimberley and La Vernia.

The Hawks have a way of letting one quarter getting away and not playing at an energy level needed for completing contests.

Navarro came out of the chute with a 3pointer and CL was playing from behind for the remainder of this game.

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Rory Preiss is high point scoring 16 points in Hawk’s win over Gonzales

Canyon Lake, with last night’s win over Gonzales, accomplished something never seen on the hard wood with their 4th district win in a season.

The Hawks took care of business beating the Apaches, 59-47 and now sport a 4-3 District 26-4A record going into their game with Navarro this Friday at the Hawk Nest.

Rory Preiss led CL with 16 points while Brandon Ward showed the rest of the Hawks how to score from the charity stripe in scoring 12 points.

Canyon Lake had 51 chances of scoring points from the free throw line and cashed in just 23 times with Ward sinking 10 of those tries.

Another good game on the boards with 47 and 17 of those rebounds came on the offensive side.

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             GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake had a big win on Tuesday as they avenged an earlier loss to Gonzales with a win, 38-30.

This victory evened their district record at 4-4 and 2-0 for the second round of play.

“This is a good win for us since we lost to them (Gonzales) last time,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher surmised. “We hit better from the free throw line and those were our only points in the fourth.”

Sarah Russell and Alexa Ramos finished in double figures with 15 and 12 points respectfully.

As the all important free throw played a huge roll, as the Hawks scored 15 points from the line and 9 of those shots in that fourth quarter in helping to secure this win.

CL Hawks and Gonzales played a tough and close game throughout the contest.

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Junior Heath McDonough helped with a jump start in win over Yoakum

Canyon Lake won their 10th game of the season scoring a 9 point win to end their first round of District 26-4A games, 50-41.

CL needed this win as they are now holding down a spot for a playoff berth if they just repeat what was done in the first round of games.

This win tied for the second most victories in a season at 10 when the ’12-’13 Hawk team finished that year.

Another district conquest and this Hawk team will accomplish their most wins in district play since they started playing varsity in ’08-’09 year.

Will Gray led the Hawks scoring 12 points and tied Brandon Ward with 3 assists.

With 17 turnovers, Canyon Lake was able to be in a sustainable area that allows the Hawks for a good outcome.

It was a book-end game as Canyon Lake outscored Yoakum, 31-17 in the 1st and 4th quarters. But were outscored 19-24 during the middle part of this contest.

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Canyon Lake’s JV got back on track with win over Yoakum, 53-24.

Sophomore Jarred Rollins contributes in win from the outside and Inside

The Hawks have had a two game slow down and this win over the Bulldogs could help in getting this team back on track as the second round of district games start to commence next week.

Bennie Brownlee was the top dog in this contest as he hit nothing but the bottom of the net in scoring 20 points.

Canyon Lake got a great contribution from the rest of the squad as each player had a say in how to train this dog.

Good defense came in the form of allowing just one point in the first quarter which helped in having a halftime lead, 29-13.

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Sarah Russell scores career high 23 points in win over Yoakum

Don’t get into a free throw shooting contest with Sarah Russell or you will lose, much like Yoakum did on Friday night, as the Lady Hawks took care of business in their, 71-34 victory.

Scoring 71 points was the most scored since a, 76-25 win over Johnson City when the Hawks started their 2013-14 season with a bang, 80 games ago.

Canyon Lake finished the first half with an 18 point lead but were quick to add to that advantage by outscoring the Bulldogs 19 points in those last two quarters.

CL got a lot of help up and down their bench having 4 girls scoring in double figures. Alexa Ramos (10), Sarah Schneider (12), Caitlin Mabry (14), and Sarah Russell (23), as all were instrumental in this out of control avalanche for a victory.

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