Bracken Christian had a wake up call on Friday night as they could not respond the onslaught
of offense and defensive power from Austin Hill Country losing, 57-8.

“Austin Hill Country knocked us in the mouth early and we never made it up to the plate,” Head Coach Hosea Stredic said. “We weren’t firing off of the ball and we were not blocking and when we did block then our running backs were not getting to the hole.”

“We looked like we were lost,” Coach Stredic said looking for an exit.

The Warriors have scored in every game and it has been 20 games since Bracken has not been in double digit scoring in a game. Back in their loss to Boerne Geneva in 2013 season.

Bracken did not go long in the not scoring phase of this game as the Warriors had some trickery as they had Brady Beene running as if he was going to the sideline then snapped the ball as Beene darted down the sideline not being covered.

Bracken Warrior showing off his Armor

A perfect pass by Lucas McCrum and Bracken was in business on the Knights 14 yard line when Daniel Forgione had his longest run of the game for a touchdown and a quick, 8-0 lead after Carlos Navarro was good with his kick.

That lead lasted 34 seconds as AHC would give the home town fans an idea of how this game would transpire for the remainder of the evening with a run from 20 yards out and a tied ballgame.

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Canyon Lake still had enough energy to kneel after game with Marion

Good news Bad news in game with Marion on Friday night.

Good news? Canyon Lake scored 50 points
Bad news? Canyon Lake lost

Over 100 points scored (105 to be exact) as the Hawks were able to stop the Marion Bulldogs on just two possessions.

“They have a good offensive team and they exposed us,” Head Coach Charley Drum stated. “They took advantage of our young guys and we will have to figure out a way to win this type of games when it counts.”

Coach Drum was talking on how the Hawks seem to lose more close games than they win.

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Braden Hight and Michael Harwell start lifting weights in Lee Stafford

Canyon Lake JV won their 2nd game in a row after a rain delayed affair at the Hawk Nest, winning, 28-8.

The game started slow as both teams could not muster any momentum as the Hawk offense had just 3 offensive plays for 7 yards and a punt.

For Marion Bulldogs, they had first crack with their offense and quickly moved down the field only to stall out at CL’s 5 yard line.

The Marion Quarterback was a master with the hand off as the Hawks defense could not figure who would have the ball.

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Nathan DeLeon is all smiles after finding his afterburners in pursuit of a Cougar

Canyon Lake Freshman moved their record to 3-0 after beating San Antonio Cole, 16-8 on a rainy day at the Hawk Nest.

The game was delayed well over an hour before the teams would enter the field but the good news was the 79 degrees temperature when the kick-off, kicked-off.

CL Hawks would not take long before they would score on their first possession when Chance Martelli recovered a Hawk fumble in the end zone for the score.

Using the word recover is a misnomer as Martelle would just pick the ball off the turf and raise it in the air.

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Senior Outside Hitter Addison Farley getting her point across

Canyon Lake beat #7th Ranked La Grange on the road on Tuesday in 5 sets as the non-district part of the Hawks schedule has been completed.

CL does not have as good of a record as last year at this time of the season, but you certainly can make the case that this Hawk team might be better than last year’s edition.

Canyon Lake now boasts a 20-8 slate and a record that has losses to 5A and 6A schools and one loss to Peaster which came in the Wimberley tournament early in August.

That loss to Peaster was a game that CL lost the services of Addison Farley when she turned her ankle during the warm ups before that game.

Peaster is a 3A school that is presently ranked #1 in that classification and so even the one smaller school that was victorious is ranked in the nose bleed area.

Canyon Lake won the first set by 9 points, 25-16 but La Grange made a statement set immediately when they gave the Hawks one of their most lopsided losses of the year, 25-12.

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Daniel Forgione is looking to pass his Coach (brother) on the all-time rushing list

Bracken Christian Woo Hits Victoria Cobras in , 52-19 win at Warrior Stadium last Friday night to start their season 2-0.

It happened near the end of the game when Sophomore Cristian DeLeon laid a hit on the Cobra kick-off return man right after picking up the ball. A woo hit that excited, new head football coach, Hosea Stredic.

“We finally hit somebody,” and that hit had several people, including Coach Stredic, pumping his fist in the air and exclaiming, Woooo!!!!

“Don’t get me wrong, we teach the kids how to tackle and we have been doing that, but we are tackling without hitting….the team has been swarming to the ball to get a tackle. When you have a hit available then you need to make it a woo hit and then you can hear everyone in the stands say, ‘wooo’.”

It was the Cobra’s that got the first woo when they took their second possession for a score for their first and only lead of the game.

Quarterback Brady Beene was off on his first pass of the game which resulted in an interception, giving the Cobras the ball and eventual score on their next possession.

Beene did not have one of his best games passing as he missed on some wide open receivers but he also responded when needed for this win.

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Defensive End Tyler McCleary making himself known in game with the Tigers

Canyon Lake’s, the Young and the Restless, came alive in the second half beating the Smithville Tigers, 25-14 for their first win of the season.

“This team cannot use the ‘we are young’ any longer and that excuse can’t go on,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “We did not play with any juice starting the game….but we showed it in the second half.”

The Tigers had a total of 12 offensive plays in that second half with a total of 30 yards as the Hawks controlled the ball for 20 of the 24 minutes in the second stanza. To be exact, CL> 19:50 and Smithville > 4:10.

That first half had the Tigers with a 14-7 lead after scoring on a 34 yard pass play with no time left on the clock.

The Tigers made the most of their opportunities in that first part of the game as their passing offense had 180 yards, capped off by a 62 yard catch run to the Hawk’s 1 yard line in scoring the first touchdown in this game.

Smithville had 217 halftime yardage and finished the game with just 30 more yards in that second half.

Defensive Ends, Robert Woods and Tyler McCleary had so many sacks that HEB said they had a job for life in sacking if they wanted that opportunity.

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17 Year Old Tyler Bishop with Anthony Ozuna after 18-0 whitewash over Smithville

CLJV had a birthday bash for Smithville on Thursday night as they methodically took care of the Tigers in their first home game of the season.

Right out of the gate the surprise Birthday was sniffed out as Defensive Back Tyler Bishop decided to jump on a gift from the Smithville Quarterback and took it home for a 40 yard interception return.

The interception was on the third play from scrimmage and the gift was opened and used for becoming the only gifts needing to be opened for the win.

“I knew they would be throwing a pass and I told Caimen (McDonough) to be looking for it,” Clairvoyant Bishop said.

Bishop celebrated his 17th Birthday on this night and what a present in the size of a oblong object being thrown in your direction.

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Cade Dunavant and Cooper Harris are one-two punch in win over Smithville

Canyon Lake Freshman keep on rolling as they cleaned up the Tigers on Thursday night winning, 34-0.

Smithville started the game with 14 running plays and taking the script from the Hawk’s playbook in taking the air from the clock.

The Tigers were finally stopped after reaching the CL 13 yard line and that would be all the offense this team would accumulate.

This drive ended with Smithville garnering 48 yards and the Tigers finished the game with 43 total yards.

“We did not have the our minds right and we were not focused,” QB Cooper Harris stated. “We started to be a real football team after the second half started…..we got a pep talk at halftime and Coach said we needed to get our head out.”

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Junior setter Regan Mickey finished with 29 assists in win over Marion

Canyon Lake ran away with their score over Marion winning, 3-0 in their Tuesday match up with the Bulldogs.

“Coach (Paisley) said that if they scored over 12 points then their would be consequences,” Junior Setter Regan Mickey said.

When asked what those consequences might be, Mickey was succinct, “We knew Coach would have us running.”

So that will explain the three set scores: 25-17, 25-20, and 25-7. Notice that last set score and you will see a group of players taking their coach seriously.

The two outside hitters had good matches finishing the contest with 17 and 13 kills for Addison Farley and Bailey Drum respectively.

There was good play all around in the game from the net to the back row as each player had a say in the final score.

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