Canyon Lake continued their streak to four wins at the Navarro tournament on Friday as the Hawks beat Amarillo High and John Paul II.

Kelsey Ahrens continues to shine with several other Hawk players in Navarro

“We are playing together a lot more and our chemistry is very good,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “Amarillo had good pitching and we got our runs early and just moved people with our hits and bunts.”

The Hawks are hitting .370 as a team as this season is beginning much like last year’s club did with hits and finding ways to win those tight games.

Canyon Lake also had a first when Alexis Robinson relieved Freshman pitcher Lauren Mentzer for two innings for the win and first save by a pitcher for CL since Softball started in 2008 season.

“That is always good to get a first,” Coach Gallagher chimed. “Mentzer looked good and sharp and we hope to get her some more work.”

Robinson not only pitched well but her bat came alive as she finished with a double and home run in her two games.

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Canyon Lake started their season with two wins as Harper and St. Anthony were victims at the Navarro Tournament.

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Kelsey Ahrens got the year going strong with 3 rbi’s in her game with Harper, while Kirsten Jones and Kat Weber each had two hits.

The Hawks held on in this timed game as Harper struck for two runs to close the gap but it was still not enough as Canyon Lake held on for their first win.

Robinson pitched 8 strike outs allowing just two hits in the win.

In the Hawks second game, the power game was evident as Canyon Lake scored 7 runs in the top of the fourth inning to wrestle the lead and coast to their win over St. Anthony.

Kelsey Ahrens had a double while Robinson and Dubois both reached base with triples.

The Hawks totaled 11 hits and finished the day with those two wins.
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Canyon Lake’s Freshman squad started a sweep on Tuesday night as they ran away from Yoakum in grand fashion, 55-13.

Michael Harwell, Matthewl Coyne, and Chris Cole pose after a blowout win beating Yoakum, 55-13

In fact, the Hawk’s 14 points in the first quarter would have won this game as Yoakum did not have an answer to every Hawk but two scoring in this game.

“The last couple of weeks we have been working on our mental toughness in practice,” Head Freshman Coach Javier Almanza started. “This group has tons of potential and they bust their butts in games and practices….we are night and day better than where we were when we started.”

Joseph and McDonough led the scoring with 12 and 10 points respectfully as Joseph also chipped in with 10 rebounds for a double-double.

Canyon Lake also stole the show with 23 thefts as Yoakum found it tough to advance the ball to get a shot off.

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Canyon Lake’s JV team finished their District 26-4A season with a 9-3 record after taking care of Yoakum Bulldogs, 37-28.

Gerrit Wilkins was key in win over Navarro JV

“This game wasn’t pretty,” Head JV Coach Brian Hooper stated. “This team has gotten better as this season has progressed and as the competition started getting tougher this team has been getting after it.”

The Hawk’s largest lead was 10 points with less than 3 minutes in the game as their persistence was consistent as their defense kept Yoakum with just 28 points.

Heath McDonough finished this game with a double-double scoring 14 points with 12 rebounds.

Canyon Lake had a suffocating defense which allowed just enough time for working the offense in getting points and this win.

With just enough from the rest of the team allowed Canyon Lake to increase their lead in the second half and their eventual win.

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The Hawks started their last game of this season with an all out senior line up and then an all out sophomore, Rory Preiss blitz in their win over Yoakum, 70-52.

Seniors Sean Nolan, Skyler Tschoepe, and Garrett Winters

With three minutes gone in the first quarter, CL was down 7 points with a very sloppy start as a Yoakum press was doing enough damage that Preiss finally jumped started the Hawks with a 9 point run within a one minute span.

Preiss scored 6 points in that minute and had an assist to Brandon Ward from beyond the arc to help bring the game back from what could have been the abyss.

That energy coming from Preiss also helped in reaching a double-double in the first half of play as Preiss ended with 15 points and 10 rebounds before the end of that second quarter.

“We started off too loose and sloppy,” Head Coach Luke Chapman said. “We had great energy from Rory, right when we needed it.”

Offensive rebounds galore helped CL with one of their best shooting games this season at 48% with a team best 29 field goals.

“Once we got into the offensive side of the court, Yoakum did not have a defensive answer,” Coach Chapman shot. “After getting better at breaking their press we had an opportunity with our transition game especially in that second half.”

The Hawks also finished with three turnovers in the second half compared to a press related 14 in the first half.

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Canyon Lake’s Softball team played their last scrimmage game last night in a win over Fredericksburg, 3-2.

Kelsey Ahrens is ready for season to start after last scrimmage with Fredericksburg

“We’re progressing,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “I saw a lot of good things tonight.”

Short and to the point as this team still has some confidence issues in the field and plate but the trek to having a more competitive team is much shorter than in year’s past.

The Hawks had just two Seniors on last year’s team and again this time around there will be just two Seniors to contribute on another young CL team sport.

“I am hoping for a successful season,” Senior Kelsey Ahrens led off. “A good year for us would be consistency and going forward and not taking a step back.”

On how just two seniors can motivate a team that is made up many more younger players? “We just have to keep talking to our teammates and know there will be times we will need to be mentally tough and need to step it up.”

Canyon Lake started last season with a strong pre-district record but when district play begin the Hawks just could not get a complete game.

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Canyon Lake Lady Hawks made their game very interesting as they closed a 13 point La Vernia lead and tied it up with just one minute left in the game.

Senior Kyndall Drum finishes her last game with 21 points as the Hawks just missed a chance for a win.

Senior Kyndall Drum was the main instrumental piece that forged the comeback.

“I was angry,” Drum beat. “I did not want to end the season the way the game was going and so I just wanted to help as much as I could.”

Help she did as Drum was the tallest person on the floor for most of this game and La Vernia did not have an answer for her inside play as the Hawks finally started feeding Drum the ball and a comeback was started.

The Hawks started their play inside while La Vernia’s three point shooting accuracy fell in that second half.

Drum finished the year with another double-double as she also snatched 10 rebounds to finish her career as a Hawk.

A few mistakes in that final minute of play sealed Canyon Lake’s loss, but this young team did make a good run for that final playoff spot.

Freshman and Sophomores have played an important roll for this year’s edition and with another year of maturity, this team can certainly become a force in the seasons to come.

Improvements with handling the ball as well as passing will certainly lower the turnover problem that plagued this team.

Two years ago, Kyndall Drum had a horrid free throw percentage and she worked on that part of her game and shot over 50% for her senior year.

Little things can become bigger for this team as a bigger finish next year will hopefully result in playoffs for Canyon Lake.

Thanks for your year and The ReSporter can hardly wait for next year’s edition.

              1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia   10  18   6   8   42
 CL Hawks     5  12   5  16   38

                           3pt           tot  rebounds
 name            fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts  or-dr tot  a  s  b  to
 Mia Riali         0-1     0-1     0-1    0    1-1   2   0  0  0  1
 Gabby Sanchez     1-2     0-0     0-0    2    0-2   2   1  1  0  2
 Alexis Fullen     0-0     0-0     0-0    0    0-1   1   0  0  0  1
 Kyndall Drum     10-18    0-0     1-4   21    6-4  10   0  2  0  2
 Lexy Jackson      1-1     0-0     1-2    3    0-1   1   0  1  0  1
 Kirsten Jones     0-1     0-0     0-0    0    0-1   1   0  0  0  2
 Alexa Ramos       1-5     0-0     1-5    3    1-0   1   1  1  0  0
 Sarah Schneider   1-6     0-0     2-4    4    5-4   9   1  0  0  2
 Kelsey Ahrens     2-5     0-0     0-0    4    1-3   4   0  1  0  2
 Reagan Heun       0-4     0-0     1-2    1    1-2   3   2  1  0  7
 team totals      16-43    0-1     6-18  38   15-19 34   5  7  0 20

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Canyon Lake played their game with La Vernia much better than their last game, but the end result still was a loss to this very tall Bear’s team.

Junior Brandon Ward gets hot scoring 18 points in game with La Vernia

The Hawks had a better percentage of shooting from beyond the arc which helped CL in keeping this game closer than expected.

Junior Brandon Ward was on fire for this game as he finished with 18 points as his shots came from outside, while driving to the basket, and free throw line.

“I knew I was going to have my shot in warming up,” Ward said. “When I made my first three pointer then that just helped my confidence and allowed me to play at a higher level.”

Senior Garrett Winters was the other Hawk to finish in double figures scoring 10 point in the loss where Winters (70) also climbed up the 3 point shooting ladder by only trailing Andrew Riali (122) and Cole Green (77).

Canyon Lake did get into foul trouble as Ward and Skyler Tschoepe both sat on the pine as La Vernia went on a 13 point run starting in the first quarter and well into the second.

That cold spell helped La Vernia’s lead to grow into a game that would become a catch up affair for the rest of this game to the much taller Bear.

Canyon Lake will now have one more game this season with Yoakum next Tuesday at the Hawk Nest as this year’s edition will bow out with a chance to get three wins in district play.

             1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia  13   9  17  22   61
 CL Hawks   10   4  13  17   44

                           3pt           tot  rebounds
 name            fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts  or-dr tot  a  s  b  to
 Garrett Winters   3-7     3-7     1-2   10    0-1   1   4  0  0  1
 Brandon Ward      5-11    3-7     5-6   18    0-2   2   1  0  0  2
 Justin Ferris     1-2     0-0     0-0    2    0-0   0   0  0  0  0
 Rory Preiss       0-3     0-1     0-0    0    0-1   1   2  0  0  0
 Skyler Tschoepe   3-4     2-3     0-0    8    0-2   2   1  0  0  2
 Nic Adams         0-1     0-1     0-0    0    0-0   0   1  0  0  0
 Branton Kindla    0-0     0-0     0-0    0    0-0   0   0  0  0  1
 Will Gray         0-4     0-2     0-0    0    0-2   2   1  1  0  5
 Tyler Williams    2-4     0-0     0-0    4    2-1   3   0  0  0  0
 Sean Nolan        0-1     0-0     2-2    2    1-5   6   1  1  0  3
 totals           14-37    8-21    8-10  44    3-14 17  11  2  0 14 
 percentages       38%     38%     80%

Canyon Lake’s Boys Soccer team tied up Bandera as they rebounded from a tough loss to Boerne and went on the road for this hard fought game.

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Senior Goalie Buddy Glass made 6 saves while Junior Mike Thorpe scored the Hawks goal with Grayson Rohrbacher getting that assist.

Canyon Lake has started district play with a 0-1-1 first week as this was also the Hawks first tie for the season.

The Hawks will be at home this Tuesday when they welcome Fredericksburg to the Hawk Nest.

The Billies come into this game tied with Boerne as both of those teams have yet to lose.

This game will be another good game and with a Hawk win, CL would stake a hold on one of those coveted playoff spots.

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Lady Hawks will go to last game of season with one more shot in making the Playoffs

Canyon Lake played a Texan team that has been on a roll these past few weeks as Wimberley upped their winning streak to 8 games after taking care of the Hawks, 61-40 in Friday action.

The Hawks still have a chance to control their own destiny with a victory this coming Tuesday when CL takes on La Vernia and with a win can forge a tie with that same Bear team.

If a win is accomplished then those same to schools will play again for that fourth and final playoff spot.

In this game, Senior Kyndall Drum reached the double-double plateau as she scored 12 points while finishing with 13 rebounds.

Foul trouble was one of the contributing factors for CL as three players were disqualified from action after reaching their fifth foul.

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Hawks in a battle for rebounds in earlier game against Cuero

Canyon Lake’s Boys team needed to sweep their last four games to remain with a chance of continuing their season but with some key injuries and a depleted bench, the Hawks were left with an empty bag in their loss to Wimberley on the road Friday night, 72-37.

Canyon Lake has now been officially eliminated from the district play-off race.

The Hawks finished this game playing with four players against five and that usually says all you need to know on how this game transpired.

Brandon Ward was the only Hawk to finish with double digit scoring finishing with 10 points.

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