Hayley Melone is Digging it, after a 3-0 sweep over Navarro.

Navarro was swept in a key matchup for District 26-4A top tier teams as Canyon Lake won, 25-21, 25-21, 25-14, on Tuesday at the Hawk gym.

The Hawks have an 8 game winning streak now, which will be a new standard for other CL teams to shoot for, but that winning streak might not be done quite yet.

Canyon Lake last loss was at Blanco and since that time, your Hawks have been unbeatable.

“After last season, everyone was gung-ho about making a change,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said intently. “I had never seen a team from off season to game time go to all the multiple camps and just have an attitude about winning.”

CL is only two games away from matching that 2009 team that finished their season with 25 wins.

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Bracken Christian finds themselves, 4-0 after finishing their non-district part of the schedule when they walloped SA The Winston, 49-0.

Christian DeLeon has been one of many surprises for Coach Lloyd Fields this year

It was also a home game which allowed this Warrior team a chance to play in front of a packed homecoming crowd.

“I am pleasantly surprised we are 4-0,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields started. “I was happy the way we played and anytime you shut out a team, then it is a good football game.”

Bracken Christian has had a good defense to start this season and that will be an integral part of being able to complete this season in November.

“They (Winston) were the most physical team we have played this year,” Coach Fields said. “We will need a week off to heal and this open date came at a good time this year.”

Running Back, Noah Boriack was on his game again this night with 213 yards rushing on just 11 carries. Eight of those 11 carries were over 10 yards in length and in one case also levying some pain along the way.

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“Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

If you can learn from your mistakes then Lampasas is in for a heap of trouble next week.

The Hawks had so many self inflicted wounds from this game it is a wonder they were still in the game

Senior Quarterback Skyler Tschoepe has thrown nine completions in a row.

with a chance of winning.

“We made plenty of mistakes,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “From our special teams…punts…fumbles…and we still should of won that game with all those mistakes.”

CL will have to have a quick turn around as days go fast and another game is right around the corner, “You hate losing….but we will take something from this,” Coach Drum said with resolve.

District 14-4A-I will begin in three weeks and learning from these type of outings is paramount in how this season plays out.

“Our greatest mistakes, if we look at them, and digest them, and interact with them, and learn from them….they can be the greatest moments of our lives.”
–Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing

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Canyon Lake Volleyball improved to 22-8 and 2-0 in District 26-4A when they whitewashed Gonzales on Friday night.

Regan Mickey and Addison Farley all smiles after a win in the Tex-Fest Tournament last month in Wimberley

The Hawks are presently on an eight game winning streak with their last loss coming to Blanco three weeks ago.
CL has never reached this milestone in their short history. Being 14 games over .500 is four games better than the team that went 25-15 back during the 2009 season.

Even more significant is the overall record as Volleyball is now the only sport to go over .500 for all games played. After 225 games, the Hawks now have a 113-112 record and exceeds any other CL sport.

All the players got into action in this match as Gonzales is struggling as they have just one victory so far this season. It doesn’t help that this district is loaded with several good teams and an Apache win seems out of the question as they will be trying to regroup as this season matures.

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The Canyon Lake JV squad had their game suspended due to lightning at the start of the fourth quarter

Austin Brennan and Dylan Dittman hoping for a 4 quarter game next week in Lampasas

as this game ended in an incomplete contest, keeping their, 3-0 record unblemished on this rain threatening evening.

CLJV actually had a good case of having the lead when this game ended as Wimberley’s only score was a result of a call from an official on a fourth down that was called roughing the punter.

That penalty resulted in a first down and the Texans eventually scored on that drive after converting another fourth down play. Wimberley did take advantage of that miscue and had an impressive drive for their score.

It was a fake punt that a Wimberley snapper missed to their runner and the ball rolled back to the punter. The Punter then had to chase down the ball to pick it up and try to get a punt off rugby style.

Canyon Lake missed the block but the punter was tackled since he ceased to be a punter and was fair game for a defense to tackle.

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Mountain Valley 7th Grade gathering for their first of many after game talks with a score that far exceeds their competition.

Mountain Valley Middle School 7th Grade started their football career with a kick-off return for a touchdown.

Nelson Madera did the damage with a little help from his friends as he found a seam down the right sideline and ran for pay dirt.

“I just thought, ‘I can’t get tackled’,” Madera said while stiff arming this ReSporter. “It was awesome and we just want to get better and never stop trying.”

A little help from a friend came for Madera’s run, when Ethan Slater had a clearing block, that took out two Texans in pursuit and leaving Madera a clear path to the goal line.

“The Coaches teach us everything and it is those little things that helps us to do a good job,” Slater said with conviction. “They (Coaches) want to make sure all the little details are thought about….it was great being able to complete Madera’s run with a block and getting him out of trouble for the TD.”

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Canyon Lake Freshman Volleyball team won their first District 26-4A game when they came back from a one game deficit to beat the Yoakum Bulldogs, 24-26, 25-

CL Hawk Freshman Volleyball talk with Coach Ridgeway after Yoakum win

21, 25-19.

“I am proud of their fight and the comeback,” Head Freshman Coach Tosha Ridgeway said in response to this win.

The Hawks seemed to have everything under control in that first contest, when Yoakum took the lead on an eight service point rally.

CL responded with a four point run of their own but in the end the Bulldogs snatched that first victory and put the Hawks in a hole.

It was in that second game when CL found themselves down 8-10, and Coach Ridgeway substituted Chloe McCuthen in to serve.

The rest would be history as McCuthen would help rally the Hawks with a four point service and help give enough of an edge to pull out a huge game tying victory.

“I usually come in for the second game,” McCuthen said astutely. “I usually don’t serve that many times in a row either but it felt good to serve consistently.”

McCuthen might be a very focused young lady as she did not realize that after her last serve, Canyon Lake, had taken the lead.

“I thought we were still losing,” Mathematician McCuthen said. “I told myself that I was not going to look at the scoreboard until I lost the score….and I was surprised!”

McCuthen would carry on, with her second game heroics, when the third game was still to close to call. Another ace would increase that score for a 16-11 lead and the Hawks would finish off Yoakum, 25-19 in that thriller match.

From Left to Right: Alysha Perez, Hanna White and Chloe McCuthen.

Alysha Perez seemed to get more energy as the game progressed as her kills seemed to be a lot more lethal as each point was scored.

“I was just trying to help the team out,” Perez said. “I was thinking to have faith in ourselves and just get our passes down so our sets will help us get to the ball….I think if we can keep playing hard and believe in ourselves then we can have a good year.”

That was certainly the case on this night when climbing back from that opening game loss turned out to be a game of beauty.

Another good server was Hanna White as her jump serve was a thing of beauty that seemed to be just skimming the net and putting her opponent on the ropes.

“I started with my jump serve when I turned 12, after I had mastered my other serve,” White said. “This was a good game because we got to pick our heads up and push through that first game.”

This Yoakum team also had some runs and in that second game White knew that Canyon Lake could turn the tide.

“I knew we could get one pass up and then we could stop their run,” White said as her team not only stopped their run but also had a chance to walk these Bulldogs back to their bus with a loss.

A good first district win and now CL can work on getting another win this Friday when they travel to Gonzales.

Go Freshman Hawks!!!

Canyon Lake working on some dance moves in win over Yoakum Bulldogs

CL Hawks win first District 26-4A contest against Yoakum Bulldogs in a much closer than you think 3-0 victory, 27-25, 25-15, 25-22 on Tuesday night.

Canyon Lake stopped their eight game district losing streak in the process and now have evened their all time record at 112 all.

Another rung on CL’s ladder would be a 21-8 overall record and climbing up to 13 games over .500 for this season.

The first game was a see/saw affair as CL enjoyed a 16-11 advantage and then the Bulldogs got a hold of the Hawks like his owner just gave the Bulldog a bone.

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Silver Bracket Champions from left to right. Dana Buhr, Zoe Edwards, Landry Hollums, Kaylie Duke, Samantha York, Kat Weber, Felicity Niestemski, Daniella Bustamante, Faith Hasness, Kaitlyn White, Abby Freund, and Sierra Ramsey

Canyon Lake’s JV Volleyball team came home from Wimberley holding a 1st Place Silver Bracket trophy.

Another Hawk team that is starting to jell as this year’s schedule continues.

The Hawk JV had some new faces starting this year which made this season a little longer to get each player on the same page with their communication.

One game in particular had been on this team’s mind when CLJV was beaten in Lockhart three weeks ago. In that game, the Hawks, had an eight point lead in that third match and a chance for their first win.

That is when all those communication gremlins showed up on the court that night and Lockhart found their groove for a comeback win.

“I think this tournament really helped us to gel as a team,” Head JV Coach Megan Helmey said. “I can see the girls working together and trusting each other more.”

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Bracken passed their mid term test in a game with Austin Hill Country on a wet Friday in Austin, 66-40.

There is still work needed after the grading from Head Coach Lloyd Fields.

“I would give our offense an A and our defense a B, but our kicking game will receive a F after all those kick-offs yards we allowed,” Coach Fields graded. But our four Seniors stepped up and did their job.”

Bracken did receive a good outing with the Senior players.

Zack Fasenmeyer had nine tackles and caused a fumble.

Coy Zunker finished this game with18 tackles almost getting in the nose bleed arena with 20.

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