Robert Woods doing damage in last week’s game with Smithville

Canyon Lake finished off the Marion Bulldogs in wet conditions and lightening delays on Friday night, 38-6.

The game was early in the first quarter when lightning had been sighted and the stands emptied as a delay for an hour ensued on this wet night.

“It was a little depressing when they had to stop the game,” Safety Matt Adams volunteered. “But with Tommy Clark in the locker room, he got us all pumped up and ready to go when we returned to play.”

CL had a 7-0 lead at the delay signal and quickly resumed when they had a lightening strike offensively for another score with 5:16 left on the first quarter clock.

“We had a goal to have a fast start,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “We got three and out on defense and our kickoffs gave us touchbacks.”

That was certainly a part of the game that changed from last week’s start.

“They had this game and played with intensity,” Coach Drum parted.

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Anthony Jones, Sam Spurlock, Kenneth Jowers and Elijah Sheffield

Canyon Lake JV has now won three more games than they accumulated last season and the good news is the ease of how they are dominating their opponents.

Marion Bulldogs was that team on the short end for this night to the tune of, 47-0.

Defense was at full throttle for this game as Kenneth Jowers planted the Bulldog’s QB in their end zone for a two point lead on the safety.

“We were getting pumped up in the bus coming over here,” Jowers said. “We were ready to play because of how we stared last week.”

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Sophomore Regan Mickey is setting the stage for Senior Lillie Sander

Canyon Lake had a big win against La Grange on the road when they scored a sweep, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23.

For some perspective on this game take these facts on La Grange.

The Leps had just won the Consolation Bracket in the just completed Hays Tournament that had 25 teams in competition.

That translates to winning six out of eight contests and before their loss to the Hawks had a 21-7 record.

“This was a good preparation game for district,” Head Coach Kim Paisley stated. “They will remind you a lot of Wimberley with their tradition.”

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Hawks ready themselves for another ‘Point Hawks’, in Win over Sinton

CL Hawks make the Sinton Pirates walk the plank in last Friday night’s game, 25-19, 25-16, 25-19.

The Hawks looked in control on this night as they met a team that was playing students that were younger than they were.

Sinton had several freshman and sophomores on the court which might sound a lot like last year’s Hawk team.

The good news is that CL did not show any mercy as they disposed of this Pirate team before they had a chance to get a patch put over their eye.

Each game had Canyon Lake taking a lead and maintaining the pressure and not letting Sinton to get back into position to stage a knock out punch.

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Class was called in for a pop quiz that would be on the docket, as BCS Warriors passed their test in their CASA, 51-6.

Sophomore Brady Beane takes control against CASA

“If football was an academic course then last week we had a chapter test and this week was a ‘Pop Quiz’,” Head Professor Lloyd Fields taught. “This next week will be our most important class when we take a 6-Week Test.”

Bracken has 45ed the Rams every year in this seven year series and this would be no different after a Noah Boriack 38 yard run with 5:20 left in the third quarter closed out the game.

BCS needed this to be a ‘Mercy’ game based on being short in numbers this season and going home early was a welcome relief for a team that played over 100 plays last week in Temple.

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Senior Running Back scoring on his record breaking day

Canyon Lake woke up from their slumber this season and were able to have more ease in a win over Smithville Tigers, 43-14 at the Lake.

The Hawks had some performances in this game that stood out and made some players look super.

Running Back Josh DeVries had the longest run from scrimmage passing Eduardo Covarrubias 75 yard run against Bandera in 2010. Along with that record, DeVries also had the highest average with a lofty 17.5 yards per carry.

In that same vein, century running tandems in CL’s history, was also topped by 22 yards.

Game Players/Yards Total
2014 Smithville DeVries 175, Woods 123 298
2013 Boerne Johnson 162, Dubois 114 276
2010 Bandera Henshaw 135, Covarrubias 103 238
2013 Pleasanton Dubois 118, DeVries 110 228
2012 Boerne Dubois 119, Covarrubias 100 219

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Canyon Lake’s JV team has now won two more games than last year as the Hawks awakened in the second half and inflicting damage on Smithville, without using their offense.

The game was still much in doubt at halftime as both teams struggled to get enough positive plays to counteract some missed snaps and penalties.

“We made too many mistakes and we have some things to work hard on in practice,” Head JV Coach Jon Barthels assessed. “I’m happy with this game, the way we finished in the second half, it sometimes just takes a while to get going.”

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Hawk Freshman listening for where their next Gold Rush will take place.

The Canyon Lake Freshman (2-0) team continues to impress as they started a ‘gold’ rush with their win over the Tigers in Smithville Thursday night, 49ers-22.

Luke Justis started the game off with a 43 yard run and the Hawks would not trail in the game as an incentive had been placed in front of this Freshman team.

“We (the team) saw some gold pants in the dressing room and we liked them and asked the coaches if we could wear them,” Justis said. “The coaches said if we scored 50 points then we could wear them.”

By ground or by air, Justis proved he was running for gold as he finished the first half by jumping to snag a pass from Ben Fulton with no time left on the clock.

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Bracken Christian started another year in familiar territory, a win, as the Warriors took care of

Senior Running Back Noah Boriack had a busy night in Temple

business in beating the Temple Holy Trinity Celtics in Temple last Friday night, 45-18.

“Emotionally we played well but we still had too many mistakes,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields fielded. “I had to keep reminding myself that we were playing three freshman on offense, but we will improve the most this week between our first and second games.

Thomas Johnson, one of those freshman, started at center and contributed with two catches for 29 yards.

“I started pulling the ball down for my runs and start taking off,” Senior Noah Boriack said. “But they (Celtics) would leave him wide open and he just did his job.”

Boriack was also responsible for the first six tackles on defense and then decided to play some offense just to get a good work out.

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CL Hawks ready themselves against Blanco

Canyon Lake had a rough time in Blanco Friday night as the Panthers spanked the Hawks into submission by controlling every facet of the game in a resounding 35-7 win.

“They beat us physically,” Head Coach Charles Drum said. “We had played two spread teams in our scrimmages and we met a team that was just more physical than us.”

The Hawks went to Blanco to eat steak but only brought their butter knife, as this game showed that they will need to sharpen their weapons.

“I’m disappointed,” Coach Drum finished. “But this is a long season and we proved last year that we can come back.”

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