The Canyon Lake Lady Hoopsters won two games on Saturday in the Canyon Lake Classic to finish in 3rd Place.

Freshman Sarah Russell responds with solid game as she prepares for district play

Both games were slow starters in the first quarter, as the Hawks could only muster 5 points in each affair and in both instances were having to play catch up to finish on top.

These two games were must wins over schools that are smaller classifications and in the case of Lago Vista a team that had been on the losing side of that ledger earlier this season to the Hawks.

The Vikings jumped out to a double digit lead with 9 and 10 point runs that ended when CL had their two baskets in a row with 7 minutes left in the second quarter.

Canyon Lake finished that second quarter outscoring Lago Vista 18-7 as both teams retreated to their dressing rooms for halftime.

The Hawks continued their pace in the second half taking a lead on a bucket from Amber Ramsey with 6 minutes left in the quarter and what would be Lago Vista’s last lead in this contest.

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– Hawk Time Trial:
This went more smoothly than I thought and we did very well. We started the season in a

A Hawk Swimmer at Practice

much better position than last year and It really kicked the year off right. Although we did not keep score at this meet, it was clear that our Hawk swimmers dominated both San Marcos and Hays.

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Canyon Lake finally broke into the win column in their win over San Antonio Stacey, 67-64 in the Marion Tournament on Friday.

The Hawks were clicking by pouring in 49 points in the first half and leading by 24 points, 49-25.

In the second half, Stacey had their way winning that part of the game, 39-18.

The hot and cold Hawks continue to work on that formula that will be able to garner more wins and of course points in the process.

In the recent past, CL has had a hard time scoring points and getting into the 60 or more points arena will help in getting more chances for pulling out wins.

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The Lady Hawks could not overcome their six point deficit in the first quarter and were beaten in their first game of this year at the hands of John Paul II, 35-32.

Canyon Lake did close the gap to three points going into the fourth quarter but could not reach the top of the canyon losing by that same margin.

“We played out of sync,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher started. “John Paul was aggressive and we did not come with our A game and so they capitalized on that.”

The Hawks continue to give too many points away with turnovers and missed free throws as the offense gave the ball back to John Paul 24 times while missing 10 shots from the charity stripe.

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Hawk Freshman Take it on the Chin in loss to Lockhart, 63-30

Canyon Lake could not find the bottom of the rim in their loss to Lockhart last Tuesday night at the Mountain Valley Middle School.

“What a difference this game was after we scored 66 points in our game with Llano,” Head Freshman Coach John Bartthels said. “Turnovers played a major role in our loss, we had a spark in the fourth quarter but we started to late in playing like a team.”

The Hawks were led in scoring by Wilkins as he scored 10 points in the loss.

Canyon Lake was put on life support until the fourth quarter when the EMS finally found a pulse as the Hawks scored 13 points to help get to 30 for the final score.

Come support the Freshman in their next contest as they plan on rebounding on the hardwood.

                   1   2   3   4   Final
 Lockhart Fresh   14  15  22  12   63
 CL Hawks Fresh    5   9   3  13   30
 Scoring:
 G. Wilkins 10, R. Priess 7, H. McDonough 5,
 D.J. Dorroh 2, J. Naranjo 2, J. Balmos 2, C. McIntosh 2.

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Canyon Lake Varsity scratched and clawed their way back to a one point deficit going into the 4th quarter and then the trap door was sprung and Lockhart unleashed a 27 point barrage and buried the Hawks 62-45 last Tuesday night at Mountain Valley Middle School.

The Hawks were ahead 5-3 with 4:00 minutes left the the first quarter and that would be their last lead in this affair.

The Lockhart Lions led for the remainder of this game but did have a scare when CL closed to within one point when Garrett Winters drained a 3-pointer with two seconds left in the 3rd.

During the fourth quarter, the Lions started the stanza with a 17-1 spurt that took less than four minutes to attain.

Now Canyon Lake will need to learn how to play four quarters.

“We are still trying to figure stuff out,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “We did play better this week and we have 13 players that can play and contribute.”

As Coach Chapman continues to try different potions for his pre District experiment in making this Hawk team into a competitive unit entering district play in a month.

“Our ultimate goal is to get better,” Coach Chapman said. “We are getting better and we need to get things together especially defensively.”

There was some bright spots for the team as several players have only been to four practices after competing in the football arena recently.

Guard Garrett Winters did shine as he handled and shot the ball with a lot of confidence since playing on JV last year.

“I feel like I have grown up a lot,” Winters said. I feel like I’m rebounding and taking care of the ball and this still just our second game, but I feel we will get better and better.”

Canyon Lake will continue to get some unity with the team as they play in the Marion Tournament this weekend.

                1   2   3   4   Final
 Lockhart      15  11   9  27   62
 Canyon Lake    9  13  12  11   45

                             3pt           tot  rebounds
                   fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts  or-dr tot  a  s  b to
 Andrew Riali        1-9     1-8     3-4    6    3-3   6   0  0  0  4
 Trendon Martinez    0-2     0-0     0-0    0    1-3   4   0  1  0  2
 Garrett Winters     3-5     3-3     1-2   10    0-0   0   2  1  0  4
 Tyler Clark         0-2     0-0     2-4    2    3-0   3   2  3  0  4
 Austin Acosta       0-1     0-0     0-0    0    0-1   1   1  2  0  4
 Isaac Mendez        1-2     0-1     0-0    2    1-1   2   2  0  0  4
 Skyler Tschoepe     1-3     0-1     2-5    4    1-3   4   1  0  1  5
 Nic Adams           2-6     1-4     0-0    5    1-0   1   0  0  0  1
 Hayden Lee          1-5     0-0     0-0    2    2-3   5   0  1  0  0
 Luke Curry          1-8     0-1     0-2    2    0-1   1   1  1  1  2
 Robert Woods        2-3     0-0     0-2    4    1-2   3   0  0  0  0
 Javier Mendez       2-2     0-0     0-0    4    3-4   7   0  1  0  1
 Sean Nolan          2-3     0-0     0-2    4    0-3   3   0  1  2  0
 Totals             16-51    5-18    8-21  45   16-24 40   9 11  4 31

Canyon Lake scored 15 points in their first quarter with only needing one more point to

Head Girl’s Basketball Coach MaryBeth Gallagher

score more than Luling would have in their whole game.

In fact, the Lady Hawks did score more than Luling in each quarter after that first stanza and coasted to a 53 point win.

“We were able to work on a lot,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “Everyone got good playing time.”

Luling was the type of opponent you can judge how the team has progressed, but it does allow the coaches another game of assessing how much improvement has transpired.

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              1   2   3   4   Final
 Llano       25  20  20  16   81
 CL Hawks     6  10   6  16   38
 Scorers: Tyler Clark 9, Hayden Lee 6, Trendon Martinez 5,
 Garrett Winters 3, Isaac Mendez 3, Nic Adams 3, Sean Nolan 3,
 Austin Acosta 2, Andrew Riali 2, Javier Mendez 2.

Hawks met a YellowJacket that could turn different colors as Canyon Lake was also seeing stars as Llano

Javier Mendez making switch from football to basketball

hammered the Hawks, 81-38.

Yes, you read that score right. Canyon Lake did not respond to Llano’s press and turnovers was the result to this dismantling.

“We shot the ball poorly and Llano pressed the whole game and we were just not ready for it,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman opened.

Canyon Lake had only one practice with the players that just finished their football season and so a little rust and getting into basketball shape could of been some of the reasons for this blowout.

“That plays into it,” Coach Chapman said. “We hope to have those guys basketball ready by our next game and a lot of what we are doing this year is new those players too.”

The Hawks were as cold as the weather outside and this snowball gathered speed as each quarter transpired.

“Even when we did break the press we were not able to take advantage,” Coach Chapman closed.

Skyler Tschoepe and Robert Woods did not play in this opening game for those football athletes that double with basketball also. They will be ready for varsity next week.

This team will have better days, and the good news is games before district are for working out kinks.

The Hawk Football team proved that a 3-7 team can at least two rounds in the playoffs so wins and losses before district are just Christmas Ornaments.

The Hawks had their 7 point lead slip away in the last two minutes as Lampasas closed the game out with a last

Sharp Shooter Andrew Riali

second shot to win, 59-57.

Canyon Lake was still playing short handed as this Saturday game was postponed one day as the Hawk’s football team was playing in a second round game a day earlier.

There are several players that will be bringing reinforcements to the hard wood by next week.

The game against Lampasas was a stark improvement from CL’s first 40 point loss to Cedar Creek.

Improvements in several areas was evident. Shooting percentage and taking care of the ball were both part of those building blocks.

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Austin Acosta and TJ Jones tackle a Leopard in Area play

Canyon Lake ran into a buzz saw as La Grange made mince meat of the Hawks, 50-8 in Area play.

The Hawks could not move the ball offensively and conversely could not stop this Leopard team defensively.

“Credit this La Grange team, they forced our mistakes and were very opportunistic,” Head Coach Charles Drum said. “Our game plan was to control the clock and to limit their plays and we did not accomplish either one.”

Canyon Lake kicked off to start the game thinking the wind would help, but after La Grange’s first

Karl Weidner with the tackle with Ryan Hutcheson ready to clean up

drive against that blustery wind the game was not going to get better. Eight plays and 58 yards in four minutes was the result.

Equate this game to a rodeo, the Leopards would stop the Hawk’s runners like a cowboy would rope a calf and tie the legs. The Hawk runners were tackled and very seldom would be able to gain more yardage.

All the keys for CL in making this game competitive was lost in those first few minutes.

The Hawks needed to have long drives to help the defense and put pressure on La Grange.

Result? The Hawks amassed 36 yards on their first five drives which resulted in one first down.

After those five drives the score was La Grange 35 Canyon Lake 0.

Add a bad snap on a punt giving the Leopards another score before half and all this CL team could do was get warm in their dressing room.

The second half had La Grange calling off the Leopards scoring a safety and touchdown and being content with a well deserved win.

La Grange was all class in this game as this contest was coming to a close finding themselves on the Hawk’s 1 yard line and taking a knee to run out the clock.

Canyon Lake did serve notice for the coming years, when they showed some promise as the ground work was being laid with an offense that will be able to be refined as lower grades and this crop of players continue to hone their skill set to be more consistent.

Josh DeVries finished this game with a 23 yard run for the Hawk’s only score and pride for a season that started with anguish turned into a campaign that went two rounds in the playoffs while improving each week.

Josh DeVries taking flight for extra yardage

On that last Hawk drive, the future was evident as Sophomore Robert Woods with 7 yards, Junior Austin Acosta with 16 yards and Junior Josh DeVries finishing with 36 yards and his touchdown run.

Yes, this game was ZZ Top taking the Hawks to that little shack outside La Grange but let’s make it a point not to go back to that shack.

Good luck to the Leopards as they continue their playoff run.

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Game Quotes:

On what this team accomplished this season.
Coach Drum: “We came out with great effort this year and this club showed perseverance and mental toughness by overcoming adversity after starting 0-6. I told this team that this will help them to apply what they learned to how they will handle life.”

On what the Seniors would like to share with the underclassman.
Offensive Lineman Cory Ruston: “When you get your opportunity then don’t let it go because it hurts when it is gone. Don’t hold back and give 100% and just be reckless.”

Linebacker Dominic Theisz: “Make the playoffs, keep it (the playoffs) going. Take every game like it is your last game.”

Offensive Lineman Justin Monfils: “Never give up and no matter how far you are up or down, always play the same….it went away fast…way too fast.”

Running Back McGuire Johnson: “I am really jealous that Coach Moses did not come earlier and these players will get to play for him longer…Learn from what we did and capitalize and develop during the off season….this goes by quickly and La Grange is a hell of a team.”

The ReSporter would also like to thank Laura Theisz for supplying the photos these past two years. Her willingness to help this publication was valuable and made the articles come alive with those action shots.

Thank-you Laura!!!!

                1   2   3   4   Final
 La Grange     14  27   9   0   50
 Canyon Lake    0   0   0   8    8
 Scoring Summary:
 LG-Dillon Davis 24 yard run (Cerda kick), 8:01, 1st
 LG-Hutcheson 85 yard pass from Davis (Cerda kick), 5:29, 1st
 LG-Hutcheson 9 yard run (Cerda kick), 11:52, 2nd
 LG-Filmore 1 yard run (Cerda kick), 7:19, 2nd
 LG-Mueller fumble recovery in end zone (pat failed), 1:40, 2nd
 LG-Fumble out of end zone safety for La Grange, 4:39, 3rd
 LG-Filmore 29 yard run (Cerda kick), 4:09, 3rd
 CL-Josh DeVries 23 yard run (DeVries run), 10:06, 4th

 Game Stats        Leopards     Hawks
 Total Yards       371          141
 First Downs       20           6
 Rushes/Yards      40/230       40/127
 Comp/Att/Int      4/7/0        1/2/0
 Passing Yardage   141          13
 Punts/Average     1/53.0       4/37.0
 Fumbles/Lost      2/1          3/2
 Penalties-Yards   9-75         8-64
 TOP               25:04        22:56

Passing            Comp   Att   Pct   Yards  TD   Int
 Skyler Tschoepe   1      2    .500   13     0    0

Rushing            Att    Yards   Ave   Lg   TD
 Josh DeVries      13     62      4.8   23   1
 McGuire Johnson   11     36      3.3    9   0
 Austin Acosta      4     18      4.5   10   0
 Hayden DuBois      3      8      2.7    6   0
 Robert Woods       3      7      2.3    4   0
 Skyler Tschoepe    3      1      0.3    9   0
 Hayden Lee         1     -4      ---   --   0

Receiving          No    Yards    Ave   Lg   TD
 Evan Schuller     1     13      13.0   13   0

The Lady Hawks won their fourth game in a row beating the Eagles from Cedar Creek on Tuesday night at

Senior Emily Muniz is all smiles after her best game this season

Mountain Valley Middle School.

This game went 4:39 seconds before the first point was scored by the Hawks as Jenna Lann made her free throw and it would be a lead that was never relinquished.

Scoring points was as difficult as visiting your dentist in having several teeth to be pulled.

Free throws was certainly not a good term to use, in this game, a made free throw would be viewed as gold.

CL was a cool 2 for 10 from the charity stripe while Sarah Schneider scoring the first bucket with 2:36 left in the first quarter and a 3-0 lead.

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