Garrett Winters ready to attack.

Canyon Lake lost to front runner Fredericksburg in Basketball on Saturday after the scheduled game on Friday was postponed due to weather, 68-45.

Fredericksburg jumped on CL with a 21-8 first quarter and the game was all but over as the Hawks had only eight players ready for action on this rescheduled affair.

Canyon Lake had a decent day of shooting when you take the misses from beyond the arc.

With two shots made out of 16, CL would have a hard time sustaining any sort of rally. From inside the arc, the Hawks made almost half their tries which has been the case for most of this year.

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The Canyon Lake JV Girls Basketball team finished this season on an upbeat note as this team got on a

Lexy Jackson helped lead a successful end of season for Hawk JV Basketball

winning track as the scheduled matured through the season.

“They got tired of losing,” Head JV Coach Jimmy Chamberlin said when asked about how this turnaround started.

The Hawks hung a loss on Navarro for the season finale Tuesday night, 37-28.

Navarro came back from their five point deficit after the first quarter to forge into a 17-16 advantage at intermission.

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Congratulations to the Canyon Lake Swim Team on a great showing at the UIL 28-4A District Championships this past weekend. Competing in one of the largest and most competitive 4A District’s in the state, the Hawk Swimmers placed 5th in the boy’s division and 6th in the girl’s.

First Place Trophy from Burnet’s 3A & Under Championships held earlier this year.

Highlights of the meet include:

Christian Duarte (12): 3rd place in the 100 Backstroke, two school records, qualified for the Region 7 Championships in the 200 Freestyle & 100 Backstroke

Phoenix Duarte (9): Qualified for Region 7 Championships in the 100 Backstroke

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Canyon Lake’s Freshman squad came out of the gate shooting and used that 11 point first quarter lead

DJ Dorroh, Heath McDonough, Rory Preiss relax after another win over Wimberley Freshman

for their second victory over the Texans this season.

In their first match, CL forged a hard fought overtime win, but in this game shooting 50% for the game allowed this Hawk team to get enough cushion to finish off Wimberley.

Take DJ Dorroh for instance, this young man was perfect from the floor as he made all of his five shots and two free throws to boot.

“We were just moving the ball around and getting good shots,” Dorroh said perfectly. “Then in the second half we were getting too confident and started slowing down.”

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Senior Andrew Riali passed Matt Magness as the all-time leading scorer for Canyon Lake in game against Wimberley

A common phrase when thinking about how close someone or team came to winning or making a winning shot.

Wimberley was on the foul line with a one point lead when their shooter missed with six seconds left in the game.

Sean Nolan got the rebound and passed it off for one last chance with Andrew Riali in place with a pass that was fumbled and then grabbing the ball from the floor and heaving a shot from 30 feet which found nothing but the bottom of the net.

Game over and a last second win…..except the shot was just after the horn sounded ending the game.

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Hawks go over strategy during a time-out

Canyon Lake Boys Basketball does not have much time to get their act together for a playoff spot.

There is still a chance for the Hawks to make the High School Dance thanks in part to an UIL ruling that allows 4 teams to qualify from each district.

This week’s game with Wimberley will be pivotal in this quest as a win would put CL in a position to make a statement this year.

The football team pulled off two rounds of playoffs with a losing record, but the difference in these two scenarios was the Hawks finishing 3rd when they finished their district season.

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Canyon Lake’s woes continue this season as this young team keeps searching for consistency on the court.

Junior Kyndall Drum

If the truth needs to be known, there are players on this squad that would be playing on Freshman and Junior Varsity teams at this time of the year, but instead, find themselves playing teams that have more years of experience.

So this season continues to be a learn while you play and then hopefully in a couple of years the scores can be reversed.

Amber Ramsey did have a 14 rebound game which speaks well for this Senior that is currently sitting in third place in all time rebounds for the Hawks with 526 caroms.

Tiffany Tschoepe with 579 and Katie Williams’ 559 boards would be next on the bar for Ramsey to attain as she finishes off her Senior campaign.

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Junior Skyler Tschoepe readies for a 3 pointer

Canyon Lake’s first quarter started so bad that the score was Skyler Tschoepe 10 and Wimberley 27 in the second quarter.

In fact the first Hawk not named Tschoepe to score was Isaac Mendez with a little less than four minutes left in the first half.

Tschoepe finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds in a game that was hard to find a positive vibe.

Canyon Lake had 19 points in the first half which also matched the number of turnovers for a Hawk team that found it hard to beat a press put on by the Texans.

The Hawks would pull within 11 points with an 8 point run to start the second half, but after Luke Curry scored five points in a 10 second period out spurt the Basketball gods decided to let this hot Hawk to go down with an ankle injury.

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Canyon Lake solved their starting slow mantra when they accumulated 23 points in the first quarter against Gonzales and coasted to their final non-district win, 52-39 last Tuesday night at the Hawk Gym.

“We finally came out from the start at home and made a statement,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “I feel a lot better now than I did two weeks ago and we have come a long way…we are ready to play.”

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                 1   2   3   4   Final
 Gonzales        2   2  13   8   25
 Canyon Lake    16   7  11  11   45

The Hawk Freshmen basketball team came out fast this week as they were able to jump on the Apaches early.

It was a slow start for both teams until the Hawks applied pressure a few minutes into the game.

A few steals and quick passes later the Hawks were up for good in the game.

A 23-4 Halftime lead and hot shooting for the Apaches made this one a little more interesting than it seemed in the second half. The Apaches were able to rally to within 9 points until the Hawks applied pressure again.

“We put in a new press this week that is more of a risk reward press, tonight it just happened to be rewarded as they were only able to break it once.” Coach Barthels stated. “We had Wilkins get banged up a little on the first possession of the game, but Preiss stepped in and did a great job at the point guard tonight.”

The Hawks will need everyone to step up this week as Canyon Lake begins district play against a very tough district from here on out.

“All of the freshmen groups this year are tough in district.” Coach Barthels finished. “We are going to have to play our best basketball and be aggressive if we are going to beat the district teams this year.”