Canyon Lake Freshman had a tough time with the Somerset Freshman team losing 36-2 at Hawk

Tyler Shipman and Tyler McCleary after game with Somerset

Stadium last Thursday evening.

Those two points did not result from a safety, rather an opportunistic Tyler McCleary caught a wayward pass on a two point conversion and ran untouched 97 yards for two points.

A couple of Bulldogs looked like they might have a chance of catching McCleary, but after reaching the 10 yard line int route to the goal line, McCleary seemed to turn on the afterburners leaving the opposition with no chance of catching him.

“I just held my hands up and if I would not have had on my gloves, then I would not of caught it (the ball),” McCleary said calmly.

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Canyon Lake Volleyball team went to San Marcos for a predominate 4A Tournament and came away with a 3-3 record in this affair.

San Marcos tournament will be the last tournament for the Hawks as they are now less than a month from the District 27-3A round robin.

Canyon Lake will have a five game home streak as they will not go back on the road until the Hawks open district play in Navarro.

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Bracken Warriors started their year with a loss as Austin Hill Country Knights jumped on the home team with an answer  and then some for every touchdown but Bracken scored.

There are glimpses of great play, but those glimpses just don’t last long enough to gather that elusive ‘momentum’ word.

“Our goal this week is to play better and play four quarters,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “In order to do that we will need to start playing with a sense of urgency.”

What air that was in the balloon seemed to be sucked out as soon as Bracken failed to score on their second possession while resting on the three yard line with nothing to show for a drive that could of tied or put BCS in the lead.

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Hawks have started their learning curve in a loss to Blanco on Friday at Hawk Stadium, 13-6.

Classes started this week at Canyon Lake and for those students that put on pads had to learn some hard lessons on Friday night and will certainly be doing some homework as they now prepare for Somerset next week.

“This was a typical game with Blanco,” Head Coach Charles Drum started. “The last time this happened in 2010 we went two rounds into the playoffs…and that is what we told the boys.”

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Mike Thorpe, Matt Adams, and Tim Romero pose after each having an improbable play in CL’s comeback win

Canyon Lake JV started their season after three quarters into the game with Blanco offensively on Thursday night as the Hawks found gold in that quarter with 19 unanswered points in a historic win.

The game was not a good start to this season but perseverance was dialed up as the Hawks started their onslaught just in time for a timely victory, by keeping their eye on the prize.

Offensively, Canyon Lake had not done much beginning this match.

                     Off Plays    First Downs   Yards   Ave Per Play   Turnovers
First 3 Quarters       21              1          56        2.7           3
Fourth Quarter         12              4         179       14.9           0

Now you can see how CL just turned on the light for a dominating fourth quarter.

Defensively, Canyon Lake was impressive in only giving up one touchdown on the Panthers first drive of the game and then shutting Blanco down for the duration of this contest.

Three fumbles with one being returned like a hand off from 53 yards away from the goal line kept CL from getting any pressure on Blanco.

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Hawks Jumping up as Season Matures

CL Volleyball team has successful Tourney in Cedar Creek finishing 6th place out of the 18 team tournament.

On Saturday, the Hawks were placed in the Gold Bracket after finishing 4-1 the first two rounds.

The Hawks will now carry a winning record into next weeks set of games with an 8-7 showing.

“I’m proud of their effort this weekend,” Head Coach Kimberley Paisley said. “We had a great fight in us that will help build mental toughness.”

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Bracken Christian Football team had their dress rehearsal last Friday night against Castle Hills as

Warrior Gets Ready for Play-Time at Dress Rehearsal

these two teams met on the Warrior field.

One thing you could certainly deduce in this game is BCS might need to go back into a dressing room and be sure that they have their right make-up on.

The scrimmage part of this game was about even except for the second string scrimmage.

Those plays were dominated by your younger Warriors.

Quarterback Brady Beene stood tall in the pocket and delivered several on the mark passes.

Another up and comer had to be the running of Daniel Forgione, his skills had this team advancing the ball consistently.

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Hawks having a Block Party

Canyon Lake had a good first day at Cedar Creek in Bastrop on Thursday when they swept all three of their opponents.

The Luling, Randolph, and Taylor wins improved this seasons record to 7-5 and some major confidence builders for the Hawks.

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Senior Amber Ramsey puts a block on the Lions

Canyon Lake swept Lockhart Tuesday night at the Hawk Gym as all three squads (Freshman, JV, and Varsity) took care of business on their home court.

Canyon Lake Varsity won their pivotal game after Lockhart tied up the match at one game a piece.

The Hawks had a game point and a five point lead 24-19 when the Lions responded with a five point rally to tie the score.

Lillie Sander then responded with a kill to side out and then finished off Lockhart with a service ace to end the threat and give CL a hard fought victory.

“I feel like we do too much and then we don’t take advantage of all those opportunities that Lockhart gave us,” Head Coach Kimberley Paisley stated. “We made the game tougher on ourselves.”

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‘Consistent’ has been that one word to describe what Head Coach Kimberley Paisley

Junior Libero Hayley Melone

would want Canyon Lake Volleyball team to say no matter their outcome in these early pre/district games.

Now with two wins in the Wimberley Tex-Fest Tournament you might see a decent team starting to take hold of that word.

“We are getting more comfortable with our offense and defense, Coach (Paisley) is wanting us to run,” Junior Libero Haley Malone offered. “That is helping us cover the court and be more consistent.”

The Hawks are serving a lot of youth from behind the line and need to be sure they are communicating.

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