Canyon Lake had one of their best shooting games in their loss to Boerne last Friday night.

The Hawks went crazy beyond the arc in this game setting a new Canyon Lake record for three pointers in this game.

A record 11 three point shots made on just 18 attempts beat Canyon Lake’s old record of 9 shots made from the outer limits three years ago in a game against San Antonio Lutheran in the CL Tournament.

Record Three Point Games
Year    Team              Date     3pt/Shot      Percentage
'12-13  Boerne          02/01/13    11/18        61%
'10-11  SA Lutheran     12/10/10     9/28        32%
'10-11  Blanco          12/20/11     8/20        40%
'09-10  Bandera         01/09/10     8/24        33%
'09-10  Lehman          11/24/09     7/17        41%
'10-11  Fredericksburg  01/11/11     7/18        39%
'10-11  Randolph        12/28/10     7/19        37%

Another slow start put CL on a steep hill to climb for the rest of this game. With just 20 points in that first half you can make an argument that two quarters like the last two with 38 points might have had the just right amount of pressure on those Greyhounds.

To no avail but it did allow Canyon Lake to open it up and respond accordingly with a red hot finish from the floor.

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Senior’s Katie Williams, Hannah St. John, Tammy Dean, and Kelsey Long played valiantly in their final game at Canyon Lake on Friday night in a loss to Boerne, 39-32.

The stat line for this crew of girls was an impressive sight with this combined total:

                       3pt           Pts  Rebounds
             fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta tot  or-dr tot Steals Blocks
Four Seniors   8-18    2-4     3-5   21    1-8   9    2     1

Boerne was the front runner in district play and showed it as this game started when they jumped out to a nine point lead after the first quarter.

That Greyhound lead increased to 15 points as the teams went into halftime for instructions.

Canyon Lake answered the bell by cutting into that lead seven points after that third quarter, 33-25 deficit.

The Hawks were down just three points with 2:30 left in the fourth quarter, but the rim closed for the rest of this contest as Boerne closed with four points giving them their seven point victory.

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CL Boy’s Basketball cut it close in their loss to Wimberley last night, needing only one three point basket to win the game.

The Hawks stumbled in that second quarter spelling their doom as that helped the Texans to get all the breathing room needed to hold off this Hawk team.

Garrett Winters and Trendon Martinez both finished in double figures in this game with 20 and 10 points respectfully.

“Overall, it was the best we have looked since district has started,” Coach Brian Hooper said. “The guys played as a team and battled hard all game.”

Coach Hooper assessed the game, “A few too many turnovers that led to points and the lack of offense in that second quarter was the difference in this game.”

              1   2   3   4   Final
 CLJV        14   4  13  16   47
 Wimberley   10  11  14  14   49
 Scorers:
 Garrett Winters 20; Trendon Martinez 10; Skyler Tschoepe 6;
 Tommy Clark 5; NIc Adams 2; Dave Pfaff 2; Austin Acosta 2.

              1st  2nd  3rd  4th   Final
 CL Freshman   8   13    6   17    46
 Wimberley    17   13   15   16    61

Scoring – Z. Gregory 12, R. Woods 10, M. Montgomery 4, J. Arredondo 5, B. Ward 7, H. Lee 4, T. Soliz 2, Z. Sawyer 2

Hawks struggle in the 1st and 3rd quarters and lost their composure against the press as Wimberley had their way on this night.

“Zach Gregory and Robert Woods played well down low,” Coach John Barthels said.  “At times when we pushed the ball and looked up court we had good looks for open shots.”

Now as the learning process continues through the season this group of freshman will continue to finish this season strong.

Canyon Lake did not have a good day in competition on Tuesday night as the Hawks drew a blank in their games against Wimberley in girls and boys play.

CL Hawk girls basketball started their game scoring just one point in their first quarter and that start would be to hard to overcome in their loss, 44-30.

Katie Williams scored eight points to lead CL and also pulled down 10 rebounds, she was followed by Hannah St. John with six points.

Poor shooting continues to haunt Canyon Lake as they shot 22% from the field.

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CL Boy’s basketball also could not keep up with Wimberley as the Texans increased their lead in that decisive fourth quarter for a victory over a ‘Backs to the Wall’ Hawk team.

Canyon Lake will now have to win out to have a legitimate chance for making the playoffs this season losing, 73-53.

Wimberley outscored CL 23-8 in that final stanza sealing this loss.

Coaches Corner with Soccer Coach, Katie McWhorter.

The ReSporter: Canyon Lake did not lose a lot of Seniors, how young is your team and who will be some athletes you hope to carry your squad?

Coach McWhorter: “Although we didn’t lose many seniors last year, we only have two this year, so our team is a very young team. We are working hard at becoming a more aggressive and explosive team in the hopes that we will be one of the top contenders in our district for playoffs.”

The ReSporter: You have another year of facing schools that are much larger than the Hawks, how will that translate with how the team will approach this season?

Coach McWhorter: “While we are facing schools that are much larger than us, our team has a lot of skill and fight in them. We participated in three tournaments preseason, and most of the teams we played were from much larger schools with excellent soccer teams – some of them were even 5A schools. We held our own and did a really good job in our play.”
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It was a bad news/good news story on Friday night for Canyon Lake’s Freshman team in their game with Bandera.

Bad News: The Hawks came out and needed some plumbing done on their side of the basket when they shot just 14 percent from the field in that first quarter.

Good News: Lucky for Canyon Lake, Gordon The Plumber was watching his son at his baseball practice on campus. During the First Quarter Break, Gordon was able to clear the basket and make it larger than the ball, giving CL a better chance for producing points.

More Good News: After that dismal start, your Hawks had the lead by five points, 10-5. Thanks to some good free throw shooting from Brandon Ward.

More and More Good News: For the remainder of this contest, the Hawks shot a salty 55 percent and were never threatened by this Bulldog club.

Just put Good News in front of each of these next points and you will have an idea of how dominating Canyon Lake was in training a Bulldog.

Next on the docket, your Hawks took the Bull from the dogs and applied it to Robert ‘Bull’ Woods as he proceeded to shoot lights out in this battle.

During the first quarter Woods did not have one shot. All of his shots were recorded in those last three stanzas.

‘Bull’ Woods was 11 for 14 from the field as he took over the lane and had his way with whatever puppy dog came into his kennel.

“We knew Bandera would be playing a 1/3/1 defense and so we were just going to feed the big guys,” Head Coach John Barthels said. “It was a good thing we got our bad quarter out of the way.”

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Canyon Lake lost a heartbreaker game in overtime to Bandera Bulldogs Friday night at the Hawk gym, 50-58.

Sharp Shooter Andrew Riali

“We battled our tails off,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “To be down 15 points and believe we could get it done and get back in it was a great testament to this team.”

The Hawks had 25 turnovers in their last game in Fredericksburg and were on a mission to not let that happen again.

“We started taking care of the ball and our goal was to have 12 or less turnovers in this game,” Andrew “Dead Eye” Riali exclaimed.

Mission accomplished as CL finished with nine miscues in four quarters plus an overtime.

That was a key element as Canyon Lake started their comeback in the second half erasing a 15 point deficit in those last two quarters.

A 34 to 19 advantage in the second half with clutch shooting and lock down defense was a great combination for Canyon Lake as the home crowd helped pump adrenaline into this comeback.

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The Freshman Lady Hawks fought a tough game with Fredericksburg, but could not get that last basket for a win, 50-47.

“We came out slow and it all was very mental,” Coach Shannon Hoberer said. “Our focus was not great, but after halftime they calmed down and started to execute.”

Several players had key baskets and free throws down the stretch in staging an eight point comeback in that fourth quarter that helped delay the Varsity game due to only having three refs for this evening.

This Freshman game was called by one referee for almost the entire affair with reinforcements arriving with under two minutes in that critical fourth stanza.

Canyon Lake found themselves down nine and eight points in the second half before their last push that barely missed a perfect comeback.

In their earlier game, Fredericksburg blew out CL but that game was not as bad as those results garnered. The Billies had borrowed some JV players for the game when several players were sick for that game.

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Turnovers and missed free throws spelled the downfall for Canyon Lake against Fredericksburg in their loss, 35-28.

Canyon Lake’s defense was pretty salty, but the Hawks needed some pepper for their offensive game as another low scoring game could not save the game or season leaving a bad taste in their mouth.

This loss will force Canyon Lake in a corner needing to win every game on their schedule to make the playoffs now.

Katie Williams finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds but finding points was much like finding eggs at a Easter Egg Hunt during a January night for most of the Lady Hawks.

Hard to do.

The Hawks shot 100% in the third quarter, the problem is having only three shots for that quarter.

With 21 turnovers in those middle two quarters CL could not get any shots to help stage a comeback.

“We need to play a tighter man to man defense,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher exclaimed. “The only chance we had to get back into the game was staying in our man defense.”

Canyon Lake will hit the road to Bandera this Friday to try and right this ship. Good Luck.

                   1   2   3   4   Final
 Fredericksburg    4  13   6  12   35
 CL Hawks          5   7   8   8   28

                           3pt            Pt Rebounds
 Name            fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or-dr Tot a s b to
 Dulce Brown       0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0 0 0 3
 Hannah St. John   0-0     0-0     1-2    1   0-0   0  0 0 0 4
 Trena Lorett      2-2     0-0     0-4    4   0-0   0  0 0 0 6
 Katie Williams    3-7     0-1     4-6   10   3-11 14  3 0 0 6
 Amber Ramsey      1-4     0-0     1-4    3   3-6   9  1 4 4 3
 Tammy Dean        0-1     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  1 0 0 2
 Kyndall Drum      0-0     0-0     0-1    0   2-1   3  0 2 0 2
 Olivia Flores     2-9     2-6     2-2    8   0-3   3  1 0 0 5
 Kelsey Long       1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0 0 0 1
 Total             9-24    2-7     8-19  28   8-22 30  6 6 4 32
 Percentage       37.5%   28.6%   42.1%

Quarter  First      Second    Half   Third     Fourth    Half   Game
FG       2-10 20%   2-7 29%   24%    3-3 100%  2-4 50%   71%    38%
3pt FG   0-3  00%   0-1 00%   00%    1-1 100%  1-2 50%   67%    29%
FT       1-2  50%   3-7 43%   44%    1-2 50%   3-8 38%   40%    42%
TO       5          12        17     9         6         15     32