The Hawks could not grab enough momentum from their previous game with Navarro to put a scare on Fredericksburg, as Canyon Lake fell to the Billies by 17 points.

Caleb was the only Hawk to finish with double digit scoring finishing with 12 points in the loss.

Canyon Lake now faces a must win game this Friday at home when Bandera comes to town.

Game 1 2 3 4 Final
CL Hawks 11 6 8 12 37
Fredericksburg 13 14 16 11 54
Scorers:
Caleb Kreiger 12, Andrew Riali 7, Paul Davis 5,
Javier Mendez 4, Isaac Pruna 4, Chandler Faulkner 3,
Luke Curry 2.

Canyon Lake Freshman Basketbal team lost a tough battle in Navarro last week in overtime, 56-55.

Navarro has a good club, but a bad fourth quarter left little in their tank to win the game in overtime.

“Tavian Soliz went from wing to point guard early and drove the lane and made some plays,” Coach John Barthels commented. “Robert Woods got several offensive rebounds and easy put backs.”

Both players responded with their best game of this season, but more work will be done as this upstart team goes to Fredericksburg today with a game against the Billies.

                    1   2   3   4   OT   Final
 Hawk Freshman     13  11  21   6   4    55
 Navarro Freshman   7  15  8   21   5    56
 CL Scorers:
 T. Soliz 20, R. Woods 12, H. Lee 6, Z. Gregory 6, B. Ward 6,
 D. Head 4, J. Ferris 1.

Canyon Lake halted their seven game losing streak with a 59-54 win over Navarro last Friday night in Panther country.

The Hawks last win was against this same team, Navarro in the Randolph Tournament over a month ago.

This win was also the first District win in over two years. Yes, CL won a forfeit game two years ago against SA Hawkins, but this was an actual win which certainly means more.

Canyon Lake’s last win in district was 24 games counting that forfeit win with Hawkins. You would go back to 26 district games, when the Hawks beat Ingram Moore, 81-73 February 9th, 2010.

Paul Davis was on for this evenings game scoring 25 points while Andrew Riali finished with 17 points.

Caleb Kreiger contributed 12 rebounds and four blocks to his resume. With his next block he will pass Neal Whitehead for the most blocks in Canyon Lake history, both players are tied with 41.

Another milestone could be passed in the Hawks game with Fredericksburg with Point Guard Doug Hubnik needing only five more assists to pass Matt Magness total of 136 in his recently completed career.

Hubnik continues to rack up assists with 103 for this season.

“It was a gut check win, exactly the type of win that we haven’t been able to get the past few years,” a relieved Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “It was a great win and something we can really build on. It was good to finally get over that hump.”

The Hawks will now see what type of building they might be constructing when they face 19th ranked Fredericksburg Billies on their court tonight.

                      3pt           Pt  Rebounds
 Name       fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta tot or-dr Tot  a s b to
 Riali        5-12    4-11    3-3   17   0-4   4   2 1 1 0
 Faulkner     1-5     0-0     3-4    5   2-2   4   1 0 0 0
 McIntire     1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0   0 1 0 0
 Davis        7-17    2-6     9-11  25   2-4   6   1 0 0 2
 Hubnik       2-6     0-0     1-3    5   2-2   4   4 1 0 2
 Kreiger      1-5     0-1     0-0    2   1-11 12   2 0 4 3
 Mendez       1-1     0-0     1-2    2   0-3   3   2 0 0 2
 Curry        0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0   0 0 0 1
 Pruna        0-0     0-0     0-0    0   1-0   1   0 1 0 0
 Totals      18-47    6-18   17-23  59   8-26 34  12 4 5 10
             38%      33%     74%

Lady Hawks had some good moments against one of the top teams in District 27-3A, but once the dam broke, Canyon Lake could not stop the onslaught as Navarro won going away, 55-34.

Canyon Lake went 10 minutes from the third into the fourth quarter without scoring a bucket while Navarro was scoring 20 points. In that time span, CL could not find any water in their lake and now find themselves needing to reverse this next half of district play with some wins.

The Hawks are not out of the race and if they can find that same feeling of wins from their non-district schedule, then anything can happen.

“We have not put together a full game yet this year,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “We are just not making the changes needed.”

Canyon Lake spent their first two minutes of the second quarter controlling the back board and getting to that foul line.

The result was three points and closing the deficit to four points. Another Canyon Lake seven point run had the Hawks with a lead, 18-17 with over three minutes still to play in the quarter.

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The Lady Hawks played the second half even but still had some problems sinking shots in the first half resulting in a loss to Boerne Greyhounds, 45-32.

Canyon Lake still held Boerne 10 points below their seasonal average but grasping hold of some offensive power would of been a great equalizer.

The Hawks also reduced their turnovers and the free throw percentage was back up but combining a perfect storm is sometimes like catching that prize butterfly on a windy day.

“We played good defense but struggled to score from the outside,” Head Coach MaryBeth Gallagher said. “We tied their score in the second half after making some halftime adjustments, but we just did not get into sinc until the second half.”

Amber Ramsey pulled off a double double with 10 points and 12 rebounds while also getting her patented three to four steals a game.

Canyon Lake will now have another tough opponent on their docket when Navarro comes to visit this Friday night at the Hawk Gym.

               1   2   3   4   Final
 Canyon Lake  10   5   4  13   32
 Boerne       16  12   5  12   45

                           3pt           Tot Rebounds
 Name            fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr Tot a s b to
 Dulce Brown       0-0     0-0     1-2    1   1-1   2  0 2 0 1
 Trena Lorett      1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0 1 0 0
 Katie Williams    3-12    0-0     2-2    8   2-5   7  2 0 1 3
 Amber Ramsey      5-13    0-0     0-0   10   3-9  12  2 4 2 1
 Tammy Dean        0-0     0-0     1-2    1   0-1   1  0 0 0 5
 Kyndall Drum      1-2     0-0     0-1    2   0-2   2  2 0 0 0
 Olivia Flores     2-7     1-4     3-4    8   0-0   0  1 2 0 9
 Kelsey Long       0-0     0-0     0-0    0   1-0   1  0 0 0 1
 Totals           12-35    1-4     7-11 32    7-18 25  7 9 3 20
 Percentages      34.3%   25.0%   63.6%

Canyon Lake Freshman missed a win by three points as the Boerne Greyhounds had a comeback in the fourth quarter outscoring CL by seven points for a two point win, 64-62.

“We played our best game offensively,” Coach John Barthels interjected. “We picked a bad time to play our worst game defensively.We can fix that.”

The Hawks had 11 players scoring points showing off their depth and resolve.

“We were able to get more people involved and had several players step up when we asked them to,” Barthels continued. “We were 17 of 28 from the free throw line after going 8 of 10 against Wimberley, so we have stepped up in the last two games there after shooting just 36% on the year.”

Having so many players involved in games will only help as they take on the tasks of getting their best game going.

“We have really started to play as a team and although we are 0-2 in district I feel we are playing better basketball at the right time,” Coach Barthels finished.

Brandon Ward and Zach Gregory both finished with double figure points with 17 and 12 respectfully.

“We worked as hard as we can to come over the injury,” Gregory said after commenting on losing Joseph Arredondo during the second half. “We will try to work harder in practice and come together as a team more and the wins will come.”

A good game for Canyon Lake as they continue their schedule through District 27-3A.

Freshman     1   2   3   4   Final
Boerne      14  16  15  17   64
CL Hawks    18  17  15  10   62
Scoring: B. Ward 17, Z. Gregory 12, R. Woods 7,
H. Lee 7, J. Arredondo 6, D. Head 4, R. Sarmiento 2,
T. Soliz 2, M. Montgomery 2, S. Langford 2, Z. Sawyer 1.

The Hawk’s Junior Varsity made up nine points in the third quarter but could not finish, losing 50-46 to Boerne.

The second half was a different team for Canyon Lake…again.

“Coach said to stay calm and don’t give up,” Trendon Martinez started. “We came out and we got some traps which resulted in easy baskets. We just need to stay focused and get that energy for the whole game with an unstoppable mindset and keep up a good defense.”

A much more active team in the second half helped as Canyon Lake was much more energetic on the boards and defense, which turned into offense.

Half of CL’s field goals, in that second half, was a result of an assist which tells you how good this offense was humming as this game matured.

Skyler Tschoepe was a recipient of many of those assists as he also made several other shots having one of his best overall games of this season with 19 points.

“Our second half we started off and got some easy baskets and then that led to momentum,” Tschoepe said with resolve. “Our transition points were wide open especially on our three’s.”

Garrett Winters also returned with a three point clinic making five long shots throughout this contest.

Seven different players were credited with an assist while also bringing down that turnover epidemic this team was suffering in their last outing.

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Canyon Lake’s effort did not translate to points as Boerne showed the Hawks how a good shooting team can control a game and pulled away for a 22 point win, 63-41 at the Hawk gym.

The Hawks started the game in good shape as they scored 14 points with four assists, eight rebounds and a tied score after the first eight minutes.

That hot shooting quickly became a cold night shooting when Boerne outscored the Hawks by seven points and that same number for the halftime score.

If CL would of converted their free throws in that second quarter, then they could of had a lead or at least a much closer game.

The Hawks did come out with a great play to start the second half, finding Andrew Riali wide open under the basket for their first play, but a missed shot was an omen for what would become a familiar event for the remainder of this contest.

Hard to win when your highest percentage of shooting tops out at 33 percent and that was from the free throw line.

Canyon Lake had open shots but very few would find the bottom of the net. The Hawks almost shot as many three pointers compared to shots inside the perimeter for the game.

Caleb Kreiger led the Hawks with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Riali also found a double digit night with 12 points.

Paul Davis had 22 points in his first district game but in this game his shot would not go in as he drew a blank. Along with many of the other players on this Cold night.

“They’re a good team,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman started. “You pick your poison with a team like this. Guard their point man and he will find their inside game, or let him slash and he can find their outside shooters.”

“We battled and had some guys step up and played some big minutes and none of our team had any let downs.”

Canyon Lake will now go on the road as they play Navarro this Friday and try once again to get off this losing streak that has been infested with some Cold weather, don’t forget your coat.

               1   2   3   4   Final
 Boerne       14  11  25  13   63
 Canyon Lake  14   4  15   8   41

                            3pt            Pts  Rebounds
 Name              ftm-fta ftm-fga ftm-fta Tot  or-dr tot a s b to
 Andrew Riali        4-10    4-9     0-0   12    0-1   1  1 0 0 0
 Robbie Ferris       0-1     0-1     0-0    0    0-0   0  0 0 0 0
 Chandler Faulkner   1-3     0-0     0-0    2    0-0   0  0 0 0 1
 Thomas McIntire     2-3     0-1     0-0    4    0-0   0  0 0 0 1
 Paul Davis          0-8     0-3     1-3    1    1-5   6  2 0 1 2
 Doug Hubnik         2-5     0-2     0-0    4    0-0   0  2 0 0 3
 Spencer Wellings    0-3     0-3     0-0    0    0-1   1  0 0 0 0
 Tyler Clark         0-1     0-1     0-0    0    1-0   1  0 0 0 1
 Caleb Kreiger       6-7     1-1     3-9   16    1-7   8  1 0 1 2
 Javier Mendez       0-3     0-0     0-0    0    1-4   5  1 0 0 2
 Luke Curry          0-1     0-1     0-0    0    0-0   0  2 1 0 1
 Ray Dailey          0-0     0-0     0-0    0    0-0   0  0 0 0 0
 Isaac Pruna         1-4     0-0     0-0    2    1-1   2  0 0 0 0
 Totals             16-49    5-22    4-12  41    5-18 23  9 1 2 13
 Percentage         32.7%   22.7%   33.3%

Quarter First     Second    Half    Third     Fourth     Half   Game
FG      6-16 38%  1-6 17%   32%     6-11 55%  3-16 19%   30%    33%
3pt FG  1-8  13%  0-1 00%   11%     3-5  60%  1-8  13%   31%    23%
FT      1-3  33%  2-8 25%   27%     0-0  00%  1-1 100%  100%    33%
TO      2         6         8       3         2           5     13

CLJV had many turnovers in their loss to Wimberley Texans last Friday night at the Hawk Gym, losing 56-35.

All but one player (Sean Nolan) had a turnover in this game and those miscues led to a game that got way out of hand during the middle two quarters.

Canyon Lake had 60 possessions in this game, with over half of those times with the ball resulting in a bad pass, double dribble, bad pass, three seconds, bad pass, charging call, bad pass, dribble off the foot, bad pass, etc, bad pass…

Take those 33 times without a chance to get a shot off and you have the game in a nutshell.

The Hawks shot 40% from the floor which would lead to a victory on most nights, but not on this turnover waiting to happen night.

Wimberley ran a press during this game and CL felt like the ball was Kryptonite based on how they were trying to throw the rock away.

The ReSporter needed another pen just to have enough ink to write down all those pesky turnovers Canyon Lake had during this four quarter affair on the stat sheet.

This is one of those games that Coaches are hoping the Press might need to leave and take care of some business somewhere, saving an explanation on what was just seen.

Credit for Coach Brian Hooper in stepping up to the plate to advance a theory most anyone in attendance would of been able to assess.

“We’ve got to get better handling pressure,” Coach Hooper said. “We got too much in a hurry and we did not do a good job in handling the press.”

Not a pretty game to say the least for a team your Hawks beat earlier this season.

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Canyon Lake had a lead throughout the first quarter which looked like their best stanza for this year, but by the second half the Hawks got behind and could not catch up,  losing a hard fought battle with Wimberley, 66-55.

The Hawks jumped out to an 8-0 lead and even increased that margin to nine points but Wimberley finally warmed up and held a 35-33 lead going into the dressing room.

CL had their last lead in the third quarter after Andrew Riali had a put back off a miss as the Hawks led 38-37.

Paul Davis made two of his 22 points a minute later bringing Canyon Lake back to within one,  a 40-41 game but that would be the last time CL would smell a chance for a lead.

Wimberley finished the quarter outscoring the Hawks, 12-5 and an eight point lead going into a wild fourth quarter.

Nine of Wimberley’s 13 points were from the charity stripe in that last quarter as Canyon Lake was needing to foul and hopes for a miss and a chance to get back into contention.

Canyon Lake did bring out their press in that fourth quarter, but it might have been too late to help in the end.

“In hindsight we might have done better putting our press on earlier in that quarter,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “Wimberley did a good job of mixing up their defense but our biggest thing will be to watch film and see if we can get our defense and rebounding back.”

That might have been the key that kept CL out of contention as this game matured through the fourth quarter.

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