Lady Hawks started their District 27-3A season with a loss to Fredericksburg last Friday and now will look on how to hone in on their game strengths this Tuesday as they face Bandera at home.

Canyon Lake started this game by scoring just three points in that first quarter which put the Hawks in comeback mode for the remainder of their contest.

“We struggled on offense,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “They had heavy pressure on our guards and we could never get into any rhythm.”

No Hawk player was able to make double figures in scoring as they could only muster 12 points as a team in the first half.

“We played a very physical game but came up short,” Coach Gallagher continued. “We didn’t give up, both teams were in foul trouble very early.”

Turnovers were the downfall for Canyon Lake as this has been one their most glaring weaknesses this season.

“We will be back to work on Monday morning to address our issue of taking care of the ball. We will tweak our press break and our offense to free up our ball handlers.”

Time will have to be well spent as CL looks to get back on track in their game with Bandera next week.

                  1   2   3   4   Final
 CL Hawks         3   9   7  15   34
 Fredericksburg   9   7  16  10   42
 Scorers:
 Hannah St. John 9, Katie Williams 8, Olivia Flores 8,
 Amber Ramsey 5, Trena Lorett 3, Dulce Brown 1.

 District Standings     W     L     Pct
 Fredericksburg         1     0   1.000
 Boerne                 1     0   1.000
 Wimberley              0     0    .000
 Bandera                0     0    .000
 Canyon Lake            0     1    .000
 Navarro                0     1    .000

 Last Week's Results:
 Fredericksburg      42   Canyon Lake   34
 Boerne              60   Navarro       54
 Wimblerley          @    Bandera

 This Week's Games: Tuesday 1/08
 Bandera             @    Canyon Lake   7:00pm
 Fredericksburg      @    Boerne
 Wimberley           @    Navarro

 Friday 1/11
 Canyon Lake         @    Wimblerley    7:00pm
 Boerne              @    Bandera
 Navarro             @    Fredericksburg

Hawk Freshman almost pitch a shut-out in win over Blanco, Friday January 4 in the Blanco gym.

What doldrums the Hawks had suffered in their last couple of outings was not in attendance in this contest as Canyon Lake jumped out to a 14 point first quarter while pitching a No-No in that quarter.

“We jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back,” Coach John Barthels commented. “After a couple of disappointing losses we decided to not get fancy and go back to what works best for our team, pressure.”

Wow, Coach Bartels can make adjustments sound so easy.

“We caused turnovers that led to easy baskets for our team,” Coach Barthels closed.

Hayden Lee finished with 10 points leading the team in scoring. The Hawks had nine players that scored in the contest while staying focused in a 29 point whitewash.

“We got a lot of of good rebounds and our defense turned into our offense,” Forward Hayden Lee said. “This type of game gives us a good feeling as we go into our next game….this was a nice relief. It also helped to make our threes and that helped open things up.”

Hawks next test will come against Gonzales this coming Monday as they try to keep that good feeling to continue throughout the rest of their season.

Based on Coach Barthels, all this team needs to do is keep up the pressure.

                   1   2   3   4   Final
 Hawks Freshman   14   9  11  10   44
 Blanco Freshman   0   6   7   2   15
 Scorers:
 H. Lee 10, S. Langford 7, B. Ward 5, R. Woods 4, T. Solid 4,
 M. Montgomery 4, J. Arredondo 4, J. Ferris 3, T. Romero 3.

Canyon Lake’s Junior Varsity outscored Blanco, 24-4 in the second half to complete a comeback and put the finishing touches to the Panthers, 40-27.

In the first half, CL only had two players that scored while shooting 28 percent and twice had a 10 point deficit. The last time was 23-13 score with just over a minute left in the first half.

Blanco scored quickly to start the second half, but that was their last basket for this evening as the other two points scored by this Panther team was from their free throw line.

The drought that had hampered this Hawk team for the past few games seemed to still be lingering in starting this contest on this rainy and dreary evening.

The Hawks then woke up and scored 27 points while holding Blanco to four the last 16 minutes of this contest.

Trendon Martinez and Tommy Clark were the only players that scored in the first half combining for 16 points.

Austin Acosta and Skyler Tschoepe had 4 and 5 assists respectfully helping in giving players easy shots and confidence as this game progressed.

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Canyon Lake continues their cold front as the Blanco Panthers go on a 20-0 run from the second to third quarter and coast to a win, 45-32.

The Hawks are searching for answers as their shots have gone cold for their last five games all losses.

 Game           Total Points    Percentage
 Blanco             32             25%
 Lampasas           29             20%
 NB Christian       49             38%
 La Vernia          41             32%
 Randolph           36             33%

“The way we finished was certainly a positive,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman opened. “We continued to compete.”

Confidence is not overflowing and the Hawks do have some impressive wins on their resume, they just need to revive those games and get back on that saddle.

Next game is this coming Monday at Gonzales and then District 27-3A starts the following Friday when Wimberley will visit.

              1   2   3   4   Final
 HAWKS       10   6   4  12   32
 Blanco      11  13  13   8   45

                           3pt            Pt  Rebound
Name             fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or-dr Tot a  s  b  to
Andrew Riali       1-5     1-3     0-0    3   1-2   3  0  2  0  1
Robbie Ferris      0-2     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Chandler Faulkner  1-4     0-1     2-2    4   3-0   3  0  0  0  0
Thomas McIntire    0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  0
Paul Davis         3-9     0-6     0-0    6   1-2   3  2  0  0  1
Doug Hubnik        2-8     0-1     4-4    8   1-2   3  2  2  0  3
Spencer Wellings   0-3     0-2     0-0    0   0-3   3  0  0  0  2
Tyler Clark        1-4     0-2     0-0    2   1-2   3  0  2  0  0
Caleb Kreiger      3-7     0-3     0-0    6   1-8   9  0  1  0  4
Javier Mendez      0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1-0   1  0  0  0  0
Luke Curry         0-3     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  2  0  0
Ray Dailey         0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Isaac Pruna        1-2     0-0     1-4    3   1-2   3  0  1  0  0
Totals            12-48    1-19    7-10  32  10-22 32  4 10  0 11
Percentage        25.0%    5.3%   70.0%

Quarter First      Second      Half       Third      Fourth     Half       Game
FG      3/12..25%  3/12..25%   6/24..25%  1/10..10%  5/14..36%  6/24..25%  12/48..25%
3Pt FG  0-5...00%  0-5...00%   0-10..00%  1-3...33%  0-6...00%  1-9...11%  1-19....5%
FT      4-4..100%  0-0...00%   4-4..100%  1-2...50%  2-4...50%  3-6...50%  7-10...70%
TO      2          5           7          3          1          4          11

Canyon Lake continues their cold streak that started at the end of their semester as the Lampasas Badgers make SnowHawks in, 63-29 win.

What was once a three game cushion (9-6) has now become a one game deficit (9-10) as this Hawk team will try to stop their skid this coming Friday when CL tips off against Blanco at Blanco High School.

It took four minutes before CL could sink a basket and the Hawks did not even get a shot off in the first three minutes of this contest.

If this would of been a Ski Slalom event, then not only was Canyon Lake playing in shorts (Cold…burrrr), but also going down the hill very fast. (Black Slope fast)

It took a Spencer Wellings three point bank shot as the first half horn sounded before your Hawks would break into double figures.

“We haven’t played a game in a week and a half,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “I used the whole bench trying to get our kids enough reps.”

Lampasas was a very athletic team that had played four games in a tournament after Christmas, but excuses will not lower the hurdle that is next on Canyon Lake’s schedule as District 27-3A looms in the very near future.

Layer your clothes when you ski and wear some long johns in this next game and hopefully this contest will start out much warmer with a better outcome.

             1   2   3   4   Final
 Lampasas   11  24  16  12   63
 CL Hawks    3   7  14   5   29

                              3pt           Pt   Rebounds
 Name               fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot  or dr Tot  a  s  b  to
 Andrew Riali         0-5     0-2     0-0    0   2  2   4   0  1  0  0
 Robbie Ferris        0-5     0-3     0-0    0   0  1   1   1  1  0  2
 Chandler Faulkner    0-0     0-0     3-4    3   0  1   1   0  0  0  1
 Thomas McIntire      0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Paul Davis           1-5     0-3     2-3    4   2  1   3   0  1  0  5
 Doug Hubnik          0-2     0-0     1-2    1   0  1   1   1  2  0  4
 Spencer Wellings     2-3     2-3     0-0    6   0  1   1   0  1  0  2
 Caleb Kreiger        3-7     1-1     3-4   10   3  0   3   1  0  2  2
 Javier Mendez        0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1  0   1   0  0  0  4
 Luke Curry           0-4     0-3     0-0    0   0  0   0   0  0  0  1
 Ray Dailey           0-0     0-0     0-0    0   2  1   3   1  0  0  0
 Isaac Pruna          1-2     0-0     3-4    5   1  0   1   0  1  0  0
 Total                7-35    3-16   12-17  29  11  8  19   4  7  2 22
 Percentage          20.0%   18.8%   70.6%

 Quarter    First     Second      Half  Third       Fourth    Half  Game
 FG         1/5  20%  1/12   8%   12%   4/9   44%   1/9  11%  28%   20%
 3Pt FG     0-3  00%  1/5   20%   13%   1/3   33%   1/5  20%  25%   19%
 FT         1-1 100%  4/6   67%   71%   5/7   71%   2/3  67%  70%   71%
 TO         8         7           15    4           3         7     22

Canyon Lake Girl’s Basketball finished their Lampasas tournament with two losses on Saturday as they now look forward to District 27-3A action.

The Hawks went back to some troubling habits in those losses with that main habit coming in the form of turnovers.

CL had 25 and 32 turnovers with those two losses which turned out to be almost a larger number than points scored in those two contests.

Having enough able bodies was also a downfall for Canyon Lake as Hannah St. John was out with an injury giving the Hawks only eight players to finish out their last two games.

Taking care of the ball will have to be a major item needed to be rectified going into district play while also using this next off week getting more players healthy.

Saturday’s opponents gave Canyon Lake an idea of what type of teams they have coming up on their schedule.

Navarro and Boerne will certainly emulate those games with athletes that can pressure and get easy baskets.

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The Lady Hawks had a win and loss in action at the Lampasas Tournament Friday.

CL had their seven game winning streak halted in the first game against Lorena, 37-22.

Canyon Lake did not score in double digits in any quarter and seemed to be still asleep in the morning game.

“We played lazy and unenthusiastic,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said.

None of the CL players made it to double digit scoring in the contest as the team could only score nine points in the second half.

Canyon Lake righted their ship in the next game when they beat Austin Crockett, 52-41.

The Hawks had nine players score in this game and Katie Williams pitched in with a double-double. It was her fifth double-double this season for Williams.

Williams finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

“We bounced back and took the lead early and never let them (Crockett) get close,” Coach Gallager said. “Katie had a great game in the second game. I spoke with her prior to the game and challenged her to do better and she did.”

Amber Ramsey had a pair of eights in points and rebounds.

Canyon Lake will play Lampasas Saturday morning with the tip off at 9:30am.

 CL 13-3       1   2   3   4   Final
 Hawks         8   5   3   6   22
 Lorena       13   8   9   9   39
 Scorers:
 Amber Ramsey 9, Katie Williams 6, Olivia Flores 4,
 Kyndall Drum 2, Trena Lorett 1.

 CL 14-3            1   2   3   4   Final
 Austin Crockett   12  11   8  10   41
 CL Hawks          17   8  15  12   52
 Scorers:
 Katie Williams 21, Amber Ramsey 8, Olivia Flores 7,
 Kyndall Drum 4, Dulce Brown 3, Kelsey Long 3,
 Hannah St. John 2, Tammy Dean 2, Trena Lorett 2.

The Canyon Lake Hawks had costly free throws in their loss to New Braunfels Christian Wildcats in their final game of this year losing, 55-49.

The Hawks barely outscored their second quarter in the second half as they went cold again during that time span.

“Being able to know how to score when we need to score is what we need to work on,” Coach Lucas Chapman exclaimed. “They (NB Christian) got us out of what we wanted to do.”

Canyon Lake was just three for 12 from the stripe in that second half and each miss would of either extended their lead or drawn the game closer during some very crucial segments of the game.

Andrew Riali had a spurt of three points in that second quarter giving your Hawks the lead going into halftime.

The Wildcats and Hawks were swashbuckling during the last minutes of the second quarter. Riali had nine points during a two minute stretch that helped give Canyon Lake a 30-27 lead at intermission.

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Canyon Lake found themselves at the North Pole on Tuesday night in their games with La Vernia Bears.

In fact, La Vernia could change their mascot name to Polar Bears based on how cold the shooting was for how the Hawks played in their games at Hawk Gym.

The Freshman team was ‘As Cold as Ice’…sung by Foreigner several years ago scoring just two points in their first quarter and with seven total points by halftime.

The Junior Varsity did not do much better, finishing with 27 points in their game, just one more point scored by their Freshman counterparts.

Canyon Lake’s Varsity team fared a little better, but missed lay ups during the fourth quarter that doomed a game that had just 13 points in their two middle quarters.

The Varsity Hawks did speed the game up with a press during the fourth quarter,  that did lead to several chances of closing the gap, but their end result was no different than two other games that had teams with Hawks spelled across their jerseys.

Missed shots and opportunities were in abundance on this night. Canyon Lake’s final stats was dismal when combining all three teams:

Team            FG Percentages    Three Point Goals     Free Throws
Freshman        10-46   21.7%     0-5   00.0%            6-22   27.3%
Junior Varsity   8-36   22.2%     1-7   14.3%           10-20   50.0%
Varsity         15-47   31.9%     4-13  30.8%            7-13   53.8%
Combined        33-129  25.6%     5-25  20.0%           23-55   41.8%

The ReSporter saw some Polar Bears in route to the Hawk gym after leaving.

Global Warming has been confirmed a hoax the Ice Age is another matter however.

 Varsity            1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia Bears   13  12   8  16   49
 Canyon Lake Hawks 12   6   7  16   41

                             3pt           Pts  Rebounds
 Name              fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot  o-d  Tot a  s  b  to
 Andrew Riali        2-5     1-3     1-2    6   2-3   5  0  0  0  1
 Chandler Faulkner   1-3     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
 Thomas McIntire     0-1     0-1     0-0    0   1-0   1  0  0  0  0
 Paul Davis          3-12    2-5     0-0    8   1-2   3  0  1  0  1
 Doug Hubnik         3-11    0-1     5-8   11   0-3   3  5  1  0  3
 Spencer Wellings    1-1     1-1     0-0    3   0-2   2  0  0  0  0
 Tyler Clark         0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
 Caleb Kreiger       4-11    0-1     1-1    9   5-3   8  0  0  2  1
 Javier Mendez       1-1     0-0     0-2    2   0-1   1  0  1  0  4
 Luke Curry          0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  1
 Ray Dailey          0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
 Totals             15-47    4-13    7-13  41   9-15 24  5  3  2 11
 Percentages        31.9%   30.8    53.8%

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 Junior Varsity   1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia Cubs   9  12  26  14   61
 Canyon Lake JV   5   6   6  10   27

                            3pt               Rebounds
 Name             fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or dr Tot a  s  b  to
 Garrett Winters    1-4     0-3     1-1    3  0  0  0   1  1  0  7
 Trendon Martinez   1-3     0-1     4-4    6  0  0  0   1  1  0  3
 Austin Acosta      0-5     0-1     1-2    1  2  1  3   0  1  0  1
 Michael Russell    1-5     0-1     1-2    3  0  1  1   0  1  0  2
 Skylar Tschoepe    1-7     1-1     2-4    5  1  2  3   1  1  0  1
 Branton Kindla     0-0     0-0     0-0    0  0  0  0   0  1  0  1
 Tommy Clark        1-4     0-0     0-4    2  2  2  4   0  1  0  0
 Nic Adams          1-3     0-0     1-2    3  1  0  1   0  0  0  1
 Qurion Banks       0-2     0-0     0-0    0  1  0  1   0  0  1  0
 Dave Pfaff         1-1     0-0     0-1    2  0  2  2   0  0  1  0
 Sean Nolan         1-2     0-0     0-0    2  1  6  7   0  1  0  0
 Totals             8-36    1-7    10-20  27  8 13 21   3  8  2 16
 Percentages       22.2%   14.3%   50.0%

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 Freshman               1   2   3   4   Final
 La Vernia Young Cubs  13   3  18   6   40
 Canyon Lake Fr.        2   5   7  12   26

                      3pt               Rebounds
 Name       fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or dr Tot a  s  b  to
 Sarmiento    0-0     0-0     0-0    0  1  0   1  0  0  0  1
 Soliz        1-7     0-1     1-3    3  1  0   1  2  0  0  3
 Head         0-4     0-0     0-0    0  3  1   4  0  1  0  1
 Ferris       0-0     0-0     0-0    0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0
 Romero       1-3     0-0     1-4    3  0  1   1  0  2  0  1
 Arredondo    3-13    0-1     1-4    7  1  1   2  0  3  0  3
 Montgomery   0-0     0-0     0-0    0  0  0   0  0  0  0  1
 Langford     0-1     0-0     0-0    0  0  1   1  0  0  0  2
 Lee          1-8     0-0     2-6    4  5  5  10  0  2  1  3
 Gregory      1-3     0-0     1-4    3  2  4   6  0  1  0  4
 Ward         2-6     0-3     0-0    4  1  1   2  2  1  0  1
 Sawyer       1-1     0-0     0-1    2  0  2   2  0  2  0  3
 Totals      10-46    0-5     6-22  26 14 16  30  4 12  1 23
 Percentages 21.7%   00.0%   27.3%

Canyon Lake had a statement game in a win over Navarro, 60-47 in the Randolph Tournament.

The Hawks have not won a district game in the past two years and even though this win does not count in District 27-3A play, it sure will play in the minds of a team that has been in the desert for way too long.

“We did a good job after breaking the press,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “We started getting good shots especially in the fourth when we only had two turnovers.”

CL started out lukewarm and then regressed to ice cold in this contest as the Hawks went into halftime trailing, 23-17 after a five point second quarter.

Canyon Lake went over six minutes counting the end of the first quarter before a free throw finally stopped a Navarro 13 point run. Caleb Kreiger had the only basket in this quarter with the Hawks going cold shooting 9%….ouch!!

During the second half, better than 50% from the floor had a different result on the scoreboard as CL reversed the game in their favor.

The Hawks made their statement starting the fourth quarter when they had a 12 point run and a lead for the remainder of this contest.

Andrew Riali had that feel again with an eight point barrage in a 1:12 seconds span in this quarter.

“I was feeling it,” Riali said warmly. “We started cold in the first half and the second half we got it going. You can’t make it if you don’t shoot it.”

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