Bracken Christian met their match as they were 45ed by Abilene Christian at Zephyr, Texas last Saturday, 80-35.

“We ran into a team that was better than us,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “We got the most out of this team than we could expect.”

“We had no depth and then when we got a couple injured in the second half we were dead in the water,” Fields finished.

This game started off as two heavyweights going to battle, as each offensive unit kept alternating scoring right up to halftime. Then the Panthers made a defensive stop and scored going into their locker room, which helped increase a four point deficit to 12 points, 40-28.

Two initial drives to start the game by both teams did not result in scores, but a one-play, 53-yard pass for the Panthers broke the ice halfway into that first quarter.

Bracken responded with a 68 yard run from Eli Achilles that brought BCS to within one point, 8-7.

On Bracken’s third drive, two Achilles-to-Preston-Koch passes for 35 yards helped set up another score, keeping the Warriors to within three points of the Panthers, 24-21.

An interception from Sam Hilgendorf (his first of two for this game), had the Warriors with a chance to take their first lead in this battle.

Early in that quarter Eli Achilles found John Colby on a dump pass giving your Warriors their first lead in this game, 28-24.

Unfortunately it would be Bracken’s last lead.

On Abilene Christian’s next drive, the Panthers drove 52 yards on six plays, when running back, JD Dos Santos, rumbled in from 12 yards out. Establishing a 32-28 advantage for the Panthers, all four points were based on bonus kicks.

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Canyon Lake Boy’s Freshman team had a refreshing win over Stockdale Freshman squad last Tuesday night at Hawk Gym, winning 58-28.

All the Hawks got into this game and contributed in some fashion. It was a good game to work on different aspects of their game for future encounters.

Justin Ferris finished with six points and was like many other players as both his field goals were from beyond the arc. There were several players that launched a barrage of shots from down town.

“It’s all in commitment,” Ferris started. “Everybody is working hard and knowing what to do.”

In games that get enough separation, you will find Coaches in a learning mode.

“Trying to feed the ball to the post men and get them into the game,” Ferris said after asked on what part of this game, Coach wanted them to work on.

“We are still trying to get into basketball shape from football shape,” Coach John Barthels said. “We have players that have not picked up a basketball in a year.”

Coach Barthels also commented on how he managed this game, “We were able to make better passes and started playing more as a team. Our defense picked up and we were in the right spots today for our press.”

This Canyon Lake team did not lose any intensity or skill level no matter how deep in the bench, Coach Barthels went.

“We are a very athletic team,” Coach Barthels finished.

                        1   2   3   4   Final
 Stockdale Freshman     7   9   5   7   28
 Canyon Lake Freshman  15  19  15   9   58

Canyon Lake will be getting more air punps for game day as the Hawks started another game flat in their loss to Stockdate Brahmas last Tuesday night at Hawk gym, 53-49.

The Hawks left 14 points on their free throw line as well as putting a lid on their basketball rim which helped in this loss.

CL did not respond well to start the game and played from behind throughout this contest.

“There are a lot of bad things we did in this game, but at least we fought and did not give up,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We finally had a lot of pluses in this game.”

Late in the third quarter, Stockdale increased their lead to, 38-26 with 2:24 left in the quarter.

Canyon Lake cut into that lead and only trailed, 39-32 going to their bench.

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Canyon Lake had beaten Bastrop High School earlier this year and with this victory  over Cedar Creek, can now claim ownership of Bastrop.

Cedar Creek is a program that is newer than CL competing in Sports and last season the Hawks had an easy go of it, when they white washed the Eagles, 37-10.

Another year of competition has made a big difference as this game went down to the wire.

Canyon Lake led by six points going into their half time locker room and Cedar Creek cut into that tenuous advantage throughout the next two stanza’s, but this resilient Hawk team still held on for their win.

Amber Ramsey and Katie Williams combined for 12 points and that was well off their season average.

So far this year this combo has had a 26.5 points per game average underneath, which helps open the outside for CL.

Finding ways to win will be a benefit as this season matures. This conquest now has Canyon Lake with a five game winning streak.

No other Hawk team has started the year this hot. Another win will tie the 2009 team who had a six and a five game winning streak during that campaign.

Congratulations on your first Town Trophy, now let’s go conquer some more cities in our District.

Canyon Lake will take the courts next Tuesday, November 27th at Luling, with opening tip 5pm for the Freshman.

The Hawks next home game will be Lampasas on December 4th.

 CL 5-0       1   2   3   4   Final
 Hawks        8  12  11   7   38
 Cedar Creek  8   6  12   9   35
 Scorers:
 Hannah St John-9, Amber Ramsey-8; Olivia Flores-8;
 Kyndall Drum-7; Katie Williams-4; Dulce Brown-1;
 Tammy Dean-1.

Canyon Lake Junior Varsity continues their strong play during first part of season as this Hawk team scored at will in a complete victory, 73-23 over the Stockdale Brahmas.

CL shot over 50% for each quarter as the Hawks played like they were in their 20th game this season.

More assists than turnovers and controlling every facet in this game.

“We are getting better,” Head Coach Brian Hooper said. “We played well down low and our defense was very strong.”

“This team has some good basketball skills.”

Two players, Trendon Martinez and Austin Acosta, were both perfect from the floor with both players making six shots a piece.

“This is my first year back since my seventh grade year,” Martinez reminisced. “We have a great chemistry and we play as a family.”

On how this game went compared to earlier games, Martinez commented, “We played better, looking for better shots and not settling for outside shots.”

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Canyon Lake is still a work in progress as they lost to a very athletic team in Stacey last Friday night at Hawk Gym.

The game started and ended with some exciting play at both ends of the court.

CL started with a press and ended with a press.

In between, a maize set in and Stacey slowly increased their lead to as much as 16 points in the third quarter.

Caleb Kreiger started strong with 6 straight points, but then some point blank shots just could not find the bottom of the basket and that caused that deficit to increase.

Paul Davis was a spark plug for the Hawks as he poured in 19 points in the loss.

Davis was the only player to hit a basket in that third quarter as he had 10 of those 12 points.

When asked about how he is viewing this season after a rough go at it last year, “Consistency with my shot, I just have to perfect it and get it (shot) down during the game,” Davis said. “I was able to create space and I got a chance to run the offense and execute the offense more.”

However, Davis also fell victim to three turnovers in a row in the second quarter that allowed a run for Stacey, “I need to try and stay calm when I’m under pressure, it kind of freaked out on that and I need to work on keeping calm and poised.”

Canyon Lake fought back to within eight points in the fourth quarter, when the Hawks installed their press again to get some easy shots.

“I have to trust it (the press) a little more,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman lamented. “Especially a team like that, the more we ork on it and I will have more confidence. We are still trying to figure out our identity and play up tempo. Offensively we found some pick and roll stuff with Caleb (Kreiger) and found out some guys who can help offensively.”

Canyon Lake is still a work in progress and improvement will need to be the key as pre-district games will certainly allow you to see what to have confidence in.

 Score by Quarter  1   2   3   4  Final
 Stacey           22  16  16  11  65
 Canyon Lake      18   9  12  15  54
 Scoring:  
 Davis-19, Kreiger-15, Hubnik-11, Faulkner-3, McIntire-3,
 J. Mendez-2, Ferris-1.

Canyon Lake Junior Varsity Basketball team pulled away from Stacey in the third quarter after hitting for 70% from the field.

That quarter allowed the Hawks the separation needed to coast for a 16 point win, 50-34.

The first quarter, CLJV was not in sync, as they were only able to get eight shots off. When shooting 50% for a quarter, you will usually like to get more chances at the basket.

A two point lead was not a good indicator on how this game might transpire.

Good defense helped Canyon Lake increase that two point lead up to seven points going into halftime.

The third quarter was when CL got their bearings, while shooting a lofty percentage and big Sean Nolan setting up shop underneath the basket for what proved to be the deciding quarter in this game.

Nolan finished with 10 rebounds and altered many more shots that gave the Hawks that elusive momentum.

“Just trying to get rebounds and put backs,” the 6’5″ Nolan bellowed. “This was just our second game and we need to work on our shots.”

Well said, from a man that was twice the size, of this reporter, as this reporter looked up during the interview.

Austin Acosta also had a good game as he shared the leading scorer accolades with Trendon Martinez with nine.

“I was trying to get good looks and having to move the ball around to get our offense going,” Acosta said. “We can get pretty good when we get into better condition.”

A good game for Canyon Lake to see how far they need to go as this season progresses.

Now you can go work on those FREE Throws!

Good Luck Hawks!!!
                   Points     3pt                  Rebounds
 Name              FGM-FGA  FGM-FGA  FTM-FTA  Pts  OF  DE  Tot  A  S  B  T0
 Trendon Martinez    4-9      1-3      0-1    9    2   5    7   0  0  0  1
 Garrett Winters     1-3      1-2      1-2    4    0   3    3   2  0  0  3
 Scott Taylor        0-1      0-0      0-0    0    0   1    1   0  0  0  0
 Austin Acosta       4-8      1-2      0-2    9    1   0    1   1  2  0  1
 Michael Russell     0-3      0-1      0-2    0    0   0    0   1  2  0  3
 Skylar Tschoepe     2-3      0-0      0-0    4    0   2    2   2  0  0  1
 Nic Adams           2-6      0-0      1-2    5    2   6    8   2  0  0  2
 Sean Nolan          4-5      0-0      0-4    8    3   7   10   0  3  1  1
 Qurion Banks        1-3      0-0      2-2    4    0   1    1   1  1  0  4
 Tommy Clark         1-1      0-0      0-0    2    0   1    1   3  1  0  2
 Branton Kindla      1-1      0-0      0-0    2    0   1    1   0  0  0  0
 Dave Pfaff          1-4      0-0      1-2    3    1   2    3   1  1  0  1
 Total              21-47     3-8      5-17  50    9  29   38  13 10  1 19
 Percent            44.7%    37.5%    29.4%

Bracken Christian Warriors took the bite out Logos Prep Lions last Saturday in Rockdale, 60-30.

Fullback Preston Koch

The last time BCS was trailing in a game was eight games ago against Boerne Geneva.

This Sugarland team had a lead twice as a result of that ‘Bonus Kick’, that has eluded this Warrior team all season long.

Bracken won when their defense figured out a different game plan defensively and that new scheme helped the Warriors get their separation, with five straight drives of holding Sugarland without a score.

“We just discovered our momentum and they weren’t able to come back from that,” Jeremy Fasenmyer said.

Meanwhile, BCS was scoring on their first nine drives of this game which helped in establishing a game plan that would allow Bracken to put their game in cruise control.

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Canyon Lake started out with a press that kept Stacey needing a dry cleaner in a win over the Eagles, 65-13 last Friday night at Hawk gym.

This game was over after the first quarter, as Stacey had a hard time getting on their offensive side of the court.

Katie Williams had more points than Stacey in her fourth quarter scoring, when she poured in 14 points from underneath the basket.

Depth is proving to be a key for this club as each player can bring some answers for any type of game that might be evolving.

It did not matter which quarter or which five players were on the court, since that depth was still more than this Eagle team could handle.

There are still many things to improve on with the Hawks.

A better free throw percentage comes to mind as this little part of this particular game was not something to worry about. In future games, this could be an undoing for a loss.
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Canyon Lake Boy’s Basketball tipped off their season last Tuesday night at Hawk gym against Stacey, in what proved to be a glorified scrimmage based on having one practice for many of these players.

“We played hard and we have had only one or two practices,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We haven’t had a lot of time to get our feet yet.”

Cedar Creek comes from a larger school setting, which gives those type of schools an upper hand against schools like Canyon Lake that has many players just now coming over from their football season.

The Hawks had a lead of 2-0, but that would be their last chance to be above water, as this Cedar Creek team had plenty of depth and continued to bring players from their bench that could exploit CL, which was just trying to find out who was playing where.

Coach Chapman also had 14 players that he was trying to find out what their skill set would be this early in the season.
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