Canyon Lake Hawks warmed up and took off their Llano YellowJackets in the Hawks Gymnasium Tuesday night.

Senior Matt Magness was almost half the scoring for the Hawks scoring 20 points by driving to the basket with a great tear-drop shot.

“It’s a good shot when you are playing against a tall guys on the floor,” Magness stated.

Canyon Lake also knows that their goals are still in place as they beat a team that has played two other district teams with the same result.

The game was well in control when the second half started to warm up. After scoring five points in the second quarter the Hawks took control in the third quarter extending the lead to 11 points at the end of that stanza. (more…)

The Bracken Warriors lost by the slimmest of margins, Saturday in

losing, 32-28 to Abilene Christian Panthers in Semi-Final action at Moody, Texas.

“Sometimes you have heard it said that you can get a victory out of defeat,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “In this game I can say that this Bracken team did not quit and played with pride to get the game to within four points and that close to a winning score on the final play.”

The ‘Hail Mary’ was actually hard to do based on a 30-40 mile per hour winds in Quarterback Eli Achilles face on that final play.

Four seconds was the time showing on the scoreboard with BCS needing 50 yards to see another day on the gridiron.
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The Canyon Lake Freshmen Boy’s Basketball team improved to 2-0 on the

season beating Round Rock Cedar Ridge 39-36. For the second straight game the Hawks relied on a great defensive team effort to pull out a game that came down to the last possession.

“Since day one we have talked about defense being the key to be successful,” coach Luke Chapman said.  “The kids have bought in and we made enough stops tonight to come out with a big win.”

Leading the way for the Hawks was Garrett Winters with 15 points. Taylor Lucas chipped in with 6 points and Skylar Tschoepe and Branton Kindla added 5 apiece.
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Bracken Warriors (11-0) took their first step on their journey to Moody, Texas where the State Championship will be played in two weeks. BCS outscored the Knights 44-28 in the second half willing a victory over the third place team in State.

The first half, however was a different story as both team’s defense controlled the other team’s offense.

“We looked like a football team that came off an open date and had to play the number three team in State,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said.

Bracken’s offense had 186 yards at the half, with 84 yards passing and rushing which was the least amount this season.

The Warriors actually had a chance to have 24 points that were denied based on penalties that called each of the three touchdowns back.

Senior Ty Zunker was the first victim when he intercepted and returned the pass 69 yards and all he got was winded as the Warriors set up shop deep in their own territory.
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Canyon Lake is the best 8-2 team in State that is not in the playoffs, and

unfortunately the scenario played out like many people thought when Wimberley and Navarro won their games sending the Hawks into a longer than expected off season.

The Hawks did not let that scenario keep them from finishing on a winning note, as Canyon Lake put the collar on the Bulldogs, 55-33 at Bandera Stadium last Friday night.

CLHS scored the first touchdown of the second half and put this game out of reach for Bandera.

The season was memorable for other reasons besides not making the playoffs, this campaign allowed the fans and parents to see a team bond together through hard work in crafting another brick on the Canyon Lake house for future seasons.
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Bracken Christian Warriors have finished their regular season undefeated for two years in a row, as Bracken ran all over Kerrville OLH Hawks, 79-34 at Warrior stadium last Friday night.

The 79 points was impressive, but a little known fact about Bracken is how dominating the defense can be. If you don’t believe that is true, then go ask a sore Hawk in Kerrville what they think.

OLH Hawks came into the game scoring over 67 points per contest while the Warriors held Kerrville to half that average in this game for the District title.

Senior Grady Achilles rushed for 335 yards while carrying the rock 15 times. Adding up the last four games before this finale had Achilles with 17 rushes total.

In fact, the last seven games Grady Achilles has amassed 31 carries helping Bracken cake walk through the middle part of the season.
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Bracken Christian (20-6) lost to Huntsville Alpha Omega, 14-25, 25-20, 20-25, and 19-25, Friday at Providence High School in downtown San Antonio in the Semi Final State Playoffs.

The first game was all Lions after jumping out to a lead Bracken could not match.

“Making errors that we don’t typically make,” Head Coach Shaunna Teuton said. “We could not do anything effectively.”

Alpha Omega had three rallies of five points as the Lions took advantage of the same offensive strategy that Bracken had been doing to their opponents during their 12 game winning streak.

The serve had been a catalyst for BCS, yet it was the Lions that were serving notice it might be a long game for the Warriors.
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The Canyon Lake JV team will be glad the last game was played…based on how many players were walking around on crutches on the sidelines and with other circumstances has made the team thin in numbers.

Hence, the 41-12 drubbing at the hands of a Bulldog from Bandera.

The game started on a bright note as Canyon Lake quickly moved the ball for 69 yards on just five plays, highlighted by a 47 yard run from running back Karl Weidner.

Most of the highlights ended with that run as the Bulldogs unleashed a Stouffet with runs and punt returns, taking the wind out of the sails for CL.

The Hawks did answer a touchdown on their first possession of the second half after Bandera had struck for the first score of the half.
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Bracken Christian doused the Flames from Marble Falls, 64-8 in their eighth mercy game in a row for this season…a record.

The offense is lethal, but the defense could be better.

The only problem in making that projection, is the defense gets to play more than the offense.

Bracken has had only 10 drives since the first game against Austin Hill Country that resulted in more than four plays before a score.

This Warriors team has so many weapons to unleash when the playoffs start in a couple of weeks. Right now, if the runner gets tackled, then the play was a failure.

Competition will be ramped up another notch this week as Bracken will try to find out if the light bill has been paid for the lights for the field.
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The Bracken Christian Warriors won an epic battle against San Antonio Lutheran in a five game set, 25-17, 20-25, 25-16, 24-26, and 15-7.

Head Coach Shaunna Teuton mentioned after the win on Tuesday that if Briana Martinez was able to suit up, then she was going to play and definitely serve.

“We knew what we had to do going into the fifth game,” Coach Teuton said. “I asked them (team) whoever wanted most….Bre (Martinez) was the momentum turner.”

Miss Martinez had spent some time during the week in the hospital.

“I did not have very much energy,” Martinez sighed. “Adrenaline kicked in and I knew I needed to get in a groove.”

The Coach for Lutheran tried to freeze Martinez twice during the eight point rally.

“I just have to think about how to do my form in my head,” Martinez served an ace. “It is all a mental game.”
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