Savanna Oberholtzer scored 38 points as The Lake’s Ladies Won Hawk Relays.

     Way to make some Good Marks!

The Hawk Relays had beautiful weather for the 8 schools in attendance as these conditions led to The Lake’s Ladies to either PR their top ten spot or move past former athletes.

CL’s Ladies finished first with 152 points that had 7 Hawks in double digit points led by Savanna Oberholtzer’s 38 points in her 5 events.

She was followed by Kennedy Grindle who scored 27 pts in 4 events, Te’a Gonzales & Aubrey Avey both finished with 20 points.

Eva Zabarcencu and Sophie Eastland had 12 points each and Shana Cutrer with 13 points.

Mia Zabarcencu had 8.5 points that involved a 2nd place in the open 400 dash and being part of the 4×400 relay who finished in 6th place.

                       Go Fast Hawks!

Seven of the 18 events had Hawks leading or placing first.

In the 4×100 (by 0.01) & 4×200 (by 0.27) relays CLHS broke last year’s relays times that qualified for Austin.

Kennedy Grindle is now just one inch from passing Jessica Cunningham for 2nd place in the Pole-Vault and now has the 4th best 300 meter hurdle event.

Grindle and Shana Cutrer are 3rd & 4th respectfully now in the 100 meter hurdle race.

Freshman Sophie Eastland stands in 3rd place in the 3200 Meter Run and 4th place in the 1600 Meter Run.

                                      Go Fast Lake!

Mia Zabarcencu moved into 8th place after her 2nd place finish for the 400 meter dash.

Te’a Gonzales went to the top of the class after winning the 200 meter dash besting Ayren Lightfoot by 2 tenths of a second.

CL’s Ladies JV were led by Georgia Schexnayder’s 19 points scored in 5 events.

Madison Matheney scored 8 points with 4th place finishes in the 800/1600 meter runs with Julia Pena getting her 8 points finishing 2nd in her High Jump event.

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Canyon Lake’s Boys had more meat on their bone this week with some decent showings when Anthony Hockman won the High Jump with a 6’2 mark.

                          High Noon says GO LAKE!

While Gipson Cover improved from last week with PR’s in the 3200/1600 runs as Peyton King scored 8 points in 3 events for The Lake and a 5th place showing as a team.

CL’s JV copied the Varsity with at 4th place in the Standings with 3 Hawk’s winning an event.

Gage Jones was first in his 200 Meter Dash, Frazier Zach won the Discus, and Jacob Stahla won in his 110 Meter Hurdles event.

The Lake’s Track Team will be at the Panther Relays (Navarro) with a 1:00pm start time February 26th.

Way to GO FAST HAWKS!  

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               CL HAWK RELAYS
   Girls Varsity          Boys Varsity
1. Canyon Lake      152   Dripping Springs 160
2. Wimberley        140   Davenport        114
3. Dripping Springs 135   Marion           111
4. Pleasanton        73   Wimberley         78
5. Navarro           37   Canyon Lake       47
6. Marion            34   Pleasanton        46
7. Long Creek        28   Navarro           39
8. Davenport         17   Long Creek        25

   Girls JV               Boys JV
1. Wimberley        173   Dripping Springs 189
2. Dripping Springs 155   Wimberley        145
3. Davenport        141   Davenport         88
4. Canyon Lake       54   Canyon Lake       62
5. Long Creek        46   Navarro           51
6. Marion            20   Pleasanton        45
7. Pleasanton        12   Marion            23
8. Navarro           12   Long Creek        15

 3200 Meter Run               3200 Meter Run
 Eva Zabarcencu  12:00.20     Gibson Cover     11:05.14 
 Sophie Eastland 12:01.46     Tristan Schenk   11:17.59 

 4x100 M Relay      48:13     4x100 Relay         43.07 
 Savanna Oberholter           Kobe Halverson 
 Te’a Gonzales                Peyton King
 Kennedy Grindle              Tristan Alexander
 Aubrey Avey                  Jace Morales

 100 Meter Hurdles            100 Meters Dash
 Kennedy Grindle    15.54     Tristan Alexander  11.36 
 Shana Cutrer       15.66 

100 Meter Dash                300 Meter Hurdles
Savanna Oberholtzer 12.08     Miller Beebe       44.30 

4x200 Meter Relay 1:42.26     200 Meter Dash
Aubrey Avey                   Joseph Matos       24.29 
Savanna Oberholtzer
Shana Cutrer 
Te’a Gonzales

4x400 Meter Relay 4:24.82     4x400 Meter Relay 3:35.78
Avery Rutherford              Joseph Matos
Bella Biasatti                Peyton King
Mia Zabarcencu                Jacob Price
Sophie Eastland               Tristan Alexander

400 Meter Dash                Shot Put                     
Mia Zabarecencu     62.46     Cayden Toon       41-4.50

300 Meter Hurdles             High Jump 1600 Meter Run
Aubrey Avey         44.66     Anthony Hockman       6-2  
Kennedy Grindle     46.97     Peyton King           5-8
                               
Pole Vault                    Triple Jump             
Kennedy Grindle     11-00     Jacob Price         40-00

200 Meter Dash  
Te’a Gonzales    25.39 10
        
Long Jump 
Savanna Oberholtzer  18-5
  
Triple Jump 
Savanna Oberholtzer 35-3.25  

4x400 Meter Relay 4:24.82  
Avery Rutherford 
Bella Biasatti
Mia Zabarcencu
Sophie Eastland 
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                JUNIOR VARSITY HAWK RESULTS  
200 Meter Dash                 200 Meter Dash 
Julia Pena           29.73     Gage Jones            24.04  
Kiera Bell           31.24     Carter Prieto         25.60 
Khloe Hangca         32.41     Braden Karrow         26.11
 
400 Meter Dash                 100 Meter Dash 
Bella Huneau         69.89     Braden Bantner        12.25 
Khloe Hangca         73.82     Colin Armstrong       12.94 

800 Meter Run                  400 Meter Dash 
Madison Matheney   2:46.92     Diego Perez           63.72 
Bella Huneau       2:52.66     Zackry Knox           65.20 
Khloe Hangca       3:13.13     Jackson Dow           67.34 
Vivian Gough       3:24.58   
                               1600 Meter Run 
1600 Meter Run                 Thomas Woods        5:49.01 
Madison Matheney   6:27.80     Skeet Kitchen       5:55.32 
Layla Jones        7:10.00     Antonio Rivera      6:03.99 
Abcde Jackson      7:43.13 
Bethany Nocito     7:48.28     110 Meter Hurdles  
                               Jacob Stahla          17.59  
3200 Meter Run                 Aidyn Ibarra          21.19 
Layla Jones       16:23.22 
Abcde Jackson     16:56.50     300 Meter Hurdles  
                               Jacob Stahla          46.86  
4x100 Meter Relay    54.54     Harley Hamilton       47.11  
Delilah King, 
Georgia Schexnayder            3200 Meter Run 
Paisleigh Fahrney              Skeet Kitchen      12:59.26 
Kiley Williams                 Thomas Woods       13:16.95 
                               Antonio Rivera     13:27.99 
4x200 Meter Relay  1:56.14  
Delilah King                   4x100 Meter Relay     45.80 
Paisleigh Fahrney              Jacob Stahla, Carter Prieto 
Kiley Williams                 Braden Brantner, Gage Jones                
Georgia Schexnayder            
                               4x400 Meter Relay   3:52.78 
4x400 Meter Relay   4:46.99    Braden Brantner, Gage Jones 
Paisleigh Fahrney              Gage Jones, Blake McCullough 
Kiley Williams   
Georgia Schexnayder            Shot Put 
Haley Mechler                  Frazier Zach        31-8.50 
                               Parker Gordon       31-2.50 
Discus                         Mata Anthony        30-1.75 
Kiera Bell             51-1   
                               Discus 
High Jump                      Frazier Zach           106-1 
Julia Pena              4-8    Parker Gordon           94-1  
                               Glenn McKenzie          80-7 
Long Jump  
Georgia Schexnayder 15-4.00    Long Jump 
                               Gage Jones           17-3.75 
Triple Jump                    Zackry Knox          16-5.50 
Georgia Schexnayder 33-2.50    Braden Brantner      15-9.00 

                               Triple Jump 
                               Zackry Knox          37-0.50 

                                            2026 Hawks Opening Game was Devine, 12-3.
(photo Adam Schexnayder)

                               Way to GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake’s Baseball won their 8th opening day game in a row with a dismantling of the Devine Warhorses, 12-3.

“The bats came alive and the pitcher’s threw strikes,” Head Coach Victor Escamilla stated. “The defense needs to be shored up. Every error is a window of opportunity for our opponents and good teams will exploit that.”

CLake rushed out to a 3 run lead before those dastardly errors to two runs in the 3rd and their last run in that following frame. Canyon Lake still led, 4-3 but broke out this contest in those last three innings scoring 8 runs and 6 during that 6th inning.

It was an extra base hit parade with 8 of the Hawks 15 hits went for extra bases with 7 doubles and a homer for newcomer Cullen Barnhart who chipped in with one of those doubles.

                           Let’s GO LAKE!

Carson Walker did not do his last name any favors as walking was not his motif of getting around first base after 3 of his 4 hits went for doubles knocking in 3 Hawks matching Barnhart’s 3 rbi’s.

Ryan Rena and Bryce May also had multiple hits along with Brennan Hughes 3 singles helping put this game in a win column.

Cade Johnson and Hayes Holladay combined for a no-hitter while giving up 2 walks and striking out 9 Warhorses that were not led to water on this night.

Those errors led to all of Devine’s runs and a good start before The Lake heads to a perennial power Sinton team on Thursday with a 2pm first pitch.

Canyon Lake will start their first tournament in that game followed with Port Lavaca later that same day.

A good start with some tough competition in the Sinton Tourney will give the Hawk’s coaching staff plenty of ideas on what will need work as pre-district battles continue.

Way to GO Lake!

           1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
The Lake   1  0  3  0  1  6  1  12 15  4
Devine     0  0  2  1  0  0  0   3  0  3

Player             ab  r  h bi 2b hr bb so  misc 
lf Bryce May        4  3  2  1  1  0  0  0  sb sac  
rf Gram Simpson     3  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  hbp 
rf Greysen Patton   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    
2b Carson Walker    5  3  4  3  3  0  0  0  sb  
c  Wayen Wertz      4  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  sf  
dh Brennan Hughes   4  0  3  1  0  0  0  0  cs 
dh Wyatt Sims       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  
1b Cullen Barnhart  4  1  2  3  1  1  0  0  
cf L Schexnayder    3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  hbp 
ss/p Hayes Holladay 3  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  
3b Ryan Rena        3  2  2  0  2  0  0  0  
cr Dalton Hodges    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  
p  Cade Johnson     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  
cr Gavyn Baldera    0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 
cr/2b Archer Miller 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  cs  
cr  Kobe Halverson  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  
Totals             35 12 15 10  7  1  1  3   

Pitching           ip  h  r er bb so   era  W L S
Cade Johnson      4.0  0  3  0  1  4  0.00  1 0 0 
Hayes Holladay    3.0  0  0  0  1  5  0.00  0 0 1 
Totals            7.0  0  3  0  2  9  0.00  1 0 1 

Avery Norris advancing The Lake’s Offense in their win earlier this year.
(photo by PacoCreates)

GO LAKE & Flatten them like our Pancakes!

Canyon Lake started district play with a win over Fredericksburg, 4-1 for their 10th straight victory.

Last year, The Lake, came into this first contest with the Billies with a lot of confidence opening at home.

That start was a tied battle at 2 goals which led to two more ties (against Wimberley) during district part of their schedule.

CL’s district added Long Creek which results in a 12 game uphill battle as all but one school (Bandera) presently has a .500 or better record.

The Lady Hawks Soccer has had an impressive run during Head Coach Kara Stracener’s 6th years at the helm.

Authentic Canyon Lake says Go Lake & Don’t Forget Valentine’s Day!

With two campaigns reaching 16 wins while already matching CL’s 10 wins during 2023 season. In Stracener’s 6 years she had raked in 80 wins with 43 losses that comes to a .642 winning percentage.

Head Coach Stracener commented bout the Fredericksburg win, “It was a good win to start district. We Struggled to control the game, but obviously were able to convert some of our chances into goals…We were challenged more defensively than we have been all season, so I’m proud of our defense for shutting down Fred’s attack.”

The Lake has ordered a lot more hangers to show off many firsts this season thus far that now has a ten game winning streak but as Coach Stracener commented on seeing a tougher defense with the Billies, then with more schools still to see in a district that presently have 3 teams in the Top 5 and 4 in the Top 10 it is apparent more challenges will be forthcoming.

                  Congrats Lady Hawks!

Savanna Olberholtzer led the team with 3 goals while Bella Biasatti recorded 2 assists and a goal and Senior Jordan Villareal produced an assist to finish the scoring.

Goalkeeper Liza Schexnayder and defender Chylea Gray were rewarded players of the game in this win.

Canyon Lake will be off this Friday and then open their district home schedule next Tuesday February 3rd against Bandera starting at 7:00pm.

The Lake is treading in water that has not been seen by any Hawk sport since the school started after being recognized in one poll as the #1 team in the state.

But with that caveat you will be seeing tough district play each week that has 3 other schools also hanging with impressive resumes to show-off to their fans. Sooo buckle up and Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T     Pct   GF   GA   Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0   1.000   60   12    10W
Davenport       9  1  0    .900   45    2     7W
Wimberley       9  1  1    .864   39    6     7W
Marble Falls    8  1  2    .818   44    4     1L
Long Creek      4  1  2    .714   20    4     1W
Fredericksburg  5  5  0    .500   25   18     1L
Bandera         3  9  0    .333   14   36     3L

District        W  L  T.    Pct   GF   GA
Canyon Lake     1  0  0   1.000    4    1
Wimberley       1  0  0   1.000    1    0
Davenport       1  0  0   1.000    9    0
Long Creek      0  0  0    .000    0    0
Marble Falls    0  1  0    .000    0    1
Fredericksburg  0  1  0    .000    1    4
Bandera         0  1  0    .000    0    9

Tuesday Results:
Canyon Lake     4  Freddie      1
Wimberley       1  Marble Falls 0
Bandera         0  Davenport    9

Tonight's Schedule:
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Freddie         @  Bandera
Marble Falls    @  Long Creek
Canyon Lake Bye

Tuesday Schedule:
Bandera         @ Canyon Lake   700p
Wimberley       @ Fredericksburg
Long Creek      @ Davenport
Marble Falls Bye

Anthony Hockman has been a help in the paint averaging 4 points & 5 rebounds this season. (photo by Step Rowe)

                         Way to Go Hawks!

The Lake Basketball team dominated in getting a must win over Fredericksburg, 62-45 on a delayed one day battle due to frigid weather.

Frigid was certainly not a word to describe this victory that saw these Hawks shooting 52% from the field, 43% beyond the arc and 64% from the charity stripe.

Canyon Lake only shot below 50% once with 40% shooting in that 3rd quarter.

Josh Rowe (14 pts) drained 4 three pointers which led to a total of 9 threes for the game topping with the most this season.

CLake would also share the rock matching a season best 21 assists which happened twice in wins over Yorktown and Luling. Cole Dees had 9 of those dishes just missing double digits which has happened twice during CL’s history when Doug Hubnik (2015) reached 14 in 2013 and Tyler Pauly’s (2021) 12 in 2021.

                         GO LAKE!

Gavin Cano fielded his stat sheet scoring 12 points, with 4 assists and led CL with 5 steals.

It has been the Cano~Rowe show these past three games which has both reaching double digit scoring helping in with consistency  as this game witnessed while adding defensive effort by recording 14 steals.

The Lake in this first district win scored the first 11 points which had Wyatt Sims, Cano and Rowe on point with 3 pointers which had Cole Dees’ assists attached to this fast start.

                            Let’s GO LAKE!

This scoring surge was capped off with a Harlon Wisdom short jumper off a Rowe pass which spread the scoring to 4 different players, 11-0 to start this game.

A first quarter, 13-4 lead would increase to a 14 point advantage going into halftime, 29-15.

These Hawks would increase their lead to 20 points, 59-39 with 1:37 remaining in this battle.

A must win for a team that will hopefully be adding more out-patients from their M.A.S.H Unit by their next contest with Bandera on the road this Friday.

That steal department this season now has two (Cano 55~ 8th place) and Rowe (51~ 9th place) in the Top 10 for steals in a season. While two other players knocking on the door with Dees and Fuentes~ 49 steals~ 12th place.

Fuentes reached triple digits steals with 100 where he joined 6 other Hawks for that category.

Fuentes stands with 130 assists now for 8th place on that All-Time list trailing Matt Magness (2011) who is next on that ladder with 136.

A good win to build on as the first round of games finishes this week in Bandera.

Way to Go Lake!

Game 28    1  2  3  4  Final
Freddie    4 11  7 23  45
CL Hawks  13 16 10 23  62

                         3pt           tot rebounds
               fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes 1-2      0-0     4-4    6   1-3   4  4  2  0  1
Josh Rowe       5-12     4-8     0-0   14   3-2   5  1  1  0  3
Gavin Cano      5-9      2-5     0-2   12   0-4   4  4  5  0  1
Harlon Wisdom   3-4      0-0     1-2    7   0-4   4  0  1  0  3
Wyatt Sims      2-5      2-5     0-0    6   0-2   2  2  1  0  2
Thomas Inmon    0-0      0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Cole Dees       3-6      1-3     1-1    8   0-3   3  9  4  1  3
Korbyn Goodman  0-0      0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  3
Anthony Hockman 4-6      0-0     1-2    9   1-6   7  1  0  1  0
Totals         23-44     9-21    7-11  62   5-24 29 21 14  2 16
                52%      43%     64%

             Cole Dees & Eli Hammons cause chaos in win earlier this season. (photo by Step Rowe)

                           Way to DAM the Bobcats!

The Lake battled back and then outscored Comfort, 32-11 in the 2nd Half leading to another good win as district play comes calling this coming Friday a home game against a salty Wimberley team.

Head Coach Monte Cole expressed his thoughts, “Total team effort. Everyone contributed in some way between scoring, rebounding and assists. Our first half was up and down but second half we really amped up our defense and started hitting shots to create the separation…Really good game for us going into our first district game next Friday.”

That Up & Down sequence played out via quarters after The Lake started with an, 18-15 advantage and then allowing Comfort making it unComfortable in during the second phase and a 4 point lead going into intermission, 30-26.

                       Way to Go Hawks!

These Bobcats feasted at their charity stripe in that first half sinking 12 for a 71% shooting percentage. In this game Comfort finished with a 71% free throw rate scoring 17 points. Which contrasted with The Hawks going 2 for 4 from the line and those two makes came by way of a technical foul.

Canyon Lake problem was committing fouls 20 or more feet from the paint resulted being outscored, 17-2 from the stripe.

CLHS shot 35% beyond to arc with 6 makes which has the last two games doing damage on that shot. CLake is shooting 21% this season up to these last two contests beyond the arc that produced at a 38% percentage.

                        Go Lake Beat Everyone!

Wyatt Sims (10 pts) and Josh Rowe (15 pts) did the most damage with their long range shots which was a welcomed sight helping in this victory.

Those ‘UPs’ happened when Anthony Hockman played the paint with 10 points while pulling down 8 rebounds.

Canyon Lake was down, 39-37 with 2 minutes remaining in that 3rd Quarter when the switch was turned on seeing, The Lake, outscoring Comfort 21-0 until the Bobcats scored their last two points from you guessed it, The Foul Line, with just one minute remaining in this contest.

The Lake brought Landon Brown (scored 4 points) up from Junior Varsity as these Hawks continue to fight short handed these past couple of weeks.

Now it will be a week of fine tuning before district play begins next Friday.

Way to GO LAKE!

Game 24    1  2  3  4   Final
Comfort   15 15  9  2   41
CL Hawks  18  8 19 13   58

                        3pt           tot rebounds
              fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Josh Rowe       6-12    3-5     0-2   15   2-3   5  2  3  0  1
Gavin Cano      4-11    0-5     0-0    8   0-3   3  3  6  0  5
Harlon Wisdom   0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  0
Eli Cole        0-3     0-2     0-0    0   3-0   3  2  1  0  0
Wyatt Sims      4-6     2-3     0-0   10   1-1   2  1  0  0  1
Cole Dees       2-10    1-2     2-2    7   0-3   3  2  1  0  5
Korbyn Goodman  0-1     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  1
Anthony Hockman 5-6     0-0     0-0   10   3-5   8  1  0  0  0
Landon Brown    2-5     0-0     0-0    4   0-2   2  0  0  0  3
Eli Hammons     2-3     0-0     0-0    4   2-1   3  1  4  0  2
Totals         25-53    6-17    2-4   58  11-19 30 12 15  0 17
                47%     35%     50%

                Eli Hammons takes flight in game earlier this season.   (photo by Step Rowe)

                        Go Canyon Lake!

Canyon Lake had a good bounce back win with their fast start win over the Navarro Panthers, 52-41.

The Lake had lost two starters (Reese Pipkin & Phoenix Fuentes) to injuries in recent games and now stand with a 1-1 record starting with a loss to SA Cole last week.

“One of our emphasis has been getting off to better starts and we really focused on executing at the beginning of the game,” Head Coach Monte Cole stated. “The kids did a great job of having quality possessions on both offense and defense in the 1st quarter. With our injuries comes a shorter bench and guys came off the bench and contributed all game. I thought it was a good game to start in creating momentum to lead into district next week.”

District is starting January 16th at home against Wimberley.

                                      Let’s GO LAKE!

That first quarter would qualify as a fast start rushing out to a 10 point (13-3) lead within the first half of the opening quarter.

In fact it was three three-pointers (two for Cole Dees & one for Wyatt Sims) that cashed in. Dees scored eight points during that first quarter and CLHS finished that first period with 4 makes beyond the arc. That is one more than CLake has averaged per game this season for a, 18-4 advantage.

The Panthers did claw back 3 points in that second quarter but The Lake still had an 11 point lead going into halftime, 27-16.

Canyon Lake continued garnering double digit numbers in assists and steals but finished with 21 turnovers which allowed Navarro to stay close enough for a chance of getting a run to close for a chance to change the outcome.

                      Let’s GO HAWKS!

The Lake did have an answer for those mini Panther runs and ran their biggest lead up to 15 points, 40-25.

CLHS shot 50% from the field for the game and finished with seven three pointers with a balmy 41% which is by far the best this season.

The Stephenville game CL had a 33% on six makes and in a Yorktown win there were 8 makes (the most this season) with a 24% in that contest.

It was the charity stripe where Canyon Lake left 10 points on the floor shooting 33% which was less that beyond the arc. (Thought The ReSporter would never release that type of stat…..ever.)

Dees finished with 21 points as the only Hawk in double figures but it was an 8 assist-5 steal evening for Gavin Cano that helped with an overall good finish.

Cano has taken more responsibility with two guards not in the lineup as well as Sims being pegged as a starter.

Canyon Lake will finish their final regular season slate when they travel to Comfort Friday with the tip-off at 6:30pm.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Game 23    1  2  3  4   Final
Navarro    4 12 11 14   41
CL Hawks  18  9 13 12   52

                        3pt           tot rebounds
              fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Josh Rowe       2-4     1-3     1-2    6   1-0   1  3  1  0  3
Gavin Cano      1-7     0-3     0-0    2   0-3   3  8  5  0  6
Harlon Wisdom   0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  1  1
Eli Cole        1-1     1-1     0-0    3   0-2   2  0  0  0  0
Wyatt Sims      3-7     1-4     0-0    7   1-0   1  0  0  0  0
Cole Dees       8-14    3-4     2-4   21   2-2   4  1  2  1  5
Anthony Hockman 2-2     0-0     2-7    6   1-6   7  2  3  0  3
Bobby Torres    2-4     1-2     0-0    5   0-0   0  0  0  1  2
Eli Hammons     1-1     0-0     0-2    2   1-5   6  0  1  0  1
Totals         20-40    7-17    5-15  52  6-18  24 14 12  3 21
                50%     41%     33%

                              Reese Pipkin with a rainbow shot against Graham in tourney. (photo Step Rowe)

The Lake did not start their game with Austin Travis very well (understatement) after posting a, 15-2 first quarter with those two lonely points courtesy of an Eli Cole put-back that had 1:30 remaining in the opening quarter.

You read that right….Canyon Lake was looking at a 15 point deficit to start this game.

            Way to make some Good Hits!

A start this bad would usually bring a family conversation in the crowd of,  ‘Where would be a good place to eat after this game?’

That meal turned out to be a full buffet affair that had this Hawk team not only getting back into this game but….finishing with an 11 point win.

What was the secret sauce? A heavy dose of defense that led to 14 steals and bruises on several Hawk players going after loose balls. Add reducing turnovers down from 11 in that first frame to only two for that next 8 minutes proved to be a winning eatery.

CLHS would score 25 points during that second period and realizing a 3 point lead going into halftime, 27-23.

A Quick 2nd Quarter Recap:
First Quarter 2-15   Who Scored Goal/FT       Assist   Time
              3-15   Free Throw Fuentes                7:01
              6-15   Eli Cole 3 Pointer        Cano    6:49
              6-17   FThrows Austin Travis             6:29
              7-17   Free Throw Cole Dees              5:40
              9-17   Fuentes Bucket                    4:51
              9-19   Austin Travis Bucket              3:36
             11-19   Fuentes Bucket                    3:07
             12-19   Dees Free Throw                   2:38
             14-19   Fuentes Two Free Throws           2:33
             16-19   Josh Rowe Bucket          Dees    2:10
             18-19   Josh Rowe Bucket          Steal   1:50
             21-19   Dees 3 Pointer            Rowe    1:21
             21=21   Austin Travis Bucket              1:12
             23-21   Fuentes Bucket            Torres  0:50
             24-21   Fuentes Free Throw                0:25
             24-23   Austin Travis Bucket              0:14
             27-23   Rowe 3 Pointer            Torres  0:01

     Let’s Go Hawks Great Comeback!

Canyon Lake would continue their pressure starting the 2nd Half garnering their largest lead in this segment, 9 points (38-29) when Gavin Cano sank a free throw with 1:27 left before the final quarter, the Hawk lead was still tenuous tho, 40-34.

Starting that last period, two buckets for Fuentes and Torres along with assists for Torres & Rowe during the first 90 seconds gave CL a, 44-34.

The Lake kept their distance for the remainder of this quarter as Austin Travis cut into CL’s lead to 8 points while Canyon Lake was able to up their advantage to 12 points on a Fuentes bucket with 3:55 remaining, 48-36.

Basically…Canyon Lake scored 52 points in 3 quarters and outscoring these Rebels, 52-28 during that span.

Another good,  gut check,  in seeing the possibilities when communication and an all out energy burst that caused chaos on your opponent that led to good offensive play.

                            Go Lake!

Bobby Torres led The Lake with 5 assists while Josh Rowe forced 5 steals while the team reached 15 steals and assists to end this win.

Canyon Lake did finish with a 3-1 tourney record and lost in a Championship against Stephenville.

Head Coach Monte Cole commented on what the team accomplished, “I think this tournament helped us regain some confidence and start moving in the right direction. It was a great tournament for us and in championship game we played really good Stephenville team and were competitive for a majority of the game.

Coach Cole continued, “The younger guys are learning how hard you have to play at the Varsity level to win games and it’s showing. Very proud of this group of guys.”

A good showing which left the Hawk fans never being able to come to a destination for that elusive win…which made that non-decision a good decision.

Hawk Nation is Proud of The LAKE!

Game 20         1  2  3  4  Final
Austin Travis  15  8 11  9  43
CL Hawks        2 25 13 14  54

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes    4-5     0-0     4-6   12   2-4   6  2  4  0  9
Josh Rowe          5-8     1-2     2-2   13   1-1   2  3  5  0  2
Gavin Cano         0-0     0-0     1-2    1   2-0   2  2  0  0  0
Harlon Wisdom      3-4     0-0     0-0    6   2-3   5  1  1  0  0
Eli Cole           3-4     1-2     0-2    7   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Wyatt Sims         0-1     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  0  0  0  2
Cole Dees          1-6     1-5     3-6    6   1-6   7  1  3  1  4
Korbyn Goodman     0-2     0-2     0-0    0   0-1   1  1  1  0  1
Anthony Hockman    0-2     0-0     0-0    0   2-1   3  0  0  1  0
Bobby Torres       3-6     0-1     1-2    7   1-2   3  5  0  0  2
Eli Hammons        1-3     0-0     0-0    2   1-0   1  0  1  0  1
Totals            20-41    3-13   11-20  54  12-18 30 15 15  2 21

            Hawk’s coming out of a time-out ready to implement Coach Cole’s instructions! Go Lake!

              Make us Proud Hawks!

The Canyon Lake Hawks’ basketball recent struggles received a respite after starting their Hays Tournament with two wins.

The Lake’s record was 1-8 with most of those losses coming when an illness struck during their Christmas Tourney in Lampasas.

Having a healthy team led to this two game stretch as CLHS was able to succumb their last win against Graham needing to erase a 10 point deficit with 6:17 left on a 4th quarter clock down, 44-34.

CLake answered with an all out defensive effort which led to a Bobby Torres 7 point response (2 free throws~3 pointer~2 assists) barrage which saw Torres’ assist to Anthony Hockman ending the 3rd quarter.

The Lake got the score down to a 3 points, 44-41 when Graham got a fast break two pointer which would turn out to be their last points at the 2:42 mark.

            Plug those Leaks (Turnovers) Lake!

Another combo assist to bucket when Phoenix Fuentes found Cole Dees which brought this game down to a one point, 46-45 for these Steers.

Fuentes and Dees combined for 9 assists which would have Dees curtain call when he had his twisting dance move turn into the paint while finding a wide open Hockman for that winning bucket and one point win, 47-46.

The Lake’s first win on this day was a much different style that had The Lake with a convincing, 73-25 win over Yorktown.

This win had 3 Hawks scoring double digits, Fuentes (13), Reese Pipkin (14), Torres (14) and every Hawk but one with a rebound…. this contes produced another double digit game with 18 assists and 16 steals.

The Lake had another 4th quarter awakening scoring 25 points which also produced CL’s best game this season beyond the arc with 8 makes.

Canyon Lake thus far has outscored their competition, 100 points (298-198) during those last 8 minutes.

The Lake will continue their last tourney for this season with a battle against Austin Travis with tip-off at 1:00pm this Tuesday at Barton Middle School in Kyle, Texas.

Way to GO Lake!

Game 19    1  2  3  4  Final
Graham    16  9 14  7  46
CL Hawks   9 15  8 15  47

                          3pt           tot rebounds
                fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes   2-4     0-0     1-2    5   2-3   5  5  1  0  3
Josh Rowe         2-10    0-2     1-1    5   4-2   6  1  2  0  2
Reese Pipkin      1-2     1-2     0-0    3   0-0   0  0  1  0  1
Gavin Cano        2-4     1-3     0-0    5   0-0   0  0  1  0  0
Harlon Wisdom     1-3     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  2  0
Eli Cole          0-2     0-2     0-0    0   1-1   2  0  1  1  0
Wyatt Sims        0-2     0-2     0-0    0   0-0   0  1  0  0  1
Cole Dees         3-7     0-0     0-0    6   0-4   4  4  1  0  0
Anthony Hockman   4-5     0-0     0-0    8   2-1   3  0  0  0  1
Bobby Torres      4-9     1-3     2-2   11   2-1   3  2  3  0  3
Eli Hammons       1-3     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Totals           20-51    3-14    4-5   47  11-12 23 13 10  3 11

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Game 18    1  2  3  4  Final
Yorktown   6  8  6  5  25
CL Hawks  17 17 14 25  73

                           3pt           tot rebounds
                 fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes    6-12    1-4     0-0   13   3-3   6  4  1  2  1
Josh Rowe          3-8     2-5     0-2    8   4-2   6  2  3  0  1
Reese Pipkin       5-9     2-5     2-2   14   1-4   5  5  3  0  2
Gavin Cano         1-9     0-5     0-0    2   2-0   2  2  2  0  1
Harlon Wisdom      2-4     0-0     0-0    4   1-2   3  0  2  2  2
Eli Cole           1-3     0-2     0-0    2   1-2   3  0  1  0  2
Wyatt Sims         1-2     1-2     0-0    3   0-0   0  1  0  0  0
Cole Dees          4-11    0-6     0-0    8   1-2   3  3  1  1  1
Anthony Hockman    2-3     0-0     1-2    5   0-4   4  0  0  0  2
Bobby Torres       6-8     2-4     0-0   14   1-1   2  1  3  0  0
Eli Hammons        0-0     0-0     0-0    0   3-3   6  0  0  0  2
Donavan Menchaca   0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-2   2  0  0  0  0
Totals            31-69    8-33    3-6   73  17-25 42 18 16  5 14

                    Eli Hammons lending a helping hand for Phoenix Fuentes.  (photo by Step Rowe)

Canyon Lake got an All-Meat at High Noon Pizza in the Hancock Plaza after their win over Bastrop, 45-37.

The Lake had laid a Gluten Free Pizza in their previous Burnet contest on Tuesday and knew that those type of efforts lead to an empty stomach.

This win still had some ups & downs but good times were enough to get this win with another game of double digit steals (13) which has CL averaging 14 for this season.

Cole Dees and Phoenix Fuentes both led the Hawks finishing with 12 points and a strong game for Eli Hammons with his 6 points and 9 rebounds.

Those Up times had The Lake opening up with an, 8-2 lead that got thing going before a Down episode when the Bastrop Bears worked this game back to a tie, 17 all at the 1:24 mark before half.

Canyon Lake would open the second half with an improved focus after running their lead to 9 points, 29-20 at the 4:00 minute mark in the 3rd stanza.

But another Gluten Free episode to end that quarter resulted in a, 31-30 advantage going into CL’s final quarter.

That 4th quarter had a rare event when Fuentes found himself on the charity stripe with 5:31 left in the contest. It had been 7 straight quarters of not having a chance for a free throw finally being realized.

The Lake would finish with 7 made free throws while adding a 3 pointer coming from Cole Dees and assist by Fuentes which would result in a, 40-32 lead with a little under 4 minutes remaining. Dees’ with that 3 pointer ended with 6 points in that final 8 minutes.

A good defensive effort allowing 7 points that helped Canyon Lake to rid themselves of that Gluten Free Pizza to a good tasty regular Pizza whether by the Slice or whatever size needed for this filling win.

High Noon is a new ‘Home Grown’ Pizza place right next to Authentic Canyon Lake across from Brookshire’s. Give them a try after Canyon Lake’s next win and GO Lake!

Game 12    1  2  3  4  Final
Bastrop    7 10 13  7  37
CL Hawks  13  8 10 14  45

                          3pt           tot rebounds
                fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot  a  s  b  to
Phoenix Fuentes   4-7     0-0     4-4   12   3-1   4   4  2  1  5
Josh Rowe         4-6     1-2     0-0    9   0-1   1   0  3  0  3
Reese Pipkin      0-4     0-1     0-0    0   1-4   5   2  1  0  2
Gavin Cano        0-3     0-2     0-0    0   2-2   4   1  1  0  0
Harlon Wisdom     1-3     0-0     0-0    2   1-1   2   0  0  0  0
Eli Cole          0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0   0  0  0  0
Wyatt Sims        1-5     0-1     0-0    2   0-1   1   1  1  0  0
Cole Dees         5-11    1-4     3-4   12   0-1   1   2  2  0  2
Korbyn Goodman    0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0-1   1   0  0  0  1
Anthony Hockman   0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1-0   1   0  0  0  0
Bobby Torres      0-1     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0   0  2  0  2
Eli Hammons       3-6     0-0     0-2    6   4-5   9   0  1  0  0
Totals           18-50    2-13    7-10  45  12-17 29  10 13  1 15

                                     Eli Hammons contributing fighting for Hawk Rebounds.      (photo by Step Rowe)

Let’s Go Lake Great Win Over The Pass

Canyon Lake came back from a 20 point deficit in scoring 51 second half points for a 2 point win over Aransas Pass, 71-70.

It was an offensive rebound put-back for Anthony Hockman with three seconds left that sealed the deal.

The Lake did start this contest storming to a, 13-6 first quarter advantage.

The Aransas Pass would take over with a 24 point 2nd quarter and outscored The Lake, 17 points that produced a 12 point advantage to end that first half.

“We made a lot of mistakes early versus AP (Aransas Pass).” Head Coach Monte Cole recapped. “Unforced turnovers, missed layups, missing open guys with our passing…but the kids were resilient and kept battling to give themselves a chance and then guys made plays at the end to win.”

      Let’s Go Hawks Great Comeback!

Canyon Lake will go into Saturday game against Gainesville who has a 5-1 record, “This is a great tournament for us because we’re identifying the little things we have to do a lot better and execute more consistently”….on playing Gainesville, “They’re big and good. A good test for us.”

AP increased their halftime advantage into a 20 point (51-31) lead with just 1:43 remaining in that 3rd stanza, but this Hawk team would turn on a firehose scoring 40 points in a  9:43 time frame.

CL had 4 players reach double digit scoring with Cole Dees (14 pts) leading and being joined with Phoenix Fuentes (13), Josh Rowe (12), and Gavin Cano (10).

Way to GO LAKE!

CL got contributions from a bench that pitched in 26 points in this improbable comeback.

That last quarter was a classic being down, 51-41 to start and Fuentes with a steal (20 steals forced by CL’s defense) cut AP’s lead to single digits, 51-43 to start this avalanche of scoring.

It was a back and force game and The Lake had trouble cutting that lead below 7 points after a Dees three pointer with 6:42 left, 53-46.

The Pass pushed their advantage back to 10 points with under 6 minutes, 60-50.

In fact, CLHS cut the lead to 7 again with an old fashion 3 pointer for Fuentes before quick 4 points giving the Home Team an 11 point lead, 64-53 with 3:24 remaining.  From  there  CL  scored 18 points while giving up 7 points for AP.

CLake would score the next 7 points and finish this game with a nail biter victory.

                                                      Remaining
A) Cano 3 pointer off a Hockman assist,        56-64    3:12 
B) Fuentes with another old fashion 3 pointer, 59-64    2:15 
C) Rowe basket after a Hawk steal,             61-64    2:02 
D) Rowe after a Pass miss,                     63-64    1:53 
E) Aransas free throw,                         63-65    1:35 
F) Aransas free throw,                         63-66    1:19 
G) Aransas bucket,                             63-68    0:58 
H) Dees two FT’s on rebound of Pass miss FT,   65-68    0:57 
I) Dees bucket on a Rowe assist,               67-68    0:29
J) Rowe score and Cano assist,                 69-68    0:14 
   1st lead since 7:06 First Quarter
K) Aransas made 2 FT’s,                        69-70    0:09 
L) Hockman offensive Reb put back off glass,   71-70    0:03 

                  Way to Go Hawk Basketball.

As Easy as ABC for a Hawk Team that ran their record to 7-1 with this win.

Cano came up with a huge dishing up a good plate of grub with 6 assists and was nails after Fuentes had to sit with foul trouble earlier in this quarter.

Scoring more points in the last stanza than CL did combined in those first two quarters was a good recipe for this improbable comeback.

Way to GO LAKE!

              1  2  3  4  Final
Aransas Pass  8 24 19 19  70
CL Hawks     13  7 21 30  71

                          3pt           tot rebounds
                fga-fgm fga-fgm fta-ftm pts or-dr tot  a  s  b to
Phoenix Fuentes   6-11    0-0     2-2   13   2-6   8   4  4  0  4
Josh Rowe         6-9     0-2     0-0   12   0-1   1   1  3  0  4
Reese Pipkin      2-2     0-0     0-0    4   0-0   0   1  4  0  2
Gavin Cano        4-10    1-2     1-1   10   0-1   1   6  1  0  1
Harlon Wisdom     0-3     0-0     1-2    1   2-3   5   0  0  0  1
Eli Cole          0-3     0-2     0-0    0   1-1   2   0  1  0  0
Wyatt Sims        1-6     0-2     0-0    2   1-1   2   0  2  0  2
Cole Dees         5-17    2-8     2-2   14   2-5   7   1  1  0  1
Korbyn Goodman    0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0   0  0  0  2
Anthony Hockman   1-2     0-0     1-2    3   2-2   4   1  2  0  1
Bobby Torres      2-4     1-3     0-0    5   0-0   0   0  2  0  1
Eli Hammons       3-6     0-0     0-0    6   3-1   4   0  0  0  0
Totals           30-73    4-19    7-9   71  13-21 34  14 20  0 19