Lauren Mentzer pitches a No! No! against Bandera while striking out 14 Dogs!
Canyon Lake goes out in style for their last regular season game with a no-hitter, 14 strikeout, grand slam victory over the Bandera Bulldogs, 12-0.
“They knew what they needed to do,” Head Coach John Gallagher commented after being drenched by the team in recognition of his 100th Hawk win. “We stayed focused all week and went to work right away.”
Canyon Lake will need a Bigger Bus for Region Meet
Canyon Lake upgraded their vehicle from a Van to a Bus this year for Track & Field as the Hawks qualified 19 athletes and will be on the road for their next round in Kingsville on April 28-29.
The Hawk Ladies keep climbing as they finished in 2nd Place for the Area Meet and now have two Meets in a row where they have had their best ever finish.
Cassidy Martin, Carley Dubois, and Adriana Peaslee had the outfield covered in game with the Billies. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake has the 3rd seed all wrapped up after a loss to Fredericksburg, 6-5 on Tuesday night with just one more game left in the regular season.
If Fredericksburg can beat Boerne on Friday then they will have the 2nd seed all to themselves and the Hawks will need a loss for a coin flip in finding out their destiny when the playoff curtain is raised.
Maggie Banks puts a no-hitter on resume in win over Hondo
The Hawk’s kicked the Owls out of their nest with a resounding no-hit win, 11-0 on Thursday night that kept this young club on the inside track for a, 2nd place District 28-4A finish.
“The girls played a great game with no let down in intensity after a tough loss in Boerne, Head Coach John Gallagher stated. “Maggie Banks pitched a gem backed by some solid defensive plays.”
With a week left in the regular season, Canyon Lake will now set their sights on a game in Fredericksburg on Tuesday. A victory will solidify that 2nd seed for the playoffs as the Hawks will finally get a playoff game on their resume.
It has been 5 years since the Softball contingent was in the playoffs and after a complete game win over Hondo, the Hawks had all parts of their game in sync with no errors, plenty of offense, and a pitching performance that had the visitors getting no hits.
Char Hutson and the Hawks will try to bounce back tonight in game with Hondo. (photo Karen Holmes)
A Boerne home-run knocked the Hawks into a fight for 2nd place in District 28-4A after a loss to the front runner Greyhounds, 6-5.
Canyon Lake had the lead from the first inning to a one out 7th inning when a bases loaded home run finished the game in grand style for the home team.
Lester Boehm down to 1 sport after loss in Soccer
Canyon Lake finished district in 3rd place and will be taking 16 athletes to their home track field for the Area Meet on April 19th.
“The district meet went about how we had expected,” Head Coach Troy Moses said. “We have a lot of kids advancing to Area and with a great chance at advancing to regionals…..we have a week to get a little better.”
Caimen McDonough racked up 24 points and Heath McDonough followed with 21 points as these multi-event athletes will be competing in multiple areas for a chance of making Region Meet the last part of April.
Caimen will represent CL in both hurdle runs and will be joining his brother (Heath) in the high jump.
James Anderson just missed a corner kick for a goal. (photo by Lynne Carpenter)
Canyon Lake’s Soccer quest came to an end after a hard fought loss to Progresso, 2-1 at Veteran Memorial Stadium in McAllen.
“This was a fast team and we knew that coming into the game,” Head Coach Warren Graham assessed. “We did a good job of staying in front of them and I am happy with the way we played and we have nothing to be ashamed of.”
No Sophomore Jinx for Bailey Bryan (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake are now occupying 2nd place in District 28-4A after a win over Bandera, 9-6 on Tuesday night.
“We played well early in getting up, 7-0,” Head Coach John Gallagher started. “I think we relaxed and Bandera got four runs off two of our errors…. but we were able to put up two more runs in the 7th.”
Coach Gallagher finished, “(Maddy) Puente threw well into the 5th (inning) and (Maggie) Banks closed for us.”
Jaren Marmolejo is ready to go the distance.
The Boy’s Track Team both hit triple digits against larger schools last Thursday in Lockhart Lion Relays.
The Junior Varsity scored 129 points, finishing behind Killeen and Canyon High School. CL’s Varsity beat Canyon High School while Killeen ran away on this night with 180 points.
“I thought that the Lockhart Meet went just as we would hope. We are starting to see improvement on almost every effort,” Head Coach Troy Moses stated. “This is what we want as we approach the district track meet. Everything we do all year is to make sure we are competing at our best come the district meet. I am very confident right now as the district meet is only 5 days away.”
Cody Kline and Heath McDonough were high point makers with 22 and 23 respectfully. Caimen McDonough just missed out on passing his brother and Greyson Lee was second for the JV squad.
Junior Skylar Hurst after tough day on Cinders
CL Lady Hawks finished 3rd with the Junior Varsity and Varsity in Lockhart last Thursday as Canyon Lake and Gonzales were the only schools that were below 5A in size for the 7 team meet.
That will go a far way as the Hawks now start preparing for District 28-4A next Wednesday and Thursday.
Freshman Madison Churbe would finish high point for the Varsity while Elena Vargas would finish at the top for the JV crew.
This Meet had a different format than previous track & field get togethers….the Girls had their running events while the Boys were busy in their Field Event mantra.
That made those events involving running having a much smaller window of rest which would be detrimental for having personal bests.
