Sarah Russell’s Key 3 Pointer Helps in CL’s Win over Cuero

Canyon Lake Girls won a pivotal game with Cuero on Friday helping give the Hawks a chance in making some noise as their district season continues.

The win has CL tied for 4th with Gonzales and that close loss to Navarro certainly planted a seed of confidence.

Emma Gray finished this night scoring 20 points as the Hawks also got some solid performances from many other players.

Sarah Russell had 2 three pointers and finished with 8 points followed by 6 points from Mia Riali and Skylar Hurst.

“We wanted to come out and keep executing our offense,” Junior Russell said.

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             GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake Lady Hawks was this close (as you put your index finger with a small space between your thumb), as the upstart never say die Hawks took first place Navarro to the wire, 43-39.

“I am really proud of this team,” Head Coach Mary-Beth Gallagher stated. “This team spent practice these last few days with hard work and that almost helped them pull off an upset.”

The Hawks had not regained their mojo since the taking the Christmas break but if this game is any indication for things to come then this could be a good season in district play.

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GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake will be traveling to Navarro this Tuesday as the district schedule is getting started during the first round of games.

The Hawk Ladies will have a tough game as they lost their first district game last Saturday against Gonzales.

The Lady Panthers are undefeated in district so far sporting a 3-0 record with a 16-7 season.

This will be a tough game to turn the table for Canyon Lake as they have been suffering on the offensive side of the court in points as that has become a precious commodity during the past few games.

CL had several players that were not available for their tournament and last week’s game with Gonzales.

That alone should make Canyon Lake more competitive for Tuesday’s contest.

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       GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake Lady Hawks started their District 26-4A season with a win over Yoakum, 38-26 before the Christmas Break and will now see if they can improve on that record when Gonzales comes to town this Saturday.

CL’s defense was the key in this win as the Hawks had a season best 20 steals as Alexa Ramos coming within just 2 steal in reaching double figures.

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                   CL Hawks Girls Top Three and All-Time Records

 field goals                free throws               3pt goals
 Emma Gray          33      Emma Gray         16      Sarah Russell     11
 Sarah Schneider    23      Alexa Ramos       11      Mia Riali          2
 Sarah Russell      20      Sarah Schneider    9      Emily McDonald     1
                                                      Char Hutson        1
                                                      Alexa Ramos        1

 offensive rebounds         defensive rebounds        total rebounds
 Emma Gray          31      Emma Gray         33      Emma Gray         64
 Sarah Schneider    22      Sarah Schneider   33      Sarah Schneider   55
 Skylar Hurst       15      Mia Riali         24      Mia Riali         33

 assists                    steals                    blocks
 Emma Gray          19      Alexa Ramos       24      Emma Gray         14
 Alexa Ramos        12      Mia Riali         17      Sarah Schneider   10
 Skylar Hurst        4      Sarah Russell     13      Caitlin Mabry      4
 Sarah Russell       4
 Char Hutson         4
 Sarah Schneider     4

                   Hawks All-Time Top Ten (with Current Players added)
 Points                       Field Goals                 Free Throws
 Katie Williams      755      Katie Williams      315     Ashley Pfaff         152
 Tiffany Tschoepe    515      Amber Ramsey        190     Tiffany Tschoepe     139
 Ashley Pfaff        493      Tiffany Tschoepe    188     Megan Browning       133
 Amber Ramsey        443      Ashley Pfaff        151     Katie Williams       119
 Megan Browning      428      Kyndall Drum        147     Tiffany Arredondo     96
 Kendall Drum        374      Amber West          144     Kyndall Drum          82
 Amber West          358      Megan Browning      136     Reagan Heun           64
 Tiffany Arredondo   332      Reagan Heun         113     Amber Ramsey          60
 Reagan Heun         326      Mia Riali            77     Mia Riali             58
 Mia Riali           236      Sarah Schneider      72     Alexa Ramos           49
 Sarah Schneider     192      Alexa Ramos          66     Sarah Schneider       48
 Alexa Ramos         189      Sarah Russell        41     Sarah Russell         40
 Sarah Russell       142      Emma Gray            33

 Blocks                       Steals                       Assists
 Amber Ramsey         99      Amber Ramsey        201      Tiffany Arredondo   125
 Katie Williams       73      Katie Williams      139      Ashley Pfaff         89
 Tiffany Tschoepe     48      Amber West          127      Megan Browning       83
 Sarah Schneider      47      Ashley Pfaff         96      Amber West           74
 Alexis Fullen        29      Tiffany Arredondo    90      Caitlyn Gillum       63
 Reagan Heun          15      Mia Riali            88      Katie Williams       56
 Emma Gray            14      Alexa Ramos          84      Amber West           40
 Kendall Drum         10      Kyndall Drum         67      Reagan Heun          39
                              Reagan Heun          48      Alexa Ramos          38
                                                           Kyndall Drum         27
                                                           Mia Riali            27
                                                           Emma Gray            19
                                                           Sarah Schneider      19

 3pt Goals                    Rebounds
 Olivia Flores         42     Tiffany Tschoepe    579
 Ashley Pfaff          39     Katie Williams      559
 Reagan Heun           35     Amber Ramsey        558
 Megan Browning        23     Kyndall Drum        377
 Sarah Russell         20     Megan Browning      235
 Jessica McMurray      14     Sarah Schneider     200
 Mia Riali             14     Ashley Pfaff        199
 Amber West            10     Alexis Fullen       163
 Hannah St. John       10     Reagan Heun         146

                 Go Hawks

Canyon Lake Girls finished their Tournament in New Braunfels Canyon High School with a 2-3 record.

The losses were to Smithson Valley, Roosevelt, and Bridge City as SV and Roosevelt reside in the 6A classification.

In that Bridge City game, both teams had their defense going strong as the gym was cold with the frigid shooting percentages.

The Hawks shot 24% from the floor in that game as CL found it hard to get any momentum going.

As bad as CL’s shooting got, the Hawks found themselves just down, 20-18 going into the final stanza of this contest.

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  Go Hawks

Canyon Lake won their first home game over Bandera on Tuesday night, 49-32.

“It was nice to get a win on our first home game,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “We had great fan support and the atmosphere was fun and exciting…we played well as a team and had a good solid defensive effort.”

The Hawks had two players reach double figures in scoring, as Sarah Russell chipped in 11 points while Emma Gray had a 21 point game coupled with 16 rebounds.

Gray did everything but shoot a 3 pointer in this win as she also had a team high 8 assists and 2 blocks.

Those 8 assists would usually be a team total or more on many nights as Gray dominated the inside with her play on both ends of the floor.

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Head Basketball Coach Mary Beth Gallagher

The Lady Hawks were able to get their first win of the season against Somerset on Monday with a 41-28 victory last Monday.

“Well today was a good combination of solid defense and good transition ball,” Head Basketball Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “We did a good job of controlling the boards and our height finally came in handy.”

CL finished with 37 rebounds with 13 on the offensive side of the court. Those offensive boards help in making that low shooting percentage will help in getting that turkey to go down better this Thanksgiving.

“We are starting to get back to our gritty defense,” Coach Gallagher admonished. “We do show signs of improvement on our basketball IQ.”

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                Go Hawks

Canyon Lake started their basketball campaign with a competitive game with Lehman as the Hawks played an even game after a slow start, 37-27.

“We changed our defense after seeing their star player taking advantage of our match-ups,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “We played them much better after the start of the game and I am really pleased considering we lost by 40 points last year to this same team.”

That final score last season with Lehman was an 84-40 score and considering this team being in the 6A Classification then good points can come from a loss.

This year’s volleyball team was helped with the addition of Emma Gray and now this young lady brings a basketball skill set that should help as this season starts to mature as the height can only help.

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Hawks lose to Wimberley for another close loss in last year’s season.

 
 Game 5: Canyon Lake   70   Yoakum          52              Basketball
 Game 4: Canyon Lake   vs.  Wimberley 25-21, 21-25, 25-23   Volleyball
 Game 3: Canyon Lake   49   Fredericksburg  31              Football

Canyon Lake had an up and down season so far up to this game with Fredericksburg and beating the Billies would go a long way in giving this team their confidence back with a total win via, offense, special teams, and defense (when they needed The stop).

Two years ago Fredericksburg beat CL at home and did not take any prisoners in this game, winning, 38-14.

This time, Canyon Lake returned the favor as the Hawks not only controlled the clock with their running game, but also had quick answer touchdowns via kick-off returns.

The Billies could not muster any momentum giving up those two special team scores and then add two costly fumbles and Canyon Lake would not look back.

One of those fumbles happened on the one inch line as a Billie lost the ball jumping over the goal line after a jarring hit.

Josh DeVries only had one carry at home in the loss, but on this night, DeVries ran for 120 yards and had Robert Woods join him when he broke the 100 yard barrier too.

Canyon Lake has now rushed for 661 yards the last two years as the Hawks have had success with Fredericksburg these past few years.

The number, 165 is what helped win this game as that number was the total yardage for the two kick-off returns by DeVries and Matt Adams.

Both returns were in the first half and both happened right when the Billies had taken a lead. The first was after a Billies field goal and then Adams return nullified a 17-14 Fredericksburg lead.

Canyon Lake would hold Fredericksburg after that second return and then score with just 1 second on the clock before halftime.

The Hawks would have the ball first to start the second stanza and after taking 7 minutes off the clock ran the score to, 35-17.

Defense would stop Freddie again and Canyon Lake would score again with a little over 3 minutes left in the third quarter, 42-17, giving your Hawks their 28 unanswered points.

Hayden Dubois would score again to finish the game, his fourth touchdown run for this game.

Special Teams:  No Punts and 2 kickoff returns.                     √
Offense: Controlled the clock 33:10 and Fredericksburg 14:50.       √
Defense: 2 stops saving a td and drive giving the CL a quick score. √

The win would turn out to be a game to get Canyon Lake in the Playoff door for the second year in a row.

CL had 7 losses and of those games the Hawks would lose by a touchdown or less in 6 of those evenings.

 Losses              Score               Difference
 Blanco              07-35                  -28
 Wimberley           27-28                  -01
 Lampasas            14-21                  -07
 Liberty Hill        14-19                  -05
 Taylor              31-33                  -02
 Boerne              35-42                  -07
 Rockport-Fulton     21-27                  -06 overtime

That first game with Blanco would be the only contest that Canyon Lake was a no-show and a play here and there could have had a team with a much better season record.

That would explain how Canyon Lake would score more points than they gave up with 2 more losses on their ledger. (365 offense– 310 defense)

This win was big and would set up another run in those playoffs!!

Go Hawks!!