Katie Williams and Jordan Anderson have had stellar careers at Canyon Lake High

School these past four years and now embark on their next quest as both of these students have signed on for playing their sports in College.

Katie Williams will be going to Dallas Christian College (DCC) and will be playing two sports when she reports the end of the Summer to her new home.

Williams was seen at a Volleyball event earlier this year when DCC noticed and started to show interest.

A few weeks later, conversation morphed to Basketball and soon Williams would be asked to help the Crusaders in Basketball also.

Not very many athletes have the opportunity to play in two sports when reaching the next plateau in education, but Williams will have that opportunity.

“I’m excited but kind of nervous,” 2 Sport Williams started. “Their Coaches were so nice and I had tryouts in early March and I liked the small school atmosphere.”

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Bracken Christian had battled and won four games in a row in making the playoffs this year, but

they found a match-up that this Warrior team could not stay with for four quarters.

After that first quarter, BCS had a decent result only trailing three points. The Warriors had a lead with a little over two minutes in that quarter until the lid was placed on the rim.

That result had Central Texas Christian scoring 13 unanswered points and forging into a lead that was never relinquished.

BCS had Senior Post Wendy Johnson with 7 of those 9 points in that quarter, while dominating the paint with two blocks.

On a couple of those baskets, Johnson was an easy target displayed by her height on the inbound pass under the Warriors basket.

That play was worth some valuable points getting BCS back into a lead and stopping the Lions momentum. Johnson finished as the only Warrior with double digits, scoring 11 points.

“They (Coaches) picked me because I’m the tallest,” Johnson said.

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Canyon Lake Girls have finished their season and the Boys have one more game.

Games from District Top Three

 Girls                            Points               Boys
 Katie Williams        99                              Caleb Krieger        131
 Olivia Flores         77                              Andrew Riali         115
 Amber Ramsey          55                              Paul Davis            93

                                  Rebounds
 Katie Williams        87                              Caleb Krieger         70
 Amber Ramsey          80                              Andrew Riali          49
 Kyndall Drum          35                              Paul Davis            36

                                  Assists
 Katie Williams        11                              Doug Hubnik           55
 Amber Ramsey          10                              Caleb Kreiger         10
 Olivia Flores          8                              Paul Davis             9

                                   Steals
 Amber Ramsey          29                              Doug Hubnik           16
 Katie Williams         9                              Javier Mendez         12
 Dulce Brown            8                              Andrew Riali           9
 Olivia Flores          8

                                  3Point Goals
 Olivia Flores         14                              Andrew Riali         31
 Hannah St. John        3                              Paul Davis           12
 Katie Williams         2                              Caleb Kreiger         5

                                 Free Throws Pct.
 Amber Ramsey     9/14 .643                            Chandler Faulkner   8/9  .889
 Katie Williams  25/41 .610                            Andrew Riali       14/18 .778
 Olivia Flores   25/44 .568                            Paul Davis         19/29 .655

                                     Blocks
 Amber Ramsey           16                             Caleb Kreiger         24
 Katie Williams         11                             Paul Davis             3
 Trena Lorett            3                             Doug Hubnik            2

Hoops Talk

Canyon Lake Girls will be playing their last game of this season tonight and there will be some sad times as four players will be playing their last contest.

Tammy Dean who has started a few games but more often than not, Tammy has come in to spell other guards and play some hustle defense.

Hannah St. John has been injured some this year, but also is one of those guards that has had some good offensive and defensive skills these past few seasons for the Hawks.

St. John is tied for fifth place in three point shots made with Amber West.

Kelsey Long has been an important post and wing player this season giving some important minutes on both sides of the court.

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Games from District Top Three

Girls                       Points         Boys
Katie Williams       95                    Caleb Krieger      96
Olivia Flores        70                    Andrew Riali       85
Amber Ramsey         53                    Paul Davis         75

                           Rebounds
Katie Williams       79                    Caleb Krieger      54
Amber Ramsey         77                    Andrew Riali       34
Kyndall Drum         34                    Paul Davis         27

                            Assists
Amber Ramsey          9                    Doug Hubnik        40
Katie Williams        8                    Caleb Kreiger       9
Olivia Flores         8                    Paul Davis          6

                             Steals
Amber Ramsey         29                    Doug Hubnik         9
Katie Williams        9                    Javier Mendez       8
Dulce Brown           7                    Andrew Riali        5
                                           Paul Davis          5

                           3Point Goals
Olivia Flores        12                    Andrew Riali       24
Hannah St. John       3                    Paul Davis          8
Katie Williams        2                    Caleb Kreiger       4

                         Free Throws Pct.
Amber Ramsey      9/14 .643                Chandler Faulkner   8/9  .889
Olivia Flores    24/39 .615                Andrew Riali        7/9  .778
Katie Williams   25/41 .610                Paul Davis         19/29 .655

                              Blocks
Amber Ramsey         14                    Caleb Kreiger        21
Katie Williams        9                    Doug Hubnik           2
Trena Lorett          3                    Paul Davis            2

Senior’s Katie Williams, Hannah St. John, Tammy Dean, and Kelsey Long played valiantly in their final game at Canyon Lake on Friday night in a loss to Boerne, 39-32.

The stat line for this crew of girls was an impressive sight with this combined total:

                       3pt           Pts  Rebounds
             fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta tot  or-dr tot Steals Blocks
Four Seniors   8-18    2-4     3-5   21    1-8   9    2     1

Boerne was the front runner in district play and showed it as this game started when they jumped out to a nine point lead after the first quarter.

That Greyhound lead increased to 15 points as the teams went into halftime for instructions.

Canyon Lake answered the bell by cutting into that lead seven points after that third quarter, 33-25 deficit.

The Hawks were down just three points with 2:30 left in the fourth quarter, but the rim closed for the rest of this contest as Boerne closed with four points giving them their seven point victory.

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Canyon Lake did not have a good day in competition on Tuesday night as the Hawks drew a blank in their games against Wimberley in girls and boys play.

CL Hawk girls basketball started their game scoring just one point in their first quarter and that start would be to hard to overcome in their loss, 44-30.

Katie Williams scored eight points to lead CL and also pulled down 10 rebounds, she was followed by Hannah St. John with six points.

Poor shooting continues to haunt Canyon Lake as they shot 22% from the field.

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CL Boy’s basketball also could not keep up with Wimberley as the Texans increased their lead in that decisive fourth quarter for a victory over a ‘Backs to the Wall’ Hawk team.

Canyon Lake will now have to win out to have a legitimate chance for making the playoffs this season losing, 73-53.

Wimberley outscored CL 23-8 in that final stanza sealing this loss.

The Freshman Lady Hawks fought a tough game with Fredericksburg, but could not get that last basket for a win, 50-47.

“We came out slow and it all was very mental,” Coach Shannon Hoberer said. “Our focus was not great, but after halftime they calmed down and started to execute.”

Several players had key baskets and free throws down the stretch in staging an eight point comeback in that fourth quarter that helped delay the Varsity game due to only having three refs for this evening.

This Freshman game was called by one referee for almost the entire affair with reinforcements arriving with under two minutes in that critical fourth stanza.

Canyon Lake found themselves down nine and eight points in the second half before their last push that barely missed a perfect comeback.

In their earlier game, Fredericksburg blew out CL but that game was not as bad as those results garnered. The Billies had borrowed some JV players for the game when several players were sick for that game.

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Turnovers and missed free throws spelled the downfall for Canyon Lake against Fredericksburg in their loss, 35-28.

Canyon Lake’s defense was pretty salty, but the Hawks needed some pepper for their offensive game as another low scoring game could not save the game or season leaving a bad taste in their mouth.

This loss will force Canyon Lake in a corner needing to win every game on their schedule to make the playoffs now.

Katie Williams finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds but finding points was much like finding eggs at a Easter Egg Hunt during a January night for most of the Lady Hawks.

Hard to do.

The Hawks shot 100% in the third quarter, the problem is having only three shots for that quarter.

With 21 turnovers in those middle two quarters CL could not get any shots to help stage a comeback.

“We need to play a tighter man to man defense,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher exclaimed. “The only chance we had to get back into the game was staying in our man defense.”

Canyon Lake will hit the road to Bandera this Friday to try and right this ship. Good Luck.

                   1   2   3   4   Final
 Fredericksburg    4  13   6  12   35
 CL Hawks          5   7   8   8   28

                           3pt            Pt Rebounds
 Name            fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta Tot or-dr Tot a s b to
 Dulce Brown       0-0     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0 0 0 3
 Hannah St. John   0-0     0-0     1-2    1   0-0   0  0 0 0 4
 Trena Lorett      2-2     0-0     0-4    4   0-0   0  0 0 0 6
 Katie Williams    3-7     0-1     4-6   10   3-11 14  3 0 0 6
 Amber Ramsey      1-4     0-0     1-4    3   3-6   9  1 4 4 3
 Tammy Dean        0-1     0-0     0-0    0   0-0   0  1 0 0 2
 Kyndall Drum      0-0     0-0     0-1    0   2-1   3  0 2 0 2
 Olivia Flores     2-9     2-6     2-2    8   0-3   3  1 0 0 5
 Kelsey Long       1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0 0 0 1
 Total             9-24    2-7     8-19  28   8-22 30  6 6 4 32
 Percentage       37.5%   28.6%   42.1%

Quarter  First      Second    Half   Third     Fourth    Half   Game
FG       2-10 20%   2-7 29%   24%    3-3 100%  2-4 50%   71%    38%
3pt FG   0-3  00%   0-1 00%   00%    1-1 100%  1-2 50%   67%    29%
FT       1-2  50%   3-7 43%   44%    1-2 50%   3-8 38%   40%    42%
TO       5          12        17     9         6         15     32

Canyon Lake’s Girls and Boys basketball teams do not need to win every game on their schedule, but there will be some important games played by other schools that will have a say on how the Hawks will fare in finishing district.

The Lady Hawks are now embarking on their final run through district starting this Tuesday when they host Fredericksburg.

In District 27-3A play you have Navarro and Boerne who have separated from the other four schools.

Now it is up to CL to win enough games this second round to get a ticket for a playoff spot.

In the first round Fredericksburg won a pivotal game against Boerne which helps them greatly if they are break even with Wimberley and Canyon Lake to end this season.

Now your Hawks will need to win games with Wimberley, Fredericksburg, and Bandera in order to give them a chance for a playoff game.

What will put them squarely into a playoff game will reside in a win against either Navarro or Boerne. If they can pull that off in this round, then a 5-5 record will put them in a tie with either Wimberley and Fredericksburg.

If Wimberley loses to Navarro, Boerne, and CL, then they will also have that same 5-5 record, but a CL win over one of the two top teams would trump the Texans and give your Hawks an inside trek to a playoff spot.

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