The Lady Hawks had a conversation at halftime which was much needed considering having only four shots in the second quarter and a lofty 15 turnovers.

Canyon Lake could not get a shot off with all the miscues and needed a break from the action so they could recoup what they found in their first quarter when they has 23 shots and seven offensive rebounds.

When the third quarter started, CL not only got more shots off but also shot the ball better in helping to regain their lead, 32-24 going into that last stanza.

Five assists in coming out of the locker room also showed how communication and offense stepped it up.

There is an unwritten rule that a player must call back board when shooting. Jenna Lann was in that category when she banked in a three point shot starting the fourth quarter which gave CL their first double digit lead of the night, 37-26.

“They (Bandera) have a good team this year and after halftime we knew what we needed to do,” Lann said reflectively. “We corrected our mistakes and got our spacing and changed our press break on the inbound pass.”

Good maneuvers for Canyon Lake since these girls needed a change to get back into the game.

“Better passes,” Rachel Best said it best. “We got more intensity and stopped reaching (for the ball) and started moving our feet.”

Canyon Lake got good production from several players.

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Canyon Lake gets their first District 27-3A win over Bandera at the Hawk Gym on Tuesday.

The Lady Hawks had nine points within the first three minutes of the opening tip-off and a seven point lead, 9-2.

After that offensive spurt your Hawks went over 10 minutes before they had another basket in this game.

In that same time span, Bandera had forged an eight point lead, 19-11 with less than three minutes before halftime. One basket in 16 shots in that span for CL was not a good way for a team to make a statement.

Canyon Lake trailed until the fourth quarter when Amber Ramsey had a three point play the old fashion way. A made shot with a free throw that helped the Hawks to a 31-28 lead.

Bandera could not get a good offensive play with Canyon Lake controlling with a suffocating defense.

Kyndall Drum then scored with two minutes to play giving CL a four point lead and with hindsight the game.

Ramsey had a good stat line in that pivotal fourth quarter with two assists, three steals, four rebounds and that all important three point lead changer.

The Hawks took control with three towers up from two when Drum entered the game, “Coach puts that lineup in when she wants rebounds,” Ramsey said. “When the three of us are in the game it is hard to out rebound us.”

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Lady Hawks started their District 27-3A season with a loss to Fredericksburg last Friday and now will look on how to hone in on their game strengths this Tuesday as they face Bandera at home.

Canyon Lake started this game by scoring just three points in that first quarter which put the Hawks in comeback mode for the remainder of their contest.

“We struggled on offense,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said. “They had heavy pressure on our guards and we could never get into any rhythm.”

No Hawk player was able to make double figures in scoring as they could only muster 12 points as a team in the first half.

“We played a very physical game but came up short,” Coach Gallagher continued. “We didn’t give up, both teams were in foul trouble very early.”

Turnovers were the downfall for Canyon Lake as this has been one their most glaring weaknesses this season.

“We will be back to work on Monday morning to address our issue of taking care of the ball. We will tweak our press break and our offense to free up our ball handlers.”

Time will have to be well spent as CL looks to get back on track in their game with Bandera next week.

                  1   2   3   4   Final
 CL Hawks         3   9   7  15   34
 Fredericksburg   9   7  16  10   42
 Scorers:
 Hannah St. John 9, Katie Williams 8, Olivia Flores 8,
 Amber Ramsey 5, Trena Lorett 3, Dulce Brown 1.

 District Standings     W     L     Pct
 Fredericksburg         1     0   1.000
 Boerne                 1     0   1.000
 Wimberley              0     0    .000
 Bandera                0     0    .000
 Canyon Lake            0     1    .000
 Navarro                0     1    .000

 Last Week's Results:
 Fredericksburg      42   Canyon Lake   34
 Boerne              60   Navarro       54
 Wimblerley          @    Bandera

 This Week's Games: Tuesday 1/08
 Bandera             @    Canyon Lake   7:00pm
 Fredericksburg      @    Boerne
 Wimberley           @    Navarro

 Friday 1/11
 Canyon Lake         @    Wimblerley    7:00pm
 Boerne              @    Bandera
 Navarro             @    Fredericksburg

 CANYON LAKE BOYS            Points         CANYON LAKE GIRLS
 1. Caleb Kreiger   290                     1. Katie Williams    261
 2. Paul Davis      188                     2. Amber Ramsey      180
 3. Andrew Riali    158                     3. Olivia Flores     137
                   FG Percentage (25 or more shots)
 1. Caleb Kreiber   47.5%                   1. Kyndall Drum      46.5%
 2. Javier Mendez   40.0%                   2. Amber Ramsey      39.1%
 3. Andrew Riali    37.4%                   3. Katie Williams    37.3%
                   Free Throw Percentage (14 or more shots)
 1. Caleb Kreiger   66.7%                   1. Olivia Flores     71.2%
 2. Doug Hubnik     66.3%                   2. Katie Williams    63.0%
 3. Paul Davis      54.2%                   3. Kelsey Long       61.1%
                             Rebounds
 1. Caleb Kreiger    158                    1. Amber Ramsey      180
 2. Andrew Riali      88                    2. Katie Williams    140
 3. Paul Davis        71                    3. Kyndall Drum       80
                              Assists
 1. Doug Hubnik       97                    1. Dulce Brown        20
 2. Paul Davis        18                    2. Olivia Flores      16
 3. Chandler Faulkner 13                    2. Katie Williams     16

Canyon Lake Girl’s Basketball finished their Lampasas tournament with two losses on Saturday as they now look forward to District 27-3A action.

The Hawks went back to some troubling habits in those losses with that main habit coming in the form of turnovers.

CL had 25 and 32 turnovers with those two losses which turned out to be almost a larger number than points scored in those two contests.

Having enough able bodies was also a downfall for Canyon Lake as Hannah St. John was out with an injury giving the Hawks only eight players to finish out their last two games.

Taking care of the ball will have to be a major item needed to be rectified going into district play while also using this next off week getting more players healthy.

Saturday’s opponents gave Canyon Lake an idea of what type of teams they have coming up on their schedule.

Navarro and Boerne will certainly emulate those games with athletes that can pressure and get easy baskets.

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The Lady Hawks had a win and loss in action at the Lampasas Tournament Friday.

CL had their seven game winning streak halted in the first game against Lorena, 37-22.

Canyon Lake did not score in double digits in any quarter and seemed to be still asleep in the morning game.

“We played lazy and unenthusiastic,” Head Coach Mary Beth Gallagher said.

None of the CL players made it to double digit scoring in the contest as the team could only score nine points in the second half.

Canyon Lake righted their ship in the next game when they beat Austin Crockett, 52-41.

The Hawks had nine players score in this game and Katie Williams pitched in with a double-double. It was her fifth double-double this season for Williams.

Williams finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

“We bounced back and took the lead early and never let them (Crockett) get close,” Coach Gallager said. “Katie had a great game in the second game. I spoke with her prior to the game and challenged her to do better and she did.”

Amber Ramsey had a pair of eights in points and rebounds.

Canyon Lake will play Lampasas Saturday morning with the tip off at 9:30am.

 CL 13-3       1   2   3   4   Final
 Hawks         8   5   3   6   22
 Lorena       13   8   9   9   39
 Scorers:
 Amber Ramsey 9, Katie Williams 6, Olivia Flores 4,
 Kyndall Drum 2, Trena Lorett 1.

 CL 14-3            1   2   3   4   Final
 Austin Crockett   12  11   8  10   41
 CL Hawks          17   8  15  12   52
 Scorers:
 Katie Williams 21, Amber Ramsey 8, Olivia Flores 7,
 Kyndall Drum 4, Dulce Brown 3, Kelsey Long 3,
 Hannah St. John 2, Tammy Dean 2, Trena Lorett 2.

Coaches Corner with Mary Beth Gallagher

The ReSporter: Give us an idea of how you ended up with two week’s off this year?

Coach Gallagher: “Last year at this time we had already played two district games and thinking that would be the case this season left us scrambling for games. We did not realize until it was too late to schedule games. We called a lot of schools and did get our last two with Pleasanton and Devine.”

The ReSporter: What might be some benefits for this long of a layoff?

Coach Gallagher: “This break will actually help us as these girls will have time to study and do better in their classes. The break will also give us some scrimmages and conditioning. The girls worked hard especially in our scrimmages already this week.”

The ReSporter: Tell us about this Tournament in Lampasas?

Coach Gallagher: “We will have a four team pod system and will be guaranteed at least three games in two days and maybe four.”

The ReSporter: Who are the teams and what do you mean ‘Maybe’ four games?
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Canyon Lake’s quest for another playoff team will continue through this Winter and Spring.

Right now you have two promising scenarios with the Hawk Basketball programs.

The Girls and Boys teams have a legitimate chance to snag a T-Shirt company this coming season with help to design such a shirt.

Soccer has been tough to garner a playoff spot since this sport has been dominated by much larger schools since these teams play in a different district than CL’s other sports.

Because of a reduced number of teams that play that sport, the UIL combines 3A schools with 4A schools to crown a champion in Soccer each year.

The same is true for Canyon Lake’s Swimming team in having a district with larger schools. Another fact is that the Hawk Swimming program is still in it’s infancy stage and that makes competing in this tougher venue doubly hard.

Swimming also is much like Track and Field where playoffs are based on individuals in each event advancing instead of a Team getting in a bus for their next round of events after a District crowns a champion.

Canyon Lake has a few teams that have not had a chance to compete after a district race yet.

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Career Points           Season Points             Field Goals
Katie Williams   *546   Ashley Pfaff       493    Katie Williams    *249
Tiffany Tschoepe  515   Tiffany Tschoepe   342    Tiffany Tschoepe   188
Ashley Pfaff      493   Jessica McMurray   266    Ashley Pfaff       151
Megan Browning    428   Tiffany Arredondo  240    Amber West         144
Amber West        358   Katie Williams    *181    Megan Browning     136

Free Throws             Blocks                    Steals
Ashley Pfaff      152   Katie Williams    *132    Katie Williams    *154
Tiffany Tschoepe  139   Amber Ramsey      * 66    Amber Ramsey      *133
Megan Browning    133   Tiffany Tschoepe    48    Amber West         127
Tiffany Arredondo  96   Ashley Pfaff        29    Ashley Pfaff        96
Katie Williams    *81                             Tiffany Arredondo   90

Assists                 3Pt Goals                 Rebounds
Tiffany Arredondo 125   Ashley Pfaff        39    Katie Williams    *640
Ashley Pfaff       89   Megan Browning      23    Tiffany Tschoepe   579
Megan Browning     83   Olivia Flores      *19    Amber Ramsey      *360
Amber West         74   Jessica McMurray    14    Megan Browning     235
Katie Williams    *55   Amber West          10    Ashley Pfaff       199

* Signifies a current player

_ Signifies player played one year or had only one year of Stats.

 CANYON LAKE BOYS                    Points             CANYON LAKE GIRLS
 1. Caleb Kreiger     261                               1. Katie Williams   227
 2. Paul Davis        150                               2. Amber Ramsey     166
 3. Andrew Riali      137                               3. Olivia Flores    112
                         FG Percentage (20 or more shots)
 1. Caleb Kreiber   48.9%                               1. Kyndall Drum     43.9%
 2. Javier Mendez   39.4%                               2. Amber Ramsey     38.7%
 3. Isaac Pruna     39.1%                               3. Katie Williams   34.4%
                      Free Throw Percentage (10 or more shots)
 1. Doug Hubnik     66.2%                               1. Olivia Flores    65.2%
 2. Caleb Kreiger   64.8%                               2. Katie Williams   61.0%
 3. Paul Davis      56.3%                               3. Amber Ramsey     53.6%
                                    Rebounds
 1. Caleb Kreiger     133                               1. Amber Ramsey     169
 2. Andrew Riali       72                               2. Katie Williams   134
 3. Paul Davis         61                               3. Kyndall Drum      70
                                    Assists
 1. Doug Hubnik        83                               1. Dulce Brown       18
 2. Paul Davis         14                               2. Olivia Flores     15
 3. Chandler Faulkner  12                               3. Katie Williams    13
 3. Caleb Kreiger      12