Sophomore Kylee Morrow helping setting up The Lake’s offense in recent contest. GO LAKE!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

The ReSporter was able to catch up with Head Girls Soccer Coach Kara Stracener after tying a top 10 team, Wimberley which will be a great momentum builder as well helping solidify another chance of making the playoffs.

The Lake’s Lady Soccer team presently has the longest running playoff streak compared to Blake’s other team sports. These Texan’s are averaging 4 goals per outing which gives an idea of how wel

The ReSporter was able to catch up with Head Girls Soccer Coach Kara Stracener after tying a top 10 team, Wimberley which will be a great momentum builder as well helping solidify another chance of making the playoffs.

The Lake’s Lady Soccer team presently has the longest running playoff streak compared to Blake’s other team sports. These Texan’s are averaging 4 goals per outing which gives an idea of how well this Hawk team is starting to jell.

Hit Man way to get rid of Pests Hawks!

“Our girls are undefeated so far in district and continue to improve each game,” Coach Stracener started.  “We are 8-3-3 on the season and  had a 2^nd place finish in our first tournament of the season.”

Canyon Lake has strung together some impressive outings, “We had a big win against 6A Canyon High School right before we started district and just tied Wimberley who is a top ranked team in 4A soccer in the region,” Stracener blushed. 

“We knew that Wimberley was going to be a tough game as they had just come off of a win against Davenport, one of the top ranked teams in the area.  As far as our game plan, we had 3 things we were focusing on going into the Wimberley game.”  

           Make a Deposit & Go Hawks!!

“The girls executed the plan very well.   They did really well with 2 out of the 3.  We struggled on the offensive side of things because Wimberley has a strong defense and put pressure on us much more quickly than any team we’ve seen this year.  I am very pleased with how the girls battled and frustrated Wimberley,” Coach Stracener said realizing that the Texan’s have given up just 5 goals this season out of 15 contests.  “We played great team defense and outworked a very good team.”

Things don’t get any easier as this district is always tough and represents good outings during the post-season.

“We will continue to build on the momentum from the positive outcome from last Friday going into this week where we finish up the first round of district against two more solid teams, Marble Falls Tuesday at home and Friday away at Davenport.” 

Coach Stracener shared bout this year’s offense, “Girls with top offensive stats are Savanna Oberholtzer with 21 goals so far on the season.  Then Rya Clark and Kylee Morrow, 2^nd and 3^rd in goals scored for the team.”

Canyon Lake is still a young outfit and look to raise the bar as this season continues to mature.

“Our 3 seniors on the team, make up 3 out of the 4 defenders in the back. Their experience and leadership has been outstanding for the team this year and kept us in some tough games.  Sophomore goal keeper, Callie Dominguez (was a defender for us last year), has stepped up and made some great saves and continues to improve,” Starcener closed with hopes of keeping this district slate in good shape.

Check out The ReSporter’s, This Week @ The Lake for times and dates of each week’s line-up and pay a visit to the Hawk Nest and help support Canyon Lake’s student athletes. 

GO HAWKS! 

                 Rianna Gonzales in the circle in last week’s Wurst Tournament! Go LAKE!

                  THIS WEEK    @   THE LAKE

Feb 17 Mon   Devine            @   CL Hawks     700p       Baseball

Feb 18 Tue   CL Hawks SubVar   @   Marble Falls 500p       Softball
             Lago Vista        vs  CL Hawks     630p       Basketball
             Canyon High School    Bi-District
             CL Hawks          @   Marble Falls 700p       Softball
             CL Hawks          @   Marble Falls 700p Boys  Soccer
             Marble Falls      @   CL Hawks     700p Girls Soccer

Feb 20 Thu   CL Hawks          @   Hyde Park     TBA       Softball
                                   Tourney
             CL Hawks          @   Sinton       700p       Baseball
                                   Tourney

Feb 21 Fri   CL Hawks          vs  Mercedes     345p       Baseball
             CL Hawks          vs  H Park Tourn TBA        Softball
             CL Hawks          @   Davenport    700p Girls Soccer
             Davenport         @   CL Hawks     700p Boys  Soccer

Feb 22 Sat   CL Hawks          vs  H Park Tourn TBA        Softball
             CL Hawks          vs  Austin       900a       Baseball
             CL Hawks          vs  Goliad      1145a       Baseball
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Ayren Lightfoot will be one of many Hawks looking for good times this season with Austin as their Goal! Go Fast Hawks!

             THIS WEEK      @    THE LAKE

Feb 10 Mon   Canyon Lake    @    Brackenridge      700p       Baseball
             Scrimmage

Feb 11 Tue   Bandera SubVar @    CL Hawks SubVar   500p Boys  Basketball 
             Elgin SubVar   @    CL Hawks Sub Var  500p       Softball
             Bandera        @    CL Hawks          630p Boys  Basketball
             Elgin          @    CL Hawks          700p       Softball
             CL Hawks       @    Blanco            700p Boys  Soccer
             Bandera        @    CL Hawks          700p Girls Soccer

Feb 12 Wed   Navarro JV     @    CL Hawks JV       530p       Baseball

Feb 13 Thu   Akins          @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  200p       Softball
             Lockhart       @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  600p       Softball 
             
Feb 14 Fri   Austin High    @    CL Hawks (Wurst) 1200p       Softball
             CL Hawks       @    Canyon            100p       Track & Field
             Round Rock     @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  400p       Softball
             Somerset       @    CL Hawks          700p       Baseball
             Wimberley      @    CL Hawks          700p Boys  Soccer
             CL Hawks       @    Wimberley         700p Girls Soccer

Feb 15 Sat   TBA            @    CL Hawks (Wurst) 1200p       Softball 
             TBA            @    CL Hawks (Wurst)  400p or 6p Softball
                                                        
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                           Let’s Go Lake!

Canyon Lake’s Soccer teams started district play last week and the Girls tied Fredericksburg while the Boys lost to Freddie, 3-1.

Both teams will be back in action twice this week against Bandera Tuesday & Wimberley Friday.

Softball will start their regular season and new Head Coach Hope Gipson had this to say, “Our recent scrimmages have showcased significant growth despite early adversity. Through these challenges, we’ve gained game knowledge, confidence and improvement as a team.”

Coach Gipson continued, “We’ve made strides defensively even while challenging many to expand beyond their original position. Offensively we have learned to execute at the plate, move runners into scoring position, and create chaos with our speed. Overall, our game awareness has increased significantly while working through the many different situations the game of softball puts you in.”

                              Go Hawks!

Coach Gipson will have a home game with Elgin this Tuesday before heading off to the Wurst Tournament starting this Thursday.

Track Season will commence on Friday when Canyon Lake will compete in the Comal Relays in New Braunfels starting at 1:00pm.

CLake’s Boys Basketball secured a berth for the playoffs this past week and will conclude their district at home this Tuesday against Bandera. The ReSporter has the District Records below with an idea of what and who might be in store next.

It’s that time of year when all the days start to fill up with competition and little rest.

BASKETBALL DISTRICT RECORDS
           GO HAWKS
Team        W   L    Pct
Davenport   8   1   .889
Wimberley   8   1   .889
CL Hawks    4   5   .444
Navarro     3   6   .333
Billies     2   7   .222
Bandera     2   7   .222

Tuesday Games
Bandera     @   CL Hawks
Wimberley   @   Davenport
Navarro     @   Billies

If the Hawks beat Bandera then they will be a 3rd seed and with a loss coupled with a Navarro win over Fredericksburg those two schools would need a tie-breaker to decide the seeding.

A Hawk loss to Bandera and Navarro loss to Freddie would still have CL as a 3rd seed and a Panther/Billie needing to decide which team gets penciled in as a 4th seed.

This year there are two separate brackets divided by enrollment of the schools.

Largest            Smallest
Davenport          Wimberley
Fredericksburg     Navarro
Canyon Lake        Canyon Lake

Based on the size of schools above, The Lake would have a chance of being in either bracket.
So, if there is a tie between the Billies and Navarro the winner of their play-in game would decide where the Hawks would go….a Navarro win would place CL with Davenport in the large school and a win for the Billies would place your Hawks in that smaller school bracket.

If the Hawks finish in a large school bracket they Austin LBJ and the smaller school bracket would be Lago Vista.

Clear as mud?

Let’s GO LAKE!

                  The Lake’s Girls Basketball will play their last game this Tuesday. Let’s GO HAWKS!

           THIS WEEK        @    THE LAKE

Feb 3 Mon  CL Hawks JV      @    Blanco     500p Softball
           CL Hawks         @    Blanco     630p Softball
           Harlandale       @    CL Hawks   630p Baseball

Feb 4 Tue  CL Hawks SubVar  @    Davenport  500p Girls Basketball
           Davenport SubVar @    CL Hawks   500p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks Varsity @    Davenport  630p Girls Basketball
           Davenport Var    @    CL Hawks   630p Boys  Basketall

Feb 7 Fri  Billies SubVar   @    CL Hawks   500p Boys  Basketball
           Billies Var      @    CL Hawks   630p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks Var     @    Billies    700p Boys  Soccer
           Billies Var      @    CL Hawks   700p Girls Soccer

Feb 8 Sat  Marble Falls     @    CL Hawks   Noon Baseball

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Canyon Lake Girl’s Basketball will finish their season this Tuesday when they travel to Davenport. A long season for this group of Ladies with some Seniors that have moved up through those All-Time Lists as the majority of this Senior Class started on Varsity.

ALL-TIME TOP 10 (with one game left)      NO. 1
POINTS      Reece Coburn      983 3rd     Reagan Heun       1348
FIELD GOALS Reece Coburn      332 3rd     Reagan Heun        388
BLOCKS      Mya Vorhis        128 3rd     Caroline Kullberg  141
ASSISTS     Reece Coburn      165 3rd     Lainee Moses       233
            Marley Christian  154 5th
STEALS      Mya Vorhis        256 5th     Alexa Ramos        301
            Reece Coburn      196 8th
FREE THROWS Reece Coburn      208 2nd     Reagan Heun        404
3PT MAKES   Reece Coburn       91 6th     Sofia George       145
            Marley Christian   53 8th
REBOUNDS    Mya Vorhis        662 2nd     Jessie Melendez    848

                        Let’s Go Hawks!

CL’s Boys have fallen off the table this past week after suffering two weeks and now find themselves holding on for a playoff spot. It is a pretty good chance that the other 3 district teams not named Davenport/Wimberley will absorb a loss when finishing their schedule through February 11th.

Hawk Soccer teams will start their district slate this week when both teams play Fredericksburg. The Boys start on the road where the Ladies will welcome the Billies to The Lake.

The Boy’s Soccer (5-7 record) have improved already with 5 wins which is 4 more than amassed all of last season. Offense has been in abundance with already scoring 17 more goals than the total 15 goals reached last year. Hopefully this could be a precursor for better things this season.

Softball has a full week of scrimmages while Baseball started their scrimmage season on Saturday with a round-robin affair with Flour Bluff and Calallen.

This week Hawk Baseball will play two home scrimmages against Harlandale on Monday with first pitch at 7:00pm and then a Noon first pitch playing Marble Falls.

                   SOCCER DISTRICT SEASON RECORDS

BOYS                           GIRLS
Team          W  L  T   Pct    Team          W  L  T   Pct
Bandera       8  3  2  .692    Davenport     8  0  1  .944
Marble Falls  7  4  1  .625    Wimberley    11  1  0  .917
CL Hawks      5  7  0  .417    Billies       6  1  2  .778
Billies       4  6  0  .400    CL Hawks      7  3  1  .682
Wimberley     4  7  1  .375    Marble Falls  7  4  1  .625
Davenport     1  6  1  .188    Bandera       3  6  1  .350

Let’s GO LAKE!

Lady Hawks Soccer readies for start of district. (photo on file)

Canyon Lake Lady Hawk’s Soccer team has the longest playoff streak starting back in the 2013 season with aspirations of adding another year to that lofty goal.

This year’s team has one non-district left when they face Canyon on Tuesday and then will face off against another tough district even without Boerne who will be playing 5A this year.

An impressive 6-3-1 record scoring 27 goals while allowing 8 going into tomorrow’s battle.

Canyon’s loss to Davenport will allow CLHS see how they might stack up when they play the Wolves. The Lake’s district will once again have a tough group of teams.

The ReSporter was able to catch up with Head Coach Kara Stracener.

The ReSporter: Once again you have a pretty strong district, how do you feel the non-district games have helped in preparing the team for district?

Coach Stracener: “We have faced a variety of opponents leading up to district play. 4A-6A teams. Hopefully we have been put in enough difficult or different situations to help prepare us for what district will look and feel like.”

                         Let’s Go Lake!

The ReSporter: What have you seen from this year’s team that gives you confidence that your streak of playoff games will come to fruition?

Coach Stracener: “The girls look strong and are continuing to grow each day. If we continue to grow in our areas of weakness and play with confidence we will be on   track to keep the playoff streak alive…”

The ReSporter: With the cold weather does that delay the progress you would like to have for this part of the season?

Coach Stracener: “The cold weather does not delay our progress, it just makes us tougher.”

The ReSporter: What type of goals do you want to accomplish besides the obvious make the playoffs?

Coach Stracener: “In the past 4 years we have made it to the 3rd round of playoffs 3 times. The girls are determined to go past round 3, possibly see a regional final game or even state tournament appearance.”

Now Coach Stracener will get to work for improvement with this year’s edition of CL’s Lady Soccer Team! Let’s Go Lake!

              Marley Christian going for a 3-Pointer in earlier game this season. Go Lake!

                THIS WEEK     @     THE LAKE

Jan 27 Mon Johnson City JV    @     CL Hawks     500p Softball
           Johnson City       @     CL Hawks     700p Softball

Jan 28 Tue CL Hawks Freshman  @     Texans       500p Girls Basketball
           CL Hawks JV        @     Texans       500p Girls Basketball
           Texans Freshman    @     CL Hawks     500p Boys  Basketball
           Texans JV          @     CL Hawks     500p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks Varsity   @     Texans       630p Girls Basketball
           Texans Varsity     @     CL Hawks     630p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks           @     Canyon       700p Girls Soccer

Jan 31 Fri CL Hawks JV        @     Pieper       500p Softball
           CL Hawks Freshman  @     Navarro      500p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks JV        @     Navarro      500p Boys  Basketball
           Navarro Freshman   @     CL Hawks     500p Girls Basketball
           Navarro JV         @     CL Hawks     500p Boys  Basketball
           CL Hawks           @     Pieper       630p Softball
           CL Hawks Varsity   @     Navarro      630p Boys  Basketball
           Navarro Varsity    @     CL Hawks     630p Girls Basketball

Feb 1 Sat  CL Hawks           @     Flour Bluff/Calallen    Baseball
                                    Scrimmage 

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             Make us Proud Hawks!!

Canyon Lake’s Basketball teams has the Ladies playing their last round of games while the Boy’s Team will start their second round of games this week when Wimberley comes to the Hawk Nest.

CL’s Girl Soccer (6-4) will have their final pre-district game against Canyon at home before facing their first district contest with Fredericksburg. The Lake’s Boys Soccer will be playing at home and Ladies on the road Friday February 7th.

Softball will have scrimmages this week when Johnson City comes to The Lake on Monday and then will be at Pieper this Friday.

Baseball will also be in action this Saturday in the Corpus Christi area playing scrimmages with Calallen and Flour Bluff.

Tis the season when those Spring Sports start up with Track & Field-Golf-Tennis start up later in February.

Let’s GO LAKE!

                   Lady Hawk’s Bench Ready for Action with a home game Friday against Davenport. Go Lake!

                     THIS WEEK   @   THE LAKE

Tue Jan 14   CL Hawks Freshman   @   Navarro  Fresh    500p Girls Basketball
             CL Hawks JV         @   Navarro           500p Girls Basketball
             Navarro Freshman    @   CL Hawks Fresh    500p Boys  Basketball
             Navarro JV          @   CL Hawks JV       500p Boys  Basketball
             CL Hawks Varsity    @   Navarro           630p Girls Basketball
             Navarro Varsity     @   CL Hawks          630p Boys  Basketball

Thu Jan 15   CL Hawks           vs   Hondo             800a Boys  Soccer

Fri Jan 16   CL Hawks           vs   JFK              1000a Boys  Soccer
             Davenport Freshman  @   CL Hawks Fresh    500p Girls Basketball
             Davenport           @   CL Hawks JV       500p Girls Basketball
             CL Hawks Freshman   @   Davenport Fresh   500p Boys  Basketball
             CL Hawks JV         @   Davenport         500p Boys  Basketball
             CL Hawks Varsity    @   Davenport         630p Boys  Basketball
             Davenport           @   CL Hawks Varsity  630p Girls Basketball

Sat Jan 17   CL Hawks           vs   Leander Glenn     700p Boys  Soccer

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                        Let’s Go Hawks!

Girls Basketball starts their third week of district play at Navarro (Tuesday) and Davenport (Friday) at the Hawk Nest. It is another tough district as all these schools have winning records.

The Hawks did get their first win at Bandera last Tuesday when Reece Coburn led the Hawks scoring 17 points and this win was highlighted with CL’s defense holding the Bulldogs to one point in the 3rd quarter which allowed enough separation to coast with an 11 point victory.

The Lake’s Boys started district on the road last Friday with their first win ever at Wimberley, 63-56. (Article is Posted on this site)

The Boys will welcome Navarro on Tuesday and then will travel to district favorite Davenport on Friday.

                            Go Hawks!

Soccer has been full tilt with their schedule as the Ladies sport a 4-2-1 record that has seen a schedule peppered with (2) 6A, (1) 5A, and (4) 4A schools. The combined record of the teams is a haughty, 25-14-4 with those two losses coming at the hands of a 6A and an undefeated 4A schools.

CLake Ladies will be in action this Friday at the Hawk nest against La Vernia.

The Lake’s Boy’s Soccer will play Thursday in a tournament against Hondo, JFK-Friday, and Leander Glenn on Saturday.

Let’s GO LAKE!!

Lady Soccer is Area Champs after 8-0 win over SA JFK. Go Hawks!!

The Canyon Lake Lady Soccer team had a successful season with a record 18 wins this year after losing a good senior class in 2023.

                Way to Go Hawks!!

Playing in one of the toughest districts in the state, The Lake was able to hold on and qualified with a 4th place finish. Yes, a Bi-District win over a Burnet team that finished first in their district would give a taste on how hard of a road this young team traversed.

The ReSporter caught up with Soccer’s Head Coach Kara Stracener for her thoughts after bowing out in the third round in the playoffs.

The ReSporter:  First, would you comment on your seniors and what they meant to CL’s team?

Coach Stracener: “As I told the team last night after our loss…when our seniors were freshman was the start of this program becoming a winning program.  Their hard work and leadership have been a huge part of the success of the past four years and setting the tone and the bar for players that continue to come through.”

The ReSporter:  Did you reasonably expect to make it this far this season based on the youth of the team and why or why not.

           Go Hawks & Way to Fly High!!

Coach Stracener: “The team surpassed my expectations this year…with only 9 returners the freshman and new to Varsity came in and made an immediate impact and continued to improve and grow as players and as a team throughout the season.”

The ReSporter  What are you expecting for the new crop of players from middle school, I have heard this class has some more good lady athletes.

Coach Stracener: “I am excited for these 8th graders.  I think there is a good group that has a lot of potential.  With high school soccer, just like this year, there are always a few potential freshman that can come and compete for spots on Varsity.” 

The ReSporter: What will be your main concerns for building next year’s team?

                              Go LAKE!

Coach Stracener: “I don’t know if they are concerns, but the big things to think about each year are…what roles and holes do we need to fill that the seniors left?  After that we start thinking of who can fill those roles and holes. And then formation(s) we can possibly play to play to our strengths, which can typically change throughout the season.” 

The ReSporter: Any other thoughts that you would like to share? that would be great for the Hawk Nation to know….

Coach Stracener: “It was a record-breaking year!  We had more wins in program history (18) the past two years we have had 13 wins, more goals in program history (106) last year we had 81, Savanna broke the goals in a season record (55) her sister set it the last two seasons with 30 and then 32, and she also broke goals in one game (6) her sister had it last year with 5, and then we had our first tournament championship win ever at the Katy i-10 Shootout in preseason.”

More good times on the horizon and as always, Way to Go Hawks!!

             Ladies Soccer are Area Champs after 8-0 win over SA JFK. Go Hawks!!

Canyon Lake’s Lady Soccer team has entered their 3rd round in the playoffs beating JFK with an unrelenting offense coupled with a smothering defensive effort.

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Canyon Lake Hawks take the field against Texans at The Lake on Tuesday! Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake Ladies Soccer (9-1) will start their district season tomorrow hosting Wimberley (6-3-2) with the game starting at 7:00pm.

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