Avery Norris advancing The Lake’s Offense in their win earlier this year.
(photo by PacoCreates)

GO LAKE & Flatten them like our Pancakes!

Canyon Lake started district play with a win over Fredericksburg, 4-1 for their 10th straight victory.

Last year, The Lake, came into this first contest with the Billies with a lot of confidence opening at home.

That start was a tied battle at 2 goals which led to two more ties (against Wimberley) during district part of their schedule.

CL’s district added Long Creek which results in a 12 game uphill battle as all but one school (Bandera) presently has a .500 or better record.

The Lady Hawks Soccer has had an impressive run during Head Coach Kara Stracener’s 6th years at the helm.

Authentic Canyon Lake says Go Lake & Don’t Forget Valentine’s Day!

With two campaigns reaching 16 wins while already matching CL’s 10 wins during 2023 season. In Stracener’s 6 years she had raked in 80 wins with 43 losses that comes to a .642 winning percentage.

Head Coach Stracener commented bout the Fredericksburg win, “It was a good win to start district. We Struggled to control the game, but obviously were able to convert some of our chances into goals…We were challenged more defensively than we have been all season, so I’m proud of our defense for shutting down Fred’s attack.”

The Lake has ordered a lot more hangers to show off many firsts this season thus far that now has a ten game winning streak but as Coach Stracener commented on seeing a tougher defense with the Billies, then with more schools still to see in a district that presently have 3 teams in the Top 5 and 4 in the Top 10 it is apparent more challenges will be forthcoming.

                  Congrats Lady Hawks!

Savanna Olberholtzer led the team with 3 goals while Bella Biasatti recorded 2 assists and a goal and Senior Jordan Villareal produced an assist to finish the scoring.

Goalkeeper Liza Schexnayder and defender Chylea Gray were rewarded players of the game in this win.

Canyon Lake will be off this Friday and then open their district home schedule next Tuesday February 3rd against Bandera starting at 7:00pm.

The Lake is treading in water that has not been seen by any Hawk sport since the school started after being recognized in one poll as the #1 team in the state.

But with that caveat you will be seeing tough district play each week that has 3 other schools also hanging with impressive resumes to show-off to their fans. Sooo buckle up and Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T     Pct   GF   GA   Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0   1.000   60   12    10W
Davenport       9  1  0    .900   45    2     7W
Wimberley       9  1  1    .864   39    6     7W
Marble Falls    8  1  2    .818   44    4     1L
Long Creek      4  1  2    .714   20    4     1W
Fredericksburg  5  5  0    .500   25   18     1L
Bandera         3  9  0    .333   14   36     3L

District        W  L  T.    Pct   GF   GA
Canyon Lake     1  0  0   1.000    4    1
Wimberley       1  0  0   1.000    1    0
Davenport       1  0  0   1.000    9    0
Long Creek      0  0  0    .000    0    0
Marble Falls    0  1  0    .000    0    1
Fredericksburg  0  1  0    .000    1    4
Bandera         0  1  0    .000    0    9

Tuesday Results:
Canyon Lake     4  Freddie      1
Wimberley       1  Marble Falls 0
Bandera         0  Davenport    9

Tonight's Schedule:
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Freddie         @  Bandera
Marble Falls    @  Long Creek
Canyon Lake Bye

Tuesday Schedule:
Bandera         @ Canyon Lake   700p
Wimberley       @ Fredericksburg
Long Creek      @ Davenport
Marble Falls Bye

        Savanna Oberholtzer during I-10 Shootout to start the year.    (photo by PacoCreates) 

                          Plug those Leaks Lake!

Canyon Lake will have a frigid start to district play this Tuesday against an always tough Fredericksburg Billies squad.

But for this season thus far, The Hawks, have been hot with their longest winning streak and starting district play undefeated.

The schools in The Lake’s district have garnered an impressive resume and Fredericksburg will be a good indicator as Freddie’s four losses have come against teams that have a combined 29-9-4 record which gives an idea of how this will be an all out road war.

                 Go Lake Beat Freddie!

In fact, this district will have several evenings without a win just by walking out on the soccer field of play.

The top 4 District 26-4A schools have a combined 33-2-3 (.908) non-district record and have accumulated 174 goals while allowing an anemic 22 before district gets going this week to their opponents.

Need more? Wimberley has played the toughest schedule (.711), Davenport (.571), Marble Falls (.514)  and The Lake (.500).

Rankings
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Canyon Lake     1st
Wimberley       4th
Marble Falls    9th
Davenport      12th


MaxPreps Poll
Wimberley       1st
Davenport       4th
Canyon Lake     5th
Marble Falls   10th
Fredericksburg 29th

                   Way to GO HAWKS!

The ReSporter had a chance of catching up with Coach Kara Stracener for her thoughts as CLake enters their next phase of the season.

The ReSporter: Across the board what does it mean to this program to finish undefeated after non district games?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is the first time we’ve been undefeated going into district play which is exciting.  We have been playing well and improving every time we step on the field.  Every season will bring adversity, and the girls know that and are prepared for what our tough district will bring!”

The ReSporter:  And did you get what you wanted in preparation for district? 

Coach Stracener: “I think I would have liked to have seen some tougher teams           because our district has some of the best in 4A in the state, but going into district playing with confidence is also important.”  

                            Go Lake!

The ReSporter: This is ‘hands down’ the toughest district in the State at any classification. Do you have nightmares before each battle?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is one of the best Canyon Lake teams I’ve coached, so it just shows you that all the teams in our district are improving as we improve.  Iron sharpens iron, so each game is always a battle, but it will prepare those lucky enough to make it into the top 4, which is our goal.”

The ReSporter: And if you have sane moments…what gives you those thoughts when thinking about this team? 

Coach Stracener: “I don’t have nightmares…just have remind myself that this is a game, and we play because we love it and the competition is exciting.  But at the end of the day, it’s a blessing to get to compete.  Not everyone gets to do this…”

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Team            W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake     9  0  0  1.000   56  11    9W
Marble Falls    8  0  2   .900   44   3    2W
Davenport       8  1  0   .889   36   2    6W
Wimberley       8  1  1   .850   38   6    6W
Long Creek      4  1  2   .714   20   4    1W
Fredericksburg  5  4  0   .556   24  14    2W
Bandera         3  8  0   .333   14  27    3L


Last Week’s Results:

Marble Falls 4  KIPP Austin   1
Leander      0  Wimberley     3
Lockhart     3  Bandera       1
Freddie      9  Pleasanton    0

Floresville  1  The Lake      4
Little River 0  Marble Falls  6
Bandera      1  Pleasanton    4

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Tues: Jan 27  Canyon Lake  @  Freddie  7:00pm
              Wimberley    @  Marble Falls
              Bandera      @  Davenport
              Long Creek   Bye

Fri Jan 30    Davenport    @  Wimberley
              Freddie      @  Bandera
              Marble Falls @  Long Creek
              Canyon Lake  Bye

Issy Fory & Abby Lowth were recognized in Win over KIPP-Austin in Lake Classic Tournament.

Canyon Lake’s Lady Soccer had another successful week after sweeping their opponents in CL’s Classic Tournament.

                   Congrats Lake Soccer!

Two Soccer Polls in Texas are filled with schools from Region IV District 26 which happens to be where Canyon Lake resides.

In the TGCA Poll Canyon Lake is presently at #2 followed by Wimberley (4th), Davenport (7th) and Marble Falls (13th).

Fredericksburg was ranked 20th last week but suffered a loss last week that dropped the Billies. But looking at these schools all in the same district tells you how a tough climb it is to finish first.

Max-Preps has Wimberley atop this Poll the Davenport (3rd) followed by Canyon Lake (6th), Marble Falls (14th) and none of these schools will be sighing with relief playing in Fredericksburg.

Go Hawks & Congrats on Tourney Win!

Long Creek is the new school this year and they too have crafted a winning record.

Placing in the top 4 will certainly will give these teams another date in playing one of their neighbors during the post-season.

That almost happened during last year’s campaign if a Hawk win over London would have played Wimberley for the Region IV title.

The Lake tied the Texans in both of their district contests last year.

Canyon Lake will play their final non-district battle against Floresville (6-1-1) who ranks 14th & 24th in the TGCA and Max-Preps Poll.

Way to GO LAKE!

DISTRICT 26 4A REGION IV 

Team           W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake    8  0  0  1.000  52  10    8W
Marble Falls   6  0  2   .929  34   2    2W
Davenport      7  1  0   .875  36   2    5W
Wimberley      6  1  1   .813  27   6    4W
Long Creek     4  1  2   .714  20   4    1W
Fredericksburg 4  4  0   .500  15  14    1W
Bandera        3  6  0   .333  13  20    1L

Last Week’s Results:

Tuesday 13   Long Creek  4  Luling       0
             Bandera     2  Hondo        1

Thursday 15  The Lake    4  La Vernia    2
             Davenport   4  Richards     0
             No Crowley  4  Billies      1
             Wimberley   8  Lockhart     0

Friday 16    KIPP Austin 0  The Lake     9
             Brownwood   1  Marble Falls 1
             Lockhart    0  Davenport    3
             Freddie     0  Godley       2
             Lorena      0  Wimberley    2
             SA Cole     2  Bandera      1

Saturday 17  ChinaSpring 1  The Lake     7
             Lorena      0  Davenport    1
             Freddie     5  Bowie        1
             Burnet      0  Wimberley    8

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Tuesday 20   Mar Falls   @  KIPP Austin
             Leander     @  Wimberley
             Lockhart    @  Bandera
             Freddie     @  Pleasanton

Friday 23    Floresville @  The Lake   6:45p
             LittleRiver @  Marble Falls
             Bandera     @  Pleasanton

                       Canyon Lake Hawks celebrating Championship I-10 Shoot Out Trophy!

               Congrats Lady Hawks!

The Canyon Lake Hawk’s Lady Soccer Team (5-0) has the longest Canyon Lake Sports Teams streak of making post-season and has shot out this season with their best start which included a sweep in the I-10 Shootout in Houston this past week finishing with a Championship trophy.

“The first few weeks of season has been spent figuring out who fits best and where, what formation best suits this group, seeing who will step into those leadership roles that were vacated,” Head Coach Kara Stracener stated. “We are getting close to figuring these things out after five games.”

With this fast start, it was that first contest of the season, that produced their best win when the Hawks outraced La Vernia, 9-6. These Bears finished with a 24-2 record last season which included a shut-out (2-0) win over your Hawks while reaching the Semi-Regional round in the playoffs.

         Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

“The first La Vernia game was fun because of all the goals, but we struggled defensively, which we are figuring that piece out….all three of our seniors were defenders last year,” Coach Stracener recounted.

On winning this past tournament Coach Stracener gave her two cents, “As far as this weekend, the girls dominated the competition. Distracted the pace of the games. Starting to play more cohesive soccer. Still lots to work as we prepare for this weekend and district.”

Stephen F. Austin future star, Savanna Oberholtzer helped with that domination this past week scoring 10 goals and Bella Biasatti pitched in scoring 6 goals for the Hawks.

La Vernia will be in Canyon Lake’s cross hairs again this week with a 12 Noon start on Thursday to start the Canyon Lake Classic tournament.

A great start for this Hawk team that looks to continuing their streak of games and post-season adventures again this season.

Way to GO LAKE!

REGION 4 DISTRICT 26 STANDINGS

Team             W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake      6  0  0  1.000   36   9   6W
Marble Falls     6  0  1   .929   33   1   2W
Davenport        6  1  0   .857   33   2   4W
Wimberley        5  1  1   .786   24   6   3W
Long Creek       4  1  1   .714   20   4   1W
Frederisckburg   3  3  0   .500   10  11   1L
Bandera          3  5  0   .375   12  18   1W

             This Week’s Games:

Tuesday 13   Luling          0   Long Creek      4
             Hondo           1   Bandera         2

Thursday 15  La Vernia       2   The Lake        4
             Richards School 0   Davenport       4
             Fredericksburg  1   North Crowley   4
             Wimberley       8   Lockhart        0

Friday 16    KIPP Austin     @   The Lake   12:00 Noon
             Brownwood       @   Marble Falls
             Lockhart        @   Davenport
             Fredericksburg  @   Godley
             Lorena          @   Wimberley
             SA Cole         @   Bandera

Saturday 17  China Spring    @   The Lake    3:00 pm
             Lorena          @   Davenport
             Fredericksburg  @   Bowie
             Burnet          @   Wimberley

            THIS WEEK      @   THE LAKE       January 13-17

Tue Jan 13  The Lake JV    @   Freddie        500p Girls Soccer
            Bandera JV     @   The Lake JV    500p Girls Basketball
            Bandera        @   The Lake       630p Girls Basketball

Thu Jan 15  Hondo          @   The Lake       600p Boys  Soccer
            La Vernia      @   The Lake      1200n Girls Soccer
                               Canyon Lake Classic

Fri Jan 16  KIPP Austin    @   The Lake      1200n Girls Soccer
            SA Cole        @   The Lake       200p Boys  Soccer
                               Canyon Lake Classic
            The Lake JV    @   Wimberley JV   500p Girls Basketball
            Wimberley Sub  @   The Lake Fr/JV 500p Boys  Basketball
            The Lake       @   Wimberley      630p Girls Basketball
            Wimberley      @   The Lake       630p Boys  Basketball

Sat Jan 17  China Spring   @   The Lake       300p Girls Soccer
            IDEA So Flores @   The Lake       900p Boys  Soccer
                                  Canyon Lake Classic

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                                  Way to Go Hawks!

The Winter Sports are going strong with soccer starting the beginning of this year. At this writing the Lady Soccer Team is undefeated with a good resume win over La Vernia that turned out to be a scoring fest as The Lake outscored the Bears, 9-6… that had Savanna Oberholtzer leading the way with seven goals and one assist along with Avery Norris, Bella Biasatti each with a goal and Abby Lowth, Macey Gil helping with one assist a piece.

These Hawks sport a 4-0 record as they are competing in the I-10 Shootout in Houston this week.

Girls Basketball continues to be a work in progress as they ready themselves for district play tonight (Friday) while the Boy’s Basketball team start up later next week after they finish their non-district schedule tonight in Comfort.

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UPDATE:

The ReSporter was informed bout a recent graduate who achieved high praise during the Fall Cross Country Season.

                         Let’s GO LAKE!

Hannah Hammer performs for Central Arizona College after her successful time with Canyon Lake High School as part of an excellent Ladies Track Team that won District and Area Meets last season.

During Hammer’s 4 years on the Lake’s Cinders she made her presence known for The All-Time Top 10 Hawk Athletes list.

      Event          Placed      Time
  400 Meter Dash      3rd       60.42
  800 Meter Run       1st     2:15.20
 1600 Meter Run       2nd     5:18.93
4x200 Meter Relay     2nd     1:44.34  2024
4x400 Meter Relay     1st     4:01.06  2024
4x400 Meter Relay     2nd     4:04.84  2022

Division I ACCAC Cross Country Awards

Female Athlete of the Year – Hannah Hammer, Central Arizona College, 
Hammer earned three ACCAC DI Runner of the Week honors, finished 19th at nationals, and placed second at the Region I/ACCAC Championships.

Savanna Oberholtzer signs Soccer Scholarship with SFA flanked by her Dad (Mark) & Mom (Sherry).

Savanna Oberholtzer picked SFA as her next stop for her Soccer and school studies.

Savanna had already been spoken for after Lubbock Christian offered a place on their team but things got turned around recently after Coach Ben Morrison was recently hired as a SFA Coach which was a deal maker for the Lumberjacks.

“I knew the coaches and when they reached out I went there and loved everything it was nice and I will look forward to continue working on my game and keep playing there.”

On what Savanna plans to do in class? “Nursing,” said like a player dribbling down the field with an open net.

Savanna has been a trail blazer for The Lake Soccer team after becoming the all-time scorer last season passing Maddie (her sister) Oberholtzer last season.

Head Coach Kara Stracener shared her thoughts, “She is not one dimensional…in my 25 years of coaching she is in my top 3 athletes and all of those players played on a Division I College.” Coach Stracener continued, “She is important and great for our team and has raised our other players. Running track and being on the cheer team makes her a more rounded athlete when combined. As well as getting to 108 goals and 27 assists in her years at Canyon Lake.

Mark (Dad) Oberholzer shared his thoughts on this momentous day, “I’m so proud of her….she has worked her whole life for this. People see the end product when she competes but it is her whole work ethics seeing her working hard and wanting to be the best.”

“She is very competitive and playing soccer allows her to get physical on the field and when she is knocked down she gets right back up and ready to be in charge,” Sherry (Mom) Oberholtzer quipped. “She has always been in charge!”

                         Way to Go Savanna!

Savanna came to high school and took her soccer-track-cheer teams to new heights competing at the State Level whether it’s field events or running relays and 100-200 meter dash.

With her uncanny way of throwing a soccer ball with her somersault acrobatics to breaking the 12 second (11.99) 100 meter a full half second faster than CL’s #2 Alysha Perez 12.46 back in 2017. Savanna has the best long jump 18-02.75 and is presently in 3rd place for the triple jump (36-02.50) and as a team player she has been on The Lake’s All-Time Best for the 4×100 & 4×200 relay teams. Both of those relays are 2 seconds better than those 2nd place relay teams.

Canyon Lake will certainly be in the running in all of these sports above this year and chance to catch this Lumberjack taking down some trees on her way to higher lofty goals.

Way to Go Savanna & Go Lake ~ Go Lumberjacks!

Avery Norris taking the dribble with Issi Fory & Saige Childers looking on in earlier win over Gateway.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

The Lady Hawks will be traveling to Poteet High School for their next round of playoffs against London Pirates who support a, 22-4 season record.

This will be Canyon Lake’s 4th try at this well to turn around a 3 game slide and a chance to play for Division IV Crown next week.

The Hawks have beaten Gateway (6-1) and Floresville (5-1) with each of those contests having to come back from a one goal deficit before answering for a lead while holding each opponent without a goal.

Earlier this week in that Floresville contest the Jaguars were clamped down by a stingy Lake defense that allowed just one more chance to score as Callie Dominguez ended up having a more tranquil evening at the net.

Game Broadcast will be from the London Broadcast team with their start time 10 minutes before play begins.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Click the Form below: London Pirates vs Canyon Lake Hawks-03/28/25 @ 7:20pm-Free Live Stream|Texas High School Sports

Savanna Oberholtzer and her Topsy-Turvy throw-ins keep teams discombobulated. Head over Heels Love the Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

          GO TOPSY-TURVY HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake’s Girls Soccer turned Floresville upside down in a, 5-1 win and will now prepare for London Pirates (22-4 & 16-0 District) in a Regional Semifinals battle.

The Lake’s next opponent is London and that contest will be this Friday at Poteet High School starting at 7:30pm.

CL’s Topsy Turvey contest in this Area Round once again started with a one goal deficit when the Jaguars took a lead at the 28:15 mark left in the first half.

That first 30 minutes of play was not what the doctor ordered for a Hawk team that was finding it hard to get an attack offensively as Floresville was the aggressor of the two with most of those 30 minutes being played with Canyon Lake defending against a resilient Jaguar team.

The Lake would turn it around when Abby Lowth scored on a topsy-turvy header tying this game, 1-1 with 8:52 before halftime.

                     Go Canyon Lake!

Three minutes later Bella Biasatti scored for what would turn out to be the game winner, 2-1.

“Coach (Kara Stracener), during halftime told us that we were better than this,” Avery Norris recalled. “She (Coach) had us close our eyes and imagine us locking in and we got better.”

That 2nd half would be all Canyon Lake switching with Floresville now not being able to get any traction against a Hawk offense that pitched a tent at the Jaguar’s net with a constant barrage of shots on goal.

Topsy Turvy definition: Utter confusion or disorder. With the top or head downward: upside down….
What was down was now up for The Lake and opposite for Floresville and the remainder of this contest.

              Way to Go Lake!!

To start the 2nd half and 11 minutes in had Oberholtzer’s only goal right in front of the net with a pass to herself on the opposite side and a Hawk 2 goal lead, 3-1.

Within that 11 minute span to the final score that had a Norris goal one minute later and then another final topsy-turvy score with 18:37 remaining.

Oberholtzer’s somersault throw-ins led to scores that had Floresville seeing double with no plan of attack.

Now the next rung up the ladder has CL playing a London team that has a stout resume.

However this battle does show a chance for your Lake team with a common opponent being Wimberley who beat the Pirates early this season 4-0.

With the 4 London losses their opponents have a very respectable .718 winning percentage. (65-24-5)

The Lake’s 6 losses to schools that presently have a, 101-22-10 combined record for a .797 winning percentage.

Canyon Lake has an, 0-3 record in their previous Regional Semifinals games and wanting a chance to go another round.

Coach Stracener might want to have these Ladies closing their eyes on the bus imagining another gold ball. With a little topsy-turvy play thrown in for good measure.

Let’s Go Hawks!

GOALS:                First Half
Floresville      0-1  28:15
Canyon Lake      1-1   8:52   Abby Lowth
Canyon Lake      2-1   5:13   Bella Biasatti
                      Second Half
Canyon Lake      3-1  29:57   Savanna Oberholtzer
Canyon Lake      4-1  28:25   Avery Norris
Canyon Lake      5-1  18:37   Avery Norris

Assists: Savanna Oberholtzer  3
         Abby Lowth           1
         Bella Biasatti       1

        Saige Childers taking the stage in Lake’s win over Gateway last Friday, 6-1.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

            THIS WEEK    @  THE LAKE

Mon Mar 24  CL Hawks     @  Lady Bird Golf Course  TBA  Golf


Tue Mar 25  CL Hawks JV  @  Davenport              500p Softball
            CL Hawks Var @  Davenport              700p Softball
            Wimberley    @  CL Hawks               700p Baseball
            CL Hawks    vs  Floresville            700p Soccer
                         @  Lehman High School

Wed Mar 25  Navarro JV   @  CL Hawks Green         600p Baseball

Thu Mar 27  CL Hawks     @  Wimberley              Noon Track & Field
                            Texans Relays

Fri Mar 28  CL Hawks     @  Freddie                600p Softball
            CL Hawks     @  Wimberley              700p Baseball

Sat Mar 29  CL Hawks JV  @  Fredericksburg        1000a Baseball    
                                                  Double Header                                                       

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                              GO LAKE!

It was a good week for the Lake with Baseball scoring in double digits in all their wins and a just missed opportunity in a, 3-2 loss to State Ranked New Braunfels.

This week Baseball will start district with games against Wimberley.

The Softball team was able to even their district record after taking Navarro to the wood shed in their, 10-3 win over the Panthers. This week it will be @ Davenport on Tuesday and @ the Billies on Friday.

Golf will be in action on Monday in Fredericksburg as the Hawks will get familiar where one round will be played for District further down the road.

Track & Field will be competing at the Texans Relays in Wimberley and a good chance to catch a group of talented Hawks.

                        Let’s Go Lake!

Another headliner will go to this week’s Area Round of playoffs for the Lady Hawk’s Soccer team when they go to Lehman High School to take on Floresville with the start time 7:00pm.

Soccer beat Gateway last week, 6-1 and will look to continue their post-season schedule with another win this Tuesday.

Let’s GO LAKE!