Jordan Anderson will be readying himself for his final District Track Meet this week and this young man has a lot of skins on the wall as one of the best Track Athletes Canyon Lake has had through the last three years.

Anderson has been getting a head up on his District 27-3A opponents for three years now and you know their will be a lot of underclassman that will be glad they will not have to compete against this type of trickster after this season.

Having a heads up also means a hair cut so you can reduce that head wind and have those faster times in those Dash Runs.

Here are results from Anderson’s last three years including his Freshman campaign on Junior Varsity. Notice how many points he has garnered.

Also note that on the relays you divide that event by four teammates, so if your relay finished first those 20 points would equal 5 points for each individual runner.

                      Junior              Sophomore           Freshman
 4x100 Relay                                                  CL 1st   5pts.
 4x200 Relay                                                  CL 2nd   4pts.
 4x400 Relay                                                  CL 2nd   4pts.
 High Jump            First   10 pts.     Second   8 pts.     First   10 pts.
 Long Jump            Second   8 pts.     Third    6 pts.     Second   8 pts.
 100 M Dash           First   10 pts.     First   10 pts.
 200 M Dash           First   10 pts.     First   10 pts.
 400 M Dash           First   10 pts.
                              48 pts.             34 pts.             31 pts.

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Canyon Lake lowered their 1600 Meter Relay by nine seconds at the Hawk Relays last week

and with that time now have the best results in District 27-3A.

Not only the best time this year among fellow District Schools, but also their time of 4:10.53 was a new standard for future CL 1600 Relay teams.

The good news is that the Hawks have at least two more weeks to see how low they can go to set an all time standard.

Mariah Ellis, Hannah Graves, Brookelynn Helmke, and Amber Ramsey were in control of this relay from the beginning to end.

This is a good nucleus of students which has a lot of potential as this season now gets into a much more serious stage.
Ellis a Sophomore
Graves a Junior
Helmke a Junior
Ramsey a Junior

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Another one of many personal bests happened at the Hawk Relays and there might be some disturbing

happenings that is causing many of these great finishes.

Senior Branson Belcher had a Canyon Lake Record Triple Jump at last Thursdays Meet.

Belcher soared over the 40 foot mark in the Triple Jump event and replaced Todd Pippin on that leader board.

Below was the Canyon Lake best Triple Jump finishes.

 Name                 Distance      Year     Meet       When       Grade
 Todd Pippin          38'9.25       2011     Blanco     March 1    Graduated
 Luke Curry           38'6          2012     Tiger      March 29   Junior
 Branson Belcher      38'4          2012     District   April 11   Senior

Looking at the numbers you can see that Belcher passed his best by over 2 feet and now Pippin has to come back to school to have another chance to have his name on the board. Belcher’s jump was 40’11 distance.

“Yesterday I was helping out at the Junior High Track Meet and I saw Pippin on the leader board and that was the only thing that motivated me,” Belcher said with bravado.

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Canyon Lake had some surprises at the Hawk Relays last week and one of the

biggest was Mike Russell running the 1600 Meter Run.

Russell ran on the Cross Country Team and has been a long distance runner for a while.

However, his best time was 5:19.00 two weeks ago in Wimberley which for a Sophomore is still a very good outing.

Enter a week at the beach and all of a sudden his time improves 18 seconds and with this run breaks the Canyon Lake record of 5:01.70 by 0.22 seconds.

Senior Chris Neiland ran that event last season in Dripping Springs almost exactly one year ago.

“I never thought I would break a record,” Russell said while recuperating after this grueling run. “It wasn’t even in my mind, but after I finished I knew that I might be close.”

Russell surprised several people familiar with who had done what in the mile run and this race was not looking like it would or could result in such a good finish.

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Canyon Lake has had some good Pole Vaulters in past seasons and this year

Christian Dittman seems to be ready to raise that bar.

Pole Vaulting is one track event that fans are drawn to since it has so many areas an athlete needs to excel in to realize a good result.

Being coordinated to make your pole stick while running with a good amount of speed and then having that ability to accelerate off the ground to push into the air over 13 feet (in this case) in the air.

Dittman was sailing along in Wimberley on Thursday night in clearing 13’6 by what seemed to be one to two feet. Dittman had also made his lower marks by clearing that same bar with ease.

The event steward then moved the bar to 14′ with just three competitors left on this evening.

That height would be a personal record in a meet for Dittman and you could see his determination as he readied himself for his three tries to conquer another rung on this proverbial ladder.

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Missy Romero has started her career off in grand fashion as Copiah-Lincoln

Community College sports a 9-0-1 record with two of those victories over the No. 5 team in the country.

Romero has a 2-0 pitching record and has also come through in the batter’s box.

In the game against Heartland (IL), Romero tripled and scored their first run and then homered for her first home run that helped extend the Lady Wolves lead to 7-1 two innings later.

In a game with Baton Rouge, Romero collected her second win of her new career when she finished the Lady Bears by allowing 2 runs, while scattering 8 hits, struck out 1 and walked 2 in 5 innings of work.

Romero’s second win was in relief when she helped put out a fire with 2.2 innings and not giving up a run against that same No. 5 rated squad that she helped beat with her bat in the first game.

Congratulations to a fine young lady that is representing Canyon Lake and our community.

Super Fan Mr. Bill Phillips can be seen at almost all of Canyon Lake’s venues

cheering on young athletes in many fields.

You have seen him, he has that special place in the Hawk Gymnasium, up behind the student section, or walking up to a press box during a football game, or how about seeing Phillips hanging out at countless Baseball and Little League games.

“I played Junior High Softball because there was no baseball at my school,” Mr. Bill started. “With both of my brothers, we played every sport.”

So going back to Junior High days the seed had been planted and now you have ‘Super Fan’ still showing his support for athletes in the Canyon Lake community.

Just sitting by Bill and watching a game will give you wisdom as you listen to all of his recollections of games from the past.

Not to mention his countless one liners that are lined up inside his mind like every Baseball Coach would be preparing a line-up card.

Coaches know him as ‘Bill’ and seeing him at all of their games does not go unnoticed.

“My Dad played semi-pro baseball back in 1938 when we moved down to Houston,” Mr. Bill continued. “I have been around the kids watching them play and grow with all of their skills and attitudes.”
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In Softball everything starts in a Circle with a Diamond taking second fiddle.

Yes, the diamond is still needed for this game but if you don’t have someone that you can count on in that Circle, then a diamond might not matter.

Canyon Lake has had a very good pitcher the past four years in Missy Romero and now that baton has been passed to a Freshman in Alexis Robinson.

Robinson is another one of those Freshman athletes that has come onto the scene this year and if this trend continues, Canyon Lake will be very competitive for many of their sports.

The Freshman Basketball team finished 18-4 and in Volleyball, CL had four Freshman that moved up to Junior Varsity and Varsity this year and still had a very competitive team on the court as a Freshman team.

Now it is Softball’s turn to have the honors. Robinson will go into the circle and try to continue a Hawk team that missed the playoffs by just one game last year.

“I am just going to play my game,” Robinson started. “I just want to enjoy my four years of softball and play as hard as I can.”

Robinson also talked about who she has taken that baton from and had nothing but great things to say about her friend and teammate (in Select Softball) Romero.

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Wesley Dicks has gone where no Hawk Football player has gone in the short

history of Canyon Lake sports.

Mr. Dicks was recruited by a school for a full scholarship on National Signing Day for College Football.

This 6’3 290lb man has made his living serving Pancakes Blocks for three years on opposition players attempting to tackle a Hawk player.

A lot of hard work and drive has finally paid off as Wes was flanked by his Mom and Dad in CL’s gym on Wednesday morning having this opportunity to continue his education with the signing of his letter of intent to play for Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

“It has been a blessing, honor, and privilege to be a part of Wes’ football career and in helping in his development,” Offensive Line Coach Chuck Wallen said. “He will make the Coaches from Northwestern Oklahoma real happy they picked him.”

Head Football Coach Charlie Drum started the ceremonies praising Wes by bringing up something much more important than an oblong ball, when he commented on how well Dicks had also performed in the class room.

“I’m excited,” Wesley Dicks sighed. “I finally get to think about College and where I’m going to play.”
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The first year of The Hilltop Reporter Newspaper, this reporter was talking to second year Head Coach

Lloyd Fields with Bracken Christian football team.

Coach Fields was giving a run down on what type of team he would be fielding that season (2009).

Coach Fields informed The Hilltop Reporter that his starting quarterback would be a freshman and one might have wondered that there could be a chance for a rocky year.

Bracken Christian had lost seven seniors from the previous season to boot.

However this ’09 Team had a break out season with a final four appearance and a squad that quite possibly could win a championship in future years.

During the playoffs that same year, BCS would be meeting a team that the Warriors had played earlier that season.

It was a large team (Tomball Rosehill Christian) in 6-man lingo, with several players over 200lbs and height to compliment that in spades.

Watching that game was an eye opener as this defensive back that was not even six feet tall, yet, had taken on one of those gladiators at the goal line and held his ground as this player planted his cleats right on the chest of this young man on his way to a touchdown.
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