Canyon Lake’s Softball team will be the 6th program to make the playoffs this season.
Having 5 district teams has been a big contributor but there was only one of those teams that made the dance as a 4th seed.
The Softball team will either enter the playoffs as a 2nd or 3rd seed. The Hawks will be paired with District 27-4A schools in those first round affairs, which comprise Wimberley, La Vernia, Navarro, Gonzales, and Eastside Memorial.
Maggie Banks puts a no-hitter on resume in win over Hondo
The Hawk’s kicked the Owls out of their nest with a resounding no-hit win, 11-0 on Thursday night that kept this young club on the inside track for a, 2nd place District 28-4A finish.
“The girls played a great game with no let down in intensity after a tough loss in Boerne, Head Coach John Gallagher stated. “Maggie Banks pitched a gem backed by some solid defensive plays.”
With a week left in the regular season, Canyon Lake will now set their sights on a game in Fredericksburg on Tuesday. A victory will solidify that 2nd seed for the playoffs as the Hawks will finally get a playoff game on their resume.
It has been 5 years since the Softball contingent was in the playoffs and after a complete game win over Hondo, the Hawks had all parts of their game in sync with no errors, plenty of offense, and a pitching performance that had the visitors getting no hits.
Char Hutson and the Hawks will try to bounce back tonight in game with Hondo. (photo Karen Holmes)
A Boerne home-run knocked the Hawks into a fight for 2nd place in District 28-4A after a loss to the front runner Greyhounds, 6-5.
Canyon Lake had the lead from the first inning to a one out 7th inning when a bases loaded home run finished the game in grand style for the home team.
No Sophomore Jinx for Bailey Bryan (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake are now occupying 2nd place in District 28-4A after a win over Bandera, 9-6 on Tuesday night.
“We played well early in getting up, 7-0,” Head Coach John Gallagher started. “I think we relaxed and Bandera got four runs off two of our errors…. but we were able to put up two more runs in the 7th.”
Coach Gallagher finished, “(Maddy) Puente threw well into the 5th (inning) and (Maggie) Banks closed for us.”
Carley Dubois Leading Off. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake continues their chase for District 28-4A supremacy after squeaking out a win over Fredericksburg, 4-3 at the Hawk Nest Friday night.
“This was our best defensive game we have played,” Head Coach John Gallagher fielded. “All we did this past week was hitting and defense….they hit 150 times in the batting cages and they fielded ground-balls all week long.”
The Hawks started this battle with a good offense as the bottom of that first inning had consecutive doubles by Maddy Puente and Lauren Mentzer after Bailey Bryan started the fireworks with a single.
Jessie Melendez is ready for action at first base
CL Hawks Bats finally came out of the cave in the 5th inning for a win over the Hondo Owls, 13-6.
Canyon Lake has started district with two games where those bats have been waiting for the sun to rise before they exit their cave and on this night the Hawks still had enough time to catch some mosquitoes as they responded with 12 runs in their last three stanzas.
An Owl was having a feast with a 4-1 lead going into the 5th inning but having insects for dinner did not sit well as those Hawk Bats came alive to swallow up all of the mosquitoes for an eventual eat-a-way win. (A Bat cam eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in one hour.)
Lauren Mentzer just foul ball as Maddy Puente looks on… (photo by Karen Holmes)
The CL Hawk’s errors matched the Boerne Greyhounds runs in an opening District 28-4A loss at the Hawk Nest on Tuesday night, 6-3.
Canyon Lake’s bats were also quiet for the first 6 innings as the only Hawk inning that had pressure on Boerne happened in the 4th inning when Marley Carrizales led off the inning with the first hit and two stolen bases had this CL runner on third base.
A strikeout ended that threat and then the Hawks 10 consecutive outs until a one out single in the bottom of the 7th frame.
Lauren Mentzer bearing down on an opposing batter. (photo by Karen Holmes)
District 28-4A Softball Standings Regular Season District Season W L T Pct W L Pct GB CL Hawks 11 4 1 .719 Boerne 2 0 1.000 —— Boerne 12 8 1 .595 Fredericksburg 1 0 1.000 0.5 Hondo 8 11 0 .421 Hondo 1 1 .500 1.0 Fredericksburg 7 10 0 .412 CL Hawks 0 1 .000 1.5 Bandera 3 12 0 .200 Bandera 0 2 .000 2.0 This Week’s Games March 21 Tuesday Boerne 6 CL Hawks 3 (9 innings) Hondo 12 Bandera 11 Fredericksburg Bye March 24 Friday CL Hawks @ Hondo 7:00p Bandera @ Fredericksburg Boerne @ SA Churchill Last Week’s Games Boerne 10 Bandera 0 Billies 7 Hondo 3 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Repeat-Boutique Says Go Hawks and Repeat Winning
Canyon Lake will have their indoctrination into district competition this Tuesday when the Hawks will do battle with the Boerne Greyhounds.
CL will be the last district school to get in on the fray of competing as the Greyhounds will enter with a win over Bandera last week.
If the regular season records pan out then this will be a big game as both schools had the only winning record going into District 28-4A play.
Some games that should instill some angst for the Hawks came with a loss for Boerne but that school was Wimberley by one run (1-2) score.
Meanwhile, Canyon Lake has struggled in their two games with the Texans and a one run loss that the
Greyhounds had can tell you that this game will be a battle.
Go Hawks & Beat Boerne
Canyon Lake did have a short scrimmage with Fredericksburg in the San Marcos Rattler Tournament two weeks ago but that game was only in the 3rd inning when rain shortened the contest.
The Hawks had a one run lead when the curtain dropped and that will be another game CL will have to be on their ‘A’ game when they match up with the Billies.
Canyon Lake has some good wins thus far but looking back on the pre-district games versus district games will let you know that the Hawks will not look or play like they did when the games did not have district implications.
The ReSporter sees many younger players with a ton of talent and how they play when the lights get brighter will be a big eye opener on how these next 8 games will pan out.
Tuesday will be a time of reckoning and with Coach John Gallagher being very intentional in having a tougher schedule, will hopefully pay dividends.
Hawks All-Time Top 5 For Season Stats average at bats hits Carley Dubois .526 ’16 Alexis Robinson 111 ’13 Carley Dubois 51 ’16 Kirsten Jones .487 ’16 Kelsey Ahrens 108 ’13 McKenna Beseda 48 ’13 McKenna Beseda .457 ’13 Vicky Henderson 106 ’13 Kelsey Ahrens 39 ’13 Brianna Young .439 ’14 McKenna Beseda 105 ’13 Carley Dubois 39 ’14 Missy Romero .429 ’12 Carley Dubois 97 ’14 Alexis Robinson 38 ’14 Carley Dubois 97 ’16 Alexis Robinson 38 ’13 runs runs batted in base on balls Alexis Robinson 40 ’14 Brianna Young 33 ’14 Brianna Young 24 ’13 Carley Dubois 37 ’14 Alexis Robinson 32 ’16 Alexis Robinson 24 ’14 Kirsten Jones 34 ’16 Alexis Robinson 30 ’14 Missy Romero 21 ’11 Carley Dubois 33 ’16 Kelsey Ahrens 26 ’14 Kelsey Ahrens 19 ’15 McKenna Beseda 31 ’13 Kelsey Ahrens 26 ’15 Brianna Young 16 ’14 doubles triples home-runs Kelsey Ahrens 10 ’13 Missy Romero 7 ’09 Alexis Robinson 5 ’14 Lauren Mentzer 10 ’16 Alexis Robinson 6 ’14 Alexis Robinson 4 ’16 Missy Romero 9 ’11 Alexis Robinson 4 ’16 Kelsey Ahrens 4 ’15 Brianna Young 8 ’13 Alexis Robinson 3 ’15 Kelsey Ahrens 3 ’14 Alexis Robinson 8 ’16 Kat Weber 3 ’16 Alexis Robinson 2 '15 Carley Dubois 2 ’16 Missy Romero 2 ’12 Maddy Puente 2 ’17 stolen bases on base percentage slugging percentage Carley Dubois 41 ’16 Kirsten Jones .589 ’16 Alexis Robinson .966 ’14 Kirsten Jones 27 ’16 Carley Dubois .570 ’16 Missy Romero .821 ’12 McKenna Beseda 24 ’13 Kelsey Ahrens .556 ’15 Alexis Robinson .716 ’16 Carley Dubois 19 ’14 Missy Romero .549 ’12 Kelsey Ahrens .667 ’14 McKenna Beseda 18 ’12 Alexis Robinson .548 ’14 Kelsey Ahrens .656 ’15
Softball Alumni Game was contentious as these two titans battled it out last Saturday.
Kat Weber and Kirsten Jones went to battle. (photo by mjrphotog.com)
This Week @ Canyon Lake Mon Mar 20 CL Hawks JV @ Hondo JV 5:00p Baseball CL Hawks JV @ Hondo JV 7:00p Baseball Tue Mar 21 CL Hawks @ Fredericksburg All-Day Boys Golf Lady Bird Golf Course Boerne JV @ CL Hawks JV 5:00p Softball Boerne @ CL Hawks 7:00p Softball CL Hawks @ Boerne 7:00p Baseball Wed Mar 22 CL Hawks @ Fredericksburg All-Day Girls Golf Lady Bird Golf Course Thu Mar 23 CL Hawks @ Wimberley All-Day Track Texans Relays Fri Mar 24 CL Hawks @ East Central All-Day Tennis CL Hawks JV @ Hondo JV 5:00p Softball CL Hawks @ Hondo 7:00p Softball CL Hawks @ Hondo 7:00p Baseball ============——————————================————————================
Top Left, Coach John Gallagher, Caroline Jordan, Coach Mary Beth Gallagher, Kelsey Ahrens, Tonya Waller, Alex Henderson, Brianna Young, McKenna Beseda, Kirsten Jones, Vicky Henderson, Missy Romero, Lizzy Henderson, Tiffany Arredondo
Canyon Lake’s Softball Team had a chance to play a game against the Lady Hawk’s from days gone by as the the Alumni game was enjoyed by all on a Saturday with food and honoring two former students.
This was a Saturday game that allowed the Softball and Canyon Lake High School a chance to pay respects for two recent events.
The loss of Heather St. John to cancer last August 15, 2016 and Megan Browning who lost her life in a car accident this past January 15, 2017.
Both of these young ladies had played Softball as well as other sports during their time at Canyon Lake.
Megan Browning and Heather St. John were both teammates during Canyon Lake’s playoff run in 2011 and many of these alumnus ladies knew and played with Browning and St. John while in high school.
