Senior Dylan Hodges holding down Second Base           (picture by Tysha Dunavant)

                    This Week @ Canyon Lake
 Mon 4/18      Yoakum         @    CL Hawks JV             5&7pm       Baseball

 Tue 4/19      CL Hawks       @    La Vernia                 6pm       Softball 
               CL Hawks       @    La Vernia                 7pm       Baseball

 Wed 4/20      MVMS           @    Canyon MS                 6pm       Baseball
               MVMS           @    Canyon MS                 6pm       Softball
                                   Canyon High School

 Thu 4/21     CL Hawks JV     @    Navarro                   TBA       Baseball
                                   JV Dist. Tournament
              CL Hawks        @    Liberty Hill             All-Day    Track 
                                   Area Meet

 Sat 4/23     CL Hawks JV     @    La Vernia                 TBA       Baseball
                                   JV Dist. Tournament

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Canyon Lake Sports start to wind down as the Hawk Softball team will playing their last game of the season on Tuesday in La Vernia.

This was a difficult year for Hawk Softball as this team had a very successful pre district record but just could not get out of the circle in district play.

What made last week win over Wimberley so satisfying was that the win was against the Texans and that would be the last district game for the next two years since Canyon Lake will moving west for their district games.

Baseball is entering into their last 3 games with one game this week in La Vernia and then an off day on Friday.

CL will have their last week of action next week when they play Yoakum away and then Senior Day with Gonzales on that Friday.

Track & Field will be in action in Liberty Hill this Thursday as the Hawks will do battle with District 25-4A Schools and our district qualifiers for a chance to compete the next week in TAMU-Kingsville.

Canyon Lake has a chance of sending several athletes this Thursday as the Hawks will need to finish in the top 2 to keep their eyes on getting to Austin.

The ReSporter added some Mountain Valley schedules for this week as you can have a chance of seeing some future CLHS Hawks compete.

Go Hawks!!

                          Seniors Alexis Robinson, Kirsten Jones, and Tiare Kacir

Canyon Lake Softball got their first district win over the first place, Wimberley Texans, 4-1 on Senior Night at the Hawk Nest.

Yes, it was a long time in coming as the Hawks proved that they were not as bad as their record indicated.

“We played so well,” Head Coach John Gallagher said relieved. “We talked about what we needed to do in pre-game and they came out focused and came out and did well.”

This win had all three of the basics working on this night as the fielding, pitching and hitting combined for this long in coming victory.

Kirsten Jones went out in style in raising her batting average to .493 and a Hawk record (so far) .598 on base percentage.

Not to mention 2 more stolen bases giving her 27 for the season which would rank only behind the batter Jones bats behind, Carley Dubois.

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Catcher Lee Stafford ready for the pitch.                  (picture by Tysha Dunavant)

Baseball and Softball get Gobbled up by the Cuero Gobblers as both games failed to reach the 7th inning.

This is a tough year for bats and balls as Baseball has won 2 games and this year’s Softball team is presently on a 10 game losing streak.

For the Hawk Baseball team you have youth out the wazoo as CL lost several Seniors last season and just were not loaded enough to keep that train on it’s track.

“We played ok, just could not get anything going offensively,” Head Baseball Coach Trent Dunavant stated. “We put the ball in play, just could not square anything up…so give them credit for getting the job done offensively.”

Canyon Lake’s Baseball has gone two games without a run as finding the right combination for batting is a hit and miss. (pardon the pun)

Gavin Dietrich took the loss as Cuero continues fighting for one of those precious play-off spots.

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Gavin Dietrich waiting to give a ball a ride in win over Yoakum  (Tysha Dunavant)

                           This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Tue Apr 12         CL Hawks         @    Cuero           6pm    Softball
                    CL Hawks         @    Cuero           7pm    Baseball

 Thu Apr 14         Blanco           @    CL Hawks JV     6pm    Baseball

 Fri Apr 15         Mountain Valley  @    Wimberley       4pm    Track & Field
                    Wimberley        @    CL Hawks        6pm    Softball
                    Wimberley        @    CL Hawks        7pm    Baseball

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Carly Dubois shows off the ball that left the yard

Canyon Lake’s Softball team showed signs of life but the Hawks still could not dig out of their hole in loss to Navarro, 17-13.

“We put ourselves in a hole,” Head Coach John Gallagher stated. “We fought back and this team never gives up and I am really proud of what the team did….we started tagging the ball pretty well.”

That last comment from Coach Gallagher will give you an indication of the slump this team has been in since district play started over a month ago.

The 13 runs was more than adding up the previous 8 games and getting into double digit hits has not been seen since their last win in Johnson City against Copperas Cove.

But, when you put the team to the test with the Big 3 that needs to be humming (pitching/hitting/fielding), then you can see by the 17 runs given up that pitching was not on as well as still committing way to many errors.

That hole that was dug had the Panthers with a 12-1 lead going into the bottom of the 3rd inning.

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                   Brianna Young power swing in game with Fredericksburg in 2012

                       Softball 2016 Season and All-Time Top 3

 at bats                  runs                     hits
 Carly Dubois       81    Kirsten Jones     29     Carly Dubois         44
 Alexis Robinson    71    Carly Dubois      26     Kirsten Jones        29
 Lauren Mentzer     69    Alexis Robinson   23     Alexis Robinson      29

 runs batted in           extra base hits          base on balls
 Alexis Robinson    28    Alexis Robinson   13     Kirsten Jones        10
 Lauren Mentzer     21    Lauren Mentzer     9     Maggie Banks          9
 Kat Weber          18    Kat Weber          5     Char Hutson           8

 stolen base              batting average          on base pct
 Carly Dubois       32    Carly Dubois    .543     Carly Dubois       .583
 Kirsten Jones      17    Kirsten Jones   .468     Kirsten Jones      .581
 Bailey Bryan        8    Alexis Robinson .406     Kat Weber          .472

 strikeouts               wins                     earned run average  
 Alexis Robinson   101    Alexis Robinson    6     Maggie Banks       0.69
 Lauren Mentzer     65    Lauren Mentzer     3     Lauren Mentzer     1.89
 Maggie Banks        6    Maggie Banks       3     Alexis Robinson    1.94

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                         All-Time Hawks

 at bats                 runs                      hits
 Alexis Robinson  343    Alexis Robinson  111      Alexis Robinson    129
 Kelsey Ahrens    328    Kirsten Jones     84      Carly Dubois       113
 Vicky Henderson  289    Carly Dubois      82      Kelsey Ahrens      109

 runs batted in          extra base hits           base on balls
 Alexis Robinson   90    Alexis Robinson   50      Missy Romero        55
 Kelsey Ahrens     76    Missy Romero      35      Brianna Young       53
 Brianna Young     75    Kelsey Ahrens     34      Alexis Robinson     50

 stolen bases            batting average          on base pct
 Carly Dubois      69    Carly Dubois    .435     Brianna Young      .485
 Tiffany Arredondo 39    McKenna Beseda  .376     Missy Romero       .479
 Kirsten Jones     35    Alexis Robinson .376     Carly Dubois       .473

 strikeouts              wins                     earned run average
 Alexis Robinson  668    Missy Romero      41     Missy Romero       2.77
 Missy Romero     641    Alexis Robinson   38     Lauren Mentzer     3.15
 Lauren Mentzer    82    Lauren Mentzer     7     Alexis Robinson    3.36

Canyon Lake is now the time for desperation as another one run loss has the Hawks looking at a situation where some help will be needed and wins have to start tomorrow.

“We are playing not to lose instead of playing for a win,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “We worked hard and our effort was there.”

CL still has a mathematical shot for the playoffs but like someone with cataracts they don’t need to be driving while it is dark outside.

Errors were the culprit again as one of those dastardly mistakes led to 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning and an eventual loss.

Alexis Robinson had just 3 walks but those were all bunched up during the same inning while the Hawks decided to have 2 errors that same inning giving the Bulldogs 4 runs without a hit.

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Sophomore JC Parrish taking his swings                          (Pictures by Tasha Dunavant) 

                       This Week @ Canyon Lake
 Mon Apr 4       CL Hawks        @     Floresville       All-Day   Boys   Golf
                                       2nd Rd District Play        Girls
                 La Vernia       @     CL Hawks JV       5 & 7pm          Baseball 
                 Yoakum          @     CL Hawks          6pm              Softball

 Tue Apr 5       CL Hawks        @     Gonzales          6pm              Softball
                 Boerne          vs    CL Hawks          7pm       Girls  Soccer
                                       Area Playoffs
                 CL Hawks        @     Gonzales          7pm              Baseball

 Wed Apr 6       CL Hawks        @     Cuero             All-Day          Track
                                       District 26-4A

 Thu Apr 7       CL Hawks        @     Cuero             All-Day          Track
                                       District 26-4A

 Fri Apr 8       Navarro         @     CL Hawks          6pm              Softball
                 Navarro         @     CL Hawks          7pm              Baseball
                 CL Hawks        @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                                       District Meet

 Sat Apr 9       CL Hawks JV     @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                 CL Hawks Var    @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                                       District Meet

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Grayson Rohrbacher’s defense will be needed in Playoff game with Giddings  (picture Lynne Carpenter)

                      This Week @ Canyon Lake
 Mon Mar 28  CL Hawks District  @     Floresville        All Day  Girls Golf
                      Day 1           Riverbend Golf Course
             CL Hawks District  @     Floresville        All Day  Boys  Golf
                      Day 1           Riverbend Golf Course

 Wed Mar 30  CL Hawks           @     Dripping Springs   5:30pm         Track

 Fri Apr 1   CL Hawks           @     Texas Relays       TBD      Boys  Track
                                      4x200 & 4x400 Relays
             Taylor             vs.   CL Hawks           6:00pm   Girls Soccer
                                      Del Valle Stadium
             Giddings           @     CL Hawks           7:00pm   Boys  Soccer
             
 Sat Apr 2   Yoakum             @     CL Hawks           7:00pm         Baseball

 Mon Apr 4   Yoakum             @     CL Hawks           6:00pm         Softball

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          Go HAWKS

Canyon Lake errors matched La Vernia’s hits in another district loss, 16-4.

The Hawks lost their gloves in this loss after giving up 16 runs in which 15 were unearned.

Those numbers make it hard for any team to get in a win column as the first round of district games come to a close with CL still looking for their first win.

All is not lost as Canyon Lake have several close losses and still have a chance of turning this season around.

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