Coaches Corner with Softball Coach John Gallagher

Head Softball Coach John Gallagher

The Canyon Lake Hawks find themselves in a crowded field as they prepare for another battle against La Vernia tonight and The ReSporter wanted a chance to see some of his thoughts about this season.

The ReSporter: As you look at this year’s district standings, have you ever seen a district that does not have any separation between the schools?

Coach Gallagher: “No I haven’t for quite a few years,  this year everyone is very competitive.”

The ReSporter: What are some of the intricacies of a game do you look for in how you decide that a pitching change is warranted?

Coach Gallagher: “A pitchers control, number of walks given up, effectiveness of her pitches, and how well the other team is hitting the ball.”

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Missy Romero was one of those first Hawk Softball players making her mark while at Canyon Lake

  Softball All-Time Top 5

 Bat Ave (100 abs)          At Bats                   Runs
 Carly Dubois      .423     Kelsey Ahrens     312     Alexis Robinson   85
 Alexis Robinson   .386     Vicky Henderson   289     McKenna Beseda    80
 McKenna Beseda    .376     McKenna Beseda    274     Missy Romero      77
 Brianna Young     .367     Missy Romero      251     Kelsey Ahrens     68
 Missy Romero      .359     Alexis Robinson   249     Kirsten Jones     53
                                                      Tiffany Arredondo 53

 Hits                       RBI                       Extra Bases (hr/2b/3b)
 Kelsey Ahrens      103     Brianna Young      75     Missy Romero      35
 McKenna Beseda     103     Kelsey Ahrens      70     Alexis Robinson   34
 Alexis Robinson     96     Alexis Robinson    60     Kelsey Ahrens     30
 Missy Romero        90     Missy Romero       55     Brianna Young     26
 Brianna Young       87     Katy Payne         40     Katy Payne        14
                                                      McKenna Beseda    14

 walks                      stolen bases              sac/hbp/sf
 Missy Romero        55     Carly Dubois       34     Vicky Henderson   12
 Brianna Young       53     Tiffany Arredondo  34     Carly Dubois      10
 Alexis Robinson     40     McKenna Beseda     33     Megan Browning    10
 Kelsey Ahrens       31     Vicky Henderson    27     Taylor Robinson   10
 Mary Jordan         24     Alex Henderson     25     Tiffany Arredondo  8

The Hawks pointing to Tiare Kacir after getting the winning hit against Wimberley

The high drama was in action once again at the Hawk Softball Diamond, as Canyon Lake continued their suspenseful season winning in the 10th inning over Wimberley, 6-5.

CL was never in the lead in this game until it counted, the end of the third extra inning.

The bottom of the batting order did most of the damage on this night as Cameron Berger worked a one out walk in the 10th inning.

Berger has a little over 2 percent chance of walking as this free pass was a thing of beauty with that final result a win. It was Berger’s 4th walk in her career and 3rd one for this year in over 150 at bats.

Berger doesn’t like to walk, but would rather run, when she can be that winning score in extra innings.

Lizzy Henderson was next and had 2 hits already in this game but was called upon to sacrifice Berger over to second base which she did like a pro.

Now with Berger on second, it was time for Tiare Kacir to give Canyon Lake another district win with a sharp single (her second hit of the game) between second and first base to drive home the winning run on a 2 strike pitch and send the Texans home.

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Softball and Baseball Standings

 Softball                             Baseball
 Team         W   L     Pct           Team        W   L     Pct
 La Vernia    4   2    .667           La Vernia   3   0   1.000
 Yoakum       4   2    .667           Navarro     3   0   1.000
 Cuero        4   2    .667           Cuero       2   1    .667
 CL Hawks     3   3    .500           Wimberley   2   1    .667
 Wimberley    2   4    .333           Yoakum      1   3    .250
 Gonzales     2   4    .333           Gonzales    0   2    .000
 Navarro      2   4    .333           CL Hawks    0   4    .000

 This Week's Games:                   This Week's Games:
 Mon    Yoakum     0   Navarro  10    Tue    Wimberley   6    CL Hawks  1
                                             Cuero       2    Yoakum    0
 Tue    Wimberley  5   CL Hawks  6           Navarro     2    Gonzales  0
        Navarro    1   Gonzales  4           La Vernia   Off
        Cuero      1   Yoakum    0               
        La Vernia  Off                Fri    CL Hawks    @    La Vernia
                                             Yoakum      @    Wimberley
 Fri    CL Hawks   @   La Vernia             Gonzales    @    Cuero
        Gonzales   @   Cuero                 Navarro     Off
        Yoakum     @   Wimberley            
        Navarro    Off                Sat    Hyde Park   @    CL Hawks 

Senior Skyler Tschoepe will be one of the Hawks Golfers to forge to new heights

This Week @ Canyon Lake

Mon Mar 23:   Wimberley JV    @   CL Hawks JV       Baseball      5 & 7pm

Tue Mar 24:   CL Hawks Girls  @   Burnet Tourney    Golf 
              Wimberley       @   CL Hawks JV       Softball       4:30pm
              Wimberley       @   CL Hawks          Softball       6pm
              Wimberley       @   CL Hawks          Baseball       7pm

Wed Mar 25:   CL Hawks Boys   @   Burnet Tourney    Golf 

Thu Mar 26:   CL Hawks        @   Wimberley         Track & Field  3:30pm

Fri Mar 27:   CL Hawks JV     @   La Vernia         Softball       4:30pm
              CL Hawks        @   La Vernia         Softball       6pm
              CL Hawks        @   La Vernia         Baseball       7pm

Sat Mar 28:   Hyde Park       @   CL Hawks          Baseball       1pm

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Lauren Mentzer comes on to relieve Alexis Robinson and gets her first district win.

Canyon Lake won another thriller this time over Cuero to draw their district record to even (2-2) at the conclusion of their second week of  district competition, 7-6.

“I had a good feeling about this game,” Head Coach John Gallagher started. “They kept moving the game up until they decided on a 2pm start. “I also felt good with our 5-1 lead.”

“Being on the road and seeing a team we had not seen before, tells you how good our team stayed together even after those errors that helped tie the score, they did not fold.”

This time, the Hawks, called on Freshman Lauren Mentzer in the 5th inning and she did not give up a hit with her stint in the circle.

“Lauren (Mentzer) came on and did a good job,” Coach Gallagher said the obvious.

Mentzer only had one walk in her 3 innings which gave Canyon Lake something that you just can’t emphasize enough.

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Canyon Lake will need to take classes on what it takes to blow out a team as the Hawks once again played with danger, winning with the bases loaded over Navarro, 3-2.

Alexis Robinson has her arm iced down because of how hard she hit her home-run!!

“It was obviously a big motivator and it will help put us up mentally as we go into our game Friday,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “We had been in an uphill battle and we were just not finishing.”

Navarro scored one run in the second and third innings after the first batter led off with a walk, which resulted in pressure for CL as they would have to beat the Panthers Ace Cowan with very little being shown in those first three innings.

Kirsten Jones was the spark in that fourth inning as she had a perfect bunt single with one out to get things going. Jones extended her hitting streak to four games with the hit.

Alexis Robinson would be the Hawks next hitter and a 7 pitch battle ended with a shot over the left field fence where cars driving into the sports complex might have had a chance of reported seeing ‘softball’ size hail falling.

“I was expecting to hit the ball and just make contact,” Robinson said. “I wasn’t expecting a home run.”

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 Softball District 26-4A Standings
 team          wins      losses       pct.
 Yoakum         3          0        1.000
 La Vernia      3          2         .600
 Cuero          2          2         .500
 CL Hawks       2          2         .500
 Wimberley      2          2         .500  
 Gonzales       1          3         .250 
 Navarro        1          3         .250  

 This Week's Games: 
 Tue March 17        Navarro    2   CL Hawks   3  
                     Cuero      9   La Vernia 12 
                     Gonzales   1   Yoakum     7 
                     Wimberley  open 

 Fri March 20        CL Hawks   7  Cuero       6
                     Yoakum     @  Navarro     ppl till Monday
                     Wimberley 10  La Vernia   2
                     Gonzales   open 

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 Baseball District 26-4A Standings  
 team            wins       losses     ties       pct.  
 La Vernia       10           2         0        .833  
 Navarro         10           4         0        .714  
 Wimberley        6           3         0        .667 
 Cuero            6           6         1        .500  
 Yoakum           6           4         1        .591  
 Gonzales         6           6         0        .500 
 CL Hawks         3           6         3        .375   

 This Week's Games:  
 Tue March 17      Navarro     1   CL Hawks   0 
                   Gonzales    1   Yoakum     6 
                   Cuero       0   La Vernia  3 
                   Wimberley   open  

 Fri March 20      CL Hawks    @   Cuero 
                   La Vernia   @   Wimberley 
                   Yoakum      @   Navarro 
                   Pleasanton  @   Gonzales

This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Mon Mar 16    CL Hawks JV     @    Cuero                Baseball   5:00pm
               CL Hawks JV     @    Cuero                Baseball   7:00pm

 Tue Mar 17    Navarro         @    CL Hawks             Softball   6:00pm
               Navarro         @    CL Hawks             Baseball   7:00pm

 Wed Mar 18    Fredericksburg  @    CL Hawks JV    Boys  Soccer     5:00pm
               Fredericksburg  @    CL Hawks       Boys  Soccer     7:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Fredericksburg Girls Soccer     7:00pm

 Fri Mar 20    CL Hawks JV     @    Cuero                Softball   4:30pm
               CL Hawks        @    Cuero                Softball   6:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Wimberley      Girls Soccer     5:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Wimberley      Boys  Soccer     7:00pm
               CL Hawks        @    Cuero                Baseball   7:00pm

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Canyon Lake ended their San Marcos Tournament and week with a dominating win when they lapped El Paso Socorro, 15-1 Saturday.

Kelsey Ahrens getting an out.

It only took the Hawks two innings to get this game called as they had their largest rally in their school history scoring 15 runs.

Canyon Lake ended their week with just one win against Socorro and those two last inning losses to Yoakum and Gonzales in District 26-4A still stinging.

Hopefully the 15 run inning will get the offense going again for a team with four players batting with a .400 or over average.

Carly Dubois had 6 hits for the tournament as she did her job as the lead off hitter.

With games at home against Navarro and Friday at Cuero, the Hawks can’t wait too long to start responding in district play.

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