Brianna Young signing to play with Frank Phillips College next year.

Brianna (The Wall) Young will start building a new ‘wall’ in Borger, Texas as she signed a scholarship for Frank Phillips College Plainsman in Softball.

Young did not play young as she immediately brought a replacement at catcher when Katy Payne graduated.

Canyon Lake will now be looking for their third catcher this next season.

Young was nicknamed The Wall by her teammates as she had a way of blocking the plate and looking at the carnage as she trotted back to the dugout after recording an out.

“I’m excited,” Young started when asked about signing on the dotted line. “I just want to work and play hard to find anyway to play next year.”

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This is The ReSporter’s last Coaches Corner for Softball as we find out about the season that just finished.

Head Softball Coach John Gallagher

The ReSporter: What are some areas that you will wanting these girls to work on as we wait for their opening next season?

Coach Gallagher: “I want each player to work on the basics. Throwing properly, accurately with confidence, along with their hitting/bunting. The speed and agility workouts. I would also hope that we have many girls playing in the summer. This is huge when you can play softball for six months or more compared to three during the school year.”

The ReSporter: How do you assess this past year in comparing Regular Season vs. District Season?

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The Hilltop ReSporter would like to thank Y4 Custom Homes for supporting Hawk Softball

Canyon Lake’s Final Stats for this year’s Softball team with comparisons to past six campaigns.

 Team Stats 6 Years
 Batting Average                    On Base Percentage
 2014       .323                    2014          .397
 2011       .283                    2012          .364
 2013       .272                    2011          .342
 2012       .252                    2013          .331
 2009       .229                    2009          .331
 2010       .229                    2010          .286

 Slugging Percentage                Fielding Percentage
 2014       .475                    2012          .906
 2012       .379                    2013          .906
 2013       .369                    2011          .898
 2011       .305                    2010          .866
 2009       .277                    2009          .826
 2010       .276                    2014          .818

 Top 5 All-Time (based on 100 at bats)
 batting average          on base per.           slugging per.
 Alexis Robinson   .380   Brianna Young   .488   Alexis Robinson  .710
 McKenna Beseda    .376   Missy Romero    .479   Missy Romero     .689
 Brianna Young     .367   Alexis Robinson .466   Brianna Young    .603
 Missy Romero      .359   McKenna Beseda  .416   Kelsey Ahrens    .547
 Kelsey Ahrens     .315   Kelsey Ahrens   .365   McKenna Beseda   .485

 at bats                  runs                   hits
 Vicky Henderson    289   McKenna Beseda    80   McKenna Beseda    103
 McKenna Beseda     274   Missy Romero      77   Missy Romero       90
 Kelsey Ahrens      267   Alexis Robinson   67   Brianna Young      87
 Missy Romero       251   Kelsey Ahrens     57   Kelsey Ahrens      84
 Brianna Young      237   Tiffany Arredondo 53   Vicky Henderson    78

 rbi                      doubles                triples
 Brianna Young       75   Missy Romero      24   Missy Romero        9
 Missy Romero        55   Brianna Young     24   Alexis Robinson     8
 Kelsey Ahrens       50   Kelsey Ahrens     22   Kelsey Ahrens       2
 Alexis Robinson     41   McKenna Beseda    12   McKenna Beseda      2
 Katy Payne          40   Katy Payne        11   Katy Payne          2
                          Alexis Robinson   11   Mary Jordan         2
                                                 Megan Browning      2
                                                 Carly Dubois        2 (97 ab)

 home runs                walks                  stolen bases
 Alexis Robinson      5   Missy Romero      55   Tiffany Arredondo  34
 Kelsey Ahrens        3   Brianna Young     53   McKenna Beseda     33
 Brianna Young        2   Alexis Robinson   31   Vicky Henderson    27
 Missy Romero         2   Mary Jordan       24   Alex Henderson     25
 Katy Payne           1   Vicky Henderson   21   Missy Romero       22
 Emma Broussard       1

That phrase will be here before you know it as Hawk fans will have some sweet

Sophomores Alexis Robinson and Cameron Berger will be seasoned veterans next year as Juniors

dreams while waiting for that first pitch next February, 2015.

Hitting was certainly in good form this season as CL decided to restitch some new covers for those Softballs.

Homeruns were certainly a site that has now been seen enough times to verify that the long ball can be hit with some degree of authority at the Hawk Diamond.

Nine homers this season that had 10 triples and 25 doubles coming along as traveling companions.

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Canyon Lake went to battle again in their last game of this season with a loss to a tough Navarro squad, 14-6.

Seniors Brianna Young and Emma Broussard pose after final Hawk Game

It was Senior Night on this wet night for two Hawks giving fans a chance to say good-bye, yet looking at this lineup you also have a ton of youngsters.

Brianna Young and Emma Broussard both helped plug some key holes, but being a freshman or sophomore against older clubs just did not translate to victories in District 27-3A.

“Considering the conditions with rain, we did not give up,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “We hit this pitcher a lot better this time and our players played their heart out for the seniors and everybody else.”

Navarro started with three runs to start this affair, giving CL a glimpse of what they would have to do to win this game.

Canyon Lake had scored more runs this season than any other Hawk team and this would be a game where scoring would be needed in mass.

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Canyon Lake Softball season will be officially over after this Thursday’s game

Kelsey Ahrens will be returning for another year.

with Navarro.

Since there are not any team goals to be railroaded, then The ReSporter wanted to share some marks by some players that will put them in the ‘All-Time’ ranks with other Hawk players.

For instance, Brianna Young needs four hits to tie and five to place 2nd in All-Time hits. Young is four hits shy of Missy Romero’s 90 for her career.

Young will only add to her already first place in runs batted in as she stands at 73 with two more games and an already 18 rbi lead over Romero’s 55.

Young is also in the hunt for all time walks, needing 4 more to pass, yes, you heard her name before, Romero’s 55 for her career.

If Young has decent games in her last two contests then she could also replace McKenna Beseda’s .457 batting average. Young presently stands at .461 and will need to stay hot to keep that record in place.

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Triple Jumper Bailey Drum will be in the hunt for continuing her Track Season in Area Meets

This Week @ Canyon Lake

The Hawks are now entering the time of a close of another year with three sports still in motion.

Track & Field will have a handful of athletes still competing this week in an Area Meet that will either have them practicing another week to 10 days for Region Meet being held in Kingsville.

One of those Area Meets will be at Canyon Lake this coming Wednesday with those running events, while field events will commence in La Vernia on Monday.

Canyon Lake has several athletes with a legit chance of continuing their season.

Christian Dittman would be first on that list as he has had a top notch jumps with the Pole Vault all season.

Mariah Ellis might be a pleasant surprise in the 800 Meter Run and Bailey Drum could be an enrollee for the Triple Jump.

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District 27-4A Softball Standings
                        W   L   Pct
 Bandera                5   2  .714
 Navarro                5   2  .714
 Fredericksburg         4   3  .571
 Wimberley              3   4  .429
 CL Hawks               2   5  .286
 Boerne                 2   5  .286

 Games This Week:
 April 8             CL Hawks    8     Bandera     7
                     Navarro     2     Wimberley   1
                     Boerne      5     Billies     2

 April 11            CL Hawks    @     Wimberley
                     Boerne      @     Bandera
                     Navarro     @     Fredericksburg

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 Softball's Top Three 
 Batting Ave.                  On Base Ave.                 Slugging Ave.
 Brianna Young       .452      Brianna Young       .551     Alexis Robinson     .863
 Alexis Robinson     .413      Alexis Robinson     .539     Kelsey Ahrens       .723
 Carly Dubois        .398      Carly Dubois        .447     Brianna Young       .671

 Hits                          Runs                         RBI
 Carly Dubois          35      Alexis Robinson       36     Brianna Young         31
 Brianna Young         33      Carly Dubois          33     Kelsey Ahrens         26   
 Alexis Robinson       33      Kelsey Ahrens         26     Alexis Robinson       23

 Extra Base Hits               Walks                        Stolen Bases
 Alexis Robinson       12      Alexis Robinson       22     Carly Dubois          15
 Kelsey Ahrens         10      Brianna Young         15     Alexis Robinson        5
 Brianna Young          7      Kat Weber             11     Kirsten Jones          4
                                                            Kelsey Ahrens          4

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Game of Numbers
  2   Home runs for the Hawks up to this year's season. (Katy Payne & Young)
  4   Walks needed for Brianna Young to pass Missy Romero for all-time walks
  6   More strikeouts for Alexis Robinson to reach 400 in her career
  7   Times Megan Browning was hit by pitch, a CL dubious record
 11   Home runs so far into this season. (Robinson with 4)
 16   Hits Daniellia Bustamante would need to even her run total for this year
 27   Extra base hits for Kelsey Ahrens for second place
 35   Extra base hits for Romero for first place
 55   Walks Missy Romero amassed while at CL
103   All time hits for McKenna Beseda.
145   Hits from the Henderson family. (Alex, Vicky, and Lizzy)
528   Strikeouts for Missy Romero

Hawks discussing who is going to go try and find Kelsey Ahrens’ Home Run Ball

Canyon Lake had an electric game when Kelsey Ahrens hit a 3-run walk off home run in the bottom of the 7th inning, helping CL stay alive for a playoff spot beating unbeaten Bandera, 8-7 on

Kelsey Ahrens and what used to be a round Softball

Tuesday night at Hawk Field.

“No. 1, you never give up or quit believing that we could win,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “This will motivate you to have inspired practices this week to help ride this into our Wimberley game.”

Coach Gallagher continued, “For all the errors and mental mistakes we had, we battled to take it to them.”

Into the night, was what the crowd saw with amazement as this home run was by far the longest hit ball in Hawk history.

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Rebekah Flint and the Hawks hurdle through district

This Week @ Canyon Lake

The Hawks will be hosting District 27-3A District Track Meet and a good chance for CL

Jen Crownover supports Hawk Sports.

fans to see some good athletes from across the district schools.

Many of the running finals will be staged on Thursday while Field Events will be finished on Wednesday.

Canyon Lake has many athletes that will need as many fans to yell them on as they pursue their quest for making the Region Meet.

Golf will also be finishing up with their district tournament on Monday and Tuesday for a chance of continuing on with some good scores.

The Hawk Golf club has finished high in each tournament and in this sport anything can change on any hole. Our golf team will have a good chance of making some noise this year.

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