This Week at Canyon Lake

Last week was a ‘Lost in Weather’ week as many games were not played or the dates changed because of those nasty elements.

The Girls Basketball team did finish their season last Tuesday and next year should have a team starting to make a little more noise as this year’s team was full of underclassman and to top that off, the Junior Varsity girls finished with several wins to end the season.

Boys Basketball will be having their final game at home with Bandera on Tuesday as they too will put those sneakers away for another year.

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Canyon Lake’s Softball team was in discovery mode last Saturday as they opened their year.

The Hawks played three games on Saturday in New Braunfels Canyon High School.

Wins and losses are not what coaches are looking for during these skirmishes, but looking for hidden jewels and seeing how much work and the specific type of work needs to be done to ready a team for the season is a top priority.

After asking how Alexis Robinson pitched, Head Coach John Gallagher surmised, “Pretty good, she threw about seven innings overall and had three strikeouts. We used two different catchers so she did not throw a lot of different pitches.”

Canyon Lake will be thin in that pitching circle again this year and so how Robinson goes will also let you know how the Hawks will fair this year.

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Canyon Lake Girls Basketball will be in their last game of this season on Tuesday at the Hawk gym.

This has been a rebuilding year for CL as this team has featured Freshman and Sophomores and with that came a lot of growing pains.

On Tuesday night the Hawk Nation will be saying good-bye to Amber Ramsey, Emily Muniz, Cati Harrington, Brianna Young, and Jenna Lann.

Come out this Tuesday night to let these girls know your appreciation for representing Canyon Lake.

The Hawk Boy’s Basketball team will be on the road as they play out their season with only 3 games remaining. Their next home game will be a week from this Tuesday which will also be their season finale.

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The ReSporter: How have your practices been going?

Coach Gallagher: “Practice is going very well. We have a lot of eager minds willing to learn all they can to become better players. The Junior varsity is doing everything they can to be better players by listening and working hard everyday.”

The ReSporter: What have you noticed that has surprised you in what you have seen thus far?

Coach Gallagher: “I’ve been surprised with our team speed on varsity. We have some girls that can run well and know how to execute in situations. I am also very happy that we have some added depth at several positions this year. All of these players are working extremely hard on all parts of their game to earn a spot.”

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 This Week at Canyon Lake                    Time          Sport
 January 28 CLJV        @ Wimberley          5:30pm        Lady's Basketball
            CLHS        @ Wimberley          7:00pm        Lady's Basketball
            Wimberley   @ CL Freshman        5:30pm        Boy's Basketball
            Wimberley   @ CLJV               5:30pm        Boy's Basketball
            Wimberley   @ CL Varsity         7:00pm        Boy's Basketball
            CLHS        @ Marble Falls       6:00pm        Lady's Soccer
            Pleasanton  @ CLHS               7:00pm        Boy's Soccer

 January 31 CLJV        @ Boerne             5:30pm        Lady's Basketball
            CL Varsity  @ Boerne             7:00pm        Lady's Basketball
            Boerne      @ CL Freshman        5:30pm        Boy's Basketball
            Boerne      @ CLJV               5:30pm        Boy's Basketball
            Boerne      @ CL Varsity         7:00pm        Boy's Basketball
            CLHS        @ Palo Alto College  All Day       Lady's & Boy's Swimming
                          Dist. 28-4A Meet

 February 1 CLHS        @ Palo Alto College  All Day       Swimming
                          Dist. 28-4A Meet
            CLHS        @ NB Canyon          12:30, 2:00,  Softball
                                             5:00pm

 February 3 NB Canyon   @ CLHS               6:00pm        Lady's Soccer

Missy Romero will be entering her 2nd year of competition for Copiah-Lincoln

Community College and had a very productive season.

Romero has now been selected for a Who’s Who award.

WHO’S WHO – Melissa Romero of Canyon Lake is among the 105 outstanding sophomores on Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s (Miss.) Wesson Campus selected to Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges for 2013-2014. Selection is based upon leadership, scholarship, character, and the potential for success upon graduation. Each recipient will be featured in the annual volume, which covers all 50 states and all U.S. territories. Students enrolled full-time in two-year programs are eligible for consideration. A local committee composed of administrators, staff, and faculty made the final recommendations to the editors of Who’s Who. Melissa is a member of the Lady Wolves Softball Team and is the daughter of Theresa and Bobby Romero of Canyon Lake.

Softball will be in full swing as the 2014 season fast approaches.

The first official practice started last Saturday as newcomers and oldies all were out wanting to see what this year might have in store.

“I was very pleased this week in seeing who came out,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “The talent that showed up today was very encouraging.”

When asked what type of talent was seen, Coach Gallagher was forthcoming, “Overall athleticism, we have girls who can play that I did not see a month ago.”

The Hawks will have a four team scrimmage at Canyon High School on February 1st and then a home game scrimmage on Friday, February 7th with Harper.

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The ReSporter has tabulated this past season in District 27-3A team sports by school and as

you can see last season was not a banner year for Canyon Lake.

If a school finished first then they garnered 1 point and if a school finished last, then they would accumulate 6 points.

So the school with the least amount of points would be the goal.

Canyon Lake is still looking for their first District 27-3A Title in any sport as their best finish is still a second place finish in their history. (Baseball ’10, Softball ’11, Boys Track ’11 and ’12)

This year the top four teams will be able to punch their ticket for a post season berth and if you used that same criteria for last year, then you will see that your Hawks would of only qualified in one team sport.

Football would of been that sport to qualify for a playoff if this new rule would of been in place.

In all the other team sports your Canyon Lake Hawks best finish was fifth place.

Last season in a word was not a banner year and as this new school season approaches, CLHS will have many opportunities to improve on that record.

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Wesson, Miss.–Copiah-Lincoln Community College Lady Wolves

pitcher/outfielder Missy Romero of Canyon Lake has been named Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) Second Team All-State.

As a freshman Romero led the Lady Wolves in batting average (.365), hits (42), slugging percentage (.522), on base percentage (.407), and doubles (11). She had 1 home run and 16 RBIs.

On the mound, Romero appeared in 9 games and finished the season with a 2-3 record.

Freshman pitcher Brooke Gonzales of Denham Springs, La was named First Team All-State While outfielder Kaitlin Moak of Wesson joined Romero on the Second Team.

The Lady Wolves finished the 2013 campaign with a 23-19-1 overall record, 8-16 in the MACJC South Division.

The ReSporter has four team sports that need to be looked over for All-Time player and

Spotlight player these next couple of weeks.

The ReSporter still has Softball, Baseball, and Boy’s and Girl’s Track squad. Yes, track can be described as an individual sport, but if athletes can perform well enough, CL’s Track teams can win team titles at several stadiums. (Hence Team Sport)

Softball will be our project for this article as we delve into some players that have been pillars throughout these past six years.

The ReSporter likes sports like this, since numbers by individuals can be a pivotal ingredient for how the team can and will perform.

In Softball, The Circle, is vital for any team that wants to compete at a high level. So, with that as a backdrop it won’t come as a surprise in naming Missy Romero as the most valuable player.

But, The ReSporter would like to highlight other players and give them the kudos befitting them and reasons why they also deserve recognition.

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