The ReSporter is now in its fourth year of covering Canyon Lake and Bracken Christian schools. The ReSporter has just finished it’s 1,043rd article and has also had 62,039 visits and 162,238 pages read as of February 5, 2014 stats.

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Jerry Besselman has been a face that many fans have seen at any Hawk Sporting event that would involve refreshing your tastes.

The ReSporter went on a search to find someone that might have been to more games and events that wasn’t a player or Coach. Besselman fit that bill as the man behind the counter where you will find liquids or food to keep that Hawk fan strong enough to end the game and yelling on their Hawk team flavor of that event.

The ReSporter had an opportunity to get with Besselman at the end of a Hawk Softball game for a formal introduction to you the fan.

The ReSporter: Hey Jerry are you having fun?

Jerry Besselman: “Yes, I get to be around students and they all know my name.”

The ReSporter: Do they know you as Jerry or Besselman?

Jerry Besselman: “There was a time when Coach Nicole Creek needed to get a hold of me to change a time of a game or something like that and she was wanting to look up my phone number. She could not find me because she knew me by my first name. So yes, I’m thinking most of the students and teachers just know me by my first name.”

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District Stats (10 Games)
name               ab  r  h bi 2b 3b bb so  ave  misc
McKenna Beseda     31  6 13  7  2  0  2  4 .419  sb 7, sac 3
Vicky Henderson    25  8 10  5  0  0  4  2 .400  sb 1, cs 1, roe 1, hbp
Kelsey Ahresn      33  3 13  3  3  0  0  7 .394  sb 3, cs 2, sac 2, hbp
Alexis Robinson    33  7 10  2  1  0  3  4 .303  sb 1
Liz Henderson      15  1  4  0  0  0  1  6 .267
Cassidy Riccio     27  1  6  0  0  0  2  8 .222  sb 1, cs 1
Brianna Young      23  3  5  5  0  0 10  3 .217  sac
Lilimae Daily      28  5  5  5  0  0  2  9 .179  sb 1, sf 1
Lillie Sander      14  2  2  1  0  0  1  6 .143
Cameron Berger     26  3  3  1  1  0  0  5 .115  roe 3
Christine Rider     3  0  0  0  0  0  1  2 .000
Sharon Alexander    1  0  0  0  0  0  1  2 .000  cs 1
Kirsten Jones       1  5  0  1  0  0  0  0 .000  sb 3

name               ip  h  r er bb so  era   W  L
Alexis Robinson    63 52 65 31 73 76 3.44   3  7

name               ab  r  h bi 2b 3b hr bb so   ave  misc
McKenna Beseda     74 25 35 12  3  1  0  4 12  .473  sb 17, sac 4
Alexis Robinson    78 19 28  9  5  2  0  4  7  .359  sb 3, hbp 1
Kelsey Ahrens      75 14 26 10  7  0  0  4 15  .347  sb 1, cs 1, hbp 1, sac
Brianna Young      58  8 20 15  8  0  1 14  5  .345  sac, hbp 3
Lilimae Daily      72 15 22 14  4  0  0  5  7  .306  sb 5, sf 1, hbp 1
Cassidy Riccio     56  7 15  3  2  0  0  4 15  .268  sb 1, cs 1, hbp 1, sac
Tiare Kacir         4  3  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  .250
Vicky Henderson    81 11 18  9  0  0  0  6 14  .222  sb 3, cs 2, sac 4, hbp
Christine Rider    23  2  4  0  0  0  0  0  5  .174
Liz Henderson      25  3  4  0  0  0  0  1 11  .160  sac
Lillie Sander      35  5  4  3  0  0  0  1 13  .114  sac
Cameron Berger     28  6  3  1  1  0  0  0  9  .107  roe 3
Kirsten Jones      12  9  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  .083  sb 5, hbp 1
Brianna Hemphill   13  1  1  0  0  0  0  1  7  .077
Sharon Alexander    3  0  0  1  0  0  0  2  3  .000

name                ip    h    r  er   bb   so   era   W   L
Alexis Robinson  130.2  106  133  59  120  179  3.17   8  14
Kelsey Ahrens     16.2   16   39  18   32    7   7.78  1   2

The ReSporter:You stated last season about how your team would need to improve their

Head Coach John Gallagher

offensive skills…was that part of your game a success? And what will be your major goals as you look into next season?

Coach Gallagher: “I thought we hit better as a team this season .280 compared to .212 last season. We had one player (Beseda) over 400 and three over 300 where as last year we had only one over 300. We scored 156 runs compared to 127 in 2012 so I’m happy with our production this season. We also added more speed to the lineup and that will help us next season. Our major goals next year will be (1) to fill three infield and one outfield positions that were vacated by our seniors. Defensive continuity will be key to building a strong unit. (2) to improve our overall knowledge of the game. (3) get more consistentcy from our offensive short game-bunt, slap, base-running etc. (4) build on the confidence gained from this season and  take it to the next level. (5) be more dominate on the mound by limiting walks. (6) Find a way to finish. We had several games with one bad inning. Without those we win a few more games.”

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The Hawks said good-bye to four Seniors on a hard fought extra inning affair loss to Navarro,

Senior Cassidy Riccio Leaves the Hawk Diamond for last time as Italian Stallion

“I thought we played a very good game,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “But our future is bright as we have a lot of young talent and more coming in.”

Canyon Lake took the early lead when scoring on a fly out off the bat of Brianna Young that scored Alexis Robinson who had reached base following on an error.

That run held up until on a controversy call on a run scored after a Navarro base runner scored on a run down between third and second base.

Young had good position to apply the out, but the Panther appeared to slide under that tag.

Freshman pitcher Robinson responded by striking out the side the next inning on a full count pitch.

Robinson had now retired seven straight Navarro batters going into that eighth inning but.an error trying to get an out at first after a sacrifice bunt proved to be a run your Hawks could not overcome.

CL had almost pulled off an improbable act by responding with four consecutive singles in that eighth inning which could of prolonged the game for the, never give up, tenacity of this Hawk team.

This game was not to be as Navarro was able to get two infield outs at the plate and a final strike out.

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 Baseball and Softball Season's Top Three
 Softball
 Average                      Hits                      Runs
 McKenna Beseda    .493       McKenna Beseda    34      McKenna Beseda    25
 Alexis Robinson   .360       Alexis Robinson   27      Alexis Robinson   18
 Brianna Young     .352       Kelsey Ahrens     24      Lilimae Daily     15

 RBI's                        Walks                     Extra Base Hits
 Brianna Young       14       Brianna Young     14      Brianna Young      8
 Lilimae Daily       13       Lilimae Daily      5      Kelsey Ahrens      7
 McKenna Beseda      12       Vicky Henderson    5      Alexis Robinson    7

 Baseball
 Average                      Hits                      Runs
 Michael Brady     .403       Michael Brady     27      Peyton Sipila     14
 Cody Powell       .400       Peyton Sipila     17      Kyler Huff        13
 Peyton Sipila     .347       Daniel Camarillo  17      Daniel Camarillo  12
                                                        Travis Walker     12
                                                        J. J. Nance       12

 RBI's                        Walks                     Extra Base Hits
 Michael Brady       17       Michael Brady      17     Michael Brady      7
 Kyler Huff          12       Travis Walker      15     Kyler Huff         7
 Logan Felch         10       J. J. Nance         9     Logan Felch        6

Boerne had a Triple-Play against the Hawks on Tuesday night’s loss to Canyon Lake, 13-3.

Sophomore Kelsey Ahrens showing off her .379 District 27-3A Batting Average

The good news is that a triple play means that CL had enough base runners to get that many players out on any given play.

With an eight run inning to start the game pretty much put this game away quickly as the Hawks were able to run rule the Greyhounds.

Ten players scored in this contest as Head Coach John Gallagher did all he could do to get playing time for his players.

McKenna Beseda continued her record setting season when she had two hits in that first inning as CL batted around the score book

First Inning At Bats:
1 Reached on Error (roe)
2 Batters Hit by Pitch (hbp)
3 Hits
3 Walks

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Senior McKenna Beseda leads Canyon Lake with 28 hits and .549 Batting Average

Canyon Lake gave up their precious lead in the seventh inning and with that lead also gave up a chance for the playoffs.

The Hawks were playing with fire for much of this game as Wimberley had left 12 base runners stranded through the first six innings.

Canyon Lake had kept the Texans on those bases with no runs showing for a potent team batting average.

Texans’ on base percentage was .535 for the game.

Hits         11
Walks         8
Hit Batters   4

The Hawks were opportunistic by having some clutch outs.

Inning   on base   runs  out
First      3       1     Pop up to Kelsey Ahrens
Second     2       1     Great running catch by McKenna Beseda in centerfield.
Third      2       0     Alexis Robinson struck out the side.
Fourth     2       2     Full count K and an Ahrens to Daily ground out.
Fifth      2       0     Robinson threw out runner at third, then fly ball out.
Sixth      3       0     Bases loaded K on full count and then fly ball out.
Seventh    2       3     Damage done..a pop up to V.Henderson finished inning.

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Canyon Lake backs are up against a wall as they are drawing close to the end of this season schedule.

The Hawks could not find a bat large enough to gain any hits and if when a larger bat was found, then it proves to be too heavy to get around on the pitched ball.

Suffice to say the offense was dormant and only having six base runners did not give much chance for a rally being staged.

Canyon Lake will take the diamond this Friday at the Hawk Field when Wimberley comes to town.

The Hawks will need to sweep the rest of their games to give them a chance to making this year’s playoffs.

Two of the three games the Hawks have won in the first round and that will make the Wimberley game huge.

But help will also be needed, but first things first would be winning and then see what happens.

The JV game will start at 5pm and then first pitch for the Varsity will be 6pm.

            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
 CL Hawks   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  3
 Bandera    0  5  0  0  0  3  X  8  4  2

 name         ab r  h bi 2b bb so misc
 A. Robinson  3  0  0  0  0  0  2
 M. Beseda    3  0  2  0  1  0  0 cs (2)
 K. Ahrens    3  0  1  0  0  0  1
 B. Young     2  0  0  0  0  1  0
 C. Riccio    3  0  0  0  0  0  2
 C. Berger    3  0  0  0  0  0  1
 L. Sander    2  0  0  0  0  0  0
 L. Henderson 2  0  0  0  0  0  2
 V. Henderson 2  0  1  0  0  1  0
 Totals      23  0  4  0  1  2  8

 pitching      ip h  r er bb so  np misc
 A. Robinson   6  4  8  3  9  5 133 hb (2)

How does Canyon Lake’s Softball team get into playoff contention in this second round?

Senior Vicky Henderson

Well, one thing is for sure would be wins against Wimberley and Bandera first and part of that equation will be this Tuesday when the Hawks meet Bandera.

Canyon Lake has a huge win over Navarro a couple of games ago and that same team beat Bandera in the first round.

Since the Hawks have won their game over Navarro earlier, then that team can help even District 27-3A play. A Navarro sweep over every team but CL will wipe out that sweep from the hands of Fredericksburg.

Yes, Canyon Lake needs help but first off winning every game would make it much easier than getting out a slide rule to figure out what and where as this season gets into the stretch run.

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