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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A big win for Canyon Lake over Navarro helps give a focus to the Hawks needed finish this season strong.

Pitcher Alexis Robinson struck out 14 Panthers in this game and the Hawks will certainly trade a pitching game like this versus a great game from the plate.

The Hawks struck for two runs in that first inning and that would be all they would need as Robinson certainly had command of the strike zone.

Senior McKenna Beseda helped with a double and scored in that first inning along with Kelsey Ahrens for what would prove the be the winning run.

What this game said loud and clear was that this Hawk team does not have to be on fire from the offensive side of a game in order to get a win.

The Panthers Herzog was one of the players that was a thorn in the side of Canyon Lake’s road to a victory on this rain delayed game.

So with three batters that were silenced in this game in Robinson, Brianna Young, and Lilimae Daily this victory gives a important message that the Hawks don’t have to be on fire from every player to pull off a win.

               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
 Canyon Lake   2  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  5  0
 Navarro       0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  5  2

 name         ab r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
 A Robinson   4  0  0  0  0  0  1
 L Daily      3  0  0  0  0  0  2
 M Beseda     3  1  2  0  1  1  0
 K Ahrens     4  1  1  0  0  0  2  sb
 B Young      5  0  0  0  0  0  0
 C Riccio     2  0  1  0  0  1  1
 L Sander     2  0  0  0  0  0  2
 L Henderson  1  0  0  0  0  1  1
 ph C Rider   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  sb
 V Henderson  2  0  1  0  0  1  0
 K Jones      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  sb
 Totals      26  2  5  0  1  4  9

 pitching     ip r er  h bb so  np
 A Robinson   7  1  0  5  5 14 129

Canyon Lake did what needed to be done with a convincing win over Boerne, 11-0 last Thursday night

Head Coach John Gallagher

in Boerne.

Pitcher Alexis Robinson struck out the side the first two innings giving Boerne a statement that this game would not be theirs.

“After playing Wimberley we talked about how well we played except for one inning,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “We took that intensity into the Boerne game and played a complete game.”

The Hawks needed this win after having some bad innings that would wreck a game in seconds.

“We came out confident and played as a team,” Coach Gallagher continued. “After scoring one in the first and two runs in the second, we felt we could dominate.”

Dominate is what CL did and that will help instill that confidence as they continue their road through District 27-3A cities.

Robinson has had some problems during a game with walks and that would not be an issue in this contest as she struck out 11 Greyhounds.

“She (Robinson) improved her walks total and gave up just one hit that went six feet down the third base line,” Coach said gladly. “Defensively we had only one throwing error and (McKenna) Beseda made a great over the shoulder catch going towards the fence.”

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CL’s Softball team was finally subdued by the Texans as they lost their lead and were succumbed, 12-5 on

Senior Vicky Henderson

Tuesday night.

The Hawks had a one run lead when errors and walks finally took its toll and caused an eight run inning that was too much to overcome.

Kelsey Ahrens and Liz Henderson both led Canyon Lake with two hits a piece.

Vicky Henderson had a squeeze bunt and two rbi’s in this contest that kept this game in limbo until that last inning.

The Hawks outhit Wimberley but they also out errored the Texans and just gave our friends to the north too many base runners adding in all of the free passes (walks).

Canyon Lake will turn around for another game in Boerne this Thursday as they will try to get back on track before the Easter Break.

               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
 Canyon Lake   0  0  3  0  1  1  0  5 10  6
 Wimberley     0  0  2  1  1  8  X 12  8  3

 name              ab r  h bi bb so  misc
 Alexis Robinson   4  0  1  0  0  0
 Lilymae Daily     4  1  1  0  0  0
 McKenna Beseda    4  0  1  0  0  2
 Kelsey Ahrens     4  1  2  1  0  0
 Brianna Young     3  2  1  0  1  1
 Cassidy Riccio    3  1  1  0  0  1
 Liz Henderson     3  0  2  0  0  1
 Vicky Henderson   3  0  1  2  0  0  sac, sb
 Cameron Berger    3  0  0  0  0  2
 Totals           31  5 10  3  1  7

 Pitching          ip r er  h bb so  np
 Alexis Robinson   6 12  5  8  8  6 136

 Balls/Strikes: 67/69

Jordan Anderson running the 400 Meter Dash Last Year

Mar 25   JV Baseball   Canyon Lake     7   Wimberley                 6
                       Canyon Lake     9   Wimberley                 5
Mar 26   Soccer        Boerne Champion 5   Canyon Lake               0
         Softball      Wimberley      13   Canyon Lake               5
         Baseball      Fredericksburg 12   Canyon Lake               6
         Tennis        Johnson City    @   Canyon Lake               4:00pm
Mar 27   Golf          Canyon Lake     @   Fredericksburg Lady Bird  9:00am
Mar 28   Track         Canyon Lake Relays                            3:30pm
         Baseball      Canyon Lake     @   Fredericksburg            7:00pm
         Softball      Canyon Lake     @   Boerne                    6:00pm

This Week in Hawk Country, CL has a Playoff game at home against Boerne Champion who finished second in District 54-4A.

Canyon Lake Girls Soccer earned this right when they tied Wimberley in their regular season final last Friday night.

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