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

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

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

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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The Lady Hawks had the lead and then a dam broke and C-Lake could not hold the Bulldogs in their 12-2 loss on Friday night at Hawk Field.

Canyon Lake had just one error in those first three innings and a small one run lead and showed much promise.

There were however a lot of errors in that Lake and when that dam broke, CL had seven in their last three innings of work.

“We played hard early and had momentum and that one inning did us in,” Head Coach John Gallagher surmised. “We need to overcome those mistakes, but once it started, then it just got worse.”

                         First Three Innings            Second Three Innings
Hits given up                    0                               8
Runs given up                    0                              12
Errors committed                 1                               7

Night and day for Canyon Lake and when those leaks started the Hawks did not have enough fingers to plug all those holes in that dam and the inevitable happened forming a Canyon within minutes.

Alexis Robinson did reach base all three plate appearances and Kelsey Ahrens did have a shot that almost cleared the fences but it was way too little to help save this dam.

Now Canyon Lake will travel to Wimberley this next Tuesday with a game that hopefully they can keep that momentum for a whole game.

               1  2  3  4  5  6   R  H  E
 Bandera       0  0  0  7  2  3  12  8  3
 Canyon Lake   0  0  1  0  0  1   2  6  8

 name               ab r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
 Alexis Robinson    2  1  2  0  1  1  0
 McKenna Beseda     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  (2) sac
 Lilimae Daily      3  0  0  0  0  0  2
 Kelsey Ahrens      3  1  1  0  1  0  0  roe
 Brianna Young      3  0  1  1  0  0  1
 Cassidy Riccio     3  0  1  0  0  0  2
 Cameron Berger     3  0  0  0  0  0  0  (2) roe
 Liz Henderson      3  0  0  0  0  0  1
 Vicky Henderson    2  0  1  0  0  0  0
 Totals            23  2  6  1  2  1  6

 pitching          ip  r er  h bb so  np  misc
 Alexis Robinson    6 12  7  8  6  6 139  hbp

Hawks lost every game played on Tuesday night and so The ReSporter will just do an overall recap for all those games below.

Stats will be for the games that Coaches sent to us.

In Soccer, Canyon Lake Boys continue a season with very few smiley faces to show for their work. As has been mentioned, Soccer has a task of facing larger schools and winning is always a challenge.

That hopes to change in the near future with a new alignment possibility but for now CL is still hoping for a win against Wimberley this Friday as they will close out their season.

Canyon Lake played Dripping Springs tough in their first go around, losing 1-0, but Tuesday night they were outscored 4-0 in the loss.

Girls Soccer has had more success than the boys and will soon have a chance to participate in the postseason after this Friday’s game with Wimberley.

Dripping Springs has a dominant team and once again beat CL, 6-0 which might have been suspected after losing their first game, 8-0. The Springs has clinched first place in District 53-4A play.

Friday is a big day for CL, as a win over Wimberley, will put the Hawks in a game with a second seeded team from District 54-4A.

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 3/18    JV Baseball       Bandera           10      Canyon Lake       7 First Game
                           Canyon Lake        8      Bandera           0 Second Game
 3/19    Varsity Baseball  Boerne             3      Canyon Lake       2 (8 innings)
         Varsity Softball  Fredericksburg    10      Canyon Lake       3
         JV Softball       Fredericksburg     9      Canyon Lake       4
         Boy's Soccer      Dripping Springs   4      Canyon Lake       0
         Girl's Soccer     Dripping Springs   6      Canyon Lake       0
 3/20    Golf              Canyon Lake               Finished Second
 3/21    Track and Field   Canyon Lake        @      Wimberley         3:30pm
 3/22    Varsity Baseball  Navarro            1      Canyon Lake       0
         Varsity Softball  Bandera           12      Canyon Lake       2
         JV Softball       Bandera           12      Canyon Lake       4
         Tennis            Canyon Lake        @      Wimberley         TBA
         Girl's Soccer     Canyon Lake        1      Wimberley         1 *Won Coin Toss
         Boy's Soccer      Canyon Lake        1      Wimberley         1

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Canyon Lake Softball team split their two games yesterday in the Marion Tournament, winning against Pearsall but lost in their game with Incarnate Word.

Briana Young went two for two with a double to lead CL in the game with Pearsall as this young lady continues to produce from the plate.

Robinson pitched both games but finally ran out of gas in their game with Incarnate Word after the fifth inning with the score tied at 0-0.

Kelsey Ahrens did have two hits in this loss while Alexis Robinson had nine strikeouts and four walks.

“It was scoreless through five innings, but Robinson just got tired,” Head Coach John Gallagher commented. “But we played a good game.”

Winning a one run affair and showing up well in their loss to Incarnate Word will instill confidence in this young club as District 27-3A play will begin after Spring Break week.

The Hawks will continue their Tournament as long as the inclement weather will cooperate.

CL plays nothing but ‘Ds’ on their schedule to end the Marion Tournament…with Devine at 2pm, DeHarris at 6pm and finishing with Dilley at 8pm.

Good Luck Girls!

A game of inches would be a literal assessment of Tuesday’s night loss to Hyde Park at the CL’s Softball

Complex in their 8-7 outcome.

Two batters reached base on errors with two base hits and a walk that left two runners stranded after a ground out to the Panther third baseman. The inning did have two scores but after Vicky Henderson was called out on a slide at third left the Hawks having to claw to get in scoring position again.

That out on third would of been the tying run.

Hyde Park is a TAPPS IV school and has a good ball club, but now CL wishes they had another chance at this Panther club after getting so close for a game that looked to be a runaway.

The Panthers started the first inning with a three run home run and then added another four spot in the top of the third inning for a 7 run lead.

Canyon Lake finally scored some runs in the third giving a sense vulnerability to this Panther team.

Spark plug, McKenna Beseda started this inning reaching base on a fielding error. The Hawks finished this game with a total of six batters getting on base in this same manner.

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Mar. 4th  JV Baseball       Wimberley    16   Canyon Lake      6

Mar. 5th  Varsity Baseball  Billies       8   Canyon Lake      6
          JV Softball       Hyde Park    13   Canyon Lake      1
          Varsity Softball  Hyde Park     8   Canyon Lake      7
          Varsity Tennis    Canyon Lake   7   Navarro          7

Mar. 6th  Boys Golf         Canyon Lake   @   Wimberley

Mar. 7th  Varsity Softball  Canyon Lake   7   Pearsall        6
          Varsity Baseball  Liberty Hill  9   Canyon Lake     5
          Track and Field   Canyon Lake   @   Hays

Mar. 8th  Girls Soccer      Canyon Lake   @   Seguin             6:00pm
          Boys Soccer       Seguin        @   Canyon Lake        7:00pm
          Varsity Baseball  Canyon Lake   @   Llano Tournament
          JV Softball       Canyon Lake   @   La Vernia          5:15pm
          Varsity Softball  Canyon Lake   @   La Vernia          7:00pm

Mar. 9th  Varsity Softball  Canyon Lake   @   Marion Tournament  TBA
          Varsity Baseball  Canyon Lake   @   Llano Tournament

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Hawks lost their first game on Saturday to the Lytle Pirates, 6-5 ending their tournament chances

of advancing to play more games.

Don’t take this wrong, but winning all your games in a tournament is not the reason why these games are scheduled. Simply put, it is for repetition for these players as they prepare for district games.

Yes, a win would of been even better, but Coach Gallagher is after a bigger goal than winning all these games. Gallagher is in evaluation mode.

CL did have a chance to win this game and might have pulled it out if the ‘time’ limit would not have stopped action. But losing a five inning affair would give the Coaches plenty of data to look at to see what they might want to do when the real season starts.

Case and point was an at bat by Freshman Cameron Berger in the top of the 5th inning.

After Kelsey Ahrens reached base on an error on the Pirate center fielder, Canyon Lake had coaxed a runner (Sharon Alexanders) to third base but two of the next two batters had struck out.

Enter Berger to the plate with two outs and the Hawks needing a run. After two pitches and two strikes, Berger was in a hole.

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