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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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

McKenna Beseda making the play

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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Vicky Henderson and Cassidy Riccio start District Softball Play This Week

 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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