Missy Romero has started her career off in grand fashion as Copiah-Lincoln

Community College sports a 9-0-1 record with two of those victories over the No. 5 team in the country.

Romero has a 2-0 pitching record and has also come through in the batter’s box.

In the game against Heartland (IL), Romero tripled and scored their first run and then homered for her first home run that helped extend the Lady Wolves lead to 7-1 two innings later.

In a game with Baton Rouge, Romero collected her second win of her new career when she finished the Lady Bears by allowing 2 runs, while scattering 8 hits, struck out 1 and walked 2 in 5 innings of work.

Romero’s second win was in relief when she helped put out a fire with 2.2 innings and not giving up a run against that same No. 5 rated squad that she helped beat with her bat in the first game.

Congratulations to a fine young lady that is representing Canyon Lake and our community.

One truism you can take from Softball Tournament games when starting out your season is a team does everything they can to see all of their players.

Hence the third place finish in their pool is not a bad circumstance based on when Coaches are searching for that diamond that might come out in game situations.

The Lady Hawks lost their first game with Poteet, 10-5 but rebounded quite well when they squashed Luling for their final contest, 17-2.

Also note that if CL is working on giving pitchers time in the circle, then you have to surmise that other teams are working on finding those same ‘diamonds’ for their clubs.

Kelsey Ahrens and Cameron Berger both got some circle duties on Saturday as Head Coach John Gallagher is searching for some answers there as well as in the field as several players had an opportunity to show off.

Canyon Lake is sprinkled with many Freshman and Sophomores this year, but it might be those Seniors that will supply the leadership needed by word or action.

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Canyon Lake Softball team won their first game in the Navarro tournament on Thursday with a No-No, when Alexis Robinson pitched to start her promising career.

A Freshman that can pitch a no-hitter in her first game speaks well for Coach John Gallagher’s sleeping for the next four years.

The game was won 9-0 over Stockdale while CL also showed that they might have some pop in their bats.

Missy Romero started her Sophomore campaign with a Perfect Game on February 18, 2010, over Vandergrift, 5-0. Now, the baton has been passed as Robinson begins this season in like manner.

Last night the Lady Hawks beat Marion 13-7 after being up 10-0 going into the later innings.

More information will be forthcoming as Canyon Lake continues their week-end with two games today at Huber Ranch in the last day of Navarro’s Tournament.

Games today will be played at 12:15 and possibly 3:50 Saturday afternoon.

In Softball everything starts in a Circle with a Diamond taking second fiddle.

Yes, the diamond is still needed for this game but if you don’t have someone that you can count on in that Circle, then a diamond might not matter.

Canyon Lake has had a very good pitcher the past four years in Missy Romero and now that baton has been passed to a Freshman in Alexis Robinson.

Robinson is another one of those Freshman athletes that has come onto the scene this year and if this trend continues, Canyon Lake will be very competitive for many of their sports.

The Freshman Basketball team finished 18-4 and in Volleyball, CL had four Freshman that moved up to Junior Varsity and Varsity this year and still had a very competitive team on the court as a Freshman team.

Now it is Softball’s turn to have the honors. Robinson will go into the circle and try to continue a Hawk team that missed the playoffs by just one game last year.

“I am just going to play my game,” Robinson started. “I just want to enjoy my four years of softball and play as hard as I can.”

Robinson also talked about who she has taken that baton from and had nothing but great things to say about her friend and teammate (in Select Softball) Romero.

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The ReSporter:What are your thoughts entering this

season?

Coach John Gallagher: “Excited and optimistic about starting a new year. First goal met; starting a Junior Varsity team.”

The ReSporter: How has your practices been going?

Coach John Gallagher: “Practices going well. With the great weather we have been able to maximize our time and stay on schedule. We have 22 young ladies out and they have been working hard to learn the system. The big surprise is we have a few girls with above average speed/quickness.”

The ReSporter: How will you insert the basketball players when they arrive?

Coach John Gallagher: “With the arrival of a few basketball players we are now putting them through a tryout process and trying to solidify our varsity positions and put in our offense/defense.”

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Canyon Lake Softball is right around the corner as Basketball season will be ending next

Tuesday.

The Hawks will have two huge holes to fill with the departure of Missy Romero to College competition in Mississippi and Caroline Jordan a pretty good player in her own right.

CL only lost two players in last year’s squad, but losing your most complete player in the circle and in the batting circle will be a hard cog to fill in.

Add the departure of one of your best defensive outfield players in Caroline Jordan and you have two spots in the field becoming a huge puzzle piece to this season.

Take this in with what was lost with those two players:

.356 Missy Romero's Career Batting Average
.429 Romero's Season Average last season. (All-Time Best)
 443 Number of At Bats adding both players career.
 135 Career # of hits by both players.
 117 Runs scored combining their careers.
  81 Walks. The top two in this category all time for Canyon Lake.
  77 RBI's for both players in their career.
  45 Number of runs scored by the two players last season.
  39 Combined hits last season.
  24 Walks, giving these two Hawks a two for one ratio with strikeouts.
  12 Number of strikeouts combined last year.

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The ReSporter: Hey Coach, Softball is right around the corner and we are looking forward to how your team will do this season.

You mentioned that your major area of concern at the end of last season would be offensive production, is that still your number one concern?

Coach Gallagher: “I still think offense is my main concern. We will work hard on developing good basic techniques, power, knowing what pitch to hit, knowing what situations to bunt, hit and run, etc. Being smart on the bases, and confidence is their ability to put the ball in play.”

The ReSporter: How has that softball IQ been advanced throughout this offseason?

Coach Gallagher: “Through repetition on basics: fielding,throwing, and hitting. We are also using classroom talk through and script situations and watch video to help everyone learn the game better.”
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The ReSporter would like to finish this year’s sports campaign by

recognizing three Seniors that were covered by this website.

Last Thursday night, Canyon Lake Coaches announced their winners at a Banquet for the Track, Baseball, Golf, and Softball teams during the spring awards night.

Missy Romero, Matt Magness, and Zach Henshaw were the three students recognized by their Coaches as Seniors that were the outstanding athlete for this academic year.

Missy Romero literally kept the Softball program in the circle the past four years.

Softball was one of the last team sports to make the playoffs last season, when they not only qualified for the playoffs, but was the first team to ever finish second in District competition.

Romero has set the standard for CL Softball for years to come, as she signed on with Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi before the season was in full gear.
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Canyon Lake had several sports banquets last week and The ReSporter would like to give you the scoop on who did what.

Last Thursday night CL had golf, baseball, and track teams in attendance at the Hawk gym, where the coaches and parents had the opportunity to hear about their sons and daughters and give them the accolades that were well deserved.

BASEBALL:

“Future looks bright,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant started as he rallied the team for their awards. “This was the hardest working group and it looks very promising for next year. Senior night went very fast with only one player. We are very young and I’m excited for next year.”
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The ReSporter: What is the major area you see as a Coach that needs to be

improved on as a team for next season?

Coach Gallagher: “The major area of concern going into next season will be offensive production. The players need to work on mechanics of their swing and confidence at the plate. We have some good young hitters to work with and hopefully we can build on that and bring up the level of consistency with the rest of the team. Overall, I see needed work on all areas to improve over this season and become a solid contender.”

The ReSporter: You only lose two players, but those two players are very key components to how far a team can go in Softball…Pitcher and Centerfielder.
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