The scrimmages are over and now it is time for Coach John Gallagher to put the puzzle pieces together.

“We saw a lot of players and now we have got to evaluate some talent,” Head Coach Gallagher said. “We have a clearer picture on where we can play players on Tuesday.”

The Hawks play this Tuesday at home against Marion starting at 6pm.

This will be a chance to see how a second place finish in District 26-3A last year will translate for a team that lost five players that switched their bat for a diploma last May.

In that number was a few players that made up the most important area on the diamond in the center.

Katy Payne, Tiffany Arredondo, and Alex Henderson were a few of the hard to replace positions on the team.
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It wasn’t that long ago that the Canyon Lake Baseball team was coming back from a second round loss to Hidalgo after taking the 27-5 team to a three game playoff and one hit from making the third round.

The Hawks were then hit with a slew of injuries and players moving to give the 2011 season a rebuilding campaign.

So now, one year later, Canyon Lake will now enter this season with only one returning Senior (Dylan Adams) and two strong classes that have the potential to surprise some district foes.

How about, Travis Walker in his third year on the varsity. The catcher/third baseman/pitcher will be wearing a lot of hats.
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If the Canyon Lake Softball team can improve this season as much as last year’s team did, then you might see the Hawks make it to State.

Last season CL finished in second place in District play and made their first playoff appearance.  Wanting more of the same would be an understatement.

In 2010, the Hawks finished the year owning a 4-20 record and proceeded to turn that around to a very respectable, 18-12 for 2011 season.

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Since football is a derivative of school, The ReSporter will start this article from the Classroom.
All total Canyon Lake ended up with 18 student athletes leading all the other schools but State Champion–Wimberley.

 Hawk Football
 Academic All District
  2011 
 

Athlete        Class      G.P.A.

 Justin Monfils        Soph.           98.00
 Jake Robinson         Jr.             97.00
 Zach Henshaw          Sr.             96.66
 Jaaz McNair           Sr.             96.66
 Josh Robinson         Jr.             96.14
 Jeremy Best           Sr.             93.14
 Doug Hubnik           Jr.             95.14
 Matt Andress          Jr.             95.28
 Rob Klaerner          Sr.             95.14
 Elijah Montgomery     Sr.             95.00
 Brandon Berger        Sr.             94.85
 T.J. Gregory          Jr.             93.85
 Michael Brady         Jr.             93.14
 Branson Belcher       Jr.             93.00
 Matt Magness          Sr.             93.00
 McGuire Johnson       Soph.           92.85
 Chandler Faulkner     Jr.             92.57
 Travis Walker         Jr.             92.42
 Tyler Potts           Sr.             91.85
 Daniel Camarillo      Jr.             91.42
 Dylan Adams           Sr.             91.16
 Isaac Pruna           Jr.             91.00
 Alex Kemp             Sr.             91.00
 Eduardo Covarrubias   Jr.             90.85
 Jeremy Fulton         Sr.             90.80
 Casey Coffee          Jr.             90.00
 
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The Bracken Warriors lost by the slimmest of margins, Saturday in

losing, 32-28 to Abilene Christian Panthers in Semi-Final action at Moody, Texas.

“Sometimes you have heard it said that you can get a victory out of defeat,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “In this game I can say that this Bracken team did not quit and played with pride to get the game to within four points and that close to a winning score on the final play.”

The ‘Hail Mary’ was actually hard to do based on a 30-40 mile per hour winds in Quarterback Eli Achilles face on that final play.

Four seconds was the time showing on the scoreboard with BCS needing 50 yards to see another day on the gridiron.
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BCS is now into their third year of practicing during the

Thanksgiving holiday, but how are parent’s taking this ‘new’ holiday tradition?

“It’s worth it,” Scott Wilkinson, Austin Wilkinson’s Dad said. “If you are practicing then that means you are one game away playing for it all.”

Bracken Christian is preparing for a game of epic proportions this time around. The scuttlebutt going around internet sites is how both teams are bringing a lot of accolades to the gridiron for this Saturday’s clash.

So how did the Warriors practice go for this pre/Thanksgiving dinner?

“It was good,” Head Coach Lloyd Fields said. “We’re healthy and the kids know the challenge that faces them.”

Bracken Christian is on a 25 game winning streak, but this game is different than games played before.

There seems to be more resolve and players practicing with a different intensity.
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The Canyon Lake Freshmen Boy’s Basketball team improved to 2-0 on the

season beating Round Rock Cedar Ridge 39-36. For the second straight game the Hawks relied on a great defensive team effort to pull out a game that came down to the last possession.

“Since day one we have talked about defense being the key to be successful,” coach Luke Chapman said.  “The kids have bought in and we made enough stops tonight to come out with a big win.”

Leading the way for the Hawks was Garrett Winters with 15 points. Taylor Lucas chipped in with 6 points and Skylar Tschoepe and Branton Kindla added 5 apiece.
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                        Warriors (11-0)        Panthers (11-1) 

                Game Time: 2:00 pm   Saturday, November 26th
                Where: Moody, Texas
 
                History: First Game between these two schools.
  
 This Year:
 ACS  68  Saint Jo             00    BCS 68  Austin Hill Country 48 
 ACS  80  Newcastle            44    BCS 58  Hou Emery-Weiner    08
 ACS  54  Rockwall Heritage    06    BCS 66  Tomball Rosehill    18
 ACS  62  Willow Park Trinity  06    BCS 62  Round Rock Christ   00
 ACS  64  Woodson              00    BCS 55  NB Christian        00
 ACS  62  Watauga Harvest      06    BCS 68  SA Lutheran         06
 ACS  45  Morgan               00    BCS 74  CASA                06
 ACS  46  Ira                  54    BCS 54  SA The Winston      00
 ACS 106  El Paso Jesus Chapel 25    BCS 64  Marble Falls Faith  08
 ACS  56  Amarillo Holy Cross  08    BCS 79  Kerrville OLH       34
 ACS  62  CASA                 00    BCS 60  Austin Hill Country 42 
 ACS  53  Watauga Harvest      08             
  

The ReSporter always looks at common opponents first when preparing a Pre/Game article. Since Texas is such a big state, knowing about a team in the Abilene area poses a problem in finding info to share and help in reaching for ideas about a team. (more…)

The ReSporter has more numbers to digest while waiting for Saturday's game. Enjoy!
 
    0   Number of times BCS has faced Abilene Christian.
   2   Number of fumbles lost by the Warriors this year.
   3   Punts Knapick had in last game. Only punts for season.
  10   Number of games BCS has not allowed a TD w/o an answer.
  12   Game streak of keeping teams under 50 points.
  13   Teams held scoreless in history by Bracken.
  25   Game winning streak.
  28   Amount of points BCS has given up in first quarter.
  57   Most plays BCS has run in a game for last two years.
 708   Points scored by BCS for 2011.
 803   Points scored by BCS in 2010.

 
 Many numbers below are not totaled since complete records started 3yrs ago.
 Active Players in Red

 Points Scored        Run Pass Fumb  Ret  2EP  1EP  FG S  Total
  1. Grady Achilles   161  13    0    6    0    6   0   180=1086
  2. Kevin Knapick      1   2    0    0   202   0   3  0  3=434 
  3. Tye Sanders        0   7    0    2   141   0   2  1  9=346
  4. Grant Granato      3  21    1    2    0    1   0  0 27=163
  5. David Martinez    20   1    0    0    0    0   0  0 21=126
  6. RJ Braune          0  17    0    2    0    0   0  0 19=114
  6. Eli Achilles      12   2    1    5    0    0   0  0 20=120
  8. Ehren Jacobson    15   0    0    0    0    0   0  0 15= 90
  9. Daniel Martinez   14   0    0    0    0    0   0  0 14= 84
  9. Austin Wilkinson   9   4    0    0    0    0   0  3 13= 84
 11. Arnold Adame       2   8    0    1    0    0   0  0 11= 66 
 12. Mike Forgione      4   0    0    0    0    0   0  0  4= 24
 12. Conner Simmons     4   0    0    0    0    0   0  0  4= 24
 14. Jordan McDaniel    0   2    0    0    0    1   0  0  2= 13 
 15. Joe Lonigro        0   2    0    0    0    1   0  0  2= 13
 16. Jake McCrum        2   0    0    0    0    0   0  0  2= 12
 17. Sam Hilgendorf     1   0    0    0    0    0   0  0  1=  6 
 17. Stephen Burbank    0   0    1    0    0    0   0  0  1=  6
 17. Preston Koch       0   0    1    0    0    0   0  0  1=  6 
 17. Bryce Darcangelo   1   0    0    0    0    0   0  0  1=  6

Canyon Lake (1-1) lost a tough game to Cedar Ridge last Friday at the Hawk Gym, 50-44.

The Hawks had to dig themselves out of a hole as they closed out the first quarter down by eight points. The game started tight with both teams not able to break loose as they were tied six all halfway through the quarter.

Cedar Ridge got separation after making a three pointer and increasing the lead to the end of the stanza.

Canyon Lake was finding it hard scoring points while shooting 30 percent in the quarter.

“We addressed that the shooting will be an issue initially,” Head Coach Jeff Maynard started.

If not for free throws, the Hawks would of been in even more hurt.
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