Ryan Rena and The Lake prepare for their first pitch in district play in Wimberley next Tuesday.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

                          Let’s GO LAKE!

The Hawks wrapped up their non-district schedule after a win over the Taft Raiders, 8-6 that was an up and down affair that CL was able to start and finish with more ‘UPs’ in an eventual win.

“We got out hit yesterday however we got hits with runners in scoring position, which was big,” Head Coach Victor Escamilla said in response to win.

On the Lake pitching, “CJ (Rodriguez) did a great job on the mound coming in relief and Ryan (Rena) threw strikes.”

Those comments gives a good idea of what The Lake’s Coaches are looking for as district comes calling next Tuesday in Wimberley.

But It was the Raiders. that took a, 1-0 lead to start this battle after a one-out walk that came around to score on a Raider double.

            Make us Proud Hawks!

That lead would evaporate in CL’s 2nd frame as those ‘bunch of run innings’ presented itself when 7 of the first 8 Hawk batters reached base and that one out was having pitcher, Ryan Rena (3-0) with a successful bunt.

The Lake took a, 4-1 lead they would not relinquish for the remainder of this contest.

Taft was able to get back in this game in their bottom of the 4th inning after a one our walk that was followed with a double and two singles and a Hawk, 5-4 lead going into the 5th inning.

Rena got the win in this game and CJ Rodriguez had his first save in his 3 innings of work allowing one earned run pitching those final 3 innings.

                    Let’s GO LAKE!

The Lake’s Rena had 4 quality at bats reaching base on 3 walks and laying down his first sacrifice bunt of the year.

Cullen Barnhart continues his hot bat that included a 3 run double with two outs in the top of the 6th frame. All the Hawk runs reached base on walks~~ around the bases and a lead that would produce enough separation for this Canyon Lake win.

CLHS has had several games of scoring 3 or 4 runs in an inning as their pre-district contests conclude.

The Lake has scored 3 or more runs in 23 of their 90 frames thus far or, 26% of the time while by increasing that up to 4 runs per inning and The Lake has reached that level 15 times for or, 7% of the time.

These Hawks have used 9 different players on the pitching mound which is quite a bit more than in previous campaigns.  Hopefully Coaches can find those diamonds in the rough when district starts.

By the Numbers Before District Play:
 6  Players with 10 or more rbi’s.
 7  Total homers thus far.
 8  Times Gram Simpson has been hit by pitch (hbp)
 9  Players with 10 or more hits.
 9  Sacrifice Flies.
11  Players that have over a .500 on base pct. (obp)
14  More strikeouts than walks for Hawk pitching.
20  More walks than strikeouts.
21  Hayes Holladay leads with strikeouts.
32  More Earned Runs than Runs.
34  Stolen Bases.

Let’s GO LAKE!

              1  2  3  4  5  6  7   R  H  E
The Lake      0  4  0  1  0  3  0   8  6  2
Taft Raiders  1  0  0  3  0  2  0   6  8  0

                    ab r  h bi 2b bb so  misc
Gram Simpson        4  1  1  1  0  1  0  sb
Carson Walker       3  0  0  0  0  1  0
Wayen Slania-Wetz   2  0  0  0  0  2  2
Cullen Barnhart     3  1  1  3  1  1  1
Bryce May           3  1  0  0  0  1  0
Archer Miller       2  1  1  0  0  1  1  hbp sb 3
Brenan Hughes       3  1  1  2  0  0  0  sb
 ph Hayes Holladay  0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Ryan Rena           0  0  0  1  0  3  0  sac sb 2
 pr Gavyn Baldera   0  1  0  0  0  0  0
Lucas Schexnayder   3  0  2  1  0  0  1
 ph Greysen Patton  1  0  0  0  0  0  1
Totals             24  8  6  8  1 10  6

Pitching              ip  h  r er bb so
Ryan Rena (3-0)      4.0  6  4  4  3  2 
CJ Rodriguez (S-1)   3.0  2  2  1  2  3 
Totals               7.0  8  6  5  5  5 

DISTRICT 26-4A STANDINGS
SCHOOLS          W  L  T   PCT
Canyon Lake     14  4  1  .763
Davenport       13  4  2  .737
Fredericksburg  13  6  0  .684
Long Creek       9  6  1  .594
Wimberley        8  6  1  .567
Bandera          6 11  3  .375

                          Bella Biasatti & The Lake Soccer Ready to Get Started. Go Lake!
(photo Daniel Clifton)

                   Congrats Lake Soccer!

Canyon Lake Ladies’ Soccer (19-2) start their next phase of the season when they welcome Legacy Ranch (17-3-1) to the Hawk Nest on Friday for a Bi-District contest with first kick at 6:30pm.

Legacy Ranch was a Canyon Lake opponent last year as district second seed behind Wimberley’s 1st seed finish which added more familiarities with this first round contest.

Post-Season has also been a familiar happening for The Lake as they have been active for five years now in getting to a 3rd round. The Lake has an, 8-5 playoff record, during this run, but there is one facet of a post-season having one familiarity to be jettisoned during this campaign.

The Lake has not been able to clear that 3rd hurdle on their march for a final 4 destination. Four of those last five years, The Lake, has finished their season in that 3rd round play-off game.

Year   Bi-District      Area              Semi-Regional
2021   Gateway    3-1   Pleasanton  2-1   Boerne     1-7
2022   Montopolis 7-1   Jones       6-1   Boerne     1-2
2024   Burnet     1-0   JFK         8-0   Davenport  2-5
2025   Legacy     6-1   Floresville 5-1   London     1-2
2026   Legacy     ???

The Lake’s loss against Davenport kept that elusive District Championship Ring from happening but that bigger prize is certainly still out there to grasp.

                       Let’s Go Hawks!

“The loss to Davenport is a humble reminder that we have to work hard for every win.” Head Coach Kara Stracener stated. “We will use it to fuel us to be better for this next game.”

Which will be a home game giving, The Hawk Nation,  a chance to show their support for one of the best season’s of any Hawk sport in the last 16 years.

On facing a familiar opponent and what has been The Lake’s approach after a week of rest Coach Stracener quoted, “We knew right away we would be facing Legacy Ranch…we have gone back to a few basics to review some things that we need to improve on for this game and then some specifics on how to attack and defend them.”

                     Break the Dam~ Lake!

A new school at Liberty Hill that has put good seasons together in their short span. The Ranch won their district with their only set-back coming in a tie with Burnet. This team has a lot of fire power as they have scored 111 goals this season.

Legacy Ranch played a high ranking team to start this season losing to Life Waxahachie, 2-6 but playing in a district that has 11 schools does not allow teams to play more out of district foes.

On Coaches thoughts on how this regular season went.  “I’m so proud of this team.  To only have two losses on the season and both to teams that were at the state Tournament last year is very impressive.  The girls are hungry and ready to play tomorrow.”

The Lake’s district has proven they can reach the final four and now getting past that 3rd playoff opponent would go a long way to realize that same dream.

So those familiarities has a chance to continue as the UIL Brackets has those same schools that The Lake played last year.

Last season Canyon Lake tied Wimberley twice and that next step happened this year after beating the Texans at their abode which certainly gives hope legs for that bigger prize.

So come out tomorrow for Canyon Lake’s opening act to reach past a familiar goal to a higher goal.

Let’s GO LAKE! 

Rankings:
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Wimberley       6th
Legacy Ranch   11th
Canyon Lake    12th
Davenport      20th
Burnet         21st
Lago Vista     23rd

MaxPreps
Wimberley       1st
Canyon Lake     3rd
Davenport       5th
Marble Falls   25th
Fredericksburg 31st
Burnet         32nd
Lago Vista     42nd
Jarrell        79th

FINAL District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall Standings
School           W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA
Canyon Lake     19  2  0   .905   99  21
Wimberley       19  2  1   .886   97  14
Davenport       16  5  1   .750   83  13
Long Creek      10  7  2   .579   39  32
Marble Falls    10  8  4   .545   58  20
Fredericksburg   9 11  1   .452   46  48
Bandera          3 20  0   .130   15 116

FINAL 26-4A District Standings
School           W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA  GP
Wimberley       11  1  0   .917   59   8  33
Canyon Lake     10  2  0   .833   43  10  30
Davenport        7  4  1   .625   40  11  22
Long Creek       6  6  0   .500   18  28  18
Fredericksburg   4  7  1   .375   22  34  13
Marble Falls     2  8  2   .250   14  17   8
Bandera          0 12  0   .000    1  89   0
Legend: GF Goals For GA Goals Against GP Game Points

This Week’s Results:
Thursday
Davenport    6   Jarrell    0
                  13-6-2

Friday
Legacy Ranch  @   The Lake   630p
17-3-1
Wimberley    vs   Lago Vista 630p
                  13-5-1
Long Branch   @   Burnet     700p
                  19-5-1

                      Melody Manos bares down on hitter in game earlier this season. Let’s Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

            THIS WEEK       @   THE LAKE March 16-20

Mon Mar 16  Somerset JV     @   The Lake Gold   430p Baseball

Fri Mar 20  The Lake Green  @   Taft JV         430p Baseball
            The Lake        @   Long Creek      600p Softball
            The Lake        @   Taft            630p Baseball

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                    GET HITS HAWKS!

This week has less sports being in action than the Spring Break last week.

Baseball & Softball have front and only stage this week with both sports playing this Friday with Softball already being involved with their district schedule.

This Friday Softball will be battling at Long Creek with start time 6:00pm. Softball lost a ton of athletes to graduation last year and are presently one of the youngest Lake teams this spring.

Baseball will have their Gold JV team welcoming in Somerset’s JV team with first pitch at 430pm today.

CL’s Varsity Baseball and Green Squad will travel to San Antonio to play Taft High School with in a double header involving The Lake’s Green starting at 4:30pm and Varsity first pitch commencing at 6:30pm.

Last week, Canyon Lake’s Girls Soccer finished second in district after losing a close battle to Davenport, 2-1.

                                  GO LAKE!

The Hawk’s have the smallest district in Region IV with 6 schools while other districts, like the Bi-District opponents in the Austin area still shooting it out with 10 schools in their group.

The Lake finished with their best regular season sporing a, 19-2 record and will be the 2nd seed in the smaller school bracket.

At this writing CLake’s opponent would be between. Gateway. Lago Vista, or Jarrell. Last year, The Lake played Gateway from that district but more elimination bouts still needed to be decided.

Baseball finished last week with a, 2-1 record as this Friday’s contest with Taft being that last warm-up battle before meeting up with Wimberley in a week.

Records of District 26-4A Baseball is below:

                  Wins  Lost Ties    Pct
Canyon Lake        13    4     1    .750
Davenport          11    4     2    .706
Long Creek         11    6     1    .639
Fredericksburg     10    6     0    .625
Wimberley           7    5     1    .577
Bandera             6    9     3    .417

This Week’s Schedule:
Monday     Ingram Moore @   Fredericksburg

Tuesday    Long Creek   @   SA Christian

Wednesday  Llano        @   Fredericksburg
           Lago Vista   @   Wimberley

Thursday   Blanco       @   Bandera

Friday     The Lake     @   Taft         630p
           Bandera      @   Devine
           Wimberley    @   Thorndale

Saturday   Warren       @   Long Creek

The ReSporter will keep The Hawk Nation of who Lady Soccer will be pitted against for Bi-District and as always Let’s GO LAKE!!

Kylee Morrow & The Lake will need to be on their ‘A’ Game Tuesday against Wimberley.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

        Go Hawks & Beat the Texans!

The Lake set the table with an early release (mercy win) over Bandera in their, 9-0 game last Friday which now sets up another battle this Tuesday with Wimberley. These two schools have already clinched a post-season invite.

A battle of top 6 teams according to two Texas Polls. The Texans are ranked first in MaxPreps snd The Lake coming in with a 4th place ranking.

While these two schools fight for the top district spot those other District 26-4A Schools have 4 teams battling it out for those last two playoff spots.

                 Congrats Lake Soccer!

Right now Davenport (13 pts) leads presently and Long Creek (12 pts), Fredericksburg (10 pts) and Marble Falls (5 pts) looking for a good week to get in that running.

Canyon Lake will have a pivotal meeting against the Texans after losing, 3-1 during that first round. CL did have a one goal lead at halftime but let that second stanza get away with them as Wimbo took advantage of 3 penalty kicks leading to that loss.

Last week’s Bandera win put your Hawks at 16 wins tying their 2021 & 2024 season totals and breaking that milestone against a highly ranked opponent would put this team in rarefied air to put it lightly.

Make history Hawks and with the table being set it is now time to dine.

Let’s Go Lake!

Rankings:
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Wimberley       3rd
Canyon Lake     6th

MaxPreps Poll
Wimberley       1st
Canyon Lake     4th
Davenport      13th
Marble Falls   19th
Fredericksburg 29th

District 4A Region 4 District 26
Overall Standings
School          W   L   T    Pct   GF  GA
Canyon Lake    17   1   0   .944   93  18
Wimberley      17   2   1   .875   84  14
Davenport      13   5   1   .694   70  11
Long Creek      9   5   2   .625   34  23
Marble Falls    9   6   4   .579   53  17
Fredericksburg  8  10   1   .447   43  42
Bandera         3  15   0   .167   15 100

District Standings
School          W   L   T    Pct   GF  GA  GP
Wimberley       9   1   0   .900   46   8  27
Canyon Lake     8   1   0   .889   37   7  24
Davenport       5   4   1   .550   33   9  16
Long Creek      5   4   0   .556   13  19  15
Fredericksburg  3   6   1   .350   19  28  10
Marble Falls    1   6   2   .222    9  14   5
Bandera         0   9   0   .000    1  73   0

Last Week’s Results:
Tuesday
Long Creek   1  Marble Falls  0
Billies      8  Bandera       0
Wimberley    3  Davenport     1
Friday
Canyon Lake  9  Bandera       0
Wimberley    5  Billies       0
Davenport    1  Long Creek    0

This Week’s Contests:
Tuesday
Canyon Lake  3  Wimberley     1
Davenport    3  Marble Falls  0
Long Creek   1  Billies       0

Friday
Canyon Lake  @  Long Creek
Billies      @  Marble Falls
Bandera      @  Wimberley

             Savanna Oberholtzer going for the kill in Hawks win over Billies, 3-1.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

                             Let’s GO LAKE!

Canyon Lake kept their hold on second place in District 26-4A after sweeping through last week’s contests that included the last & first game of round play.

Both wins were significant in getting a win over Davenport (2-1) the first in 3 games and taking care Fredericksburg (3-1) last Friday sweeping the Billies.

The Lake has an all-time 15-10-4 record and will continue this week at Bandera on Friday.

In CL’s contest with Freddie, was a fast start with 3 goals scored during the first 17 minutes of that first half and gave up one goal the second stanza at the 35 minute mark but held serve the rest of this game and win, 3-1.

                             GO LAKE!

It was a Bella Biasatti ~ Savanna Oberholtzer volley with each player either scoring or giving the other an assist.

That first goal had a flawless pass by Callie Dominguez to Biasatti to Oberholtzer that gave Canyon Lake a lead they would never relinquish at the 38:45 mark.

Two more goals at the 32 & 23 minute would give The Lake a dominating first half of action.

It was that second half the Billies would continued to press but CL’s back row with newcomer Cierra Marsh continued turning back those Freddie attacks and an eventual win.

                          Break the Dam~ Lake!

The rankings below show just how hard it is for entities to be able to grasp schools that play 500 miles from each other with few common opponents for the eye test.

One ranking now has just Wimberley 3rd and CLHS 6th with 3 of those district foes falling past that 25th spot. Certainly a result of battling each other with a loss or win and sliding in rankings.

There is one other 4A district with 2 schools being highly ranked with a fall out with those other schools in that same district.

Right now the point totals have Wimberley leading with 21 points while The Lake reaching 18 points. As for the rest of this group of teams has 4 schools fighting for those other 2 spots in hopes of making the playoffs.

Davenport        10  points
Long Creek        9  points
Fredericksburg    7  points
Marble Falls      5  points

This shows how close these 4 schools are for making or missing post-season.

As for Canyon Lake? A playoff clinching game is right around the corner.
Way to GO LAKE!

Rankings
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Wimberley       3rd
Canyon Lake     6th

MaxPreps
Wimberley       1st
Canyon Lake     4th
Davenport      10th
Marble Falls   18th
Billies        32nd

Let’s Go Lady Hawks!


District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall Standings
School          W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA
Canyon Lake    15  1  0   .938  82  17
Wimberley      15  1  1   .912  75   9
Davenport      11  4  1   .719  65   8
Marble Falls    9  4  4   .687  53  13
Long Creek      7  4  2   .615  32  22
Fredericksburg  7  8  1   .469  35  36
Bandera         3 15  0   .167  15  83

District Standings
School          W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  GP
Wimberley       7  0  0  1.000  37   4  21
Canyon Lake     6  1  0   .857  25   6  18
Davenport       3  3  1   .500  28   6  10
Long Creek      3  3  0   .500  11  18   9
Fredericksburg  2  4  1   .357  11  22   7
Marble Falls    1  4  2   .286   9  10   5
Bandera         0  6  0   .000   1  56   0

Last Week’s Results:
Tuesday
Canyon Lake   2  Davenport    1
Wimberley     9  Long Creek   0
Marble Falls  8  Bandera      0
Friday
Canyon Lake   3  Freddie      1
Wimberley     3  Marble Falls 0
Davenport    12  Bandera      0

This Week’s Contests:
Tuesday
Bandera      @   Fredericksburg
Wimberley    @   Davenport

Friday
Canyon Lake  @   Bandera
Davenport    @   Long Creek
Freddie      @   Wimberley

                             Samantha Oberholtzer taking flight in game with Wimberley.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

        Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

Canyon Lake took care of business after suffering their first and only loss this year against Wimberley.

The Lake followed that showing beating Long Creek (4-0) and Marble Falls (3-0) in this past week of action. These past two battles now has CLHS alone in 2nd Place in a district loaded with quality opponents.

There is one last district game in the first round this Tuesday as securing 4 spots for the playoffs will be an all out brawl with all but one school eliminated. (unless Bandera goes undefeated….)

This past week had Fredericksburg beating Davenport (1-0) which presented a scenario for the Billies making a move to be one of those 4 teams.

                 Way to Go Lake Soccer!

Marble Falls continues to search for a win and will need to turn their two ties into wins for a chance to get back into this dogfight.

The Lake will finish their first round against an always tough Davenport team that are smarting with that loss to the Billies with a pronounced chip on their shoulder.

With a win, Davenport, could move to 3rd place or a Hawk win leaving the Wolves tied for 4th place with Freddie.

The Hawks need to keep pressing for another chance to dethrone the Texans on the road in two weeks.

Yes, a lot of scenarios as this last half of district play gets going on Friday. Teams being in a wait and watch to see results on how those schools move up or down on this roller-coaster ride.
Let’s Go Lady Hawks!!

RANKINGS:
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll:
Wimberley       3rd
Canyon Lake     7th
Davenport      18th

MaxPreps Poll:
Wimberley       1st
Canyon Lake     4th
Davenport       6th
Marble Falls   19th
Fredericksburg 33rd
Bandera       134th

DISTRICT 26-4A REGION 4 

Overall Standings
School         W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA
Canyon Lake   13  1  0   .929  76  15
Wimberley     13  1  1   .900  63   9
Davenport     10  3  1   .808  52   6
Marble Falls   8  2  4   .714  45  10
Long Creek     7  3  2   .636  30  13
Fredericksburg 7  7  1   .500  34  33
Bandera        3 13  0   .200  15  63

District Standings
School         W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  GP
Wimberley      5  0  0  1.000  25   3  15
Canyon Lake    4  1  0   .800  20   4  12
Long Creek     3  2  0   .600  10   9   9
Davenport      2  2  1   .500  15   4   7
Fredericksburg 2  3  1   .417  10  19   7
Marble Falls   0  3  2   .000   7   7   2
Bandera        0  5  0   .000   1  36   0

Last Week’s Results:
Canyon Lake    4  Long Creek     0
Canyon Lake    3  Marble Falls   0
Wimberley      8  Bandera        0
Marble Falls   0  Fredericksburg 0
Davenport      4  Long Creek     0
Long Creek     5  Bandera        0
Fredericksburg 1  Davenport      0

This Week’s Contests:
Tuesday
Canyon Lake    @  Davenport
Long Creek     @  Wimberley
Marble Falls   @  Bandera
Fredericksburg    Bye

Friday
Fredericksburg @  Canyon Lake
Marble Falls   @  Wimberley
Davenport      @  Bandera
Long Creek        Bye

                Savanna Oberholtzer and her Topsy-Turvy throw-ins keep teams discombobulated.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Time for (some Jethro Bodine) deciphering after first week of The Lake’s Ladies Soccer escapades.

The two polls below have been released and Canyon Lake went down from #1 to #2 in the Girls Coaches Association Poll. This is despite The Hawks winning their only contest in convincing fashion over Fredericksburg, 4-1.

Girls Coaches Association Poll
1) Celina           7-1-1
2) Canyon Lake     10-0-0
3) Life Waxahachie 14-0-1
4) Wimberley       10-1-1
5) Salado          12-1-0

The MaxPreps Poll:
1) Wimberley       10-1-1
2) Celina           7-1-1
3) Life Waxahachie 14-0-1
4) Canyon Lake     10-0-0
5) Davenport        9-2-0

Davenport (1-1) and Marble Falls (0-2) made the furtherest drop this week where Davy is now 19th after losing to the Texans and the Mustangs completely dropped form the top 25 list. What seems odd is MFalls dropped with a one goal loss to Wimbo (0-1) and newbie Long Creek.

           Congrats Lake Lady Hawk’s Soccer! 

So these high rankings seem to still be in a ‘we don’t really know’ time of season.

Long Creek put their name in the hat when they shut-out Marble Falls posing another school ready to make a mark.

It’s simple knowing that a district as loaded as CL’s has potential of seeing all these teams drop if their circular firing squad with District 26-4A schools beating each other with each week of battles.

The ReSporter would put more confidence in the MaxPreps Poll as that seems more in tune as a power poll and not based on opinions like the Coaches Poll.

         Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

Time will tell as this week The Lake will have Senior night this Tuesday when they welcome Bandera to the Hawk Nest and then this Friday will be a showdown playing Wimberley in a battle between two top 4 opponents.

The Lake tied Wimberley in both of their outings last season for a team who played on the Final Four last season.

Having all four schools getting to a Regional Semi-Final round that would have District 26-4A teams playing in a final four semi-round.

Should be a fun run to March when the best rise to the top.

Let’s Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0  1.000  60  12   10W
Davenport       9  2  0   .900  46   4    1L
Wimberley      10  1  1   .864  40   7    7W
Marble Falls    8  2  2   .750  44   6    2L
Long Creek      5  1  2   .750  22   4    2W
Fredericksburg  6  5  0   .545  25  18    1W
Bandera         3 10  0   .231  15  44    3L

District        W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA    GB
Wimberley       2  0  0  1.000   3   1    ~~
Canyon Lake     1  0  0  1.000   4   1    .5
Long Creek      1  0  0  1.000   2   0    .5
Davenport       1  1  0   .500  10   2   1.0
Fredericksburg  1  1  0   .000   9   5   1.0
Marble Falls    0  2  0   .000   0   3   2.0
Bandera         0  2  0   .000   1  17   2.0

Last Week’s Results:
Canyon Lake    4   Freddie      1
Wimberley      1   Marble Falls 0
Davenport      9   Bandera      1
Wimberley      2   Davenport    1
Freddie        8   Bandera      1
Long Creek     2   Marble Falls 0

This Week’s Schedule:
February 3rd
Bandera        @   Canyon Lake 700p
Wimberley      @   Freddie
Long Creek     @   Davenport
Marble Falls Bye

February 6th
Wimberley      @   Canyon Lake 700p
Long Creek     @   Davenport
Freddie        @   Long Creek
Bandera Bye

Avery Norris advancing The Lake’s Offense in their win earlier this year.
(photo by PacoCreates)

GO LAKE & Flatten them like our Pancakes!

Canyon Lake started district play with a win over Fredericksburg, 4-1 for their 10th straight victory.

Last year, The Lake, came into this first contest with the Billies with a lot of confidence opening at home.

That start was a tied battle at 2 goals which led to two more ties (against Wimberley) during district part of their schedule.

CL’s district added Long Creek which results in a 12 game uphill battle as all but one school (Bandera) presently has a .500 or better record.

The Lady Hawks Soccer has had an impressive run during Head Coach Kara Stracener’s 6th years at the helm.

Authentic Canyon Lake says Go Lake & Don’t Forget Valentine’s Day!

With two campaigns reaching 16 wins while already matching CL’s 10 wins during 2023 season. In Stracener’s 6 years she had raked in 80 wins with 43 losses that comes to a .642 winning percentage.

Head Coach Stracener commented bout the Fredericksburg win, “It was a good win to start district. We Struggled to control the game, but obviously were able to convert some of our chances into goals…We were challenged more defensively than we have been all season, so I’m proud of our defense for shutting down Fred’s attack.”

The Lake has ordered a lot more hangers to show off many firsts this season thus far that now has a ten game winning streak but as Coach Stracener commented on seeing a tougher defense with the Billies, then with more schools still to see in a district that presently have 3 teams in the Top 5 and 4 in the Top 10 it is apparent more challenges will be forthcoming.

                  Congrats Lady Hawks!

Savanna Olberholtzer led the team with 3 goals while Bella Biasatti recorded 2 assists and a goal and Senior Jordan Villareal produced an assist to finish the scoring.

Goalkeeper Liza Schexnayder and defender Chylea Gray were rewarded players of the game in this win.

Canyon Lake will be off this Friday and then open their district home schedule next Tuesday February 3rd against Bandera starting at 7:00pm.

The Lake is treading in water that has not been seen by any Hawk sport since the school started after being recognized in one poll as the #1 team in the state.

But with that caveat you will be seeing tough district play each week that has 3 other schools also hanging with impressive resumes to show-off to their fans. Sooo buckle up and Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T     Pct   GF   GA   Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0   1.000   60   12    10W
Davenport       9  1  0    .900   45    2     7W
Wimberley       9  1  1    .864   39    6     7W
Marble Falls    8  1  2    .818   44    4     1L
Long Creek      4  1  2    .714   20    4     1W
Fredericksburg  5  5  0    .500   25   18     1L
Bandera         3  9  0    .333   14   36     3L

District        W  L  T.    Pct   GF   GA
Canyon Lake     1  0  0   1.000    4    1
Wimberley       1  0  0   1.000    1    0
Davenport       1  0  0   1.000    9    0
Long Creek      0  0  0    .000    0    0
Marble Falls    0  1  0    .000    0    1
Fredericksburg  0  1  0    .000    1    4
Bandera         0  1  0    .000    0    9

Tuesday Results:
Canyon Lake     4  Freddie      1
Wimberley       1  Marble Falls 0
Bandera         0  Davenport    9

Tonight's Schedule:
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Freddie         @  Bandera
Marble Falls    @  Long Creek
Canyon Lake Bye

Tuesday Schedule:
Bandera         @ Canyon Lake   700p
Wimberley       @ Fredericksburg
Long Creek      @ Davenport
Marble Falls Bye

        Savanna Oberholtzer during I-10 Shootout to start the year.    (photo by PacoCreates) 

                          Plug those Leaks Lake!

Canyon Lake will have a frigid start to district play this Tuesday against an always tough Fredericksburg Billies squad.

But for this season thus far, The Hawks, have been hot with their longest winning streak and starting district play undefeated.

The schools in The Lake’s district have garnered an impressive resume and Fredericksburg will be a good indicator as Freddie’s four losses have come against teams that have a combined 29-9-4 record which gives an idea of how this will be an all out road war.

                 Go Lake Beat Freddie!

In fact, this district will have several evenings without a win just by walking out on the soccer field of play.

The top 4 District 26-4A schools have a combined 33-2-3 (.908) non-district record and have accumulated 174 goals while allowing an anemic 22 before district gets going this week to their opponents.

Need more? Wimberley has played the toughest schedule (.711), Davenport (.571), Marble Falls (.514)  and The Lake (.500).

Rankings
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Canyon Lake     1st
Wimberley       4th
Marble Falls    9th
Davenport      12th


MaxPreps Poll
Wimberley       1st
Davenport       4th
Canyon Lake     5th
Marble Falls   10th
Fredericksburg 29th

                   Way to GO HAWKS!

The ReSporter had a chance of catching up with Coach Kara Stracener for her thoughts as CLake enters their next phase of the season.

The ReSporter: Across the board what does it mean to this program to finish undefeated after non district games?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is the first time we’ve been undefeated going into district play which is exciting.  We have been playing well and improving every time we step on the field.  Every season will bring adversity, and the girls know that and are prepared for what our tough district will bring!”

The ReSporter:  And did you get what you wanted in preparation for district? 

Coach Stracener: “I think I would have liked to have seen some tougher teams           because our district has some of the best in 4A in the state, but going into district playing with confidence is also important.”  

                            Go Lake!

The ReSporter: This is ‘hands down’ the toughest district in the State at any classification. Do you have nightmares before each battle?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is one of the best Canyon Lake teams I’ve coached, so it just shows you that all the teams in our district are improving as we improve.  Iron sharpens iron, so each game is always a battle, but it will prepare those lucky enough to make it into the top 4, which is our goal.”

The ReSporter: And if you have sane moments…what gives you those thoughts when thinking about this team? 

Coach Stracener: “I don’t have nightmares…just have remind myself that this is a game, and we play because we love it and the competition is exciting.  But at the end of the day, it’s a blessing to get to compete.  Not everyone gets to do this…”

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Team            W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake     9  0  0  1.000   56  11    9W
Marble Falls    8  0  2   .900   44   3    2W
Davenport       8  1  0   .889   36   2    6W
Wimberley       8  1  1   .850   38   6    6W
Long Creek      4  1  2   .714   20   4    1W
Fredericksburg  5  4  0   .556   24  14    2W
Bandera         3  8  0   .333   14  27    3L


Last Week’s Results:

Marble Falls 4  KIPP Austin   1
Leander      0  Wimberley     3
Lockhart     3  Bandera       1
Freddie      9  Pleasanton    0

Floresville  1  The Lake      4
Little River 0  Marble Falls  6
Bandera      1  Pleasanton    4

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Tues: Jan 27  Canyon Lake  @  Freddie  7:00pm
              Wimberley    @  Marble Falls
              Bandera      @  Davenport
              Long Creek   Bye

Fri Jan 30    Davenport    @  Wimberley
              Freddie      @  Bandera
              Marble Falls @  Long Creek
              Canyon Lake  Bye

                    Gabby Fory going for a Block with Te’a Gonzales staying ready. Way to Go Lake!

             THIS WEEK       @   THE LAKE       Sept. 17th-19th

Tue Sep 30   The Lake JV-Fr  @   Bandera Fr-JV  500p Volleyball
             The Lake        @   The Lake       600p Volleyball

Thu Oct  2   The Lake Fr     @   Freddie Fr     500p Football
             The Lake JV     @   Freddie JV     630p Football

Fri Oct  3   Davenport Fr-JV @   The Lake JV-Fr 500p Volleyball 
             Davenport       @   The Lake       600p Volleyball
             Fredericksburg  @   The Lake       700p Football

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A much needed Hawk Volleyball Sweep last week that has one more beatable Bandera this Tuesday on the road. Sweeping the first 3 games would put this year’s Volleyball team on an inside track for a post-season bid. The first round of district opponents will conclude with the two powerhouse programs with Davenport being first on that list this Friday at the Hawk Nest.

Football goes into their 2nd district battle Friday when Those Battlin Billies come to the Hawk Nest. Last year Canyon Lake started their battle against Fredericksburg on fire but fizzled out from the 2nd quarter on…with only one score.

The Billies were more efficient and got a win which had your Hawks playing catch-up for the remainder of district play. Freddie would need to lose twice which happened the last game.

That allowed Canyon Lake to win a 3-way tie breaker sweepstakes which gave The Lake a first round home playoff against Austin Travis.

A primary goal for that same scenario this time around and you can go to The ReSporter’s Football Standings article to see what is happening with the Bi-District round district in Austin is faring.

Cross Country District will be next week in Bandera.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Volleyball Standings          District
Wimberley      33   5  .868   CL Hawks       2  0  1.000
Davenport      27   7  .794   Wimberley      2  0  1.000
CL Hawks       18  11  .621   Davenport      1  1   .500
Fredericksburg 14  15  .483   Fredericksburg 1  1   .500
Bandera        13  22  .371   Bandera        0  2   .000
Long Creek      7  18  .280   Long Creek     0  2   .000

                  This Week’s Battles
      Tue Sep 30  The Lake  @   Bandera
                  Texans    @   Billies
                  Wolves    @   Long Creek

      Fri Oct  3  Wolves    @   The Lake
                  Bandera   @   Texans
                  Billies   @   Long Creek

                  TOP 4 STAT LEADERS:

Aces                Kills                Blocks
Izzy Fory       38  Preslie Owens   181  Kylee Goff        26
Kylie Rodriguez 36  Kylie Rodriguez 150  Kinsley Van Meter 16
Sabrina Steele  33  Chloe Gray      126  Gabby Fory        16
Chloe Gray      25  Gabby Fory      110  Te'a Gonzales     12

Assists             Digs
Chloe Gray     584  Kylie Rodriguez 217
Sabrina Steele  48  Izzy Fory       188
Izzy Fory       46  Sabrina Steele  187
Kylie Rodriguez 33  Chloe Gray      177