The ReSporter’s recap of last week’s games plus a quick look at this year’s schools that would match up with District 14 for that first round (Bi-District) of playoff games.
The ReSporter’s recap of last week’s games plus a quick look at this year’s schools that would match up with District 14 for that first round (Bi-District) of playoff games.
District season has 4 more weeks left of action while 7 schools fight for a place at the table with hopes of being invited to dine with the adults.
Canyon Lake cleared its first hurdle as the district season opened the curtain last week with Davenport and Fredericksburg both joining The Lake with wins.
District 14 play will commence this Thursday when your Hawks and JFK kick-off for games become for keeps.
Below are Softball & Baseball Standings as the Boys will squeeze in one district game before district teams have their final tournaments this weekend. Then district will start with each team playing each district opponent. After that first round then district will have those 2 game series each week to finish this season.
Season W L Pct District W L Pct Boerne 28 5 .828 Boerne 11 0 1.000 Davenport 25 8 .759 Davenport 9 2 .818 Wimberley 18 13 .581 Wimberley 6 5 .545 Bandera 17 14 .548 Bandera 5 6 .455 Billies 16 16 .500 Canyon Lake 5 7 .417 Canyon Lake 15 19 .441 Billies 3 8 .273 Navarro 7 19 .269 Navarro 0 11 .000 District 27-4A This Week’s Schedule: February 13th *Boerne @ Bandera Wimberley @ Davenport Freddie @ Navarro Canyon Lake Bye February 16-17-18th Canyon Lake vs *Bandera * If Boerne wins ================================
HAWKS HOPING FOR PLAY-IN GAME FOR PLAY-OFF GAME
Three weeks ago, The Lake, had a myriad of ways for a chance to earn a right to make the post-season in Boys Basketball.
The Hawks did start their playoff last Friday when they had a ‘must win’ situation which in reality is what this time of year presents for having a chance being able to continue their season.
C-Lake was able to take that next step beating Navarro, 62-45 and that now the Hawk Nation is waiting results of the Boerne/Bandera game this Tuesday (Feb. 13th).
If Bandera can pull off a win then Canyon Lake will need to wait another year… but the chances of having a play-in contest has the odds on Canyon Lake’s side based on Boerne coming into this battle undefeated and 12th ranked based on tabchoops.org.
In this Hawk’s Navarro win, Carter Williams finished with his 6th double-double this year finishing with 17 points and 14 rebounds. As a team, CLHS topped 42 rebounds with Mario Aguilar (11) bounds.
This game CL got separation after the Panthers tied the score 7 all with 5:30 left in the quarter. In dominant fashion The Lake finished this opening period with a, 11-2 stretch.
During this season, Canyon Lake’s worse two quarters have been the 2nd & 3rd stanzas…so it was good to see CL fashioning a 16-8 quarter and halftime, 34-17 advantage.
That dominance would continue as these Hawks increased the lead to 23 points to end the 3rd period when Aguilar sank two free throws, 50-27.
CL’s largest lead was 25 points to start the last 8 minutes before Navarro’s last rush closing the gap with a Hawk 17 point victory, 62-45.
CLHS would use their bench depth after seeing a Logan Lewis pass to Ryan Alvarez for two points that brought the Hawk bench to their feet and final score conclusion.
The Hawk bench ended this contest scoring 18 points as Coach Monte Cole used different line-ups to fine-tune this game with an anticipated game with Bandera.
It will be known late Tuesday night when Canyon Lake finds out if they can continue their pre-playoff-playoff run with another win against those Bandera Bulldogs.
Keep in touch with The ReSporter as we post the date and time of CLHS next game if warranted.
If CLHS Boy’s Basketball team is fortunate to play this week it will represent the 500th game in Hawk history. A chance to start that next 500 contests with a special win that will have CL making their 5th year in the playoffs.
A bit of forward thinking has this possibility (using the Jethro Bodine math formulas) for the Bi-District round if CL can be so inclined in taking care of business against Bandera.
Let’s Go Hawks!!
*Bi-District Projections (Jethro Bodine Math) Canyon Lake vs. La Vernia Wimberley vs. YMLA Davenport vs. SA Kennedy Boerne vs. Fox Tech ================================== 1 2 3 4 Final Navarro 9 8 10 18 45 CL Hawks 18 16 16 12 62 3pt tot rebounds fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to Jacob Holland 2-6 2-5 0-2 6 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 Jaxson Jeter 2-5 1-3 2-2 7 1-4 5 1 2 0 1 Mario Aguilar 2-9 1-2 3-4 8 3-8 11 1 0 0 3 Eddie Zdunczyk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Carter Williams 5-12 0-1 7-11 17 6-8 14 3 5 4 3 Dalton Stromquist 3-8 0-0 0-0 6 4-2 6 2 1 1 1 Harris Gilliam 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1-2 3 1 0 0 2 Jean Paul Alexander 1-2 1-2 0-0 3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Logan Lewis 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Christian Cheatham 2-6 1-3 1-2 6 0-1 1 2 2 0 4 Phoenix Fuentes 1-5 1-2 2-2 5 1-0 1 1 2 0 1 Ryan Alvarez 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 19-55 7-19 17-25 62 17-25 42 12 12 6 16 35% 37% 61%
DISTRICT 27-4A BASKETBALL STANDINGS Season W L Pct District W L Pct Boerne 26 5 .839 Boerne 9 0 1.000 Davenport 24 7 .774 Davenport 8 1 .889 Bandera 17 13 .567 Bandera 5 5 .500 Wimberley 16 13 .552 Wimberley 4 5 .444 Billies 16 14 .533 Canyon Lake 4 6 .400 Canyon Lake 14 18 .438 Billies 3 6 .333 Navarro 7 19 .269 Navarro 0 10 .000 ====================================== District 27-4A Rest of District Season Schedule: February 6th Canyon Lake @ Wimberley Fredericksburg @ Boerne Davenport @ Bandera Navarro DNP February 9th CL Hawks @ Navarro Fredericksburg @ Wimberley Davenport @ Boerne Bamdera DNP February 13th Navarro @ Fredericksburg Wimberley @ Davenport Boerne @ Bandera CL Hawks DNP ======================================
Four Teams jockeying for 2 Spots: Games Remaining in order.
Canyon Lake (4-6) Wimberley, Navarro, Open Date Bandera (5-5) Davenport, Open Date, Boerne Texans: (4-5) CL Hawks, Billies, Davenport Billies: (3-6) Boerne, Texans, Navarro
Get your slide rule or abacas out…or for the hip audience ask ‘Alexa’ or you can activate your AI for these next questions on who might qualify for those last playoff spots.
Boerne and Davenport has shored up those first two places while your Hawks along with Bandera-Wimberley-Fredericksburg facing a tag-team wrestling bout for a spot.
This is what we do know:
1) If The Lake can win their next two contests then they would secure the 3rd seed. Control their own spot….
Looking at the schedule above there are several other scenarios.
2) Take into account that Boerne and Davenport have a chance with wins against all 4 teams above.
3) We know games that involve playing Navarro give a favorable chance for a win.
(CL did win that first round bout with the Panthers but this 2nd round in district has
produced nothing, to brag about as a Hawk fan, as they still search for that win. Plus this game is on the road)
The Hawks will need a, take no prisoners mind-set, in that battle and quite frankly for the whole week.
There is a chance in having 2, 3 or 4 teams being tied on February 13th. That would require those teams playing on Thursday-Friday or Saturday to untie this knot. One game for sure….two games if there are 3 or 4 teams tied. This scenario would also involve coin flips.
A four way tie would involve the Billies finishing 2-1 which would leave the Texans with another loss to go along with the Hawks win on Tuesday against our Back-Bone neighbor.
Bandera has the biggest hurdle this week facing both front running schools and those possible losses resulting with another 5-7 district record.
The only way a school can avoid playing an extra game to qualify is by winning both games against that opponent to break that tie. Hence, if CLHS can beat Wimbo then they would secure that spot for 3rd place based on Bandera also losing both of their games.
Confused yet? There will be a lot of ‘what is happening around the league’ chatter for these next 3 dates.
The Lake and Bandera are the only two schools that have two more contests.
One last thought to take note:
A win by any of the 3 schools over Davenport or Boerne would go a long way for securing a spot for that school.
Wimberley plays Davenport.
Fredericksburg plays Boerne.
Bandera plays both schools.
Make the trip to Wimberley to give your Hawks a boost this coming Tuesday and Let’s Go Hawks!!
DISTRICT 27-4A BASKETBALL STANDINGS Season W L Pct District W L Pct GB Boerne 24 5 .828 Boerne 7 0 1.000 - Davenport 22 7 .759 Davenport 7 1 .800 0.5 Bandera 16 12 .571 Canyon Lake 4 4 .500 3.5 Wimberley 15 13 .536 Bandera 4 4 .500 3.5 Billies 15 13 .536 Wimberley 3 5 .375 4.5 Canyon Lake 14 16 .467 Billies 2 5 .286 5.0 Navarro 7 17 .292 Navarro 0 8 .000 7.5 ====================================== District 27-4A This Week’s Schedule: January 30th Canyon Lake @ Bandera Navarro @ Boerne Billies @ Davenport Wimberley Bye February 2nd Boerne @ CL Hawks Wimberley @ Navarro Bandera @ Fredericksburg Davenport Bye January 26th Results Davenport 53 CL Hawks 51 Boerne 71 Wimberley 57 Bandera 61 Navarro 47 Fredericksburg Bye ======================================
Season W L Pct District W L Pct GB Boerne 21 5 .808 Boerne 5 0 1.000 - Davenport 19 7 .731 Davenport 4 1 .800 1.0 Wimberley 15 10 .600 Canyon Lake 4 2 .667 1.5 Bandera 14 11 .560 Wimberley 3 2 .600 2.0 Canyon Lake 14 14 .500 Bandera 2 3 .400 3.0 Fredericksburg 13 13 .500 Fredericksburg 0 5 .000 5.0 Navarro 7 14 .350 Navarro 0 5 .000 5.0 District 27-4A This Week’s Schedule: January 16th CL Hawks 64 Navarro 49 Wimberley 65 Fredericksburg 59 Boerne 62 Davenport 48 Bandera Bye January 19th Billies @ Navarro Bandera @ Boerne Davenport @ Wimberley CL Hawks Bye ==================================== 1 2 3 4 Final Navarro 9 18 4 18 49 CL Hawks 16 13 10 25 64 3pt tot rebounds fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to Jacob Holland 5-11 5-10 0-0 15 1-3 4 2 0 1 4 Jaxson Jeter 4-9 3-6 4-7 15 0-4 4 8 2 1 1 Mario Aguilar 3-8 0-3 1-2 7 3-6 9 2 0 1 2 Eddie Zdunczyk 2-5 1-2 0-2 5 0-2 2 1 2 0 0 Carter Williams 4-9 1-1 2-3 11 4-7 11 4 3 5 4 Dalton Stromquist 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2-5 7 0 1 1 2 Jean Pauk Alexander 4-5 1-2 0-0 9 0-4 4 1 0 1 5 Logan Lewis 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 Ryan Alvarez 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 22-50 11-24 9-16 64 10-33 43 18 8 10 18 44% 46% 56%
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Hawks Take Down Navarro, 64-49
Canyon Lake completed their first round of District 27-4A games standing in 3rd place one game behind Davenport.
The Hawks took down Navarro last Tuesday night with one of their best shooting nights this season with an overall 44% from the field and a lofty 46% from beyond the arc.
That led to a 5th place tie with 10 other Hawk teams that have reached 11 makes in a game. However, with using their shooting percentage as a metric to break that tie would put this game only behind CL’s 11 makes in their Boerne game February 2nd, 2013.
There were some other notable milestones with this victory having Carter Williams finishing with a double-double with 11 points and rebounds while also contributing 5 blocks that had Williams’ finishing with 10 blocks for the week. This was his 3rd 5 block party in his career that ranks 4th all-time.
Jacob Holland made 5 three-pointers for 3rd place tied with 9 other Hawks. Holland helped keep CL in control to start this game making 4 of those shots during that first half.
Another notable stat came from Jaxson Jeter when he finished with 8 assists for 5th on that all-time list for Canyon Lake.
This Navarro Panther crew had a 4 point lead to start this game, 9-5 with right under 3 minutes left in that first quarter.
A Hawk rush after scoring 11 unanswered points to end that first stanza was comforting but NHS would still hang on when they cut a Hawk 7 point lead during that 2nd quarter when they took the lead back at the 2:09 mark before halftime.
The Hawks would regain their lead on a Jeter 3 point jumper and the Hawks hung onto a vicarious 2 point lead, 29-27.
Defense allowed The Lake to an 8 point advantage to start out of halftime which has not been a Hawk strength for most of this season, but on this night, did supply this Host team a chance for separation, 39-31.
The 4th Period had both teams change from a marathon contest to a sprint as both teams combined scoring 43 points that had CL outscoring Navarro 7 points, 25-18 and an eventual, 64-49 final.
All 4 district games that CLHS has won had the Hawks holding their opponent to 40-49 points. In those two set-backs their opponents scored 59 points with the second round beginning next Tuesday in Fredericksburg.
There is just one more home game against Boerne and having 5 of the 6 games on the road will give CL a good audition, if a post-season ticket can be punched, for a chance to work on focusing and not letting an opponent’s crowd noise nullified.
DISTRICT 27-4A Season W L Pct District W L. Pct GB Boerne 21 5 .808 Davenport 4 0 1.000 - Davenport 19 6 .760 Boerne 4 0 1.000 - Wimberley 14 10 .583 Canyon Lake 3 2 .600 1.5 Bandera 14 11 .560 Wimberley 2 2 .500 2.0 Freddie 13 12 .520 Bandera 2 3 .400 2.5 Canyon Lake 13 14 .481 Freddie 0 4 .000 4.0 Navarro 7 13 .350 Navarro 0 4 .000 4.0 This Week’s Schedule: January 16th Navarro @ CL Hawks Wimberley @ Fredericksburg Boerne @ Davenport Bandera Bye January 19th Freddie @ Navarro Bandera @ Boerne Davenport @ Wimberley CL Hawks Bye Last Week's Results January 9th Boerne 59 CL Hawks 35 Bandera 49 Freddie 40 Wimberley 63 Navarro 52 Davenport Bye January 12th CL Hawks 47 Wimberley 46 Boerne 68 Freddie 39 Davenport 82 Bandera 33 Navarro Bye ========================================
CANYON LAKE JV & VARSITY SEND WIMBERLEY BACK HOME on SLIME ROAD!!
Canyon Lake’s Junior Varsity set the stage for the upcoming Varsity tilt on this night with a 4 point (much worse than the final score) win against Wimberley’s JV, 52-48.
It would be a good night at the Hawk Nest when CLJV took care of business after a workmanlike game as these Hawks held an 11 halftime advantage, 25-14.
Defense was the name of this game in those first 3 quarters as that 2nd stanza saw the Hawks dropping droppings (not a misprint) on the Texan’s offense holding them to one field goal.
“The kids played to their potential, and we still have room for improvement,” Head JV Coach Javarius Smith surmised. “I told the kids before the game that we need to be locked in and play our best no matter what our opponent’s jersey says. The battle of the backbone is a big part of Canyon Lake sports history, so the kids have a little more giddy up when we play those guys.”
That certainly played out as this turned out to be a team affair with 4 of those Hawk starters finished with double digit scoring and one player just one field goal away from making that fraternity to 5 inductees.
Ben Parma turned on his offensive skills during that 4th quarter with his 8 points which had half of that total coming as a result of his shot that brought rain from beyond the arc while being fouled for that coveted 4 point play.
Guard Gavin Cano directed the offense with floaters and dishing the ball scoring 10 points.
Eli Hammons (11 points) used his size to control the paint while Josh Rowe and Wyatt Sims each contributed a combined 21 points with pinpoint accuracy.
The Hawks did have a lapse as they went prevent defense to end this battle which will usually allow a team to amass enough points that can make that final score look much closer than what actually happen.
But a win is a win and now Canyon Lake’s Junior Varsity will look to build on this conquest as they have one more contest before the 2nd round of district games next Tuesday at the Hawk Nest.
Way to Go JV Hawks!!
Line Score 1 2 3 4 Final Wimberley JV 12 2 10 24 48 CL Hawks JV 15 10 7 20 52 Scorers: Josh Rowe 11, Eli Hammons 11, Gavin Cano 10, Wyatt Sims 10, Ben Parma 8, Reece Pippin 2.
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The Lake’s Varsity helped their chances of making the post season after coming from behind to beat Wimberley, 47-46. The win was important as the Hawks have just one remaining game during the first round of district battles.
That game will come nest Tuesday against Navarro who is presently tied with Freddie still looking for their first district win.
In this win, The Lake, now stands with a 3-2 record and bragging rights on those two teams right below them in the standings jockeying for position for those coveted 4 post-season spots.
The HoHum – Cold – Microwave Hot Hawks started with a game that had both participants with a turnover prone start. But CL was able to win this first phase, 9-7 and was highlighted when Mario Aguilar scored his first points with an old time 3 point play after being fouled on his jumper and free throw.
During the 2nd quarter both teams still had a hard time finding the bottom of the net but Aguilar’s steal and layup coaxed a 9 point lead, 16-7 with 2:15 still left on the first half clock.
CL’s defense was on fire which is one of those basketball adages that ‘defense can be a constant on the hardwood’. That was the motif during this period until that last 30 seconds when CL left their guard down allowing two quick baskets.
Before those last shots, The Lake had held the Texans without a point for 8:30 minutes.
Now, welcome to CL’s biggest problem (ice cold 3rd period) so far this season, when Wimberley came out of their halftime break on fire and finished this quarter scoring 29 points and enjoying an eight point lead, 40-32.
Put into perspective that these Texans had scored a total of 17 points for 3 quarters but after that 3rd stanza it almost clip these Hawk’s wings.
WHS would continue that barrage starting the final 8 minutes upping their lead to 11 points, 43-32 on a corner 3 pointer with 6:10 left on the timer.
With a back and forth affair and then the Texan’s second 11 point advantage with a 1 minute being drained and The Lake staring at the scoreboard down, 45-34.
So with a ho-hum first half and then an ice-cold 3rd quarter your Hawks finally put together a remarkable microwave hot moment both offensively and defensively for the rest of this period outscoring their visitors, 11-1 to end this game with a win starting at that 5:10 mark.
Play by Play: CL WT Time * Dalton Stromquist offensive rebound and fouled 1 point. 35-45 5:11 * Carter Williams (10 rebounds) scored and fouled 3 points. 38-45 4:29 * Aguilar found Jacob Holland for assist & bucket 3 points. 41-45 3:50 * Holland’s offensive rebound and short jumper 2 points. 43-45 2:49 * Stromquist steal leading an Aguilar’s layup 2 points. 45-45 1:05 * Wimberley best foul shooter made one of two 1 point. 45-46 12.2 * Aguilar fouled driving to basket & made FT shots 2points. 47-46 05.9
That Wimberley player was perfect before that missed free throw. He had made 8 consecutive foul shots and then a miss that left this game in the Hawks hands for a win.
Canyon Lake can now take care of business this Tuesday and finish the first round with a 4-2 record and an inside track for punching a ticket for the post-season. Also remember that CL has just 2 home games remaining with this Navarro Tuesday contest and then Boerne during the 2nd round of district.
Ho-Hum….Ice Cold…. Microwave Hot Hawks like their food hot!! Go Hawks!!
1 2 3 4 Final Wimberley 7 4 29 6 46 CL Hawks 9 7 16 13 47 3pt tot rebounds fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to Jacob Holland 3-7 2-4 0-0 8 4-1 5 0 1 0 1 Jaxson Jeter 1-7 1-1 1-2 4 0-0 0 1 0 0 5 Mario Aguilar 7-16 0-3 4-5 18 0-6 6 4 3 0 0 Eddie Zdunczyk 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0-2 2 3 1 0 1 Carter Williams 3-7 0-0 2-5 8 4-6 10 0 3 5 2 Dalton Stromquist 2-4 0-0 2-3 6 5-4 9 0 2 1 4 Jean Paul Alexander 1-3 1-3 0-0 3 1-3 4 0 1 0 2 Totals 17-48 4-14 9-15 47 14-22 36 8 11 6 18 35% 29% 60%