Canyon  Lake comes out of huddle with a renewed focus in needing a successful week to secure a playoff spot. Let’s Go Hawks!

DISTRICT 26                   Season Records
Davenport        4  1  .800   Davenport      23   5  .821
Wimberley        4  1  .800   Wimberley      20   8  .714
CL Hawks         3  2  .600   Bandera        19   9  .679
Navarro          2  3  .400   Fredericksburg 17  11  .607
Fredericksburg   1  4  .200   CL Hawks       13  15  .464
Bandera          1  4  .200   Navarro        10  14  .417

Tuesday Games:
Wimberley   @   CL Hawks
Navarro     @   Davenport
Bandera     @   Billies

Friday Games:
CL Hawks    @   Navarro
Billies     @   Davenport
Bandera     @   Wimberley

Friday’s Results:
Bandera    38   CL Hawks   37
Wimberley  63   Davenport  57
Navarro    44   Billies    37

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         Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!

Don’t look now but last Friday’s games was a polar opposite situation that threw this upcoming 2nd round of games into a ‘what will or could happen on this night’ thoughts.

There was 3 upsets when  games that had the home team taking advantage of the scoreboard which will put pressure on some teams while giving new hope to others.

First: The Lake was upset by Bandera resulting in their first victory in district.
Ramifications: Canyon Lake is now in a fight needing wins to secure a spot with little room for set-backs.
Bandera, on the other hand, has been put back on life-support  for their (19-9) squad and only one game behind Navarro for a chance of making some noise.

Wimberley was victorious against Davenport and now finds themselves tied at the top owning a tie-breaker win over the Wolves. These two teams will be fighting for those top 2 post-season spots.

                            Go Hawks!

Navarro won their second game in a row which put Freddie in a need to win scenario for a chance of getting a date for the end of season dance card.

The Lake will have an important contest with the Texans at the Hawk Nest on Tuesday and then will be on the road Friday to play against a Panther team that has a renewed hope for this season presently on a two-game win streak.

Simply put….this Bandera loss, with those two other upsets,  shows more schools being able to put together enough wins for making a play-off run.

The Lake does have 4 of their 5 next contests at the Hawk Nest with hope that this crew of Hawks can rebound with more conquests.

A loss by one point on a night that CLake went to the line for 15 shots and coming away making 6 of those attempts. Simple math for that

major reason for this loss.

An important week that can help secure or put this team in limbo as the season comes down to these last 3 weeks.

Let’s GO HAWKS!

           1  2  3  4   Final
CL Hawks  10  2  8 17   37
Bandera    4  9 19  6   38

                            3pt           tot rebounds
                    fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr to  a  s  b  to  
Jacob Holland       1-6     0-5     0-0    2   1-2   3  1  1  0  3
Jaxson Jeter        0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-0   0  2  1  0  2
Phoenix Fuentes     0-7     0-2     1-2    1   1-1   2  2  1  0  2
Reese Pipkin        0-2     0-1     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  0  0
Carter Williams     6-14    0-0     3-8   15   5-10 15  4  1  0  2
Dalton Stromquist   2-6     0-0     1-3    5   3-5   8  2  0  1  0
Josh Rowe           0-2     0-1     0-0    0   1-0   1  0  0  0  1
Christian Cheatham  5-8     3-6     0-0   13   0-1   1  2  1  0  1
Eli Hammons         0-3     0-0     1-2    1   4-2   6  0  0  0  1
Totals             14-50    3-16    6-15  37  15-22 37 13  4  1  9
                    28%     19%     40%

DISTRICT 26               Season Records
Davenport   4 0  1.000    Davenport   23    4   .852
CL Hawks    3 1   .750    Wimberley   19    8   .704
Wimberley   3 1   .750    Bandera     18    9   .667
Billies     1 3   .250    Billies     17   10   .630
Navarro     1 3   .250    CL Hawks    13   14   .481
Bandera     0 4   .000    Navarro      9   14   .381

Friday’s Games:
Canyon Lake     @  Bandera
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Fredericksburg  @  Navarro

Wednesday Results:
CL Hawks      50   Billies   47
Davenport     75   Bandera   55
Wimberley     67   Navarro   36
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Dalton Stromquist is going up Strom in pre-game warm-ups!

Canyon Lake was able to hold off a desperate Fredericksburg team who needed a win that would help for a chance to be invited for this year’s playoffs.

Now, looking at the standings above, there are 3 schools that find themselves 2 games behind a 3rd place spot and grouped with 2 other teams fighting for that 4th place playoff spot.

The Lake has been a fast starting team for most of this season and this night was no exception after securing a 16 point lead (38-22) with just 32 seconds before the final quarter.

This Billie team was ice cold during those two middle quarters while only mustering 10 points but this story was far from over as Freddie almost reached their 3 quarter game scoring (24 points) in that final quarter when they reached 23 points.

CLake was steady while never losing the lead but seeing this desperate school get within one point, 46-45 with 31 seconds remaining.

That was when this contest became a charity stripe game and those final two makes by Jacob Holland (who finished as high scorer 16 points) being enough for another hard fought win, 50-47.

Carter Williams finished with a double-double scoring 13 points with 10 rebounds it was his 7th double-double this season.

“Kids are starting to find their groove and hopefully we’re starting to peak at the right time,” Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole stated. “Just need to find a little more consistency and put four quarters together every game.”

                  Way to Go Hawks!!

The Hawks have Bandera as their last district opponent yet to be played before that final round of games finalizes who can actually punch their dance card for a post-season.

Post-Season is not a phrase that has been used much for CL’s previous 16 seasons. In fact, The Hawks have made the playoffs 3 times with each time playing one game. CL’s Boys Basketball  was the last Hawk sport to make the playoffs.

A win on Friday would cement CL for this year by finishing their first round with one loss and a 4-1 record.

An undefeated Davenport will play an important game Friday at Wimberley. If the Texans win then a 3-way tie for first place and with a loss Wimbo would be placed 3rd spot in district play.

                          Go Hawks!

Reese Pipkin has been a valuable roll play for CLHS this season and has been the first player off the bench. On what he looks for when he waits to be called on, “I like to watch the offense and what I might expect when I enter the contest,” Pipkin said with resolve.

“Pipkin is very coachable,” Coach Cole interjected. “I let the players know what Fredericksburg likes to do coming out of our time-out and that was when Pipkin made a steal at the end of this game.

A player that is not a shoot first player but a guard that distributes the ball while filling out those little things in the stat sheet that keeps a team to stay in sync.

“The game is more intense and it matters more,” Pipkin said when asked the difference between non-district and district play. “We just need to keep our energy and not do anything different.”

Dalton Stromquist has morphed into a key Hawk in the middle of the paint as many times a game will be played off his high post when getting CL’s offense in attack mode.

Hit Man says way to get rid of those Pests Hawks!

On when this change came about during the end of December play, “I started to find open shots while I was calling for the ball,” Stromquist remembered. “I have gotten better and I am trying to go up every time and I just have more confidence.”

Stromquist talked bout how his needs changed with a mid-season injury to Williams, “I was the only person to get rebounds and I just stepped up to get them (rebounds) to help the team.”

On what the Hawk Nation can expect with Friday’s contest against Bandera, “I’m ready to get another win!”

Coach Cole also chimed in on how district play has had these Hawks improving their season stats when that has not been the case for a long time (ever), “We have a lot of Seniors and they know that every possession matters and everything this season has led up to this point. Our shot quality has been better and by playing 5A and 6A schools that has helped when we got into district play. I don’t care what our pre-district record is because what matters will be those earlier games and how they prepared us for district.”

Canyon Lake’s first round of district games has been on the road and now that will change the next go round but this has been a WOW  of first games with two road wins against the Billies and Texans which are CL’s first time to win those two games on the road in The Lake’s history.

This Friday against Bandera will be a big hurdle since these Bulldogs need a win big time to salvage their season and CL can’t take this contest lackadaisical or they will have a long bus ride home with a missed opportunity.

The win over Fredericksburg would have been a loss last season, as keeping a lead, was the Hawk’s kryptonite then.

It’s time to plant another road flag as this next round will have Canyon Lake with 4 of their last 5 games at the Hawk Nest.

Let’s GO HAWKS!

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                    1  2  3  4  Final
Freddie          12  7  5 23  47
CL Hawks (3-1)   17 12  9 12  50

                            3pt           tot rebounds
                  fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a  s  b to
Jacob Holland       5-13    4-12    2-2   16   1-3   4  3  3  0  0
Jaxson Jeter        1-4     0-1     2-4    4   0-1   1  0  0  1  4
Phoenix Fuentes     0-3     0-1     0-0    0   0-2   2  2  0  0  1
Reese Pipkin        2-4     0-2     2-3    6   0-0   0  1  1  0  4
Carter Williams     6-10    0-0     1-2   13   3-7  10  5  3  1  2
Dalton Stromquist   2-3     0-0     0-0    4   2-4   6  1  0  1  1
Christian Cheatham  2-5     1-2     0-0    5   0-1   1  2  1  0  2
Eli Hammons         1-1     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Totals             19-40    3-12    7-11  50   6-18 24 14  8  3 14
                    48%     25%     64%

Canyon Lake got their 2nd district win after disposing the Navarro Panthers by taking the lead off the tip which was not relinquished for the remainder of this contest.

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Canyon Lake is not finished with their quest in qualifying for a playoff berth as last week’s set back to Davenport has grouped up 3 teams still trying to be to stake a 3rd or 4th place seeding.

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                                                                 TOUCHDOWN HAWKS!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

This week’s recap with two weeks of action remaining has given us a good picture of who will be on the top 4 list of each District 13 & 14 as these two districts will be pitted against each other for that Bi-District first round of post-season play.

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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.

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            QB Ryder Hopper searching for more rushing yardage in Hawk’s win over Somerset.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

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.

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       Linebacker’s Michael Anderson (10) & Eli Hammons bout to devour a Quarterback!    Go Lake!

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.

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     QB Jace Wheeler hands off to Nico Wyckoff in Hawks win over Veterans Memorial.

District 14 play will commence this Thursday when your Hawks and JFK kick-off for games become for keeps.

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Rianna Gonzales concentrates on that next strike for The Lake as they enter final week of non-district battles. Go Lake!!

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.

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