CL Hawks might be seeing this portrait for many Meets this year, as Skylar Hurst and Audrey Schulze take the podium. (photo by Karen Holmes)

The ReSporter: This will be the most anticipated Track Season for the ladies in the past 10 years….give us a reason to be excited.

Coach Barthels: “For starters we only graduated 4 seniors last year. The track program as a whole has slowly, but surely been improving each of the past few years. We have had some individuals that have done well in the past, but this year we have more athletes that are dedicated to the program and the word is spreading that we can compete with anyone we run against.” (more…)

Canyon Lake High School Defensive End Richard Rosas (#90) corrals the Taylor High School running back.                     (mjrphotog.com)

Canyon Lake had a successful first half of the year with CL’s Football team taking the next step with a 2nd round win during the playoffs that had this team playing on the first day of December which is a big step for the Hawks.

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Carley Dubois passing the Baton to Alysha Perez at Area Meet.    (photo by Karen Holmes)

Canyon Lake’s Track & Field Team will be next on the Best Of Countdown. There are some liberties taken in doing a series of articles of this magnitude.

First, there will be those who felt other games should have been on the list and another subject is where on the list those events rank.

Second, it is hard to put track athletes as a team when so many of the components are based on individuals coming together for amassing points.

Third, is a simple idea that you only know what you saw and many of the sports do not have the whole Hawk Nation in tune with games that were not on anyones radar.

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CL Hawks might be seeing this portrait for many future Meets as Skylar Hurst and Audrey Schulze take the podium.                      (photo by Karen Holmes)

The Track Season came to a close as Canyon Lake failed to have any of their Region Meet qualifiers able to make another step to the State Meet held in Austin this week.

That is not to say that this year’s version of Track & Field was a flop, but a quite different sensation for the Hawk athletes as there were many firsts for this season that will make next year’s season a, ‘can’t wait’, aspect.

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Lester Boehm will be at it again this Week-End in Kingsville                                  (photo by Karen Holmes)

Track Regional Meet for the Guys

Canyon Lake will be taking 11 Hawksters to Region !V track meet to be held in Kingsville on April 28-29 for a chance for competing in State.

Competition will be tough for the Boys as there are several teams and athletes that have put up some good times and distances.

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                                               Skylar Hurst is Focused          (photo Karen Holmes)

Track Regional Meet for the Ladies

Canyon Lake has had a few State qualifiers in the past and on the girls side, Marisa Ellis, not only made that final meet but came away as the High Jump Champion that season.

The Region Meet will be a two day event this April 28-29 in Kingsville, Texas.

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                                                       Canyon Lake will need a Bigger Bus for Region Meet

Canyon Lake upgraded their vehicle from a Van to a Bus this year for Track & Field as the Hawks qualified 19 athletes and will be on the road for their next round in Kingsville on April 28-29.

The Hawk Ladies keep climbing as they finished in 2nd Place for the Area Meet and now have two Meets in a row where they have had their best ever finish.

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Alysha Perez is ready for fast times at Area Meet

Canyon Lake will be hosting the Area Track Meet this Wednesday as the Hawk Ladies will be searching a chance for another meet in Kingsville if they can qualify with a 4th place or better.

This Area Meet will consist of District 28-4A and District 27-4A schools after the athletes qualified with a 4th or better time, throw, or jump in their district meets two weeks ago.
“I am very optimistic in having the largest number of qualifiers to make it to the regional meet in my 4 years of being the head girls coach,” John Barthels stated. “The girls are working hard every day to get better and to have their best times and distances of the year happen on Wednesday at home at the area track meet.”

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Skylar Hurst will have 5 events to add more points in next week’s Area Meet

Skylar Hurst continues her quest for taking first place as she has a clear vision of Bailey Drum and needing 23 more points to realize that goal.

Hurst will be entered in 5 events in next week’s Area Meet at the Hawk Nest and that would be a good time to come out and see this young lady as well as both the Boys and Girls that qualified after completing in the District 28-4A Meet at Fredericksburg last week.

There will be several Hawks that will be in the running for a trip to Kingsville for the Region Meet to be held the end of April.
Caimen McDonough has one of the best 300 meter hurdle times and Heath McDonough will have a chance of making another trip with his High Jump event.

The Girl’s 4×100 relay team will see if they can make it around the track as they too, have whittled down there time and will try to continue their trek.

Carley Dubois, Alysha Perez, Audrey Schulze, and Madison Churbe will attempt to break the 50 second barrier as these speedsters set their sights on Kingsville.

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State High Jump Champion Marisa Ellis in a lineup. Ellis is on the far left side.

Canyon Lake All-Time Track & Field athletes are below and The ReSporter will have the Hawks that are in the Top Ten for points accumulated for their career and for this past season later this week.

The ReSporter hopes you enjoy seeing these students and how well they have performed over the years.

Go Hawks!!

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