The ReSporter: What are your overall thoughts after District Meet?

GO HAWKS!!

Coach Barthels: “My overall thoughts on the district track meet are that we participated at a much higher level than we have all year.  Other schools did as well, resulting in us placing 4th place instead of first, but we had about 90% of the girls run a better time than they have run all year and that is what is asked of them. “

The ReSporter: Why was our district meet a week earlier than most other districts?

Coach Barthels: “We meet and agree a year in advance as to when we will have district meets.  There is a set date that you must have district finished and if you have bad weather it gets crazy, doing things this way allows more time to get ready for the area and then regional meets as opposed to running district and then the next week have area and then the next week regionals.  It is going to help me as we have a couple of girls banged up right now and this will give us more time to heal and be at our best.”

The ReSporter: When you have two weeks before the next meet what do you do different with the qualifiers?   (more…)

Gavin Dietrich waiting to give a ball a ride in win over Yoakum  (Tysha Dunavant)

                           This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Tue Apr 12         CL Hawks         @    Cuero           6pm    Softball
                    CL Hawks         @    Cuero           7pm    Baseball

 Thu Apr 14         Blanco           @    CL Hawks JV     6pm    Baseball

 Fri Apr 15         Mountain Valley  @    Wimberley       4pm    Track & Field
                    Wimberley        @    CL Hawks        6pm    Softball
                    Wimberley        @    CL Hawks        7pm    Baseball

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Hawk 4×400 relay breaks CL Record with 4:07.85 time Bailey Drum, Skylar Hurst, Emma Gray, Sophia Thorpe

Canyon Lake’s next stop will be Liberty Hill in two weeks for the Area Meet to qualify for Region Meet in Kingsville.

The top 4 in each event got their ticket punched for this chance and the Hawks had several athletes who had personal best finishes which might be an indication that the record breaking might not be finished.

CL’s Boys and Girls both finished in 4th place in their district meet held in Cuero this past Wednesday and Thursday.

Hurdles was the strength of both Boys and Girls as Bailey Drum and Brandon Courtney both lowered their best times in this meet.

Drum had a 36 point meet scoring in all 5 events she entered. that included 3 first place finishes while qualifying for the Area Meet in 4 of those 5 events.

Canyon Lake had points every time Drum walked out to compete, as this future Angelo State Volleyball player proved she can handle track & field too.

With Drum’s 36 points, she passed 200 points for the year and now resides with 213 tallies and more meets ahead for this tireless athlete.

“After all of this, I don’t have a lot of energy left,” Drum noted after her final event. “I honestly did not think I was running that fast and I just attacked every hurdle.”

That last comment was in response to lowering her best 300 meter hurdle race by over 2 seconds.

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                     Hawk Proud

Canyon Lake will embark this Wednesday for their 2 day trek of climbing a hill as both the Boys and

Girls track teams have legitimate chances for claiming a district championship.

This year has seen many firsts for Canyon Lake, as the Volleyball team claimed the first district crown when they finished District 26-4A undefeated.

Football made the playoffs for the 3rd year in a row while both the Boys Basketball and Boys Soccer had good enough seasons to find themselves playing in their first playoff games.

Girl’s Basketball returned to playoff action, after a 5 year hiatus while the Girls Soccer team will continue in their playoff journey going into the 3rd round as they play for an Area Crown on Tuesday.

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                                              Hawk Relay Teams at Texas Relays
Chance Martelli, Heath McDonough, Tanner Faris, Austin Camacho, Brandon Courtney, Haden Lee, (not pictured Lester Boehm

The ReSporter will go over some Track thoughts the next few days as they prepare for next week’s District 26-4A Meet in Cuero.

First off, Canyon Lake has depth and that should translate into more points.

Second off, the Hawks have more Senior participants this year and that has been paying dividends for both the girls’ and boy’s teams.

That has been one of the most disappointing aspects of track as those Seniors usually get a hint of Senioritis and forego the last part of their year not on the cinders or many sports.

The ReSporter’s advice for those young people that read this site, “You only live once and that Senior year can be rewarding to finish your race in grand fashion.”

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Sophomore JC Parrish taking his swings                          (Pictures by Tasha Dunavant) 

                       This Week @ Canyon Lake
 Mon Apr 4       CL Hawks        @     Floresville       All-Day   Boys   Golf
                                       2nd Rd District Play        Girls
                 La Vernia       @     CL Hawks JV       5 & 7pm          Baseball 
                 Yoakum          @     CL Hawks          6pm              Softball

 Tue Apr 5       CL Hawks        @     Gonzales          6pm              Softball
                 Boerne          vs    CL Hawks          7pm       Girls  Soccer
                                       Area Playoffs
                 CL Hawks        @     Gonzales          7pm              Baseball

 Wed Apr 6       CL Hawks        @     Cuero             All-Day          Track
                                       District 26-4A

 Thu Apr 7       CL Hawks        @     Cuero             All-Day          Track
                                       District 26-4A

 Fri Apr 8       Navarro         @     CL Hawks          6pm              Softball
                 Navarro         @     CL Hawks          7pm              Baseball
                 CL Hawks        @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                                       District Meet

 Sat Apr 9       CL Hawks JV     @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                 CL Hawks Var    @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                                       District Meet

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Track and Field Coach Troy Moses

The ReSporter: Right now you are in the midst of figuring out a chess match. What is the biggest challenge as you enter the names for next week’s Meet?
Coach Moses: “This is a unique year, just because we have so many talented young men. The biggest challenge is not knowing what the other schools are going to do!!!! There are so many different scenarios. We just have to go with what we feel will help us get as many points as possible.”

The ReSporter: The scrimmage yesterday hopefully answered some questions for what happens next week, can you give us some idea of how closer you are to figuring out how you will run the Relays vs. Open Events?
Coach Moses: “Our number one goal is to win the Team Championship!! We look to score big points in Open Events first, then place people in relays.” (more…)

                        Go Hawks!!

The ReSporter: This is when you earn the Big Bucks, how hard is it in putting the athletes with the events?

Coach Barthels: “This is the time that we take each girl’s strengths and put them in events that can keep as many girls continuing to the area meet as possible.”

The ReSporter: How do you differentiate between running as an individual vs. putting that person on a relay team?

Coach Barthels: “Everyone wants to win the relays, I am guilty as well, but when you look at numbers and points it gets dicey. Four of your fastest girls can get a total of 20 points on a relay, If you were to use those girls in individual events and could place 1-4 that is worth 28 points…not that you could do that, but it is something I consider when putting girls in events for district. We compare times and combinations of girls that have run the relays and figure which girls can A. Get the points you need and B. Place in the top 4 spots to move on to the next meet. So I have a lot of work to do between now and Sunday when our entries are due.” (more…)

Senior Haden Lee scores points by running, throwing, and jumping.

Canyon Lake Varsity Boys and Girls both were wimmers last Thursday after traveling across the Devil’s Backbone to Wimberley and the Texan Relays.

The Hawks are poised to have their best Track Season as they embark on District 26-4A next week in Cuero.

CL will travel to Dripping Springs tomorrow to get a final idea of how they will go into the fires and bring home two championships next week.

This meet had Navarro and Wimberley in attendance and winning became more of a moral boost.

Navarro Boy’s have had the best 4×400 meter relay team this year and that last race had the Hawks Flying over the Panthers to take first place while the Girls had a 3 second improvement on their 4×400 meter relay event giving them a second place finish.

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Flying High Go HAWKS

Canyon Lake’s Boys and Girls Junior Varsity finished 2nd in last week’s Texan Relays.

The Boys finished with 153 points and the Hawk Ladies had 125 points in their events.

Caimen McDonough continues to impress as he scored 42 points after scoring in all 5 events.

McDonough had 3 first place finishes and 2 second place trophies, he is averaging 33 points per track meet. That was with an 8 point total in the Hawk Relays which was the first one of this year.

This was McDonough second meet with a 42 point total.

Trenton Lorett was next with 21 points as Kenneth Jowers (13), Chance Martelli (12), and Nolan Davila (10) also ended the day in double figures.

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