GO HAWKS!!

Canyon Lake had a decent day on the track this past Saturday as the Varsity and Junior Varsity finished 3rd amongst some very large schools.

 Final Results: Boys Junior Varsity          Boys Varsity
 Dripping Springs           130              Dripping Springs            135
 Hays                       103              Hays                        129
 CL Hawks                    69              CL Hawks                     65.5
 San Marcos                  68              San Marcos                   62
 Wimberley                   57              Wimberley                    49
 Lockhart                    55              Central Tex Christian School 46
 Luling                      39              Austin Akins                 44.5
 Bandera                     30              Luling                       37
 Central Tex Christ School   20              Bandera                      30
 Austin Akins                17              Lockhart                     21
 Austin Eastside             12              Austin Eastside               1
 Austin Royals               10              Austin Royals                 0
 CL Hawks Green              10              CL Hawks Green                0
 Comfort                      0              Comfort                       0
 SMACC                        0              SMACC                         0
 Lockhart B                   0              Lockhart B                    0

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Graduate Mariah Ellis made her mark in more than just one event

The ReSporter: What aspect of this year’s team do you think will be the strongest and why?
Coach Barthels: “I think we will be strong in the hurdles and the relays this year.”

The ReSporter: What about the Field Events?

Coach Barthels: “We have some returning throwers that should get us some points this year and a few Freshman and first year track girls that may help us in the throwing department. Bailey Drum will compete and has a shot at making it to regionals if not state this year in the triple jump. Emma Gray, when basketball season is over should help us in high jump and long/triple jump. Skylar Hurst came on and made it to the area meet in triple jump last year so expectations are that she will also improve this year. Addison Farley has been working on the high jump and long jump and is doing quite well for a first time track athlete as a senior, I am excited to see what she and the others that are new to track can do for our team.”

The ReSporter: Tell us about the Hurdles?

Coach Barthels: “Bailey Drum and Sydney Reibschlaeger should be very competitive this year in both the 100 and 300M hurdles. I only have two other hurdlers so I am working on converting some of the sprinters.”

The ReSporter: Give us your Short Distance (Dash) athletes.

Coach Barthels: “Alysha Perez and Skylar Hurst will compete after good seasons in both the 100 and 200 M Dash. We had some great runners last year with a young JV team and depending on times they may compete this year as Varsity runners or will continue to strive on the JV team. Kaylie Duke, Ashley Shipman, Jasmine Ramos…”

The ReSporter: Can you share anything bout the Long Distance runners? (more…)

Micah St. John looks to help Canyon Lake clear some hurdles.

The ReSporter was able to catch up with Boys Track & Field Head Coach Troy Moses to talk about this upcoming season and expectations.

The ReSporter: What are your overall thoughts on this year’s team?

Coach Moses: “We were very young last year, so I feel this could be a banner year.   If we can stay healthy and develop some points in the field events.”

The ReSporter: You have had an influx of some good looking athletes in these past couple of years what are your aspirations on this group this season?

Coach Moses: “The sky is the limit for this group.   Our goal is to win the District Championship.”

The ReSporter: Your Hurdle students looked very good as the season closed last year. How will you maximize that group and what are your thoughts on Brandon Courtney as he will try to repeat an Austin visit?

Coach Moses: “Our hurdlers are the strength of the team.  We have several young men that have proven to be very competitive.  Courtney had a great sophomore year, I think he has the ability to make it back to Austin in 3 events!!” (more…)

Senior Mike Thorpe sets his sights on a Goal as CL prepares to open district play this Friday with Boerne                                                        (Picture by Lynne Carpenter)

                                 This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Feb 16   CL Hawks Fresh     @      Yoakum               500pm  Boys   Basketball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Burnet               500pm         Softball
          Canyon             @      CL Hawks JV          500pm  Boys   Soccer
          CL Hawks JV        @      Burnet               500pm         Baseball
          Burnet             @      CL Hawks             500pm         Baseball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Yoakum               615pm  Boys   Basketball
          La Vernia          @      CL Hawks             700pm  Girls  Soccer
          CL Hawks Var       @      Burnet               700pm         Softball
          Liberty Hill       vs     CL Hawks             700pm  Girls  Basketball
                             @      Lake Travis High School     Playoffs
          CL Hawks Var       @      Yoakum               730pm  Boys   Basketball

 Feb 18   CL Hawks JV        @      Matador Invitational               Tennis
                                    Seguin
          CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    8:00am and 2:00pm

 Feb 19   CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    10:00 am and 2:00pm
          CL Hawks Var       @      Matador Invitational               Tennis
                                    Seguin
          CL Hawks           @      Marion               430pm         Baseball
          CL Hawks JV        @      Boerne               500pm  Girls  Soccer
          Boerne             @      CL Hawks JV          500pm  Boys   Soccer
          CL Hawks Var       @      Boerne               700pm  Girls  Soccer
          Boerne             @      CL Hawks Var         700pm  Boys   Soccer

 Feb 20   CL Hawks           @      Huber Ranch Navarro Tourney        Softball
                                    8:00am and 12:00 noon
          CL Hawks Relays Track & Field                  AllDay        Track

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                             Hawks Celebrate in one of their 33 Victories this season.

The Fall Season of 2015 had an historic moment as the CL Volleyball team pulled off a District Championship which was the first for the Hawk Nation.

If you were looking at teams for Canyon Lake and projecting the first team to get to that feat, then Volleyball would have been near the bottom as the Hawk District has been controlled by Wimberley and seeing a team upend their streak of District Championships would have been a hard sell.

Yes, Wimberley did not have a vintage year but CL’s Volleyball team would also reach the highest State Ranking for any sport when they topped out at No. 7 during this season.

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Brandon Courtney taking a break during workouts

Then there was 1 athlete still working hard on his skill set as Brandon Courtney qualified for the State 4A Track Meet in Austin this weekend.

Courtney had a PR (Personal Best) finishing second in the Region Track Meet last weekend as this Sophomore continues to whittle down his CL best time for the 300 Meter Hurdles.

Courtney’s time of 39.56 is now right at 3 seconds better than Karl Tucker’s 42.23 that he ran Region Meet back in 2010.

 Top 10 300 Meter Hurdles
     name                    time             when
  1. Brandon Courtney        39.56            2015 Region Meet
  2. Karl Tucker             42.23            2010 Region Meet
  3. Joe Marple              42.26            2015 JV District Meet
  4. Dakota Repa             42.32            2011
  5. Luke Steward            42.44            2011
  6. Chandler Faulkner       42.50            2012
  7. Gerrit Wilkins          43.81            2015 JV District Meet
  8. Devin Coco              45.38            2014
  9. Alex Martinez           45.66            2013
 10. Todd Pippin             45.72            2010

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Jordan Anderson beating the field in Wimberley during his Sophomore season

All-Hawk Track Team

This will be fun as each athlete can only be entered in 5 events just like Coach Troy Moses and Coach John Barthels would need to do in entering his players before a meet.

There are also just three entrants for each event. On the girls side, The ReSporter, needed to take certain girls off an event since some of their runs would put them over that 5 event limit.

Mariah Ellis comes to mind as she is in the top three, counting Relays, six times and so there are some events The Resporter went to the next best time. Caitlyn Collins was another athlete that was in the top three multiple times.

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Hawk Crawfish Boil will be having their event this coming Saturday!!

This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Mon Apr 27    Gonzales   @   CL Hawks JV                Baseball   5 & 7pm

 Tue Apr 28    Gonzales   @   CL Hawks Varsity           Baseball   7:00 pm

 Fri May 1     CLHS       @   Kingsville Region Meet     Track      All-Day

 Sat May 2     MVMS       @   CHMS                       Baseball   11:00am
               MVMS       @   CHMS  vs. Church Hill      Baseball   1:00 pm
               MVMS       @   CHS   vs. Spring Branch    Softball   9:00 am
               MVMS       @   CHS   vs. Church Hill      Softball   Noon

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Hawks dominate in the Hurdles

Canyon Lake now has two athletes continuing into the Region Meet in Kingsville as Bailey Drum and Brandon Courtney punched their ticket in the hurdle events.

Drum placed with a 4th place finish in the 100 Meter Hurdles, while Courtney qualified with his personal best 300 Meter Hurdle run finishing with 39.68 time and a second place finish.

Region Meet will be run May 1-2 at Kingsville A&M on Friday and Saturday.

The other Hawk Athletes performed admirable as they finish out this track season.

In both 4×400 Meter Relay races, the Hawk’s Boys and Girls improved their time and the Girls had a Hawk Record when they passed by the finish line, 4:09.66 beating the 2013 Hawk Mile Relay team by almost a full second.

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Track Season is in their phase of Playoffs, as the Hawk Boy’s and Girl’s Team will take the stage in the Area Track Meet featuring District 25-4A and 26-4A schools on Thursday.

The Hilltop ReSporter had an opportunity to talk to several of the students that will be competing and will share their thoughts going into this meet that will give them a chance to showcase their skills in Kingsville for the Region Meet.

Austin Camacho will be running 800 Meters for a chance to reach Regions

The ReSporter caught up with Austin Camacho first.

The ReSporter: Hey Austin, what are you trying to hit time wise on your first lap?

Austin Camacho: “You’ve got to think smart when running and I will have three coaches giving me times while I am running, but I would like to finishing the first lap with a 60 or 61 seconds, but the coaches are giving me times at the 100 and 200 marks and I like having a pace and time at those places.”

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