Isaac Mendez never stops running
Track is off and running as this past week Canyon Lake visited Bastrop competing against many schools with more athletes.
“We were the only 3A school that was at the track meet,” Head Boys Coach Troy Moses parted. “I knew that it was going to be a very fast meet. Our kids competed well and got some good experience running against faster competition.”
Canyon Lake finished 13th out of 16 schools entered into this Meet.
CL Hawk Band would be busy this week with all the events planned.
The Hawks are off and running as this Spring Season has all sports in full gear.
Baseball lead off with some tough competition when the Junior Varsity were on the road in Marble Falls and losing two games. That was not all bad, when the Hawks rebounded in their second game with a two run contest.
This week, CLJV Baseball will be on the road again in Llano with a team in that same classification and hopefully a different result.
Hawk Varsity also started in Marble Falls with four games against some high caliber teams. With each passing game you could see CL start to mature with each bout.
That will be a good thing as this week CL will be playing some more tough competition in the Comal ISD Tournament.
For the next week, ready or not, Canyon Lake starts District 27-3A with a game against Fredericksburg.
Softball also had an up and down week when your Hawks started in Blanco with a loss and then a rebound in Comfort.
This week, Canyon Lake will have their opening game on Tuesday night against Luling. Then on the road again but just for a short distance as the team will start off with three games on Thursday and then back to Blanco for Saturday games.
Soccer is into their district games and the Lady Hawks did win a game that was pivotable for having a chance of making the playoffs. Again this week, a game on Tuesday with Wimberley will be huge in seeing if this Hawk team will be having a chance of continuing there season in a few weeks.
The Hawk’s Boys Soccer team lost a tough game to Seguin, 2-0 which puts pressure for this club beating Wimberley. Last year, Canyon Lake had a big win against the Texans and their game on Tuesday needs to be carried over for another win in order to keep the playoffs in their mirror.
Canyon Lake Track teams started in a very tough Meet in Bastrop last Saturday. The teams in this Meet were all larger than the CL and 10th and 13th place finish for the girls and boys respectfully was not viewed as a bad day.
Christian Dittman was on schedule when he cleared 14’6 and winning that event and now clearing that 15 foot barrier is now a goal for this athlete and continuing a Hawk with a legit chance of going to Regions.
That 14’6 mark beat his personal best of 14’3 cleared last year in the Hawk Relays.
Canyon Lake also had a decent start in Boys Golf and will look to continue their game in Blanco this week.
Skyler Tschoepe shot a 78 that was second best in the Navarro tournament.
The ReSporter will be busy this week as February 28th will also be celebrating the 27th year of marriage to a wonderful life partner.
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This Week at Canyon Lake Time Sport
February 24 CL Hawks JV @ Llano 6:00pm Baseball
CL Hawks Boys Finish 5th in Vaaler Golf Course Golf
February 25 Luling @ CL Hawks JV Cxl Softball
Luling 2 CL Hawks Varsity 13 Softball
CL Hawks Varsity 5 Llano 2 Baseball
Wimberley 1 CL Hawks 2 Girls Soccer
Wimberley 2 CL Hawks 0 Boys Soccer
CL Hawks Girls @ Vaaler Golf Course All Day Golf
February 27 CL Hawks @ Blanco Panther Relays 3:00pm Track
Austin Akins 14 CL Hawks 15 Baseball
Comal ISD Tournament
CL Hawks 6 Johnson City 3 Softball
10 Comfort 0 Softball
4 Harper 10 Softball
Blanco Tournament
Bandera @ CL Hawks 4:15pm Tennis
February 28 Burnet 8 CL Hawks 8 Baseball
Antonian 12 CL Hawks 5 Baseball
Comal ISD Tournament
Schertz Clemens 6 CL Hawks 0 Girls Soccer
CL Hawks 0 Schertz Clemens 6 Boys Soccer
March 1 Lehman @ CL Hawks 5:00pm Baseball
Comal ISD Tournament
CL Hawks @ Blanco Tournament TBA Softball
March 3 CL Hawks Varsity @ Hyde Park 5:00pm Softball
Canyon Lake will be ‘on the road again’ this week as all sporting venues will be out of town except for our Boy’s Soccer
Hawk’s Golf is seeing Birdies this year with some medalist returning after winning two tournaments last year.
team.
This is opening week for several sports as weather has played a major roll with Tennis and other competitive events.
JV Baseball will be opening their curtain in Marble Falls and then the Varsity have a return trip to Marble Falls for a three day tournament all this week.
Canyon Lake’s Baseball Team has finally grown up and this act will be something to hold your hat on as the Hawks will be shooting for more than just finishing the schedule this year.
Both Boy’s and Girl’s Soccer were handed a loss to Schertz Clemens last week by the same score, 4-0. That is not surprising, as Soccer has to play teams that are two classes in size larger each year.
The ReSporter: I was looking at your schedule and you will have 5 meets before district…
Track and Field Coach Troy Moses
Is that enough or would you want more?
Coach Moses: “It depends on how the calendar works out each year. This year, there’s not a lot of time between District, Area, & Regional’s and that is when we want our kids performing their best. So you don’t want to run them too much and have their legs tired when you need them the most.
The ReSporter: You also mentioned that you had approx. 50 students that will be on the team, how and when do you place them in an event?
Coach Moses: “It’s sometimes a hit and miss thing. We put them where we feel they can be successful, and most the times we are right, but sometimes we are wrong. There’s been times we have an injury and we have to put someone in that event to replace them and it turns out that the replacement was better than the first.”
The ReSporter: How much of a say do they have compared to what you see in them?
Coach Moses: “We will try to put them in events that they want to do, but when it comes down to it we are going to put them where: #1 They are going to help the TEAM win, and #2 they can compete.”
The ReSporter: What are your hopes for this year’s squad after a disappointing ending to last season’s district meet?
Coach Moses: “I just want to see our kids work hard and compete to the best of their ability. Track is an individual sport with a TEAM component. The difference is that we have no control over what the other teams do.
The ReSporter: Do you have a feel for what area you might be strongest in? Distance, Field Events, Relays or sprints?
Coach Moses: “If we get the kids out that need to be running we could be very competitive in the relays. I’m not for sure how the field events were last season, but I foresee our field events improving as well.”
The ReSporter has tabulated this past season in District 27-3A team sports by school and as
Daniel Camarillo handing off to Doug Hubnik during the heyday for Boy’s Track and Field
you can see last season was not a banner year for Canyon Lake.
If a school finished first then they garnered 1 point and if a school finished last, then they would accumulate 6 points.
So the school with the least amount of points would be the goal.
Canyon Lake is still looking for their first District 27-3A Title in any sport as their best finish is still a second place finish in their history. (Baseball ’10, Softball ’11, Boys Track ’11 and ’12)
This year the top four teams will be able to punch their ticket for a post season berth and if you used that same criteria for last year, then you will see that your Hawks would of only qualified in one team sport.
Football would of been that sport to qualify for a playoff if this new rule would of been in place.
In all the other team sports your Canyon Lake Hawks best finish was fifth place.
Last season in a word was not a banner year and as this new school season approaches, CLHS will have many opportunities to improve on that record.
Marisa Ellis in a lineup of High Jumpers. Ellis is on the far left side.
Canyon Lake’s Girls Track Team will be a fun team to watch next time around.
There has been a couple of good classes that have filled the tank for this team and next year will certainly be an interesting group to see how they will perform on that big stage.
First things first however and The ReSporter would like to go ahead and jump right into that best Athlete for the Hawks in Track and FIELD.
Kind of already given it away with that ‘Jump’ right into an athlete that would be labeled as the best.
Marisa Ellis has to be a logical choice.
Ellis jumped right into State in both the High Jump and Triple Jump these past two years and has now scored 11 points in State competition.
Ellis raised to a 5’6 High Jump this past month as she was crowned as the best in 3A with that first place finish.
The ReSporter will have just two more articles on our series on All-Time and Spotlight players for
Christian Dittman will be in the Spotlight
Canyon Lake sports.
Track and Field: We will start off with the Boys for this sport.
The All-Time Athlete will be Jordan Anderson. The ReSporter needed to come out with that honor fast since Anderson was very fast.
Anderson during his Junior year had some meets where he was worth 50 points when he got off the bus.
During his Junior year he scored 48 points during the District 27-3A Track Meet and missed placing first in the Long Jump by the width of his index finger which is what he could of used to signify that he was #1.
Look at these Records Anderson has with Canyon Lake’s runner-up in that event.
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All Around Boy’s Athlete was announced at the Spring Sports Banquet last Wednesday
Senior Football/Basketball/Track Doug Hubnik
night and The ReSporter did not find it as a shock when that student was announced.
First off, an award with a name that says All-Round would tell you that the person probably plays more than one sport.
The next thing to take in from that criteria would be, does he have to be the best in each of those fields.
The ReSporter is guessing the answer to that question is no, but you would think that they would be near the top with each game they were playing.
Other items that would go with an award like this goes with things that are not seen by an average fan.
Never late for practice and how they handle themselves around the team and coaches when Mr. or Mrs. Public is not watching.
Senior Doug Hubnik nabbed this accolade as he graciously sauntered down from the stands. But sauntering down is certainly not how he played.
Football—Basketball—Track and Field was those three arenas that Hubnik made his second home these past four years and since The ReSporter likes to expound stats for sports, then get ready to digest some tasty numbers.
Hubnik played defensive back for CL Varsity for three years and had an interception for a touchdown two years ago.
On special teams he had the first touchdown by running back a kick-off in that same game with Luling that his interception return was performed.
Offenively, Hubnik was a go to guy for QB Branson Belcher and finished his career as one of the Hawks all time best.
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Canyon Lake’s Marisa Ellis Standing on Top of the Podium
The Canyon Lake Girls Track Team beat Fredericksburg at the State Track Meet held in Austin last weekend.
The Hawks finished with 10 points while the Billies garnered one point in this contest.
Fredericksburg had won every track meet they had entered during the regular season and also lapped CL during the District 27-3A Meet, 193 to 84 held over a month ago.
But Marisa Ellis had other thoughts as she jumped back over the 5’6 High Jump Bar and not only scored enough points to beat the invincible Billies, but Jumped right into the Canyon Lake’s record books with the first Team or Individual to place first in a State event.
That 5’6 jump was a personal best for Ellis that just so happened to be at the right time and just enough for a win and 10 points for the Hawks.
Ellis was in a zone as she made all her marks without a miss when the field was reduced to five students in this competition as the bar was raised to a 5’8 standard.
Recap: Ellis was at that height without a miss which gave her the championship if she finished tied with any of the other four girls without having any other person clearing the bar.
Each athlete would have three more tries at this new height and now you can see how nerves would be on edge as this event whittled down with each rotation.
“I tried to not be so nervous,” State Champion Ellis said calmly.
There were two girls that had reached heights over this mark so thinking that might happen again was certainly on the minds of all the participants no matter how many misses had occurred at this stage of the high jump event.
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