Canyon Lake began their Dash/Run around the track last night at Blanco Track Meet.

There are several athletes that have a chance in having some good results by the time April rolls around.

Junior Hannah Graves should be in that mix as she had an opportunity to participate in the Regional Meet in Corpus Christi last year as a Sophomore in the 800 Meter Run.

Graves ran a 2:36.25 in that meet trying to qualify for the finals. She had a best of 2:27.78 during her season and if Graves can improve, then a chance for meets later in the season is in her future.

“I felt really good,” Graves started. “With it being cold, I was surprised on how I felt going into my race.”

Graves will also be trying to increase her work load this season as she also runs the 400 Meter Dash and will add a Relay to her repertoire.

“I had a good pace but I really want to build my speed and running the 400 should help my 800,” Graves said strategically.

Distance runner or Dash runner, Graves will be on both sides of that fence as Track terminology seems to mention anything under a 800 Meter run as a Dash and any run over that distance will be classified as a Run.
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Track Season will open today in Blanco Stadium at 3:30pm.

Canyon Lake has been more consistent and competitive in Track than any other sport.

The Hawks have finished 2nd in District Meet the last two seasons and will be wanting to continue that trend as this season gets into the starting blocks.

Track season cannot be mentioned without mentioning Senior Jordan Anderson who can many times be worth 40-50 points per meet.

This young man scored 48 points in last year’s District Track Meet and will look to continue to be that athlete trying to best previous marks.

To put this in a different motif, Anderson scored 48 points and Bandera had 42 in last year’s District 27-3A Track Meet.

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 Feb. 25th
            Golf Boys    Vaaler Creek Tournament Hawks finished 4th
 Feb. 26th  JV Softball  Luling       14  Canyon Lake    7
            Softball     Canyon Lake  16  Luling        11
            Soccer Boys  Wimberley     2  Canyon Lake    0
            Soccer Girls Canyon Lake   0  Wimberley      0
            Baseball     Canyon Lake   8  Lago Vista     6
 Feb. 27th  Tennis       Canyon Lake   8  Blanco         2  (Matches)
 Feb. 28th  Track        CL Boys Varsity 2nd, Girls Varsity 4th,
                         JV Boys 6th, JV Girls 1st. Finishes in Blanco
            Baseball     Lehman        2  Canyon Lake    1
            Baseball     Canyon Lake   7  EP Parkland    3
            Softball     Canyon Lake   7  Johnson City   1
            Softball     Canyon Lake   2  Hondo          0
 Mar. 1st   Baseball     St. Michael's 4  Canyon Lake    3
            Soccer Boys  Clemens       2  Canyon Lake    0
            Soccer Girls Clemens       6  Canyon Lake    0
 Mar. 2nd   Softball     Canyon Lake   @  Blanco Tournament 12:00Noon
            Baseball     Canyon Lake  vs. Burbank           12:00Noon
 Mar. 4th   Softball     Hyde Park     @  Canyon Lake        6:00pm
            JV Baseball  Canyon Lake   @  Wimberley          6:30pm

Canyon Lake will be baseball central this week as your Hawks will entertain four teams from around the state for the Comal ISD Tournament. There will other games played at the Hawk field so if you want to take in other games, then contact Comal Athletic Department.

The Hawks had a decent week of games with a couple of run ruled games in the Lockhart Tournament and also a good competitive game with Marble Falls on opening night.

This is not the same team that has graced Hawk Field in recent years as both Varsity and JV are having some great results with depth out the wazoo.

The Varsity finished their tournament 3-0 by winning Saturday over Austin Lanier.

CLJV baseball team had a win over Wimberley on Friday night and have several players that deserve some attention.

Girls Soccer also had a significant win this past week taking on and beating Seguin, 4-0. Soccer does not have as many teams as other sports so CL plays in a 4A division with other brought up 3A squads.

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The ReSporter: You seemed really excited after the end of last season having several athletes with another year of experience. Is that still a sense of expectations as you prepare for this Track Season?

Coach Lambert: “Yes it is. We had a very strong young team last year and we are looking forward to having them back this season. We have some upper classman that are showing great enthusiasm for this season and are lookig to spread that enthusiasm with the entire team once we have everyone there together.”

The ReSporter: You have had two girls advance to State in each of the last two seasons. How does that help in motivation for this year’s squad, especially since Marisa is returning this season?

Coach Lambert: “It really shows the other girls how hard you have to work to make it to the state meet, but it also shows them that they too have a chance to make it to state so they are willing to put the work in to be the best.”

The ReSporter: You have some speed with several Ninth graders last season that finished second in District in the 4×100 and 4×200. How many of these athletes will make a jump to Varsity?
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Canyon Lake had several sports banquets last week and The ReSporter would like to give you the scoop on who did what.

Last Thursday night CL had golf, baseball, and track teams in attendance at the Hawk gym, where the coaches and parents had the opportunity to hear about their sons and daughters and give them the accolades that were well deserved.

BASEBALL:

“Future looks bright,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant started as he rallied the team for their awards. “This was the hardest working group and it looks very promising for next year. Senior night went very fast with only one player. We are very young and I’m excited for next year.”
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Canyon Lake has another first when both Jordan Anderson and Marisa Ellis

placed sixth in their respective events this past weekend in Austin for the 3A-State Track Meet.

Marisa Ellis’ event (Triple Jump) was scheduled for Friday night and Ellis responded with a sixth place finish. Her 36-00.50, jump was off her previous best mark in the Region Meet two weeks ago, but the Junior can now concentrate on next season knowing what is possible as a Senior.

In our article earlier last week, you would have read where Ellis is not going to scratch and she followed through with her performance and not having a scratch on any of her jumps.

Ellis first jump was 34-07.75 and that had her in sixth place after the first round, where she ended up after her sixth jump.

The jump that solidified her placing was on her fourth try when she cleared 35-04.75, which had her a full foot further than the other three participants vying for placing in this event.

Ellis had her personal best jump two weeks ago when she cleared 37-04.50 in Corpus Christi.

This was the second year in a row for Canyon Lake Girls to score points at the State Track Meet. Jessica Cunningham competed in the Pole Vault last year for the Hawks.

Jordan Anderson was also scoring for the Hawks as this Junior improved his 400 Meter Dash time by almost a full second from his previous record two weeks ago in Corpus.
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Bracken Christian took 12 athletes to Waco last weekend for the TAPPS State Track

Meet and finished within the top 10 in both the girls and boys team.

Grady Achilles came into the meet with the goal of defending his 100 and 200 Meter Dash. For the third time!

Mission accomplished, as the Senior finished his athletic  career for BCS as one if not the best male athlete for the Warriors.

“Grady has determination,” Head Coach Terri Sanders said. “He is very confident in his ability.”

Achilles seemed to be reaching this year’s meet without the consistency he had enjoyed in previous State Meets.
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The ReSporter: What does it mean for this program to finally have that first athlete

(Jordan Anderson) break through the barrier and get to Austin?

Coach Levi Montgomery: “Jordan is a very talented young man. His work ethic matched his talent this season, and he deserves the success he has had. His going to the state meet is another first for Hawk Athletics, and we are proud of him.”

The ReSporter: Share some about the Seniors and what you would like the fans and other students to know about their years at CL.

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Marisa Ellis will be Canyon Lake’s second participant for Boys and Girl’s Track Team

this week as she attempts to Triple Jump her way for a medal in Austin.

Marisa, at our last writing was on a mission to have a personal best jump and clear the 37 foot mark. The distance had haunted this Junior for two years when she went to the Region Meet as a Freshman for Midlothian jumping just shy of that mark.

The distance was finally reached on her second to last jump in last weeks Region Meet in Corpus Christi when she hit 37’4.5”.

“I had jumped 36’8” and was in first for a while,” Ellis recounted. “Then two girls beat my jump on the second to last jump and I was in third.”

No pressure for Ellis as she still had two more jumps to get into second or first place and make the next round in Austin.
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Jordan Anderson has scored 250 points for the Hawks this Track Season.

That number could of been higher if he competed in all the events he was qualified to run in Corpus Christi Regional Meet last week.

So seven meets and 250 points with one more chance to add to that total this next week in Austin. Pretty impressive for any athlete.

“I felt myself breaking down,” Anderson started. “So, I decided to put all my eggs in two baskets, the 400 and High Jump.”

Anderson had qualified for five events and before the Regional Meet he had whittled down his events to only two the 400 Meter Dash and High Jump.

The prelims in the Regional Meet would have the participants running just once and based on their time, they would know if they would get to run in the finals the next day.

In Anderson’s heat he found himself in sixth place and he had to wake up in time to be able to qualify for the finals.
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