Paige Bower getting her point across.           (Picture by Karen Holmes)

By Karen Russell Holmes

Canyon Lake varsity volleyball headed across The Backbone once again to face the Wimberley Texans, Friday night, that sent the Texans packing for new territory.

In the first match the Lady Hawks stormed the court quickly dispatching the score to a 10-4 lead. Alysha Perez came into the game and immediately spiked her way to bring the score to 11-5. The Texans only had one player with the kind of height usually seen in Wimberley, but she was quickly shut down by Hawk blockers, Anna Bettersworth and Paige Bower.

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     Adia Garcia takes control of the net in win over Akins

By Karen Russell Holmes

Akins Eagles flew into the Hawks lair last night only to find the smaller raptor ready for the kill. Calm, cool and collected, the junior varsity volleyball team swept the Eagles in two matches for the game.

In match one, consistency and methodology kept the Lady Hawks in the lead the entire round. The Eagles could only come within three points of them. Nothing Akins did could ruffle the Hawks feathers. Raegan Cowan, Audrey Schultz and Eden Farley were money at the net. Nothing dropped to the court with Mariah Haight running the show as labero in the back court with the digging help of Tyler Hollums and Tilly Giammalva. Canyon Lake won with a solid 25-19 score.

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                        Hawks Freshman after winning Gold Bracket Consolation at Tex-Fest

Canyon Lake Freshman continue a season filled with wins as they continued their Gold Consolation Tournament victory in the Tex-Fest last weekend to a win over 6A Austin Akins, 25-5 and 25-14.

In that first set, Cassidy Felps had 4 aces as the Hawks zoomed out for a 11-1 lead that would only get worse for the Akins Eagles.

On that first serve, CL, also was helped by two kills from Caroline Kullberg and one kill by a hit from Taylor Fillinger.

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Junior Middle Blocker Anna Bettersworth

Canyon Lake Hawks were stronger than the Akins Eagles as the Home Team won for the first time this year in the Nest.

CL last played at home on August 6th and finally returned home for a game and on this night a win beating the Eagles, 25-16, 25-13, and 25-18.

The win improves Canyon Lake’s record to 18-9 and 5-4 against 6A schools this year.
Akins came out of the chute playing a good set as each team could not get more than a 1 point lead until Regan Mickey started the second rotation with a Hawk, 10-9 lead. The Hawks would score on every service but one for the rest of this set to get the separation needed for a 9 point victory.

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Caimen McDonough getting a Block FG during Giddings game.  (mjrphotog.com)

                               This Week   @   Canyon Lake

 Sept. Tuesday  13     Austin Akins        @   CL Hawks Freshman     5pm      Volleyball
                       Austin Akins        @   CL Hawks JV           5pm      Volleyball
                       Austin Akins        @   CL Hawks              6pm      Volleyball

 Sept. Thursday 15     Boerne              @   CL Hawks              4pm      Tennis   
                      *CL Junior Varsity   @   Wimberley JV          6pm      Football
                       CL Hawks Freshman   @   Wimberley Freshman    7pm      Football

 Sept. Friday   16     CL Hawks Freshman   @   Wimberley Freshman    5pm      Volleyball
                       CL Hawks JV         @   Wimberley JV          5pm      Volleyball
                       CL Hawks            @   Wimberley             6pm      Volleyball
                      *CL Hawks            @   Wimberley             730pm    Football

 Sept. Saturday  17    CL Hawks            @   TLU Bulldog Meet       am      Cross Country
                       Bandera             @   CL Hawks             10am      Tennis
                       CLJV & Fresh        @   Smithson Valley Tourn  tba     Volleyball

 * Indicates Games being Broadcast on CBL 30 minutes before Kick-Off (Canyon Lake Broadcasting)

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Senior Zoe Edwards and Sophomore Paige Bower with a Block        (picture by Phil Melone)

                        Volleyball Standings & Results-Schedule
                   Team              W    L    Pct
                   CL Hawks         19    9   .679
                   Boerne           18   12   .600
                   Bandera          17   12   .586
                   Fredericksburg   16   18   .471
                   Hondo             9   14   .391

                   This Week’s Games:
                   Sept. 13       CL Hawks        3    Austin Akins    0
                                  SA Antonian     3    Boerne          0
                                  SA Holy Cross   3    Fredericksburg  0
                                  Poteet          3    Hondo           0
                                  La Vernis       3    Bandera         1

                   Sept. 16       CL Hawks        3    Wimberley       1
                                  Boerne Geneva   @    Hondo
                                  Fredericksburg  3    Devine          2
                                  SA Jefferson    0    Boerne          3
                                  Bandera         3    Pleasanton      0

                   Last Friday’s Results:
                                  Navarro        3     CL Hawks        1
                                  SA Madison     3     Boerne          0
                                  Fredericksburg 3     Wimberley       1
                                  St. Marys Hall 3     Hondo           0
                                  Bandera        3     Gonzales        0
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Faith Hasness is about to have a kill down the line.                             (picture by Phil Melone)

The ReSporter: What are your thoughts as you start a regiment of games with some good competition and what you want to see from this year’s team?

Coach Paisley: “I’m excited to get these tough preseason matches started as we approach our district schedule in the next 3 weeks. It will be more great preparation for the record that counts!”

The ReSporter: How is your rotation and how much do you see changing before district schedule starts?

Coach Paisley: “We have a solid 4-5 consistent players/positions, but I’d like to know who WANTS the 2 outside rotations. I will comtinue rotating players in and out until someone claims the spot with stats and consistency.” (more…)

Sr. Brandon Courtney has Raiders looking up after reception.      ([email protected])

                                     This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Tuesday  September   6   CL Hawks Freshman    2    La Grange       0          Volleyball
                          CL Hawks Varsity     3    La Grange       1          Volleyball
                          CL Hawks JV          2    La Grange       0          Volleyball

 Thursday September   8   CL Hawks 9th & JV    @    Wimberley       TBA        Volleyball
                                                    Tex-Fest Tournament
                          Giddings MS          @    MVMS 7th B      4:30pm     Football
                          Giddings MS          @    MVMS 7th A      5:45pm     Football
                                         Games @ Mtn. Valley
                          Giddings MS          @    MVMS 8th B      4:30pm     Football
                          Giddings MS          @    MVMS 8th A      5:45pm     Football
                                         Games @ CLHS
                          CL Hawks Freshman    @    Giddings        7:00pm     Football
                         *CL Hawks JV          @    Giddings        7:00pm     Football

 Friday  September   9    CL Hawks JV          @    Navarro         4:30pm     Volleyball
                          CL Hawks Varsity     @    Navarro         5:30pm     Volleyball
                          CL Hawks Freshman    @    Navarro         6:30pm     Volleyball
                         *Giddings Buffaloes   @    CL Hawks        7:30pm     Football

 Saturday September 10    CL Hawks             @    Liberty Hill        am     Cross Country
                          CL Hawks 9th & JV    @    Wimberley       TBA        Volleyball
                                                    Tex-Fest Tournament
 * Games to be Broadcast Live Stream on CLB that can be found on this Site
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Libero Sam York getting a key save in win over Marion                                 (picture by Phil Melone)

              Volleyball Standings and Schedule

              Team              W   L     Pct
              CL Hawks         17   8    .680
              Boerne           17  10    .630
              Bandera          15  11    .577
              Fredericksburg   14  17    .452
              Hondo             9  12    .429

              This Week’s Games
              September 6th    CL Hawks       3   La Grange     1
                               Boerne         3   SA Christian  1
                               Fredericksburg 1   Liberty Hill  3
                               Bandera        3   Jourdanton    1
                               Harper         2   Hondo         3

              September 9th    CL Hawks       @   Navarro
                               SA Madison     @   Boerne
                               Wimberley      @   Fredericksburg
                               Bandera        @   Gonzales
                               Hondo          @   St. Mary’s Hall

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Back Row (from left to right), Eden Farley, Mariah Haight, and Tyler Hollums          (picture by Phil Melone)

The Volleyball Sub-Varsity Teams did their patented sweep again as there was no prisoners taken as both the JV and Freshman
took care of their matches in short order.

That was a good thing as the crowd would not know the Varsity would inject some drama with their match by going 5 games later that evening.

The Hawk Freshman team was first, winning with a methodical, 25-14 and 25-08 score.

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