Bailey Drum signing for a chance to play at Angelo State University

Bailey Drum signed her letter of intent to attend Angelo State University with a Volleyball scholarship earlier this year.

Drum will be going to Ram country this next Fall to continue her dream sport of Volleyball.

Angelo State had a 33-6 record last season after going 3 rounds in the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Rams will be graduating just 3 seniors on last year’s team as Drum will be thrown into the fire quickly for her first year of competition.

Drum finished her career at Canyon Lake with some impressive numbers.

                             all-time top 3
            kills                           aces
            Bailey Drum       1199          Hannah Wunderlich      110
            Addison Farley     808          Bailey Drum            100
            Amber Ramsey       629          Hayley Melone           90

            blocks                          digs
            Bailey Drum         82          Hayley Melone         1031
            Alexis Robinson     77          Bailey Drum            837
            Emma Gray           67          Regan Mickey           674

                              top 3 2015 season
            kills                           aces
            Bailey Drum        449          Bailey Drum             51
            Addison Farley     371          Hannah Wunderlich       47
            Emma Gray          119          Alexis Robinson         44

            blocks                          digs
            Emma Gray           67          Sam York               397
            Bailey Drum         50          Bailey Drum            292
            Alexis Robinson     49          Regan Mickey           244

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Coach Paisley doing what she does best: Motivate

The ReSporter: What do you do different this year compared to last year when you had so many girls that had so much experience?

Coach Paisley: “Well, no matter what group you have and how experienced they are, we give them every opportunity and push them to be the best they can be. We lost 7 seniors after this season, but we as coaches will challenge and push our athletes to be the competitive athletes. We are never the exact same year to year, and we have a totally new dynamic of a team this upcoming season. We will be teaching on a more tactical level with game situations and really express the “why’s” behind what we are teaching.”

The ReSporter: What have you seen so far that has made you say this could be another good year?

Coach Paisley: “We are the same Hawk team as far as expectations are concerned, but I have seen some great strides the girls have made through the offseason and club season. We really do have some great returners and some great kids that are up to the challenge filling in the holes left by this past year’s seniors.” (more…)

                          Hawks will soon be back in action in 8 more months.

Coaches Corner with Volleyball’s Kim Paisley

The ReSporter: I guess the only way to start this article is ask, what happened?

Coach Paisley: “I think we had a little pressure in knowing we had to win this game and I honestly feel we were the better team but they (Sealy) played better as a team.”

The ReSporter: There were still several good things that happened this year…

Coach Paisley: “This was one heck of a season and I am proud of the team but we will now move on and learn from it.”

The ReSporter: Now you must say good bye to the seniors. (more…)

                          Volleyball says Thanks to all the supporters this season!!

The sting is hopefully fading away after Canyon Lake’s Volleyball team were upset by Sealy last week in the second round of the UIL Playoffs.

Yes, there were stunned faces exiting the facilities as the Hawks had fashioned some impressive numbers for their season which gave the CL family thoughts of an expected win as they took the court.

Phrases like, that is why they play the game, became more poignant as this team had something all of the other Hawk Sport playoff teams have never possessed.

Being favored to win the game over their opponent during the playoff atmosphere.

Don’t get this wrong, Canyon Lake’s football team has been there, but on the other side of this pendulum during their playoff history, as their first round of playoff games have all come as an underdog to the sports community.

In those second round football games, the Hawks have been a participant on the undercard as there have been two of those second round contests, CL, almost pulled off what the Sealy Tiger team did with your Volleyball Hawks.

So, with knowing the differences you might now understand how hurt and disappointed this game would be for the young ladies who had given everything and worked non-stop for a year to be put in a this lofty position of being the favored school.

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            Canyon Lake’s Student Body is all in for this year’s Volleyball Team

Assessing the field after the first round of games as Canyon Lake prepares for Sealy this Friday at Cedar Creek High School with a 6:00pm start.

Things we know? A repeat from last year’s Area game as Sealy met Canyon Lake and swept the Hawks, 3-0.

But that will not mean the same result this season. In that game last season, Sealy was the top seed after winning their district while CL tied with Navarro and was awarded the second seed to start their bracket play.

So, yes, these are the same schools but they have switched seeding positions.

Sealy lost their one game tilt with Columbus after both schools finished their district tied with one loss.

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                 Canyon Lake has their game face in Win over Taylor

The Ducks could not land on Canyon Lake as the Hawks swept Taylor, 25-19, 25-11, and 25-11 on Monday night at Lehman High School.

The Sixth Ranked CL Hawks won their first playoff game over the Ducks as they will now wait for tomorrow’s game between Sealy and Brazosport.

Canyon Lake is now District and Bi-District Champions as these games start having much more riding on them.

In that first set, Taylor did make a wake-up call as CL had a 5 serve rally for Addison Farley which put the Hawks up, 16-8.

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      Head JV Coach Megan Helmey giving serving instructions to a Hawk Server

               This Week      @      Canyon Lake

 Monday   Nov 2   CL Hawks   Beat    Taylor (25-19, 25-11, 25-11)  Volleyball

 Thursday Nov 5   CL Fr       @      Boerne              7:00pm    Football
                  Boerne JV   @      CLJV                7:00pm    Football
                  CL Gold     @      San Marcos          7:00pm    Football
  
 Friday   Nov 6   CL Hawks    vs.    Sealy               6:00pm    Volleyball
                  CL Hawks    @      Boerne              7:30pm    Football

 Saturday Nov 7   Crockett    @      CL Hawks Var/JV/Fr 10:00am    Basketball
                                     (Girls Scrimmage)

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  Alexis Robinson getting it done against Gobblers

 
Final District 26-4A Standings and Playoff Schedule
 Season       W   L    Pct            District      W   L    Pct
 CL Hawks    33   8   .805            CL Hawks     12   0  1.000
 Navarro     36  10   .783            Navarro      10   2   .818
 La Vernia   24  19   .558            La Vernia     7   5   .583
 Cuero       18  17   .514            Wimberley     6   6   .500
 Wimberley   17  18   .486            Cuero         5   7   .417
 Yoakum      11  30   .268            Yoakum        2  10   .182
 Gonzales     3  25   .107            Gonzales      0  12   .000

                         This Week’s Games
       Nov. 2  CL Hawks     3-0    Taylor
               Navarro      3-1    Burnet
               La Vernia    3-1    Salado

       Nov. 3  Wimberley    3-2    Liberty Hill

       Nov. 5  Columbus     3-2    Navarro
               La Vernia    3-0    Needville

       Nov. 6  Canyon Lake  vs.    Sealy
               Wimberley    vs.    El Campo

                  Tournament Bracket
 Bi-District
 CL Hawks
 ___________
               CL Hawks
               _________
 Taylor        Area
 __________
                         Regional
                         _________
 Sealy                   Quarterfinal
 __________    Sealy
              _________ 
 Brazosport 
 __________
                                      Regional
                                      _________
 Liberty Hill                         Semifinal
 __________     Wimberley

                _________
 Wimberley
 __________

                        __________
 Stafford 
 __________     El Campo

                ________
 El Campo
 __________

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   Canyon Lake Hawks Celebrating after clinching District Championship in Cuero

                         Hawk Volleyball Leaders Top 5
Hitting Percentage         Attack Kills              Assists
Bailey Drum        .298    Bailey Drum        427    Regan Mickey       772
Addison Farley     .293    Addison Farley     352    Faith Hasness      236
Faith Hasness      .287    Emma Gray          104    Hannah Wunderlich   33
Regan Mickey       .249    Regan Mickey        91    Sam York            33
Emma Gray          .168    Alexis Robinson     82    Addison Farley      27

Service Aces               Total Blocks              Digs
Bailey Drum          45    Emma Gray           61    Sam York           369
Hannah Wunderlich    44    Alexis Robinson     47    Bailey Drum        262
Alexis Robinson      43    Bailey Drum         44    Regan Mickey       235
Faith Hasness        38    Regan Mickey        19    Addison Farley     226
Sam York             31    Faith Hasness        4    Faith Hasness      159
                           Addison Farley       4    

Sets Played                Attacks Total Attempts    Points
Regan Mickey         84    Bailey Drum       1130    Bailey Drum      509.5
Bailey Drum          84    Addison Farley     922    Addison Farley   385.0
Faith Hasness        80    Emma Gray          303    Alexis Robinson  166.0
Sam York             78    Alexis Robinson    282    Emma Gray        160.5
Addison Farley       78    Regan Mickey       277    Regan Mickey     126.5

Canyon Lake’s Addison Farley scoring a kill during Cuero game

The ReSporter: What are your thoughts as you have just completed this season from the regular season games and then your district games?

Coach Pailsey: “I’m excited, happy, and very proud of the girls, from Freshmen, JV, to Varsity! All of the girls worked hard and continue to work hard!!! This has been an incredible season and a season full of more goals accomplished and history in the making!”

The ReSporter: What is your focus as you look at the upcoming playoff season?

Coach Paisley: “We will keep our schedule and plan consistent and routine as possible, while still being flexible to the quick turn around that occurs throughout the playoffs. The girls are focused and we still have goals to obtain. We are hitting it hard on defense and  sharpening our offense. We will be ready to compete and I know the girls will give 110% each match!” (more…)