This Week @ Canyon Lake Tue Oct 13 CL Hawks Fresh. 3 Gonzales 0 Volleyball CL Hawks JV 3 Gonzales 0 Volleyball CL Hawks 3 Gonzales 0 Volleyball Thur Oct 15 Bandera JV @ CL Hawks JV 7pm Football CL Hawks Gold @ Liberty Hill 6pm Football Fri Oct 16 Navarro Fr @ CL Hawks Fresh 5pm Volleyball Navarro JV @ CL Hawks JV 5pm Volleyball Navarro @ CL Hawks 6pm Volleyball BCS Warriors @ Castle Hills 730pm Football CL Hawks @ Bandera 730pm Football
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This Week @ Canyon Lake
Sunday, October 11th, 2015Volleyball Standings (Updated) and Last Week’s Recap
Sunday, October 11th, 2015District 26-4A Volleyball Standings Season W L Pct District W L Pct GB CL Hawks 29 8 .784 CL Hawks 9 0 1.000 -- Navarro 32 9 .780 Navarro 8 2 .800 1 1/2 La Vernis 21 18 .538 La Vernia 6 4 .600 3 1/2 Cuero 16 16 .500 Wimberley 5 4 .556 4 Wimberley 15 16 .484 Cuero 3 6 .375 6 Yoakum 11 27 .289 Yoakum 2 7 .222 7 Gonzales 3 23 .115 Gonzales 0 10 .000 9 1/2 This Week's Games: Oct. 13 CL Hawks 3 Gonzales 0 Cuero 3 Wimberley 2 Navarro 3 La Vernia 2 Yoakum Bye Oct. 16 CL Hawks 3 Navarro 0 La Vernia 3 Cuero 1 Yoakum 3 Gonzales 0 Wimberley Bye
This Week @ Canyon Lake
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
This Week @ Canyon Lake
Oct 8th CL Hawks JV @ Liberty Hill Football 7:00pm
Liberty Hill @ CL Hawks Freshman Football 7:00pm
Oct 9th Yoakum @ CL Hawks Freshman Volleyball 5:00pm
Yoakum @ CL Hawks JV Volleyball 5:00pm
Yoakum @ CL Hawks Volleyball 6:00pm
NB Christian @ BCS Warriors Football 7:30pm
Liberty Hill @ CL Hawks Football 7:30pm
Oct 10th CL Hawks @ Navarro X Country TBA
Volleyball Standings and Tidbits
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015District 26-4A Volleyball Standings Season W L Pct District W L Pct GB Navarro 31 8 .795 Canyon Lake 7 0 1.000 -- Canyon Lake 27 8 .771 Navarro 7 1 .875 0 1/2 La Vernia 20 16 .556 Wimberley 5 3 .625 2 1/2 Wimberley 15 15 .500 La Vernia 5 3 .625 2 1/2 Cuero 14 15 .483 Cuero 2 5 .286 5 Yoakum 10 27 .270 Yoakum 1 7 .125 6 1/2 Gonzales 3 21 .125 Gonzales 0 8 .000 7 1/2 This Week's Games: Oct. 6 La Vernia 3 Yoakum 1 Navarro 3 Cuero 1 Wimberley 3 Gonzales 0 Canyon Lake Bye Oct. 9 Canyon Lake 3 Yoakum 0 Navarro 3 Wimberley 0 La Vernia 3 Gonzales 0 Cuero Bye
CL Hawks Continue Climb in Sweep of La Vernia
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015CL Hawks finished the first half of their district games undefeated after sweeping the La Vernia Bears on Friday night at the Hawk Nest.
Methodical would best describe this year’s club as Canyon Lake had a statement set to start the match and then coasted to their 5th district game sweep.
“We were feeling some pressure as we knew that La Vernia would have a scrappy defense and we were playing cautious,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said. “The pressure is in being 6-0 and maintaining because everyone will be better the second round.”
“Now we will have teams with nothing to lose and they will set smaller goals and that can many times allow them to stay in games,” Coach Paisley said as if she has had experience in the matter.
CLJV Volleyball in First Place after Win over Wimberley
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015The Hawks have another first place team in Volleyball as CLJV won their game with Wimberley in three sets, 21-25. 25-21, 25-16 as a precursor before the Varsity game.
“We just started attacking at all the places on the court,” Head JV Coach Megan Helmey said. “Our defense was good and on their toes all night.”
“This was obviously a big game,” Coach Helmey continued. “And once we realized their weakness we finished well and we took it to a new level after that first game.”
This win was a roller coaster ride as each team had multiple rallies like a see/saw ride. Or, maybe a Fiesta Texas roller coaster, you get the idea…there was not a lead that would be considered safe, especially in that first set.
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Hawk Volleyball: SWEEP
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015***Canyon Lake had several games that The ReSporter would like to bring back to life during this month of May as we draw another year of sports reporting to a close.
Hope you enjoy the flashbacks.
The Hawks were the first team in 18 years to beat Wimberley during district play at the Texans home court.
Wimberley had lost an earlier game to Navarro, but that contest was played in Navarro as the Panthers beat the Texans 3-1.
CL upped that win by Navarro by not only winning at Wimberley but being the first district team to sweep this Volleyball powerhouse getting a 3-0 whitewash.
Things to note that made this one of the top wins for the Hawks this year:
Wimberley had not lost a game within a set ever to the Hawks. Canyon Lake lost 25-27 over 4 years ago which would be as close to a win for CL, ever.
Wimberley had won 76-0 in contests and a whopping 228 games in a row winning streak since CL started playing in 2008, coming into this year’s season for district games.
Since the Texans had an 18 year district winning streak then you can do your own math on how dominant this school has been throughout all these years.
Think about the age of the Hawk players and you now know that none of the Hawks had even been born when Wimberley last lost a district game.
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Canyon Lake swept the Wimberley Texans for their first win ever over this perennial powerhouse, 25-22, 25-21, and 25-20.
The win keeps the first place Hawks in District 26-4A on top of the heap as they have just one more game left in the first round at home this Friday against La Vernia.
“A 5-0 record is a good start,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said. “La Vernia will be scrappy on defense.”
Coach Paisley, as you can see, was already thinking of her game plan for CL’s Friday match-up at the Hawk Nest.
“I think we had a mission tonight from starting to finishing,” Coach Paisley continued. “We were more fluid with our passes and offensively we were stronger.”
CL improves to 25-8 and now has the best percentage at this time of the year ever as well as being undefeated on the road this season (6-0).
First win and first set win over the Texans and Wimberley being swept for the first time in at least 8 years but maybe longer in District play.
The Texans have won a district championship for the last 18 years in a row. This loss also gave WHS their second loss in District 26-4A for this campaign.
Canyon Lake, with this win, now sports their longest winning streak presently at 13 with their last loss coming at the hands of Keller Central over a month ago.
This game with Wimberley would play out the same in each set as both teams would be tied at the 8-8 mark and with the second and third set, separation happened right when the Hawks got their 15th point.
That third set, the Texans scored the first 4 points but CL responded with a 5 point rally that kept the game tight until Sophomore Faith Hasness served a four point rally allowing the separation and eventual win.
Hasness served 9 of the points in that 3rd set as Bailey Drum started her kill streak with 5 during the last half of that final set.
The set was tied at 12 all as the Hawks closed out this historic sweep with a 13-8 advantage.
The ReSporter had both Bailey Drum and Addison Farley with 13 kills a piece in the match.
“This felt great,” Senior outside hitter Farley said matter of fact. “Our conditioning helps us to finish and when we practice we work on that part of our game.”
Canyon Lake had a great all around game from several players as each players strengths were accented from Hannah Wunderlich’s serves to Alexis Robinson’s blocks.
“I just start thinking that I want the ball and block….I just go get the ball,” Blocker Robinson said in response to how she readies herself for getting those important blocks during a set. “It feels great for finally getting this win and we really want to use this game in starting to build our tradition.”
CL did win and this game was different than the win over Navarro last week.
“I did not think we spread our offense like we did with Navarro,” Coach finished. “We should have but we got them off their offensive game.”
The Hawk’s front line and back line had their moments during this night and one play that stands out is how Canyon Lake uses Emma Gray on a post play.
That is a kill that has Gray coming around for a set from the outside where she has the whole court to inflict her damage.
“We call that the front row surprise,” Gray said. “It really gives you a good feeling when we do that post play.”
That play was a rally starter as it looks so powerful when executed and can play on the physche on the opponent.
Next on the docket will be La Vernia, another team that has had CL’s number through the years.
“Just because we are, 5-0, does not mean we can take them lightly,” Farley said astutely.
You know that Coach Paisley smiled when she read what Farley just said and knowing Coach the Hawks will ready to get their 3rd win in a row over the Bears at home this Friday.
Go Hawks!!
Game Stats: CL wins 25-22, 25-21, 25-20 Canyon Lake Leaders Kills: Addison Farley & Bailey Drum 13 Assists: Regan Mickey 27 Digs: Bailey Drum 14 Blocks: Alexis Robinson 4 Aces: Robinson, Faith Hasness, & Hannah Wunderlich 1
CL Hawk’s Volleyball Searching for Kryptonite in Games this Week
Saturday, September 26th, 2015District 26-4A Volleyball Standings Season W L Pct District W L Pct GB Navarro 29 8 .784 Canyon Lake 6 0 1.000 -- Canyon Lake 26 8 .765 Navarro 5 1 .833 1 La Vernia 18 16 .529 Wimberley 4 2 .667 2 Wimberley 14 14 .500 La Vernia 3 3 .500 3 Cuero 14 14 .500 Cuero 2 4 .333 4 Yoakum 10 25 .286 Yoakum 1 5 .167 5 Gonzales 3 19 .136 Gonzales 0 6 .000 6 This Week's Games Sep 29 CL Hawks 3 Wimberley 0 Cuero 3 Yoakum 0 Navarro 3 Gonzales 0 Incarnate Word @ La Vernia Oct 2 CL Hawks 3 La Vernia 0 Cuero 3 Gonzales 0 Wimberley 3 Yoakum 0 Navarro Bye
Coaches Corner with Volleyball’s Kim Paisley
Friday, September 25th, 2015The ReSporter: You went primary with the 5-1 offense in Navarro. You mentioned last week that you would do this against teams like Navarro. Why is that?
Coach Paisley: “I ran a 5-1 offense all 3 sets of Navarro match because the 5-1 offense is more fluid and consistent offensively. Our hitters are connecting more.”
The ReSporter: “We also noticed you started the match with a kill from Emma Gray with a set to the outside…it seemed to make a statement. Was that a special play or are you implementing for offensive sets with that play as an option?”
Coach Paisley: “That set is part of our serve receive and it is a “special” play!” (more…)
Junior Varsity and Freshman Sweep Navarro
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015Canyon Lake’s Volleyball team is on a roll after their Tuesday win over Navarro, but if you have not noticed the Hawks also have the Freshman and Junior Varsity clubs that have also gone undefeated in District 26-4A.
Both teams beat Navarro as the Freshman swept with a 2-0 match and the JV had a 2-1 victory.
For that JV game on Tuesday, the Hawks were night and day difference between their first and second sets.
“The difference comes down to warm-ups,” Head JV Coach Megan Helmey said calmly. “It takes this team time to get focused.”
Canyon Lake JV was off and on in that first set as both teams never could get a commanding lead as the Hawks just were not able to take advantage in the sluggish first set.
If you were late to the party and you had walked in during that second set, then you would ask how bad did the Hawks win the first game.