District 26-4A Volleyball Standings Team W L Pct. District Play W L Pct. GB Cuero 19 5 .792 Wimberley 3 0 1.000 -- Wimberley 24 8 .750 CL Hawks 2 0 1.000 1/2 CL Hawks 22 8 .733 Navarro 2 1 .667 1 Navarro 22 10 .688 Yoakum 1 1 .500 1 1/2 Yoakum 15 10 .600 La Vernia 1 2 .333 2 La Vernia 8 22 .267 Cuero 0 2 .000 2 1/2 Gonzales 1 13 .071 Gonzales 0 3 .000 3 This Week's Games: Sept. 16 CL Hawks beat Yoakum 3-0 La Vernia beat Gonzales 3-0 Wimberley beat Navarro 3-1 Cuero beat Wharton 3-0 Sept. 19 CL Hawks beat Gonzales 3-0 Navarro beat La Vernia 3-0 Wimberley beat Cuero 3-0 Yoakum Bye
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District 26-4A Volleyball Standings and Schedules
Monday, September 15th, 2014Hawk’s JV Volleyball Team win Silver Bracket in Wimberley
Sunday, September 14th, 2014Canyon Lake’s JV Volleyball team came home from Wimberley holding a 1st Place Silver Bracket trophy.
Another Hawk team that is starting to jell as this year’s schedule continues.
The Hawk JV had some new faces starting this year which made this season a little longer to get each player on the same page with their communication.
One game in particular had been on this team’s mind when CLJV was beaten in Lockhart three weeks ago. In that game, the Hawks, had an eight point lead in that third match and a chance for their first win.
That is when all those communication gremlins showed up on the court that night and Lockhart found their groove for a comeback win.
“I think this tournament really helped us to gel as a team,” Head JV Coach Megan Helmey said. “I can see the girls working together and trusting each other more.”
CL Hawks Volleyball Stats for Mid-Season
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
The ReSporter has mid season numbers for the Volleyball team and this is also a good time to go over what might transpire this year in District 26-4A.
Looking at the standings you will find five teams with a legitimate chance of snagging one of the four playoff spots.
Givens? Gonzales will not win a game this year in district action and La Vernia has a chance to surprise simply because they have proven themselves in past years.
Yes, they lost several players from last year’s team and the question would be can they compete with all five teams.
There have already been two games played and Cuero had the best non-district record but being beaten by Navarro 3-0 does not give you a good idea that any of those wins were to stalwart teams.
Hawks Sweep La Grange Lady Leopards
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014Canyon Lake had a big win against La Grange on the road when they scored a sweep, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23.
For some perspective on this game take these facts on La Grange.
The Leps had just won the Consolation Bracket in the just completed Hays Tournament that had 25 teams in competition.
That translates to winning six out of eight contests and before their loss to the Hawks had a 21-7 record.
“This was a good preparation game for district,” Head Coach Kim Paisley stated. “They will remind you a lot of Wimberley with their tradition.”
Volleyball District 26-4A Standings
Monday, September 8th, 2014District 26-4A Volleyball Standings Team W L Pct. District Play W L Pct. Cuero 17 4 .810 Navarro 1 0 1.000 Wimberley 22 8 .800 Yoakum 1 0 1.000 CL Hawks 20 8 .714 Wimberley 1 0 1.000 Navarro 21 9 .700 CL Hawks 0 0 .000 Yoakum 15 8 .652 Gonzales 0 1 .000 La Vernia 7 20 .259 La Vernia 0 1 .000 Gonzales 1 11 .091 Cuero 0 1 .000 This Week's Games: Sept. 9 Yoakum beat La Vernia 3-1 Goliad beat Gonzales 3-0 CL Hawks beat La Grange 3-0 Navarro beat Cuero 3-0 Sept. 12 La Vernia @ La Grange Wimberley beat Gonzales 3-0 Yoakum @ East Bernard Cuero @ Smithville
CL Hawks Volleyball B(P)lanks Sinton Pirates, 3-0
Sunday, September 7th, 2014CL Hawks make the Sinton Pirates walk the plank in last Friday night’s game, 25-19, 25-16, 25-19.
The Hawks looked in control on this night as they met a team that was playing students that were younger than they were.
Sinton had several freshman and sophomores on the court which might sound a lot like last year’s Hawk team.
The good news is that CL did not show any mercy as they disposed of this Pirate team before they had a chance to get a patch put over their eye.
Each game had Canyon Lake taking a lead and maintaining the pressure and not letting Sinton to get back into position to stage a knock out punch.
Coaches Corner with Volleyball’s Kim Paisley
Friday, September 5th, 2014Coaches Corner with Volleyball’s Kim Paisley:
The ReSporter: What are your thoughts about where Canyon Lake is now compared to the beginning for the season?
Coach Paisley: Varsity: “We started off the season with good intensity, and with having played 25 matches in less than a month and school starting, we began to experience some challenges and new elements. I definitely feel we are back on track and getting a bit more rest now that Varsity’s tournaments season is complete.”
Subvarsity: “They are both working very hard from the beginning of the season and up to this point. We are seeing a lot of personal development and maturity from the players, and discovering leaders as the season progresses.”
The ReSporter: Have you been pleased about your tournament play?
Coach Paisley: “The Varsity has brought home hardware from all three tournaments this year! We definitely gained many learning experiences, playing time for all, and we have developed our mental toughness.”
“The Subvarsity tournament will be in Wimberley next Thursday and Saturday, for their Tex-Fest.”
Hawks on Home Stretch for start of District 26-4A
Monday, September 1st, 2014Canyon Lake Volleyball won the Bronze Bracket at the San Marcos Tournament last weekend, sweeping their bracket to get their game back after losing to Blanco on Friday night.
That Blanco game was on the Hawks off day for the tournament and CL had played several larger teams from the Dallas area.
Canyon Lake beat Connally, Weatherford, and SA Southwest on Saturday claiming that bracket with a Hawk flag.
This was the last regular season tournament for the Hawk girls as they will enter into District play in a couple of weeks in hopes to ending their season by earning the right for a berth in the UIL Tournament.
Canyon Lake has already matched last year’s win total and will want to now take aim on the all time 25 win season set in 2009.
The Hawks also continue to close in on evening their all time record as they will need three more wins to get that record (109-112) to .500.
The top 4 teams will qualify and you can start to see what each team will be bringing to the court as there has been enough games to get a feel on what might happen.
Navarro has played 27 games already while Canyon Lake is close behind with 25 in the books.
The ReSporter has to search for records so the District 26-4A Standings below will not be complete.
District 26-4A Standings W L Pct Cuero 17 3 .850 Wimberley 14 4 .778 CL Hawks 18 8 .692 Navarro 19 9 .679 Yoakum 13 8 .619 La Vernia 6 14 .300 Gonzales 1 9 .100 This Week's Games: 9/01 Wimberley Won Devine 9/02 CL Hawks Won Marion Yoakum Won Vanderbilt Industrial Yoakum Won Beeville Jones La Vernia Lost SA East Central Cuero Won Nixon-Smiley Navarro Won Shiner Gonzales Lost Hallettsville 9/04 Wimberley @ Hays Rebel Bash Tournament La Vernia @ Hays Rebel Bash Tournament 9/05 Sinton @ CL Hawks 6pm Hallettsville @ Yoakum Navarro @ Luling
Canyon Lake Sweeps Smithville in Volleyball Tuesday Night
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014Smithville started the match scoring the first two of three points and with that 2-1 lead, the Hawks would run away with a victory in three games and Smithville would not have a lead again.
Canyon Lake (13-5) would have won all of their games even by adding all the points scored by Smithville which added up to just 24 points.
A 25-13 first game, 25-4, and 25-7 whitewash set the table for an earlier than usual time for supper with the family.
Canyon Lake had won their previous match against Smithville in tournament play in Bastrop but this game would be at home and this young team would not disappoint.
Addison Farley led the team with 15 kills as Bailey Drum was not that far behind with 13 put downs.
Mariah Ellis had to have her arm put in a sling with ice as she served 12 points. Ellis started her serve with a Hawk 7-2 lead and when she finished her serve the score was a comfortable 19-3 lead.
Grace Allen finished the game serving, as CL only needed four players serving to win this game, 25-4.
Head Coach Kim Paisley had a chance in letting all the players in the game which will hopefully pay dividends as this season closes in on district play.
“This was a developing game,” Coach Paisley said. “We were able to add depth from our bench.”
Canyon Lake has reached the 13 win total earlier than any previous year in their history. Finishing has been their downfall for many of those five losses.
Season Game Reached 13 Wins Total Record 2014 Game 18 13-5 2013 Game 25 18-20 2012 Game 26 16-22 2010 Game 28 20-20 2009 Game 28 25-15 2011 Game 39 13-27 105-109
“We played our level and we did our jobs,” Coach Fields closed. “We had a chance to work on more plays for our offense.”
One of those plays was having Bailey Drum being set from the back row.
“It is fun,” Drum said while commenting on getting some kills from the back court. “They usually don’t see it coming and it is more of a quick offense.”
Drum also talked about some of those losses when the team might not be in sync for the whole game, “We are trying to shake things off and play our game and we definitely were able to get a sneak peak in this win.”
Canyon Lake will be busy for another weekend of non-stop games. The San Marcos Tournament starts on Thursday and then a break on Friday when your Hawks travel to Blanco for a tough opponent before a Saturday of more games in tourney play.
Lot’s of games in a short amount of time and you can feel that this might be a special year as Canyon Lake continues to rack up wins before district comes calling.
Game Stats: CL Wins 25-13, 25-4, 25-7 Kills: Addison Farley 15, Bailey Drum 13 Assists: Regan Mickey 26 Blocks: Destiny Riccio 2 Digs: Regan Mickey 8 Aces: Mariah Ellis 8
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Canyon Lake JV also pulled off a convincing win which would also mark their first victory, 25-11 and 25-13.
This win was JV Coach Helmey first and she was all smiles after a winnable game last week in Lockhart that just got away.
“Yeah, that was my first win as a coach,” Helmey stated proudly. “I thought the girls were more comfortable and I had noticed before play started they were playing more as a team.”
Coach Helmey made these comments in response to how many girls had moved in which was hurting their communication and just getting to know each other better.
“In practice this last week, Faith (Hasness) has been getting more vocal and leading, before the girls were not prepared for the Lockhart game,” Coach Helmey closed. “I could tell in warmups that they would be ready tonight.”
Freshman Faith Hasness scored on her serve with 8 aces for the match. Hasness finished the first game and helped give the Hawks enough space to coast to their first game win scoring on her seven serves.
“We started talking a lot more and we would talk after each point,” Hasness talked. “We minimized our errors and we are just getting to know each other and we are starting to play better together.”
Hasness started the second game serving while the Hawks raced off for a 6-0 lead and helping CLJV dominate through the rest of this contest.
Sophomore Kaylie Duke is another newcomer who came on in that second game when she had 4 kills.
“This was a home game,” Duke duked it out. “After losing our last game, we did not want to have that feeling again and wanted to correct it and have a better outcome.”
That Lockhart game was a tough loss as CLJV had a chance to win the match but just could not finish.
“My approach to the ball is what I wanted to be better with,” Duke finished. “In that last game (Lockhart) we had a really big lead and then lost it and that was not going to happen again.”
True to form, Canyon Lake now has all three teams starting to jell and this will be a good time to come out and watch these teams come together.
Blanco is this Friday come out and fill the stands in Blanco.
Go Hawks!!!
CL Hawks Finish 2nd in Bastrop Silver Bracket
Sunday, August 24th, 2014The Canyon Lake Hawk’s Volleyball team will be returning home this Tuesday when they play Smithville.
Canyon Lake has reeled off 12 wins thus far and being just two weeks into their season they have averaged 1.2 games per day.
Two tournaments, in Wimberley and Bastrop, helped in adding to that total. The Hawks will end their tournament tour this weekend when they travel to San Marcos.
The Hawks best win was against Navarro in Wimberley’s tournament and worst loss might have been in their last game at Bastrop when they faced Thrall, a 2A team for that Championship game in the Silver Bracket.