Hawks ready themselves for another ‘Point Hawks’, in Win over Sinton

CL 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.

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Coaches 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?

Junior Hannah Wunderlich showing how limber she is.

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.”

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Addison Farley ready to score in game with Lockhart earlier this year

Canyon 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

Bailey Drum going for the Kill

Smithville 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
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“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.

Kaylie Duke and Faith Hasness are all smiles after recording their first win of the season.

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!!!

Sophomore Regan Mickey is setting the stage for Senior Lillie Sander

The 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.

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Canyon Lake’s Volleyball Team now possess a 7-2 record after taking care of Lockhart in three games last Tuesday night in Lion Country.

Senior Mariah Ellis

The match started with Lockhart scoring their first three points, but that would be their last multiple point outburst for that game, as the Hawks systematically finished off these Lions and their den, 25-12.

In the next two games, CL played multiple lineups while giving their deep bench some game action in winning the next two games, 25-17 and 25-20.

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Bailey Drum making a Point.

Canyon Lake finished in 2nd Place in the Tex Fest Tourney. The Hawks won their first two games before meeting a tough Kerrville Tivy team and bowing in defeat in that championship match.

First Place was not possible, but this Hawk club had several other Firsts on this weekend.

First time they were able to compete in the Gold Bracket.

First time they have had a 6 game winning streak in their history with 5 game winning streak being reached 3 times previously during the 2013, 2012 and 2009 season.

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Addison Farley defeating Gravity.

CL Hawk Volleyball will go into Saturday games in Wimberley Tournament with a 4-1 record after sweeping through their Pool on Friday.

Lampasas, Hamshire-Fannett, and Uvalde all fell prey to a Hawk team that was only tested in their second game with Uvalde when they finally succumbed those Lobos, 25-20 for a chance of playing in the Gold Bracket.

Canyon Lake was quick and to the point(s) as all three games had their opponent collecting brooms after being swept.

The Hawks are in a groove with players grasping their roles on this team early.

Junior Addison Farley has made her presence known as she deprives gravity with any it’s rules when flying for a kill.

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Hawks will see if they can continue there quest for respect this season as they play this Friday & Saturday

Wimberley Tex-Fest Volleyball Tournament will start this Friday with 24 teams vying for a championship podium.

There will be two teams from CL’s district competing, Wimberley and Navarro.

Canyon Lake will be in Pool 3 on that first day and will play three games with Uvalde, Lampasas, and Hamshire Fannett.

The teams will be placed in one of 4 brackets based on how they finished in pool play. The Hawks will have six total games after this two day event. GO HAWKS!!

 Friday’s Games:

Bridges Gym   @   9am   Hawks   vs.   Lampasas

Bridges Gym   @  11am   Hawks   vs.   Hamshire Fannett

Bridges Gym   @   2pm   Hawks   vs.   Uvalde

This will be a best of three format and if games finish early, then an early start will commence. In other words the times above might not be that actual time a game will start.

Coach Paisley making a point in practice last week.

Canyon Lake made a statement in their first game for this 2014 Volleyball season.

Schertz Clemens went down in defeat, 3-1 after winning their first game. CL took care of their unforced net violations and swept Clemens in their next three games.

Last year, the Hawks, started with a 0-3 whitewashing to this same school and with some good passing, rallies, and communication Canyon Lake had an ‘A’ game with this win.

Canyon Lake also said good-bye to that nasty 8 game losing streak they had in district play to end last season.

The Hawks had a similar situation as last year when CL started their season with these same two teams.

Clemens won in three games with little resistance as graduate Amber Ramsey finished with 7 kills and 3 blocks. Hayley Melone counted 10 digs and then freshman Regan Mickey with 11 assists.

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