The Lake Huddle Up after first Scrimmage comes to a close! Go Lake!

Go Lake & OK Corral Your Opponents this season!

Canyon Lake showed promise in their first scrimmage against Burnet at the Hawk Nest this past Friday in what turned out to be a very comfortable night with pleasant weather.

Another comfortable feeling had The Lake finishing strong as each 8 minute session continued through the evening.

CLHS showed a very strong passing game and the running part of the offense was evident especially at the end of this scrimmage.

                                              GO LAKE

“Thought the kids played with a lot of emotion we got better and better as the scrimmage went along which is a huge plus, the intensity was good….Burnet is always a good football team I always like to scrimmage those guys to see where we are,” Coach Parker started. “I won’t get to see those answers (on how well the team did) until I come into tomorrow and watch video. But I was pleased with the intensity…I was pleased with the improvement as the game went on and I thought we threw and caught the ball well and we still need to continue to get better in our running game but overall I could not have been more pleased with the kids.”

                            Break the Dam~ Lake!

Defensive Coordinator Coach Kurt Sloan shared his thoughts for the defensive side of the ball, “Scrimmage is about evaluation so we want to get the kids out there and see what they can do and we try not confuse them with scheme and we saw some plays that did not execute but later on they did and with the young guys that is all we are looking for and we want them to calm down and figure it out and go play football and go get tackles.”

When asked bout seeing improvement, “Yeah…it will be next week when we will be able to see that big gauge from that first to second scrimmage we should see a lot of improvement and if we don’t then we have to go back and work even harder.”

The long wait for football season started with a large crowd of Hawk fans in attendance and now another week of work before their last scrimmage at Veterans Memorial next Friday with the same start times.

Let’s GO LAKE!

             QB Jace Wheeler readies to take Lake past 2nd round in playoffs.

                                 GO LAKE

This year The Lake is full with hopes of a complete year from the Quarterback position as Jace Wheeler will be going into his third season at the helm.

This is the second time in football that Canyon Lake has had a 3-year starter at this position when Ben Fulton was taking snaps for 3 years during those Slot-T seasons.

Fulton, along with Jace Wheeler, are the only two quarterbacks with a better than 100% QB Rating.

Canyon Lake these past two seasons has two consecutive 8 win campaigns and Wheeler has been a part of 21 of those those games garnering a 14-8 record and will look to surpass Fulton if the Lake can reach that 88 win plateau matching those last two campaigns.

Wheeler comes into this season with a .636 winning percentage which leads all CL’s QBs while Ben Fulton, compiled a .583 percentage with his 21 wins during his 36 starts.

TOP FIVE QUARTERBACKS (based on Yardage).

Player           Comp  Att   Pct   Yds  INT  TD  QB Rating Yds/Att  TD%   INT%
Jace Wheeler     238   414  .574  4348   14  56  119.2     10.50    13.3  3.4
Ross Wagliardo   308   559  .551  3896   23  28   76.6      6.97     5.0  4.1
Branson Belcher  172   339  .507  3101   10  28   97.7      9.43     8.5  3.0
Peyton McMullen  116   288  .403  2461   11  22   80.8      8.55     7.6  3.8
Ben Fulton       106   223  .475  2271   10  27  105.0     10.18    12.1  4.5

With two leading receivers who finished last year as a dynamic duo will be back with a chance to continue waking that sleeping giant in a passing game which had been dormant through a 12 year slot-T stretch.

The ReSporter’s earlier article featured skill position is worth another mention from Last Year’s Receiving Stats Below:

                 No   Yds   Ave   Lg  TD
Peyton King      44   925  21.0   82  13
Kobe Halverson   35   599  17.1   55   6
Total            79  1524  19.3   82  19

“I have two of the best receivers in this district so if I put it into their hands then that makes my game a lot easier,” QB Wheeler said. “As a team I am trying to get better than 8-4 (The Lake’s last two season record) and we are trying to go into that third round and get past that second round we will be trying to go as far as we can.”

                            Go Lake!

Another added element to Wheeler’s game last year was his run game. Wheeler had negative yardage during his Sophomore season but last year topped the 200 yards on the ground.

Having a signal caller running will add more homework for opposing defenses in preparing for The Lake.

Wheeler’s Rushing Two Year comparison.

                 Att   Yds   Ave   Lg   TD
’24 Wheeler      18    -35  -1.9    7   0
’25 Wheeler      43    207   4.8   30   2
Total            61    172   2.8   30   2

The Lake will be looking for more battles with the Junior Varsity as Jake Welkey, Jake Stringer and Jacob Little will be looking to head the class for next year’s next varsity quarterback.

Canyon Lake’s only playoff year that went past the 2nd round happened during Fulton’s last year and that stat of going further would certainly be a goal for Wheeler to pass in his final go round.

Let’s GO LAKE!

Peyton King enters his 3rd Year with sights on a longer season! Let’s Go Lake!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

SKILL POSITIONS

            GET HITS HAWKS!

The Lake has returning starters manning the receiving corp this season and running back will have some ‘wet behind the ears’ players that will be looking to make their mark.

CLHS has had around a 70% player rate for the third year in a row during this Summer’s Strength & Conditioning time  and from gaining speed~weight~improving their skill set  has been noticeable across the board.

With that being the case this year’s receivers with Sr. Peyton King and Jr. Kobe Halverson are bringing some impressive marks with hopes of raising their bar this go round.

For CL’s first year (2024) of debuting a new offense it was Carter Williams and Harris Gilliam who combined with 82 receptions and 1700 yards.

                          Go Hawks!

Last year had King and Halverson combining with 79 receptions and 1524 yards and was helped by a deeper pool of players from their previous campaign adding another 35 receptions ~ 624 yards between Seniors Lucas Schexnayder and Hayes Holladay.

Another added variable came from those senior running backs, Gram Simpson & Chris Brown with 26 combined receptions for another 264 yards.

Those last two points above will have more intrigue in seeing which players can fill those graduated numbers.

                  Proud of the Hawks!

This season has Senior Nico Wyckoff and Senior Aiden Boals as of this writing looking to be this year’s running backs.

Wyckoff has played the past two years but injuries have limited his footprint going into his final season. Thus far, Wyckoff has carried the ball 40 times for 211 yards and two  touchdowns.

Senior Peyton Vann will be vying for filling that slot position while Junior Thomas Inmon having his sight filling as a tight end as well as a wide receiver.

Inmon turned coaches’ heads with some early season highlight reel catches on JV as well as being able to kick a football into the end zone for starters. He was moved up early and will be counted on for garnering some important snaps.

         Go Lake & OK Corral Your Opponents!

Other new names to learn will be Sr. Peyton Vann, Jr. Dario Faz and So. Caleb Cross.

Faz brings some splash plays from JV and Cross will add more depth to this receiving corp especially since Sophomores are not brought up to Varsity because Coaches are not wanting to waste valuable snaps with players watching from a sideline instead of getting starting time on Junior Varsity.

  Fly High Hawks!

A main point to take hold for this group of players comes from Head Coach Sam Parker who praised, “I can’t elaborate how well these young men have done this off-season!”

Next article will Pre-View Quarterback.

Let’s GO LAKE!

                Offensive Center #77 John Fugate Opens Gate for Gram Simpson last year.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

OFFENSIVE LINE

                                 Let’s Go Lake!

The ReSporter will start a series of articles highlighting this year’s upcoming football season.

Starting with the Offense starting with the Offensive Line~Skill Positions~Quarterback.

How this year’s Offensive Line goes should be a good starting point for this group and what might be in store after losing two starters the previous season.

An Offensive Lineman is the top group of players that act as a unit in communicating and meshing in performing in each game for a garnering a decent result.

Three years ago Coach Sam Parker stated there would be a separate group of lineman performing on offense or defense but not both.

That concept had not been the case at The Lake especially those campaigns when injuries were a problem, but after two successful campains this concept has shown success.

                  Plug those Leaks Fast Lake!

Keeping players fresher when the defense takes the field has allowed rest and teaching and those benefits have been brought to light with proof for an offensive unit that has had some eye catching numbers.

Seven times The Lake has amassed more than 4000 yards of offense and Coach Parker’s offense has two of those seasons. (4388 ’24) & (4457 ’25)

This scenario has allowed players to work and perfect their trade which has produced young men that can concentrate exclusively on either side of the ball.

“Our success up front really is going to dictate what the success of our team really is,” Offensive Line Coach Clarence Lewis stated. “We have a really good group of guys this year with some returning starters and some young guy who are going to have to step up and play.”

                          Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake lost Cayden Toon and Donovan Menchaca on the line but returns 4 with Center John Fugate anchoring the line at center. Fugate finished last season with right at 40 pancake blocks and looks to increase that total.

When asked about his 40 pancake blocks last season….Fugate was quick with his reply, “Yeah…I want to double that this year.”

Fugate continued, “We have big expectations coming into this year and we just have to prove…to come back at it. This is probably one of the stronger O-Lines that Canyon Lake has had.”

On how last year went and what to expect, “There’s a few games that we didn’t play together and we were more selfish last year and it showed like Somerset (game) and we didn’t have a good running game at all and then we have games like Taylor….that was a beautiful O-Line game.”

Sr. Parker Gordon also chimed in on how this unit has jelled during these  past few months, “I think as a whole that we are a lot better and this year we have been working on our communication by being more vocal on the line.” On goals for this season? “We want to make it into December and we have a couple of big games at the beginning of the season and I’m looking forward to it.”

GO LAKE!

Inside Offensive Lineman Anthony ‘Chuy’ Mata opined, “Our goal is to do our best….we have to just ‘impose our will on opponents’ this year.”

Canyon Lake has certainly stocked a good group of players on offense and that most important facet will come from how these Linemen can protect the quarterback and forge holes for the running game!

Next Part II: Skill Players

Let’s Go Lake!

                  Cheyenne Fields & Aubrey Long graduated last year but were able to make it on The Top 10!                                                    Way to Go Former Lady Hawks!

                           GO LAKE!

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The ReSporter will be bringing the Hawk Nation all the top athletes in these upcoming Spring Sports and will run an article after the season for those athletes who were able to crack the top 10.

Let’s Go 2026 Lake Softball.

ALL-TIME HAWK SOFTBALL PLAYERS

AT BATS                          RUNS
Alexis Robinson      360        Gabby Barnes         122
Kat Weber            329        Alexis Robinson      117
Kelsey Ahrens        328        Bailey Bryan         114
Carley Dubois        327        Carley Dubois        105
Bailey Bryan         313        Marley Carrizales     99
Vicky Henderson      289        Kirsten Jones         89
Maddy Puente         289        Cheyenne Fields       82
Rianna Gonzales      284        McKenna Beseda        80
Gabby Barnes         279        Missy Romero          77
McKenna Beseda       274        Kat Weber             77

HITS                            RBI’s
Carley Dubois        149        Bailey Bryan         100
Bailey Bryan         139        Maddy Puente          99
Alexis Robinson      135        Alexis Robinson       94
Marley Carrizales    132        Kelsey Ahrens         76
Gabby Barnes         124        Brianna Young         75
Maddy Puente         115        Riley Glen-Millhouse  72
Rianna Gonzales      112        Rianna Gonzales       70
Kelsey Ahrens        109        Cheyenne Fields       65
Kat Weber            104        Kat Weber             64
McKenna Beseda       103        Lauren Mentzer        59
                                Gabby Barnes          59

DOUBLES                         TRIPLES
Maddy Puente          33        Alexis Robinson       15
Cheyenne Fields       32        Cheyenne Fields       15
Gabby Barnes          31        Gabby Barnes          10
Alexis Robinson       27        Missy Romero           9
Rianna Gonzales       25        Kenzie Sayles          7
Brianna Young         24        Bailey Bryan           6
Missy Romero          24        Kaylee Puente          6
Kelsey Ahrens         24        Maddy Puente           5
Bailey Bryan          23        Kat Weber              5
Emma Lane             20        Jessie Melendez        5

HOME RUNS                       BASE ON BALLS
Bailey Bryan          14        Bailey Bryan          56
Alexis Robinson       11        Missy Romero          55
Gabby Barnes           8        Brianna Young         53
Maddy Puente           8        Alexis Robinson       52
Kenzie Sayles          7        Gabby Barnes          50
Shelby Porter          7        Rianna Gonzales       44
Kelsey Ahrens          6        Emma Lane             43
Cheyenne Fields        4        Carley Dubois         39
Brianna Young          4        Kat Weber             38
Angie Rodriguez        3        Marley Carrizales     38
Maggie Banks           3
Adriana Peaslee        3 
Rianna Gonzales        3 

STOLEN BASES                    HIT BY PITCH
Carley Dubois         92        Marley Christian      24
Gabby Barnes          76        Rianna Gonzales       12
Marley Carrizales     53        Shelby Porter         11
Kirsten Jones         45        Kat Weber              8
Bailey Bryan          41        Madison Hartman        7
Tiffany Arredondo     39        Megan Browning         7
McKenna Beseda        33        Emma Lane              7
Cheyenne Fields       29        Gabby Barnes           7
Vicky Henderson       27        Riley Glenn-Millhouse  6
Jodi Glenn-Millhouse  26        Marley Carrizales      6
Alex Henderson        25        Carley Dubois          6
                                Adriana Peaslee        6

BATTING AVERAGE (60 more at bats)
Marley Carrizales     .508
Carley Dubois         .456
Gabby Barnes          .444
Bailey Bryan          .444
Alysa Johnson         .432
Riley Glenn-Millhouse .424
Adriana Peaslee       .399
Maddy Puente          .398
Rianna Gonzales       .394
Kenzie Sayles         .391

PITCHING
WINS                            SAVES
Missy Romero          41        Maggie Banks         10
Alexis Robinson       40        Maddy Puente          4
Gabby Barnes          26        Gabby Barnes          2
Lauren Mentor         22        Alexis Robinson       2
Maddy Puente          21        Lauren Mentzer        1
Maggie Banks          21
Rianna Gonzales       17
Aubrey Long           13
Kenzie Sayles          9

ERA (earned run average)        INNINGS PITCHED
Missy Romero        2.77        Alexis Robinson  528.1
Alexis Robinson     3.35        Missy Romero     498.1
Lauren Mentzer      3.52        Maddy Puente     250.1
Maggie Banks        3.78        Gabby Barnes     292.2
Gabby Barnes        4.26        Lauren Mentzer   225.0
Aubrey Long         4.27        Rianna Gonzales  164.2
Maddy Puente        5.12        Aubrey Long      164.0
Rianna Gonzales     6.82        Maggie Banks     157.2
Kenzie Sayles       7.76        Kenzie Sayles    146.1

Strikeouts
Alexis Robinson      682
Missy Romero         641
Gabby Barnes         451
Lauren Mentzer       258
Maddy Puente         218
Rianna Gonzales      170
Aubrey Long          154
Kenzie Sayles        109
Maggie Banks         103

                Savanna Oberholtzer and her Topsy-Turvy throw-ins keep teams discombobulated.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)

Time for (some Jethro Bodine) deciphering after first week of The Lake’s Ladies Soccer escapades.

The two polls below have been released and Canyon Lake went down from #1 to #2 in the Girls Coaches Association Poll. This is despite The Hawks winning their only contest in convincing fashion over Fredericksburg, 4-1.

Girls Coaches Association Poll
1) Celina           7-1-1
2) Canyon Lake     10-0-0
3) Life Waxahachie 14-0-1
4) Wimberley       10-1-1
5) Salado          12-1-0

The MaxPreps Poll:
1) Wimberley       10-1-1
2) Celina           7-1-1
3) Life Waxahachie 14-0-1
4) Canyon Lake     10-0-0
5) Davenport        9-2-0

Davenport (1-1) and Marble Falls (0-2) made the furtherest drop this week where Davy is now 19th after losing to the Texans and the Mustangs completely dropped form the top 25 list. What seems odd is MFalls dropped with a one goal loss to Wimbo (0-1) and newbie Long Creek.

           Congrats Lake Lady Hawk’s Soccer! 

So these high rankings seem to still be in a ‘we don’t really know’ time of season.

Long Creek put their name in the hat when they shut-out Marble Falls posing another school ready to make a mark.

It’s simple knowing that a district as loaded as CL’s has potential of seeing all these teams drop if their circular firing squad with District 26-4A schools beating each other with each week of battles.

The ReSporter would put more confidence in the MaxPreps Poll as that seems more in tune as a power poll and not based on opinions like the Coaches Poll.

         Way to Make us Proud Hawks!

Time will tell as this week The Lake will have Senior night this Tuesday when they welcome Bandera to the Hawk Nest and then this Friday will be a showdown playing Wimberley in a battle between two top 4 opponents.

The Lake tied Wimberley in both of their outings last season for a team who played on the Final Four last season.

Having all four schools getting to a Regional Semi-Final round that would have District 26-4A teams playing in a final four semi-round.

Should be a fun run to March when the best rise to the top.

Let’s Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0  1.000  60  12   10W
Davenport       9  2  0   .900  46   4    1L
Wimberley      10  1  1   .864  40   7    7W
Marble Falls    8  2  2   .750  44   6    2L
Long Creek      5  1  2   .750  22   4    2W
Fredericksburg  6  5  0   .545  25  18    1W
Bandera         3 10  0   .231  15  44    3L

District        W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA    GB
Wimberley       2  0  0  1.000   3   1    ~~
Canyon Lake     1  0  0  1.000   4   1    .5
Long Creek      1  0  0  1.000   2   0    .5
Davenport       1  1  0   .500  10   2   1.0
Fredericksburg  1  1  0   .000   9   5   1.0
Marble Falls    0  2  0   .000   0   3   2.0
Bandera         0  2  0   .000   1  17   2.0

Last Week’s Results:
Canyon Lake    4   Freddie      1
Wimberley      1   Marble Falls 0
Davenport      9   Bandera      1
Wimberley      2   Davenport    1
Freddie        8   Bandera      1
Long Creek     2   Marble Falls 0

This Week’s Schedule:
February 3rd
Bandera        @   Canyon Lake 700p
Wimberley      @   Freddie
Long Creek     @   Davenport
Marble Falls Bye

February 6th
Wimberley      @   Canyon Lake 700p
Long Creek     @   Davenport
Freddie        @   Long Creek
Bandera Bye

                                         All Eyes are on Cole Dees in earlier game this year. (photo by Step Rowe)

                 THIS WEEK   @   THE LAKE         February 3-7

Tue Feb 3   Navarro JV       @   The Lake JV        430p       Baseball
            Wimberley JV     @   The Lake JV      500p Girls Basketball
            The Lake Fr/JV   @   Bandera          500p Boys  Basketball
            Bandera          @   The Lake         500p Girls Soccer
            The Lake JV      @   Bandera          500p Boys  Soccer
            Blanco JV        @   The Lake JV      500p       Softball
            The Lake         @   Navarro          630p       Baseball
            The Lake         @   Bandera          630p Boys  Basketball
            Wimberley        @   The Lake         630p Girls Basketball
            Blanco           @   The Lake         700p       Softball
            The Lake         @   Bandera          700p Boys  Soccer

Fri Feb 6   The Lake Green   @   Somerset         430p       Baseball   
            The Lake JV      @   Long Creek JV    500p Girls Basketball
            Long Creek Fr/JV @   The Lake Fr/JV   500p Boys  Basketball
            The Lake JV      @   Wimberley        500p Boys  Soccer
            Wimberley        @   The Lake JV      500p Girls Soccer    
             The Lake         @   Somerset         630p       Baseball
            The Lake         @   Long Creek       630p Girls Basketball
            Long Creek       @   The Lake         630p Boys  Basketball
            Tennis           @   SVHS             700p Tennis
            The Lake         @   Wimberley        700p Boys  Soccer
            Wimberley        @   The Lake         700p Girls Soccer

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                              Go Hawks!

Canyon Lake had an up and down week with Boys (spilt their games) & Girls Basketball are playing for next season. The Boys Friday loss put a big dent in making the post-season that will make the second round of district contests with no room for making mistakes on winning those doable battles.

Boys & Girls Soccer was up and down as the Boys still trying to get their game in gear while the Ladies stayed undefeated with their win over Freddie as district is in full gear.

CL’s Lady Soccer is in the toughest district in Texas for the 4A Classification and reached #1 in one of the two polls which is a first for any Canyon Lake sports to reach that goal.

Now The Lake’s Ladies will me in a mine field playing through their schedule starting this Tuesday for a Senior Night battle with Bandera and then a match-up with another school (Wimberley) in district that has reached #1 in that other poll.

Those Spring Sports are getting in full gear as you can look above and see Baseball~Softball~Tennis and soon The Lake’s Track will start in the middle of this month.

Keep supporting these Local Athletes and Let’s GO LAKE!

Avery Norris advancing The Lake’s Offense in their win earlier this year.
(photo by PacoCreates)

GO LAKE & Flatten them like our Pancakes!

Canyon Lake started district play with a win over Fredericksburg, 4-1 for their 10th straight victory.

Last year, The Lake, came into this first contest with the Billies with a lot of confidence opening at home.

That start was a tied battle at 2 goals which led to two more ties (against Wimberley) during district part of their schedule.

CL’s district added Long Creek which results in a 12 game uphill battle as all but one school (Bandera) presently has a .500 or better record.

The Lady Hawks Soccer has had an impressive run during Head Coach Kara Stracener’s 6th years at the helm.

Authentic Canyon Lake says Go Lake & Don’t Forget Valentine’s Day!

With two campaigns reaching 16 wins while already matching CL’s 10 wins during 2023 season. In Stracener’s 6 years she had raked in 80 wins with 43 losses that comes to a .642 winning percentage.

Head Coach Stracener commented bout the Fredericksburg win, “It was a good win to start district. We Struggled to control the game, but obviously were able to convert some of our chances into goals…We were challenged more defensively than we have been all season, so I’m proud of our defense for shutting down Fred’s attack.”

The Lake has ordered a lot more hangers to show off many firsts this season thus far that now has a ten game winning streak but as Coach Stracener commented on seeing a tougher defense with the Billies, then with more schools still to see in a district that presently have 3 teams in the Top 5 and 4 in the Top 10 it is apparent more challenges will be forthcoming.

                  Congrats Lady Hawks!

Savanna Olberholtzer led the team with 3 goals while Bella Biasatti recorded 2 assists and a goal and Senior Jordan Villareal produced an assist to finish the scoring.

Goalkeeper Liza Schexnayder and defender Chylea Gray were rewarded players of the game in this win.

Canyon Lake will be off this Friday and then open their district home schedule next Tuesday February 3rd against Bandera starting at 7:00pm.

The Lake is treading in water that has not been seen by any Hawk sport since the school started after being recognized in one poll as the #1 team in the state.

But with that caveat you will be seeing tough district play each week that has 3 other schools also hanging with impressive resumes to show-off to their fans. Sooo buckle up and Go Lake!

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Overall         W  L  T     Pct   GF   GA   Streak
Canyon Lake    10  0  0   1.000   60   12    10W
Davenport       9  1  0    .900   45    2     7W
Wimberley       9  1  1    .864   39    6     7W
Marble Falls    8  1  2    .818   44    4     1L
Long Creek      4  1  2    .714   20    4     1W
Fredericksburg  5  5  0    .500   25   18     1L
Bandera         3  9  0    .333   14   36     3L

District        W  L  T.    Pct   GF   GA
Canyon Lake     1  0  0   1.000    4    1
Wimberley       1  0  0   1.000    1    0
Davenport       1  0  0   1.000    9    0
Long Creek      0  0  0    .000    0    0
Marble Falls    0  1  0    .000    0    1
Fredericksburg  0  1  0    .000    1    4
Bandera         0  1  0    .000    0    9

Tuesday Results:
Canyon Lake     4  Freddie      1
Wimberley       1  Marble Falls 0
Bandera         0  Davenport    9

Tonight's Schedule:
Davenport       @  Wimberley
Freddie         @  Bandera
Marble Falls    @  Long Creek
Canyon Lake Bye

Tuesday Schedule:
Bandera         @ Canyon Lake   700p
Wimberley       @ Fredericksburg
Long Creek      @ Davenport
Marble Falls Bye

        Savanna Oberholtzer during I-10 Shootout to start the year.    (photo by PacoCreates) 

                          Plug those Leaks Lake!

Canyon Lake will have a frigid start to district play this Tuesday against an always tough Fredericksburg Billies squad.

But for this season thus far, The Hawks, have been hot with their longest winning streak and starting district play undefeated.

The schools in The Lake’s district have garnered an impressive resume and Fredericksburg will be a good indicator as Freddie’s four losses have come against teams that have a combined 29-9-4 record which gives an idea of how this will be an all out road war.

                 Go Lake Beat Freddie!

In fact, this district will have several evenings without a win just by walking out on the soccer field of play.

The top 4 District 26-4A schools have a combined 33-2-3 (.908) non-district record and have accumulated 174 goals while allowing an anemic 22 before district gets going this week to their opponents.

Need more? Wimberley has played the toughest schedule (.711), Davenport (.571), Marble Falls (.514)  and The Lake (.500).

Rankings
Girls Coaches Association Soccer Poll
Canyon Lake     1st
Wimberley       4th
Marble Falls    9th
Davenport      12th


MaxPreps Poll
Wimberley       1st
Davenport       4th
Canyon Lake     5th
Marble Falls   10th
Fredericksburg 29th

                   Way to GO HAWKS!

The ReSporter had a chance of catching up with Coach Kara Stracener for her thoughts as CLake enters their next phase of the season.

The ReSporter: Across the board what does it mean to this program to finish undefeated after non district games?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is the first time we’ve been undefeated going into district play which is exciting.  We have been playing well and improving every time we step on the field.  Every season will bring adversity, and the girls know that and are prepared for what our tough district will bring!”

The ReSporter:  And did you get what you wanted in preparation for district? 

Coach Stracener: “I think I would have liked to have seen some tougher teams           because our district has some of the best in 4A in the state, but going into district playing with confidence is also important.”  

                            Go Lake!

The ReSporter: This is ‘hands down’ the toughest district in the State at any classification. Do you have nightmares before each battle?

Coach Stracener: “I think this is one of the best Canyon Lake teams I’ve coached, so it just shows you that all the teams in our district are improving as we improve.  Iron sharpens iron, so each game is always a battle, but it will prepare those lucky enough to make it into the top 4, which is our goal.”

The ReSporter: And if you have sane moments…what gives you those thoughts when thinking about this team? 

Coach Stracener: “I don’t have nightmares…just have remind myself that this is a game, and we play because we love it and the competition is exciting.  But at the end of the day, it’s a blessing to get to compete.  Not everyone gets to do this…”

District 4A Region 4 District 26

Team            W  L  T    Pct   GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake     9  0  0  1.000   56  11    9W
Marble Falls    8  0  2   .900   44   3    2W
Davenport       8  1  0   .889   36   2    6W
Wimberley       8  1  1   .850   38   6    6W
Long Creek      4  1  2   .714   20   4    1W
Fredericksburg  5  4  0   .556   24  14    2W
Bandera         3  8  0   .333   14  27    3L


Last Week’s Results:

Marble Falls 4  KIPP Austin   1
Leander      0  Wimberley     3
Lockhart     3  Bandera       1
Freddie      9  Pleasanton    0

Floresville  1  The Lake      4
Little River 0  Marble Falls  6
Bandera      1  Pleasanton    4

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Tues: Jan 27  Canyon Lake  @  Freddie  7:00pm
              Wimberley    @  Marble Falls
              Bandera      @  Davenport
              Long Creek   Bye

Fri Jan 30    Davenport    @  Wimberley
              Freddie      @  Bandera
              Marble Falls @  Long Creek
              Canyon Lake  Bye

Issy Fory & Abby Lowth were recognized in Win over KIPP-Austin in Lake Classic Tournament.

Canyon Lake’s Lady Soccer had another successful week after sweeping their opponents in CL’s Classic Tournament.

                   Congrats Lake Soccer!

Two Soccer Polls in Texas are filled with schools from Region IV District 26 which happens to be where Canyon Lake resides.

In the TGCA Poll Canyon Lake is presently at #2 followed by Wimberley (4th), Davenport (7th) and Marble Falls (13th).

Fredericksburg was ranked 20th last week but suffered a loss last week that dropped the Billies. But looking at these schools all in the same district tells you how a tough climb it is to finish first.

Max-Preps has Wimberley atop this Poll the Davenport (3rd) followed by Canyon Lake (6th), Marble Falls (14th) and none of these schools will be sighing with relief playing in Fredericksburg.

Go Hawks & Congrats on Tourney Win!

Long Creek is the new school this year and they too have crafted a winning record.

Placing in the top 4 will certainly will give these teams another date in playing one of their neighbors during the post-season.

That almost happened during last year’s campaign if a Hawk win over London would have played Wimberley for the Region IV title.

The Lake tied the Texans in both of their district contests last year.

Canyon Lake will play their final non-district battle against Floresville (6-1-1) who ranks 14th & 24th in the TGCA and Max-Preps Poll.

Way to GO LAKE!

DISTRICT 26 4A REGION IV 

Team           W  L  T    Pct  GF  GA  Streak
Canyon Lake    8  0  0  1.000  52  10    8W
Marble Falls   6  0  2   .929  34   2    2W
Davenport      7  1  0   .875  36   2    5W
Wimberley      6  1  1   .813  27   6    4W
Long Creek     4  1  2   .714  20   4    1W
Fredericksburg 4  4  0   .500  15  14    1W
Bandera        3  6  0   .333  13  20    1L

Last Week’s Results:

Tuesday 13   Long Creek  4  Luling       0
             Bandera     2  Hondo        1

Thursday 15  The Lake    4  La Vernia    2
             Davenport   4  Richards     0
             No Crowley  4  Billies      1
             Wimberley   8  Lockhart     0

Friday 16    KIPP Austin 0  The Lake     9
             Brownwood   1  Marble Falls 1
             Lockhart    0  Davenport    3
             Freddie     0  Godley       2
             Lorena      0  Wimberley    2
             SA Cole     2  Bandera      1

Saturday 17  ChinaSpring 1  The Lake     7
             Lorena      0  Davenport    1
             Freddie     5  Bowie        1
             Burnet      0  Wimberley    8

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Tuesday 20   Mar Falls   @  KIPP Austin
             Leander     @  Wimberley
             Lockhart    @  Bandera
             Freddie     @  Pleasanton

Friday 23    Floresville @  The Lake   6:45p
             LittleRiver @  Marble Falls
             Bandera     @  Pleasanton