The ReSporter has learned that Head Coach John Gallagher will be stepping down as coach of Canyon Lake’s Softball team for this coming school year.
Here is an informational Coaches Corner for Mr. Gallagher to help inform you of his plans and thoughts.
The ReSporter: Do you change things up, or do you keep to the same type of regiment in between your seasons?
Coach Paisley: “I am always a believer in consistency and especially with the conditioning and weight room regiment, along with expectations during the off-season. As for skills, we adapt to what group of kids we have returning, and need to focus on most. Passing and defense is always a must and is a skill we try to perfect every season.”
Finishing the job in 4×400 relay win over Fredericksburg. (photo by Karen Holmes)
CL’s Track & Field Boy’s Team comes in with the #1 Ranking in this years sporting events for Canyon Lake High School. This sport took care of business when they out ran the district schools to the finish line for one of 4 District 28-4A Championships!
Head Coach Troy Moses commented in much the same manner as his comments for the #5 rankings for their Area Track Meet Trophy.
Canyon Lake High School Running Back Jacob Ruff (#32) rushes for a touchdown against the Pleasanton High School Eagles. (mjrphotog.com)
We are down to the final two for this year’s Top 15 Hawk Sporting events for this past school year. This was a season that had some similarities from the 2009-10 sports year when CL was taken to the cleaners in every sport that first year of varsity play.
Quarterback Ben Fulton (#12) gives indication on who Won District 14-4A after beating Taylor. (mjrphotog.com)
Canyon Lake Football has #4 on this year’s Countdown after finally taking care of Taylor and winning the 2nd District Championship in CL’s history, to start this record breaking season.
Boys Track & Field are Area Champions (photo by Karen Holmes)
Coach Troy Moses had this to say bout the Area Meet, “All I can say is Wow!!!” At the end of the meet we had a, win the 4×400 and we are Champions!! I’m just so proud of the way our kids stepped up and performed. With our 4×200 relay finishing 2nd, that was not expected.”
Senior Alexa Ramos was a key cog in the Hawks Basketball Season. (photo by Karen Holmes)
CL Girl’s Basketball was at it again with their win over Fredericksburg to reach #6 on the Top 15 Countdown. Road wins is one of the main criteria for a Hawk club in having a chance of reaching one of the top sporting events. This was certainly a main reason for this lofty finish for CL’s Basketball club.
Reagan Heun and Chelsea Tschoepe were both integral on defense and offense during their run. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Girls Basketball Region win over Sealy will be next on this year’s Countdown coming in as #8 on the list.
“This was a huge win for us,” Head Coach Zach Burleson stated. “And it was like a lot of other games for us. Reagan (Heun) paced us throughout and we had a heck of a game from Jesse (Melendez) and Lainee (Moses). There was always somebody stepping up and making a big play. And that is what it takes to win playoff games like that.”
HAWK TOP 15 COUNTDOWN 15. Volleyball win over Wimberley in Bi-District 14. Girl’s Basketball beating Boerne Champion 13. Boy’s Basketball win over Wimberley 12. CL’s Football Bi-District win over Gatesville 11. Hawk Ladies Track & Field Season 10. Canyon Lake Football defeating an undefeated Boerne 9. Softball sweeping Navarro in their Bi-District contest 8. Girl’s Basketball Region win over Sealy
Super Year Hawks, Congrats!!
Canyon Lake had a magical year during their Lady Basketball season and making the 3rd round would be another high water mark after taking care of the Sealy Tigers.
This team was built with defense but there were enough on offense that helped this team to clear several hurdles during this run as the Ladies had not won a Bi-District battle yet and then clearing the bar in that next round was a major CL event.
Reagan Heun was one of those contributors that used her Senior leadership on the court and during the season.
Heun would end her Senior Year by making the Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State Team. “This is a basketball performance based on the top 40 players in Class 4A,” Head Coach Zach Burleson heaped praise. “It is a big deal because there are 32 districts and only 40 players get chosen.”
Canyon Lake now has two that have made this high altitude award as Heun joins Ashley Pfaff who made this same team back during her 2010 season.
Senior Year Stats Reagan Heun Ashley Pfaff Points 567 494 Assists 71 89 Rebounds 253 199 Steals 64 96 Blocks 16 29 Made Free Throws 197 153
Kudos for these two young ladies and Heun will be continuing her career when she goes up north to North Dakota State. From a Hawk to a Bison will be a chance to keep up with how she performs going to that next level.
Way to Go Lady Hawks!!
This game with Sealy would see Canyon Lake with their defense taking control against a Tiger team was held to 8 points below their season average but this was nothing new for The Lake as they had lowered the offenses all season long when playing their opponents.
After holding the Tigers with a first quarter score, 12-3 Canyon Lake would never lose that lead as they coasted the remainder of this battle winning, 37-30.
Canyon Lake’s win was methodical and it continued their march through the season that had this group of ladies finishing their year (31-7) with 12 more wins than their pervious best during that 2010 season (19-10).
Enjoy going back a few months and relive the game:
GO HAWKS!!
Kenzie Sayles was one of many valuable Freshman this year playing Softball. (photo by Karen Holmes)
Canyon Lake had a great year with this record setting season started. A two game sweep in a Bi-District game over Navarro put this date in the 9th place spot for this 2018-19 top-15 countdown.
Tristan Chacon follows a pretty good lineman in Jacob Foster for a long gain in win over Gatesville. (photo by Karen Holmes)
The Final 10 Countdown, commences with last year’s contest between Canyon Lake and Boerne. Both teams were flying high when this district game came calling.
