Rory Preiss left everything on the floor each night as a Hawk.    (photo by Karen Holmes)

How good was this year’s Seniors for the Hawk Basketball team?   This will go down as the best Senior Class, as this group of players had to overcome years of bad karma in the Hawk Hoop World.

The ReSporter will base this article on the past two years, but some of these Seniors contributed to the Hawk basketball team for a 3 year period.

Tyler Williams and Rory Preiss were two of those mainstays that played well enough as Freshman to catch the eye of Head Coach Lucas Chapman.

Canyon Lake only had platitudes for that old saying, ‘ we will get them next year’.

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Tyler Williams gets things started in the 2nd Playoff in their history (photo Karen Holmes)

The Hawks could not get their last 3point shot off as time ran out on Canyon Lake in a razor thin loss to Navarro in Bi-District Playoffs, 46-43.

“I was very proud of our guys and how hard we competed. We certainly didn’t come out on top due to lack of effort,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “We had some guys step up and play really good games. Tyler did an outstanding job for us. He protected the paint and basket well and pretty much shut down their big man. Charlie (McIntosh) came in and gave us some great minutes.  Jacob (Ramirez) played a really solid all around game. There were others too.”

Canyon Lake had the opportunities as the Hawks started the game with a solid first quarter but a repeat of their first game with the Panthers boomeranged after scoring 7 points while Navarro poured in 18 in taking a halftime lead, 30-23.

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 Young Life says Go Hawks

The Hawks Track & Field Teams had impressive starts for this year’s season, as Canyon Lake jumped off into the year with an improving motif takes shape as each passing week will culminate with the District 28-4A Meet in April.

There were 14 schools in attendance for the all-day festivities as each running event had athletes running not knowing if their time would be good enough for placing.

Kenneth Jowers moved up to 3rd place in the Hawk 100 meter event as he started his year with a 11.31 dash.

Chance Martelli shaved a second off his previous 400 meter best while moving up to 5th place on the all-time Hawk list. Matthew Bell moved up on the Mile Run by improving his time by 8 seconds and now resides in 7th place in that category for Canyon Lake.

In those throwing events, Jacob Foster and Bradley Hight both entered the top 10 for Hawk Discus participants, now holding in the 7th and 8th spots respectfully.

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Goal Keeper Jenna Pritzkau and Defender Lis Ellery protecting their goal. (mjrphotog.com)

                 This Week          @        Canyon Lake

 Feb. 20 Mon     CL Hawks JV        @        Llano              6:00p        Baseball
                 Llano              @        CL Hawks           6:00p        Baseball

 Feb. 21 Tue     Johnson City       @        CL Hawks           4:00p        Tennis
                 CL Hawks JV        @        Bandera            5:00p Girls  Soccer
                 Bandera            @        CL Hawks JV        5:00p Boys   Soccer
                 CL Hawks JV      XXXX       Luling             5:00p        Softball
                 CL Hawks         >>>>       Luling             7:00p        Softball
                               BOTH GAMES WITH LULING CANCELLED FOR SOFTBALL
                 CL Hawks           @        Bandera            7:00p Girls  Soccer
                 Bandera            @        CL Hawks           7:00p Boys   Soccer
               **Navarro            vs.      CL Hawks           7:00p Boys   Basketball
                                             Canyon High School

 Feb. 22 Wed     CL Hawks           @        Seguin             All Day      Golf

 Feb. 23 Thu     Bandera            @        CL Hawks           8:00a        Softball
                 SA Christian       @        CL Hawks          12:00p        Softball
                                             Hill Country Tournament
                 CL Hawks           vs.      Blanco             9:00a        Baseball
                 CL Hawks           vs.      La Vernia         11:00a        Baseball
                                             Marion Tournament
                                 
 Feb. 24 Fri     Navarro            @        CL Hawks           8:00a        Softball
                                             Hill Country Tournament
                 CL Hawks           vs.      St. Anthony       11:00a        Baseball
                 CL Hawks           vs.      Marion             5:00p        Baseball
                                             Marion Tournament
                 CL Hawks JV        @        Fredericksburg     5:00p Boys   Soccer
                 Fredericksburg     @        CL Hawks JV        5:00p Girls  Soccer
                 CL Hawks           @        Fredericksburg     7:00p Boys   Soccer
                 Fredericksburg     @        CL Hawks           7:00p Girls  Soccer

 Feb. 25 Sat     Luling             @        CL Hawks          10:00a        Softball
                 John Paul II       @        CL Hawks          12:00p        Softball
                                             Hill Country Tournament
                 CL Hawks           @        Marion Tournament   TBD         Baseball
                 CL Hawks           @        Lobo Relays       All-Day       Track
                                             Hays High School

 ** Playoff Game Broadcast starts at 6:30p with Tip-Off 7:00p

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Rachel Bennett will be ready for turn-a-round game in Bandera on Tuesday

The Lady Hawk Soccer Team was close in their loss to Wimberley as the Texans left the CL’s Nest with a 3-1 victory leaving the Hawks needing a win this Tuesday on their road trip to Bandera.

Canyon Lake had the game tied with less than 6 minutes to go in the contest when Wimberley scored and took the contest to their eventual score of, 3-1.

“This was disappointing,” Head Coach Ryan Tierney stated. “Bandera is a winnable game for us and we will have to beat them…..we are passing better and we are playing with a lot of physicality.”

The Hawks had battled back against the Texans as this contest did not get out of reach until the last two minutes to this 12 win state ranked school.

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Maddy Puente & Bailey Bryan with Home-Run Balls

Canyon Lake left their last day at the Navarro Tournament with a sweep, as the Austin Royals and Yoakum Bulldogs were the victims of the Hawk’s power.

The Hawk’s scored 16 runs in both games, while stroking 28 hits with 7 doubles, 1 triple, and 2 home-runs making up 10 of those 28 hits.

CL finished the Navarro Tourney in 2nd place out of 24 teams for their best finish since they started attending this first of the year set of games.

“With this line-up we are pretty strong from one to nine with our power, bunting, and slapping,” Head Coach John Gallagher stated.

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Lauren Mentzer gets even after pitching a 1-hitter against Luling

Hawks Suffer Growing Pains after mixed results on Friday at the Huber Softball Complex Tournament.

Canyon Lake had a rude awakening at 9am on Friday morning as the 7th rated Cuero Gobblers took control of this game early from the circle and the batter’s box.

Both places were lethal for the Hawks as they were able to coax a walk for their only successful ab bat as CL found it hard to get the bat on the ball for the entire contest.

Lauren Mentzer started the game but could not control the strike zone as Cuero took advantage and ran out to an 11-0 final score.

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Kat Weber is ready for break out year!!

Canyon Lake accomplished getting that bad taste out of their mouths after starting the season with a loss to Wimberley. On Thursday at Huber Ranch, the Hawks, outscored their two opponents, 35-0 as CL left no prisoners.

Pearsall and Jefferson were the two schools taking the brunt of CL’s bad mood as both games were stopped after the 2nd and 3rd innings respectfully.

Some good signs as Maddy Puente and Lauren Mentzer both had home-runs in the second game and Puente’s had an exclamation point with a grand slam.

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                                Gavin Dietrich is ready to get Baseball Going!!

                                 Baseball’s All-Time Top 5

 average                         at bats                        runs
 Michael Brady       .364        Travis Walker         272      Travis Walker         65
 Nick Cahill         .354        Garrett Winters       192      Garrett Winters       52
 Ross Wagliardo      .338        Cody Powell           188      Kyler Huff            38
 Zach Jenkins        .336        Michael Brady         184      Daniel Camarillo      37
 Corey Shedrock      .320        Logan Felch           184      Corey Shedrock        36
                                                                Drew Riccio           36
                                                                Logan Felch           36

 hits                            rbi’s                          doubles
 Travis Walker         80        Travis Walker          44      Travis Walker         19
 Michael Brady         67        Logan Felch            43      Corey Shedrock        16
 Daniel Camarillo      52        Michael Brady          38      Logan Felch           14
 Jeff Nabors           49        Zach Jenkins           29      Michael Brady         13
 Logan Felch           49        Nich Cahill            27      Zach Jenkins          12
                                 Drew Riccio            27
                                 Jeff Nabors            27
                                 Cody Powell            27

 triples                         home runs                      base on balls
 Kyler Huff             6        Logan Felch             6      Michael Brady         48
 Daniel Camarillo       3        Travis Walker           6      Travis Walker         39
 Gavin Dietrich         2        Nick Cahill             4      Daulton Winters       37
 Eric Nelson            2        Joe Shone               4      Garrett Winters       30
 Tyler Vinson           2        Cody Breest             4      Kyler Huff            30
 J. J. Nance            2

                           pitching based on 30 or more innings
 innings pitched                 earned run average             strikeouts
 Cody Powell       114.1         Cody Breest          2.48      Cody Powell          128
 Ross Wagliardo     96.1         Zach Jenkins         3.03      Ross Wagliardo       109
 Logan Felch        93.2         Cody Powell          3.62      Cody Breest           87
 Cody Breest        79.1         Travis Walker        3.98      Logan Felch           64
 Nick Kissell       66.1         Gavin Dietrich       4.35      Jeff Nabors           56

  Wins                           Saves
 Cody Breest          11         Kyler Huff              3
 Cody Powell           7         Cody Breest             2
 Ross Wagliardo        5         Ross Wagliardo          2
 Logan Felch           4         Nick Kissell            1
 Ryan Hutcheson        4         Gavin Dietrich          1
                                 Jeff Nabors             1
                                 Avery Montgomery        1

Go Hawks and pounce on the competition this year.

Canyon Lake began their new season getting drummed by the Texans as the Hawks had a hard time keeping Wimberley off the base paths.

Lauren Mentzer got the first start of the season and will try to forget this outing as quickly as possible in preparation for the Huber tournament that starts on Thursday.

Canyon Lake had 4 players that had their first game for the Hawks and adding up their combined stats shows this has an opportunity to be a decent season.

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