The ReSporter: What are your overall thoughts after District Meet?

GO HAWKS!!

Coach Barthels: “My overall thoughts on the district track meet are that we participated at a much higher level than we have all year.  Other schools did as well, resulting in us placing 4th place instead of first, but we had about 90% of the girls run a better time than they have run all year and that is what is asked of them. “

The ReSporter: Why was our district meet a week earlier than most other districts?

Coach Barthels: “We meet and agree a year in advance as to when we will have district meets.  There is a set date that you must have district finished and if you have bad weather it gets crazy, doing things this way allows more time to get ready for the area and then regional meets as opposed to running district and then the next week have area and then the next week regionals.  It is going to help me as we have a couple of girls banged up right now and this will give us more time to heal and be at our best.”

The ReSporter: When you have two weeks before the next meet what do you do different with the qualifiers?   (more…)

Catcher Lee Stafford ready for the pitch.                  (picture by Tysha Dunavant)

Baseball and Softball get Gobbled up by the Cuero Gobblers as both games failed to reach the 7th inning.

This is a tough year for bats and balls as Baseball has won 2 games and this year’s Softball team is presently on a 10 game losing streak.

For the Hawk Baseball team you have youth out the wazoo as CL lost several Seniors last season and just were not loaded enough to keep that train on it’s track.

“We played ok, just could not get anything going offensively,” Head Baseball Coach Trent Dunavant stated. “We put the ball in play, just could not square anything up…so give them credit for getting the job done offensively.”

Canyon Lake’s Baseball has gone two games without a run as finding the right combination for batting is a hit and miss. (pardon the pun)

Gavin Dietrich took the loss as Cuero continues fighting for one of those precious play-off spots.

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Gavin Dietrich waiting to give a ball a ride in win over Yoakum  (Tysha Dunavant)

                           This Week @ Canyon Lake

 Tue Apr 12         CL Hawks         @    Cuero           6pm    Softball
                    CL Hawks         @    Cuero           7pm    Baseball

 Thu Apr 14         Blanco           @    CL Hawks JV     6pm    Baseball

 Fri Apr 15         Mountain Valley  @    Wimberley       4pm    Track & Field
                    Wimberley        @    CL Hawks        6pm    Softball
                    Wimberley        @    CL Hawks        7pm    Baseball

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Carly Dubois shows off the ball that left the yard

Canyon Lake’s Softball team showed signs of life but the Hawks still could not dig out of their hole in loss to Navarro, 17-13.

“We put ourselves in a hole,” Head Coach John Gallagher stated. “We fought back and this team never gives up and I am really proud of what the team did….we started tagging the ball pretty well.”

That last comment from Coach Gallagher will give you an indication of the slump this team has been in since district play started over a month ago.

The 13 runs was more than adding up the previous 8 games and getting into double digit hits has not been seen since their last win in Johnson City against Copperas Cove.

But, when you put the team to the test with the Big 3 that needs to be humming (pitching/hitting/fielding), then you can see by the 17 runs given up that pitching was not on as well as still committing way to many errors.

That hole that was dug had the Panthers with a 12-1 lead going into the bottom of the 3rd inning.

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Hawk 4×400 relay breaks CL Record with 4:07.85 time Bailey Drum, Skylar Hurst, Emma Gray, Sophia Thorpe

Canyon Lake’s next stop will be Liberty Hill in two weeks for the Area Meet to qualify for Region Meet in Kingsville.

The top 4 in each event got their ticket punched for this chance and the Hawks had several athletes who had personal best finishes which might be an indication that the record breaking might not be finished.

CL’s Boys and Girls both finished in 4th place in their district meet held in Cuero this past Wednesday and Thursday.

Hurdles was the strength of both Boys and Girls as Bailey Drum and Brandon Courtney both lowered their best times in this meet.

Drum had a 36 point meet scoring in all 5 events she entered. that included 3 first place finishes while qualifying for the Area Meet in 4 of those 5 events.

Canyon Lake had points every time Drum walked out to compete, as this future Angelo State Volleyball player proved she can handle track & field too.

With Drum’s 36 points, she passed 200 points for the year and now resides with 213 tallies and more meets ahead for this tireless athlete.

“After all of this, I don’t have a lot of energy left,” Drum noted after her final event. “I honestly did not think I was running that fast and I just attacked every hurdle.”

That last comment was in response to lowering her best 300 meter hurdle race by over 2 seconds.

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                     Hawk Proud

Canyon Lake will embark this Wednesday for their 2 day trek of climbing a hill as both the Boys and

Girls track teams have legitimate chances for claiming a district championship.

This year has seen many firsts for Canyon Lake, as the Volleyball team claimed the first district crown when they finished District 26-4A undefeated.

Football made the playoffs for the 3rd year in a row while both the Boys Basketball and Boys Soccer had good enough seasons to find themselves playing in their first playoff games.

Girl’s Basketball returned to playoff action, after a 5 year hiatus while the Girls Soccer team will continue in their playoff journey going into the 3rd round as they play for an Area Crown on Tuesday.

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                   Brianna Young power swing in game with Fredericksburg in 2012

                       Softball 2016 Season and All-Time Top 3

 at bats                  runs                     hits
 Carly Dubois       81    Kirsten Jones     29     Carly Dubois         44
 Alexis Robinson    71    Carly Dubois      26     Kirsten Jones        29
 Lauren Mentzer     69    Alexis Robinson   23     Alexis Robinson      29

 runs batted in           extra base hits          base on balls
 Alexis Robinson    28    Alexis Robinson   13     Kirsten Jones        10
 Lauren Mentzer     21    Lauren Mentzer     9     Maggie Banks          9
 Kat Weber          18    Kat Weber          5     Char Hutson           8

 stolen base              batting average          on base pct
 Carly Dubois       32    Carly Dubois    .543     Carly Dubois       .583
 Kirsten Jones      17    Kirsten Jones   .468     Kirsten Jones      .581
 Bailey Bryan        8    Alexis Robinson .406     Kat Weber          .472

 strikeouts               wins                     earned run average  
 Alexis Robinson   101    Alexis Robinson    6     Maggie Banks       0.69
 Lauren Mentzer     65    Lauren Mentzer     3     Lauren Mentzer     1.89
 Maggie Banks        6    Maggie Banks       3     Alexis Robinson    1.94

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                         All-Time Hawks

 at bats                 runs                      hits
 Alexis Robinson  343    Alexis Robinson  111      Alexis Robinson    129
 Kelsey Ahrens    328    Kirsten Jones     84      Carly Dubois       113
 Vicky Henderson  289    Carly Dubois      82      Kelsey Ahrens      109

 runs batted in          extra base hits           base on balls
 Alexis Robinson   90    Alexis Robinson   50      Missy Romero        55
 Kelsey Ahrens     76    Missy Romero      35      Brianna Young       53
 Brianna Young     75    Kelsey Ahrens     34      Alexis Robinson     50

 stolen bases            batting average          on base pct
 Carly Dubois      69    Carly Dubois    .435     Brianna Young      .485
 Tiffany Arredondo 39    McKenna Beseda  .376     Missy Romero       .479
 Kirsten Jones     35    Alexis Robinson .376     Carly Dubois       .473

 strikeouts              wins                     earned run average
 Alexis Robinson  668    Missy Romero      41     Missy Romero       2.77
 Missy Romero     641    Alexis Robinson   38     Lauren Mentzer     3.15
 Lauren Mentzer    82    Lauren Mentzer     7     Alexis Robinson    3.36

Canyon Lake is now the time for desperation as another one run loss has the Hawks looking at a situation where some help will be needed and wins have to start tomorrow.

“We are playing not to lose instead of playing for a win,” Head Coach John Gallagher said. “We worked hard and our effort was there.”

CL still has a mathematical shot for the playoffs but like someone with cataracts they don’t need to be driving while it is dark outside.

Errors were the culprit again as one of those dastardly mistakes led to 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning and an eventual loss.

Alexis Robinson had just 3 walks but those were all bunched up during the same inning while the Hawks decided to have 2 errors that same inning giving the Bulldogs 4 runs without a hit.

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                                              Hawk Relay Teams at Texas Relays
Chance Martelli, Heath McDonough, Tanner Faris, Austin Camacho, Brandon Courtney, Haden Lee, (not pictured Lester Boehm

The ReSporter will go over some Track thoughts the next few days as they prepare for next week’s District 26-4A Meet in Cuero.

First off, Canyon Lake has depth and that should translate into more points.

Second off, the Hawks have more Senior participants this year and that has been paying dividends for both the girls’ and boy’s teams.

That has been one of the most disappointing aspects of track as those Seniors usually get a hint of Senioritis and forego the last part of their year not on the cinders or many sports.

The ReSporter’s advice for those young people that read this site, “You only live once and that Senior year can be rewarding to finish your race in grand fashion.”

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Sophomore JC Parrish taking his swings                          (Pictures by Tasha Dunavant) 

                       This Week @ Canyon Lake
 Mon Apr 4       CL Hawks        @     Floresville       All-Day   Boys   Golf
                                       2nd Rd District Play        Girls
                 La Vernia       @     CL Hawks JV       5 & 7pm          Baseball 
                 Yoakum          @     CL Hawks          6pm              Softball

 Tue Apr 5       CL Hawks        @     Gonzales          6pm              Softball
                 Boerne          vs    CL Hawks          7pm       Girls  Soccer
                                       Area Playoffs
                 CL Hawks        @     Gonzales          7pm              Baseball

 Wed Apr 6       CL Hawks        @     Cuero             All-Day          Track
                                       District 26-4A

 Thu Apr 7       CL Hawks        @     Cuero             All-Day          Track
                                       District 26-4A

 Fri Apr 8       Navarro         @     CL Hawks          6pm              Softball
                 Navarro         @     CL Hawks          7pm              Baseball
                 CL Hawks        @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                                       District Meet

 Sat Apr 9       CL Hawks JV     @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                 CL Hawks Var    @     Wimberley         All-Day          Tennis
                                       District Meet

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