Rory Preiss finishes with a double-double in win over Gonzales

Canyon Lake started their season in grand style as they walloped Gonzales, 70-32 on their first District 26-4A game.

“We did exactly what we needed to do and played well,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said with a smile. “We did a good job of looking like we were playing during the first of this season.”

The Hawks had 3 players breaking double digit scoring as Rory Preiss finished with a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

“We went out and did what we needed to do and played hard and did not sink to their level of play,” Preiss pressed.

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Canyon Lake Lady Hawks started their District 26-4A season with a win over Yoakum, 38-26 before the Christmas Break and will now see if they can improve on that record when Gonzales comes to town this Saturday.

CL’s defense was the key in this win as the Hawks had a season best 20 steals as Alexa Ramos coming within just 2 steal in reaching double figures.

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The Hawks finished non district play this week after a 1-3 record in the Fredericksburg Tourney.

Will Gray is hoping the Hawks are prepared for start of the District Season.

Now Canyon Lake will see if they can put their best foot forward for another try of making the playoffs.

The ReSporter caught up with Head Coach Lucas Chapman to talk about how this team will perform.

The ReSporter: What was your main problem in the Tourney this past week?

Coach Chapman: “Poor defense and turnovers. We shot the ball pretty well from the field during the tournament, but when you turn it over you waste possessions and you can’t score. We also did a poor job of keeping teams out of the paint defensively, and allowing a few opposing players to put up some big points against us.”

The ReSporter:  Did see some good things studying the stats, Will Gray did keep his turnover rate low and also led the team in rebounds for those 4 games. Is having Gray lead in rebounds a good stat to have?
Coach Chapman: “I think a lot of that had to do with our poor defense and really not having many opportunities to rebound the ball defensively. I don’t think we did a bad job of rebounding during the tournament, and I don’t necessarily care who gets the rebounds as long as they are wearing green and gold.” (more…)

                             Hawks Celebrate in one of their 33 Victories this season.

The Fall Season of 2015 had an historic moment as the CL Volleyball team pulled off a District Championship which was the first for the Hawk Nation.

If you were looking at teams for Canyon Lake and projecting the first team to get to that feat, then Volleyball would have been near the bottom as the Hawk District has been controlled by Wimberley and seeing a team upend their streak of District Championships would have been a hard sell.

Yes, Wimberley did not have a vintage year but CL’s Volleyball team would also reach the highest State Ranking for any sport when they topped out at No. 7 during this season.

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Canyon Lake Junior Varsity Missed 3 Pointer Shy of Win

Guard Ryner Martin scored 18 points on 6 3point shots

CLJV started their game with Boerne in a hole as the Greyhounds literally scored 14 of the first 17 points in the contest.

But that is when the Hawks would finally open the lid off their goal and got their offense in gear.

In the last 2 minutes of the first quarter, Canyon Lake would unleash four 3 pointers to take the lead after the buzzer sounded to end the first quarter, 16-15.

That show was from the shot of Ryner Martin and Bennie Brownlee to end that stanza.

These two sharp shooters finished with 18 and 11 points respectfully.

Ryner made three 3pointers and Brownlee topped that with a 4 point play on his made 3point goal.

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Hilltop ReSorter: What will you do different in your game with Boerne after last week’s convincing loss?

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Coach Chapman: “We will definitely work some more zone offensive stuff. We hadn’t really played a zone team all year, so we haven’t had much work against it. We will really emphasize and focus on attacking a zone today and tomorrow during practice. We will also hopefully show up and play with much more passion and effort than we did on Saturday.”

The ReSporter: This game on Friday will tell if the team can come back from that loss like they have been coming back in deficits during an actual game such as last night’s affair.

Coach Chapman: “Yeah it will be a good barometer of who we really are. Boerne is definitely not 30 points better than us, but if we don’t show up and get after it then that result can happen. I just want us to go out and compete and get after it. When we do that we can compete with anyone.”

The ReSporter: What are some victories you can take from the games up to this point? (more…)

Rory Preiss finishes with a double-double in win over Pleasanton

Canyon Lake held Pleasanton to 20 points below their season average in their win Tuesday night on the road, 55-38.

The Hawk’s shooting percentage was not good but that part of the game was overcome on the offensive glass as CL finished with 16 offensive rebounds.

A slow start in scoring 17 points in that first half had Canyon Lake looking at a 6 point deficit coming out of their locker for the second round of play, 17-23.

“We forced them into 33 turnovers,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman said. “We picked up our defensive pressure, which caused them to make mistakes and take poor shots….I was very pleased with our defensive intensity and our guards did a great job of pressuring the ball.”

Canyon Lake was also having a turnover epidemic in that first half as they committed 16 contributing to their slow start.

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                 CL Hawks 2015-16 Top Three Boy’s Basketball

 total points             3 point goals           field goal pct
 Rory Preiss      97      Jacob Ramirez     13    Tyler Williams     .552
 Tyler Williams   87      Justin Ferris      6    Heath McDonough    .509
 Will Gray        65      Will Gray          6    Rory Preiss        .482

 offensive rebounds       defensive rebounds      total rebounds
 Rory Preiss      23      Rory Preiss       49    Rory Preiss          72
 Tyler Williams   16      Heath McDonough   45    Heath McDonough      57
 Jacob Ramirez    16      Will Gray         27    Tyler Williams       42

 assists                  steals                  blocks
 Gerrit Wilkins   22      Heath McDonough   19    Tyler Williams       10
 Brandon Ward     15      Will Gray         13    Rory Preiss           9
 Will Gray        15      Jacob Ramirez     12    Heath McDonough       7

 3pt percentage           free throw made         free throw pct
 Jacob Ramirez  .333      Tyler Williams    23    Sam Langford       100%
 Sam Langford   .273      Gerrit Wilkins    21    Will Gray          .722
 Rory Preiss    .250      Heath McDonough   15    Jacob Ramirez      .714

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          CL All-Time Stats Top 10 (Updated for current players)
 Total Points             3pt Goals                Made Free Throws
 Andrew Riali       594   Andrew Riali      122    Matt Magness      120
 Matt Magness       555   Cole Green         77    Andrew Riali      113
 Stuart Lowry       407   Garrett Winters    71    Christian Pena    102
 Caleb Kreiger      406   Matt Magness       52    Brandon Berger     90
 Skyler Tschoepe    362   Paul Davis         34    Doug Hubnik        80
 Christian Pena     356   Skyler Tschoepe    34    Caleb Kreiger      72
 Tanner Jones       348   Stuart Lowry       31    Sean Nolan         67
 Cole Green         348   Brandon Berger     29    Tanner Jones       66
 Sean Nolan         337   Nic Adams          28    Skyler Tscheope    66
 Brandon Ward       315   Luke Curry         25    Rory Preiss        49
 Rory Preiss        268   Brandon Ward       23    Brandon Ward       37
 Will Gray          176   Will Gray          22    Will Gray          36
                          Jacob Ramirez      13   

 Total Rebounds           Steals                   Assists 
 Sean Nolan         368   Neal Whitehead     78    Doug Hubnik       187
 Andrew Riali       296   Tanner Jones       76    Matt Magness      136
 Skyler Tschoepe    249   Matt Magness       69    Tanner Jones       90
 Rory Preiss        231   Skyler Tschoepe    69    Brandon Berger     78
 Caleb Kreiger      218   Doug Hubnik        62    Garrett Winters    77
 Neal Whitehead     203   Javier Mendez      58    Christian Pena     59
 Eric Nelson        184   Brandon Berger     55    Dalton Winters     56
 Matt Magness       156   Christian Pena     49    Nic Adams          42
 Javier Mendez      151   Tyler Clark        49    Rory Preiss        41
 Tyler Williams     117   Rory Preiss        45    Will Gray          32
                          Will Gray          31

 Blocks                   Season Points       #    Year
 Sean Nolan          85   Caleb Kreiger     406    ’12
 Caleb Kreiger       59   Christian Pena    356    ’09
 Neal Whitehead      47   Tanner Jones      348    ’09
 Tyler Williams      36   Andrew Riali      328    ’14
 Eric Nelson         29   Stuart Lowry      282    ’10
 Skyler Tschoepe     29   Matt Magness      278    ’12
 Rory Preiss         17   Andrew Riali      267    ’13
 Kevin Nolan         15   Paul Davis        259    ’13
 Ancel Morel         15   Brandon Ward      256    ’15
 Tommy Clark         10   Matt Magness      252    ’11
 Heath McDonough      7

Robert Woods is a welcome addition to CL’s Basketball Team

Canyon Lake finished their first day of tournament play at the Canyon Lake Classic Tournament on Friday evening beating Lockhart and losing to Blanco.

The Hawks lost to Blanco in overtime as CL was down 15 points in the 3rd Quarter, 51-36 at the 4:03 mark.

Canyon Lake then outscored Blanco with great defense and timely offense by finishing that last part of the quarter outscoring the Panthers 10-0.

The Hawks then started the 4th Quarter outscoring Blanco 11-2 which would give CL their largest lead, 59-53 but the game would end with both teams more than a 2 point advantage until the final horn.

In the Lockhart game, the Hawks, rushed out to a 15-2 start and used that advantage for the remainder of the game.

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Hawk Defense readies for a Big Play

Canyon Lake’s defensive side of the ball will be highlighted here as the Hawks will be losing some key elements from this past season.

This year’s Senior Class was not a large group of players but the ones that played were on top of their game as the stats below will bellow.

Haden Lee will go down as one of the best all around defensive players Canyon Lake has ever had. If you wanted anything from a tackle to a pass break-up, then Lee would be the guy in the mix.

Robert Woods and Matt Adams would also be on that short list as both of these players might have even better numbers if they were not being borrowed for the offensive side of the ball.

These and the other Seniors will certainly be missed this next season as we will be ready to receive this next group of players that will make their mark as a Hawk.

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