Volleyball says Thanks to all the supporters this season!!

The sting is hopefully fading away after Canyon Lake’s Volleyball team were upset by Sealy last week in the second round of the UIL Playoffs.

Yes, there were stunned faces exiting the facilities as the Hawks had fashioned some impressive numbers for their season which gave the CL family thoughts of an expected win as they took the court.

Phrases like, that is why they play the game, became more poignant as this team had something all of the other Hawk Sport playoff teams have never possessed.

Being favored to win the game over their opponent during the playoff atmosphere.

Don’t get this wrong, Canyon Lake’s football team has been there, but on the other side of this pendulum during their playoff history, as their first round of playoff games have all come as an underdog to the sports community.

In those second round football games, the Hawks have been a participant on the undercard as there have been two of those second round contests, CL, almost pulled off what the Sealy Tiger team did with your Volleyball Hawks.

So, with knowing the differences you might now understand how hurt and disappointed this game would be for the young ladies who had given everything and worked non-stop for a year to be put in a this lofty position of being the favored school.

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Senior Brandon Ward will be looking for a break out year for the Hawks

Canyon Lake has not had a lot of success throughout the years for basketball yet there is a decent chance that this year’s team might have what it takes to finish strong.

The Hawks will have more depth this year as many of the younger players last season played significant roles and with another year of playing could put this team in the spotlight.

Brandon Ward, Justin Ferris, Rory Preiss, Will Gray, Tyler Williams are some of those players that ended last season as solid players.

Looking at Preiss’ last game of stats in his game with Yoakum, and you see what could be in store this season.

Actually Preiss had a great half that many players would like to average for a half. Preiss ended the first half of that Yoakum game with 15 points and 10 rebounds which translates to a double-double.

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The Canyon Lake freshman lost, 14-12, against Boerne Greyhounds but still won the District 14 4-AAAA Freshman Championship.

The Hawks, with the help of 5 self imposed fumbles in which the Hawks only recovered two lost the battle but won the war. The Hawks lost two fumbles inside the Greyhounds 20 yard line which took points off the board as did the failed -2- two point conversion attempts.

However with all the ailments of this effort, CL still managed to hold the game close for a score of 14-12.

The Hawk Defense was a wrecking ball as they have been all season as they had a dominating game on this night too.

The first half was defensive battle for both teams as Boerne throws the ball everywhere and Canyon Lake as we know runs every chance they get.

The Greyhounds had 22 receptions and 124 yards passing with two interceptions and one touchdown.

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The Hawks can’t run faster than the Hounds in loss to Boerne, 35-27.

Senior kicker Mike Thorpe who now holds several of the Hawks kicking records

“We fought and did not give up,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “We were just walking around after their last score, but then we wanted to leave the football field as a team and went down swinging.”

Canyon Lake started this game a little different as a 37 yard pass play to Austin Brennan opened up an avenue not traveled for CL’s first score.

On when he knew the Hawks would be passing on first down, QB Ben Fulton recalled, “Yesterday during our film session…I think it helps with the pass threat and you can tell that the defense was looking for the run.”

Boerne did answer that score when they had an 8 play drive for 82 yards for their response. This drive was helped by a Hawk offsides on a 4th down play that led to a 21 yard run on the next play by QB Brooks Klutts .

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Damien Nichols leads the victorious MV Hawks 8th B team through a victory line. Pictures by Mark Robinson (www.mjrphotog.com)

Mountain Valley’s 8th Grade B football team came from a one win team last year to winning a District Champion after shutting out Boerne, 16-0.

“Our B-team played great on both sides of the ball,” Head Coach Raymond Amaro said. “It is difficult to beat a good team twice, but our boys worked hard all week in practice and were ready.”

It was all about the defense on Thursday as MVMS 8B team started this day giving up 4 yards on the Greyhounds first drive then would block their punt.

That would allow the Hawks with a 30 yard drive as this drive was highlighted after a Colton Eilers 21 yard run giving MV a first down on Boerne’s 5 yard line.

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Caimen McDonough and Joseph Ruiz ready for next year

Canyon Lake Junior Varsity lost their last game of the season but still claimed the District 14-4A Championship.

“I am proud of these young man,” Head JV Coach John Barthels stated. “This year overall was memorable and this was a great group of boys and I look forward to seeing them in the future.”

Boerne came back in the fourth quarter to steal the game from the Hawks as CLJV could not convert a fourth down play deep in Boerne territory, giving the Greyhounds one more chance to score.

The Dogs took advantage and drove 85 yards with the last play covering 53 yards on a catch and run and a lead that would stand, 27-26.

CLJV finished with 356 yards for this night and more than doubled the time of possession over Boerne but it would become a heart breaking loss to a very good passing club.

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              CustomY4 Country Gordon  GrannyD’s NoShore TexCountry No Shore
               Homes   Comfort Plumber GreatFood   UMC      RV      Pharmacy
              106-55   108-53  102-59  100-61    97-64    97-64     97-64
BCS/CedarPark CedarPrk CedaPrk Bracken CedarPrk  CedarPrk Bracken   Cedar Park
CL/Boerne     Hawks    Hawks   Hawks   Hawks     Hawks    Hawks     Hawks
Bandera/LH    LH       LH      LH      LH        LH       LH        LH
Bille/Taylor  Taylor   Taylor  Taylor  Taylor    Billies  Billies   Taylor
Baylor/KSU    Baylor   Baylor  Baylor  Baylor    Baylor   Baylor    Baylor
Tech/WVU      Tech     WVU     Tech    Tech      Tech     WVU       WVU
TCU/OkieSt    TCU      TCU     TCU     TCU       TCU      TCU       TCU
Kansas/Texas  Texas    Texas   Texas   Texas     Texas    Texas     Texas
LSU/Bama      LSU      LSU     Bama    Bama      LSU      Bama      Bama
Auburn/A&M    A&M      Auburn  A&M     A&M       A&M      A&M       A&M
Ark/OleMiss   OleMiss  OleMiss OleMiss OleMiss   OleMiss  OleMiss   OleMiss
MSU/Neb       MichSt   MichSt  MichSt  Nebraska  MichSt   MichSt    MichSt
OldDom/UTSA   UTSA     UTSA    UTSA    UTSA      UTSA     UTSA      UTSA
AusCol/TLU    TLU      TLU     TLU     AusColege TLU      TLU       TLU
Philly/Dallas Philly   Philly  Philly  Philly    Philly   Dallas    Philly

 Pre/Game:               CL Hawks     @     Boerne
                         Hawks (4-5)        Greyhounds (6-3)
 All-Time Series: Boerne has a 3-2 advantage since '10 season.
                  2010  Hawks   21  Boerne  07
                  2011  Boerne  35  Hawks   14
                  2012  Boerne  43  Hawks   16
                  2013  Hawks   37  Boerne  28
                  2014  Boerne  42  Hawks   35

                         This Season’s Record
 Hawks   00  Blanco       14      Hounds  41   Hondo            00
 Hawks   25  Smithville   14      Hounds  28   Medina Valley    21
 Hawks   50  Marion       55      Hounds  13   Marble Falls     14
 Hawks   28  Wimberley    14      Hounds  48   SA Antonian      42
 Hawks   14  Lampasas     42      Hounds  55   Sonora           38
 Hawks   07  Liberty Hill 31      Hounds  28   Taylor           42
 Hawks   42  Bandera      07      Hounds  31   Fredericksburg   14
 Hawks   17  Billies      06      Hounds  21   Liberty Hill     37
 Hawks   28  Taylor       31      Hounds  21   Bandera          07
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            Canyon Lake’s Student Body is all in for this year’s Volleyball Team

Assessing the field after the first round of games as Canyon Lake prepares for Sealy this Friday at Cedar Creek High School with a 6:00pm start.

Things we know? A repeat from last year’s Area game as Sealy met Canyon Lake and swept the Hawks, 3-0.

But that will not mean the same result this season. In that game last season, Sealy was the top seed after winning their district while CL tied with Navarro and was awarded the second seed to start their bracket play.

So, yes, these are the same schools but they have switched seeding positions.

Sealy lost their one game tilt with Columbus after both schools finished their district tied with one loss.

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                 Canyon Lake has their game face in Win over Taylor

The Ducks could not land on Canyon Lake as the Hawks swept Taylor, 25-19, 25-11, and 25-11 on Monday night at Lehman High School.

The Sixth Ranked CL Hawks won their first playoff game over the Ducks as they will now wait for tomorrow’s game between Sealy and Brazosport.

Canyon Lake is now District and Bi-District Champions as these games start having much more riding on them.

In that first set, Taylor did make a wake-up call as CL had a 5 serve rally for Addison Farley which put the Hawks up, 16-8.

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