The Hawks have another first place team in Volleyball as CLJV won their game with Wimberley in three sets, 21-25. 25-21, 25-16 as a precursor before the Varsity game.

“We just started attacking at all the places on the court,” Head JV Coach Megan Helmey said. “Our defense was good and on their toes all night.”

“This was obviously a big game,” Coach Helmey continued. “And once we realized their weakness we finished well and we took it to a new level after that first game.”

This win was a roller coaster ride as each team had multiple rallies like a see/saw ride. Or, maybe a Fiesta Texas roller coaster, you get the idea…there was not a lead that would be considered safe, especially in that first set.

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***Canyon Lake had several games that The ReSporter would like to bring back to life during this month of May as we draw another year of sports reporting to a close.

Hope you enjoy the flashbacks.

The Hawks were the first team in 18 years to beat Wimberley during district play at the Texans home court.

Wimberley had lost an earlier game to Navarro, but that contest was played in Navarro as the Panthers beat the Texans 3-1.

CL upped that win by Navarro by not only winning at Wimberley but being the first district team to sweep this Volleyball powerhouse getting a 3-0 whitewash.

Things to note that made this one of the top wins for the Hawks this year:

Wimberley had not lost a game within a set ever to the Hawks. Canyon Lake lost 25-27 over 4 years ago which would be as close to a win for CL, ever.

Wimberley had won 76-0 in contests and a whopping 228 games in a row winning streak since CL started playing in 2008, coming into this year’s season for district games.

Since the Texans had an 18 year district winning streak then you can do your own math on how dominant this school has been throughout all these years.

Think about the age of the Hawk players and you now know that none of the Hawks had even been born when Wimberley last lost a district game.

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Canyon Lake swept the Wimberley Texans for their first win ever over this perennial powerhouse, 25-22, 25-21, and 25-20.

The win keeps the first place Hawks in District 26-4A on top of the heap as they have just one more game left in the first round at home this Friday against La Vernia.

“A 5-0 record is a good start,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said. “La Vernia will be scrappy on defense.”

Coach Paisley, as you can see, was already thinking of her game plan for CL’s Friday match-up at the Hawk Nest.

“I think we had a mission tonight from starting to finishing,” Coach Paisley continued. “We were more fluid with our passes and offensively we were stronger.”
CL improves to 25-8 and now has the best percentage at this time of the year ever as well as being undefeated on the road this season (6-0).

First win and first set win over the Texans and Wimberley being swept for the first time in at least 8 years but maybe longer in District play.

The Texans have won a district championship for the last 18 years in a row. This loss also gave WHS their second loss in District 26-4A for this campaign.

Canyon Lake, with this win, now sports their longest winning streak presently at 13 with their last loss coming at the hands of Keller Central over a month ago.

This game with Wimberley would play out the same in each set as both teams would be tied at the 8-8 mark and with the second and third set, separation happened right when the Hawks got their 15th point.

That third set, the Texans scored the first 4 points but CL responded with a 5 point rally that kept the game tight until Sophomore Faith Hasness served a four point rally allowing the separation and eventual win.

Hasness served 9 of the points in that 3rd set as Bailey Drum started her kill streak with 5 during the last half of that final set.

The set was tied at 12 all as the Hawks closed out this historic sweep with a 13-8 advantage.

The ReSporter had both Bailey Drum and Addison Farley with 13 kills a piece in the match.

“This felt great,” Senior outside hitter Farley said matter of fact. “Our conditioning helps us to finish and when we practice we work on that part of our game.”

Canyon Lake had a great all around game from several players as each players strengths were accented from Hannah Wunderlich’s serves to Alexis Robinson’s blocks.

“I just start thinking that I want the ball and block….I just go get the ball,” Blocker Robinson said in response to how she readies herself for getting those important blocks during a set. “It feels great for finally getting this win and we really want to use this game in starting to build our tradition.”

CL did win and this game was different than the win over Navarro last week.

“I did not think we spread our offense like we did with Navarro,” Coach finished. “We should have but we got them off their offensive game.”

The Hawk’s front line and back line had their moments during this night and one play that stands out is how Canyon Lake uses Emma Gray on a post play.

That is a kill that has Gray coming around for a set from the outside where she has the whole court to inflict her damage.

“We call that the front row surprise,” Gray said. “It really gives you a good feeling when we do that post play.”

That play was a rally starter as it looks so powerful when executed and can play on the physche on the opponent.

Next on the docket will be La Vernia, another team that has had CL’s number through the years.

“Just because we are, 5-0, does not mean we can take them lightly,” Farley said astutely.

You know that Coach Paisley smiled when she read what Farley just said and knowing Coach the Hawks will ready to get their 3rd win in a row over the Bears at home this Friday.

Go Hawks!!

Game Stats: CL wins 25-22, 25-21, 25-20
Canyon Lake Leaders
Kills:   Addison Farley & Bailey Drum                  13
Assists: Regan Mickey                                  27
Digs:    Bailey Drum                                   14
Blocks:  Alexis Robinson                                4
Aces:    Robinson, Faith Hasness, & Hannah Wunderlich   1

 

 District 26-4A             Volleyball Standings
 Season        W    L    Pct           District        W    L     Pct    GB
 Navarro      29    8   .784           Canyon Lake     6    0   1.000    --
 Canyon Lake  26    8   .765           Navarro         5    1    .833    1
 La Vernia    18   16   .529           Wimberley       4    2    .667    2
 Wimberley    14   14   .500           La Vernia       3    3    .500    3
 Cuero        14   14   .500           Cuero           2    4    .333    4
 Yoakum       10   25   .286           Yoakum          1    5    .167    5 
 Gonzales      3   19   .136           Gonzales        0    6    .000    6

 This Week's Games
 Sep 29      CL Hawks         3    Wimberley    0
             Cuero            3    Yoakum       0
             Navarro          3    Gonzales     0
             Incarnate Word   @    La Vernia

 Oct 2       CL Hawks         3    La Vernia    0
             Cuero            3    Gonzales     0
             Wimberley        3    Yoakum       0
             Navarro          Bye

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CL Hawks get badgered in loss to Lampasas, 42-14.

“We did not show up in the first half and we got whipped,” Head Coach Charley Drum stated. “Our effort wasn’t there we have to learn from it.”

Lampasas’ offense was a well oiled machine against Canyon Lake on this night as they ran all night long without much resistance.

“All of us are to blame as we need to figure it out,” Coach Drum continued. “We just had some success after the Marion game when we faced Wimberley and we did not handle that success very well…..we will need to heal up and get back to work and fix our bad habits.”

Canyon Lake was a no-show on Friday night as there was, nothing to see here, as they were drawing chalk around a Hawk on the sidewalk.

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The Canyon Lake Freshman team continued their winning ways through non district play Thursday night against the Lampasas Badgers on their home turf, but in a most unlikely fashion of what seemed like the Texas two step all night long scoring a, 29-8 win.

Having home field advantage when you’re from Lampasas is definitely an advantage over a team, especially as you travel from Canyon Lake and the sand man keeps you drowsy on the bus all the way to kickoff time, or so it would seem.

The Badgers opened up on offense to begin the game and methodically as they drove the Hawks backwards on their heels after starting off with good field position on a failed onside kick from the Hawk’s forty nine yard line.

The Badgers picked up 18 yards on four plays and got help from a Hawk defense with a fifteen yard personal foul and putting the Badgers just outside the twelve yard line after a couple small gains up the middle.

After a false start by the Badgers and a team tackle by Triston Chacon and Greyson Lee, the badgers faced a second and eleven in which their pass ended incomplete.

The Hawk defense came to life after a wall of Hawk jerseys piled up the middle for a one yard gain.

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The Canyon Lake Gold team that is mixed full of sophomores and freshman struck Gold by winning Thursdays game against the Lampasas Badgers, 22-0.

The CL Gold team started the game on offense and probably because of the long bus rides being still asleep as their first offensive series ended up with -3 yards and an interception on the Hawks own 41 yard.

As the Badgers took the field and moved down field for 29 yards, they had a holding call but 19 yards later it appeared it would pay off until Linebacker Charles Madzy for CL stepped up and sacked the Badgers for a 5 yard loss igniting a sleeping giant and turning away the Badgers from a score.

The Hawks got the ball on a turnover of downs and never looked back.

The Hawks first two runs from the line of scrimmage totaled 52 yards and after a holding call Johnny Soliz took the pig skin home from 17 yards out for the first score for Canyon Lake.

After this point the meager Badger offense had six possessions and averaged 18.5 yards per possession with six first downs totaling 111 yards for the night.

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The ReSporter: You went primary with the 5-1 offense in Navarro. You mentioned last week that you would do this against teams like Navarro. Why is that?

Coach Paisley: “I ran a 5-1 offense all 3 sets of Navarro match because the 5-1 offense is more fluid and consistent offensively. Our hitters are connecting more.”

The ReSporter: “We also noticed you started the match with a kill from Emma Gray with a set to the outside…it seemed to make a statement. Was that a special play or are you implementing for offensive sets with that play as an option?”

Coach Paisley: “That set is part of our serve receive and it is a “special” play!” (more…)

Canyon Lake’s JV team had a rough time in their game with Lampasas as the Hawks could not get going when the Badgers scored the first 20 points and the win, 20-6.

“We haven’t looked that bad all year,” Head JV Coach John Barthels stated. “We did not create, it was Lampasas doing the creating.”

The game started with CL having the ball and losing a fumble on their second snap. CL did not seem in this game as some coffee might have helped on this evening.

Lampasas would methodically march down the field for 50 yards in 10 plays with one 14 yard burst for some added flavor for that Badger first score.

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Mountain Valley 8th Grade A squad started with a bang but could not hold off the Badgers in a 8 point loss, 28-20.

Running Back Roberto Vargas started the game with a 40 yard touchdown run on the Hawks first offensive play but that excitement was greeted with some reality pills as Lampasas would answer all night until the end of the game with the lead.

That first drive for the Badgers had some good news for the MV when the defense forced a fumble giving the Hawks a chance to start with that one play drive.

Lampasas answered MV’s first score with a 6 play 47 yard drive to tie the game three minutes later in that same quarter.

Mountain Valley would have their longest drive in terms of plays on their next drive, going 13 plays and a 21 yard pass from QB Cody Kline to a wide open Vargas and another lead.

This drive had MV converting two 4th down plays before the pass play for a touchdown.

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Mountain Valley 8th Grade B squad won this game as soon as it started as the Hawks jumped out to a 22 point lead with in the first and coasted for the win over the Badgers, 30-0.

MV scored on their very first play when Paul Martinez soared across the goal line from 35 yards out.

That one play drive would happen again when Colton Eilers touched the ball for his only time during the game and made it count when he darted for his TD run from 33 yards out.

In between those two one play drives, Martinez would strike during that second drive from 27 yards this time as the referees were giving the clock keeper the ole, ‘run the clock’ and let’s go home signal.

“I was just doing my job,” Martinez said with great resolve. “I really depended on the line to open up the hole and I felt pretty strong.” (more…)