Pitcher Cody Daily keeps game close for a 6 run 2-out rally

Mountain Valley Baseball team made things interesting as their rally just fell short in extra innings losing to Smithson Valley Middle School, 10-8.

This comeback would not have been possible if reliever Cody Daily had not made an appearance in the fourth inning to stop the bleeding.

“Throw strikes and just try to bring my team up and win,” Daily said while answering what his thinking was as he took the mound for those middle innings. “We just are going to get a winning attitude.”

SVMS had forged into a, 7-2 lead as the Rangers had scored in all but one inning as they could start coasting going into those middle innings.

The Hawks decided they had better start a comeback and that was what happened as MVMS had two outs when the improbable started.

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Bailey Bryan and Kyra Gonzales pose after game with SVMS

The Mountain Valley Hawks lost their first game this year when Smithson Valley MS took a 3 run first inning lead and never looked back, Thursday night at the Hawk Field, 12-5.

MV did rally to get within one run when Bailey Bryan and Grace Hinze both reached base in the third inning and came around to score to pull within striking range, 3-2.

“We were not as focused,” Bryan said. “We just need to keep everything in front of us and keep in the game. If we play smarter and know what we have to do on the bases then we can be more aggressive.”

Bryan is one of the few Hawks that is playing as an 8th Grader and will soon be playing on the field as a high school player this time next year.

“I am excited for high school and I played with some of those players last year,” Bryan closed.

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Football Season Count Down with less than 90 days before August practices

2015 Hawk Football Schedule

Scrimmages      
August 14th     Gonzales       @   CL Hawks   6:00pm
August 20th     Medina Valley  @   CL Hawks   5:00pm

Regular Season  Varsity            Junior Varsity           Freshman
August 27th                        @ Blanco       6:00pm    @ Lago Vista     5:00pm
August 28th     Blanco         7:30pm

September 3rd                      Smithville     7:00pm    Smithville       5:00pm
September 4th   @ Smithville   7:30pm

September 10th                     Marion         7:00pm    Marion           5:00pm
September 11th  @ Marion       7:30pm

September 17th                     @ Wimberley    7:00pm    Wimberley        7:00pm
September 18th  Wimberley      7:30pm

September 24th                     Lampasas       7:00pm    @ Lampasas       7:00pm
September 25th  @ Lampasas     7:30pm

October 2nd     Open               Open                     Open

October 8th                        @ Liberty Hill 7:00pm    Liberty Hill     7:00pm
October 9th     Liberty Hill   7:30pm

October 15th                       Bandera        7:00pm    @ Bandera        7:00pm
October 16th    @ Bandera      7:30pm

October 22nd                       @ Fred Billies 7:00pm    Fred Billies     7:00pm
October 23rd    Fredericksburg 7:30pm

October 29th                       @ Taylor       7:00pm    Taylor           7:00pm
October 30th    Taylor         7:30pm

November 5th                       Boerne 7:00pm             @ Boerne        7:00pm
November 6th    @ Boerne 7:30pm

                               Homecoming   September 18th
                               Senior Night October   30th
                                       Go Hawks!!

So far The ReSporter has Michael Brady, Travis Walker, and Ross Waglardo as three of the best baseball athletes during their stay at Canyon Lake.

Picking this team is a much tougher task than softball as there has been many more players to play while most of softball students were 3 or 4 year players.

This is to say, there will be several people that can make a case for a different set of players for this team and The ReSporter would not be hurt by that assessment.

With the 3 players that have been picked, The ReSporter feels that those 3 students would need to be on everyone’s ballot.

Drew Riccio will be our next pick as this young man could bring more than just his athletic skills, he would be that player needed in the dug out for preparing the team for any battle no matter what inning in the game.

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Travis Walker was a four year starter for the Hawks

The ReSporter had requests of having an All-Star Baseball team to mirror recent articles made for Hawk Softball team.

Hope you enjoy this two part rendition.

Giving you thoughts on who should be on this team will be tough with so many players that deserve mention.

The ReSporter will start with giving four players for this two part series.

Michael Brady will be our catcher for this team as this young man was very good in throwing out base runners while leading all players with the best batting average at .364, while having more walks than strikeouts (48 bb/44 so) during his career.

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CL Hawks Top 4 for 2015 Season

 at bats                runs                   hits
 Garrett Winters   71   Garrett Winters   16   Corey Shedrock     20
 Cody Powell       64   Cody Powell       13   Garrett Winters    19
 Colton Avey       53   Nick Cahill       12   Nick Cahill        17
 Corey Shedrock    52   Corey Shedrock     9   Cody Powell        14

 rbi                    extra base hits        walks
 Corey Shedrock    13   Corey Shedrock     9   Garrett Winters     8
 Cody Powell       10   Cody Powell        7   Corey Shedrock      6
 Colton Avey        9   Colton Avey        5   Rory Preiss         6
 Gordon McCleary    8   Gavin Dietrich     3   Dylan Hodges        4
                        Garrett Winters    3   Cody Powell         4

 stolen bases           hbp/sf/roe/sac         strike outs
 Garrett Winters   11   Cody Powell       11   Gordon McCleary    17
 Nick Cahill       11   Rory Preiss        7   Colton Avey        17
 Cody Powell       10   Colton Avey        7   Rory Preiss        16
 Corey Shedrock     9   Corey Shedrock     6   Cody Powell        16

 batting ave            on base pct            slugging pct
 Corey Shedrock   .385  Corey Shedrock  .467   Corey Shedrock   .558
 Nick Cahill      .364  Nick Cahill     .429   Gavin Dietrich   .429
 Gavin Dietrich   .321  Gavin Dietrich  .406   Cody Powell      .426
 Garrett Winters  .233  Garrett Winters .355   Nick Cahill      .409

All-Time Top 4

 at bats                runs                   hits
 Travis Walker     268  Travis Walker     65   Travis Walker      80
 Cody Powell       208  Corey Shedrock    38   Michael Brady      77
 JJ Nance          187  Kyler Huff        38   Cody Powell        52
 Michael Brady     184  Daniel Camarillo  37   Daniel Camarillo   52
 Logan Felch       184  JJ Nance          37

 rbi                    singles                doubles
 Travis Walker      44  Michael Brady     67   Travis Walker      18
 Logan Felch        44  Travis Walker     55   Corey Shedrock     16
 Michael Brady      38  Daniel Camarillo  43   Logan Felch        14
 Cody Powell        30  Cody Powell       40   Michael Brady      13

 triples                home runs              batting average
 Kyler Huff          6  Logan Felch        6   Michael Brady    .418
 Daniel Camarillo    3  Travis Walker      6   Nick Cahill      .354
 Cody Powell         3  Joe Shone          4   Ross Wagliardo   .333
 Eric Nelson         2  Nick Cahill        4   Drew Riccio      .318
 Tyler Vinson        2                         Jeff Nabors      .318
 JJ Nance            2

Senior Nick Cahill finished his Hawk career trailing only Michael Brady with a sparkling .354 batting average

Canyon Lake pulled off a season ending victory over Gonzales last Friday night as Cody Powell struck out 14 Apaches in the win, 5-1.

In a 7 inning game you need to record 21 outs as a visiting team to record a victory and when your southpaw pitcher is on, then 14 strikeouts will also be a pitchers best defense in the victory.

Those strikeouts equates to 2 out of 3 outs per inning and the Hawks rode that train for their second win over Gonzales this season.

Nick Kissell led the Hawks with 2 hits and also had a walk for a decent on base percentage.

Colton Avey doubled for the only extra base hit as their were several Hawks playing in their last game for Canyon Lake.

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Vicky Henderson would do whatever it took to get an out

The ReSporter will finish out the best Hawk Softball players and dream what kind of game these players would have if they actually were on the same team.

Last article had Missy Romero pitching, Alexis Robinson at first base, Brianna Young as the catcher, and Carly Dubois holding down center field.

              The dream batting order (so far):
                  cf    Carly Dubois
                  p     Missy Romero
                  1b    Alexis Robinson
                  c     Brianna Young

Next on the All-Hawk team would be Kelsey Ahrens who just finished her career with several stats with her name at the top.

Ahrens is another player that was not selected just for her bat, she was a good third baseman that was ranked high too.

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Haden Lee worked a pinch hit and stolen base in limited action in Tuesday’s game

Canyon Lake finished their last home game with a loss to Yoakum last Friday night as errors kept the game out of reach for the home squad, 9-2.

The score might not look close, but up until that final inning, Canyon Lake was still within striking range of pulling off a win, with a 4-2 deficit.

Baseball can be tough sport as Yoakum capitalized with timely hits, while the Hawks could score only one run after having 3 consecutive singles to start the 5th inning with just one run being scored.

The Hawks ran out of steam in that last inning giving up 5 runs and too many runs to get back into the game.

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Hawks JV split their games with Gonzales, Monday night after a razor thin loss in the night cap, 3-2.

Runs galore in the first game (CLJV 14 Gonz 7) turned to finding runs anyway you could in the night cap and Gonzales finding one more run in the win.

Canyon Lake did use four pitchers in the night game as Coach Brandon Durst was quick with the trigger once a Hawk Pitcher found it rough going.

Avery Montgomery was, johnny on the spot, as his stint on the mound helped keep the game close when he entered with the bases loaded and no outs in the 3rd inning.

“I was hoping I could throw strikes and I got my confidence up and then started throwing as hard as I could,” Montgomery said with precision. “When I start a game I find it harder to fall into a rhythm than when I close a game.”

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