Haden Lee getting one of his 10 tackles on this night against Taylor

Canyon Lake just missed a chance for a win as their field goal attempt was just short in their loss in Taylor on a Halloween night, 33-31.

This game started like the past two weeks when Josh DeVries fielded the kick-off on the Hawk one yard line and 88 yards later CL was setting up shop at their 11 yard line.

Four plays later, Robert Woods was running the ball into the end-zone from two yards out and a quick lead, 7-0.

Taylor would respond with a 61 yard drive in a five minute span, but a blocked kick would preserve a lead, 7-6.

That blocked extra point would happen two more times on this night as Canyon Lake put pressure on their kicker all night long.

Canyon Lake scored the next 10 points when Mike Thorpe was good from 32 yards out and then after a successful on-side kick, the Hawks would drive 48 yards in just two plays for a, 17-6 lead.

On that first drive, Quarterback Skyler Tschoepe would run the ball four of the 11 plays which would be more runs than he had in the whole game with Fredericksburg last week.

Hayden DuBois had an explosive play for 32 yards, on that drive, which had CL down on Taylor’s 21 yard line.

The door was shut on this drive, by the Duck’s defense, and Canyon Lake settled for a 32 yard field goal.

“They got off of their blocks fast,” Coach Charley Drum said when reacting to how Canyon Lake was not running their usual plays they had success with other clubs this year.

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Team photo of MV 8A Team after win over Boerne

Mountain Valley Hawks 8th A team averaged over 11 yards per play as they ran away from the Greyhounds, 39-6 on Thursday night at Hawk Stadium.

Of the 34 plays from scrimmage, 16 plays went over 10 yards of real estate as the Greyhounds found out that a Hawk can run like a Roadrunner.

Last year, MV 8A team lost one game and it was against this Boerne club. If the casual fan did not notice, Mountain Valley was still stinging from that game and wanted to make amends.

(Amen)ds were indeed made as the Hawks finished their prayer over Boerne by also saying Amen.

“We needed to win this game tonight,” Jacob Ruff said smoothly.

Ruff was just as ruthless whether he was playing linebacker or running back.

“I like to hit, but I like both sides of the ball equally,” Ruff said like a politician. “But anytime I see a chance to make a hit, then I am going to take my shot.”

Another Hawk that plays like the Tazmanian Devil on both sides of the ball is Trenton Lorett, “This is district and we were going to give it our all.”

But don’t forget that ‘D’, because Mountain Valley only allowed one fluke pass play to go the distance as a tipped ball that could have been intercepted bounced off a Hawk’s hands into a Greyhound that finished the run and scored Boerne’s only touchdown on this night.

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Mountain Valley 8B squad regained their dominance over Boerne when they started their day keeping these Greyhounds in their muzzle without a trace of a bark in their, 28-8 win.

Hollywood Taliaferro and Cade Dunavant taking in a victory over Boerne

Defense was the name of this game as Boerne had center snap problems that would just exasperate their offensive rhythm and Mountain Valley would certainly take advantage by clamping down on all the Greyhound’s offense advances.

Scoring with no time on the halftime clock when Quarterback Cade Dunavant found receiver Zack (Hollywood) Taliaferro behind Boerne’s defensive backs for a game clinching touchdown from 37 yards out.

“I did a fade route and Cade (Dunavant) had a good pass but it was on the wrong side but I just looked to the corner of the end zone,” Hollywood Taliaferro said as if he was rehearsing for the lead roll.

“That play helped us to keep our momentum,” Dunavant said. “This was our last home game and we wanted this win.”

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Coaches Corner with Canyon Lake’s Charley Drum

The ReSporter: Hey Coach, you have mentioned how each of the district games are like rounds in a boxing

Head Coach Charley Drum

match. How do you motivate your team when this next round is with a team that has not won a game this year?

Coach Drum: “First of all, Taylor is in the same shoes we were in last year when we entered district play without a win and lost our first game with Fredericksburg. We fought our way back into the playoffs and so our players need to realize this team is fighting like we did last season. Also, in Taylor’s game with Liberty Hill, they almost won that game and so they will realize that this team has the ability to beat us if we aren’t ready.”

The ReSporter: The team has certainly cut down on those turnovers in their last few games….is this something that you have emphasized or was a lot of those problems was just the weather and wet ball?

Coach Drum: “We will need to have execution and many times it is just a mental thing….so, we need to keep that part of our game with taking care of the ball.”

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Football Picks     Texas RV   NShore Rx  Granny D's  Custom Y4  Gordon Plumber
                   102-45     100-47     89-58       93-54      88-57
CL Hawks/Taylor    CL Hawks   CLHawks    CLHawks     CL Hawks   CL Hawks
Boerne/Bandera     Boerne     Boerne     Boerne      Boerne     Boerne
Billies/LibHill    Lib Hill   Lib Hill   Billies     Lib Hill   Billies
KerrvOLH/Bracken   KerrvOLH   Bracken    Bracken     Bracken    Bracken
Veritas/CastleHill CastleHill CastleHill Veritas     CastleHill Veritas
Texas/Tech         Texas      Texas      Tech        Texas      Tech
OkieSt/K-State     K-State    K-State    Okie State  K-State    K-State
TCU/WVU            TCU        TCU        WVU         TCU        WVU
Auburn/Ole Miss    Ole Miss   Ole Miss   Ole Miss    Ole Miss   Ole Miss
Arkansas/MissState Miss State Miss State Miss State  Miss State Miss State
Arizona/UCLA       Arizona    UCLA       Arizona     Arizona    UCLA
Utah/ASU           ASU        ASU        ASU         ASU        ASU
Trinity/TexLuther  TLU        TLU        TLU         TLU        TLU
Arizona/Dallas     Arizona    Arizona    Dallas      Arizona    Arizona
Philly/Texans      Texans     Philly     Texans      Texans     Philly

Bailey Drum, Lillie Sander, Mariah Ellis, Grace Allen, and Hannah Wunderlich next goal will be ‘Imposing’

Canyon Lake will be officially in the Playoffs next week as they will have the honor of playing by finishing in second place in District 26-4A after beating La Vernia on Tuesday night, 25-17, 25-20, 25-21.

This win was a sweet victory after answering La Vernia’s five game set in that last contest with the Bears.

A win that showed improvement from a previous game is a sign that Canyon Lake might be ready for their next goal.

Goals are something that has been reached on several venues with this year’s team.

“We were more crisp in our game tonight,” Head Coach Kim Paisley said. “It feels wonderful.”

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Hawks gear up for La Vernia as their second season looms.

 Teams        W    L    Pct       District       W   L     Pct    GB
 Wimberley   34    8   .810       Wimberley     12   0   1.000    --
 CL Hawks    29   11   .725       CL Hawks       9   3    .750     3
 Navarro     30   12   .714       Navarro        9   3    .750     3
 Cuero       26   12   .684       Cuero          5   7    .417     7
 Yoakum      17   19   .472       La Vernia      4   8    .333     8
 La Vernia   11   28   .282       Yoakum         3   9    .250     9
 Gonzales     3   27   .100       Gonzales       0  12    .000    12

 District Games:
 Mon. October 27     Navarro     Beat    SA Incarnate Word    3-1

 Tue. October 28     CL Hawks    Beat    La Vernia            3-0
                     Wimberley   Beat    Yoakum               3-0
                     Cuero       Beat    Gonzales             3-0

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Hawks Boys Cross Country team makes history with their first time to qualify for Regions when they finished in third place in last week’s District 26-4A Meet in Navarro.

Senior Nash Opperman is all smiles as the Boys Team made History in Qualifying for Regions

Canyon Lake’s Girls team also had a fifth place finish at the meet.

“I know that it has been very exciting for us to see such a great pay off for the hard work they have put in this season,” Head Cross Country Coach Mary Beth Gallahger said excitedly. “We have great young runners who will hopefully get a taste of what a regional is like and be hungry to return next season.”

Senior Christy Fowler finished 15th for the girls Varsity while the Hawks had three JV girls medal.

Sydney Young, Kaylie Yuill, and Amira Allen helped in giving the JV Hawk Girls a 3rd place finish in District 26-4A, last Wednesday meet.

For the Varsity Boy’s, Senior Nash Opperman was the man as he finished 10th in the meet which would of qualified as an individual.

Canyon Lake has not had much success in this sport and now the curtain has been pulled open by this crew and a chance of competing in a whole different realm.

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Mountain Valley’s 8B team rushed out to a 14 point lead and held on for a win over Fredericksburg’s Middle School, 14-6.

Wyatt Meckel is all in on getting two more wins this year against Boerne

That first MV drive was all it would take to get this win as the Hawks drove 67 yards and the eventual win when Nic Robinson scored from four yards out and put a cherry on this TD with a run for the two point conversion.

The next Mountain Valley drive was cut short after reaching the Billies’ 19 yard line and fumbling that chance away.

Fredericksburg’s first three drives would end with punts as the Hawks would score their two touchdowns for a 14-0 lead going into halftime.

Christian Rhoades had a great set of downs on that scoring drive with a nifty 46 yard run and then a nine yard run two plays later for that score.

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Senior Hayden DuBois running in the trenches

 14-4A Football Standings
 Teams            W    L    Pct       District          W    L     Pct    GB
 Liberty Hill     6    2   .667       Liberty Hill      3    0   1.000    --
 Boerne           6    2   .667       CL Hawks          2    1    .667    1
 Bandera          4    3   .571       Boerne            2    1    .667    1
 CL Hawks         4    4   .500       Bandera           1    2    .333    2
 Fredericksburg   4    4   .500       Fredericksburg    1    2    .333    2
 Taylor           0    8   .000       Taylor            0    3    .000    3

 Last Week's Scores:
 October 24th        CL Hawks        49    Fredericksburg    31
                     Liberty Hill    37    Boerne            28
                     Bandera         31    Taylor            14

 This Week's Games:
 October 31st        CL Hawks         @    Taylor
                     Fredericksburg   @    Liberty Hill
                     Boerne           @    Bandera

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