With two wins this week in district play, Canyon Lake would be tied for first place.

 District 26-4A Volleyball Standings
 Team         W    L    Pct       District Play     W    L   Pct    GB
 Wimberley   26    8   .765       CL Hawks          4    0  1.000   --
 CL Hawks    24    8   .750       Wimberley         4    0  1.000   --
 Cuero       19    7   .731       Navarro           3    2   .600    2 
 Navarro     23   11   .676       Yoakum            2    2   .500    1 1/2
 Yoakum      16   12   .571       La Vernia         2    3   .400    2 1/2
 La Vernia    9   23   .281       Cuero             0    4   .000    4
 Gonzales     1   14   .067       Gonzales          0    4   .000    4

 This Week's Games:
 Sept. 22    Wimberley   Beat  Poth         3-0   

 Sept. 23    CL Hawks    Beat  Navarro      3-0
             Yoakum      Beat  Gonzales     3-0
             La Vernia   Beat  Cuero        3-1

 Sept. 26    Navarro     Beat  Yoakum       3-1
             Wimberley   Beat  La Vernia    3-0

 Sept. 27    CL Hawks    Beat  Cuero        3-0 

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 District 14-4A-I Standings & Stats
 Team               W     L      Pct.
 Bandera            3     1     .750
 Fredericksburg     3     1     .750
 Boerne             3     1     .750
 Liberty Hill       3     1     .750
 CL Hawks           2     2     .500
 Taylor             0     4     .000

 Last Week's Results:
 Wimberley         28     CL Hawks       27
 Bandera           28     Comfort        22
 Boerne            34     SA Antonian    00
 Liberty Hill      45     Waco Connally  25
 Fredericksburg    30     Llano          00
 La Grange         42     Taylor         22

 Next Week's Games
 Lampasas          @      CL Hawks
 Fredericksburg    @      La Grange
 Lytle             @      Bandera
 Boerne            @      Sonora
 Burnet            @      Taylor
 Liberty Hill      @      Abilene Wylie

 Team & Individual Stats:
 Team Offense         Point Ave.       Team Defense       Point Ave.
 Liberty Hill            36.0          Bandera               18.0
 Boerne                  30.0          Boerne                19.3
 CL Hawks                28.8          CL Hawks              20.8
 Billies                 26.8          Billies               26.3
 Bandera                 22.3          Liberty Hill          33.0
 Taylor                  19.3          Taylor                37.8

 Passing             Team              Yards
 Quinten Dormady     Boerne            1241
 Kyle Grona          Fredericksburg     463
 Joe Rodriguez       Bandera            434
 Terrell Reynolds    Taylor             327
 Skyler Tschoepe     CL Hawks           260
 Garrett Wright      Liberty Hill        97

 Rushing             Team              Yards
 John Shannon        Liberty Hill      363
 Bryce Johnston      Fredericksburg    343
 Josh DeVries        CL Hawks          311
 Hayden DuBois       CL Hawks          276
 Robert Woods        CL Hawks          273
 Alex Ganzales       Bandera           239
 Landon Ventura      Bandera           227

 Receiving           Team              Yards
 Eli Davis           Boerne            447
 David Snelling      Boerne            352
 Cole Dunaway        Boerne            182
 Noah Nelson         Bandera           145
 Evan Schuller       CL Hawks          105
 Will McClure        Boerne            100

“Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

If you can learn from your mistakes then Lampasas is in for a heap of trouble next week.

The Hawks had so many self inflicted wounds from this game it is a wonder they were still in the game

Senior Quarterback Skyler Tschoepe has thrown nine completions in a row.

with a chance of winning.

“We made plenty of mistakes,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “From our special teams…punts…fumbles…and we still should of won that game with all those mistakes.”

CL will have to have a quick turn around as days go fast and another game is right around the corner, “You hate losing….but we will take something from this,” Coach Drum said with resolve.

District 14-4A-I will begin in three weeks and learning from these type of outings is paramount in how this season plays out.

“Our greatest mistakes, if we look at them, and digest them, and interact with them, and learn from them….they can be the greatest moments of our lives.”
–Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing

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Canyon Lake Volleyball improved to 22-8 and 2-0 in District 26-4A when they whitewashed Gonzales on Friday night.

Regan Mickey and Addison Farley all smiles after a win in the Tex-Fest Tournament last month in Wimberley

The Hawks are presently on an eight game winning streak with their last loss coming to Blanco three weeks ago.
CL has never reached this milestone in their short history. Being 14 games over .500 is four games better than the team that went 25-15 back during the 2009 season.

Even more significant is the overall record as Volleyball is now the only sport to go over .500 for all games played. After 225 games, the Hawks now have a 113-112 record and exceeds any other CL sport.

All the players got into action in this match as Gonzales is struggling as they have just one victory so far this season. It doesn’t help that this district is loaded with several good teams and an Apache win seems out of the question as they will be trying to regroup as this season matures.

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The Canyon Lake JV squad had their game suspended due to lightning at the start of the fourth quarter

Austin Brennan and Dylan Dittman hoping for a 4 quarter game next week in Lampasas

as this game ended in an incomplete contest, keeping their, 3-0 record unblemished on this rain threatening evening.

CLJV actually had a good case of having the lead when this game ended as Wimberley’s only score was a result of a call from an official on a fourth down that was called roughing the punter.

That penalty resulted in a first down and the Texans eventually scored on that drive after converting another fourth down play. Wimberley did take advantage of that miscue and had an impressive drive for their score.

It was a fake punt that a Wimberley snapper missed to their runner and the ball rolled back to the punter. The Punter then had to chase down the ball to pick it up and try to get a punt off rugby style.

Canyon Lake missed the block but the punter was tackled since he ceased to be a punter and was fair game for a defense to tackle.

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Mountain Valley 7th Grade gathering for their first of many after game talks with a score that far exceeds their competition.

Mountain Valley Middle School 7th Grade started their football career with a kick-off return for a touchdown.

Nelson Madera did the damage with a little help from his friends as he found a seam down the right sideline and ran for pay dirt.

“I just thought, ‘I can’t get tackled’,” Madera said while stiff arming this ReSporter. “It was awesome and we just want to get better and never stop trying.”

A little help from a friend came for Madera’s run, when Ethan Slater had a clearing block, that took out two Texans in pursuit and leaving Madera a clear path to the goal line.

“The Coaches teach us everything and it is those little things that helps us to do a good job,” Slater said with conviction. “They (Coaches) want to make sure all the little details are thought about….it was great being able to complete Madera’s run with a block and getting him out of trouble for the TD.”

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              NShore Rx  Granny D  Texas RV  Custom Y4  GordonPlub BradfordDoors
              42-17      41-18     37-22     39-20      30-29      33-26
Hawks/Texans  Hawks      Hawks     Hawks     Hawks      Hawks      Hawks
Wintson/BCS   Bracken    Bracken   Bracken   Bracken    Bracken    Bracken
SAC/Boerne    SAC        Boerne    Boerne    SAC        Boerne     Boerne
LaGra/Taylor  LaGrange   LaGrange  LaGrange  LaGrange   LaGrange   LaGrange
LHill/WConnal LHill      LHill     LHill     LHill      LHill      LHill
Llano/Billie  Llano      Billies   Billies   Billies    Billies    Billies
CHill/Giding  CastHill   CastHill  CastHill  CastHill   Gidding    CastHill
NBC/Lifegate  Seguin     Seguin    Seguin    Seguin     NBChrist   Seguin
Auburn/KSU    Auburn     Auburn    KSU       Auburn     Auburn     Auburn
Okie/WVU      Okie       Okie      WVU       Okie       WVU        Okie
Forida/Bama   Bama       Bama      Bama      Bama       Bama       Bama
MissSt/LSU    LSU        MSU       LSU       LSU        LSU        LSU
Dallas/Rams   Dallas     Rams      Rams      Dallas     Rams       Rams
Texan/Giants  Texans     Texans    Texans    Texans     Texans     Texans

Pre/Game:     CL Hawks      @      Wimberley Texans         Sept. 19      7:30 pm

 History: Wimberley lead series 5-1.
 2008   CL Hawks   07   Texans   41
 2009   CL Hawks   15   Texans   38
 2010   CL Hawks   18   Texans   38
 2011   CL Hawks   14   Texans   50
 2012   CL Hawks   03   Texans   40
 2013   CL Hawks   28   Texans   13

 This Season Game Results:
 CL Hawks   07   Blanco      35     Texans   00   La Vernia   28
 CL Hawks   43   Smithville  14     Texans   31   Giddings    34
 CL Hawks   38   Marion      06

Wimberley has only played two games so far,  as last week lightening, was the culprit in halting their last contest.

The Texans enter this game with an 0-2 record but their offense improved ten fold in their loss to Giddings.

Canyon Lake will come into this game with a two game winning streak and a chance to beat Wimberley two games in a row to boot.

Winning on the road would be a huge feather in the Hawks dressing as well.

CL’s defense has been just as important in helping the past two game wins. Both games are in the top 10 for yardage yielded with Marion being the best game ever on that side of the ball holding those Bulldogs to less than 100 yards of offense.

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Canyon Lake Freshman Volleyball team won their first District 26-4A game when they came back from a one game deficit to beat the Yoakum Bulldogs, 24-26, 25-

CL Hawk Freshman Volleyball talk with Coach Ridgeway after Yoakum win

21, 25-19.

“I am proud of their fight and the comeback,” Head Freshman Coach Tosha Ridgeway said in response to this win.

The Hawks seemed to have everything under control in that first contest, when Yoakum took the lead on an eight service point rally.

CL responded with a four point run of their own but in the end the Bulldogs snatched that first victory and put the Hawks in a hole.

It was in that second game when CL found themselves down 8-10, and Coach Ridgeway substituted Chloe McCuthen in to serve.

The rest would be history as McCuthen would help rally the Hawks with a four point service and help give enough of an edge to pull out a huge game tying victory.

“I usually come in for the second game,” McCuthen said astutely. “I usually don’t serve that many times in a row either but it felt good to serve consistently.”

McCuthen might be a very focused young lady as she did not realize that after her last serve, Canyon Lake, had taken the lead.

“I thought we were still losing,” Mathematician McCuthen said. “I told myself that I was not going to look at the scoreboard until I lost the score….and I was surprised!”

McCuthen would carry on, with her second game heroics, when the third game was still to close to call. Another ace would increase that score for a 16-11 lead and the Hawks would finish off Yoakum, 25-19 in that thriller match.

From Left to Right: Alysha Perez, Hanna White and Chloe McCuthen.

Alysha Perez seemed to get more energy as the game progressed as her kills seemed to be a lot more lethal as each point was scored.

“I was just trying to help the team out,” Perez said. “I was thinking to have faith in ourselves and just get our passes down so our sets will help us get to the ball….I think if we can keep playing hard and believe in ourselves then we can have a good year.”

That was certainly the case on this night when climbing back from that opening game loss turned out to be a game of beauty.

Another good server was Hanna White as her jump serve was a thing of beauty that seemed to be just skimming the net and putting her opponent on the ropes.

“I started with my jump serve when I turned 12, after I had mastered my other serve,” White said. “This was a good game because we got to pick our heads up and push through that first game.”

This Yoakum team also had some runs and in that second game White knew that Canyon Lake could turn the tide.

“I knew we could get one pass up and then we could stop their run,” White said as her team not only stopped their run but also had a chance to walk these Bulldogs back to their bus with a loss.

A good first district win and now CL can work on getting another win this Friday when they travel to Gonzales.

Go Freshman Hawks!!!

Canyon Lake working on some dance moves in win over Yoakum Bulldogs

CL Hawks win first District 26-4A contest against Yoakum Bulldogs in a much closer than you think 3-0 victory, 27-25, 25-15, 25-22 on Tuesday night.

Canyon Lake stopped their eight game district losing streak in the process and now have evened their all time record at 112 all.

Another rung on CL’s ladder would be a 21-8 overall record and climbing up to 13 games over .500 for this season.

The first game was a see/saw affair as CL enjoyed a 16-11 advantage and then the Bulldogs got a hold of the Hawks like his owner just gave the Bulldog a bone.

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