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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Canyon Lake Volleyball starts District 26-4A this week.

 District 26-4A Volleyball Standings
 Team             W   L    Pct.        District Play      W   L    Pct.   GB
 Cuero           19   5   .792         Wimberley          3   0   1.000   --
 Wimberley       24   8   .750         CL Hawks           2   0   1.000  1/2
 CL Hawks        22   8   .733         Navarro            2   1    .667   1
 Navarro         22  10   .688         Yoakum             1   1    .500   1 1/2
 Yoakum          15  10   .600         La Vernia          1   2    .333   2
 La Vernia        8  22   .267         Cuero              0   2    .000   2 1/2 
 Gonzales         1  13   .071         Gonzales           0   3    .000   3

 This Week's Games:
 Sept. 16         CL Hawks    beat Yoakum    3-0
                  La Vernia   beat Gonzales  3-0
                  Wimberley   beat Navarro   3-1
                  Cuero       beat Wharton   3-0

 Sept. 19         CL Hawks    beat Gonzales  3-0
                  Navarro     beat La Vernia 3-0
                  Wimberley   beat Cuero     3-0
                  Yoakum     Bye

Silver Bracket Champions from left to right. Dana Buhr, Zoe Edwards, Landry Hollums, Kaylie Duke, Samantha York, Kat Weber, Felicity Niestemski, Daniella Bustamante, Faith Hasness, Kaitlyn White, Abby Freund, and Sierra Ramsey

Canyon Lake’s JV Volleyball team came home from Wimberley holding a 1st Place Silver Bracket trophy.

Another Hawk team that is starting to jell as this year’s schedule continues.

The Hawk JV had some new faces starting this year which made this season a little longer to get each player on the same page with their communication.

One game in particular had been on this team’s mind when CLJV was beaten in Lockhart three weeks ago. In that game, the Hawks, had an eight point lead in that third match and a chance for their first win.

That is when all those communication gremlins showed up on the court that night and Lockhart found their groove for a comeback win.

“I think this tournament really helped us to gel as a team,” Head JV Coach Megan Helmey said. “I can see the girls working together and trusting each other more.”

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 District 14-4A
 Team            W   L   Pct
 Canyon Lake     2   1  .667
 Bandera         2   1  .667
 Liberty Hill    2   1  .667
 Fredericksburg  2   1  .667
 Boerne          2   1  .667
 Taylor          0   3  .000

 Last Week's Results:
 CL Hawks        38    Marion      06
 Marble Falls    40    Boerne      07
 Hallettsville   26    Taylor      14
 Liberty Hill    43    Brownwood   36
 Burnet          55    Billies     07
 SA Christian    28    Bandera     00

 Next Week's Games:
 CL Hawks        @     Wimberley     7:30pm
 SA Christian    @     Boerne
 La Grange       @     Taylor
 Liberty Hill    @     Waco Connally
 Llano           @     Fredericksburg
 Bandera         @     Comfort

 Team and Individual Stats:

 Offensive Points Average         Defensive Points Average
 Liberty Hill     33.0            Bandera          16.7
 CL Hawks         29.3            CL Hawks         18.3
 Boerne           28.7            Boerne           25.7
 Fredericksburg   25.7            Fredericksburg   35.0
 Bandera          20.3            Liberty HIll     35.7
 Taylor           18.3            Taylor           36.3

 Top 5
 Rushing                          Receiving
 Name           Team    Yards     Name           Team     Yards
 John Shannon   LHill   363       Eli Davis      Boerne   297
 Josh DeVries   Hawks   294       David Snelling Boerne   270
 Bryce Johnston Billies 226       Cole Dunaway   Boerne   182
 Alex Gonzales  Bandera 207       Noah Nelson    Bandera  108
 Hayden DuBois  Hawks   164       Evan Schuller  Hawks     83

 Passing          Team     Yards
 Quinten Dormady  Boerne   907
 Kyle Grona       Billies  386
 Joe Rodriguez    Bandera  320
 Terrell Reynolds Taylor   166
 Skyler Tschoepe  Hawks    129

Robert Woods doing damage in last week’s game with Smithville

Canyon Lake finished off the Marion Bulldogs in wet conditions and lightening delays on Friday night, 38-6.

The game was early in the first quarter when lightning had been sighted and the stands emptied as a delay for an hour ensued on this wet night.

“It was a little depressing when they had to stop the game,” Safety Matt Adams volunteered. “But with Tommy Clark in the locker room, he got us all pumped up and ready to go when we returned to play.”

CL had a 7-0 lead at the delay signal and quickly resumed when they had a lightening strike offensively for another score with 5:16 left on the first quarter clock.

“We had a goal to have a fast start,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “We got three and out on defense and our kickoffs gave us touchbacks.”

That was certainly a part of the game that changed from last week’s start.

“They had this game and played with intensity,” Coach Drum parted.

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Robert Woods running for 123 yards in game with Smithville

Pre/Game:       Marion Bulldogs      @        CL Hawks      September 12th  7:30pm

 History: This will be the first meeting between the two schools.

 This Season Game Results:
 CL Hawks   07   Blanco      35      Marion Bulldogs   00   Yoakum        54
 CL Hawks   43   Smithville  14      Marion Bulldogs   07   Karnes City   13

Homecoming for CL is now beginning to be an event that graduated students are growing in number and the name is just what it needs to be a home coming.

The Hawks will play their second home game in a row and this will be another team that is struggling both offensively and defensively.

Canyon Lake will need to step up their intensity no matter their opponent as games like this will not be a true test for contests coming up over the horizon.

There is not a lot of things you can deduce from this Bulldog’s team offense as they have 159 total yards for that side of the ball. That comes out to 80 yards per game thus far.

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