The Hawk Freshman team showed great strides between their last two games as La Vernia wins 8-0 in a defensive

From Right to Left, Heath McDonough, Hayden Reed, and Austin Brennan

showdown.

That same improvement was also seen between the first and second half as CL had a different resolve when they took the field starting the third quarter.

“When we look back at the Hays game and how many freshman they had playing, I told the players that it does not matter how many the other team has, they can only play with 11 players the same as we have,” Head Freshman Coach John Barthels said. “We hit the hole quicker in the second half and that was one of our adjustments we made at halftime.”

The Hawks had the ball only once when they held The Bears with 2:10 left in the third quarter and then lost the ball on downs with 2:45 left in the fourth quarter.

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McGuire Johnson waves to Offensive Lineman as they pave a way to the end zone.

 
 Team              W    L    Pct
 Navarro           2    0  1.000
 Bandera           2    0  1.000
 Wimberley         2    0  1.000
 Fredericksburg    1    1   .500
 Canyon Lake       0    2   .000
 Boerne            0    2   .000

 Last Week's Results
 Somerset        47   CL Hawks      35
 Navarro         42   SA Christian  26
 Bandera         34   Devine        20
 Wimberley       26   Giddings      14
 Fredericksburg  57   SA Memorial   14
 Medina Valley   23   Boerne        20

 This Week's Games
 Canyon Lake     @   La Vernia     7:30pm
 SA Holy Cross   @   Navarro
 Bandera         @   Llano
 Wimberley       @   Dripping Springs
 Fredericksburg  @   Brady
 SA Antonian     @   Boerne

Passing
 Name        Team      Comp  Att   Pct.   Yds   TD  Int
 Snelling    Boerne    33    61    54.1   505   2   4
 Rodriguez   Bandera   26    43    60.5   440   5   1
 Grona       Billies   23    46    50.0   426   1   2
 Cerday      Texans    11    22    50.0   181   2   2
 Durham      Navarro   11    18    61.1   157   0   0
 Tschoepe    CL Hawks   6    18    33.3   119   2   1

Rushing           Team      Att   Yds   Ave   TD
 Jaroszewski      Navarro   40    343   8.6   5
 McGuire Johnson  CL Hawks  24    233   9.7   3
 Ventura          Bandera   28    160   5.7   3
 Martinez         Billies   27    151   5.6   2
 Lambert          Texans    22    132   6.0   1
 DeLeon           Navarro   20    120   6.0   2
 Leal             Navarro   15    117   7.8   1
 Josh DeVries     CL Hawks  22    105   4.8   0
 Hayden Dubois    CL Hawks  26    100   3.8   1
 Gonzales         Bandera   15     96   6.4   1
 Snelling         Boerne    29     93   3.2   2

Receiving         Team      No    Yds   Ave   TD
 Lees             Boerne    16    331   21    1
 Nelson           Bandera    8    198   25    2
 Stoufflet        Bandera    6     86   14    3
 Phair            Bandera    5     74   15    0
 Smith            Navarro    6     71   12    0
 McManigle        Billies    4     70   18    0
 Reeh             Billies    4     66   17    0
 Beard            Billies    4     64   16    0
 Clark            Billies    1     64   64    1
 McDorman         Texans     3     62   21    2
 Johnson          Boerne     5     62   12    1
 Connor Ricker    CL Hawks   2     59   29    1
 Josh DeVries     CL Hawks   3     49   16    0
 Jaroszewski      Navarro    2     48   24    0

McGuire Johnson rushes by a group of Lineman that crushed the Bulldogs on his 67 yard touchdown run

             Canyon Lake       @       La Vernia      Sept 13 7:30pm
             Hawks (0-2)               Bears (1-1)
 History: La Vernia leads the series 3-2.
 2008 Hawks 08 Bears 42
 2009 Hawks 07 Bears 21
 2010 Hawks 24 Bears 19
 2011 Hawks 34 Bears 23
 2012 Hawks 13 Bears 14
 This Season Games:
 CL Hawks   06  Blanco    13        Bears   24  Medina Valley     07
 CL Hawks   35  Somerset  47        Bears   34  Pt Lavaca Calhoun 54

Canyon Lake lost their second game of the year last week, but there were some very encouraging signs that this Hawk team might have had their light switch turned on based on how well the offense ran the ball.

Of the top 30 rushing games in Hawk history three of the runners in last week’s game made the list.

McGuire Johnson is in 10th place with his 199 yards rushing while Josh DeVries now resides at 25th after gaining 92 yards and Hayden Dubois made the cut at 30th position after 81 yards rushing in that Bulldog game.

Canyon Lake as you can deduce had their best rushing game in their history after running past the game with Sealy two years ago by 17 yards.

La Vernia Bears have also started their year by running the ball and will have several running backs that will get the Hawks attention.

Vince Gill, Colby Skelton, Jevante Anderson and Landon Richter will be active in their backfield.

Skelton is the Quarterback and so that will also give you some trouble by his ability to escape trouble when attempting a pass.

In La Vernia’s opening game, Skelton only completed five out of 19 passes, but of those five receptions the Bears averaged over 25 yards per catch.

So that percentage can be deceiving based on being able to capitalize in large quantities of yards after a catch.

The Hawks will have to continue their clamp down mode after last week’s game with Somerset, when CL was able to hold a prolific passer to 173 yards of passing.

Bad news is in the form of rushing defense where Canyon Lake did not do a good job of stopping the Somerset runners.

That one stat allowed those Bulldogs to run out the clock when the Hawks needed to have a stop in order to finish their comeback quest.

One strength in La Vernia’s arena is defensive back William Doege who had two interceptions in their first game. The good news is that if Canyon Lake can have another good game running then it really does not matter how many passes a player has intercepted based on the number of times the Hawks would throw that rock.

This game will be a good barometer for how your Hawks will proceed for this season. If this offense can keep a good game of running, then that confidence will certainly play to their advantage as this season matures.

Defense will be another barometer for the fans to be watchful for seeing how this team is proceeding.

With a good game on that side of the ball, your Hawks can be a confident team as district sunrise starts to see the light.

 CL Hawk Volleyball Schedule and Standings

 Team                  W    L    Pct
 Navarro              24    3   .889
 Boerne               21    4   .840
 Wimberley            18    7   .720
 Canyon Lake Hawks    13   10   .565
 Fredericksburg       14   14   .500
 Bandera              13   14   .481

Hawk Upcoming Games:
 Sept. 17  Devine        Home      6:00pm
 Sept. 20  Lampasas      Home      6:00pm
 Sept. 24  Burnet        Home      7:00pm
 Sept. 27  Navarro       Away      6:30pm    District Starts
 Oct.   1  Bandera       Home      7:00pm
 Oct.   4  Boerne        Home      6:00pm

Last Week's Results:
 Sept. 6 Hawks beat Cedar Creek Bastrop 25-15, 15-17, 19-25, 25-17
 Kill Leader   Amber Ramsey                   7
 Assist Leader Regan Mickey                  22
 Blocks Leader Lillie Sander and Amber Ramsey 3
 Dig Leader    Hayley Melone                 15
 Ace Leaders   Amber Ramsey and Regan Mickey  3

 Sept. 10 Hawks beat Llano 25-17, 25-18, 25-17
 Kill Leader   Amber Ramsey    12
 Assist Leader Regan Mickey    27
 Block Leader  Amber Ramsey     2
 Dig Leader    Hayley Melone    9
 Ace Leader    Bailey Drum      3

Canyon Lake beats the Orange Yellow Jackets.

Freshman Setter Mia Riali

Canyon Lake did not lose a game all night….let that sink in.

The Freshman team won 2-0, the JV team won 2-0, and the Varsity won 3-0.

Canyon Lake Freshman girls started with a tough first game but finished with a more consistent second game and ran away with that second game and the match, 25-23, 25-12.

Llano just had too many unforced errors in that second game and Canyon Lake made sure that the Orange-Yellow Jackets would not get back in the game.

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That phrase “looking forward” will be missed as we will be saying good bye to a Canyon

1600 Meter Record Holder: Sophomore Mike Russell after his surprising run at the Canyon Lake Track Meet

Lake Student this Tuesday.

Michael Russell was taken from us last Thursday and Canyon Lake lost a student that I enjoyed covering in his first two years of high school in basketball and track for The ReSporter.

Russell was on the JV basketball team last year and was looking forward to a chance of playing varsity this season.

He was a long range sharp shooter and had a certain tenacity when on the hardwood.

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Canyon Lake had an opposite word game. What happened last week was just the opposite in this game with Somerset.

There is an old adage that a team will improve the most between the first and second game and the Hawks had already scored more points than the Blanco game on their first drive.

“We had a good offensive line tonight,” Head Coach Charles Drum started. “Our offense was totally different than the way we played last week. I’m proud of our offensive line.”

McGuire Johnson was the workhorse on this night as he rumbled for two touchdowns in the first half and helped Canyon Lake regain a lead going into a delay of game stoppage as thunderstorms and lightning threatened the area.

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The ReSporter: You accumulated a lot of points and wanted to know if that was more

Coach Mary Beth Gallagher

based on your competition, how did our team do compared to other schools your size?

Coach Mary Beth Gallagher: “Well there were not very many schools with our size at this meet. We finished in the middle of the pack on boys varsity and the girls, well about the same as always, the bottom 1/3.”

The ReSporter: Was there someone that had a break out run?

Coach Mary Beth Gallagher: “I will tell you each kid improved their times from the trial times two mile a week earlier and that is what we hope to do each week.”

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The ReSporter: The San Marcos Tournament was your last tourney…how do you see

Head Volleyball Coach Kimberley Paisley

what needs to be worked on as you go these last few weeks before the start of district play?

Coach Paisley: “The San Marcos tournament was excellent, especially for the last tournament. We definitely played stronger teams. We also have had the chance to watch some film and see ourselves in action. We are focusing on certain areas of our game and fixing it up.”

The ReSporter: The ReSporter noticed on the stat line that Regan Mickey seems to be getting more involved, is she above the curve or about where you thought she would be at this time?

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It was a game that a fourth quarter comeback led to a victory…the only difference on this Thursday

Anthony Wagner, Jakob Merritt, and Matt Adams after tough loss to Somerset JV

night for the Canyon Lake JV team was being on the wrong end of that score, losing 16-14 to Somerset.

Last week, the Hawks responded with 19 points in a 4th quarter blitz over Blanco giving a nice ride home with three point win.

This time it was Somerset winning a game in that same stanza by scoring 14 unanswered points in a game your Hawks let fly away.

That flight was an 81 yard pass play with just one minute left on the clock that spelled Canyon Lake.

“We started great,” JV Coach Brian Owens stated. “This is something every JV team has to experience and they will need to learn from this lesson.”

“They (Hawks) did everything we asked and we just have to have toughness and intensity that will last till the end of the game…we hit a plateau during the middle of the game and we never regained our momentum.”

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