Canyon Lake Lady Hawks won a pivotal game Tuesday night against Seguin, 4-0 in what could be a landmark contest as this season continues.

To recap this district season, all you need to know is that Canyon Lake needs to beat one team to get them into a playoff spot.

Right now Seguin might be that odd team out which could usher your Hawks into a good situation and another ‘can win’ game with Wimberley might even secure that spot.

“We came out strong,” Head Coach Katie McWhorter started. “We scored our first goal within the first minute of the game.”

Whatever butterflies that might been around was soon a thing of the past as CL took that opportunity to play on the offensive side of the field for much of this night.

Sophomore Christy Fowler had her second hat trick of this season coming through and leading the way for her teammates.

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Play Ball!! Canyon Lake started their season against a solid 4A Marble Falls outfit and had a good

chance of pulling off an impressive win.

But that timely hit just did not find a spot on this field of play leaving a one run deficit to the Mustangs.

Speaking of timely hits, MF could only muster three and that last one happened to bring in three runs with a bases clearing double.

The fifth inning was a case where starter Logan Felch just ran out of gas and could not finish his outstanding start.

Felch had thrown just 11 balls through four innings and had 13 in the fifth giving the Mustangs an opening that was capitalized on.

“You can’t give freebies like that,” Head Coach Trent Dunavant said in responding to also having a MF batter reaching base by being hit by a pitch, loading the bases.

The Hawks have started their season with Marble Falls each year and this game was won by a very slim margin compared to past campaigns.

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Missy Romero has started her career off in grand fashion as Copiah-Lincoln

Community College sports a 9-0-1 record with two of those victories over the No. 5 team in the country.

Romero has a 2-0 pitching record and has also come through in the batter’s box.

In the game against Heartland (IL), Romero tripled and scored their first run and then homered for her first home run that helped extend the Lady Wolves lead to 7-1 two innings later.

In a game with Baton Rouge, Romero collected her second win of her new career when she finished the Lady Bears by allowing 2 runs, while scattering 8 hits, struck out 1 and walked 2 in 5 innings of work.

Romero’s second win was in relief when she helped put out a fire with 2.2 innings and not giving up a run against that same No. 5 rated squad that she helped beat with her bat in the first game.

Congratulations to a fine young lady that is representing Canyon Lake and our community.

What is happening this week at Canyon Lake:

Feb. 18 Baseball     Marble Falls        @    Canyon Lake     6pm   Varsity
Feb. 19 Baseball     Canyon Lake         @    Marble Falls    5pm   JV
        Boy Soccer   Canyon Lake         @    Seguin          7:30pm
        Girl Soccer  Seguin              @    Canyon Lake     6pm
        Softball     Blanco              @    Canyon Lake     6pm
        Girls Golf   Navarro             @    Golf Club of Seguin TBA
Feb. 20 Tennis       Blanco Dual Match   @    Canyon Lake     4pm
Feb. 21-23 Baseball  Lockhart Tournament   Varsity
     21 Boys Golf    Navarro             @    Golf Club of Seguin TBA
Feb. 22 Baseball     Wimberley           @    Canyon Lake      5:30p JV
        Softball     Comfort             @    Canyon Lake      6pm
        Boy  Soccer  Canyon Lake         @    Dripping Springs 7:30pm
        Girl Soccer  Dripping Sprgs      @    Canyon Lake      6pm
Feb. 23 Girls Track                      @    Boerne           8pm
Feb. 25 Baseball     Lago Vista          @    Canyon Lake      6pm   Varsity
Feb. 25 Baseball     Canyon Lake         @    Lago Vista       6pm   JV
        Boys Golf    Blanco              @    Vaaler Creek     9am

The Hawks spring sports will be in full motion as all but Boys Track will have some live action this week.

This year’s Tennis Team has some deserving Athletes that you might want to get out and see as they will be playing Blanco in a dual match starting at CL’s Tennis Courts at 4pm.

The Girls Softball team will have two games at home this week as they will try to improve on their 3-3 record and explosive offensive start against Marion and the Navarro tournament last week.

Both Boys and Girls Soccer will be taking the field with the Boys playing in Seguin and Dripping Springs. The Girls will also mirror that schedule but will play at home. Both teams are 0-1 in District play and will look to get a win against Seguin. Both of these Districts will take four out of five teams to the playoffs so a win over the Matadors will go a long way in helping to cement that playoff spot.

Baseball will start their season with their season opening game at Hawk diamond this Monday night for the varsity. This will be a year where depth will finally be a reality for both Varsity and JV. The Varsity will then have a Tournament in Lockhart.

The JV will also be at home against Wimberley this Friday after a game in Marble Falls on Tuesday. This is another team that has tons of talent and would be a great time to see what type of future will be forthcoming.

The Boys Golf team has had a couple of outings so far this year and will be in hopes of lowering their scores. A good day two weeks ago and not so good last week. (such is life on the links)

Girls Track will be in Boerne to get some work in everything but their Relay teams. Coach Lacey Lambert will be in the process of seeing which girls might be able to get much needed points in the field and running events.

This past couple of years Canyon Lake has seemed to be able to have good Relay teams, especially that coveted Mile Relay event.

One truism you can take from Softball Tournament games when starting out your season is a team does everything they can to see all of their players.

Hence the third place finish in their pool is not a bad circumstance based on when Coaches are searching for that diamond that might come out in game situations.

The Lady Hawks lost their first game with Poteet, 10-5 but rebounded quite well when they squashed Luling for their final contest, 17-2.

Also note that if CL is working on giving pitchers time in the circle, then you have to surmise that other teams are working on finding those same ‘diamonds’ for their clubs.

Kelsey Ahrens and Cameron Berger both got some circle duties on Saturday as Head Coach John Gallagher is searching for some answers there as well as in the field as several players had an opportunity to show off.

Canyon Lake is sprinkled with many Freshman and Sophomores this year, but it might be those Seniors that will supply the leadership needed by word or action.

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Super Fan Mr. Bill Phillips can be seen at almost all of Canyon Lake’s venues

cheering on young athletes in many fields.

You have seen him, he has that special place in the Hawk Gymnasium, up behind the student section, or walking up to a press box during a football game, or how about seeing Phillips hanging out at countless Baseball and Little League games.

“I played Junior High Softball because there was no baseball at my school,” Mr. Bill started. “With both of my brothers, we played every sport.”

So going back to Junior High days the seed had been planted and now you have ‘Super Fan’ still showing his support for athletes in the Canyon Lake community.

Just sitting by Bill and watching a game will give you wisdom as you listen to all of his recollections of games from the past.

Not to mention his countless one liners that are lined up inside his mind like every Baseball Coach would be preparing a line-up card.

Coaches know him as ‘Bill’ and seeing him at all of their games does not go unnoticed.

“My Dad played semi-pro baseball back in 1938 when we moved down to Houston,” Mr. Bill continued. “I have been around the kids watching them play and grow with all of their skills and attitudes.”
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Canyon Lake Softball team won their first game in the Navarro tournament on Thursday with a No-No, when Alexis Robinson pitched to start her promising career.

A Freshman that can pitch a no-hitter in her first game speaks well for Coach John Gallagher’s sleeping for the next four years.

The game was won 9-0 over Stockdale while CL also showed that they might have some pop in their bats.

Missy Romero started her Sophomore campaign with a Perfect Game on February 18, 2010, over Vandergrift, 5-0. Now, the baton has been passed as Robinson begins this season in like manner.

Last night the Lady Hawks beat Marion 13-7 after being up 10-0 going into the later innings.

More information will be forthcoming as Canyon Lake continues their week-end with two games today at Huber Ranch in the last day of Navarro’s Tournament.

Games today will be played at 12:15 and possibly 3:50 Saturday afternoon.

Canyon Lake JV dominates Llano in their last scrimmage before the season starts next week.

Llano only had three pitchers for this scrimmage and that left Canyon Lake taking the field for an extra two frames just so Coach Brian Owens could get enough work from his six pitchers.

What Coach Owens saw was another dominating performance from several of his players on the mound as strikes and defense kept Llano without a run until their last at bat.

Look at these numbers from four Hawk pitchers:

 name       ip  r  er h  bb so balls/strikes
 Headrick    2  0  0  0  0  3      9/18
 McCleary    2  0  0  3  1  3     11/23
 Volz        1  0  0  0  1  1      5/11
 Kissell     2  0  0  0  3  3     21/16

As the night progressed so did the wind and temperature as the last inning was a numbing affair.

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The Canyon Lake JV ended their season in Bandera after suffering an anemic fourth quarter losing, 51-39.

That 12 point difference was much closer as the game was still within reach as Bandera started the last quarter up by two points, 34-32.

“We were able to keep it close for three quarters,” Coach Brian Hooper stated. “The biggest reason why the game got out of hand in the fourth, was in giving up to many rebounds.”

“Three possessions in a row Bandera had multiple shots on offense that led to easy buckets, and we couldn’t respond,” Coach Hooper closed. “Bandera had a big physical line up that wore us down in the fourth.”

Garrett Winters led all Hawk scorers with 12 points and Sean Nolan missed double digits with nine.

            1   2   3   4   Final
 Hawks JV   6  16  13   4   39
 Bandera    8  14  15  14   51

Garrett Winters 12, Sean Nolan 9, Skyler Tschoepe 7, Austin Acosta 4,
Dave Pfaff 3, Qurion Banks 2, Scott Taylor 2.

by Coach Barthels

Canyon Lake started off slow, but great defense in the 2nd and 3rd quarters along with a strategic well played 4th quarter of scoring helped the CLHS Freshmen have a come from behind victory last night in Bandera, 45-43.

Trailing the entire game and down by seven early in the 4th, the Hawks mounted their comeback.

Scoring a quick four points off of steals by Hayden Lee and Joe Arredondo who found Brandon Ward streaking down the court for two uncontested lay-ups and a crucial 3 pointer by Justin Ferris, his only points of the game, tied it at
41.

The lead never belonged to the Hawks until their was 5.2 seconds left and Hayden Lee drew the defense into him and made a great pass to a streaking Mason Montgomery for a lay-up and the game winner.

With a turn over on the inbounds play the Hawks were able to get the ball back into Hayden Lee who was fouled for a 1 and 1. Missing the freethrow and placing everyone back to play defense had the Bandera Bulldogs driving down to the opposite end of the court forcing a three point shot over the back board sealing the victory for the Hawks.

Nine of the 12 Hawks that were dressed scored points, but even those that did
not score made great passes down low to the posts who were able to put up
25 points in the paint.

Big rebounds by Dalton Head, Hayden Lee, and Robert Woods will be a stat that gets over looked, but they all played a crucial role in sealing a victory and getting chances for the Hawks to set up the offense.

Canyon Lake finished the season 9-14 and 2-8 in district play,”We
played in several close games this year that we were not able to come out on
top in, this victory was a great way to end the season, I am proud of our
team for all of the hard work they put in this season,” Coach John Batthels closed.

             1   2   3   4   Final
 CLHS        6   9  13  17   45
 Bandera    13   9   8  12   43
 Leading Scorers:
 Robert Woods 12, Brandon Ward 8, Hayden Lee 7, Zach Gregory 6, Sam Langford
 3, Justin Ferris 3, Joe Arredondo 2, Zach Sawyer 2, Mason Montgomery 2