Canyon Lake started on fire as Eduardo Covarrubias and an Offensive Line controlled the early part of this game.

“We came out the first half and did what we wanted to do,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “They just outplayed us in the second half.”

“They are a great football team,” Coach Drum continued. “I told our players that they would have to beat a playoff caliber of team to make the playoffs.”

Seven out of those first eight plays were runs for Covarrubias, as he moved the Hawks from their 30 yard line to the Greyhound’s five.

On Covarrubias last run, an innocuous five yard procedure penalty changed this drive from a second and goal from the five to a first and goal from the 14 yard line.

Three straight incompletions and a promising drive ended with a 32 yard field goal off the foot of Jake Robinson for Canyon Lake.

Canyon Lake’s defense then held Boerne for a field goal try that was wide of the bars and preserving the lead.

The Hawks offense then dominated again by driving for six plays, going 79 yards and a 9-0 lead after the PAT failed.

This drive had Covarrubias with 57 yards rushing on four carries and a 23 yard pass to Matt Andress giving the Hawks a first down on Boerne’s two yard line.

Next play, Sophomore Hayden Dubois scored ending an impressive drive right up the gut on the Greyhounds adding six more points, 9-0 in favor to the Hawks.

Then the unraveling would begin to take it’s toll.
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In a wild finish, only fit for Halloween night, the Canyon Lake JV Hawks lost a heartbreaker to Boerne 18-12 as the Greyhounds connected on a game-winning. 8-yard touchdown pass with just one second left to play.

With just under two minutes in the game, Canyon Lake stopped Boerne on a 4th and goal play and took over poised for a long, game-winning drive of their own.

Quarterback Skylar Tschoepe led the Hawks down the field with a variety of passes and scrambles.

However, the drive stalled on the Boerne 45 after Tschoepe was picked off on a long, 4th down pass attempt.

Boerne took over with 25 seconds left and immediately connected on a 30 yard pass play that moved the ball to the Canyon Lake 25. Two plays later they connected on another pass play over the middle for a winning score and one second on the clock.
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Mountain Valley 8th Grade Team listens in after 24-16 Victory over Boerne

Mountain Valley 8th grade ‘B’ squad improved their record to 3-0-1 for District as they held off a fast closing Greyhound team at Hawk Stadium on Wednesday night, 24-16.

The game had a lot of fireworks to start this contest.

Boerne started with a fumble on their first play, then Mountain Valley responded with a one play 43 yard run from Jaden Balmos as he went through the Greyhounds like a Knight in a Chess game.

Balmos ended this game with 101 yards, with seven of his 11 carries going for eight yards or further. Pretty impressive for Balmos and a Hawk Offensive Line.

Andrew Neel had am impressive game as he threw a two point conversion to Brandon Courtney, staking a quick, 8-0 lead.

Charlie McIntosh had his second interception in as many games on the Greyhounds next set of downs.

Mountain Valley responded again with a 39 yard drive in seven plays with a Neel to Mason Blackburn 26 yard pass on a fourth down play when the Hawks were needing eight yards for a first down.
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 Season         W   L   Pct     District       W   L   Pct
 Navarro        6   2  .750     Wimberley      3   0 1.000
 Wimberley      5   3  .625     Canyon Lake    2   1  .667
 Boerne         5   3  .625     Navarro        2   1  .667
 Fredericksburg 4   4  .500     Boerne         2   1  .667
 Canyon Lake    3   5  .375     Fredericksburg 0   3  .000
 Bandera        2   6  .250     Bandera        0   3   .000

This Week's Games:
 Canyon Lake   @ Boerne Thursday 7:30pm
 Wimberley     @ Fredericksburg
 Bandera       @ Navarro

Last Week's Results:
 Wimberley   40   Canyon Lake    03
 Boerne      35   Bandera        13
 Navarro     54   Fredericksburg 23

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 District 27-3A Stat Leaders (Season)
 Team      Passing            Comp   Att   Pct.   Yds   TD   Int
 Boerne    Quinten Dormaday   171    280  .611   2324   23   8
 HAWKS     Branson Belcher     67    137  .489   1171   11   6
 Billies   Kyle Grona          63    130  .485    910    5   5
 Wimberley Reed Jones          48    102  .471    738    7   6
 Wimberley Colton Cerday       33     62  .522    476    3   4

 Team      Rushing            Att    Yds   Ave    TD
 Navarro   Zane Conlin        106    950   8.9    15
 Navarro   LJ Anderson        103    828   8.0     8
 Boerne    Bryce Collins      113    787   6.9    10
 Bandera   Michael Miller      84    735   8.8     8
 Bandera   Fabian Muniz       108    662   6.1     7
 HAWKS     Ed Covarrubias     116    598   5.2     5

 Team      Receiving           No    Yds   Ave    TD
 Boerne    Paul Burns          34    634   19     6
 HAWKS     Daniel Camarillo    28    556   20     5
 Boerne    Bradley Veselka     34    546   16     9
 Boerne    Mark Woodie         42    517   12     1
 Wimberley Bryce Rainwater     28    393   14     1
 HAWKS     Doug Hubnik         16    364   23     5

History: The Series with Boerne Greyhounds is tied at 1-1.
 2010 Hawks 21 Boerne 07
 2011 Hawks 14 Boerne 35

This Years Results:
 Hawks 26  Blanco      21    Boerne 24  Hondo          28
 Hawks 35  Somerset    54    Boerne 49  Medina Valley  47
 Hawks 13  La Vernia   14    Boerne 30  SA Antonian    37
 Hawks 31  Burnet      37    Boerne 35  Llano          27
 Hawks 09  La Grange   34    Boerne 42  Lytle          08
 Hawks 27  Billies     17    Boerne 14  Navarro        28
 Hawks 42  Bandera     07    Boerne 31  Fredericksburg 14
 Hawks 03  Wimberley   40    Boerne 35  Bandera        13

Canyon Lake continues their melt down when meeting Wimberley. Whatever the reason, CL

CL's Defense answering the call against Bandera

will have errors in this game along with a team that can exploit a Hawk team repeatedly each season.

This week, Canyon Lake has an early date with Boerne on Thursday with both teams needing a win to enhance their chances of being one of those three teams to make the playoffs.

A loss and then, just like last year, the team that loses will need a lot of help from other teams to have a chance of going on with their season.

It is safe to say that Fredericksburg and Bandera will have another year at the bottom of this district, leaving three playoff spots for four teams.

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Wide Receiver Doug Hubnik on his 22 yard reception to the 5 yard line

Canyon Lake lost the third round of their five round heavy weight bout against Wimberley last Friday at Wimberley Stadium, 40-3.

The Hawks seem to disappear every time a battle with their neighbors just north of CL’s campus have their yearly game.

“We did not match Wimberley’s intensity,” Head Coach Charley Drum stated. “They have played in a lot of big games and you can see that we just aren’t there.”

Five games and now five losses to the Texans in what seemed to be that same State Championship defense seen last year was in full array on this blustery evening.

Wimberley started this night with a 35 yard drive and were forced to punt after this 10 play drive.

Remember what has been talked about for Canyon Lake to compete with the Texans? Turnovers and Penalties.

Canyon Lake did not have a penalty assessed until the second half, however the same could not be said about the turnover.

First play was a muffed snap for Canyon Lake and a negative 12 yards for a safety.

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Mountain Valley 8th Grade A and B team split with Wimberley last Thursday night at Hawk Stadium.

In the ‘A’ Game, MV started the game with an impressive three play 55 yard drive to tie the score with five minutes left in the second quarter.

Spit End Tyler Shipman had a juggling catch over the middle going for 43 yards for the score. Shipman juggled the ball for ten yards before his clutch of the ball had a positive result.

“It went up in the air and I did not see it and then it popped up again and then I caught it,” Shipman retold the story. “Felt really good and I was tired.”

Anthony Rodriguez also let his presence known against Wimberley.

Rodriguez was responsible for tackle behind by five yards causing a fumble for the Texan runner.

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Canyon Lake Junior Varsity could not rebound in their loss to Wimberley last Thursday night at Hawk Stadium, losing 18-7.

The Hawks offense was AWOL in this loss as the halftime stats would bare out. CL had more penalty yards than offensive yards.

“Staying power is what we are trying to show them and that will build character,” Head JV Coach Brian Owens said. “You don’t measure a man when you are ahead, but when you find yourself in trouble.”

Quarterback Skylar Tschoepe had the Hawks first first down well into the second quarter and that would be the extent of that excitement.

Canyon Lake had 13 offensive plays total in that half while Wimberley almost matched that with their first drive of the game with 12 plays.

Wimberley also had multiple penalties and sometimes decided to have more than one on any given play.

The Texans had 104 yards in penalties while your CL Hawks finished with 116 total offensive yards.

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