The Resporter: Disappointing year for the Team, what

Head Volleyball Coach Nicole Creek

Coach Creek: “We were successful early on with some wins at tournaments, before this season we never brought home any hardware from tourneys.”

The ReSporter: Tell us about your Seniors and how they impacted your team?

Coach Creek: “Seniors worked hard all year. They came together in the Summer and worked with me to create some of the expectations we had for all the teams this season. They were instrumental in getting the girls involved in Summer League and there almost every week. They were a great group of girls to work with and for the younger girls to look up to.”

The ReSporter: The ReSporter noticed that this group of girls did more during the off/season than pervious classes, can you give us an idea of what impact that had on your season?

Coach Creek: “I think the more they stay involved the better off we will be as a group and I think it showed this year. Despite us not going to the playoffs we still competed with everyone in a very tough district. This was a direct result of their efforts in the off season.”
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Special Time for Special Team

Wimberley week will always be a little different than other schools for Canyon Lake.

Why? Distance, The ReSporter would only travel an extra five miles in going to Wimberley high school versus Hawk Country.

Wimberley has also taken Canyon Lake’s lunch money the past four years, leaving the Hawks without anything to eat for lunch. (They are our bully…)

Could this be the year for Canyon Lake to kick sand into the Texans face? Possibly, now all CL needs to find out is if Wimberley will come back and does CL have the fortitude to stand up to Wimberley’s advances and land some punches.

“Wimberley is the third game of our five round heavy weight fight,” Head Coach Charley Drum said. “The stakes get higher with each game.”

Well, when schedules were drawn up for this two year alignment, District 27-3A moved games around and so this year it so happens to be a couple of 2-0 teams playing.

Not odd for Wimberley to be undefeated in district, but this will be just the first time CL has had a 2-0 district record when facing the Texans. The Hawks have faced Wimberley four out of five years with an unblemished mark going into a game with our ‘Devil’s Backbone’ counterpart.
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Canyon Lake Hawk’s Volleyball finished their season splitting their last two games with Bandera and Navarro. Both games were played at Hawk Gym with the finale last Tuesday night.

The Hawks had five Seniors on the court for their last game.

Cassidy Riccio, Logan Nease, Marisa Ellis, Reanna Wagliardo, and Katie Williams played with a lot of heart but still could not get that last win against Navarro.

At first, CL did not come out of their doldrums until the second game of this match.

After a 25-13 loss to the Panthers in the first game, Canyon Lake responded by winning their next game by that same score.

In that game, CL was dominant. The Hawks were everywhere on the court and controlled this game from their service to their kills and everything in-between.

Junior Amber Ramsey had seven kills in this game while Katie Williams (4) and Logan Nease (3) were just as lethal.
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Team Stats:

Based on 2 Games  
                     Offense        Average
 Navarro             852            426.0
 Boerne              851            425.5
 Canyon Lake         758            379.0
 Wimberley           693            346.5
 Fredericksburg      683            341.5
 Bandera             405            202.5

                     Defense        Average
 Canyon Lake         460            230.0
 Navarro             595            297.5
 Wimberley           655            327.5
 Fredericksburg      762            381.0
 Boerne              825            412.5
 Bandera             945            472.5

Quarterback
 Team            Name     Comp   Att   Pct   Yards   TD   Int
 Boerne          Dormaday 41     67   .612   683     6    2
 Wimberley       Jones    25     46   .543   403     4    2
 Canyon Lake     Belcher  23     44   .523   399     4    4
 Fredericksburg  Grona    23     40   .575   246     0    1
 Bandera         Nelson   19     53   .358   184     1    4
 Navarro         Durham   12     22   .545   143     0    1

Rushing
 Team           Name        Att   Yds   Ave   TD
 Navarro        Anderson    31    338  10.9   0
 Canyon Lake    Covarrubias 40    201   5.0   2
 Fredericksburg Martinez    27    156   5.8   1
 Navarro        Conlin      37    155   4.2   2
 Fredericksburg Rivera      18    148   8.2   1
 Bandera        Muniz       32    127   3.9   1
 Navarro        DeLeon      23    115   5.0   3
 Boerne         Collins     19    110   5.8   0
 Fredericksburg Grona       26    110   4.2   1
 Wimberley      Kelley      27     89   3.3   3
 Canyon Lake    Dubois      12     87   7.3   1

Receiving
 Team           Name        No   Yds    Ave   TD
 Boerne         Burns       10   266   26.6   2
 Canyon Lake    Hubnik       6   170   28.3   3
 Boerne         Woodie       9   160   17.8   1
 Wimberley      Rainwater    9   150   16.7   1
 Wimberley      Swisher      7   141   20.1   1
 Boerne         Vedelka      9   116   12.9   2
 Canyon Lake    Camarillo    7   113   16.1   1

History: Wimberley leads series 4-0
 Hawks   07   Texans   41
 Hawks   15   Texans   38
 Hawks   18   Texans   38
 Hawks   14   Texans   50

This Season:
 Hawks  26  Blanco    21     Texans  27  Llano             26
 Hawks  35  Somerset  54     Texans  26  Giddings          31
 Hawks  13  La Vernia 14     Texans  13  Dripping Springs  28
 Hawks  31  Burnet    37     Texans  24  La Vernia         10
 Hawks  09  La Grange 34     Texans  24  Liberty Hill      46
 Hawks  27  Billies   17     Texans  40  Bandera           06
 Hawks  42  Bandera   07     Texans  21  Navarro           20

The ReSporter will start with the Non-District games first.

Wimberley has played teams with an overall record of 19-16. while Canyon Lake has played teams with a 21-15 slate.

District play has both teams playing teams with 7-7 for Wimberley and CL with 6-8 record.

One common opponent for non-district was La Vernia. CL lost by one point and Wimberley won by two touchdowns.

Going with that theme, Bandera also beat, La Vernia 34-14. That score has already been nixed by those same Bulldogs coming out on the short end with CL and Wimberley by a score that was very similar and both games being at home.

Wimberley won that game scoring 34 unanswered points to start the game, while Canyon Lake ended their game with 35 unanswered points.

That Bandera team was not the same Bulldog team from non-district, in that they were stripped of their best player in their last non-district game. Michael Miller might have been the best player for District 27-3A this year based on his accomplishments before his injury.

Wimberley best victory might have come last week in their win over Navarro on the road. Another game that good teams find a way of winning.

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 Season         W   L   Pct     District       W   L     Pct
 Navarro        5   2  .714     Canyon Lake    2   0   1.000
 Wimberley      4   3  .571     Wimberley      2   0   1.000
 Boerne         4   3  .571     Boerne         1   1    .500
 Fredericksburg 4   3  .571     Navarro        1   1    .500
 Canyon Lake    3   4  .429     Fredericksburg 0   2    .000
 Bandera        2   5  .286     Bandera        0   2    .000

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

Last Week's Results:
 Canyon Lake  42   Bandera     07
 Wimberley    21   Navarro     20
 Boerne       31   Billies     14
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District 27-3A Stat Leaders
Team      Passing          Comp   Att   Pct   Yds  TD  Int
Boerne    Quinten Dormaday 145    241  60.1  2031  19  6
HAWKS     Branson Belcher   59    119  49.6  1086  11  4
Billies   Kyle Grona        60    125  48.0   873   5  4
Wimberley Reed Jones        42     83  50.6   636   5  5
Wimberley Colton Cerday     33     62  52.2   476   3  4

Team      Rushing              Att   Yds   Ave   TD
Navarro   LJ Anderson          84    761   9.0    6
Bandera   Michael Miller       84    735   8.8    8
Navarro   Zane Conlin          92    732   7.9   11
HAWKS     Eduardo Covarrubias 107    580   5.4    5
Bandera   Fabian Muniz         90    577   6.4    6

Team      Receiving          No    Yds    Ave   TD
Boerne    Paul Burns         26    551    21    5
HAWKS     Daniel Camarillo   27    535    20    5
Boerne    Bradley Vaselka    31    517    17    8
Boerne    Mark Woodie        38    474    12    1
Wimberley Bryce Rainwater    26    391    15    1
HAWKS     Doug Hubnik        13    323    25    5

Hayden Dubois Makes his presence known in win over Bandera

Canyon Lake had their most complete game to date as they pounded the Bandera Bulldogs last Friday night at Hawk stadium, 42-7.

The Hawks finished this game with 35 unanswered points and a suffocating defense. It was the best defensive game in not giving up yards in CL’s history.

Top 5 Defensive efforts:

    Game        Yards     Year
 1. Bandera     133       2012
 2. Billies     173       2011
 3. Billies     215       2009
 4. Wimberley   219       2009
 5. Ingram      219       2009

“They bought into our non-district schedule,” Head Coach Charley Drum beat. “We still have some things we need to clean up…Penalties and getting our running game into the game earlier.”

This win sets up a battle of unbeaten District 27-3A squads next week in Wimberley.

A slow start was still unavoidable as CL had a 34 yard drive stall on Bandera’s 42 yard line.

Then another stop by the defense and another three play and punt series resulting in another short series of downs. That however would be Canyon Lake’s last punt of the evening.

Bandera had a bad snap on their punt attempt and their player was able to get his kick off for one yard. That play set up CL on the Bulldog’s 39 yard line.

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The ReSporter thinks the best word do describe Mountain Valley’s Seventh Grade

Mountain Valley Seventh 'B' Squad Talk about Win over Bandera

Mountain Valley 7th ‘B’ squad could of beaten Bandera’s ‘A’ team but instead had a chance to play the ‘B’ squad.

After spotting their opponent 12 points, then MV started dominating the rest of this contest.

The Hawk defense allowed 60 yards for Bandera’s first two scores and then clamped down for negative 21 yards for the rest of the game.

With an interception return, when MV was on the Bulldogs eight yard line the return covered 100 yards and what seemed at the time an avalanche against this Hawk team.

Then it happened: QB Triston McPhee went back for a pass and another interception was going to bury them, until Matthew Rhodes had other plans.

While the Bullpup was returning the int. Rhodes not only stopped the run but stole the ball from his arms and promptly ran 65 yards for the Hawks first score.
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The Canyon Lake Hawks flew all over the Bandera Bulldogs last Thursday night at

Timothy Romero and Zach Gregory weren't in the Dark during the Game!!

Two impressive drives to start this game and a heads up play gave all the momentum needed for a convincing win.

The first drive went for 60 yards on 5 carries with damage being done by Running Back Timothy Romero and a pass and run for Robert Woods.

Romero progressed with a longer run on each of his first three carries. Romero went for six yards, 10 yards, and then a final run of pure speed of 27 yards that capped off an impressive start.

Romero started this year as fullback and was moved to tailback after some injuries. “No one stepped up when they we were asked who wanted to do it (move up), so I just raised my hand and said I will do it. They asked who was the faster guy and when I see daylight I just go for it. But much of my yardage came from the line and everyone was doing their job and I just followed them.”

Canyon Lake was not finished, after holding the Bulldogs to a three and out, the Hawks started their next drive on the 27 yard line.

Six plays later, this Hawk team was in control, driving 73 yards in a way that any Bulldog would of been proud.

The Hawks have made some changes in moving players around to help maximize their product on the field.

One of those changes involved moving Zach Gregory from receiver to offensive line. When asked about the difference of positions, Gregory commented, “It is not as much of a change than I thought, I just have different blocking schemes.”

Gregory continued by talking about how on fire this Hawk team started the game, “We were real pumped up before the game, and we just kept that intensity down on the field…we have a motto, ‘Tougher Team Wins it’.”

It was all about the running game for this drive. Cody Davis chipped in with a six yard run, then Joseph Arredondo converted a third down with more than enough yardage running down the sideline for 33 yards. Romero book ended this drive starting with a 17 yarder and capped it off with another 15 yards.

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