Canyon Lake took it’s first loss of the year as Wimberley Texans brought their ‘A’

Quinn Pike catches second Touchdown Pass from Branson Belcher

game to the Hawks and lapped the home team in grand fashion, 50-14 in a meeting between two undefeated District 26-3A foes.

“We’re not there yet,” Head Coach Matt Monzingo said. “This team (Wimberley) is strong, big and very balanced.”

“When they stopped Zach (Henshaw), we weren’t as tough as we needed to be,” Coach Monzingo reflected.

Wimberley seemed like they were in the Hawk’s huddle as they had four defensive backs ready when the Hawks tried a play that worked earlier this year against Luling. The first play action pass that scored on Luling was an interception against Wimberley.
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Canyon Lake could not get back on track in the second half as Wimberley Freshman only needed one score winning, 6-0 at Hawk Stadium.

You know how it is when you sit down to write a composition or essay and once the juices start flowing the Pen you are using runs out of ink.

That was the dilemma for the Hawks as the game progressed the offense just ran out of ink and the paper could not be finished.

The unfortunate thing about the game Thursday night is that the game did not finish at halftime. If that would of been possible, then the Hawks would of won on penetrations.
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“This will be an easy game to fire them (football team) up,” Head

Head Coach Matt Monzingo

Times are different from this time last season. The Hawks had just lost a brutal game to Navarro and had a 2-4 record. Consistency was a word that had not been used many times up to that point.

Talking to Coach Monzingo this season has not been a chore, as the Hawks have not had the ‘bad taste in your mouth’ type of games up to this point.

“The kids listen,” Coach Monzingo continued. “When we (Coaches) ask them to improve or work on certain areas, then they have responded each time.”
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          Texans   (5-0)     @     Hawks (6-0)           

          Game Time: 7:30 pm   October 14th

          History: Wimberley leads the series 3-0
         ‘08 Canyon Lake 07  Texans  41
         ‘09 Canyon Lake 15  Texans  38
         ‘10 Canyon Lake 18  Texans  38

 This Year:
          Wimberley   32  Cuero               06
          Wimberley   47  Dripping Springs    26
          Wimberley   49  La Vernia           06
          Wimberley   28  Sealy               27
          Wimberley   42  Bandera             06

          CLHS Hawks  14  Blanco              07
          CLHS Hawks  34  La Vernia           23
          CLHS Hawks  38  Sealy               34
          CLHS Hawks  52  Austin-Travis       21
          CLHS Hawks  56  Luling              28
          CLHS Hawks  41  Navarro             26

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RB Eduardo Covarrubias paving the way for Zach Henshaw

Canyon Lake Hawks brought their own Breaker System to Navarro and lit up the Panthers for a 41-26 hard fought victory.

The Hawks had 29 points last season in the fourth quarter for all of their games. In this contest alone, Canyon Lake finished with 20 and now have garnered 62 points, doubling last year’s total.

“It feels good to win a game for a team that is hard to prepare for,” Head Coach Matt Monzingo said. “We had ball control too in the second half and moved the chains.”

Finish is the ‘mantra’ for this year’s club and the conditioning and focus has once again catapulted the undefeated Hawks to 6-0 and waiting for Wimberley next week.

Canyon Lake keeps raising the bar and has a realistic chance of reaching the .500 mark (all time) with a win against the Texans. (20 wins and 20 losses)
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GERONIMO, Texas – “2 and 0” were the cries being heard from Panther Stadium Thursday night as the Canyon Lake Freshmen Hawks improved to 2-0 in district play and 3-3 on the season after beating the Navarro Panthers 21-8.

From the opening kick the Hawks made play after play on defense to stymie the normally methodical yet effective Panther offense as Navarro was only able to rack up 95 yards of total offense in the game.

“We read our keys and did what we talked about in practice for the past two weeks,” coach Luke Chapman said after the game. “Credit to the kids for taking coaching and executing on the field. We did a great job of being physical and each man doing his job.”
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Canyon Lake could never get control of the line of scrimmage in loss to Navarro

Colin Baker Scores Fourth Quarter Touchdown

Panthers at Hawk Field Thursday night, 32-13.

Navarro did one thing well, and that was run the ball.

The old adage of run the same play until the other team can stop it was alive and well at Hawk Stadium.The Panthers averaged over nine yards per carry while the Hawks tried to find the ball.

Oh yeah, the Panthers did something else very well and that was hiding the ball from the Hawk defense. By the time CL figured which running back was running, it was too late to stop the positive yardage. (more…)

Head Coach Matt Monzingo

It has been a year since the ‘Running’ of the (Bulls) Panthers at Canyon Lake field. The result was over 80 plays run by the visitors from Navarro.

The Time Of Possession (TOP) was not a stat that was kept for the game, but conventional wisdom would tell you that Navarro controlled the clock to the extent that the Panthers were walking off the field with Big Bend on their back and enjoying every stride.
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Canyon Lake could not muster the energy to beat Navarro last Tuesday night at the Hawk Gym.

The loss gives Canyon Lake a large hole to dig out of for the remainder of the season.

Winning out and getting some help from some other teams will need to be the formula for the Hawks to muster enough wins to make the post season.

“We played like this the first time we played Navarro,” Head Coach Nicole Creek surmised. “At least we took one game from them last time.”
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                            Hawks (5-0)            Panthers (3-2)

                             Game Time: 7:30 pm   October 7th

 History: Navarro leads the series 1-0
 ‘10 Canyon Lake 26  Panthers  38

 This Year:
 Navarro Panthers    43  Luling             22
 Navarro Panthers      8  SACS              10  
 Navarro Panthers    42  Antonio Prep  00
 Navarro Panthers    18  Lexington      19
 Navarro Panthers    48  Shiner            21

 CLHS Hawks         14  Blanco           07
 CLHS Hawks         34  La Vernia       23
 CLHS Hawks         38  Sealy             34
 CLHS Hawks         52  Aus-Travis    21
 CLHS Hawks         56  Luling            28
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