Carter Williams driving to the basket in win against Fredericksburg.
(photo by Daniel Clifton)
Canyon Lake will make their first playoff since a 3-year stint from 2017-18-19 seasons. The Lake were one and done each of those seasons with their closest chance for an Area berth being a 2 point loss to Navarro in 2017 season.
Ayren Lightfoot will be one of many Hawks looking for good times this season with Austin as their Goal! Go Fast Hawks!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE Feb 10 Mon Canyon Lake @ Brackenridge 700p Baseball Scrimmage Feb 11 Tue Bandera SubVar @ CL Hawks SubVar 500p Boys Basketball Elgin SubVar @ CL Hawks Sub Var 500p Softball Bandera @ CL Hawks 630p Boys Basketball Elgin @ CL Hawks 700p Softball CL Hawks @ Blanco 700p Boys Soccer Bandera @ CL Hawks 700p Girls Soccer Feb 12 Wed Navarro JV @ CL Hawks JV 530p Baseball Feb 13 Thu Akins @ CL Hawks (Wurst) 200p Softball Lockhart @ CL Hawks (Wurst) 600p Softball Feb 14 Fri Austin High @ CL Hawks (Wurst) 1200p Softball CL Hawks @ Canyon 100p Track & Field Round Rock @ CL Hawks (Wurst) 400p Softball Somerset @ CL Hawks 700p Baseball Wimberley @ CL Hawks 700p Boys Soccer CL Hawks @ Wimberley 700p Girls Soccer Feb 15 Sat TBA @ CL Hawks (Wurst) 1200p Softball TBA @ CL Hawks (Wurst) 400p or 6p Softball ============+++++++++++++++++=============+++++++++++++==========
Let’s Go Lake!
Canyon Lake’s Soccer teams started district play last week and the Girls tied Fredericksburg while the Boys lost to Freddie, 3-1.
Both teams will be back in action twice this week against Bandera Tuesday & Wimberley Friday.
Softball will start their regular season and new Head Coach Hope Gipson had this to say, “Our recent scrimmages have showcased significant growth despite early adversity. Through these challenges, we’ve gained game knowledge, confidence and improvement as a team.”
Coach Gipson continued, “We’ve made strides defensively even while challenging many to expand beyond their original position. Offensively we have learned to execute at the plate, move runners into scoring position, and create chaos with our speed. Overall, our game awareness has increased significantly while working through the many different situations the game of softball puts you in.”
Go Hawks!
Coach Gipson will have a home game with Elgin this Tuesday before heading off to the Wurst Tournament starting this Thursday.
Track Season will commence on Friday when Canyon Lake will compete in the Comal Relays in New Braunfels starting at 1:00pm.
CLake’s Boys Basketball secured a berth for the playoffs this past week and will conclude their district at home this Tuesday against Bandera. The ReSporter has the District Records below with an idea of what and who might be in store next.
It’s that time of year when all the days start to fill up with competition and little rest.
BASKETBALL DISTRICT RECORDS GO HAWKS Team W L Pct Davenport 8 1 .889 Wimberley 8 1 .889 CL Hawks 4 5 .444 Navarro 3 6 .333 Billies 2 7 .222 Bandera 2 7 .222 Tuesday Games Bandera @ CL Hawks Wimberley @ Davenport Navarro @ Billies
If the Hawks beat Bandera then they will be a 3rd seed and with a loss coupled with a Navarro win over Fredericksburg those two schools would need a tie-breaker to decide the seeding.
A Hawk loss to Bandera and Navarro loss to Freddie would still have CL as a 3rd seed and a Panther/Billie needing to decide which team gets penciled in as a 4th seed.
This year there are two separate brackets divided by enrollment of the schools.
Largest Smallest
Davenport Wimberley
Fredericksburg Navarro
Canyon Lake Canyon Lake
Based on the size of schools above, The Lake would have a chance of being in either bracket.
So, if there is a tie between the Billies and Navarro the winner of their play-in game would decide where the Hawks would go….a Navarro win would place CL with Davenport in the large school and a win for the Billies would place your Hawks in that smaller school bracket.
If the Hawks finish in a large school bracket they Austin LBJ and the smaller school bracket would be Lago Vista.
Clear as mud?
Let’s GO LAKE!
Lady Hawks Soccer readies for start of district. (photo on file)
Canyon Lake Lady Hawk’s Soccer team has the longest playoff streak starting back in the 2013 season with aspirations of adding another year to that lofty goal.
This year’s team has one non-district left when they face Canyon on Tuesday and then will face off against another tough district even without Boerne who will be playing 5A this year.
An impressive 6-3-1 record scoring 27 goals while allowing 8 going into tomorrow’s battle.
Canyon’s loss to Davenport will allow CLHS see how they might stack up when they play the Wolves. The Lake’s district will once again have a tough group of teams.
The ReSporter was able to catch up with Head Coach Kara Stracener.
The ReSporter: Once again you have a pretty strong district, how do you feel the non-district games have helped in preparing the team for district?
Coach Stracener: “We have faced a variety of opponents leading up to district play. 4A-6A teams. Hopefully we have been put in enough difficult or different situations to help prepare us for what district will look and feel like.”
Let’s Go Lake!
The ReSporter: What have you seen from this year’s team that gives you confidence that your streak of playoff games will come to fruition?
Coach Stracener: “The girls look strong and are continuing to grow each day. If we continue to grow in our areas of weakness and play with confidence we will be on track to keep the playoff streak alive…”
The ReSporter: With the cold weather does that delay the progress you would like to have for this part of the season?
Coach Stracener: “The cold weather does not delay our progress, it just makes us tougher.”
The ReSporter: What type of goals do you want to accomplish besides the obvious make the playoffs?
Coach Stracener: “In the past 4 years we have made it to the 3rd round of playoffs 3 times. The girls are determined to go past round 3, possibly see a regional final game or even state tournament appearance.”
Now Coach Stracener will get to work for improvement with this year’s edition of CL’s Lady Soccer Team! Let’s Go Lake!
Canyon Lake comes out of huddle with a renewed focus in needing a successful week to secure a playoff spot. Let’s Go Hawks!
DISTRICT 26 Season Records Davenport 4 1 .800 Davenport 23 5 .821 Wimberley 4 1 .800 Wimberley 20 8 .714 CL Hawks 3 2 .600 Bandera 19 9 .679 Navarro 2 3 .400 Fredericksburg 17 11 .607 Fredericksburg 1 4 .200 CL Hawks 13 15 .464 Bandera 1 4 .200 Navarro 10 14 .417 Tuesday Games: Wimberley @ CL Hawks Navarro @ Davenport Bandera @ Billies Friday Games: CL Hawks @ Navarro Billies @ Davenport Bandera @ Wimberley Friday’s Results: Bandera 38 CL Hawks 37 Wimberley 63 Davenport 57 Navarro 44 Billies 37
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Way to Stay in Shape Hawks!
Don’t look now but last Friday’s games was a polar opposite situation that threw this upcoming 2nd round of games into a ‘what will or could happen on this night’ thoughts.
There was 3 upsets when games that had the home team taking advantage of the scoreboard which will put pressure on some teams while giving new hope to others.
First: The Lake was upset by Bandera resulting in their first victory in district.
Ramifications: Canyon Lake is now in a fight needing wins to secure a spot with little room for set-backs.
Bandera, on the other hand, has been put back on life-support for their (19-9) squad and only one game behind Navarro for a chance of making some noise.
Wimberley was victorious against Davenport and now finds themselves tied at the top owning a tie-breaker win over the Wolves. These two teams will be fighting for those top 2 post-season spots.
Go Hawks!
Navarro won their second game in a row which put Freddie in a need to win scenario for a chance of getting a date for the end of season dance card.
The Lake will have an important contest with the Texans at the Hawk Nest on Tuesday and then will be on the road Friday to play against a Panther team that has a renewed hope for this season presently on a two-game win streak.
Simply put….this Bandera loss, with those two other upsets, shows more schools being able to put together enough wins for making a play-off run.
The Lake does have 4 of their 5 next contests at the Hawk Nest with hope that this crew of Hawks can rebound with more conquests.
A loss by one point on a night that CLake went to the line for 15 shots and coming away making 6 of those attempts. Simple math for that
major reason for this loss.
An important week that can help secure or put this team in limbo as the season comes down to these last 3 weeks.
Let’s GO HAWKS!
1 2 3 4 Final CL Hawks 10 2 8 17 37 Bandera 4 9 19 6 38 3pt tot rebounds fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr to a s b to Jacob Holland 1-6 0-5 0-0 2 1-2 3 1 1 0 3 Jaxson Jeter 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 1 0 2 Phoenix Fuentes 0-7 0-2 1-2 1 1-1 2 2 1 0 2 Reese Pipkin 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 Carter Williams 6-14 0-0 3-8 15 5-10 15 4 1 0 2 Dalton Stromquist 2-6 0-0 1-3 5 3-5 8 2 0 1 0 Josh Rowe 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 Christian Cheatham 5-8 3-6 0-0 13 0-1 1 2 1 0 1 Eli Hammons 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 4-2 6 0 0 0 1 Totals 14-50 3-16 6-15 37 15-22 37 13 4 1 9 28% 19% 40%
Marley Christian going for a 3-Pointer in earlier game this season. Go Lake!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE Jan 27 Mon Johnson City JV @ CL Hawks 500p Softball Johnson City @ CL Hawks 700p Softball Jan 28 Tue CL Hawks Freshman @ Texans 500p Girls Basketball CL Hawks JV @ Texans 500p Girls Basketball Texans Freshman @ CL Hawks 500p Boys Basketball Texans JV @ CL Hawks 500p Boys Basketball CL Hawks Varsity @ Texans 630p Girls Basketball Texans Varsity @ CL Hawks 630p Boys Basketball CL Hawks @ Canyon 700p Girls Soccer Jan 31 Fri CL Hawks JV @ Pieper 500p Softball CL Hawks Freshman @ Navarro 500p Boys Basketball CL Hawks JV @ Navarro 500p Boys Basketball Navarro Freshman @ CL Hawks 500p Girls Basketball Navarro JV @ CL Hawks 500p Boys Basketball CL Hawks @ Pieper 630p Softball CL Hawks Varsity @ Navarro 630p Boys Basketball Navarro Varsity @ CL Hawks 630p Girls Basketball Feb 1 Sat CL Hawks @ Flour Bluff/Calallen Baseball Scrimmage ============+++++++++++++++++=============+++++++++++++==========
Make us Proud Hawks!!
Canyon Lake’s Basketball teams has the Ladies playing their last round of games while the Boy’s Team will start their second round of games this week when Wimberley comes to the Hawk Nest.
CL’s Girl Soccer (6-4) will have their final pre-district game against Canyon at home before facing their first district contest with Fredericksburg. The Lake’s Boys Soccer will be playing at home and Ladies on the road Friday February 7th.
Softball will have scrimmages this week when Johnson City comes to The Lake on Monday and then will be at Pieper this Friday.
Baseball will also be in action this Saturday in the Corpus Christi area playing scrimmages with Calallen and Flour Bluff.
Tis the season when those Spring Sports start up with Track & Field-Golf-Tennis start up later in February.
Let’s GO LAKE!
DISTRICT 26 Season Records Davenport 4 0 1.000 Davenport 23 4 .852 CL Hawks 3 1 .750 Wimberley 19 8 .704 Wimberley 3 1 .750 Bandera 18 9 .667 Billies 1 3 .250 Billies 17 10 .630 Navarro 1 3 .250 CL Hawks 13 14 .481 Bandera 0 4 .000 Navarro 9 14 .381 Friday’s Games: Canyon Lake @ Bandera Davenport @ Wimberley Fredericksburg @ Navarro Wednesday Results: CL Hawks 50 Billies 47 Davenport 75 Bandera 55 Wimberley 67 Navarro 36 ===============================
Dalton Stromquist is going up Strom in pre-game warm-ups!
Canyon Lake was able to hold off a desperate Fredericksburg team who needed a win that would help for a chance to be invited for this year’s playoffs.
Now, looking at the standings above, there are 3 schools that find themselves 2 games behind a 3rd place spot and grouped with 2 other teams fighting for that 4th place playoff spot.
The Lake has been a fast starting team for most of this season and this night was no exception after securing a 16 point lead (38-22) with just 32 seconds before the final quarter.
This Billie team was ice cold during those two middle quarters while only mustering 10 points but this story was far from over as Freddie almost reached their 3 quarter game scoring (24 points) in that final quarter when they reached 23 points.
CLake was steady while never losing the lead but seeing this desperate school get within one point, 46-45 with 31 seconds remaining.
That was when this contest became a charity stripe game and those final two makes by Jacob Holland (who finished as high scorer 16 points) being enough for another hard fought win, 50-47.
Carter Williams finished with a double-double scoring 13 points with 10 rebounds it was his 7th double-double this season.
“Kids are starting to find their groove and hopefully we’re starting to peak at the right time,” Head Basketball Coach Monte Cole stated. “Just need to find a little more consistency and put four quarters together every game.”
Way to Go Hawks!!
The Hawks have Bandera as their last district opponent yet to be played before that final round of games finalizes who can actually punch their dance card for a post-season.
Post-Season is not a phrase that has been used much for CL’s previous 16 seasons. In fact, The Hawks have made the playoffs 3 times with each time playing one game. CL’s Boys Basketball was the last Hawk sport to make the playoffs.
A win on Friday would cement CL for this year by finishing their first round with one loss and a 4-1 record.
An undefeated Davenport will play an important game Friday at Wimberley. If the Texans win then a 3-way tie for first place and with a loss Wimbo would be placed 3rd spot in district play.
Go Hawks!
Reese Pipkin has been a valuable roll play for CLHS this season and has been the first player off the bench. On what he looks for when he waits to be called on, “I like to watch the offense and what I might expect when I enter the contest,” Pipkin said with resolve.
“Pipkin is very coachable,” Coach Cole interjected. “I let the players know what Fredericksburg likes to do coming out of our time-out and that was when Pipkin made a steal at the end of this game.
A player that is not a shoot first player but a guard that distributes the ball while filling out those little things in the stat sheet that keeps a team to stay in sync.
“The game is more intense and it matters more,” Pipkin said when asked the difference between non-district and district play. “We just need to keep our energy and not do anything different.”
Dalton Stromquist has morphed into a key Hawk in the middle of the paint as many times a game will be played off his high post when getting CL’s offense in attack mode.
Hit Man says way to get rid of those Pests Hawks!
On when this change came about during the end of December play, “I started to find open shots while I was calling for the ball,” Stromquist remembered. “I have gotten better and I am trying to go up every time and I just have more confidence.”
Stromquist talked bout how his needs changed with a mid-season injury to Williams, “I was the only person to get rebounds and I just stepped up to get them (rebounds) to help the team.”
On what the Hawk Nation can expect with Friday’s contest against Bandera, “I’m ready to get another win!”
Coach Cole also chimed in on how district play has had these Hawks improving their season stats when that has not been the case for a long time (ever), “We have a lot of Seniors and they know that every possession matters and everything this season has led up to this point. Our shot quality has been better and by playing 5A and 6A schools that has helped when we got into district play. I don’t care what our pre-district record is because what matters will be those earlier games and how they prepared us for district.”
Canyon Lake’s first round of district games has been on the road and now that will change the next go round but this has been a WOW of first games with two road wins against the Billies and Texans which are CL’s first time to win those two games on the road in The Lake’s history.
This Friday against Bandera will be a big hurdle since these Bulldogs need a win big time to salvage their season and CL can’t take this contest lackadaisical or they will have a long bus ride home with a missed opportunity.
The win over Fredericksburg would have been a loss last season, as keeping a lead, was the Hawk’s kryptonite then.
It’s time to plant another road flag as this next round will have Canyon Lake with 4 of their last 5 games at the Hawk Nest.
Let’s GO HAWKS!
————————————— 1 2 3 4 Final Freddie 12 7 5 23 47 CL Hawks (3-1) 17 12 9 12 50 3pt tot rebounds fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a s b to Jacob Holland 5-13 4-12 2-2 16 1-3 4 3 3 0 0 Jaxson Jeter 1-4 0-1 2-4 4 0-1 1 0 0 1 4 Phoenix Fuentes 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0-2 2 2 0 0 1 Reese Pipkin 2-4 0-2 2-3 6 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 Carter Williams 6-10 0-0 1-2 13 3-7 10 5 3 1 2 Dalton Stromquist 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 2-4 6 1 0 1 1 Christian Cheatham 2-5 1-2 0-0 5 0-1 1 2 1 0 2 Eli Hammons 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 19-40 3-12 7-11 50 6-18 24 14 8 3 14 48% 25% 64%
Canyon Lake got their 2nd district win after disposing the Navarro Panthers by taking the lead off the tip which was not relinquished for the remainder of this contest.
Lady Hawk’s Bench Ready for Action with a home game Friday against Davenport. Go Lake!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE Tue Jan 14 CL Hawks Freshman @ Navarro Fresh 500p Girls Basketball CL Hawks JV @ Navarro 500p Girls Basketball Navarro Freshman @ CL Hawks Fresh 500p Boys Basketball Navarro JV @ CL Hawks JV 500p Boys Basketball CL Hawks Varsity @ Navarro 630p Girls Basketball Navarro Varsity @ CL Hawks 630p Boys Basketball Thu Jan 15 CL Hawks vs Hondo 800a Boys Soccer Fri Jan 16 CL Hawks vs JFK 1000a Boys Soccer Davenport Freshman @ CL Hawks Fresh 500p Girls Basketball Davenport @ CL Hawks JV 500p Girls Basketball CL Hawks Freshman @ Davenport Fresh 500p Boys Basketball CL Hawks JV @ Davenport 500p Boys Basketball CL Hawks Varsity @ Davenport 630p Boys Basketball Davenport @ CL Hawks Varsity 630p Girls Basketball Sat Jan 17 CL Hawks vs Leander Glenn 700p Boys Soccer ===================================
Let’s Go Hawks!
Girls Basketball starts their third week of district play at Navarro (Tuesday) and Davenport (Friday) at the Hawk Nest. It is another tough district as all these schools have winning records.
The Hawks did get their first win at Bandera last Tuesday when Reece Coburn led the Hawks scoring 17 points and this win was highlighted with CL’s defense holding the Bulldogs to one point in the 3rd quarter which allowed enough separation to coast with an 11 point victory.
The Lake’s Boys started district on the road last Friday with their first win ever at Wimberley, 63-56. (Article is Posted on this site)
The Boys will welcome Navarro on Tuesday and then will travel to district favorite Davenport on Friday.
Go Hawks!
Soccer has been full tilt with their schedule as the Ladies sport a 4-2-1 record that has seen a schedule peppered with (2) 6A, (1) 5A, and (4) 4A schools. The combined record of the teams is a haughty, 25-14-4 with those two losses coming at the hands of a 6A and an undefeated 4A schools.
CLake Ladies will be in action this Friday at the Hawk nest against La Vernia.
The Lake’s Boy’s Soccer will play Thursday in a tournament against Hondo, JFK-Friday, and Leander Glenn on Saturday.
Let’s GO LAKE!!
Hawks come out of time-out for battle as district starts with a win over Wimberley, 63-56!
Canyon Lake’s ebb and flow contest with Wimberley turned out an overflow of good vibes after outscoring the Texans, 11-4 in an overtime win to open district play.
Canyon Lake’s Fall Sports came to a close when The Lake was ousted from their 2nd round of play-offs against Bay City in November, but this season was not without some exciting moments.
