The ReSporter caught up with Coach Lauren Perez as she shared this past season and looking to the future.
The ReSporter caught up with Coach Lauren Perez as she shared this past season and looking to the future.

Senior Ayren Lightfoot has high aspirations as this 2025 Track Season get going. Go FAST Hawks! (photo by Daniel Clifton)
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE Feb 24 CL Hawks Var @ Pearsall 630p Baseball Feb 25 Luling JV @ CL Hawks 500p Softball Luling Var @ CL Hawks 700p Softball Davenport @ CL Hawks 700p Boys Soccer CL Hawks @ Davenport 700p Girls Soccer Feb 26 CL Hawks Green @ Double J TBA Golf CL Hawks Green @ Marion 430p Baseball CL Hawks Gold @ Floresville 600p Baseball Feb 27 CL Hawks Green vs Navarro 1000a Baseball Texan Tourney Hawk Relays @ The Hawk Nest TBA Track CL Hawks vs Southwest 200p Baseball Southwest Tourney CL Hawks vs Natalia 545p Softball Blanco Tourney CL Hawks vs Roma 700p Baseball Southwest Tourney CL Hawks vs John Paul 730p Softball Blanco Tourney Feb 28 CL Hawks Green vs Hutto Noon Baseball Texan Tourney CL Hawks vs San Angelo Central 1000a Baseball CL Hawks vs Brackenridge 200p Baseball Southwest Tourney CL Hawks vs Lytle 215p Softball Blanco Tourney CL Hawks @ Freddie 700p Girls Soccer Freddie @ CL Hawks 700p Boys Soccer Mar 01 CL Hawks vs Marion Noon Baseball Southwest Tourney CL Hawks vs Blanco 1230p Softball Blanco Tourney CL Hawks Green vs Llano 300p Baseball Texan Tourney CL Hawks vs Comfort 545p Softball Blanco Tourney =============++++++++++++++++===========++++++++++++++ (more…)
Canyon Lake was ‘Cold Blooded’ in their win over Goliad to open their Sinton Tournament with a 4-1 score.
Canyon Lake came out of their chute with some degree of authority by amassing 13 hits (3 doubles) and in that 1st inning leaving the bases loaded. It was a spanking with their only blemish coming in the field with two miscues and leaving the bases loaded with-out a run scored.

Sophomore Kylee Morrow helping setting up The Lake’s offense in recent contest. GO LAKE!
(photo by Daniel Clifton)
The ReSporter was able to catch up with Head Girls Soccer Coach Kara Stracener after tying a top 10 team, Wimberley which will be a great momentum builder as well helping solidify another chance of making the playoffs.
The Lake’s Lady Soccer team presently has the longest running playoff streak compared to Blake’s other team sports. These Texan’s are averaging 4 goals per outing which gives an idea of how wel
The ReSporter was able to catch up with Head Girls Soccer Coach Kara Stracener after tying a top 10 team, Wimberley which will be a great momentum builder as well helping solidify another chance of making the playoffs.
The Lake’s Lady Soccer team presently has the longest running playoff streak compared to Blake’s other team sports. These Texan’s are averaging 4 goals per outing which gives an idea of how well this Hawk team is starting to jell.
“Our girls are undefeated so far in district and continue to improve each game,” Coach Stracener started. “We are 8-3-3 on the season and had a 2nd place finish in our first tournament of the season.”
Canyon Lake has strung together some impressive outings, “We had a big win against 6A Canyon High School right before we started district and just tied Wimberley who is a top ranked team in 4A soccer in the region,” Stracener blushed.
“We knew that Wimberley was going to be a tough game as they had just come off of a win against Davenport, one of the top ranked teams in the area. As far as our game plan, we had 3 things we were focusing on going into the Wimberley game.”
“The girls executed the plan very well. They did really well with 2 out of the 3. We struggled on the offensive side of things because Wimberley has a strong defense and put pressure on us much more quickly than any team we’ve seen this year. I am very pleased with how the girls battled and frustrated Wimberley,” Coach Stracener said realizing that the Texan’s have given up just 5 goals this season out of 15 contests. “We played great team defense and outworked a very good team.”
Things don’t get any easier as this district is always tough and represents good outings during the post-season.
“We will continue to build on the momentum from the positive outcome from last Friday going into this week where we finish up the first round of district against two more solid teams, Marble Falls Tuesday at home and Friday away at Davenport.” 
Coach Stracener shared bout this year’s offense, “Girls with top offensive stats are Savanna Oberholtzer with 21 goals so far on the season. Then Rya Clark and Kylee Morrow, 2nd and 3rd in goals scored for the team.”
Canyon Lake is still a young outfit and look to raise the bar as this season continues to mature.
“Our 3 seniors on the team, make up 3 out of the 4 defenders in the back. Their experience and leadership has been outstanding for the team this year and kept us in some tough games. Sophomore goal keeper, Callie Dominguez (was a defender for us last year), has stepped up and made some great saves and continues to improve,” Starcener closed with hopes of keeping this district slate in good shape.
Check out The ReSporter’s, This Week @ The Lake for times and dates of each week’s line-up and pay a visit to the Hawk Nest and help support Canyon Lake’s student athletes.
GO HAWKS!
THIS WEEK @ THE LAKE Feb 17 Mon Devine @ CL Hawks 700p Baseball Feb 18 Tue CL Hawks SubVar @ Marble Falls 500p Softball Lago Vista vs CL Hawks 630p Basketball Canyon High School Bi-District CL Hawks @ Marble Falls 700p Softball CL Hawks @ Marble Falls 700p Boys Soccer Marble Falls @ CL Hawks 700p Girls Soccer Feb 20 Thu CL Hawks @ Hyde Park TBA Softball Tourney CL Hawks @ Sinton 700p Baseball Tourney Feb 21 Fri CL Hawks vs Mercedes 345p Baseball CL Hawks vs H Park Tourn TBA Softball CL Hawks @ Davenport 700p Girls Soccer Davenport @ CL Hawks 700p Boys Soccer Feb 22 Sat CL Hawks vs H Park Tourn TBA Softball CL Hawks vs Austin 900a Baseball CL Hawks vs Goliad 1145a Baseball ============+++++++++++++++++=============+++++++++++++==========
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 ============+++++++++++++++++=============+++++++++++++==========
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.”
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!
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.”
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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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.
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%