Canyon Lake continues to work on their chemistry after integrating their football classmates and injured players into a season that continues to show improvement. This last pre-Thanksgiving contests, The Lake, split their two games with a win over Fox Tech and losing to the Marion Bulldogs on Tuesday.

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Canyon Lake Ladies Basketball team continued their strong start with wins over Austin Reagan and Blanco last week. Those last two wins now has the Lady Basketball sport joining Volleyball and Football as the only Hawk sports with a .500 or better record since sports began in 2009.

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The ReSporter likes to start each sport off with where the players are in respect to those all-time leaders. With a good group of Seniors on this year’s team will see a season of some movers and shakers.

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Junior Varsity Finish Strong in 15 point win, 50-35.

Canyon Lake Boys Basketball split their games on Tuesday in Blanco as the season starts to evolve.

For this year’s basketball there is one common bond which would revolve around not having a lot of practices and integrating the football players in that same span.

The Lake’s Junior Varsity Started their game with a quick lead and then for the first half found the Hawks trying to find an identity.

“Our defensive effort was our number one goal,” Head JV Coach Ryan Garney said. “There was a lot of make things up as we go tonight based on how many practices and new players (football) we have added since Monday.”

CL started the contest with a quick 6 point lead and then the Panthers erased that lead and forged a one point lead to start the game, 7-8 for Blanco JV. Those first 6 points took 2 minutes to acquire and then a cold spell entered the Blanco gym and the home team outscored the Hawks 19-9 and a 4 point lead going into half-time.

The Free Throw was a painful experience after a 3 for 16 shooting first half which the Hawks petitioned the Officials for a point if a free throw shot just hit the rim.

Aaron Hoffman, with 2:32 left in the game was able to pull off making two free shots on his one trip to the line. Those two free shots raised the Hawks shooting percentage from 19% to 28% to finish the game.

“Coaches are wanting me to help teach the team from the line,” Hoffman said while working on his free throw fundamentals. “I just keep my elbow in and follow through.”

Such a simple concept as this one aspect in this round-ball game would have taken any doubt on the favorite early in this contest as just hitting 50% could have had a 23 or more point win.

Canyon Lake was led by Big Man Matt Taliaferro who finished with a double-double, 15 points and 12 rebounds.

“I couldn’t play without this team and we have a really good Coach,” Taliaferro said reverently. “We played hard and fought through it.”

Jeremy Greene joined Taliaffero scoring 11 points that helped add on for the Hawk win.

That they did as a game that was in doubt turned into a 15 point whitewash.

The Hawks turned up their pressure defense helped reverse that first half doldrums after finishing the game with a 35 point 2nd half while giving up 16 points to the host team.

During the 2nd Half the Hawks were able to turn their pressure defense into points and took a still close game to start the 4th quarter (30-28) into a more comfortable finish.

Guard play by Mikey Carrizales was one of those players that caught fire those last minutes with 3 assists and a steal all wrapped up in a 3 minute span that iced (not the free throws) the game.

“I saw an open guy and threw him the ball,” Carrizales said simply. “They did a good job of getting open and this was a good bounce back game and we will want to win more and compete.”

That last statement was in answering how this game will effect the team as this season matures.

Another good group of players in the Hawk’s pipeline and a good time to come out and support this year’s basketball teams.

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Canyon Lake Varsity Could not Climb to the Top in Loss to Blanco, 68-63.

Canyon Lake had too much climbing to overcome as their effort just fell short in this loss to Blanco, 68-63.

“If we could have made our free throws then this would have been a different game,” Head Coach Lucas Chapman stated. “I was proud the way we battled and our bench did great….we learned a lot but we beat ourselves….we have added a lot of bodies and we are still learning and figuring ourselves out.”

Probably one of the best double-double outings since Caleb Kreiger (2013) graced the Hawk’s gym 6 years ago as Senior Rico Griffin pulled off a 20 point/18 rebound night.

“I was proud that we fought back,” Griffin said. “We had some toughness and the bench gave us energy and we fed off of that as it helped us in getting our 2nd wind.”

Griffin was joined by Patrick McAuliffe in scoring double digits after a 13 point evening.

The Hawks started in a hole after falling behind, 2-12 with still 5:487 left on the first quarter clock. By finishing on a 18-12 run to finish that opening stanza.

On a ‘and one’ from a Rylee Spaulding’s 3 pointer the ole fashion way drew CL to a one point deficit, 30-29 with 5 minutes before the half that dreaded cold spell came back to haunt the Visiting Team as this Panther team outscored the Hawks, 13-2 and a what was thought comfortable lead, 43-31.

That same type of game starting the next half when Blanco continued their good shooting night and 13 point lead with 8 minutes to play, 56-43.

Blanco opened the last quarter with another 3 pointer and 16 point lead and sustained that advantage with a 14 point lead with just 5 minutes remaining, 61-47.

That was when the Griffin show heated up and other Hawks rallied for a final push and with forty seconds remaining the Hawks were able to whittle away in having a 3 point deficit, 66-63. But that Panther lead would hold up as Canyon Lake would run out of time.

Go Hawks!!

 

Varsity    1  2  3  4  Final
CL Hawks  20 11 12 20  63
Blanco    24 19 13 12  68

                            3pt           tot rebounds
                  fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Rico Griffin       10-17    0-1     0-4   20   9-9  18  1  1  0  2
Patrick McAuliffe   5-8     3-4     0-0   13   2-4   6  2  1  0  5
Tyler Pauly         2-3     0-1     0-0    4   0-0   0  3  1  0  3
Ben Rowe            1-7     1-4     0-0    3   0-0   0  0  0  0  0
Peyton McMullen     3-6     1-3     1-3    8   1-3   4  0  1  0  0
Pearse McCullagh    0-2     0-0     0-0    0   0-1   1  0  0  1  1
Colton Winters      1-4     0-0     1-2    3   1-0   1  0  1  0  1
Nic Rivera          2-3     1-1     0-0    5   0-0   0  1  0  0  1
Tuff Cantu          1-2     0-1     0-0    2   1-0   1  3  0  0  0
Matt Taliaferro     0-1     0-0     0-2    0   0-1   1  0  1  0  0
Rylee Spaulding     2-4     0-0     1-3    5   1-4   5  0  1  0  0
Totals             27-57    6-15    3-14  63  15-22 37 10  7  1 13
Percentage          47%     40%     21%

               1  2  3  4  Final
CL Hawks JV    8  7 15 20  50
Blanco JV      9 10  9  7  35

                             3pt           tot rebounds
                   fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta pts or-dr tot a  s  b  to
Austin Bowers        0-3     0-0     0-6    0   2-0   2  0  0  0  2
James Bates          0-1     0-0     0-2    0   1-0   1  0  0  0  1
Christian Ramirez    2-3     0-1     1-2    5   1-1   2  0  2  1  3
Blayne Carnes        0-0     0-0     1-3    1   0-1   1  0  0  0  3
Mikey Carrizales     2-2     0-0     2-5    6   0-2   2  3  4  0  6
Jeremy Greene        5-9     0-0     1-5   11   3-2   5  1  5  1  4
Ashton Montgomery    1-2     0-0     0-0    2   1-0   1  0  1  0  2
Noe Coronado         1-2     0-0     0-0    2   0-0   0  0  1  0  1
Aaron Huffman        3-8     0-2     2-2    8   1-5   6  0  1  0  2
Joey Cuellar         0-5     0-0     0-0    0   1-0   1  4  2  0  2
Dawson Piela         0-1     0-0     0-0    0   1-3   4  0  0  0  0
Matt Taliaferro      7-12    0-0     1-4   15   6-6  12  0  1  2  2
Shawn Pendleton      0-2     0-0     0-0    0   2-2   4  0  1  0  1
Totals              21-50    0-3     8-29  50  19-22 41  8 18  4 29
Percentages          42%     00%     28%

             THIS WEEK       @     CANYON LAKE

Nov 19 Tue   CL Hawks JV     @     Blanco JV       500p  Boys  Basketball
             Austin Reagan   @     CL Hawks Gold   500p  Girls Basketball
             Austin Reagan   @     CL Hawks Green  500p  Girls Basketball
             Austin Reagan   @     CL Hawks        615p  Girls Basketball
             CL Hawks        @     Blanco          730p  Boys  Basketball

Nov 23 Sat   CL Hawks Green  @     Blanco JV      1200p  Girls Basketball
             CL Hawks        @     Blanco          130p  Girls Basketball

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Canyon Lake has made making the playoffs as an afterthought but will need to work on a better seed in the coming years after the Blue Jays took care of the Hawks, 40-33 .

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                    Capital      Berkshire   Signature   Gordon      Bunk RV     Good Life
                    FarmCredit   Realtors    Home        The Plumber Haus        Rx/UPS
                    108-40       106-42      98-50       90-58       86-62       82-66

CL Hawks/Needville  Needville    CL Hawks    CL Hawks    CL Hawks    CL Hawks    CL Hawks
Billies/El Campo    El Campo     Billies     Billies     El Campo    Billies     El Campo
Lamps/Brazosport    Lampasas     Lampasas    Lampasas    Lampasas    Lampasas    Brazosport
LibHill/W Columbia  W Columbia   W Columbia  W Columbia  W Columbia  Lib Hill    W Columbia
TCU/Texas Tech      Texas Tech   TCU         TCU         TCU         Texas Tech  Texas Tech
Texas/Iowa State    Iowa State   Texas       Texas       Iowa State  Texas       Texas
Okie/Baylor         Okie         Okie        Okie        Okie        Okie        Okie
Navy/NDame          Navy         NDame       NDame       NDame       Navy        Navy
Georgia/Auburn      Georgia      Auburn      Georgia     Auburn      Georgia     Auburn
Minnesota/Iowa      Minnesota    Iowa        Minnesota   Iowa        Iowa        Minnesota
So Carolina/A&M     Texas A&M    Texas A&M   Texas A&M   Texas A&M   Texas A&M   Texas A&M
USC/California      USC          USC         USC         USC         California  USC

Upcoming Event Link: CL Hawks vs. Needville

The Lake had their first Football playoff 10 years ago in just their 2nd year of playing Varsity Football. That team changed a forgettable first year to a stunning 3rd place finish in district play that would have Canyon Lake celebrating the 7th consecutive year of Post-Season play.

Ten years ago, the Hawks played a very good China Spring team and a game that turned out much closer than the casual fan having this newcomer school as a heavy underdog.

That final score, 31-20 which had Canyon Lake with a chance up until the 4th quarter.

This year’s Hawk team will be facing a similar situation as a heavy underdog that a casual fan would have a heavy underdog. CL Hawks will bring their ‘A’ game and will give this Blue Jay team all they can handle.

Go Hawks!!

The Lady Hawks Basketball Team unveiled their season with a win over the Poteet Aggies, 46-22 at the Hawk Nest.

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                    THIS WEEK        @     CANYON LAKE               November 12-16

Nov. 12 Tuesday     CL Hawks JV      @     Lockhart           500p  Boys  Basketball
                    Poteet Freshman  @     CL Hawks Freshman  500p  Girls Basketball
                    Poteet JV        @     CL Hawks JV        500p  Girls Basketball
                    CL Hawks         @     Lockhart           600p  Boys  Basketball
                    Poteet           @     CL Hawks           600p  Girls Basketball

Nov. 15 Friday      CL Hawks Fresh   @     SA Lee Freshman    500p  Girls Basketball
                    CL Hawks         @     SA Lee Academy     600p  Girls Basketball
                    CL Hawks         vs.   Needville          730p        Football
                    Merrill Green Stadium  Bryan, Texas

Nov. 16 Saturday    CL Hawks Fresh   @     La Vernia Fres    1000a  Boys  Basketball
                    CL Hawks JV      @     La Vernia JV      1000a  Boys  Basketball
                    CL Hawks         @     La Vernia         1115a  Boys  Basketball
                    CL Hawks JV/Fr   @     Fredericksburg    TBA    Girls Basketball
                                           Tournament

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