Cardinals place third at home meet

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys track team placed third at their own meet held on Tuesday, April 30.  Eight teams competed in the meet, with Forest City taking top honors with 123 points, followed by Clear Lake with 103 and G-H/V with 93.

Cardinals top Mason City in boys soccer match

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys soccer team had a week of ups and downs, falling to Gladbrook-Reinbeck, but turning around and beating Mason City.

G-R 8, G-H/V 0

Despite it being a beautiful day, it wasn’t a great day for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys soccer team when they traveled to play Gladbrook-Reinbeck on Saturday, April 27.

G-R took advantage of a sluggish Cardinal team and outscored them 7-0 by halftime.  The second half was better for 

CL boys tennis team sweeps Webster City

 

The Clear Lake boy tennis team posted a clean sweep over Webster City Monday, April 8.

In singles play, number one player Sam Jones, number three Paul Raner and number four player Luke Schiller were all 10-0 winners.  Jerry Kockler recorded a 10-2 win in the number two singles match.  JJ Theobald was also a 10-2 winner at number five and Andrew Davis won 10-1 in the number six match.

Hamilton to play in Iowa Shrine All-Star football game

 

Clear Lake High School football standout Bryson Hamilton will be playing in the 2013 Iowa Shrine All-Star football game July 27 at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls.

The goal of the Iowa Shrine All-Star football game is to raise money to benefit Shriners’ hospitals for Children.  Their motto is “Stong legs run, so weak legs may walk.”

Girls dominate at Eagle Grove, 71-13

Sixth ranked (3A) Clear Lake stomped on Eagle Grove 71-13 Friday night to enter the holiday break a perfect 6-0 in the North Central Conference and 6-1 overall.

The scoring was fast and furious for the Lions.  They rushed out to a 20-2 first quarter lead and were up 51-6 at halftime.

It was more in the same in the second half, with the Eagles scoring just five points in the third and two in the fourth quarter.

All 12 players on the Lions’ roster participated in the win, with nine of them scoring.  

Lions off to a powerful start

The Clear Lake boys unleashed a powerful run game and stomped the competition in their season-opening games last week.  

CL 95, IF-A 75

Five Cardinals named to All Conference teams

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura volleyball team had five girls named to the All Conference team. Seniors Emily Mathews and Courtney Younge earned First Team recognition.  Senior Shelby Rayhons and  freshman Hannah Lau were named to the Second Team and Mallory Van Oort, a junior, earned Honorable Mention recognition.

Mathews, who was one of three unanimous choices for First Team, led the team in several categories, including kills with 276, ace serves with 43, total blocks with 75 and digs with 118.

Cardinals improve to 6-2 with win over Midgets

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals (6-2) barreled through the Estherville (2-6) defense Friday night en route to a decisive win over the Midgets.

Clear Lake Board approves sharing with MC

The Clear Lake School Board voted 4-1 Monday night to approve a sharing agreement with the Mason City Community School District which will provide oversight and training for two Clear Lake employees carrying out the duties of transportation/building and grounds director.

Jeff Sheimo and Sterling Washburn, longtime employees of the Clear Lake School District, have been leading the departments since Kelly McLaughlin resigned the position in August after being placed on a paid administrative leave of absence in June.

Clear Lake harriers finish strong at B-K Invitational

 

Clear Lake harriers rose to the challenge last week and finished strong at the Belmond-Klemme Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 10.

With two of their top five boys hurt, the Lions still finished third in the eight-team field.  Osage and GHV/WH were first and second respectively with 40 and 44 points respectively.  The Lions finished with 89.  Eagle Grove (107), Forest City (127), Central Springs (146) and Clarion-Goldfield (247), completed the field. 

Hampton-Dumont ran without a complete team.

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