CL boys soccer team tops Mason City falls to IF-A

by Marianne Gasaway

The Clear Lake boys soccer team moved to 3-4 overall last week by splitting matches with Iowa Falls-Alden and Mason City.  The score was 1-0 in both contests.  

After hosting Webster City Monday, the Lions are at Humboldt Thursday.

IF-A 1, CL 0

Monday, April 25, was another cold, windy night for spring sports.  The Lions had the wind in the first half at Iowa Falls, but couldn’t capitalize in an evenly matched game.  Both teams had a couple of chances to score, but no one was able to get one through for a 0-0 halftime score. 

“We were able to have good spells  of possession, but we also had moments where we lacked some focus and ended up defending our box heavily,” said Clear Lake Coach Zach Hall.  

It was more of the same in the second half.  The Lions had limited chances to score, but IF-A was able to get a perfect through ball past the defense 18-minutes into the second half to go up 1-0. 

“We made a good push the last 10-15 minutes to equalize, but couldn’t find the back of the net,” said Hall.  The match ended in favor of IF-A, 1-0.  

“Our defense of Mitchel Conway, Braeden Roske, Zaden Martinez and Christopher Molander played extremely well, dealing with the wind and talented forwards of IF-A,” added Hall. 

Lion goal keeper Hunter Trenary ended the night with six saves.

CL 1, MC 0

Thursday provided another close game that went back and forth in the first 

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half. 

The Lions were able to control the ball well enough to have several quality chances on breakaways and corners, but they were unable to get anything to the back of the net. 

“We regrouped at half time to focus on possessing the ball with good quick play and it paid off,” explained Coach Hall.

Two-minutes into the second half, freshman Adrian Ros collected a ball in front of the net from a cross over the top of the defense by Andrew Korenberg for a 1-0 lead. 

“Our defense stepped up and played another outstanding game, shutting down Mason City in the second half while our midfielders/forwards continued working hard up front looking for another goal.  Easton Goeman made his return to the starting lineup on the back line for his first game of the season and helped secure the shut out for a 1-0 win.”

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