Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

[caption id="attachment_13217" align="alignleft" width="270"] Parker Pitzen makes his way through a big hole created by Ace Walton and Carter Garrington.[/caption]

The Algona invitational turned out to be a special night for the Clear Lake cross country team.  Individual personal bests and team success was the order of the night.

The varsity boys were the best of an 18-team field Monday, Sept. 28, which was full of programs that have successful traditions.   Clear Lake’s 81 points was 18 better than Class 4A Fort Dodge Public and 22 better than 4A Mason City.

Algona 3, CL 0

Fourteenth ranked Algona (3A) swept the Lions, 3-0, in a North Central Conference match played Tuesday, Sept 29.  Game scores were 25-14, 25-13, 25-12.

“We hung in throughout the match, and our defense played extremely well, but silly mistakes came back to bite us in the end,” said Coach Keith Sears.   “I was happy to see girls stepping up and taking a positive move forward when we got down on the scoreboard.”