Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

[caption id="attachment_11154" align="alignleft" width="270"] Ethan McHenry avoids the tag and slides safely into second. The Lion junior has been a regular on the basepaths in recent games.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.[/caption]

Pair of losses drop Lions to No. 5 in 2A

[caption id="attachment_11148" align="alignleft" width="243"] Clear Lake third baseman Katie Hewett goes all out to get her glove on an infield hit.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.[/caption]

It was a successful week for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura softball team, as they picked up three wins, moving their record to 10-7 overall.

GHV 11, Algona 9

The bats were swinging Monday night, June 15, when the Cardinals traveled to Algona.  GHV combined for a total of 20 hits in a 10-inning game, while the Bulldogs had 16 hits.  The Cardinals won the slug fest, 11-9.

Pitcher Brooklynn Ossman pitched all 10 innings.  She struck out three and walked one.

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura baseball team hit some snags last week.  The Cardinals went 1-2 on the week, moving their record to 5-10 overall.

Algona 6, GHV 1

The Cardinals traveled to Algona on Tuesday, June 16, to take on the Bulldogs.  GHV had a hard time finding their groove on the mound, and fell, 6-1.