Cardinals pound the Eagles

 

It was a good night to be a Cardinal, as Garner-Hayfield/Ventura (1-0) showcased a well-rounded team in a 56-0 route of the West Hancock Eagles (0-1) Friday night on the Cardinal field. 

Cardinals fall to Warhawks in first round of Class 2A District action

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura baseball team faced West Fork, the champions of the Corn Bowl Conference, for the opening round of Class 2A District action on Monday, July 15.  

A much improved Cardinal team gave the Warhawks a much better game than the first go around when West Fork topped G-H/V, 10-4, on June 13.  Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the outcome was the same, 

but the score was much better at 2-0.

Cards stepping up mental toughness

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura softball team may not be seeing results in the win column, but the coach is seeing results in other areas of play.

Girls drop NCC games

 

After sparking their season with back-to-back wins a week earlier, the Clear Lake softball team dropped three contests with North Central Conference teams.

GARRIGAN 4, CL 0

The Lions shoed defensive improvement, but their bats were silent in a 4-0 loss to Algona Garrigan Monday, June 3.  

G-H/V girls drop two close soccer contests

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls soccer team dropped two close contests last week.

Webster City 3, G-H/V 2

The Cardinals dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to Webster City. 

“I am so proud of how our girls kept their head up and left it all on the field,” said Coach Josh Banse.  “All the girls are playing very well as a team.”

CL girls tennis team ends impressive season

 

The Clear Lake girls tennis team closed out its regular season with a pair of wins and a loss to highly-regarded Waverly-Shell Rock.  The Lions ended the season with an impressive 8-2 record.  

CL 9, WC 0

For the second time this season the Lions posted a win over Webster City.  Coach Mary Jo Peterson noted the scores were closer this time, but the Lions prevailed, 9-0.  Despite the lopsided team score, several match scores were close.

CL boys golf team meets tough competition

 

The Clear Lake boys golf team managed to get in a pair of outings last week.  The Lions, now 5-7 on the season are at home Thursday for a quadragular including Algona, Iowa Falls and Newman Catholic.

Viking Invite

Weather doesn’t slow down the G-H/V boys track team

 

Two nights of very cold track meets proved to be successful for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys track team.

Hampton Meet

The team competed at Hampton on Monday, April 15, and took third place in an 11-team meet with 78 points, behind Hampton-Dumont with 104 points, and Clear Lake with 101 points.

“It was nice to compete against schools that we don’t normally see.  To finish in the top three with these quality programs is very promising for our program,” said Coach Tracy Schmidt.

G-H/V Cardinals top A-P in season soccer opener

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys soccer team opened the 2013 season with a win against Aplington-Parkersburg Thursday, April 4.  Although it was the Cardinals home opener, the game was played at Waldorf College in Forest City, due to wet conditions.

“We started off a little rusty, but soon found our legs,” said Coach Eric Williams.

Jimmy Ermer got the scoring underway for the Cards when he scored on a strong cross to the middle to go into half time with a lead of 1-0.

Four Cards take top honors at GT/RA Tournament

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura wrestling team had a tough outing at Nashua-Plainfield, but bounced back to claim second place at the Graettinger-Terril Tournament.

Nashua-Plainfield Triangular

The Cardinals dropped three matches at Nashua Plainfield on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

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