Three Cardinals earn spots on the NIC All-Conference lists

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura baseball team had three players named to the North Iowa Conference All-Conference lists. Seniors Josh Theobald and Braden Meints were named NIC First Team, while fellow senior Spencer Shaw was named to the NIC Second Team. Cade Baker, a sophomore, earned Honorable Mention recognition.

Clear Lake girls end week on a high note

The Clear Lake girls ended the week on a high note after picking up back-to-back wins. The team is now 3-19 heading into the home stretch of the season.

Clear Lake girls looking for first softball win

The Clear Lake girls are still in quest of their first victory after dropping four contests during the week.

“Overall, the girls are improving and continuing to work hard,” said Coach Megan Young. “Some games we have hot bats, but can’t string them together, and other games we give the other teams free runs with errors. We have been trying girls in different 

Clear Lake shuts out Cardinals in girls soccer action

The Clear Lake girls played their most complete game of the year and posted a 7-0 victory over Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Tuesday, May 20.

“The offense and defense worked very well together, passing was crisp and defense was solid,” said Coach Nick DiMarco.

Clear Lake girls end track season at District Meet

Clear Lake girls wrapped up their 2014 track season at the District Meet held at Nevada Thursday, May 15.  

“The girls put their best foot forward and came up a little short of where they wanted to be,” said Coach Shawn Puttmann.  The Lions were unable to advance any events to the State Meet.

CL soccer team improves to 5-1

Hudson defeated the Clear Lake girls using penalty kicks after sudden death overtime resulted in a 1-1 tie at the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Tournament held Saturday.  Hudson prevailed, 2-1, to capture the tournament title.  The Lions advanced to the title game with a 1-0 victory over hat GH/V.

CL 1, GH/V 0

A week of ups and downs for GHV girls soccer team

IF-A 4, GHV 3 (OT)

The GHV girls gave it their all, but came up just short, falling to Iowa Falls-Alden, 4-3, in overtime on Monday, April 21.

“Iowa Falls has a great, young team,” said Coach Josh Banse.  “I thought our strikers and mid-fielders did a good job keeping us in the game.”

Scoring one goal each for the Cardinals was Emily Spilman, Hannah Lau and Mackenzie Haag.

Spilman and Haag each had one assist.

CL girls track team hosts Early Bird Relays

 The Clear Lake girls track team hosted its Early Bird Relays Tuesday, April 8. Algona ran away with the title, piling up 158 points to easily outdistance runner-up Humboldt with 107. Clear Lake was eighth in the eight-team field with 14 points.

The Lions’ highest placewinner was Megan Merfeld, who was third in the 400 meter dash in 1:08.84.

Track season now underway for GHV boys

The snow may barely be off the GHV track, but the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys track team found a track that was ready for action, as they competed at the Wartburg Indoor Meet in Tuesday, March 11.

“We have been practicing inside, so this meet provided the team with a great opportunity to compete,” said Coach Kelsey Steffens.  “The boys are excited for the season, as they have been working hard in practice.”

Six wrestlers looking for individual titles

Clear Lake’s wrestling team appears to be peaking at the right time. 

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