Clear Lake girls end track season at District Meet

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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

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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

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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

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 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

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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

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

Cardinals go 3-0 at Belmond triangular

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The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura wrestling team competed in a triangular at Belmond on Tuesday, Jan. 28, and at the North Iowa Conference Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 1.

It was a good night for GHV on Tuesday, as they went 3-0 with wins over Belmond-Klemme, West Fork and Northwood-Kensett at the triangular.

“We wrestled well tonight,” said Coach Steve Smith.  

Lions chalk up 10th win

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The Clear Lake boys chalked up their 10th win of the season and put themselves in the North Central Conference driver’s seat with a win over previously undefeated St.

Cardinals fail to catch Bulldogs, fall 56-20

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The Hampton-Dumont Bulldogs (4-0) coasted to an early lead on the way to a 56-20 district win over the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals (1-3, 0-2).  The passing game largely caught the Cardinals on their heels, as six of eight Bulldog pass completions went for touchdowns.

Area dancers claim National Championships

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A competition dance team consisting of students from the North Iowa area recently traveled to St. Louis, Mo., June 13-15, to attained TOP Dance Nationals.

 The team competed in Hip Hop, Lyrical, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary and Solo/Duets.
 The team walked away with all superior top 10 rankings and three national titles.

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