GHV girls pick up some wins; top Clear Lake, 13-1

Coach Christina Weiser, coach of the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura softball team, felt like her team took positive strides this week, and is peaking at the right time. The Cardinals went 3-2 for the week moving their record to 7-14.

Soccer girls end one game short of State appearance

The season ended one game shy of a State berth for the Clear Lake girls soccer team. The Lions were defeated, 7-0, by Nevada Monday night, June 9. Details of that game will appear next week.

Stellar at State

Diercks and Mathews claim State championships

Cardinal girls take conference track title by a large margin

It was a very successful night for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls track team as they captured the North Iowa Conference Meet title on Tuesday, May 12.  The Cardinals won by a large margin with 144 points.  West Hancock was a distant second with 100 points.

GHV boys second at home meet

It was a successful night on the track for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys when they hosted a meet on Monday, May 5.  The Cardinals finished second in the eight-team field with 117.50 points.  Forest City won the meet with 129 points and Clear Lake was third with 106.50 points.

“It was great to get the opportunity to compete and host a home meet,” said Coach Kelsey Steffens.  “The boys are continuing to improve and that is great as conference and districts are approaching.”

Busy week for CL girls golf team; improve to 7-2

The Clear Lake girls golf team improved to 7-2 overall after a busy week.

CL 182, C-G 192, WC 210

On Tuesday April 22, the Lions played in Clarion against Clarion-Goldfield and Webster City. The Lions shot 182, Clarion-Goldfield 192 and Webster City 210. Clear Lake’s Emily Snelling was medalist with 38 and Erin Gates was runner-up medalist with 42. The other counting scores were Paige Backhaus with 45 and Maddie Hess and Maddy Hartnett both shot 57. Rebecca Long shot 61 for the Lions. 

Cardinal boys place third in two track meets

Umstead Relays

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys track team faced some tough competition in their first meet of the 2014 season.  The boys competed in the Umstead Relays in Eagle Grove on Tuesday, April 8.  The team placed third with 79 points.  Algona won the meet with 138 points, followed by Clear Lake with 103 points.

Colon earns top seed at NCAA tournament

UNI’s Joe Colon earned a top seed at the NCAA wrestling tournament, while four other Panthers were seeded in the top 15.

The NCAA announced the 330 student-athletes, including 45 at-large selections, for the 2014 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, to be held March 20-22, in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Lions’ head coach resigns

The Clear Lake School Board accepted the resignation of Clear Lake varsity boys basketball Coach Kevin Kahler Monday night.

Kahler, who is in his eighth year as the Lions’ head coach, said Tuesday he had no comment about his resignation and promised to release a statement after the basketball season is over.

Kahler’s resignation was included in the School Board’s consent agenda Monday.  There was no discussion.

Clear Lake wrestlers win NCC dual title

The Clear Lake wrestling team picked up two wins Friday night, and in doing so claimed a share of the North Central Conference dual meet title.  The Lions finished in a three-way tie with Webster City and Humboldt.  All three teams ended up 7-1 and will receive a trophy. 

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