Clear Lake officers will participate in holiday enforcement

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    This Labor Day weekend, Iowa law enforcement will join other sworn officers from across the country in stepping up enforcement efforts and arresting those who elect to drive drunk or impaired. 
    In 2009, Iowa reported 372 fatalities, of which 92 were alcohol related.  In every state of the United States it is illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher.

Ventura inks superintendent sharing deal

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Move to share G-H leader prompted by unexpected shake-up

 

    The Ventura School Board approved a one-year superintendent sharing agreement with the Garner-Hayfield School District in a special meeting Monday, July 25.  Ventura will pay 50 percent of Tyler Williams’ $150,000 salary, plus benefit package.  
    The Board unanimously supported the agreement.   The Garner-Hayfield board also approved the sharing Monday night.

Changes coming for Clear Lake School Board

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Lake’s three incumbents announce re-election decisions

 

Clear Lake girls tennis team does well at Regionals

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Singles player Kirsten Jordan and the doubles team of Lindsey Loudenburg and Gretchen Jones finished the season in style by placing third out of 16 in the 1A Regional Tennis Tournament held at Luther College in Decorah on Thursday, May 21.  Both were runners-up to the top two state qualifiers in singles and doubles.

Jordan, the number four seed, began her push for State by first defeating Decorah’s Anna Kane, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round.  She then moved on to defeat Osage’s Klaire Chisholm, 6-4, 6-1, to claim a spot in the semi-finals against  

Cardinal soccer girls fall to A-P, 7-0

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Looks can be deceiving.  Despite a 7-0 loss to Aplington Parkersburg on Thursday, May 7, the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls soccer team had some positive aspects come out of the game.

“A-P is just that good that it looked like we had a bad game.  But I am not disappointed with the loss, because we had some positives too,” said Coach Josh Banse.

CL boys tennis team rolls over A-P

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The Clear Lake boys tennis team rolled over Aplington-Parkersburg in dual meet competition last week and a handful of Lions players took part in the Mason City Invitational.

The Lions won five of six singles matches and swept doubles play for a lopsided win over Aplington-Parkersburg Monday, April 27.  

A win and a loss for CL girls soccer team

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The Clear Lake girls soccer team had an even week, splitting games with Mason City and Humboldt.  

Mason City 6, CL 0

The Lions started the week on Tuesday, April 14, with a 6-0 loss to Mason City.  The Mohawks put a lot of pressure on the young Lions team from the start and held a 2-0 advantage at halftime.  

Clear Lake girls soccer team shut-out in season opener

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An experienced Aplington-Parkersburg team shut out the Clear Lake girls in the season opener for the Lions.  A-P outscored the Lions, 7-0.

Coach Nick DiMarco said his team got off to a rough start, but played progressively better as the game went on. 

“Overall, I felt we showed tremendous growth over the course of the game.  The younger kids played with much more confidence the second half of the game,” he said.

A-P help a 6-0 lead at halftime, but was held in check in the second half.

CL wrestlers celebrate season at Awards Banquet

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The Clear Lake wrestling program celebrated a highly successful 2014-15 season with its Awards Banquet Sunday at the high school cafeteria.  The Lions (22-17, 4-3) finished the season as Sectional, District and Regional champions.  The team placed seventh in the State Dual Tournament and was fifth in the State Traditional Tournament with four qualifiers, two of which became state champions.

Cards do well at Sectionals; Shaw wins at 160

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The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura wrestling team is moving in the right direction after a good showing at the 2A Sectionals held in Hampton on Saturday, Feb. 7.

The Cardinals have five wrestlers that will be moving on in the hopes of a chance at a State title. Connor Shaw was the lone wrestler to claim a Sectional championship.  Shaw avenged a loss from earlier in the season to earn the 160-pound title.  Claiming runner-up honors were Austin Case at 106-pounds, Andrew Dornbier at 120-pounds, Cade Baker at 170-pounds and Connor Smith at 195-pounds.

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