Clear Lake and GHV to be represented at Drake Relays

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A pair of Clear Lake athletes, as well as one from Garner-Hayfield/Ventura will compete at the prestigious Drake Relays this weekend.

Chandler Diercks will return to Drake seeking to become a two-time winner in the long jump.  The CLHS senior has the top jump in the state so far this year at 23’8.5”.  Diercks won at the Drake Relays in 2014 with a leap of 23’10”,  just one and three-quarters of an inch 

Cardinals drop a close soccer match to IF-A

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Despite a slow start, the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys soccer team came back fighting and gave Iowa Falls-Alden a good game on Monday, April 13.  The Cadets ended up beating the Cardinals, 2-1.

 

CL grapplers qualify for State Duals

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They say the best offense is a good defense.  

Clear Lake Wrestling Coach Gary Weber largely credits defensive wrestling a couple of key matches for his teams’ return to the State Dual Meet Tournament.  

Kaleb Froiland, a 145-pounder wrestling in the 160-pound match, wrestled defensively, stayed off his back and helped the Clear Lake Lions qualify for State Dual Meet today in Des Moines.  This is the 12th time in the last 24 years the Lions (21-15) have qualified for State Duals.

GHV bounces back from FC loss to defeat Belmond-Klemme, North Iowa

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The GHV boys kept themselves in the hunt for a North Iowa Conference title, winning two of three contests during the past week.  The Cards dropped a match-up with league leading and ninth ranked (2A) Forest City, but topped Belmond-Klemme and North Iowa to improve to 12-4 overall and 11-4 in the NIC.  

 

The wrestling battle was on in Waterloo

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The Clear Lake wrestling team traveled to Waterloo before the holiday break to compete in the 32-team Battle of Waterloo.  The tournament is only open to the top 32 teams that the committee chooses; the best teams in the state in all three classes are invited. 

The Lions finished in the top half of the tourney after upsetting a very good Cedar Falls team, 41-24, on Friday.  They then ran into the top seed, Cedar Rapids Prairie, and were beaten, 50-15.

CL grapplers put in a busy week with nine duals

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The Clear Lake wrestling team had a very busy first week of wrestling. The Lions participated in nine duals and ended up 7-2. 

The week started on Tuesday, Dec. 2, with a double dual with St. Ansgar and Lake Mills. The Lions beat St. Ansgar, 64-15. In the second dual, Clear Lake and Lake Mills finished in a tie, 36-36.  After 20 minutes of looking at the rule book, it was decided that Lake Mills won on the eighth criteria.

A great season comes to an end

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In the playoffs, everyone’s hungry. Every game is a battle of mental toughness and shear will.  On Monday, Nov. 3, the No. 1 Lions (10-0) played the No. 4 Sioux Center Warriors (9-1) for the chance to move on in Class 2A playoff action.

Three Lion runners earn all-conference honors

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CL boys finish fourth in NCC race

Clear Lake placed two runners on the podium and finished fourth in the boys race at the North Central Conference Cross Country Meet held in Humboldt Tuesday, Oct. 14.  

Ryan Faught and Tanner Storbeck both ran strong races, finishing fifth and eighth respectively in the field of 55. Faught’s fifth place finish was in 18:06 and Storbeck ran an 18:20.

“Both Ryan and Tanner have been such great leaders, this honor is much deserved,” said Coach Nick DiMarco.  

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