GHV boys second at home meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:19am

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.”

Cards place third at home tournament

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:18am

Despite plenty of rainy days, the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls soccer team got some matches in last week.

Humboldt, 2, GHV 1 (Shootout)
 It took a shootout to determine the winner of the GHV vs. Humboldt match on Thursday, May 1. The Wildcats won the match by one-goal, 2-1.

CL soccer team improves to 5-1

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:18am

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

CL girls top St. Edmond at home golf meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:17am

On Friday, May 2, the Clear Lake girls golf team hosted St. Edmond at Veterans Memorial Golf Club.  Clear Lake shot 177 and St. Ed’s 211. 

Clear Lake’s Emily Snelling claimed medalist honors with a 37.  Other counting scores for the Lions included 46s from Maddie Hess and Erin Gates, and a 48 from Paige Backhaus.

Cardinals place third at West Hancock Meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:16am

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys golf team finished third in the seven-team West Hancock Meet held on Saturday, May 3, in Britt.

Clarion won the meet with 312 points, followed by Lake Mills with 325.  The Cardinals finished the meet with 346 strokes.

GHV to join Top of Iowa Conference fall of 2015-16

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:15am

A new super-conference combining the current North Iowa and Corn Bowl conferences has been finalized.  The new super-conference will be known as the Top of Iowa Conference.   At a joint meeting held Wednesday, April 30, at the AEA office in Clear Lake, superintendents from both conferences reached an agreement and approved the name of the 18 schools uniting in the fall of the 2015-16 school year. 

Lions travel to Hampton for co-ed track meet

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:14am

The Clear Lake girls and boys track teams were in Hampton Friday, May 2, to compete in an large co-ed invitational.  Even down three top performers, the Clear Lake boys ran extremely well, placing fifth out of 11 teams with 69.5 points; Hudson won the meet with 113. On the girls side, the Lions scored a season-high 22 points, placing 11th in the 12-team field.  Hudson also topped the girls standings with 124 points.

Boys results

GHV girls golf team picks up two more wins

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:13am

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls golf team hosted North Iowa on Monday, May 5.  Despite the Cardinals beating North Iowa, 218 to 237, Coach Todd Greiman was not happy with his team’s performance.

“I was very disappointed to see us finish with our worst score of the season on the nicest day to play,” said Greiman.  “It seemed that there were a lot of things going wrong with everyone’s game and we found ourselves getting penalty strokes that we usually don’t have.”

CL boys soccer team now ranked

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:13am

After receiving votes for ranking consideration for weeks, the Clear Lake boys soccer team burst onto the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association (IAHSSCA) rankings for week four of the season (games played through April 26).  

The Lions are sitting just out of the top 10 in Class 1A, appearing as number 11 in the ratings with a 3-1 record.

Students dig into local history

Published by admin on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 2:10am

Signage around often overlooked stone will soon tell a story

If you’ve never noticed the large granite rock at the west end of City Park, or never knew what it stood for, you soon will.

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