Jones places eighth in Class 1A State Tennis Meet

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:26pm

 

Clear Lake’s Sam Jones earned an eighth place finish at the Class 1A State Tennis Meet played Friday and Saturday in Waterloo.

Jones, the only freshman in the Class 1A singles field, opened the tourney with a win over last year’s sixth place finisher, Will Hamilton, from Grinnell.  Jones pulled out a 

Lions finish third at State Meet

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:26pm

 

Creston-Orient/Macksburg overcame a three stroke lead held by the Clear Lake boys golf team after the first day of State competition and won the Class 3A title Saturday in Ames.  The Lions, with two players in the top six, finished third.

“Like most of the season, weather was a main contributor at our tournament. With the lead after day one, we were probably one more thunderstorm away from winning our school’s seventh state 

Cardinals drop first two baseball games

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:24pm

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura baseball season dropped its first two games to open the 2013 season.C-G 10, G-H/V 0

Clarion-Goldfield held the Cardinals scoreless in the first game of the year with a score of 10-0.

Lions show promise in opener

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:23pm

 

The Clear Lake baseball team opened the season with a promising performance, then tested their mettle against Class 1A’s preseason number one team in the opening week of the season.

CL 11, Charles City 1

The Lions opened the season with a bang, shocking Charles City 11-1 Monday, May 20, at Lions Field.

G-H/V soccer boys split Sub-State games

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:22pm

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys soccer team won the first Sub-State game in the program’s three year history when they defeated West Sioux, 2-1.

Brad Nedved scored the team’s first goal early in the first half on a shot that bounced around in front of the net.  West Sioux returned the favor to knot the game, 1-1.  Neither scored the remainder of the game, sending the match into overtime.

Miserable start to the season for CL softball team

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:21pm

 

Central Springs gave the Clear Lake girls softball team a rough start to the 2013 season, walloping the Lions 17-1 in three rainy and cold innings played Wednesday, May 22.

 

G-H/V girls drop two close soccer contests

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:20pm

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls soccer team dropped two close contests last week.

Webster City 3, G-H/V 2

The Cardinals dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to Webster City. 

“I am so proud of how our girls kept their head up and left it all on the field,” said Coach Josh Banse.  “All the girls are playing very well as a team.”

CL boys soccer team falls in Sub-State

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:20pm

 

Third-ranked (Class 2A) Hudson ended the season for the Clear Lake boys in Sub-State soccer action Wednesday, May 22.

Hudson, playing on its home field, defeated the Lions 2-1 in the Sub-State semi-final.

The Pirates advanced to face No. 16 Waverly-Shell Rock Saturday and were defeated by the Go-Hawks,

 2-0.  W-SR will play in the State tournament starting May 30 at Cowie State Park in Des Moines.

Further details of the Clear Lake match with Hudson were not available at press time.

LAKE LEVEL

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:19pm

 

Lots of rain makes for a higher lake!  The lake rose 3.48” to its new reading 

of -0.24” below the weir.  Last year at this time the lake measured -9.00” below the weir.

Inching closer

Published by admin on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:18pm

 

Following a week filled with rain, the level of Clear Lake is inching ever so close to spilling over the weir.  The Clear Lake Water Department reported the lake level as -0.24 inches below the weir Tuesday, May 28. That’s a 

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