Girls host Early Bird Relays

(Above) Ava Richtsmeier makes a hand-off to Layne Lester in the Sprint Medley relay.  The Lions hosted the Early Bird Relays on April 6.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

The Clear Lake girls track team hosted their Early Bird Relays Tuesday, April 6, to kick off the season.

“We are made up of a young group of athletes and are off and running for our first track meet,” said Coach Shawn Puttmann.

Boys tennis drops first two meets

(Above) Nathan Lollar picked up a win at the number four singles position against Iowa Falls-Alden.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

On Monday, April 5, the Clear Lake Lions boys tennis team opened up the 2021 tennis season at Mason City.  

Boys tennis drops first two meets

(Above) Nathan Lollar picked up a win at the number four singles position against Iowa Falls-Alden.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

On Monday, April 5, the Clear Lake Lions boys tennis team opened up the 2021 tennis season at Mason City.  

Girls drop first two games

(Above) Ella Nelson battles for the ball against a GHV player.  The Lions fell to GHV, 1-0 on Thursday, April 8, at home.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

by Marianne Gasaway

The Lions played fierce defense in their opening games of the season, but lost by a single goal against Garner-Hayfield-Ventura and Aplington-Parkersburg.

GHV 1, CL 0

Girls drop first two games

(Above) Ella Nelson battles for the ball against a GHV player.  The Lions fell to GHV, 1-0 on Thursday, April 8, at home.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

by Marianne Gasaway

The Lions played fierce defense in their opening games of the season, but lost by a single goal against Garner-Hayfield-Ventura and Aplington-Parkersburg.

GHV 1, CL 0

Boys soccer tops Charles City in season opener

 The Clear Lake Lions kicked off the soccer season with an 8-1 victory over Charles City on Thursday, April 8.  The loss sent the Comets to 1-2 in the early season.

Coach Zach Hall said his team started the game out a bit slow, but got rid of the jitters and settled down 10 minutes into the game.

Boys soccer tops Charles City in season opener

 The Clear Lake Lions kicked off the soccer season with an 8-1 victory over Charles City on Thursday, April 8.  The loss sent the Comets to 1-2 in the early season.

Coach Zach Hall said his team started the game out a bit slow, but got rid of the jitters and settled down 10 minutes into the game.

CL girls tennis team keeps improving

Kaley Meyer won an exciting match in a tie-breaker to give Clear Lake their only win in a match played with Iowa Falls-Alden Thursday, April 8.

The senior leader of the Lion squad battled her opponent to an 8-8 tie in the number one singles match.  She prevailed in the tie-breaker, 7-5.

“Besides not ending on top, the girls played some pretty good games,” remarked Coach Cat Aragon-Bauer.   “We definitely improved from Monday and had a good, chilly night of tennis.”

Singles:

(Played proset to 8)

CL girls tennis team keeps improving

Kaley Meyer won an exciting match in a tie-breaker to give Clear Lake their only win in a match played with Iowa Falls-Alden Thursday, April 8.

The senior leader of the Lion squad battled her opponent to an 8-8 tie in the number one singles match.  She prevailed in the tie-breaker, 7-5.

“Besides not ending on top, the girls played some pretty good games,” remarked Coach Cat Aragon-Bauer.   “We definitely improved from Monday and had a good, chilly night of tennis.”

Singles:

(Played proset to 8)

Remember When 4-14-2021

Honor Society initiates, 1971  - Fifteen new members were initiated into the Semper Fidelis Chapter of the National Honor Society in 1977.  New members were front row (L-R):  Nancy Lambert, Sally Kennedy, Debbie Gilbertson, Denis Kremin, Lois Sauce, Evelyn Sell, Caroline Hanson; back row (L-R): John Hendricks, Clark Christian, Lynn Thayer, Mike Schwichtenberg, Ted Schuler, John Fricker, Dan Schmidt and Ken Usher.

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