Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Back from an injury, Clear Lake’s Speed Toyne breaks through to pick up some ground yards for the Lions.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

It was a day of celebration for the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura cross country team when they ran at Fox Ridge Golf Course, in Dike, in the Class 2A State Qualifying Meet on Thursday, Oct. 19.  The team captured the title and will compete as a team in the State Meet to be held in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Oct. 28.  Abby Christians qualified for the girls team with a seventh place finish.

(Above) GHV’s Bailee Frayne and Clear Lake’s Maranda Harrison battle for control of the ball in the first round of Regional action Wednesday night.  Also pictured for GHV is Jacki Van Oort.  On Clear Lake’s side of the net is (L-R): Julia Merfeld, Mikayla Vanderploeg, Jenna Wilkinson and Chloe Mueller. 

It was a tale of two attacks, as the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Cardinals’ (5-4 4-5) ground game won out over the Osage Green Devils’ (4-5, 4-3) air raid in a 55-36 scoring onslaught.

The Cardinals ran for nearly 400-yards of offense, while the Green Devils threw for nearly as many. Penalties and turnovers ultimately came at a major cost to the Green Devils, who were penalized on 12 occasions and had three turnovers.