Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

(Above) Clear Lake’s Sara Faber finished the match against Algona with five kills and four digs.  Algona won the conference bout, 25-17, 25-13, and 25-21.  -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy

Perennial volleyball power Algona handed the Clear Lake Lions a conference loss last week.  The Bulldogs swept the Lions, 25-17, 25-13, 25-21 to drop the Lions to 3-4 overall and 0-1 in the North Central Conference.

The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Cardinals (1-1) came up short Friday night when an Algona (2-0) field goal split the uprights to secure the game’s final lead change, 23-21. It was an electric game of back and fourths, as two evenly-matched teams squared off in non-district action that left no one sleeping in the stands.

“We played a tough Algona team,” said GHV Head Coach Scott VanDusseldorp. “We came out a little flat and made some mistakes early – second half was much better.”

The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura volleyball team split a pair of games in action last week.

Forest City 3, GHV 1

The Cardinals fought hard, but couldn’t pick up the win against Forest City on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

(Above) 1889 Schoolhouse - This red brick school house stood where Central School was once located.  It was built in 1889 at a cost of $40,000 and was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday, Jan. 6, 1912, while men were trying to thaw out some frozen pipes.  The night, during the Christmas vacation, was bitterly cold, cinders blew through the air for miles.  Professor Henry W.