Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

It was a busy week for the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura baseball team, as they played two games and participated in a tournament on Memorial Day.

Forest City 10, GHV 0

A deadly third inning doomed the Cardinals to a 10-0 loss to Forest City on Wednesday, May 24.

The Indians scored eight runs in the third inning to secure the victory.

Forest City’s pitcher was not letting GHV get anything going.  He surrendered zero runs, zero hits and struck out seven.

The defending State Champion Clear Lake Lions didn’t get off to the start they were hoping for, but Coach Seth Thompson said he expects his team to be better in all facets of the game when they are at full strength.

Newman 15, CL 3

Newman Catholic broke open a close game through three innings with the help of Lion errors and went on to post a 15-3 victory in the opening game of the Charles City tournament.  The game was played Tuesday, May 23, in Clear Lake.

The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura softball team put up a good fight, but it wasn’t enough as they dropped a road game to Forest City, 12-9, on Wednesday, May 24.

The Cards opened the game scoring two runs in the first inning by Jayden Hughes and Jacki Van Oort.  The Indians also scored two in the first inning to knot the score, 2-2.

(Above) Speaker of the House Linda Upmeyer (seated) introduced Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg and Gov. Kim Reynolds.

Iowa’s new governor, Kim Reynolds and her appointed Lt. Governor Adam Gregg included a stop at the Mason City Airport on their “Building A Better Iowa” tour Friday, May 26.

Reynolds, who succeeded Gov. Terry Branstad Wednesday after he was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to China, delivered a brief address and then spent time meeting about 75 North Iowans who turned out to congratulate her.