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Class 2A, District 2 Football
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Thursday
•Clear Lake JV/V cross country Re-
gionals at Dike, 4 p.m.
•Clear Lake 10th grade football at
GHV, 6 p.m.
•GHV JV/V cross country Region-
als at Unity Christian, Orange City,
4 p.m.
•GHV 7th & 8th grade volleyball at
West Fork, 4:15
•GHV JJV/JV/V volleyball home vs.
Hampton-Dumont, 6 p.m.
Friday
•Clear Lake 9th grade football
home vs. GHV, 4:45 p.m.
•Clear Lake V football home vs.
GHV, 7:30 p.m.
•GHV JJV football at Clear Lake,
4:45 p.m.
•GHV V football at Clear Lake, 7:30
p.m.
Monday
•Clear Lake V volleyball Class 3A
Region 4 Regionals at Algona, 7
p.m.
•GHV V volleyball Class 3A Region
4 Regionals at Forest City, 7 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Oct. 24, at Baylor,
11 a.m.
•Football: Sat., Oct. 24, at South
Dakota State, 2 p.m.
•Men’s Soccer: Sat., Oct. 24, at
Marshalltown CC, 4 p.m.
•Volleyball: Wed., Oct. 24, at
Southeastern CC, 7 p.m.
Volleyball: Sat.-Sun., Oct. 23-24, at District title. However, if Clear Lake
Iowa Central Tournament
•Men’s Golf: Mon.-Tues., Oct. 26-
27, at Southwestern Christian Uni-
versity
•Football, Sat., Oct. 24, home vs.
Presentation College, 1 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Oct. 24, at Illinois Monday,” said Coach Jared DeVries.
State, 2 p.m.
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Lion boys are NCC cross country champs
For the first time since 1988 Clear
Lake has brought home a North Con-
ference cross country championship.
On the course that will host the
State Championship Oct. 31, the Clear
Lake boys cross country team ran their
best meet of the year. The success was
due to a true team effort, as every run-
ner gave it their all.
According to Coach Nick Di-
Marco, the outcome was in doubt
early in the race. Eventual runner-
up Humboldt jumped out to an early
lead. Humboldt’s Ivan Rasmussen
led the race for the first mile before a
Lion pack, including Ryan Faught, Eric
Faught and Sam Pedelty, tracked him
down and took control of the race.
Lions, Cards meet Friday with District title on the line
H-D hands Lions
first District loss
A big and physical Hampton-
Dumont team out-manned Clear Lake,
45-6, Friday night, handing the Lions
their first loss in the district and setting
up a game with all sorts of post-season
implications this week.
Clear Lake (4-1, 4-4) will host Dis-
trict 2’s only undefeated team, the GHV
Cardinals (5-0, 7-1) this week. If GHV
wins, they would capture the Class 2A
can knock off the seventh rated Cards,
they would enter into a three-way tie
with GHV and Hampton-Dumont
(4-1, 6-2) for district honors. All three
teams will advance to post-season play,
however seeding will depend upon dis-
trict records and a points system.
“We had a good practice and put
the Hampton-Dumont game to rest
“They were what we expected— big
and physical, but we complicated
things, too, with turnovers.”
Hampton-Dumont wasted no
time setting the tone in Friday’s game.
The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff
80-yards on seven plays and followed
that with a two-point conversion for
a quick 8-0 lead just minutes into the
contest.
Each team made a defensive stand
before a Lion fumble, the first of six on
the night, gave the Bulldogs the ball on
the Lion 20. H-D took the ball to the
end zone in five plays and tacked on
two-points to make the score 16-0.
The Lions were able to put points
on the board on their next possession.
The speed of Zach Tatum and power
running of Carter Garrington steadily
advanced the ball. Quarterback Zach
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Freshman Eric Faught led the race
for the next one and one-half miles
before giving way to eventual NCC
Champion Harrison Mayer, from St.
Edmonds.
Clear Lake won the team title
with 43 points. Humboldt was second
with 62 and Webster City finished
third with 74 points. The remainder
of the field included: Algona (91), St.
Ed’s (93), IFA-AGWSR (172), Clari-
on-Goldfield-Dows (216), Hampton-
Dumont (227).
Mayer, from St. Ed’s won the indi-
vidual title in a time of 16:51.
Three Clear Lake runners earned
All-Conference honors on the day.
Eric Faught placed second in a time
Lester scampered to the end zone from
16-yards out. The team attempted a
two-point conversion to try to match
H-D’s scoring, but the effort failed and
left the score 16-6.
The Bulldogs ate up much of the
clock in the second quarter and piled
on yardage during a sustained drive
that resulted in another touchdown
with just over two-minutes left in the
half. With the two-point conversion
H-D was in control, 24-6, at the half.
By halftime the Bulldogs had amassed
216-yards of offense, all on the ground,
to the Lions’ 72.
The Lions failed to find any solu-
tions to the Bulldogs’ power during
the break. Hampton came out of the
locker room and scored within three
minutes, 30-6.
On their next possession the Lions
were moving the ball and had crossed
midfield when Lester was sacked and
fumbled. The Bulldogs recovered the
ball on the Lions’ 30. The takedown
sent Lester to the sidelines for the re-
mainder of the game and he is ques-
tionable for Friday night’s game against
GHV, according to DeVries. Johnny
Guerrero scored his third touchdown
of the night from the 24 and another
two-point conversion put the score at
38-6. Another Lion fumble, which
they recovered, was followed by Guer-
rero’s interception of a Thomas Stor-
beck pass. Storbeck returned the favor
on defense a few plays later, but an-
other Lion fumble gave the Bulldogs
the ball at midfield and set the stage for
another Guerrero score. This time the
See LIONS on page 10
of 17:04; Sam Pedelty placed third in
17:16; and Ryan Faught placed fourth
in a time of 17:18.
“To place three runners in the top
four is a testament to how hard these
boys raced and trained,” said Coach Di-
Marco.
The conference title would not
have been secured without the effort of
the entire team. Ike Branstad placed
15th in a time of 17:58.
“Showing grit and determination,
Ike passed several runners in the final
200 meters,” added DiMarco. “Spencer
Orr shaved 20 seconds off his all-time
best, placing 19th with a time of 18:10.
Senior Spencer left it all on the course, (124), Webster City (127), C-G-D
knowing that this was his last chance to
Chase Theobald (4) keeps a Cowboy from getting away in GHV’s win Friday night. Also pictured is Nick Joynt (10).-Reporter photo
by Chris Barragy.
Cards rope Cowboys, 52-6
There was no doubt who the better
District 2 team was Friday night after
the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Cardinals
(7-1, 5-0) defeated the Clarion-
Goldfield-Dows Cowboys (1-7, 0-5)
52-6 in an absolute beatdown in every
facet of the game.
“It was a nice win,” said Garner-
Hayfield-Ventura Head Coach Scott
Scores From 10-16
Hampton 45, Clear Lake 6 GHV @ Clear Lake
GHV 52, C-G-D 6
Estherville 39, Osage 27
Humbolt 34, Forest City 20 Clarion @ Osage
win the Conference Championship and
his determination paid off.”
Grant Dieken and Kaleb Froiland
were next for the Lions, placing 23rd
(18:22) and 27th (18:44) respectively.
“The way they finished pushed the
entire Lion Pack and helped secure the
title,” said DiMarco.
Girls fifth as a team
The young Lady Lions finished
fifth as a team at the conference race.
Humboldt took home the team title
with 40 points, easily outdistancing
runner-up St. Ed’s with 83 and Algona
with 84 points. The remainder of the
field included: IF-A 112, Clear Lake
(158) and H-D (207).
VanDusseldorp. “We were able to play
some backups and get them some game
experience.”
The game started slow, compara-
tively. After what amounted to little
more than a penalty-riddled three-and-
out, the Cowboys punted. The Cardi-
nals fumbled and turned over the ball
shortly thereafter. But after another
forced three-and-out by the Cardinal
defense, and a powerful showing from
the Cardinal offense, it seemed the
game’s fate was decided. Shaw Conner
was the first to put points on the board,
followed shortly by Dane Whipple’s
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Games for 10-23
Estherville @ N. Union
Forest City @ Hampton
Oct. 21, 2015 • Page 9
The Lions were paced by All-Con-
ference selection Gretchen Jones, who
finished 10th in a time of 21:09. Next
for the Lions was Katelyn Moore, plac-
ing 22nd in a time of 22:25. Senior Erin
O’Tool placed 26th in a time of 22:57.
Bailey Larsen placed 31st in a time of
23:10. Alena Gabrielson placed 35th in
a time of 23:31. Rissa Barragy placed
36th in a time of 23:34. Rounding
out the Lion’s roster was Tali Tesar, who
placed 45th in a time of 24:42.
“With three freshman, three soph-
omores and one senior, this team is
poised for a fantastic 2016 season,” said
Coach DiMarco. “Their times dropped
remarkably throughout the year and
See LIONS XC on page 10
PAT kick.
In the second quarter, Nick Joynt
found the end zone on a three-yard dive
followed by Whipple’s PAT kick.
An interception by the Cowboys
offered the drive hope before the half
closed, but Chase Theobald came
through in a big way on a 73-yard pick
six to close the half on a 20-0 Cardinal
lead.
The third quarter was ugly for
the Cowboys. Ironically, it was also
their best from a statistical standpoint.
See CARDS on page 10