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“Playing the best team in conference at
home, we knew it would be a challenge
and it was.”
CLHS Head Boys
Basketball Coach
Jeremy Ainley
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Wednesday
•Clear Lake V girls basketball
Class 3A Region 2 game vs. For-
est City at Forest City, 7 p.m.
Thursday
•Clear Lake V boys basketball
Class 2A District 4 game vs.
Osage at Osage, 8 p.m.
•GHV V boys basketball Class 2A
District 3 game vs. Pocahontas
Area/L-M at Laurens, 8 p.m.
Thurs.-Sat.
•Clear Lake V wrestlers at State
Wrestling Tournament, Des
Moines
•GHV V wrestlers at State Wres-
tling Tournament, Des Moines
Fri.-Sat.
•CLHS Dance Team at DX Ameri-
cup Nationals, Minneapolis, Minn.
Saturday
•TBA Clear Lake V girls basketball
Class 3A Region 2 game at Hum-
boldt, 7 p.m.
Tuesday
•TBA Clear Lake V boys basket-
ball Class 2A District 4 game TBA,
7 p.m.
•TBA GHV V boys basketball
Class 2A District 3 game at Hum-
boldt, 7 p.m.
•Basketball: Wed., Feb. 17, at
Penn State, 5:30 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat., Feb. 20, home
vs. TCU, 6:30 p.m.
•Basketball: Mon., Feb. 22, at
West Virginia, 8 p.m.
•Women’s & Men’s Track & Field:
Fri.-Sat., Feb. 19-20, at Alex Wil- Arena in Des Moines. The first round for
son Invitational, South Bend, Ind.
•Basketball: Wed., Feb. 17, at
Loyola, 7 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat., Feb. 20, home
vs. Illinois State, 3 p.m.
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Wed., Feb. 17, home vs. Des
Moines CC, 5:30 p.m.
•Women’s Basketball: Sat., Feb.
20, home vs. Southeastern CC, 2
p.m.
•Track & Field: Fri.-Sat., Feb. 19- State. He looks very good and is ready to
20, at NJCAA Region XI Indoor
Championships, Storm Lake
•Baseball: Sat.-Sun., Feb. 20-21,
at Highland, Kan.
•Wrestling: Sat., Feb. 20, at Cen-
tral Region National Qualifier,
Marshall, Mo., 9 a.m.
MORE CALENDAR
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Eric Faught
L ions moving on
The regular season ended with a
pair of losses for the Clear Lake boys.
Webster City and Algona put the Li-
ons’ season record at 10-11 overall. The
team finished the regular season with an
8-7 record in the North Central Con-
ference, good for fourth place. Web-
ster City led the way with a 12-1 NCC
mark. They were followed by Algona
(11-2) and St. Ed’s (11-3).
The Lions faced St. Ansgar Mon-
day night, Feb. 15, in Forest City. With
a win they advanced to play Osage at 8
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at Osage. The
winner of that contest is slated to play
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at a site to
be determined. Details of those post-
season games will appear in next week’s
Mirror-Reporter.
Webster City 64, CL 46
Webster City (16-2) showed why
it sits atop the NCC. The Lynx pulled
away from the Lions in the second half
for a 64-46 victory on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
“Playing the best team in confer-
ence at home, we knew it would be a
challenge and it was,” said Coach Jer-
emy Ainley. “We played a great first
half defensively and made a little run to
take the lead at the end of the half. Un- 31-30. and Justin Sholly two points.
fortunately, their guards didn’t panic
and came out in the second half and hit
some shots and got into our defense for
some easy baskets.”
Webster City held an 8-7 lead after
the first quarter of play, but the Lions
found more ways to score in the sec-
ond and held a 23-22 advantage at the
break.
The Lynx stepped up their offense
for a big third quarter, outscoring the
Lions 23-14. Clear Lake was never able
to regroup and the Lynx picked up an
18-point win.
Area wrestlers advance to State
Clear Lake and Garner-Hayfield-Ven-
tura High Schools will each be represented
by two wrestlers at the State Meet, which
begins Thursday, Feb. 18, at Wells Fargo
Class 2A wrestlers begins at 6 p.m. Thurs- Washington. Faught will be looking to be
day. Action continues Friday with sessions win his first and hopefully begin a jour-
at 2:30 and 8:45 p.m. Saturday wrestling
is slated at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Clear Lake
Eric Faught and Ryan Leisure both
dominated their weight classes and quali-
fied for the 2016 state wrestling tourna-
ment as District champions.
Faught, who remains undefeated in
his freshman season, had two pins on his
way to the 106 pound district title.
“Eric is 32-0 on the year and ready for
go!” said Coach Gary Weber.
Faught pinned his opponents, Max
Halstead, from Roland-Story City, and Joe
Simon, from Grinnell, on his way to the
title. He put Halstead on his back in just wrestle back. In the finals he was defeat-
:38 seconds; it took 1:49 to pin Simon.
Leisure (43-1) also looked extremely
good with a :12 second pin over Dalton
Kies, of Grinnell, in the first round and
a 12-1 win in the finals over third ranked nings in overtime at the Sectional meet,
Austin Staudt, from Charles City.
“Anytime you can beat the third
ranked wrestler by major decision is a big
plus,” stated Coach Weber. “These two
boys have high goals and they are right on District champion Tanner Hoffstetter,
SSttaattee QQuuaalliiffiieerrss
Ryan Leisure Cade Baker
“In the fourth quarter we were
forced to foul and were not able to score
enough to keep it close enough,” said
Ainley.
Zach Tatum played a solid game
with 16 points and four rebounds.
Zach Lester and Thomas Storbeck
were also in double figures with 12
points apiece. Lester picked up 10 of
his points at the free throw line, where
he was 10/12. The sophomore was also
credited with six assists.
Parker Truesdell put in two points
and had three steals, while Ryan Atkin-
son and Jarod Anderson came off the
bench to score two and one point re-
spectively. Parker Pitzen also scored one
point.
Algona 69, CL 61
The Lions gave everything they had
against another league leading oppo-
nent Thursday, Feb. 11. Algona (16-4)
used a big fourth quarter to escape with
a 69-61 victory.
After getting down by as many as
13 early in the second quarter, the Li-
ons showed great heart and resiliency
and fought back to trail by one at half,
The two teams played an even third
quarter. After numerous lead changes,
the Lions and Bulldogs were tied at 50-
50 heading into the final period.
“Unfortunately. They had a couple
of players that made some big plays
down the stretch and we missed a cou-
ple of opportunities,” said Coach Ain-
ley. The Bulldogs outscored the Lions
19-11 for the win.
“Thomas Storbeck played fantastic
all around and had 22 points and four
steals on defense,” noted Ainley.
Parker Truesdell shot the ball well
and finished with 14 points. Zach Les-
track to reach those goals.”
Leisure will be looking to repeat
as a State champion. He won last year
at 126-pounds. This year he will take
on Austin Hazelet (43-6), a junior from
ney toward joining the elite group of Iowa
wrestlers to win four state titles. The Clear placed fourth for the Lions.
Lake freshman will face Dylan Robinson,
a junior from New Hampton, in the first
round. The two have met before, with
Faught getting the win in a dual earlier
this year.
Two other Clear Lake grapplers came
as close as you can get to making it to
State. Ryan Faught and Kyle Willms both
lost in overtime and placed third.
“They both wrestled well, they just
had tough weight classes,” said Coach
Gary Weber.
Faught, a senior, lost in overtime in
the finals at 152 and in overtime in the
ed by Isaac Judge (39-4), of South Tama
County-Tama, in an 8-2 decision. His
wrestle back was against Brock Jennings
(41-7), from Osage. Faught defeated Jen-
but this time the Osage wrestler got the
win in an ultimate tie breaker, 5-3.
Willms, a junior, lost his first round
match at 285-pounds against eventual
from Grinnell, by fall. He pinned his
Connor Shaw
GHV
Boys &
Girls BB
Results
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Feb. 17, 2016 • Page 9
CL girls top
A-P in post
season action
The Clear Lake (15-7) girls opened
post-season play with a 59-37 victory over
Aplington-Parkersburg Saturday, Feb. 13.
The Lions advance to meet fifth ranked
(3A) Forest City tonight (Wednesday, Feb.
17) at Forest City. The Indians defeated
the Lions in early January, 52-37. The
winner will advance to meet the winner of
the Cherokee vs. Humboldt game on Sat-
urday, Feb. 20, at Humboldt.
CL 59, Aplington-Parkersburg 37
The Lions wasted no time getting the
upper hand on Aplington-Parkersburg
when the post-season began Saturday, Feb.
13. They dominated the first half and shot
lights out on their way to a 59-37 victory.
Clear Lake senior Justin Sholly takes a shot during Tuesday night’s home con- “I was pleased with how we jumped on
test against Webster City. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy them early and executed the game plan,”
said Coach Bart Smith. “We defended
ter scored seven points and had five with the result, but happy with their big very well and we put pressure on
assists and Jarod Anderson played our effort,” said Coach Ainley. their guards. Offensively we shot the ball
a great all around game with six as- “We are not pleased with where really well and when we can defend as good
sists and one three made. we sit overall at 10-11 after our as we did and shoot the ball as well as we
Zach Tatum scored nine for regular season, but we understand did we are a very good team.”
the Lions. Zach Lester finished that we have a chance to make it And while the offense was certainly
with seven, Ryan Atkinson four right again with a big run in the hot, the Clear Lake defense kept A-P from
playoffs.” getting any kind of traction in the first
“Overall we are not happy half. The Falcons were held to a mere four
points in each of the first two quarters. At
the half, the Lions led 30-8.
Emily Snelling was back in the Lion
lineup after resting an injury in the late
regular season. The junior never missed a
beat, knocking down three-pointers with
regularity. She finished the game with a
team-high 23 points, including five-three
pointers. Snelling also made five assists
and recorded six steals in the game.
Jordyn Barragy and Jessica Faber also
finished in double figures scoring. Barragy
See CL GIRLS on page 10
opponent, Kyle Kucera, from South the State Wrestling Tournament held Jenniges.
Tama County-Tama, in 1:33, setting in Des Moines. It is a return trip to Baker, a senior who wrestles at
up a wrestle back against Brody Tupy, the State Tournament for both Shaw 182 pounds, is ranked number six in
from Charles City. Tupy won in sud- and Baker. the State with a record of 39-2. He
den victory, 3-1. Shaw, a junior who wrestles at was also a Conference and Sectional
Sophomores Jackson Hamlin, 170 pounds, had two pins to claim the champion. Baker had a pin in his first
wrestling at 113-pounds, and Will title at Districts. Shaw is ranked num- match at Districts and went into over-
Kirshbaum, at 132-pounds, both ber five in the state and has a record time to win his second match to claim
of 40-2. He was also the Top of Iowa the title.
“Jack and Will are only sopho- Conference and Sectional champion. “Cade is offensive and confident.
mores and gained valuable experi- “Conner is wrestling great right His losses came to a ranked opponent
ence,” said Coach Weber. “They all now. He hasn’t lost since the first from Iowa and one from Minnesota,”
had great years. It is hard when kids weekend of the season,” said Coach said Jenniges.
work so hard and come up just a little Cory Jenniges. “He truly believes he Jenniges is happy with Baker’s
short.” can beat anyone and is wrestling full draw at State. He will face Kyle Ben-
GHV steam ahead in his matches.” son, from Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Ben-
Two Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Jenniges said Shaw got a tough son is a junior and has a record of 36-
wrestlers claimed top honors at the draw at State for his first match. Shaw 18.
IHSAA 2A District 8 wrestling tour- will face Anthony Sherry, from Glen- “The number one and number
nament held on Saturday, Feb. 13, in wood. Sherry, a sophomore, has a re- four wrestlers in Cade’s weight are on
Webster City. Connor Shaw and Cade cord of 44-7. the opposite side of the bracket,” said
Baker will be competing this week in “If he wins that match things look Jenniges.
really promising for him at State,” said
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at the State Tournament!
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