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Gary Weber
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter Feb. 24, 2016 • Page 11
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Friday
•Clear Lake Dance Team Spring
Show, high school gym, 7 p.m.
•Basketball: Wed., Feb. 24, home
vs. Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat.-Sun., Feb. 27-28,
at Ohio State
•Basketball: Tues., March 1, home
vs. Indiana, 8 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat., Feb. 27, home Clear Lake’s Ryan Leasure wrestles Wyatt Thompson, of Creston-Orient/Macksburg in the Championship match. GHV’s Conner Shaw wrapped up State competition with a 5th place finish
vs. Kansas State, 5 p.m.
•Basketball: Mon., Feb. 29, home Leasure wins second title
vs. Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. Clear Lake & GHV wrestlers all place at State Tournament
•Women’s & Men’s Track & Field: Clear Lake’s Ryan Leisure very successful coaching career. fall in just :29 seconds over Con- position in the 30-second over- ready to get back there.” of Waterloo when Leisure took
Fri.-Sat., Feb. 26-27, home for Big earned his second State wres- Leisure (43-1) joins Joe Co- nor Ascher, of MOC-Floyd Val- time which followed. Leisure “It was a blast watching an elbow to the face. “I have a
12 Indoor Championships tling title in dramatic fashion lon as the only two-time state ley. He topped Tanner Abbas, stopped Thompson’s attempt to Ryan hit the move, ‘the spladle.’ fake tooth, but I took it out for
Saturday. The Lion junior used champion in school history. from Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, tripod his way to his feet. Then, It is a very technical move that the podium picture for laughs,”
•Basketball: Wed., Feb. 24, home a spladle off of a re-start in the Leisure said the champion- 7-0, to reach the finals. with :08 seconds left, the grap- not many kids can execute as well he said.
vs. Indiana State, 7 p.m. second overtime period to pin ship match was like nothing he The championship match plers had a re-start after Leisure as Ryan does,” said Coach We- Ryan Faught also had an ex-
•Basketball: Sat., Feb. 27, at Creston/Orient-Macksburg’s has experienced in high school with Wyatt Thompson, of Cres- had a potentially dangerous hold ber. “He probably had the most citing championship match, but
Evansville, 1 p.m. Wyatt Thompson and win the wrestling. It was the first time he ton-Orient/Macksburg, was on his opponent. exciting finish of the entire state fell in the 106-pound match to
Class 2A 138-pound title. has won a match without a take- much more contested. “All of a sudden it was just tournament! It was in overtime Matthew Randone, of Assump-
•Wrestling: Fri.-Sat., Feb. 26-27, at Leisure, along with fresh- down. A one-minute sudden vic- one of those things. I had my and 15,000 people were focused tion of Davenport, 5-4.
NJCAA National Championships, man Ryan Faught who finished After opening competition tory overtime was needed when right leg in on his left side and I on only that match. I will never Faught entered the State
Council Bluffs as runner-up at 106-pounds, with a fall in 1:26 over Austin regulation ended in a tie. The realized I could use the spladle,” forget the roar of the crowd as he tournament with an undefeated
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball: provided retiring Coach Gary Hazelett, of Washington, Leisure first wrestler to score would win said Leisure. The little-known hit the spladle. Ryan deserves record and rolled through his
Wed., Feb. 24, at Iowa Lakes CC, Weber with a happy ending to a went on to post a second round the title. With :40 seconds to move allowed Leisure to roll all of his success. He has worked early matches. He topped Dylan
5:30 p.m. go the two wrestlers tied up and Thompson back and get the fall. extremely hard the last 16 years. Robinson, of New Hampton, by
•Softball: Fri., Feb. 26, at Roches- went out of bounds. On the “I’ve known how to do a sp- He has put in a ton of time. It major decision, 9-0. In the sec-
ter, 9 a.m. re-start Thompson’s shot was ladle since the second grade, but was a great way to coach my last ond round he had a command-
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball: blocked by Leisure and the two I can’t believe I did that in the fi- match.” ing lead over Kaleb Olejinczak,
Sat., Feb. 27, at Kirkwood CC, 1 hit the edge of the mat. Thomp- nals.” In addition to cheers, Lei- of Perry, before he pinned him
p.m. son’s move was nearly declared a Leisure said his achievement sure also drew laughs from the in 3:47. He reached the champi-
takedown, but the officials did has begun to sink in and he is al- crowd at Wells Fargo when he onship with a 9-7 decision over
•Hockey: Fri., Feb. 26, home vs. not award the points and after ready looking to next year. flashed a smile, minus one of this previously undefeated Shea Ruf-
Rochester, 7:30 p.m. two more tie-ups time ran out in “I didn’t take a day off,” he front teeth, atop the winners po- fridge, of Pocahontas Area/Lau-
•Hockey: Sat., Feb. 27, home vs. sudden victory overtime. said. “I’ll probably go up one dium. The tooth was shattered rens Marathon.
Rochester, 7:30 p.m. Thompson chose the down or two weight classes, but I’ll be earlier in the season at the Battle Points were hard to come by
in the championship for Faught
•Baseball: Sat.-Sun., Feb. 27-28, and his opponent, Matthew Ran-
at Missouri Valley College, Mar- done, a senior from Davenport
shall, Mo. Assumption. The two had met
at the Battle of Waterloo earlier
•Baseball: Fri.-Sun., Feb. 26-28. at in the season and Faught posted
Maryville, Mo. a victory, but this time escapes
provided the only scoring for the
•Women’s Track & Field: Fri.-Sat., majority of the match. Faught
Feb. 26-27, at Big South Indoor led 2-0 after an escape and a stall-
Track Championships, Blacksburg, ing call, but Randone used an es-
Va. cape and two takedowns for a 5-4
win.
•Baseball: Fri.-Sat., Feb. 26-27, at “Ryan Faught had a great
Overland Park, Ks. year,” said Weber. “He ended
up with just one loss in his fresh-
•Baseball: Fri.-Sat., Feb. 26-27, at man year. He’ll be back. He’s got
St. Louis, Mo. three more years.”
•Baseball: Sun., Feb. 28, vs. Wis-
consin-Oshkosh at Sauget, Ill., 10 Clear Lake’s Eric Faught had a strong showing for his first time at State GHV’s Cade Baker wrestled his way to a 6th place finish at the State Meet. GHV Wrestling
a.m. with a 2nd place finish. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
was well represented at the State
•Men’s Track & Field: Fri.-Sat., Lions rally, but fall short Wrestling Tournament held last
Feb. 26-27, at Iowa Conference weekend. For the first time in
Championships, Storm Lake school history, the Cardinals sent
two wrestlers into the semi-finals.
Area athletes playing in a college
sport include: Trudy Peterson, CL, See STATE on page 13
Basketball, NIACC; Chase Lester,
CL, Basketball, NIACC; Brennan Fourth ranked Cherokee (3A) sur- heading into the final quarter. missed an opportunity in the third quar- Clear Lake’s Jordyn Barragy gets physical with a Cherokee defender in a Class
Doebel, CL, Wrestling, NIACC; vived a third quarter rally by Clear Lake “We cut it to six with three minutes ter where they missed a lot of shots,” said 3A region 2 championship game played in Humboldt on Feb. 20. - Photo for the
Spencer Davidson, CL, Golf, NI- and advanced to State with a 66-49 vic- left in the third, but we didn’t capitalize Coach Smith. Reporter by Phil Monson.
ACC; Sola Stephenson, GHV, tory Saturday night in Humboldt. on it because of missed lay-ups and costly Jordyn Barragy was the leading scor-
Track & Field, NIACC; Alex Vander- “We faced a really aggressive team turnovers. If we could have tied it or er for the Lions with 20-points. Snelling
Ploeg, CL, Track & Field, NIACC; tonight,” said Coach Bart Smith, whose made it a one possession game to start followed with 17 and Jessica Faber fin-
Rebecca Long, CL, Golf, NIACC; team was looking for back-to-back trips the fourth I think we would have had the ished with seven. Ellie Biebesheimer and
Joel Toppin, GHV, Wartburg, Track to State. “Their full court pressure didn’t momentum,” said Coach Smith. Emilie Jandebeur had two points apiece,
& Field; Michael & Mitchell Keeran, stop and eventually took a tole on us The Lions’ shooting turned cold in while Gretchen Jones had one point.
CL, Baseball, Waldorf; Sara Bar- throughout the game.” the final quarter, as they missed three “I’m very proud of this year’s group
low, CL, Softball, Waldorf; Tan- Cherokee jumped out to an early quick shots after the Braves opened the because of their will to prepare, heart, and
ner Truesdell, CL, Baseball, BVU; lead and the Lions were down 39-27 at fourth with a basket and free throws fol- a relentless desire to win,” added Coach
Brock Adams & Gavin Sheakley, the break. lowing another Lion foul, for a 54-41 Smith. “Ellie and Erin were great leaders
CL, Baseball, Kirkwood; Dasiana The Lions came out of the locker lead. for us this year and will be missed.”
Larson, GHV, Track & Field, Lib- room after the break ready to make a run With 6:40 remaining, the Lions suf- The Lions ended their season with a
erty University; Rowdy Yates, CL, at the Braves. And that’s just what they fered a major setback as Snelling fouled 16-8 record.
Baseball, Viterbo University; Ozzie did. out with 17 points. One minute later, se- CL 54, Forest City 30
Adams, CL, Baseball, Northwest In the opening minutes of the third nior defensive specialist Erin O’Tool was The Lions advanced to the Regional
Missouri St.; Chandler Diercks, CL, quarter they quickly closed the margin to sent to the bench with her fifth foul. A final with a 54-30 victory over Forest City
& Andrea Toppin, Ventura, Track & six points. A steal and lay-up by junior third starter, Chloe Mueller, also fouled Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Field, ISU; Jacob Colon, CL, Wres- Emily Snelling and basket by Jordyn Bar- out with the braves holding a 61-44 lead Emily Snelling and Jordyn Barragy
tling, Grand View College. ragy pulled the score to 46-40 at the five- at that point. each put in 15 points to propel the team
minute mark in the third. Cherokee effectively killed the clock on offense, however defense was the key
The closing minutes of the frame and sunk their free throws down the to avenging a 52-37 hurt the Indians put
were the opposite, with the Lions making stretch for the 17-point victory. on the Lions on Jan. 9.
five turnovers and committing three fouls “I thought we handled the pressure
in the final three minutes of the period. some what well, but we just didn’t make See CL GIRLS on page 12
The Braves extended the lead to 50-41 free throws throughout the game and we
