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SportsPage 12 • Feb. 24, 2016
Cards pick up two wins to
continue District play
The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
boys opened Class 2A District 3 tour-
nament strong in hopes that the trail
ends at Wells Fargo Arena at the State
GHV freshman James Betz slams home two points in Monday night’s matchup Tournament. The Cardinals picked
against Eagle Grove. Betz had 15-points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals in up two wins and were scheduled to
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The Cardinals didn’t let up after
the break, outscoring the Eagles 23-3
in the third quarter. The bench was
cleared in the fourth quarter and ev-
ery player got their name in the record
book. The reserves held Eagle Grove
to just five fourth quarter points,
while they collected 18 for the final
81-26 victory.
Three GHV players scored in
double figures. James led the team
with 17 points, followed by James
Betz and Sam Cataldo with 15 and
14 points respectively. Harley Forry
added six.
Betz led the team under the
boards with seven rebounds. Nick
Joynt grabbed five and Cataldo pulled
down four.
In addition to being 4/9 from
the three-point line, James also led
the team in assists with seven. Turner
Albertson dished out five and Forry
had four assists. Forry also had a good
night from behind the three point
line, with a perfect 2/2.
Albertson led the team in steals
with three, while Chase Theobald
grabbed two. Cataldo had two
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GHV 52, PAC/L-M 41
The GHV boys had a few ob-
stacles against them Thursday night
when they traveled two hours away to
face Pocahontas Area/Laurens Mara-
thon (18-4) in a 2A District Semifinal night,” said Coach Bart Smith. “If we
game.
“We were in a gym we had never
played in, we had a smaller fan base
due to State wrestling and we were
up against a team that could match
us in size,” said Coach Joe Albertson. er and did a nice job making it tough
“However, even though things were
not in our favor, the boys battled to
keep it close.”
Both teams came ready to
play. PAC/L-M took a first quarter
score, 11-8. A three-point shot by
Johnathan O’Connor tied the score,
11-11, but the Indians again pulled
13. PAC/L-M held a three point lead
heading into the half time break, 23-
20.
The third quarter was more of the
same, with the Indians pulling ahead
by six, 34-28, before a Payton James
trey brought the score closer, 34-31,
to end the third quarter.
With 5:51 remaining in the
fourth quarter, the Cardinals took
their first lead of the game, 37-
36. The score was tied with 3:47 re-
maining, 39-39. In the final minutes
of the game, GHV connected on 7/12
freethrows to help them seal a 52-41
victory and the chance to move on in
District action.
“Down the stretch we guarded
the perimeter well and forced their
post into tough shots or passes out of
the block. Our fans were loud and
helped us keep the momentum at the
end of the game,” said Albertson.
Cataldo led the team with a
double-double of 14-points and 10
rebounds. O’Connor also hit double
figures with 10-points. James Betz
wasn’t far behind with nine points
and James ended the night with seven
points.
Betz led the team in rebounds
with 12, while Nick Joynt hauled in
six and James pulled down five.
O’Connor led the team in assists
with four.
Cataldo had a whopping eight
blocked shots in the game.
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
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Reporter by Phil Monson.
CL GIRLS they added 10 points in the third and
from page 11 18 in the fourth for the dominant win.
“We were able to get comfort-
“Our girls defended really well to- able on offense because of the defense.
They weren’t scoring a lot, so it made
limited their top scorers’ touches on of- us little more aggressive offensively and
fense, we thought we had a pretty good we got more and more confident with
chance to get this win. Erin (O’Tool), every defensive stop. I was very proud
Chloe (Mueller), and Emily (Snelling) of how our girls came to compete and
all rotated defensively on their top scor- played hard.”
Barragy had a hot hand from the
for them to catch and be effective on outside, draining four of six three-point
offense.” attempts on her way to 15 points. Snel-
Ellie Biebesheimer, Jessica Faber ling was 4/9 from two-point range and
and Jordyn Barragy defended the Indi- sunk six of eight free throws in picking
ans’ post pretty well, too, added Smith. up 15 points to go with her team-high
“It was a total team effort on de- six rebounds and five steals.
fense.” Erin O’Tool was next with seven
The Lions asserted their domi- points and four rebounds. Chloe Muel-
nance early, holding the Indians to just ler put in six points, while Jessica Fa-
four points in the first quarter. The ber and Ellie Biebesheimer each had
score was 26-10 at the half. four. Biebeshiemer pulled down five
Solid defense also made the Lion rebounds. Kiersten Baalson came off
offense flow. While keeping the Indi- the bench to score three points.
ans in single digit scoring in the third,
Osage ends
Clear Lake’s season
The Clear Lake boys ran into a Lions went cold. The team scored just
buzz saw at Osage Thursday in the three points, while Osage stayed steady
Class 2A District 4 semifinal round. with 17 for the 20-point win.
The top seed Osage Green Devils ex- “Credit Osage for just making
celled on their home floor in a 70-50 plays when we couldn’t,” said Coach
victory. Ainley.
“We knew playing the number one Tatum, a senior, led the Lions with
seed in our district on the road in their 18 points and “did everything,” accord-
gym would present some challenges ing to his coach. The senior was 7/10
and we certainly had some,” said Lions from the field and 4/6 from the line.
Coach Jeremy Ainley. He also grabbed three rebounds.
The game was actually much closer Zach Lester played great in a big
than the final score indicates. game with 14 points, five assists and a
Osage held a slim 20-16 lead after blocked shot. Jarod Anderson put in
the first quarter. The Lions were down five points and Parker Truesdell and
by as many as 12 in the second quar- Justin Sholly each had three. Sholly
ter, but continued to battle and pulled was the Lions’ leader on the boards
within seven at the half, 36-29. with five rebounds.
Clear Lake’s leading scorer, junior “Overall, I am really proud of this
Thomas Storbeck, injured his ankle in team,” said Coach Ainley. “Nobody is
the Lions’ first round game against St happy with the record or the results,
Ansgar and didn’t practice leading up but some guys really came out of this
to the Osage game, said Ainley. Stor- better. Our seniors were tremendous
beck was hampered with foul trouble players and people, we are going to
early in the game and eventually fouled miss all of them. They were great rep-
out with seven points. resentation of Clear Lake on and off the
“Zach Tatum kinda put us on his floor. Some of our younger guys really
back and was scoring what felt like grew up and got better this year and we
all of our first half points,” said Ain- look forward to them in the upcoming
ley. “Thomas was on the bench with years.”
three fouls and we were just surviving.” The Lions’ senior leadership in-
In the third quarter the Lions con- cluded Tatum, Anderson, Truesdell,
tinued to battle and fought through Sholly, Parker Pitzen, Lucas Kirchhoff
foul trouble to be down by only six and Nick Naumann.
heading into the final period. Clear Lake ended the season with
Down by six points with five-min- an 11-12 record.
utes to go, Storbeck fouled out and the
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