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from page 11 enough time to finish the shot, but he
never quit driving and took him down CLEAR GHV
Conner Shaw and Cade Baker both with :00 left on the clock. It sounded LAKE
placed, with Shaw taking fifth, and like the whole place was watching that
Baker ending with a sixth place finish. match, it was crazy.” TORIAN LEE ZACH LESTER JENNA HANSON NICOLE UPMEYER
“Both boys made one heck of a Cade Baker also had a good open-
run, with Conner only being :10 away ing round at 182-pounds. Baker, a se- Torian is a junior and he is a Zach is a sophomore and he Jenna is a freshman and she is Nicole is a freshman and she is
from being in the finals and Cade was nior, pinned Kyle Benson, of Sergeant guard. He is the son of Jim Lee plays point guard. He is the a forward. She is the daughter a forward. She is the daughter
only :20 from the finals,” said Coach Bluff-Luton in 5:59 to reach the quar- and Kandi Bienfang Lee. son of Stacey Lester. of Kevin and Mary Hanson. of Adam and Denise Upmeyer.
Cory Jenniges. terfinals. Baker faced Zac Stork, a ju-
Shaw, a junior, had a night he nior from Atlantic in the quarterfinals. GRETCHEN JONES JAMES BETZ
won’t soon forget when he topped the Baker won by decision, 8-6.
number two ranked wrestler in the Shaw beat Will Reiter, from Gretchen is a sophomore and James is a freshman and he
State, Anthony Sherry, of Glenwood, Union, in the quarterfinals, 11-7. she plays as a guard. She is plays power forward. He is the
during the opening round of the State Friday night didn’t go as well as the the daughter of Darron and Julie son of Phil and Barb Betz.
tournament. The coaches, the crowd previous night for the Cardinals. Both Jones.
and Shaw himself knew it was a pre- Baker and Shaw lost in the Class 2A
mier first-round bout with a lot resting semifinals.
on the outcome. Shaw didn’t disap- Shaw was close to heading to the
point. finals, leading 1-0 with under :20 on
Shaw, who is ranked number five the clock, but Nick Holt, of Indepen-
at 170-pounds in Class 2A, trailed dence, scored on a reversal sending
4-3. With just :04 remaining, the pair Shaw to the consolation bracket.
headed to the center of the mat for a In the 182-pound match, Baker
restart. When the whistle blew, Shaw ended up getting pinned just before the
got busy and went for Sherry’s legs for buzzer in 5:56.
a two-point takedown and the victory. “Cade felt good about getting a
“We had a good game plan go- medal his senior year,” said Jenniges.
ing into the match. We knew Sherry “These two young men have given our
was a good freestyle and Greco wres- program a great boost and we are proud
tler, so we did not tie up with him in of them.”
the neutral position,” said Jenniges.
“Conner took a shot and got to his legs Thomas Storbeck paced the Lions
with 22 points. Zach Lester and Parker
LIONS Truesdell were also in double figures.
from page 12 Lester sunk nine of 10 free throw at-
tempts on his way to 17 points. The
CL 87, St Ansgar 56 sophomore also had nine assists and
After a sluggish start in the first five steals. Trues dell was 2/2 at the line
quarter, the Lions blew out St. Ansgar and finished with 10 points.
87-56 in the quarterfinal round of the Free throw shooting was reliable
post-season. throughout the Lion lineup. The team
St. Ansgar (9-13) jumped out to was 22/25 at the charity stripe.
a 21-15 lead after the first quarter, but Eleven players scored in the win,
the Lions responded by outscoring the including Justin Sholly with nine
Saints 31-17 in the second quarter to points, Jarod Anderson with eight, and
take a 46-38 lead into halftime. Zach Tatum with seven. Parker Pitzen
“We started a little tight, I put in four points, Lucas Kirchhoff and
thought, trying to get our first playoff Nate DiCamillo each had three points,
win,” said Coach Ainley. “We gave up and Ryan Atkinson and Cody Matz
way too many points in the first quar- had two points apiece.
ter and needed to settle in and just Sholly also sparked the team with
play. In the second quarter we began 10 rebounds.
to find our groove a little bit.” “It was a nice overall effort for our
In the second half the Lions were first playoff win,” said Coach Ainley.
able to pick up their game defensively “It was a great team victory in which
and continued to get easy buckets on we had a lot of great contributions.”
offense.
Clear Lake held the Saints to six
points in the third quarter and never
looked back.

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