Four Ventura players earn Cornbelt conference golf recognition

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:06pm

The Ventura boys and girls golf teams competed in the Cornbelt Conference Golf Tournament on Monday, April 30.  The boy’s team golfed at West Bend, while the girl’s team competed in Graettinger.
    The boy’s team placed sixth in the seven team competition.  Harris-Lake Park and Graettinger-Terrill/Ruthven-Ahryshire tied for the team title with 341 points.  Ventura scored 377 points.

Conference runner-up honors go to CL girls

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:06pm

     Bishop Garrigan squeezed past Clear Lake 357-359 to capture the North Central Conference title Monday at River Road Golf Course in Algona.  Garrigan’s Alexa Capesius was the medalist with a round of 80.  Clear Lake’s Meg Monson was runner-up with an 82.
    The two teams were heads and shoulders above the rest of the conference field.  Third place Humboldt finished 68 strokes behind the Lions with a score of 427. 
    The Lions also received a 90 from Malorie Fischels, 93 from Lexi Lovik and 94 from Taylor Berger.

Lady Vikes keep dropping times

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:03pm

    The Ventura girls track team continues to see improvement as they prepare for District competition on Thursday, May 10, in Lake Mills.
West Hancock Meet
    The Lady Vikes faced some tough competition at the West Hancock Meet on Monday, April 30, but that didn’t faze them much, as they recorded some best times of the season.

Vikings running well heading into Districts

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:02pm

    The Ventura boys track team is looking strong as they head into Districts.  The group recorded some personal best times last week according to Head Coach Rod Huber. 
    West Hancock Meet
    On Monday, April 30, the Vikings ran at West Hancock.
    Joel Toppin picked up a first place finish in the 3200 meter run with a time of 10:24.60.  He also placed fourth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 56.44.

Lions face stiff competition at Waverly Tournament

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:00pm

The Clear Lake boys soccer team pushed some of the state’s best soccer teams to the brink in the past week, emerging with a split in match play and an 0-3 record at the Waverly Soccer Tournament.
WC 1, CL 0

Busy schedule for CL girls tennis team

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:59pm

The Clear Lake girls tennis team played two dual matches in two days and participated in a quadrangular meet on the third day. The busy schedule provided lots of opportunities, according to Coach Martha Andrews.

IF-A 8, CL 2
    The Lions played at Iowa Falls Monday, April 30.  Clear Lake’s Alexis Atkinson picked up a win in singles for the Lions, as did the doubles team of Kaitlyn Pitzen and Taylor Julsen.  Julsen also played a very close singles match, but lost in the tie-breaker, 7-5.

Boys tennis team falls to Ford Dodge St. Eds

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:56pm

     The Clear Lake boys tennis team dropped a match 8-1 to Fort Dodge St. Ed’s.  The Gaels were heavily favored in the match.  They finished in the top eight in the state a year ago and returned four of their top six players this year.
    The Lions picked up their only win in the match at number one doubles.  The team of Jerry Kockler and Paul Raner

The last class

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:54pm

Sunday will be bittersweet in Ventura

Clear Lake artist creates series of Surf Ballroom inspired works

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:43pm

    The Clear Lake Arts Center is sponsoring a special exhibit by artist Jaclyn Garlock.  Included in this exhibit is a recently completed significant series of paintings depicting people in and about the Historical Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. 

Proposed noise ordinance moves ahead

Published by admin on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:39pm

First of three readings passes on 3-1 vote

    Despite some rumbling from about 20 persons attending Monday night’s meeting, the Clear Lake City Council approved the first of three readings of a new noise ordinance for the community.
    The second reading of the ordinance will be held at the next council meeting on May 21.

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