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“I’m pleased with where we are at for
the first game out of break.”
CLHS Girls
Basketball Coach
Bart Smith
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Thursday
•Clear Lake 8th grade girls home
vs. Clarion-Goldfield, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade girls at Clar-
ion-Goldfield, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake JV/V wrestling at Web-
ster City, 6 p.m.
•GHV JH girls basketball home vs.
Newman Catholic, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JH wrestling at Algona, 4:15
p.m.
•GHV V wrestling at Osage, 6 p.m.
•GHV JJV basketball home vs. For-
est City, 6:15 p.m.
Friday
•Clear Lake JV girls and boys bas-
ketball at Humboldt, 3:45 p.m.
•Clear Lake 8th grade boys bas-
ketball home vs. Mason City, 4:15
p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade boys basket-
ball at Mason City, 4:30 p.m.
•Clear Lake V girls and boys bas-
ketball at Humboldt, 6:15 p.m.
•GHV JV girls and boys basketball
at Forest City, 4 p.m.
•GHV V girls and boys basketball
at Forest City, 6:15 p.m.
Saturday
•Clear Lake V wrestling tourna-
ment at Osage, 10 a.m.
•GHV V wrestling tournament at
Lake Mills, 10 a.m.
Monday
•Clear Lake 8th grade boys basket-
ball at Clarion-Goldfield, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade boys bas-
ketball home vs. Clarion-Goldfield,
4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake JV girls and boys bas-
ketball at Forest City, 6 p.m.
•Clear Lake 9th grade girls and
boys basketball at Hampton-Du-
mont, 6:30 p.m.
•GHV V wrestling tournament at
West Fork, 5 p.m.
•GHV JJV boys basketball at West
Fork, 6:15 p.m.
Tuesday
•Clear Lake JV girls and boys bas-
ketball at Hampton-Dumont, 3:45
p.m.
•Clear Lake JH wrestling at Algona,
4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake V girls and boys bas-
ketball at Hampton-Dumont, 6:15
p.m.
•Clear Lake JV/V wrestling home
vs. Mason City, 6:30 p.m.
•GHV JV girls and boys basketball
home vs. West Hancock, 4 p.m.
•GHV JH girls home vs. West Fork,
4:15 p.m.
•GHV V girls and boys basketball
home vs. West Hancock, 6:15 p.m.
•Basketball: Thurs., Jan. 14, at
Michigan State, 6 p.m.
•Basketball: Sun., Jan. 17, home
vs. Michigan, 1 or 3:30 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat., Jan. 16, at Kan-
sas State, 3 p.m.
•Basketball: Mon., Jan. 18, home
vs. Oklahoma, 8 p.m.
•Basketball: Wed., Jan. 13, at Indi-
ana State, 6 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat., Jan. 16, home
vs. Loyola, 3 p.m.
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Wed., Jan. 13, at Southwestern
CC, 5:30 p.m.
•Wrestling: Thurs., Jan. 14, at Iowa
Western CC
•Wrestling: Fri., Jan. 15, at Univer- ing the National Anthem, the pep band will play,
sity of Neb.-Kearney duals
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Sat., Jan. 16, home vs. Ellsworth
CC, 1 p.m.
•Men’s Basketball: Mon., Jan. 18,
home vs. Luther College JV, 7 p.m.
CLHS
Honors
State
Winners
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Jan. 13, 2016 • Page 8
Back-to-back losses
for Clear Lake boys
THOMAS STORBECK ZACH LESTER
Back-to-back games resulted in back- Forest City 54, CL 52
to-back losses for the Clear Lake boys last A shot at the buzzer by Thomas Stor-
week. Webster City and Forest City put the beck just missed, giving Forest City a 54-52
Lions’ losing streak at five and their record win over Clear Lake Saturday, Jan. 9.
at 4-6 overall and 3-2 in the North Central The Lions held a two-point lead to start
Conference. the final period, but the Indians outscored
them 11-7 in the final eight minutes to get
Webster City 67, CL 59 the win.
Undefeated Webster City got off to a “I thought we came out with a lot of
fast start against the Lions Friday, Jan. 8, energy and got up nine early in the first
then held on for a 67-59 NCC win. quarter, which was great to see,” said the
The Lions trailed by seven points, 17- Lion Coach. “Unfortunately we turned
10 after the first quarter, but managed to the ball over in the second quarter and let
play even with the Lynx in the second for a our lead get away before half. We had too
22-15 halftime score. many silly turnovers against light pressure
Clear Lake’s Emily Snelling is pure concentration as she drives to the basket in Tuesday night’s match-up against Algona. “We came out a little flat in intensity, and stopped running on offense.”
The Lions topped the Bulldogs in a close one, 50-47. Snelling led Clear Lake with 27-points. -Reporter photo by Chris which was disappointing, and let them The Lions regained control of the game
Barragy build a lead in the first quarter. I thought and led much of the third and fourth quar-
in the second quarter we got our legs un- ters before the Indians made some big shots
CL girls win one; drop two derneath us a little better and fought back a and took the lead with two-minutes to go
The Clear Lake girls split decisions in two close little,” said Coach Jeremy Ainley. in the game.
North Central Conference contests last week, then The Lynx held a slim 28-25 lead at the break, but A much better third quarter closed the Clear Lake’s defense made four straight
dropped a non-conference tilt with 13th ranked (3A) the Lions came out strong in the third and outscored gap to three heading into the final period, stops, but couldn’t get a basket to fall, in-
Forest City, putting their record at 7-4 overall and 4-2 the home team, 15-10, to take a 40-38 advantage into 44-41. cluding Storbeck’s potential basket at the
in the NCC. the final eight minutes. Webster City outscored the Lions in end of the game.
The Lynx shut the visitors down in the final pe- the fourth, 67-59. Storbeck led the team with 23 points
CL 50, Algona 47 riod, outscoring them 11-7, to get the 49-47 win. “Ultimately, we turned the ball over a on 9/16 shooting from two-point range.
The Lions started the week strong, posting a 50- “We made to many mistakes late in the game to little too much down the stretch and missed He scored 15 points in the first quarter to
47 win over Algona Tuesday, Jan. 5. get this win,” said Coach Smith. “Webster did a nice some shots after they missed some free help the Lions off to a strong start. He was
Emily Snelling was a force for the Lions, putting job defending us on the arc and not allowing us to throws,” said Coach Ainley. also 3/4 at the free throw line.
in 27 points, grabbing a team-high seven rebounds penetrate and get open looks. We had a great start Thomas Storbeck was the leader of a Zach Lester fought through foul
and making five steals. Snelling sunk five of eight free in the first quarter but we need to do the little things trio of Lions in double figures. The senior trouble to finish in double figures with 10
throw attempts to help seal the victory. better to extend the lead and finish a game.” scored 18 points, boosted by 4/5 shoot- points. Parker Truesdell scored nine points
“I thought we did a good job defending tonight. The Lynx also did a good job keeping the Lions ing from three-point range. Zach Lester and Zach Tatum finished with eight points
Emily was very active at both ends of the floor and off of the free throw line. Clear Lake shot just seven added 13 points and dished out six assists, and seven rebounds. Justin Sholly added
had a really good night. I’m pleased with where we free throws in the game, making four of them. while Zach Tatum had a solid game with two points. Jarod Anderson played a good
are at for the first game out of break. We looked a Jessica Faber had a strong night for the Lions, 11 points. Foul trouble sent Tatum to the game with five assists.
little sluggish but picked it up in the second half,” said scoring 16 and making three steals. Erin O’Tool add- bench early. “Again, we had too many bad turnovers
Coach Bart Smith. ed nine points and five rebounds. Emily Snelling put Parker Truesdell and Parker Pitzen that led to easy baskets for them,” said Ain-
Chloe Mueller was also in double figures with 10 in eight points and had five assists. scored six points apiece, Jarod Anderson ley. “There is plenty of season left, but we
points. The sophomore also had five rebounds and Jordyn Barragy was good for seven points and five had three and Justin Sholly chipped in two have to get better in late game situations,
three assists. rebounds, while Chloe Mueller scored five and made points. with or without the lead, which is hard for
Erin O’Tool and Jordyn Barragy each scored six five assists. Ellie Biebesheimer rounded out the scor- Pitzen pulled down five rebounds and an inexperienced team, but we will get bet-
points and Mckenna Backhaus added one. ing with two points. Sholly had four. ter.”
Forest City 52, CL 37
Webster City 49, CL 47 A cold third quarter doomed the Clear Lake girls
Webster City outlasted the Lions in an NCC against 13th ranked (3A) Forest City Saturday, Jan. 9.
battle played Friday, Jan. 8, on the Lynx’s home court.
See CL GIRLS on page 10
Ryan Faught, Clear Lake’s 152 pound wrestler, took top honors at the Clear Lake Invitational. Ryan Leasure earned Championship honors at the Clear Lake Invitational. Leasure wrestles at 138 pounds.
Lions wrestlers place third at home Invitational
The Clear Lake wrestling team had a busy CL 45, Humboldt 28 Will Kirschbaum lost by decision at 132. Ryan Here is a recap of the tournament provided by
week at home coming off of the Christmas break. On Thursday, Jan. 7, the Lions hosted North Leisure and Kaleb Froiland both won by fall for the coach:
The team posted a conference win over Humboldt, Central Conference foe Humboldt. In a match the final score, 45-28.
then hosted an eight-team tournament, finishing between two evenly matched teams, Clear Lake “To get seven pins against a quality team is a 106: Eric Faught, first place. Eric still has not had
third. came out on top, 45-28. good showing by our kids,” said Weber. a close match this year. He is 17-0 and ranked second
The Lions will host their last meet of the sea- “Our kids stepped it up and came away with a Clear Lake Invitational in the state.
son Tuesday, Jan. 19, against Mason City. It will big NCC conference win,” said Coach Weber. The Clear Lake wrestling team placed third 113: Bryan Hillyer, third place. He had an awe-
be a busy night. The CLHS chorus will be sing- The meet started at 152, where Ryan Faught Saturday in their own tournament. A very good some day. He only weighs 105 and wrestles 113.
started with a big pin. Cooper Merrill wrestled Oelwein team won the tourney. 120: Braxton Doebel, third place. This was his
it is Senior Night and Parents Night. Elementary well, but lost by decision at 160, as did Dalton Clear Lake’s three ranked wrestlers all wrestled first week of wrestling after breaking his arm in PE
wrestlers will be dualing Mason City kids starting Grell at 170. Kade Hambly was pinned at 182 and well and placed first. Several other Lions had good class. He did well.
at 6 p.m. so was Dalton Mennenga at 195. showings, helping Clear Lake to place ahead of 120: Jackson Hamlin, fifth place. He showed im-
“It should be a fun night,” stated coach Gary Senior Ace Walton moved up to 220 and fourth place Charles City and fifth place Forest provement in his defense throughout the day so we are
Weber, who will also be coaching his final home changed Humboldt’s momentum with his own City. Alton and Emmetsburg were sixth and sev- pleased.
match that night. Weber is retiring following this, pin. Teammate Kyle Willms did the same at 285 enth. 126: Ben Hillyer, fourth place. Ben had two very
his 34th season at the Lion helm. Weber began and the Lions were back in the meet. Two more The Lions also had five junior varsity grapplers good matches and showed big improvement.
the 2015-16 campaign with a record of 427-204- pins by Eric Faught and Bryan Hillyer, at 106 and wrestle in the varsity tournament as wild cards and 132: Ben Finn, fifth place. Ben wrestled in his
3, ranking him in the top 10 in Iowa wrestling his- 113, gave the Lions the lead. they competed very well, commented Coach Gary first varsity tourney and gained valuable experience.
tory. He began his career in Plainfield, then after Freshman Braxton Doebel made his first high Weber. “Hat’s off to Dale Ludwig and Mike Les- He dropped a weight class to help the team.
six years came to Clear Lake, where he turned the school match a memorable one and won by deci- ter for running a very smooth tourney.” 138: Ryan Leis, first place. Ryan handily beat the fifth
Lion program into a perennial power. sion at 120. Aarron Canchola lost by fall 126 and ranked wrestler and is looking good.
145: Kaleb Froilan, third place . Kaleb is 14-11
and is enjoying a very good senior year. His cradle is
dangerous.
145: Marcus Soto. He looked good at times, but
just needs more experience.
See CL WRESTLING on page 9