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al some great minutes tonight when re- CL 69, St. Eds 41 sweep
ally needed.” The Lions bounced back from a
Clear Lake He noted Storbeck shot the ball poor shooting night with a very solid
0900 well, despite an injury to his shooting performance against St. Eds on Friday,
hand, and had his best all-around game Jan. 22. They treated the home crowd Hampton-
Clear Lake with seven assists and six rebounds. to a 69-41 victory.
0-606-3552 Zach Lester put in five points for “It was a very good shooting night
the Lions. Cody Matz and Parker Pit- for us. We had better rhythm and time Dumont,
Clear Lake zen finished with three and two points in our motion offense and got some
757 respectively. Matz also helped the Li- good looks because of it,” said Coach
ons on defense, coming off the bench Bart Smith. “Emily (Snelling) con- 62-25
, Clear Lake to get six rebounds. tinues to be our consistent scorer and
88 “Overall, it was a tremendous Jessica (Faber) was able to get it going
t eam effort,” said Ainley. from the arc and give us good scoring The Clear Lake freshman Lions
Lake • 357-8118 St. Eds 45, CL 29 off the bench.” headed on the road to take on the
After one of their best shooting Snelling led the way with 28 Hampton-Dumont Bulldogs on Tues-
Shops efforts in Hampton on Tuesday, the points, five assists and eight steals. Fa- day, Jan. 18. The Lions were looking
Lions followed up with their worst ber was also in double figures with 14 to sweep the season series and came out
ore shooting of the year on Friday. The points to go with her four rebounds. in the first quarter and took a big lead
A Whole Lot More! Gaels from St. Edmond held the Li- Chloe Mueller was next with eight due to some great defense and good
0 Hwy. 18 W. ons to single digit scoring in three out points and a team-high seven rebounds, shooting. The lead at half was 48-10
Clear Lake of four quarters and rolled to a 45-29 followed by Erin O’Tool with seven and the second half was controlled by
NCC win. points and five rebounds. Gretchen the Lions, as well. They cruised to a
1) 357-7117 Unlike the previous outing, where Jones and Jordyn Barragy each had five Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser 62-25 victory to sweep the season se-
three Lions scored in double figures, points. Kayla Ritter rounded out the ries.
s this time no player topped nine points. offense with two points. Clear Lake wrestling cheerleaders helped wrap up a series of Coaches vs. Cancer Leading the way for the Lions was
“I thought we got some good looks “We need to continue this aggres- events held at Lion sporting events in the past week. The wrestling program Jared Penning with 12, Tate Storbeck
., Clear Lake in the first half, but just could not hit sive play on the offensive end to be joined the girls and boys basketball teams in helping to raise money for the Amer- with 10, Jacob Peterson with nine,
17 anything,” said Coach Ainley. our best by tournament time,” added ican Cancer Society through fundraisers at sporting events.-Reporter photo. and Chase Stuver with eight points.
The Lions started cold, scoring Coach Smith.
•High Speed Internet only one basket in the first eight- Lion JV wrestlers win at New Hampton Also scoring for the Lions was Drew
•Phone minutes, and the drought continued Girls team offers Enke with six points, Mac Adams five,
•Digital Cable TV through the first half. St. Eds led 21- parents a night out The Clear Lake junior varsity successful wrestlers and keep Clear Alex Snelling four and Landon Lovs-
•Business Solutions 10 at the break. Saturday wrestling team traveled to New Hamp- Lake as one of the top programs in the tad three points. Will Finn and Carter
•Wireless Clear Lake seemed to make ap- ton Thursday night and came away state,” said Coach Gary Weber. “We Backhaus each added two points and
•Home Security propriate adjustments at halftime and Clear Lake High School girls bas- with eight wins. have an outstanding group of freshman Aaron Blum had one.
got their game back on track in the ketball players invite parents to drop off Winning for the Lions was Ben and sophomore wrestlers. I am excited The Lions then headed to Clarion
eet • 357-2111 third. They rattled off 16 points, while their children on Saturday, Jan. 30, at Finn, Rhys Glidden, Joey Monson, to watch them in the future. We also to take on the Cowboys on Thursday,
w.cltel.com holding the Gaels to nine, in the third Clear Creek Elementary from 6-9 p.m. Ben Stroup, Jacob Pingel, Chance Polli have seven freshman and sophomores Jan. 21. The Lions struggled through-
period and pulled within three at one to enjoy fun, age-appropriate activities and Aarron Canchola. on the Varsity team. This combination out the whole game and played slug-
mation point. while they have a “Parents Night Out.” “Our JV kids are very talented. If of kids could be fun to watch in the gish basketball, but managed to be tied
ertising But the fourth period belonged to Players will watch children ages they stick with the program and con- future.” at half. The Lions continued to strug-
ge call the Gaels, as they outscored the Lions three (must be potty trained) through gle, but foul trouble is what would ulti-
the: 15-3 for the 16-point victory. fifth grade. tinue to work hard, they can all be very mately doom them in the game. They
Parker Pitzen topped the Lions in Activities will include old-fash-
131 or scoring with nine and rebounds with ioned games, nail painting, Wii fun, Eighth grade girls battle Humboldt took a 56-44 loss, setting their record
porter.com six. Thomas Storbeck added eight gym games, crafts, and lego building. at 8-3 with three games remaining.
points before fouling out. Parker The event will take place at Clear The Clear Lake eighth grade girls “The girls played hard the entire Leading the way for the Lions in
Truesdell was credited with five points, Creek Elementary School (enter the basketball team split a pair of games game, and we ended up losing, 38-13. scoring was Drew Enke with 20, Tate
Zach Lester had four and Zach Tatum east doors to sign in) beginning at 5:30 with Humboldt on Thursday, Jan. 21. Lydia Futrell led the girls in scor- Storbeck 15, Alex Snelling six, and Ja-
had three points. p.m. Coach Troy Einertson reported ing with three, while Sky Toyne, Steph cob Peterson with three.
On the night, the Lions shot a Parents are encouraged to feed that in the first game, the girls came Penning, Madeline Mckenna, Allexa “Obviously we felt as a team we
cool 25 percent from two point range their children supper before the event. out strong and opened up a 10-point Whitehouse and Jessica Theobald all should win both of these games, but
and made just two of 17 three-point Popcorn and water will be provided. lead in the first half. Sara Faber and contributed a bucket. the loss will be a learning experience
attempts. They were 5/14 from the Preschool children will enjoy ani- Lexi Fasbender opened the floor up “The girls did a great job running and the kids will learn and grow from
free throw line. mal crackers. Preschool children will from the outside with a couple long the offense. We just could not buy it. I expect the kids to bounce back
Cody Matz came off the bench to be in the small lunch room with their threes, and Julia Merfeld ran the floor a bucket. Sky picked up three quick and finish the season out strong,”
grab five rebounds for the Lions. own age appropriate activities. extremely well, getting them the ball in fouls and Jessica did a great job run- Coach Mike Oimoen said.
“We were not aggressive enough Cost: is $10 per child (not to ex- open space. For the game, Faber had ning the point while Sky sat out.”
on offense and did not look fluid at ceed $30 per family). 18 points and eight rebounds, while
anything,” said the coach. “ Defen- Proceeds will go to the CLHS Eighth grade LionsFasbender added 10 and Merfeld had
sively 45 points was good enough to Girls Basketball Program.
win, but 29 points on offense will not eight points, leading the Lions to a 40-
win games. We will go back to work 24 win.
and continue to get better.” split with Humboldt In the second game of the night,

Humboldt came out on fire and the
Lions just could not get the ball in the The Clear Lake eighth grade boys Arndt, Mitchell Raber and Kanon Go-
hoop. basketball team split a pair of games eman had three points apiece.

with Humboldt Friday, Jan. 22. In the B game, the Lions came
In the A game, the Lions went away with a 24-23 victory. Brody
GHV junior varsity boys extend record to 17-0 into overtime with the Wildcats, but Kuhlmeier paced the team with 10
The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura boys JV basketball team 41; Forest City, on Friday, Jan. 15, 57-31; West Hancock on fell 51-42. “Mistakes late in the game points. Zane Anderson and Noah Ma-
is on fire with a 17-0 record. Not only are they undefeated, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 80-46; and Belmond-Klemme on Friday, cost us the win,” said Coach Shawn son each scored three points. Hunter
but they are putting up some pretty impressive scores. Jan. 22, 45-16. Puttmann. “We came out flat in the Nielsen, Cael Crispin, Austin Larson
“Any coach would be happy with the season we are hav- “When we played Mason City, they brought some se- first quarter, only scoring two points. I and Hunter Hill had two points apiece.
ing,” said Coach Josh Banse. “There is a lot of young talent niors and mostly juniors with one sophomore. We played thought that Ryan Thomas had one of “It was a tight game all four quar-
on this team and they know how to score. The best part of our best game against them. The whole team wanted that his best games of the year, sparking the ters. Humboldt had their chances to
coaching this team is seeing them get better defensively.” win and it showed in the final score,” said Banse. “Going Lions on defense.” win, but the Lions tightened their de-
The JV team’s win include: North Union on Friday, forward the guys are working toward remaining unbeaten Thomas led the team with 18 fense to not let them go ahead,” said
Jan. 8, 41-27; North Iowa on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 58-28; the and working hard in practice trying to reach that goal.” points. Jaylen DeVries put in 11, while Coach Puttmann.
Jack Barragy scored four, and Brecken
Mason City varsity reserve team on Thursday, Jan. 14, 55-

NCC WRESTLING 126 - Ben Hillyer (9-14) placed 4th 1st Place Match - Ryan Leisure gen (Humboldt) 8-14 won by decision 4-20 (Fall 5:50)
from page 9 and scored 11.00 team points. (Clear Lake) 37-1 won by major de- over Dalton Grell (Clear Lake) 8-27 5th Place Match - Spencer Chris-
Quarterfinal - Cole Nokes (Webster cision over Tanner Abbas (Clarion- (Dec 7-0) tensen (Clear Lake) 4-20 won by de-
Semifinal - Eric Faught (Clear Lake) City) 22-5 won by tech fall over Ben Goldfield) 30-4 (MD 10-2) 182 - Kade Hambly (7-23) placed 5th cision over Wyatt Folkerts (Hampton-
29-0 won by fall over Derick Khaleck Hillyer (Clear Lake) 9-14 (TF-1.5 5:28 and scored 6.00 team points. Dumont) 10-10 (Dec 8-5)
(Webster City) 13-8 (Fall 0:51) (21-5)) 145 - Kaleb Froiland (17-17) placed Quarterfinal - Malcolm Boyd (Hum-
1st Place Match - Eric Faught Cons. Round 1 - Ben Hillyer (Clear 2nd and scored 16.00 team points. boldt) 26-13 won by fall over Kade 285 - Kyle Willms (28-14) placed 2nd
(Clear Lake) 29-0 won by fall over Lake) 9-14 won by fall over Jacob Quarterfinal - Kaleb Froiland (Clear Hambly (Clear Lake) 7-23 (Fall 1:09) and scored 16.00 team points.
Connor Johnson (Clarion-Goldfield) Grefe (Hampton-Dumont) 8-13 (Fall Lake) 17-17 received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 1 - Kade Hambly Quarterfinal - Kyle Willms (Clear
14-11 (Fall 4:17) 3:35) Semifinal - Kaleb Froiland (Clear (Clear Lake) 7-23 received a bye () Lake) 28-14 received a bye () (Bye)
113 - Jackson Hamlin (20-19) placed Cons. Semi - Ben Hillyer (Clear Lake) 17-17 won by decision over (Bye) Semifinal - Kyle Willms (Clear
6th and scored 3.00 team points. Lake) 9-14 won by decision over Car- Jaxon Kampen (Humboldt) 28-8 (Dec Cons. Semi - Noah Murphy (Algo- Lake) 28-14 won by decision over
Quarterfinal - Todd Raisch (Iowa son Devine (Algona) 10-13 (Dec 6-4) 5-3) na) 19-17 won in tie breaker - 1 over Trent McAtee (Clarion-Goldfield) 18-
Falls-Alden) 12-7 won by decision 3rd Place Match - Lucas Liene- 1st Place Match - Brady Brott (Clar- Kade Hambly (Clear Lake) 7-23 (TB-1 19 (Dec 6-0)
over Jackson Hamlin (Clear Lake) mann (Clarion-Goldfield) 19-16 won ion-Goldfield) 35-3 won by tech fall 3-1) 1st Place Match - Cooper Lawson
20-19 (Dec 5-3) by major decision over Ben Hillyer over Kaleb Froiland (Clear Lake) 17- 5th Place Match - Kade Hambly (Webster City) 25-1 won by major de-
Cons. Round 1 - Jackson Hamlin (Clear Lake) 9-14 (MD 10-2) 17 (TF-1.5 5:43 (18-3)) (Clear Lake) 7-23 won by major deci- cision over Kyle Willms (Clear Lake)
(Clear Lake) 20-19 received a bye () sion over Rocco Miller (Webster City) 28-14 (MD 15-4)
(Bye) 132 - Will Kirschbaum (21-15) placed 152 - Ryan Faught (34-6) placed 1st 5-19 (MD 10-1)
Cons. Semi - Colin Birzer (St Ed- 4th and scored 14.00 team points. and scored 24.00 team points. DUAL WRESTLING
mond) 19-8 won by major decision Quarterfinal - Will Kirschbaum Quarterfinal - Ryan Faught (Clear 195 - Ace Walton (18-7) placed 2nd from page 9
over Jackson Hamlin (Clear Lake) (Clear Lake) 21-15 won by fall over Lake) 34-6 won by fall over Ty Smith and scored 16.00 team points.
20-19 (MD 14-4) Robert Alert (Hampton-Dumont) 5-16 (St Edmond) 2-23 (Fall 1:16) Quarterfinal - Ace Walton (Clear New Hampton 50, CL 24
5th Place Match - Todd Raisch (Fall 1:26) Semifinal - Ryan Faught (Clear Lake) 18-7 received a bye () (Bye) 106: Eric Faught (CL) over Dylan
(Iowa Falls-Alden) 12-7 won in sud- Semifinal - Calen Rosenbaum Lake) 34-6 won by fall over Dakota Semifinal - Ace Walton (Clear Lake) Robinson (Dec 5-0) 113: Noah Fye
den victory - 1 over Jackson Hamlin (Clarion-Goldfield) 27-7 won by de- Hennigar (Clarion-Goldfield) 23-14 18-7 won by decision over Zach Pog- (NH) over Jackson Hamlin (MD 14-
(Clear Lake) 20-19 (SV-1 4-2) cision over Will Kirschbaum (Clear (Fall 1:35) ge (Clarion-Goldfield) 14-7 (Dec 5-2) 1) 120: Connor Cleveland (NH) over
Lake) 21-15 (Dec 11-7) 1st Place Match - Ryan Faught 1st Place Match - Miles Fristo Braxton Doebel (Fall 0:58) 126: Tyler
120 - Braxton Doebel (5-10) placed Cons. Semi - Will Kirschbaum (Clear Lake) 34-6 won by decision (Hampton-Dumont) 26-11 won by de- Shatek (NH) over Ben Hillyer (Fall
5th and scored 7.00 team points. (Clear Lake) 21-15 won by fall over over Gus Arnold (Humboldt) 28-9 cision over Ace Walton (Clear Lake) 1:31) 132: Keaton Geerts (NH) over
Quarterfinal - Carson Hartnett Mitchell Priebe (Algona) 11-21 (Fall (Dec 4-0) 18-7 (Dec 6-5) Will Kirschbaum (Fall 1:48) 138: Ryan
(Webster City) 21-13 won by fall over 0:57) Leisure (CL) over Cody Bearman
Braxton Doebel (Clear Lake) 5-10 3rd Place Match - Dillon Rubow 170 - Dalton Grell (8-27) placed 6th 220 - Spencer Christensen (4-20) (Fall 0:22) 145: Keegan Tenge (NH)
(Fall 3:01) (Iowa Falls-Alden) 25-14 won by de- and scored 3.00 team points. placed 5th and scored 5.00 team over Kaleb Froiland (MD 13-0) 152:
Cons. Round 1 - Braxton Doebel cision over Will Kirschbaum (Clear Quarterfinal - Michael Kent (Iowa points. Ryan Faught (CL) over Ryan Gorman
(Clear Lake) 5-10 received a bye () Lake) 21-15 (Dec 3-2) Falls-Alden) 28-7 won by fall over Quarterfinal - Zack Duncan (Iowa (Dec 2-1) 160: Drew Boeding (NH)
(Bye) Dalton Grell (Clear Lake) 8-27 (Fall Falls-Alden) 21-13 won by major deci- over Marcus Soto (Fall 4:12) 170:
Cons. Semi - Cole Allison (St Ed- 138 - Ryan Leisure (37-1) placed 1st 0:55) sion over Spencer Christensen (Clear Noah Glaser (NH) over Dalton Grell
mond) 21-5 won by decision over and scored 22.00 team points. Cons. Round 1 - Dalton Grell (Clear Lake) 4-20 (MD 13-2) (Fall 1:35) 182: Jace Cajthaml (NH)
Braxton Doebel (Clear Lake) 5-10 Quarterfinal - Ryan Leisure (Clear Lake) 8-27 received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 1 - Spencer Chris- over Kade Hambly (Fall 1:03) 195:
(Dec 6-2) Lake) 37-1 received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Semi - Mason Carpenter tensen (Clear Lake) 4-20 received a Ace Walton (CL) over Adam Wurzer
5th Place Match - Braxton Doebel Semifinal - Ryan Leisure (Clear (Clarion-Goldfield) 30-11 won by fall bye () (Bye) (Fall 1:55) 220: Areon Day (NH) over
(Clear Lake) 5-10 won by fall over Lake) 37-1 won by major decision over Dalton Grell (Clear Lake) 8-27 Cons. Semi - Cadan Hanson (Clar- Spencer Christensen (Fall 4:12) 285:
Alex Bronson (Algona) 5-25 (Fall over Payton Sitzmann (St Edmond) (Fall 2:22) ion-Goldfield) 13-11 won by fall over Kyle Willms (CL) over Noah Fenske
0:56) 24-4 (MD 12-1) 5th Place Match - Nate Kollmor- Spencer Christensen (Clear Lake) (Fall 1:22)