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“It’s hard to beat a team like Hampton, Free Throw
who has so many offensive weapons, Winners
when you shoot the way we did.”
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CLHS Head Girls
Basketball Coach
Bart Smith
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter Jan. 27, 2016 • Page 9
Clear Lake Reporter Faught gets rare fourth NCC tourney title
Lions third in eight-team race
SPORTS
CALENDAR Ryan Faught won his fourth North decision at 195 and Kyle Willms lost to Ryan Faught had a good week on the mat. The Lion senior earned his fourth NCC tournament title, along with wins against a
Central Conference title and helped state ranked Cooper Lawson at heavy- Mason City and state-ranked New Hampton grappler.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.
Thursday the Clear Lake Lions to a third place weight.
finish at the NCC Tournament held “We had a good day. Our kids years. 220: Spencer Christensen, fifth 2016 NCC Tournament Results
•Clear Lake 8th grade boys basket- Saturday. With his victory, Faught be- wrestled with energy and effort and 182: Kade Hambly. Kade had a place. Spence is also just a freshman. 106 - Eric Faught (29-0) placed 1st
ball home vs. Algona, 4:15 p.m. came one of only eight wrestlers to ever that is how we judge our day,” said very good day. He took fifth place and He beat a kid who was 10-7 to take and scored 24.00 team points.
•Clear Lake 7th grade boys basket- accomplish the four-time NCC feat in Coach Gary Weber. he is only a freshman wrestling juniors fifth place. It is very hard to wrestle Quarterfinal - Eric Faught (Clear
ball at Algona, 4:15 p.m. the 50 years of the tournament. He Clarion-Goldfield-Dows won their and seniors. He won 11-1 over a kid he 220 in ninth grade. Lake) 29-0 received a bye () (Bye)
•Clear Lake V girls and boys bas- claimed his title at 152-pounds. The second straight conference tournament
ketball at Crestwood, 6 p.m. senior recorded falls in the opening and with 231 points, placing 11 of 14 wres- lost to earlier in the year. See NCC WRESTLING on page 12
•Clear Lake 9th grade girls and semi-final rounds, then topped Hum- tlers in the top three with two cham- Grapplers close Coach Weber’s
boys basketball home vs. Central boldt’s Gus Arnold 4-0. The win lifted pions. Webster City was second with
Springs, at Clear Creek, 6 p.m. Faught’s record to 34-6 on the year. 205.5 points. The Lions finished third
•GHV 7th grade girls basketball Ryan Leisure won his second with 167.
home vs. Forest City, 4:15 p.m. title in the toughest weight class in Weber commented on the other
•GHV JJV boys basketball home the eight-team tourney. Four wres- place winners:
vs. Lake Mills, 6:15 p.m. tlers were ranked in the top eight at 113: Jackson Hamlin, sixth place.
138-pounds and Leisure won by major Jack gave it his all and wrestled all three
Friday decision in both the semi finals and the matches very hard. He continues to im-
finals. prove.
•Clear Lake JV girls and boys bas- The third NCC champion was 120: Braxton Doebel, fifth place.
ketball at Clarion-Goldfield, 3:45 freshman Eric Faught who won by fall Braxton had a big pin for fifth place,
p.m. in the finals at 106-pounds and remains which was nice to see.
•Clear Lake 8th grade girls basket- undefeated on the year and ranked sec- 126: Ben Hillyer, fourth
ball home vs. Forest City, 4:15 p.m. ond in state. place. Ben is making huge strides and
•Clear Lake 7th grade girls basket- Three other Lions made the fi- did a nice job.
ball at Forest City, 4:15 p.m. nals, but lost. Senior Kaleb Froiland 132: Will Kirshbaum, fourth place.
•Clear Lake V girls and boys bas- pulled a big upset in the semi finals at Will was very close to making it to the
ketball at Clarion-Goldfield, 6:15 145-pounds with a 4-3 win over a 28-7 finals. He is having a great sophomore
p.m. wrestler from Humboldt. Froiland is year.
•GHV JV girls and boys basketball 19-18. He lost to fourth ranked Brady 170: Dalton Grell, sixth place.
at Lake Mills, 4 p.m. Brott, of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, in Dalton has improved so much in the
•GHV 8th grade girls basketball at the finals. Ace Walton lost a close 6-5 last two months. He has two more
Bishop Garrigan, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV 7th grade girls basketball home stand with a victory
home vs. Bishop Garrigan, 4:15
p.m. Former Clear Lake High School State wrestling champion Joe Colon, who has gone on In front of a huge home crowd, the Clear Lake wrestling New Hampton 50, CL 24
•GHV V girls and boys basketball to earn collegiate wrestling honors, was on hand to share in a special night for retiring team beat county rival Mason City Tuesday night, Jan. 19. On Thursday, the Lions traveled to New Hampton to
at Lake Mills, 6:15 p.m. Coach Gary Weber. Weber was given a framed USA singlet from Colon, the only two- “It was Parents Night, Senior Night, Joe Colon Night, take on the state’s number one ranked team. The Lions lost,
time state champion in school history. Colon is currently training to earn a spot in the Elementary Wrestling Night, Middle School Night, Coaches 50-24.
Saturday 2016 Olympics.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy. vs. Cancer Night, the pep band played and the chorus sang Clear Lake won five matches and lost nine. The Faught
the National Anthem. Needless to say, the gym was full,” brothers, Eric and Ryan, both beat state ranked wrestlers
•GHV V wrestling TIC Conference said Coach Gary Weber, who was also part of the festivities, to highlight the night. Ryan Leisure, Ace Walton and Kyle
Meet at Forest City, 10 a.m. as he coached his final home meet. He will retire at the end Willms all had pins for Clear Lake.
•GHV JV wrestling at TIC Confer- of the school year after leading the Lions for 34 years.
ence Meet tournament, 10 a.m. The wrestlers did not let the big crowd down. Both CL 39, Mason City 29
•GHV JV girls and boys basketball teams won seven matches, but the Lions had six pins and 132: Will Kirschbaum (CL) over Carter Newton (Fall 1:23)
home vs. Nashua-Plainfield, 2 p.m. won, 39-29. 138: Ben Finn (CL) over Chris Harper (Fall 3:03) 145: Dy-
•GHV V girls and boys basketball “Our staff really emphasizes the team aspect in wres- lon Crotty (CL) over Lucas Deinhart (Fall 0:39) 152: Mac
home vs. Nashua-Plainfield, 4:15 tling. Not all programs do. Our kids go after the pin and Spotts (MC) over Ryan Faught (TB-1 3-2) 160: Jacob Carl-
p.m. work on not getting pinned so they can help the team,” said son (MC) over Kaleb Froiland (TF 20-5 4:41) 170: Boston
Weber. Draper (MC) over Dalton Grell (Dec 7-0) 182: Isaac Bartel
Monday Clear Lake had pins by Will Kirschbaum, Ben Finn, (MC) over Kade Hambly (Fall 1:04) 195: Ace Walton (CL)
Ryan Leisure, Ace Walton, Kyle Willms and Eric Faught. over Nebraska Thorson (Fall 1:47) 220: Hunter Miller (MC)
•Clear Lake 8th grade girls basket- Jackson Hamlin had a good match and won by decision. over Spencer Christensen (Fall 0:49) 285: Kyle Willms
ball at IF-A, 4:15 p.m. “I was pleased that Kaleb Froiland moved up two weight (CL) over Troy Monahan (Fall 0:57) 106: Eric Faught (CL)
•Clear Lake 7th grade girls basket- classes and did not get pinned,” added Weber. “Dalton Grell over Zach Percy (Fall 1:56) 113: Jackson Hamlin (CL) over
ball home vs. IF-A, 4:15 p.m. lost 7-0 and also saved valuable team points.” Keegan Warner (Dec 4-3) 120: Caden Koerber (MC) over
•Clear Lake 9th grade girls and Braxton Doebel (Dec 8-7) 126: John Kraft (MC) over Ben
boys basketball at Algona, 6:30 Hillyer (Dec 4-0)
p.m.
•GHV 8th grade girls basketball See DUAL WRESTLING on page 12
home vs. Forest City, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV 7th grade girls basketball at
Forest City, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JH wrestling home, 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday
•Clear Lake JV girls and boys bas-
ketball at Algona, 4:30 p.m.
•Clear Lake V girls and boys bas-
ketball at Algona, 6:15 p.m.
•GHV JV girls and boys basketball
home vs. Eagle Grove, 4 p.m.
•GHV V girls and boys basketball
home vs. Eagle Grove, 6:15 p.m.
•Basketball: Thurs., Jan. 28, at Girls split games with NCC foes
Maryland, 6 p.m.
•Basketball: Sun., Jan. 31, home The Clear Lake girls split games did,” said Coach Bart Smith. “Surpris- the Bulldogs 13-12 in the final frame,
vs. Northwestern, 2 p.m. with North Central Conference foes ingly we still had a chance to win that but the Dogs got the 13-point win.
Hampton-Dumont and Fort Dodge game because of how well we guarded Emily Snelling paced the Lions
•Basketball: Sat., Jan. 30, at Texas St. Edmond last week, putting the Li- them. We never gave up and kept bat- with 15 points, while Jordyn Barragy
A&M, 1 p.m. ons’ record at 9-6 overall and 5-4 in the tling. We had some success driving the added 10. Chloe Mueller and Erin
•Basketball: Tues,., Feb. 2, home NCC. ball and putting stress on the defense.” O’Tool had five points apiece. Ellie
vs. West Virginia, 8 p.m. Hampton-Dumont 54, CL 41 The Lions trailed 22-12 at half- Biebesheimer put in four and Jessica
When you’re hot, you’re hot and time, but Coach Smith said it was the Faber had two points.
•Basketball: Wed., Jan. 27, at when you’re not, you’re not. third quarter that sunk the Lions. Snelling and Biebesheimer were
Bradley, 8 p.m. The Lions were definitely on the “Their third quarter start put us in leaders on the board with eight re-
•Basketball: Sun., Jan. 31, home “not” side when they faced 12th ranked a hole that we couldn’t get out of,” he bounds apiece. Mueller was next
vs. Southern Illinois, 3 p.m. (3A) and league-leading Hampton- said. The Lions eventually got rolling, with six. O’Tool had a team-high five
Dumont Tuesday, Jan. 19. Clear Lake but we unable to cut into the Bulldogs’ steals.
shot just 24.2 percent (17/70) in a 54- lead. Heading into the final quarter
41 defeat. H-D led, 42-28. The Lions outscored See CL GIRLS on page 12
“It’s hard to beat a team like
Chloe Mueller brings the ball up the court for the Lions against a pestering Gaels Hampton, who has so many offensive
defense.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy. weapons, when you shoot the way we
•Wrestling: Wed., Jan. 27, at Iowa CL boys run hot and cold
Lakes CC The Clear Lake boys basketball boards. emy Ainley. “Hampton switched some
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball: team sits at 7-7, 5-3 after splitting a pair The Lions started strong and broke things defensively (in the fourth quar- Parker Truesdell (left) and Zach Lester try to turn good defense into some offense for the
Wed., Jan. 27, home vs. Iowa of North Central Conference games out to an11-2 lead. The Bulldogs came ter) and we struggled and allowed them Lions.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.
Lakes CC, 5:30 p.m. last week. The Lions earned a victory back and were able to take an 12-11 to cut it to one point with three min-
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball: over Hampton-Dumont Tuesday, but lead after the first quarter. utes to go. We were able to get some
Sat., Jan. 30, home vs. Kirkwood were handled by St. Ed’s on Friday. The teams went back and forth for key stops down the stretch and made
CC, 1 p.m. CL 66, Hampton-Dumont 60 much of the second quarter until the our free throws in the last minute to get
•Men’s Basketball: Tues., Feb. Thomas Storbeck and Parker final two-minutes when the Lions went a tough fought road win.”
2, home vs. Dakota County Tech. Truesdell provided a one-two punch on a run to go up by 13 at the half, 35- The coach said his team was miss-
College, 7 p.m. as the Lions knocked out Hampton- 22. ing some players that didn’t make the
Dumont 66-60 on the Bulldogs’ home Hampton-Dumont made another road trip.
•Wrestling: Sat., Jan. 30, at Du- court Tuesday, Jan. 19. Storbeck run to start the third period, but the Li- “We were a little short handed, but
hawk Dual, Dubuque, Iowa, 9 a.m. scored 26 and Truesdell added 19 in ons effectively held them off and were everybody contributed, including some
•Wrestling: Sat., Jan. 30, at Heart the Clear Lake victory. Zach Tatum ahead by 11 to start the final quarter. guys like Ryan Atkinson, Cody Matz
of America Dual Championships, was also in double figures with 11 “It’s always tough to play on the and Lucas Kirchhoff that haven’t gotten
Lamoni, Iowa, 10 a.m. points and shared rebounding honors road in the conference and at Hamp- a lot of minutes this season but gave us
with Truesdell. Each player had nine ton is no different, as they have been
MORE CALENDAR playing well as of late,” said Coach Jer- See CL BOYS on page 12
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