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SportsJan. 6, 2016
CL wrestlers are home
Thursday and Saturday
Wrestling fans will have two op-
portunities this week to see the Lions
at home.
The Clear Lake wrestling team
hosts Humboldt Thursday night, Jan.
7. The junior varsity team takes the
mat at 6:30 p.m. The varsity will start
at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Clear Lake’s youth wrestlers will
also be wrestling Humboldt’s youth
wrestlers at 6:30 p.m. on a separate
mat. the 138-pound class, while Ryan
On Saturday, Jan. 9, the Lions
will host an eight-team tournament.
First round will be at approximately
GHV JV basketball team
remains undefeated
The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
JV boys basketball team are unbeaten
with an impressive 10-0 record.
“We are starting to really play
as one unit,” said Coach Josh Banse.
“The development of the players on
this squad is really coming along.
Over the break we focused on execut-
ing offensively and playing with more
intensity on defense.”
Prior to the break, the team
topped Bishop Garrigan, 49-29, on
Tuesday, Dec. 15. On Friday, Dec.
18, the team beat Lake Mills, 50-21.
On Monday, Dec. 21, the Cardinals
Several fundraisers planned for
Relay For Life of CG Country
The American Cancer Soci-
ety’s Relay For Life® of Cerro Gordo
County has several Coaches Vs. Can-
cer events coming up in January and
February. Clear Lake and Mason City
Schools, along with the North Iowa
Bulls, are all hosting fundraisers for
Relay For Life.
The North Iowa Bulls Skate To
A Cure night will be held on Sat-
urday, Jan. 9. Several activities are
planned for the evening including a
50/50 raffle, signed helmet and jersey
raffles, and special shirts available for layforlife.org/cerrogordocountyia.
sale. At the point of ticket purchase
mention you’re there for Relay For
Life and a portion of your ticket price
goes toward the fight against cancer.
Skate For A Cure T-shirts will sell for
$15, with $9 of that going to Relay
for Life.
Mason City events include: Ma-
son City swimming vs. Dowling on
Jan. 14 at 5:30 p.m., girls basketball
game on Jan. 29 with a silent auction
and more, and MCHS wrestling vs.
Marshalltown on Feb. 2 at 5:30 p.m.
with a silent auction.
Clear Lake events include: Clear
Lake wrestling at the CLHS on Tues-
day, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m.; Clear Lake
CL 8th grade boys fall to Algona
The Clear Lake eighth grade
boys basketball team suffered its first
loss of the season just before the holi-
day break. Algona topped the Lions
in two games played on Dec. 17.
In the A game, the Bulldogs
defeated Clear Lake 51-38. Jaylen
DeVries led the Lions with 11 points.
Brecken Arndt had eight points,
Kanon Goeman added seven, Kody
Kearns five and Jack Barragy had two
points.
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10 a.m. Finals are slated for approxi-
mately 3 p.m. Teams competing will
be Forest City, Oelwein, St. Ansgar,
West Fork, Algona, Charles City and
Emmetsburg.
The Lions had three wrestlers
in the latest rankings released by IA
Wrestle. Freshman Eric Faught was
listed at number three in the Class
2A 106-pound division. Defending
State Champion Ryan Leisure tops
Faught was ranked number eight at
152-pounds.
beat Humboldt, 41-35. The JV squad
outscored Eagle Grove, 63-22, in the CLEAR GHV
final game before the break on Tues- LAKE
day, Dec. 22. For their first game
back, the young Cardinals topped
Clear Lake, 58-34, on Monday, Jan. 4.
“Clear Lake was a good game
for us and I saw lots of things that we
worked on over break. We still have
work to do, but we are going in the
right direction,” said Banse.
The team is back in action on
Friday, Jan. 8, when they host North
Union. Game time is 5 p.m.
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Parker is a senior returning let- McKenna is a junior and she Ashlee is a senior guard on Sam is a senior returning let-
boys and girls basketball at CLHS on terwinner. He plays post. He is plays as a post. She is the the Cardinal team. She is the terwinner. He plays center. He
Tuesday, Feb. 2. the son of Kent and Wendy Pit- daughter of Craig and Lisa daughter of Greg and Diana is the son of Brian and Bonnie
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Clear Lake OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK (No Copies Please) TOTAL POINTS OF
GAME #1______________
Circle the predicted winner
In the B game, Algona edged the 1. Clear Lake @ Webster City (B) 8. Northwestern @ Minnesota 15. Drake @ UNI
Lions, 29-26. Brody Kuhemeier fin- 2. Clear Lake @ Webster City (G) 9. Texas A&M @ Tennessee 16. Pittsburgh @ Notre Dame
ished with nine points. Hunter Hill 3. North Union @ GHV (B) 10. Oklahoma State @ W. Virginia 17. Wichita State @ S. Illinois
scored seven points, Hunter Nielsen 4. North Union @ GHV (G) 11. Maryland @ Wisconsin 18. Nebraska @ Rutgers
and Cael Crispin each had four, and 5. Baylor @ Iowa State 12. LSU @ Florida 19. Arizona State @ UCLA
Noah Mason added two points. 6. Villanova @ Butler 13. Virginia @ Georgia Tech 20. Texas @ TCU
“Both teams did not play their 7. N. Carolina @ Syracuse 14. Ohio State @ Indiana
best basketball,” said Coach Shawn
Puttmann. “Turnovers and not mak- Name________________________________Address__________________________________Phone______________
ing simple shots hurt us in the long
run. The good thing is that the Lions CONTEST RULES: 1. Only official entry blanks from the Clear Lake Reporter will be accepted. All entries must have name and phone number included to be eligible. Blank tie breaker scores will be zeros. 2. Entries must be received at the Clear Lake Reporter office by 5 p.m. each Friday
get to face Algona again on Jan. 28.” or be postmarked Thursday! Any mailed entries received after the following Monday are not eligible. 3. You may enter as many times as you wish; however, you must use an official entry blank from this paper. No copies will be accepted. 4. Each previous week’s winner will be listed in the
Mirror Reporter. 5. In case of ties, the tie-breaker guess will determine the week’s winner. 6. Weekly winners will receive $10 in CL Chamber Bucks & your choice of another prize.
CONTEST RULES: 1. Only official entry blanks from the Clear Lake Mirror Reporter will be accepted. All entries must have
name and phone number included to be eligible. Blank tie breaker scores will be zeros. 2. Entries must be received at the
Clear Lake Reporter office by 5 p.m. each Friday or be postmarked Thursday! Any mailed entries received after the following
Monday are not eligible. 3. You may enter as many times as you wish; however, you must use an official entry blank from
Dr. Nick McColley this paper. No copies will be accepted. 4. Each previous week’s winner will be listed in the Mirror-Reporter. 5. In case of ties,
Palmer Graduate the tie-breaker guess will determine the week’s winner. 6. Weekly winners will receive $10 in Clear Lake Chamber Bucks and
the choice of another prize.