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SPORTS
CALENDAR
Thursday
•Clear Lake 8th grade volleyball
home vs. Mason City, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade volleyball at
Mason City, 4:30 p.m.
•Clear Lake 9th/JV/V volleyball at
Clarion-Goldfield, 6 p.m.
•GHV 7th & 8th grade football
home vs. Forest City, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV 7th & 8th grade volleyball at
Newman Catholic, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JH/JV/V cross country at
Newman Catholic Meet, 4:30 p.m.
Friday
•Clear Lake 9th grade football at
Hampton-Dumont, 4:45 p.m.
•Clear Lake V football at Hamp-
ton-Dumont, 7:30 p.m.
•GHV JJV football home vs. Clari-
on-Goldfield, 4:45 p.m.
•GHV V football home vs. Clarion-
Goldfield, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
•Clear Lake V volleyball at Algona,
9 a.m.
•Clear Lake JV volleyball at Lake
Mills, 9 a.m.
•GHV JJV/V volleyball tourna-
ments at home, 9 a.m.
Monday
•GHV 7th & 8th grade volleyball
home vs. Belmond-Klemme, 4:15
p.m.
Tuesday
•Clear Lake 9th/JV/V volleyball at
Hampton-Dumont, 6 p.m.
•GHV 7th & 8th grade football at
North Union, 4:15 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Oct. 17, at North-
western, 11 a.m.
•Women’s Cross Country: Sat.,
Oct. 16, at Wisconsin Adidas Invi-
tational, 11 a.m.
•Football: Sat., Oct. 17, home vs.
TCU, 6 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Oct. 17, home vs.
Western Illinois, 4 p.m.
•Men’s Soccer: Wed., Oct. 14,
home vs. Iowa Lakes CC, 4 p.m.
•Volleyball: Wed., Oct. 14, home
vs. Northeast CC, 7 p.m.
•Women’s and Men’s Cross Coun-
try: Fri., Oct. 16, at Loras College Froiland, shaved :40 seconds off his all-time best to place 30th in
Dr. Tucker Invitational, 5 p.m.
•Men’s Soccer: Sat., Oct. 17, at
Indian Hills CC, 4 p.m.
•Volleyball: Mon., Oct. 19, at Ells-
worth CC, 7 p.m.
•Men’s Soccer: Tues., Oct. 20, at
Northeast CC, 4 p.m.
•Men’s Golf: Mon.-Tues., Oct.
19-20, at Lawrence Tech, Kohler,
Wis.
Men’s Cross Country: Sat., Oct.
17, at UW Oshkosh Invitational
•Football: Sat., Oct. 17, at North-
ern Iowa, 4 p.m.
•Volleyball: Fri.-Sat., Oct. 16-17,
at UW-Eau Claire Tournament
•Men’s Soccer: Sat., Oct. 17, at
Lawrence University, 1:30 p.m.
•Men’s Soccer: Sun., Oct. 18, at
St. Norbert College, 1:30 p.m.
MORE CALENDAR
on Page 10
Class 2A, District 2 Football
Sports
Page 10 Scores From 10-9 Games for 10-16
Clear Lake 26, Forest City, 14 Clear Lake @ H-D
GHV 41, Estherville L-C 14 C-G-D @ GHV
H-D 44, C-G-D 14 Forest City @ Humboldt
N. Fayette 49, Osage 28 Osage @ Estherville L-C
Oct. 14, 2015 • Page 9
Lions remain
unbeaten in Class
2A District 2 action
Clear Lake Head Football score. Jarod Anderson’s kick
Coach Jared DeVries said his made it 7-0. The Clear Lake defense was all over the Forest City offense Friday night. Here, Jerome Ferguson (#25) brings down the Indian ball carrier. Also
team impressed him with their The Lions got the ball back visible for Clear Lake is Trapper Wubben (#69), Tanner Berger (#87) and Jarod Anderson (#2). The Lion defense held Forest City’s offense to just
mental and physical toughness at mid-field and drove steadily 143-yards. -Reporter photos by Chris Barragy
in a 26-14 romp over Forest to the Indians’ two-yard line
City Friday night. The Lions before the home team tackled With 2:37 left to play For- two interceptions, Tanner Berg- Clear Lake’s Parker Crispin caught the Lion’s longest pass play of the
(4-3, 4-0) used stalwart defense Anderson for a loss on second est City fooled the Lions on a er and Tatum each had one for season, a 49-yard touchdown toss from quarterback Zach Lester.
and an efficient offense to re- down and a Zach Lester pass reverse and were able to avoid the Lion defense.
main unbeaten in Class 2A Dis- went incomplete on third down. the shutout with a 26-yard Justin Sholly and Ben Ma-
trict 2. The win also qualified The Lions opted to go for a field score. Their on-side kick was son were the leading tacklers.
the Lions for the State play-offs goal and Anderson split the up- recovered and they quickly went Sholly recorded four solo and
for the 18th straight year. rights from 24-yards out, giving 48-yards on eight plays for the four assisted tackles, while Ma-
“The kids did a fantastic the Lions a 10-0 lead. 26-14 final. son made five solo and two as-
job. I think we really came to- The margin went to 17-0 The Lions finished with sisted tackles.
gether as a team in this game,” by halftime, as Garrington again 259-yards of offense, compared “Sholly was on his last va-
said DeVries. The coach noted went straight ahead one-yard for to 143 for the Indians. por, but he played a heck of a
eight or more players had been a touchdown. The Lions had a Lester completed 13 of 19 game,” said DeVries, adding
out of practice during the week short field to work with thanks passes for 119-yards. Crisp- that sophomore Max McKenna
with everything from pneumo- to a Thomas Storbeck intercep- in hauled in three passes for did an admirable job stepping in
nia and mononucleosis to a bac- tion— the first of two he had in 61-yards. Parker Pitzen had for the senior when needed.
terial infection. Some were feel- the game. Clear Lake moved four catches for 22-yards and Also playing well was Joey
ing the effects on the sidelines the ball 33-yards on nine-plays. Nick Eggers made four for Monson, Berger and Pitzen each
Friday. The first half ended with 21-yards. Tatum made two re- with three solo tackles. Monson
“The kids played hard. the Lions holding a 161 to 44 ceptions for 15-yards. also made a solo tackle for a loss.
There was not much left in the advantage in yardage in the first Lester was the leading This week the Lions travel
tank when they were done,” said half. ground gainer with 47-yards on to Hampton-Dumont Friday
the coach. Storbeck’s second pick 11 carries. Garrington was next for an important District 2 con-
If there was a positive to came three minutes into the with 42-yards on 16 totes and test. The Bulldogs are 5-2 over-
be found in starters limited by third quarter and again it pro- Tatum carried four times for all and 3-1 in the district, sitting
illness, it was that many young vided the Lions with good field 31. Nick Eggers returned to the behind the unbeaten Lions and
players got to see more playing position. line-up this week and ran five Garner-Hayfield/Ventura in the
time. The Indian defense rallied times for 18-yards. Anderson standings.
“I was proud of all the kids to hold the Lions to three plays, ran five times for one-yard and “H-D is a big, physical
for stepping up,” said DeVries. but a Zach Tatum punt put the Speed Toyne ran once for one. group who like to play a lot of
“Team football is what it’s all ball at the one-yard line for the In addition to Storbeck’s power football. We’ll have to be
about and several kids got some Indian offense. On their first ready,” said DeVries.
experience and some confi- play the Lions rushed in and
dence. I tell them you never scored a safety to make the score
know when your number is go- 19-0. The ensuing free kick
ing to be called. You have to be from the Indians was returned
ready and it showed that they to mid-field by Anderson. Two
were.” plays later Lester connected on
Both teams started the the Lions’ longest pass play of
game with three-and-outs, but the season, a 49-yard touch-
the Lions seemed to quickly ad- down toss to Parker Crispin.
just and take control. The kick by Anderson made the
Clear Lake jumped out to a score 26-0.
7-0 lead on the road when Cart- The Indians did all of their
er Garrington took the ball in scoring in the fourth quarter,
from one-yard out for the first making the score appear closer
than the game actually was.
Clear Lake cross country team competes at Dick Bell Invitational
Joel Groeneweg, 139th, 22:39; Nick Currier, 142nd, 23:02; Hunt-
With better weather conditions than in past years, the Clear er Gerhardt, 145th, 23:13; Noah Copney, 148th, 23:28; Daniel
Lake Lions once again set many personal bests at the Dick Bell Tank, 152nd, 24:08; Carson Meyer, 161st, 26:08; and David
Cross Country Invitational hosted by Eagle Grove Tuesday, Oct. 6. Guetzlaff, 162nd, 27:10.
In fact, three-quarters of the Lions set personal bests on a very fast
evening. ERIC FAUGHT SAM PEDELTY Girls results
On the boys side, the Lions finished third in a very tough field. Personal bests weren’t just during the boys race. The Lady Li-
Three runners finished under 17 minutes, which is a first in Coach Most of the following runners ran their best races of the sea- ons had a great race, as well.
Nick DiMarco’s coaching career. All five of the Lions’ scoring run- son: Jake Wessels, 51st, 19:23; Josh Howard, 57th, 19:30; Dylan Clear Lake tied for seventh place and was led by Erin O’Tool,
ners received medals for finishing in the top 30. The Lions had Schuchard, 66th, 19:46; Lewis Callaway, 72nd, 19:52; Jonah Pe- who placed 30th in a personal record time of 22:09. Katelyn
three runners in the top eight. delty, 79th, 20:07; Carter Olk, 107th, 21:07; Zeke Branstad, 111th, Moore was next for the Lions in 42nd place, running 22:46. Bai-
Clear Lake was led by Eric Faught, who finished fourth in 21:18; Gage Bendickson 119th, 21:44; Shane Fuhrman, 132nd, ley Larsen was close and finished in 47th in a time of 22:54. Alena
16:49. Right behind was Sam Pedelty, who finished fifth in 16:54. 22:15; Jackson Hamlin, 133rd, 22:16; Bryan Hillyer, 136th, 22:28; Gabrielson was 55th in a time of 23:32. Rissa Barragy rounded out
Ryan Faught was next in eighth place in 16:59. Ike Branstad was the scoring Lion’s roster, finishing 56th in 23:36. Tally Tesar was
24th with a time of 18:04. Clear Lake’s last scoring runner, Kaleb next in 72nd place, running 25:05. Her sister, Nikki Tesar, was
close behind in 77th place with a time of 25:31. Kara Reineke was
18:20. Grant Dieken placed 32nd in 18:24 and Sam Jones round- 80th with a time of 25:45. The rest of the Lady Lions included:
ed out the varsity team, finishing in 36th place in a personal best Michaela Niles, 95th, 27:10; Breauna Archer, 108th, 28:24;
time of 18:35.
The meet ran all boys together; they did not have a separate JV See CL CROSS COUNTRY on page 11
race.
Lions struggling
for a win
Clear Lake battled yet another rated power last week, as the Li-
ons hosted number nine (3A) Humboldt for Parents Night/Senior
Night and Breast Cancer Awareness Night. The Lions made the
North Central Conference leading Wildcats (24-3, 6-0) work for a
3-0 victory. Game scores were 25-10, 25-18, 25-12.
“Our girls came out fired up for their final home game, but
once again mental mistakes and missed serves slowed our momen-
tum. Despite the loss, it was great seeing all of our seniors contrib-
ute in a final hard-fought match,” said Coach Keith Sears.
Seniors Marne Euken and Vivian Benjegerdes led the Lions
with three and two kills respectively. Emily Snelling was credited
with six assists.
Chloe Mueller set up the offense with 30 digs, followed by
Snelling with nine and Sarah Beuhler with seven.
Beuhler, another senior, was also perfect at the service line, go-
ing 7/7. Snelling put in nine of 11 service attempts with three
aces. Mueller was 3/3 and Euken and Jessica Faber each served 6/8.
Faber had two aces and Euken had one.
The 5-17 Lions are still looking for their first win in the NCC.
Clear Lake’s Rachel Niemi and Vivian Benjegerdes go up for a block during Thursday night’s matchup against Humboldt. The Wildcats (24-3, Mason City Tournament
6-0) proved to be too much for the Lions. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy The Lions dropped three matches at the Mason City Tourna-
ment played Saturday. Osage, Waverley-Shell Rock and St. Ansgar
See CL VOLLEYBALL on page 11