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SportsPage 16 • Oct. 28, 2015 Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter

Clear Lake Reporter Future looks
bright for CL
SPORTS CALENDAR X-C girls

Wednesday Sun., Nov. 1, at NJCAA Region XI Cham- Gretchen Jones
pionship, Fort Dodge qualifies for State
•Clear Lake V football Class 2A 1st Round
Playoff game, at Aplington-Parkersburg, Men’s Cross Country: Sat., Oct. 31,
7 p.m. at Iowa Conference Championship, The Lady Lions had their best
•GHV V football Class 2A 1st Round Play- Dubuque, Iowa meet of the year in a district that had
off game home vs. New Hampton, 7 p.m. six of the 15 ranked teams participat-
ing. The team finished eighth with
Saturday one State qualifier. Gretchen Jones ran
a great race to finish 10th in a time of
•Clear Lake Dance Team at State Solo 20:25.
Competition, Newton, Iowa “It was easily the most difficult
•Clear Lake & GHV V cross country at district, but the girls fought hard and
State Meet, Fort Dodge, 1:30 p.m. had performed very well,” said Coach
Nick DiMarco. “Running the times
•Football: Sat., Oct. 31, home vs. Mary- •Football, Sat., Oct. 31, at University of that they did, had they been in any
land, 2:30 p.m. Jamestown, 1 p.m. other district, they would have fin-
ished in the top four. Gretchen’s strat-
•Women’s Cross Country: Sat., Oct. 31, •Football: Sat., Oct. 31, home vs. egy was to settle into the top 10 early, The Clear Lake girls cross country team is ready to run at the Class 2A State qualifying meet. Gretchen Jones (center with blue
at Big 12 Championship, Stillwater, Okla., Youngstown State, 1 p.m. set a good pace, and to leave no doubt head band) was an individual qualifier for the Clear Lake team. -Photo submitted by Tammy Orr.
10 a.m. early in the race that she would qualify
•Football: Sat., Oct. 31, home vs. Texas for State the second year in a row.” was 46th in a personal record time of ner and is one to keep your eye on in “Clear Lake showed great support
(Homecoming), 6 p.m. Erin O’Tool finished 35th in a 22:41. Bailey Larsen finished 47th in the upcoming years. Tali has emerged at the meet. The Lions had the most
time of 21:46. 22:53. Tali Tesar finished 69th in a as one of the leaders on the team and parent support and the most student
•Volleyball: Fri., Oct. 30, at Bethany Lu- “This is a personal record for time of 24:43. is someone who the girls look to for support of any of the other teams,”
theran Triangular, 7 p.m. Erin, who is a great competitor and “Katelyn’s freshman season shows leadership.” added DiMarco. “We hope to see the
her senior leadership will be missed great promise for next year and Alena The coach noted the Lions ran same thing at the State Meet on Satur-
•Football: Sat., Oct. 31, home vs. South next year,” said DiMarco. Rissa Bar- steadily improved all year long, mov- three freshman, three sophomores day, Oct. 31.
Dakota, 1 p.m. ragy finished 39th in a time of 22:09. ing from junior varsity to our fifth and one senior in the race, pointing to The Lions will be running in Fort
“Rissa has been fighting injuries all scorer as the year progressed,” said Di- a very promising future for the girls Dodge at 1 and 1:30 p.m.
season long and dug deep to finish as Marco. “Bailey is a hard nosed run- program.
well as she did.”
•Men’s Soccer: Thurs., Oct. 29, home vs. Freshman Katelyn Moore was
Coe College, 4 p.m. next for the Lions in 42nd place with
•Men’s Soccer: Sat., Oct. 31, home vs. a time of 22:22. Alena Gabrielson
Beloit College, 1:30 p.m.
Cardinals fall to
•Men’s Soccer: Wed., Oct. 28, at NJCAA •Football: Sat., Oct. 31, home vs. Upper Bulldogs in final
Region XI Tournament, 4 p.m. Iowa, 1 p.m. regular season game
•Volleyball: Wed., Oct. 28, at Southwest-
ern CC, 6:30 p.m. Area athletes playing in a college The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura volleyball team wrapped up
•Volleyball: Thurs., Oct. 29, home vs. sport include: Tanner Tusha, Clear their regular season on Thursday, Oct. 22, against Hampton-
Waldorf College JV, 7 p.m. Lake, Football, Iowa State; Andrea Dumont.
•Men’s and Women’s Cross Country: Toppin, Ventura, Cross Country, The battle was on from the beginning. The Bulldogs took
Iowa State; Jackson Finn, Clear the first match with a score of 25-21. The Cardinals fought hard
To Tom & John at Lake, Men’s Soccer, NIACC; Adam in the second match and pulled off a 25-23 victory. The next two
Metal Fabricators Bueller, Clear Lake, Football, Wal- matches were equally close, with H-D capturing both matches,
dorf College; Antonio DiMarco, Clear 25-22 and 25-23.
Thank you for Lake, Men’s Soccer, Grinnell Col- Hannah Lau was a force to be reckoned with, as she collected
being the two best lege; Joel Toppin, Ventura, Cross a very impressive 28 kills against the Bulldogs. She also blocked
bosses I have ever Country, Warburg; Pete Swenson, 2.5 hits at the net and contributed 10 digs.
had! Clear Lake, Football, Western Illi- Carlie Knutson also had a good night, with 16 digs and sev-
Feel free to call nois; Emily Mathews, GHV, Volley- en kills.
if you have any ball, Buena Vista University; Bryson Other leaders at the net included Taylor Gerdes with seven
questions - after Hamilton, Clear Lake, Football, Au- kills, Jackie Van Oort had six and Katie Rasmuson had three kills.
the crack of noon! gustana University. On defense, Van Oort had 15 digs, while Payton Bamrick
had 11 and Sydney Childress had seven. Miranda Jackson had
-Larry Janssen five digs.
Childress led the team in assists with 42.
Bamrick and Knutson each had two ace serves.
Results of Monday’s post-season match will appear in next
week’s Mirror-Reporter.

While her teammates anxiously watch, GHV’s Carlie Knutson attempts a kill in
Thursday night’s home game. Knutson knocked down seven kills for the Cards.
-Reporter photos by Chris Barragy

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