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SPORTS
CALENDAR
Friday
•Clear Lake JV/V girls basketball at
Mason City, 6:15 p.m.
Monday
•Clear Lake 8th grade girls basket-
ball home vs. Hampton-Dumont,
4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade girls basket-
ball at Hampton-Dumont, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake Wrestling Preview
Night at High School gym
•Clear Lake V boys basketball at
NCC Jamboree at West Hancock,
7:30 p.m.
•GHV 8th grade boys basketball
home vs. Forest City, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV 7th grade boys basketball at
Forest City, 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday
•Clear Lake 8th grade boys basket-
ball home vs. Hampton-Dumont,
4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade boys basket-
ball at Hampton-Dumont, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake JV/V girls basketball
home vs. Charles City, 6:15 p.m.
•GHV JV/V girls basketball at
Osage, 6:15 p.m.
•Basketball: Thurs., Nov. 19, at
Marquette, 8 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Nov. 21, home vs.
Purdue, 11 a.m.
•Cross Country: Sat., Nov. 21, at
NCAA Championship, at Louisville,
Ky., 10 a.m.
•Football: Sat., Nov. 21, at Kansas
State, 11 a.m.
•Basketball: Mon., Nov. 23, home
vs. Chattanooga, 7 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat., Nov. 21, home
vs. North Carolina, 1 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Nov. 21, home vs.
Southern Illinois, 4 p.m.
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Wed., Nov. 18, home vs. Rochester
Comm. Tech. College, 6 p.m.
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Fri.-Sat., Nov. 20-21, at Ellsworth’s sophomore Joey Monson and se-
Dale Howard Classic
•Wrestling: Sat., Nov. 21, at Coe
College Invitational
•Men’s Basketball: Tues., Nov. 24,
home vs. Riverland Comm. Col-
lege, 7 p.m.
Men’s Cross Country: Sat., Nov.
21, at NCAA National Champion-
ship, Oshkosh, Wis.
•Football: Sat., Nov. 21, home vs.
South Dakota State, 1 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Nov. 21, at NCAA
Playoff game at Humboldt State,
Arcata, Calif., 3 p.m.
•Wrestling: Sat., Nov. 21, Linden-
wood Open, St. Louis, Mo., and
Coe College Invitational, Cedar
Rapids
•JV/V Hockey: Fri., Nov. 20, at Des
Moines Capitals, 6 p.m.
•Hockey: Fri., Nov. 20, home vs. La
Crosse, 7:30 p.m.
•Hockey: Sat., Nov. 21, home vs.
Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m.
Area teams well represented in Class 2A District 2 All-District teams
Clear Lake lands nine and GHV has six players named to the First Team
JAROD ANDERSON TANNER BERGER
JUSTIN SHOLLY THOMAS STORBECK
Clear Lake’s Justin Sholly and
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura’s Con-
ner Shaw were named the Most
Valuable Defensive and Offensive
Players in Class 2A District 2 All-
District Team announced last week.
Clear Lake and GHV, which
tied for the District 2 title, along
with Hampton-Dumont, were well
represented in the All-District vot-
ing. The Lions landed nine play-
ers, plus Sholly, on the First Team,
while GHV had six, plus Shaw.
Clear Lake honors
Sholly led Clear Lake’s defen-
sive unit, which finished second in
scoring defense, averaging 18.1 over
10 games, as well as total defense.
The Lion defense allowed 1,467
yards rushing and 799 passing for
a total of 2,266 yards, an average of
226.6 per game. The Lions held
their opponents to an average of
4.53 yards per play, ranking second
in the district. Sholly finished third with 23 receptions for 252-yards,
in the district in total tackles with
57 solo and 50 assisted.
Joining Sholly on the First
Team defensive unit is Carter Gar-
rington, interior defensive line;
nior Parker Pitzen, outside line-
backers/defensive ends; senior
Tanner Berger and junior Thomas
Tusha and Toppin
contributing to teams at ISU
Tanner Tusha (#51) blocks a TCU player during a game played at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 17. The Horned Frogs
topped the Cyclones, 45-21. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy
Tusha plays deep snapper for the Cyclones
Tanner Tusha, a former Clear
Lake High School standout football
player, has been contributing to the
Iowa State football team this season.
Tusha, a 5’11” 195 pound red-
shirt junior, plays deep snapper for the First Team All-District and Second
CARTER GARRINGTON
ZACH TATUM
Storbeck, defensive backs. Sholly
was honored as an inside linebacker.
Garrington played both sides
of the ball for the Lions, impacting
the teams’ performance on multiple
fronts. Monson ranked seventh in
the district in tackles for loss with of 50.3-yards per kick. He also re-
10.5; Pitzen was eighth with 10.
Pitzen was also among the leaders
in sacks, raking eighth with four.
Storbeck tied for league honors in
interceptions with five during the
season. He averaged a return of
10.8 yards for 54 total.
The First Team All-District Of-
fense included senior running back
Zach Tatum and junior offensive
lineman Kyle Willms.
Tatum was among the district
leaders in several categories. He
was sixth in rushing yards with
730-yards on 146 carries for an
average of five-yards per carry. He
was also sixth in receiving yards
an average of 11 per catch. He
had the fourth highest number of
receptions. Tatum was fifth in scor-
ing with 62 points. His all-purpose
yards totaled 1,084.
Also honored from Clear Lake
on the First Team is senior kicker
Jarod Anderson and utility player
Ace Walton, also a senior. Ander-
son led the district in points scored
Cyclones. He is majoring in supply
chain management at ISU.
During his career at Clear Lake,
he was a three-year letter winner and
team captain his senior year. He was
JOEY MONSON
ACE WALTON
by kicking. He made 23 of 25 extra
point attempts and was three-for-
five on field goal tries for a total of Umbarger recorded 4 and one-half
32 points. Anderson was second
in the district in kickoffs, booting
43 for a total of 2,161, an average
turned kicks for the Lions and was
fifth in punt returns with 13 aver-
aging 10.3 yards. He was 10th in
kickoff returns with seven averag-
ing 17.7 yards. Walton played of-
fense left tackle and defense on the
Lions’ line.
Clear Lake senior Ben Mason
was an Honorable Mention selec-
tion for the 2A All-District team.
Mason ranked 20th in tackles
among defensive players with 43
solo and 20 assisted.
GHV honors
GHV’s total offense led the
district with 3,474 total yards, and
they were second in the league in
scoring average with 27.1 points per
game. Shaw, a junior, was GHV’s
scoring machine that helped to rack
up those high numbers. He was the
number one rusher in the league,
tallying 1,395 total offensive yards
and averaging 6.4 yards a carry. He
recorded 12 touchdowns and two
interceptions for the year.
Joining Shaw on the First Team
Team All-State as a linebacker. The
team posted a 31-3 record throughout
his career.
Tusha was a 2012 graduate of
Clear Lake High School.
He is the son of Tom and Teri Tu-
sha, of Clear Lake.
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PARKER PITZEN HARLEY FORRY CONNER SHAW
KYLE WILLMS CONNOR SMITH CHASE THEOBALD
offensive unit was senior Gabe Um- GABE UMBARGER JACK VANDUSSELDORP
barger, as an offensive lineman.
Earning Honorable
sacks and had a total of 11 tackles Mention recognition for the
for loss and 58 total tackles for the 2A All-District team were
year. seniors Cade Baker and Ty
Named to the First Team de- Marth, junior Grady Um-
fensive unit was sophomore Jack barger and sophomore Nick
VanDusseldorp on the interior de- Joynt.
fensive line, senior Connor Smith,
inside linebacker, Chase Theobald,
a junior, as defensive back, and All-Academic Team
sophomore punter, Dane Whipple. Clear Lake and GHV
VanDusseldorp record six and had several players honored
one-half tackles for loss and he also as Class 2A, District 2 All-
scored five touchdowns and rushed Academic players. DANE WHIPPLE
for a total of 160 yards. Smith had
a total of 62 tackles for the year Twelve members of the Lions team were honored.
and two sacks. Theobald had five They are: seniors Tanner Berger, Carter Garrington, Ben
interceptions for the year and one Mason, Parker Pitzen, Devon Reckner, Jason Sholly,
touchdown. He also had seven kick Thomas Storbeck, Zach Tatum and Ace Walton; juniors
returns and averaged 19 yards a re- Nick Eggers, Cody Matz and Kyle Willms.
turn. As the punter, Whipple was GHV had 11 players named to the All-Academic
13/32 on PATs with 13 points, he team. They are: seniors Ben Baumgard, Brandon Bell, Sam
led the district in punting, averag- Cataldo, Todd Finley, Matt Sonquist and Gabe Umbarg-
ing 34.8 yards a punt. er; juniors Josh Chizek, Brandon Feuring, Clay Johnson,
Harley Forry, a senior, also Conner Shaw and Chase Theobald.
earned First Team honors as a utili-
ty player. Forry scored eight touch-
downs for the year. He averaged 6.1
yards a carry rushing for a total of
366 yards. He was the team’s lead-
ing receiver with 235 total yards in
the air. He also snagged five inter-
ceptions.
Andrea Toppin (left) competes in the NCAA Championships. -Submitted photo
Toppin runs for ISU cross county team
The No. 16 Iowa State women’s points.
cross country team finished second The team relied on a strong per-
at the Big 12 Championship on Sat- formance from the back half of its
urday, Oct. 31, and they were also lineup en route to its second place
second at the NCAA Division I Cross finish at the Midwest Regional. The
Country Championship Midwest Re- effort secured ISU’s spot at the 2015
gional held Friday, Nov. 13, at Rim NCAA Cross Country Champion-
Rock Farm, in Lawrence, Kan. ships next Saturday, Nov. 21, in
At the Big 12 Championship ISU Louisville, Ky. The Cyclones will be
claimed the meet’s top two individual appearing in their seventh-straight
spots. Junior Perez Rotich became the NCAA Championships as a team.
second-consecutive Cyclone to take ISU had a quartet of runners fin-
home the Big 12 individual crown, ish in the top 20, and earn All-Re-
while Erin Hooker finished second to gion honors. Toppin finished 18th in
give ISU the top two spots on the po- 20:53.2. Toppin is a first-time All-
dium. Midwest honoree. She dropped :39
Also among those contributing seconds from her time at the Big 12
to the second place finish was Andrea Championship.
Toppin, a former stand-out runner The women’s cross country squad
from Ventura High School. Toppin also earned ISU its first points of
finished in 18th place with a time of 2015-16 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series,
21:32. She was the fifth Iowa State as the Cyclone women’s second-place
runner to cross the finish line. effort bettered Iowa’s 19th-place per-
Oklahoma State won the meet formance. Oklahoma State won the
with 34 points. Iowa State had 52 Midwest Regional crown with 51
points, followed by West Virginia points.
with 118 points and Kansas with 129