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Cross Country
Coach Nick DiMarco

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Area teams cap successful seasons

GHV boys capture Class 2A Title; Smith places 2nd
Clear Lake finishes seventh at State Meet

It was a good day for area 17:47. Ike Branstad placed 52nd in Jones finishes 47th GHV’s Chase Smith (second from front) led the Cardinals with an individual second place finish. GHV had two runners place
runners, as both the Clear Lake a time of 17:48 and Ryan Faught fin- in the top 10. Chase’s brother, Reese, finished fifth in the race. -All photos courtesy of Tammy Orr
and Garner-Hayfield-Ventura ished 67th in a time of 18:03. Kaleb Clear Lake sophomore Gretchen Clear Lake’s Sam Pedelty and Ike Branstad ran strong races for the Lions at the State Cross Country Meet.
cross country teams placed high Froiland placed 101st in a time of Jones represented the Lady Lions as an
at the State cross country meet 18:34 and Spencer Orr was 110th in a individual qualifier at the State Meet.
held Saturday at Lakeside Golf time of 18:48. Grant Dieken finished This was Jones second trip to State. She
Course in Fort Dodge. 118th in a time of 19:02. finished 47th with a time of 20:52.
The top-ranked Cardinals “For seniors Ryan Faught, Ka- Coach Nick DiMarco praised
took top honors in the Class 2A leb Froiland, Spencer Orr, and Sam Jones ability to adapt to the new 5K
team race with 59 points. GHV Jones, this meet was a culmination of distance and looks for her to lead the
was 20 points ahead of the sec- hundreds of miles logged and a great girl’s team next year.
ond place team, Unity Chris- high school career,” said Coach Nick “The State Meet is always an excit-
tian. Clear Lake also had an im- DiMarco. “These four seniors provided ing event and to have such great crowd
pressive day, finishing in the top the leadership needed for the Lions to support was a motivator to the runners.
10, with a seventh place finish achieve this success. Underclassmen The success of this team is due to the
in a very competitive 15 team Grant Dieken, Ike Branstad, Sam Pe- great community support and Assistant
field race. delty, and Eric Faught have already Coach Steven Story. Coach Story do-
Chase Smith led the Cardi- indicated that they intend on using nated countless hours to help each run-
nals with a second place finish their experience at the State Meet as a ner reach their potential. His expertise
in a time of 16:7.1. Smith, who springboard for a successful season next as a runner and history with the Lions
is a senior, finished an outstand- year.” was an asset to the team.”
ing prep career at GHV. Last
year, Smith also placed sec- Clear Lake’s Gretchen Jones was back for her second trip to the State X-C Meet.
ond at the State Meet. Smith’s
younger brother, Reece, also has
a lot of promise. Reece wasn’t
far behind his brother, with a
fifth place finish in a time of
16:24.6. Rounding out the
Cardinal squad was Logan Dal-
beck, 13th, 16:48, Ray Cataldo
was 28th in 17:23.2, Derek
Brown finished with a time of
17:33.5 for 35th place, Ezra
Marroquinn was 56th with a
time of 17:53.6, and Austin
Siegrist was 84th with a time of
18:17.6.
“I am very proud of the
team performance,” said Coach
Jeff Short. “I felt bad for Chase
not reaching his individual goal
for the race, but very proud
of the leadership of this team.
Chase embraced the leadership
role and brought home the team
title in great fashion.”
The Lions were led by fresh-
man Eric Faught, who finished
30th in a time of 17:26. Sam
Pedelty crossed the finish line
next in 49th place in a time of

Lions fall by just inches to Aplington-Parkersburg
The Clear Lake Lions fin- repeated the feat one more time snap from center and raced to times. Jarod Anderson ran four
ished their season just inches in the fourth to force overtime. the three. Garrington powered times for seven-yards, Halston
away from a first round victory The Lions won the coin toss through on third down and Southwick had two-yards on
Wednesday night. With the and chose to play defense. moved the ball inside the one- two runs and Parker Pitzen car-
ball inside the one-yard line on The Falcons scored on their yard line. With the season on ries twice for one-yard.
fourth down, seventh ranked second snap from the 10-yard the line, Garrington also took Storbeck was the starting
Aplington-Parkersburg (8-2) line. Riley Barrett raced into the snap on fourth down and quarterback. He ran the ball
held the Lions out of the end the end zone. Placekicker Nick the Lions did their best to clear six times for one-yard. He was
zone to earn a 7-0 overtime vic- Waller got a home field bounce a path. When the pile cleared, 2/7 passing for 13-yards. Zach
tory in the first round of Class when his PAT kick hit the up- the referees ruled he had fallen Lester, who sat out in week nine
2A playoffs. right and went through, giving just short of the goal line. with a concussion, was cleared
“The kids played their A-P a 7-0 lead. Seniors Zach Tatum and to play but didn’t enter the game
hearts out. I’m proud of the Then it was the Lions’ turn. Carter Garrington finished with until Storbeck was shook up in
kids and the great effort they The Falcons stifled the Li- 46 and 24-yards respectively. the third quarter. He was 2/4
gave,” said Coach Jared DeVries ons on first down, but on second Tatum ran the ball 19 times, passing for 21-yards. Tatum
after the heart-breaking loss. down Zach Tatum took a direct while Garrington carried 10
The Lions ended their sea- See LIONS on page 14
son with a 5-5 record.
The game was a defensive Clear Lake’s defense, including Jarod Anderson (2), Thomas Storbeck (5) and Zach Tatum (9), get a hand on Ready to rumble
gem for Clear Lake, as they kept a Falcon running back in Wednesday night’s game.
the Falcons, one of the leading The Clear Lake team is a united front as they take the field
offenses in Class 2A, between against Aplington-Parkersburg Wednesday night in the open-
the 40-yard lines. ing round of the Class 2A football playoffs. At right is Clear
At halftime the Lions had Lake Head Coach Jared DeVries congratulating a Falcon play-
held the Falcons to just 56 yards er after the game. The field was a familiar one to DeVries, as
on 31 plays. A-P had a negative it was the field where it all began for the former NFL player,
two-yards in the second quarter. who played his high school career at A-P. -Reporter photos by
The Lions were also strug- Chris Barragy
gling on offense, gaining 39
yards on 27 plays in the first
half. Both teams made only
four first downs through two
quarters.
In the fourth quarter the
Lion defense came up huge
when Carter Garrington recov-
ered a fumble on the seven-yard
line to stop a Falcon drive which
had started on their own 47.
The Lions were unable to move
the ball from deep in their own
territory. The Falcons kept the
pressure on and forced Thomas
Storbeck to throw an intercep-
tion. It was the Lions’ first turn-
over of the night.
Once again the Lion de-
fense reared up and stopped
another Falcon challenge. They