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SportsPage 10 • Dec. 30, 2015 Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter

Win gives GHV girls a Mason City beats Clear Lake
much needed boost junior varsity boys, 77-28

The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura girls split a pair of games prior to the Mason City proved to be too with Sean Wendal with seven-points.
holiday break. The win gave the Cardinals (2-5, 3-7) a much needed boost to much for the Lions on Thursday, Dec. Cody Matz and Hunter Gerhart
their confidence. 17. added five-points, while Noah Heg-
Humboldt 52, GHV 33 The Lions struggled both on the gen hit a three, and Evan Krause had
Turnovers once again plagued the GHV girls when they hosted Humboldt offensive and defensive side and they four-points. Seth TenEyck and Sam
(6-2) on Monday, Dec. 21. had no answer for Mason City as they Pedelty each had two-points.
The Wildcats jumped to an early lead, but a three pointer by Miranda fell, 77-28. The JV boys basketball team
Jackson brought the score to within three points, 11-8. Humboldt answered “Mason City was a good team heads into the break with a 3-3 re-
that with a three of their own to take a 14-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. and pressured us a ton,” said Coach cord. The first game after break will
The Wildcats continued to widen the gap, but a three-point shot at the end of Austin Peterson. be against Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
the second quarter by Hannah Lau brought the score to 28-18 by the half. The Lions were led in scoring at home on Monday, Jan. 4.
“We got off to a pretty good start and actually had a decent first half
considering the way we have been playing,” said Coach Matt Erpelding. “We Clear Lake JV girls enter
struggled a bit in the second quarter getting quality looks at the basket.” break with a 3-4 record
The Cardinals came back from the break and collected five points to bring
the game to within five, 28-23. But that’s where it ended for the Cards, as Hannah Lau, who is just returning after being out with an injury, scores two of her Clear Lake’s junior varsity girls did a nice of finding her on the offen-
Humboldt went on a 12-point unanswered run, 40-23. The game ended with seven points in Monday night’s game against Humboldt. The following night Lau basketball team entered the Christmas sive end.”
the Wildcats capturing a 52-33 victory, had a double-double against Eagle Grove with 11 points and 10 rebounds. -Re- break with a 3-4 record. They will Morgan Nauman finished with
“We struggled offensively in the second half and we continue to turn the porter photo by Chris Barragy return to action Jan. 5 when they play 12 points and Jones had 11.
ball over too much,” said Erpelding. “We shot the ball fairly well from the GHV’s Mara Anderson brings the ball down the floor during Monday nights home Algona. CL 44, Hampton-Dumont 35
floor, but only had 26 shot opportunities due to all of our turnovers.” game against Humboldt. Anderson had seven points and four rebounds. -Reporter MC 51, CL 12 The Lions topped Hampton-Du-
Scoring was very balanced with Mara Anderson, Jade Hanson and Lau all photo by Chris Barragy It was a rough start to the season mont on Dec. 11.
scoring seven points. Jackson was 2/2 from the three-point line for six points. for the JV Lions, as Mason City domi- “We had a great start against the
The Cardinals did a good job under the boards, out rebounding the Wild- nated their first game, played Nov. 20, Bulldogs and led 15-4 after the first
cats by 10. Lau led the way with eight. Taryn Carolus grabbed five and Ander- 51-12. quarter. We were able to press them
son had four rebounds. Kayla Ritter led the Lions with and get some fast break points,” said
Lau led the team in assists with three. Hanson and Carolus each had one six points. Jessica Faber scored three Coach Hill.
blocked shot. and Gretchen Jones added two points. Mallory Leisure came in the sec-
GHV 51, Eagle Grove 47 “Mason City came out on all cyl- ond quarter and made three three-
It was a game of ups and downs for the Cardinals when they traveled to inders and we played very hesitant,” point baskets to take the Lions to a
Eagle Grove (1-5, 2-6) on Tuesday, Dec. 22. said Coach Emily Hill. “These girls 31-14 halftime lead.
The Cardinals took an early 13-8 lead in the first quarter. are learning how each other plays the The second half saw many more
“We had a good first quarter, but then played very poorly in the second game, so it will take some time to get turnovers by the Lions, but the mis-
quarter,” said Coach Matt Erpelding. used to playing with each other.” cues were off-set by strong rebound-
The Eagles went on a seven-point run to take the lead, 15-13. Jade Han- CL 40, Charles City 33 ing. The coach credited Kayla Ritter
son connected on a pair of free throws to end the first half, but the Cardinals What a difference a few days and McKenna Backhaus with doing a
still trailed, 20-17. makes. On Nov. 24, the Lions topped nice job cleaning up on the boards.
The third quarter wasn’t much better for the Cardinals, as Eagle Grove Charles City, 40-33. The Lions came away with a 44-
managed to gain a 10-point advantage, 34-24. GHV went to work in the Nine girls contributed in the 35 victory.
fourth quarter and collected 17 unanswered points to take the lead, 43-36. The scoring column. Gretchen Jones, Jes- Jessica Faber scored 10 points,
game came down to free throws at the end, with Payton Bamrick scoring the sica Faber, Morgan Nauman and Mi- Mallory Leisure had nine and Emilie
final five points from the three-point line for the final 51-47 victory. kayla VanderPloeg all had six points Jandebeur seven points.
Jillian Heitland had a fantastic game for the Cardinals, scoring 21 points. apiece. Iowa Falls/Alden 29, CL 17
She was 7/11 from the free throw line and 7/11 on field goals. “It was nice to see Mikayla take The Lions were a bit short-hand-
Hannah Lau also had a good night with a double-double, 11 points and charge in the post on both ends of the ed against Iowa Falls-Alden on Dec.
10 rebounds. She also had one assist, one steal and one blocked shot. court,” said Coach Hill. 15 and went down, 29-17. Kayla Rit-
Bamrick scored nine points and was 7/10 from the free-throw line. She West Fork 36, CL 32 ter led the scoring with eight.
also had five rebounds and two assists. The Lions got off to a slow start “Emilie Jandebeur did some
Taryn Carolus led the team in steals with three. Miranda Jackson led the against West Fork on Dec. 1 and great things defensively that she will
team in assists with four. could not pull out a win. They were build on as the season continues,” said
“This was a big win for us as we head into the Christmas break,” said Er- defeated, 36-32. Coach Hill. “We cut the lead to 20-
pelding. “We need to make a lot of improvements over the break, but I look “We only scored five points in 17, but were unable to stay on track as
for more success in the second half of the season.” the first quarter. The second quarter the Cadets came out with a victory.”
The Cardinals resume their season on Friday, Jan. 8, when they host North ended better as we took a one-point, Waverly-Shell Rock 52, CL 27
Union. Game time is 6:15 p.m. 21-20 lead into halftime,” explained The JV Lions were able to stay
Coach Hill. “I saw some good things with Class 4A’s Waverly-Shell Rock
CL Tel sponsors Pick-It-Bowl in this game in terms of ball move- for a half, but the Go-Hawks were too
ment, but the girls need to take better much down the stretch and won, 52-
Challenge Football Contest care of the ball in order to come out 27, on Dec. 22.
Have some fun and get a chance victorious.” “I saw some good things in the
to win a free Go Pro adventure camera camera, a Roku box for streaming Macy Mixdorf led the team with first half: ball movement, ball protec-
just by playing the free Pick-It-Bowl movies or TV series or Clear Lake nine points. Gretchen Jones and Mal- tion, and good defense. However, it
Challenge College Online Football Chamber bucks to be used at any par- lory Leisure each scored eight. was a tale of two halves for the Lions,
Contest. The free online football con- ticipating Clear Lake business. CL 57, C-G/D 29 as we scored just seven points in the
test is sponsored by CL Tel. For the first time this year, each After a slow start on Dec. 4, the second half on the way to a 52-27
The free contest is open to all participant will receive a personalized girls poured it on in the second quar- loss,” said Coach Hill. “We couldn’t
Clear Lake and Ventura area residents. dashboard to track their picks. Plus, ter and beat Clarion-Goldfield/Dows, get into a groove in the second half
Just register for the game by going to there will be head-to-head team pro- 57-29. and had a hard time getting the ball to
www.cltelbowlchallenge.com. Follow files to review. Jessica Faber got the Lions rolling the rim.”
the bowl games by selecting winners In a survey of last year’s partici- with her shooting in the first half and Gretchen Jones and Jessica Faber
online, then track how your picks pants, 98 percent of the players said helped the team to a 34-6 halftime each had seven points for Clear Lake.
compare with other Clear Lake and they wanted to play again this year. lead. Macy Mixdorf put in five.
Ventura fans. Everyone who partici- That same percentage said it was more “Clarion was running a zone de- “These are all learning experi-
pates has a chance to win the prizes, enjoyable than other contests, because fense against us, which allowed her to ences for some of the younger players
which include the Go Pro adventure it involved their local community. have a lot of open looks,” said Coach as they grow. I was impressed with Ki-
The first game begins this week. Hill. Faber drained six three-point- ersten Baalson and her ability to battle
ers on her way to a 20 point night. down low. She is a perimeter player
Happy New Year “Gretchen Jones and Macy Mixdorf but this year, she had played both in
and out for us,” added Coach Hill.

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