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“We had a good year and have seen a lot
of improvement in the kids, both on and off
the mat.”
CLHS Head
Wresting Coach
Gary Weber
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Thursday
*Clear Lake JV/V boys basket-
ball home vs. Algona, 6:15 p.m.
*GHV 8th grade girls basketball
at Eagle Grove, 4:15 p.m.
*GHV 7th grade girls basketball
home vs. Eagle Grove, 4:15 p.m.
Saturday
*Clear Lake V wrestling Districts
at Aplington-Parkersburg, noon
*Clear Lake V girls basketball 3A
Regionals home vs. Aplington-
Parkersburg, 7 p.m.
*GHV V wrestling Districts at
Webster City, noon
*GHV V girls basketball 3A Re-
gionals at Algona, 7 p.m.
Monday
*Clear Lake V boys basketball
2A Districts vs. St. Ansgar at For-
est City, 8 p.m.
*GHV 8th grade girls basketball
at West Hancock, 4:15 p.m.
*GHV 7th grade girls basketball
home vs. West Hancock, 4:15
p.m.
*GHV V boys basketball 2A Dis-
tricts home vs. Eagle Grove, 8
p.m.
Tuesday
*GHV 7th and 8th grade girls
basketball at North Iowa, 4:15
p.m.
*GHV MS wrestling at Belmond-
Klemme, 4:15 p.m.
*Basketball: Thurs., Feb. 11, at
Indiana, 8 p.m.
*Basketball: Sun., Feb. 14, home
vs. Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.
*Basketball: Wed., Feb. 10, at
Texas Tech, 8 p.m.
*Basketball: Sat., Feb. 13, home
vs. Texas, 7:30 p.m.
*Basketball: Tues., Feb. 16, at
Baylor, 8 p.m.
*Basketball: Wed., Feb. 10,
home vs. Missouri State, 7 p.m.
*Basketball: Sat., Feb. 13, at
Wichita State, 11 a.m.
*Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Wed., Feb. 10, home vs. South-
western CC, 5:30 p.m.
*Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Sat., Feb. 13, at Ellsworth CC,
1 p.m.
*Wrestling: Sun., Feb. 14, at
North Central District Tourna-
ment, Council Bluffs
*Men’s Basketball: Sun., Feb.
14, home vs. Warburg College
JV, 2 p.m.
*JV/V Hockey: Fri., Feb. 12,
home vs. Des Moines Oakleafs,
6:15 p.m.
*JV/V Hockey: Sat., Feb. 13,
home vs. Des Moines Oakleafs,
6:30 p.m.
*Hockey: Sat., Feb. 13, at Roch-
ester, 7:05 p.m.
Area athletes playing in a college
sport include: Trudy Peterson,
Clear Lake, Basketball, NIACC;
Chase Lester, Clear Lake, Bas-
ketball, NIACC; Brennan Doe-
bel, Clear Lake, Wrestling, NI-
ACC; Jacob Colon, Clear Lake,
Wrestling, Grand View College.
Clear Lake students playing on
the Mason City Mohawk Hockey
team include: Ethan McHenry,
Jacob Peterson, Nick Piscopo,
Noah Stevenson, Wil Cooney,
Ben Blaha and Noah Taylor.
CL girls bounce back
The Clear Lake girls (13-7, 8-5) dropped
out of the Class 3A ratings with a loss at Al-
gona Feb. 1, but bounced back and are on the
upswing heading into the post-season next
week. The Lions host Aplington-Parkersburg
in a Regional game Saturday, Feb. 13, at 7
p.m. The winner will advance to play the
winner of the Forest City vs. Iowa Falls-Al-
den game being played in Forest City on Feb.
13. That second round game will be played
Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. in Forest City.
Algona 38, CL 29
Good defense helped the Lions stay
close, but Algona (11-9) picked up the North
Central Conference win Monday, 38-29.
“We had a bad shooting night, but were
able to keep it close because of our defense,”
said Coach Bart Smith. “We are doing the
little things right to stay in a game if we don’t
have a good shooting night. Defending and
rebounding are things we can control, and we
are doing that very well.”
Both teams struggled offensively in the
first quarter. The Lions edged the Bulldogs
6-5 in the period. Algona took charge in the
second quarter, outscoring the Lions 12-2 for
a 17-8 halftime lead.
The Lions seemed to get on track in the
third and topped the Bulldogs 13-8 in the
quarter. The burst was short-lived and they
returned to single digits in the final period.
GHV’s Cade Baker pinned his way to a championship at 182-pounds in the Class 2A Sectional
Tournament held in Garner on Saturday. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy
Two Cardinals claim top honors
Two Garner-Hayfield-Ventura wrestlers
claimed championship honors on Saturday,
Feb. 6, in Class 2A Sectional action in Gar-
ner. Clarion-Goldfield won the tournament
256 points.
Conner Shaw and Cade Baker finished at
the top of the podium.
Shaw, who wrestlers at 170-pounds, won
by major decision over Caleb Olson, of Web-
ster City, 15-4.
Baker pinned Humboldt’s Nate Kollmor-
gen in :24 to earn the top spot at 182-pounds.
Jace Pringnitz, at 120-pounds, placed
third for the Cardinals. He was beat in the
second place match by Carson Hartnett, 30-
11.
IHSAA 2A Sect. 15 Results for Garner-Hay-
field/Ventura
106 - Zach Eichmann (10-13) placed 6th and
scored 4.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Derick Khaleck (Webster City)
20-11 won by fall over Zach Eichmann (Garner-
Hayfield/Ventura) 10-13 (Fall 0:24); Cons. Semi -
Zach Eichmann (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 10-13
received a bye () (Bye); 5th Place Match - Aaron
Diesburg (Humboldt) 20-17 won by fall over Zach
Eichmann (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 10-13 (Fall
1:13)
113 - Austin Case (26-18) placed 4th and
scored 11.00 team points. Quarterfinal - Austin
Case (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 26-18 won by
fall over Michael Talbot (Algona) 3-4 (Fall 2:44); (Bye); 5th Place Match - Maverick Freerksen (For-
Semifinal - Drake Doolittle (Webster City) 34-4
won by fall over Austin Case (Garner-Hayfield/
Ventura) 26-18 (Fall 3:10); 3rd Place Match -
Kameron Rohwedder (Forest City) 19-27 won
by decision over Austin Case (Garner-Hayfield/
Ventura) 26-18 (Dec 9-7)
120 - Jace Pringnitz (30-11) placed 3rd and
scored 14.00 team points.Quarterfinal - Jace
Pringnitz (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 30-11 re-
ceived a bye () (Bye); Semifinal - Carson Hartnett Hayfield/Ventura) 9-18 won by fall over Ethan Al-
(Webster City) 29-14 won by major decision over
Jace Pringnitz (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 30-
11 (MD 15-3); 3rd Place Match - Jace Pringnitz
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 30-11 won by fall over
Alex Bronson (Algona) 8-28 (Fall 0:44); 2nd Place
Match - Carson Hartnett (Webster City) 29-14
won by rule over Jace Pringnitz (Garner-Hayfield/
Ventura) 30-11 (RULE)
132 - Spencer Formanek (13-15) placed
6th and scored 4.00 team points. Quarterfinal -
The coach credited center Ellie Biebe-
sheimer as being an integral part of the suc-
cessful Lion defense, which held the home
team to eight third quarter points. The se-
nior pulled down 13 rebounds to go with her
two points.
Jordan Barragy led the Lions on the
scoreboard with 16 points, including four
three-pointers.
“Jordyn continues to be our consistent
scorer with Emily (Snelling) still nursing a
knee injury,” said Coach Smith. “Gretchen
Jones is starting to see the floor better and is
someone we can count down the stretch here
into tournament time.”
Jones, a sophomore, didn’t score, but
had three assists and a steal in the game.
Jessica Faber scored eight points and had
four rebounds. Erin O’Tool finished with
two points and four rebounds, while Chloe
Mueller had one point and three boards.
CL 37, Humboldt 34
Defense was again the name of the game
for the Lions when they hosted Humboldt
(12-7, 9-4) Friday, Feb. 5. This time they
won, 37-34.
“This was a big win for us. Our girls
played hard tonight,” said Coach Bart Smith.
“We were tough on the defensive end again.
Our two seniors were great at that end of
the floor. Ellie (Biebesheimer) had another
Cade Felts (Webster City) 9-21 won by fall over
Spencer Formanek (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 13-
15 (Fall 2:22); Cons. Semi - Spencer Formanek
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 13-15 received a bye
() (Bye); 5th Place Match - Blake Jacobs (Forest
City) 18-25 won by fall over Spencer Formanek
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 13-15 (Fall 3:01)
138 - Anthony Sherwood (18-21) placed 5th
and scored 8.00 team points. Quarterfinal - Zack
Wagner (Forest City) 16-28 won by fall over An-
thony Sherwood (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 18-
21 (Fall 2:48); Cons. Semi - Anthony Sherwood
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 18-21 received a bye
() (Bye); 5th Place Match - Anthony Sherwood
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 18-21 won by fall over
Donovan Berte (Algona) 1-10 (Fall 3:26)
145 - Jade Pringnitz (8-8) placed 6th and
scored 4.00 team points. Quarterfinal - Jaxon
Kampen (Humboldt) 32-12 won by decision over
Jade Pringnitz (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 8-8
(Dec 5-0); Cons. Semi - Jade Pringnitz (Garner-
Hayfield/Ventura) 8-8 received a bye () (Bye); 5th A win and a loss for CL boys
Place Match - Carter Rholl (Webster City) 16-10
won by fall over Jade Pringnitz (Garner-Hayfield/
Ventura) 8-8 (Fall 3:22)
152 - Colyn Schoneman (21-20) placed
6th and scored 4.00 team points. Quarterfinal -
Darek Garman (Algona) 22-21 won by fall over
Colyn Schoneman (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 21-
20 (Fall 1:03); Cons. Semi - Colyn Schoneman
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 21-20 received a bye ()
est City) 21-21 won by fall over Colyn Schoneman
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 21-20 (Fall 1:15)
160 - John Hulbert (9-18) placed 5th and
scored 8.00 team points. Quarterfinal - Sam
Wigans (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 32-13 won by
fall over John Hulbert (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura)
9-18 (Fall 1:34); Cons. Semi - John Hulbert
(Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 9-18 received a bye ()
(Bye); 5th Place Match - John Hulbert (Garner-
sop (Forest City) 6-17 (Fall 1:43)
170 - Conner Shaw (38-2) placed 1st and
scored 23.00 team points. Quarterfinal - Conner
Shaw (Garner-Hayfield/Ventura) 38-2 received a
bye () (Bye); Semifinal - Conner Shaw (Garner-
Hayfield/Ventura) 38-2 won by fall over Mason
Carpenter (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 36-13 (Fall
2:54); 1st Place Match - Conner Shaw (Garner-
Hayfield/Ventura) 38-2 won by major decision
over Caleb Olson (Webster City) 19-15 (MD 15-4)
See GHV WRESTLING on page 13
GHV
Sports
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Clear Lake’s Gretchen Jones applies some heavy defensive pressure to a Humboldt player in Friday night’s home match-
up. The Lions topped the Wildcats, 37-34. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy
double digit rebounding effort (12) for us and Erin defense was effective in the third and they topped the
(O’Tool) shut down their top scorer again. She held Wildcats 9-3 to take an 18-13 lead at the break.
her to three points in the first meeting and seven in After sputtering a bit in the third and only putting
tonight’s game. six points on the board, the Lions outlasted Humboldt
The team started evenly, with the Lions holding a
slim 10-9 lead after the first eight minutes. The Lion See CL GIRLS on page 15
Six Lion wrestlers moving on
Six Clear Lake grapplers qual- 120: Braxton Doebel, fourth His day did not go like we had
ified for the District meet this Sat- place. Brax was wrestling well and hoped, but his future is so bright.
urday at Aplington-Parkersburg. had a shot of getting to Districts 220: Spencer Christensen.
Eric Faught (106), Ryan Leisure when he broke his arm. It was very Just like Kade, Spencer had a su-
(138) and Ryan Faught (152) all unfortunate. per freshman year. Very rarely
won Sectional titles Saturday at 126: Ben Hillyer, third place. do freshman wrestle at the up-
Charles City. Placing second and Ben had a good day. He showed per weights and they both won
advancing were Jackson Hamlin improvement. matches.
(113) ,Will Kirshbaum (132) and 132: Will Kirshbaum, second 285: Kyle Willms, second
Kyle Willms (285). place. Will is a fighter and he is place. Kyle keeps improving. He
“We had a good day. We al- now one of six guys at Districts. is a smart kid and he learns from
ways hope to get all 14 kids to 138: Ryan Leisure, first place. his losses. He has a good shot at
move on, but that did not hap- I have never seen three state place making it to State.
pen,” said Coach Gary Weber, winners at one weight in Section-
who is completing his final season als. He came out on top and HSAA 2A Sect. 2 Results for Clear
at the Lion helm. “We have had looks ready to repeat as a State Lake
a good year and have seen a lot of champion.
improvement in the kids, both on 145: Kaleb Froiland, fourth 106 - Eric Faught (30-0) placed 1st
and off the mat.” place. Kaleb had a great senior and scored 22 team points; Quar-
Charles City won the Class year. He came close to advancing terfinal - Faught (CL) 30-0 received
2A Sectional and advanced nine with his patented cradle. a bye; Semifinal - Faught (CL) 30-0
wrestlers. The Comets had 203 152: Ryan Faught, first place. received a bye; 1st Place Match -
points, edging Osage which fin- Ryan had a great day. He beat Faught (CL) 30-0 won by fall (1:29)
ished second with 199 and had third ranked Brock Jennings of over Joe Jacobs (O)
seven qualifiers. Clear Lake fin- Osage in overtime. This should
ished third with 181 points. help his confidence a ton. 113 - Jackson Hamlin (18-22) placed
Coach Gary Weber provided 170: Dalton Grell, fifth place. 2nd and scored 16 team points;
this overview about his team: Dalton had a good sophomore Quarterfinal - Hamlin (CL) received
106: Eric Faught, first year. He has a bright future. a bye; Semifinal - Hamlin (CL) won
place. Eric is still undefeated on 182: Kade Hambly, fourth by decision over Parker Allen (H-D)
the year and is poised to make his place. Kade had a super freshman (Dec 6-0); 1st Place Match - Todd
title run. year. Raisch (IF-A) won by decision (5-3)
113: Jackson Hamlin, second 195: Ace Walton, fifth place. over Hamlin; 2nd Place Match - Ham-
place. Jack has improved his de- Ace is one of the neatest kids I lin (CL) won by rule over Parker Allen
fense and has a shot this Saturday. have had the privilege to coach. (H-D)
120 - Braxton Doebel (7-12) placed
4th and scored 11 team points; Quar-
terfinal - Doebel (CL) won by fall
(2:50) over Lucus Weigle (O); Semi
See CL WRESTLING on pg. 14
The Clear Lake boys treated the up the deficit. and gave them way too many easy
home crowd to a victory last week, Tatum played well and led baskets,” said Coach Jeremy Ainley.
but fell on the road, putting them the Lions with 17 points and six Humboldt started out the sec-
at 10-9 overall and 8-5 in the North rebounds. Zach Lester also had a ond half on a 12-2 run to tie it up at
Central Conference. good night with 11 point, seven as- 55-55. The Lions responded with a
Algona 65, CL 48 sists and five rebounds. 10-0 run.
The Lions will be looking to Thomas Storbeck finished with In the fourth quarter the Lions
show Algona (15-3) what they’re seven points, Parker Truesdell had played defense again and held the
really made of when the Bulldogs six, and Parker Pitzen five points. visitor to 10 points and ended up
come to town Thursday night, Feb. Jarod Anderson rounded out the winning by 14.
11. According to Coach Jeremy scoring with a basket. Thomas Storbeck shot the ball
Ainley, his team simply didn’t play “They are a very good team and extremely well the first half and
well at Algona Feb. 1, and fell 65-48. we will have to play better when we made eight free throws down the
The Bulldogs, who share the play them at home,” added Coach stretch to lead the Lions with a ca-
conference lead with Webster City at Ainley. reer high 35 points.
10-1, started off hitting their shots CL 85, Humboldt 71 Zach Tatum played a great all-
and unfortunately the Lion could The Lions played their best around game with 16 points and
not keep pace. They trailed 19-13 quarter of the season to open strong seven rebounds and Zach Lester
after the first quarter. against Humboldt (6-12, 4-8) Fri- continues to get more seasoned and
“Zach Tatum got us going and day night and never looked back. had a good game with 15 points,
gave us a spark,” said Ainley. By the Clear Lake won the North Central eight assists and four steals.
time we settled in after the second Conference contest, 85-71. Parker Truesdell hit some big
quarter we were down seven at half, The Lions poured in 31 first shots in the first half and scored 12
but were playing well.” quarter points compared to 10 for points and Ryan Atkinson gave the
Unfortunately the Lion defense the Wildcats. But while they con- team some huge minutes off the
was not very good in the second half, tinued to score in the second peri- bench and had four points.
admitted the coach. “We gave them od, the Lions allowed Humboldt to “It was also nice to see Justin
way too many easy looks that got score, as well. The ‘Cats topped the Sholly have another big game with
their best player going and we did Lions by 10 in the quarter to pull 10 rebound,” added the coach.
not shoot it very well as a team.” within 10 at the half, 53-43. Sholly finished with three points.
The Lions were down 50-30 af- “After shooting the ball ex- “Overall it was a good win,”
ter three quarters of play and despite tremely well in the first half and said the coach. “Offensively we
outscoring the home team 18-15 in being extremely efficient on offense, played great, defensively we need to
the fourth period, could not make defensively we stopped guarding come together for four quarters.”