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““We knew going in that Crestwood would
be a tough matchup versus a 3A school and
we gave ourselves a chance to win,”
CLHS Head
Boys Basketball Coach
Jeremy Ainley
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Thursday
•Clear Lake 7th grade boys
basketball home vs. IF-A, 4:15
p.m.
•Clear Lake 8th grade boys
basketball at IF-A, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake 9th grade boys
basketball home at West Fork,
6 p.m.
•CL 7th/8th grade wrestling at
Forest City Middle School, 4:15
p.m.
•GHV 7th grade girls basketball
at Lake Mills, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV 8th grade girls basketball
home vs. Lake Mills, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV Jr. High wrestling at For-
est City, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JJV boys basketball
home vs. C-G-D, 6:15 p.m.
Friday
•CLHS Dance Team performs
at Varsity basketball half-times
•Clear Lake JV girls and boys
basketball home vs. Humboldt,
4:30 p.m.
•Clear Lake V girls and boys
home vs. Humboldt, 6:15 p.m.
Saturday
•CL wrestling at Sectional Meet
at Charles City, noon
•GHV wrestling at Sectionals at
home, noon
•GHV JV girls and boys basket-
ball at Algona, 5 p.m.
•GHV V girls and boys basket-
ball at Algona, 6:15 p.m.
Monday
•GHV Jr. High girls basketball
at Belmond-Klemme, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JJV boys basketball
home vs. North Union, 6:30
p.m.
Tuesday
•Clear Lake JV girls and boys
basketball home vs. Webster
City, 4:30 p.m.
•Clear Lake V girls and boys
basketball home vs. Webster
City, 6:15 p.m.
•GHV Jr. High wrestling at
West Hancock, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JV girls and boys basket-
ball at North Union, 4 p.m.
•GHV V girls and boys basket-
ball at North Union, 6:15 p.m.
•Basketball: Wed., Feb. 3,
home vs. Penn State, 6 p.m.
•Basketball: Sun., Feb. 7, at Il-
linois, noon
•Basketball: Sat., Feb. 6, at
Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.
•Basketball: Wed., Feb. 3,
home vs. Evansville, 6 p.m.
•Basketball: Sat., Feb. 6, at
Drake University, 1 p.m.
•Wrestling: Wed., Feb. 3, vs.
Ellsworth CC
•Women’s & Men’s Basketball:
Sat., Feb. 6, at Iowa Central
CC, 1 p.m.
•Wrestling: Thurs. Feb. 4, at
Calumet College, Whiting, Ind.
continued op Garrigan Tuesday night, Jan. 26,
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Clear Lake girls break into rankings at No. 13
The Clear Lake girls basketball
team finished out January with their
fourth win in a row and broke into the
Class 3A rankings for the first time this the three-point line. Our timing on of-
season at number 13, showing they are
peaking at just the right time. The Li-
ons are now 12-6 on the season.
CL 51, IF-A 39
The Lions started the week with a
dominant victory over Iowa Falls-Alden
Clear Lake’s Ellie Biebesheimer prepares to take a shot-- and a foul, against Iowa Falls- line, in the second quarter on their way
Alden last week. Biebesheimer scored five points in the Lions’ 51-39 victory.-Reporter
photo by Chris Barragy.
CL boys power past NCC teams, fall to Crestwood
Lions victorious
at home
The Clear Lake boys sandwiched a
loss with wins this week, putting their
record at 9-8 overall heading into Feb-
ruary.
CL 79, IF-A 59
The Lions got off to a great start
both shooting the ball and getting
down the floor and ran past Iowa Falls-
Alden 79-59 Tuesday, Jan. 26.
“Our press gave us some easy
baskets and we were able to control
the game from that stand point,” said
Coach Jeremy Ainley.
Clear Lake went on a 14-2 run
to end the first half to put themselves
up 15 at the half, 44-29. Momentum
continued in the third quarter with
23 more points, helping the team to a
20-point win.
Four Lions finished in double
figures, led by Thomas Storbeck with
27 points, eight rebounds and seven
steals. Zach Lester provided a spark
to the run in the second quarter and
finished with 14 points, many com-
ing off his seven steals. Parker Trues-
dell continues to shoot the ball well
and finished with 14 points, including
four three-pointers, while Zach Tatum
scored 12 points and had seven re-
bounds.
Adding to the point total was Evan
Krause and Cody Matz, each with four
points, and Jarod Anderson and Parker
Pitzen with two apiece.
GHV boys escape with win at Lake Mills, go to 15-3
With just three games remaining
in the regular season, the GHV boys
are looking to finish strong. Last week
they recorded three wins, moving their
record to 15-3 overall.
GHV 86, Bishop Garrigan 53
Four Cardinals finished in double
figures, helping GHV cruise past Bish-
86-53. The win wasn’t quite as easy the
score indicated.
“Early on Garrigan had us on our
heels. We had some poor closeouts
and got caught watching the ball, and
Tuesday, Jan. 26. Ten three-pointers
helped to lift the Lions, 51-39.
“We shot the ball really well from
fense is getting better and is contribut-
ing to our good shooting,” said Coach
Bart Smith.
The visiting Cadets actually held a
17-15 first quarter lead and we ahead
30-25 at the break. But a good third
quarter in which the Lions outscored
Cody Matz provided the Lions with some points off the bench in Clear Lake’s 20-point
win over Iowa Falls-Alden. Here, Matz drove past the Cadets to score two of his four
points.-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.
Garrigan was able to score in the paint,”
said Coach Joe Albertson. “We settled
down and played very well in the sec-
ond quarter allowing only four points.
On offense we got the ball inside, hit a
number of perimeter shots, and got to
the free throw line. We will win a lot of
games with that formula.”
Sam Cataldo led the spring barrage
with 22 points, followed by James Betz
with 12 and Johnny O’Connor and
Ben Baumgard each with 11 points.
Baumgard was 3/4 from beyond the
arc for nine of his points. The scor-
ing didn’t fall off much down the line,
IF-A 12-4 put the game out of reach.
“I’m very pleased with how we
started our second half. We are starting
to mature as a team and put teams away
when we have a lead,” added Coach
Smith.
Emily Snelling was the team leader
for the Lions with 18 points and six re-
bounds and Jessica Faber was a spark
off the bench with 12.
“Jessica continues to give us good
points off the bench and is playing with
a lot of confidence,” said Smith.
Chloe Mueller put in eight points
and had seven assists in the win. Erin
O’Tool and Ellie Biebesheimer had six
and five points respectively. Jordyn
Barragy rounded out the scoring with
two points.
CL 46, Crestwood 33
The Lions held Crestwood to only
two points, both from the free throw
to a 46-33 win in non-conference play
Thursday, Jan. 28.
Sophomore Jordyn Barragy had 17
points with five three-pointers while
Jessica Faber had 16 points with four
three-pointers to lead the Lions.
Coach Bart Smith said his leading
scorer Emily Snelling tweaked her knee
in the Iowa Falls-Alden win and so he
decided to give her rest against Crest-
wood. Snelling is “day to day” the rest
of the regular season, he added.
Once again the Lions played long
ball and once again they were success-
ful, making 11 of 25 three-point at-
tempts.
“We are moving the ball well and
getting the best shot possible. Jessica
started for Emily and is playing like
she has started all year. She’s doing just
more then scoring. She is defending
and getting rebounds and is turning
into a good player for us which will
as Payton James had nine points and
Holden Hutcheson and Nick Joynt
each finished with eight points.
Harley Forry and Connor Burke
rounded out the scoring with three and
two points respectively.
After a nearly even first quarter,
GHV dominated the second period,
outscoring Garrigan 25-7. The Cards
led at the half, 48-23.
The Cards were able to dominate
with their presence in the paint. They
scored 36 points in the paint, compared
to 22 for the Golden Bears. GHV also
made Garrigan pay for their mistakes,
Erin O’Tool looks to get the ball inside for another Lion score against Iowa Fall-Alden.
-Reporter photo by Chris Barragy.
make us even a better team when Emily
gets back,” said Coach Smith. “Jordyn
had her best game driving the ball and
is finding other ways to score besides
the three.”
Crestwood 64, CL 62
Despite a career-high 34 points
from Thomas Storbeck, the Clear Lake
boys were edged by Crestwood, 64-62,
Thursday, Jan. 28.
“We knew going in that Crest-
wood would be a tough matchup ver-
sus a 3A school and we gave ourselves a
chance to win,” said Coach Ainley. “I
was proud of the effort, just not the
outcome.”
After getting out to a slow start and
getting down 10-3, the Lions caught
their breath and came back to lead after
the first quarter, 20-16. the win in the fourth with open looks
“They forced us to change some
things defensively and we were able to
keep making shots and lead by six at
the half. In the second half, unfortu-
nately we were not able to execute de-
fensively and we let a tight ball game
slip because we couldn’t get stops,” said
the coach.
Thomas Storbeck played a great
game offensively with 34 points, with
5/10 shooting from behind the arc.
Parker Truesdell had a shot with
10 seconds left that rimmed out, but
he finished with 13 points. Zach Les-
ter put in seven points and was cred-
ited with 11 assists. Zach Tatum and
Parker Pitzen each had four points.
CL 77, C-G-D 50
Coach Ainley said that after a
tough loss the night before, he had no
idea what to expect when the Lions
with 16 points coming off turnovers.
Cataldo controlled the boards,
pulling for 13 rebounds. He also
blocked three shots in a good all-
around game.
GHV 61, Lake Mills 58
The Cardinals faced a tough test
on the road at Lake Mills Friday, Jan.
29. They finished on top in a back and
forth game, using clutch free throws to
win, 61-58.
“Playing in Lake Mills has always
been unpredictable. We have jumped
to early leads and lost, fell behind early
CL baseball
player
signs with
Kirkwood
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Defense was also a big part of the
Lions’ win. They held the home team
to just two points in the second quarter
See CL GIRLS on page 10
returned to action against Clarion-
Goldfield-Dows on Friday.
“We came out down 6-1 and I was
concerned,” said Ainley. “But we start-
ed making some shots and controlling
the game defensively and came back to
take a 14-12 lead at the end of one. In
the second quarter we continued to
make some shots and played great de-
fense even with our leading scorer on
the bench in foul trouble.”
The Lions took a 34-27 lead into
half and in the third the quarter started
to get transition baskets. They sealed
and great defensive play.
“Zach Tatum had his best offen-
sive game and really sparked some big
runs with 23 points,” said Ainley.
Thomas Storbeck, who didn’t play
most of the first half, came in to the
second half and shot the ball well to
finish with 20 points and six rebounds.
“Zach Lester continues to improve
and had a great game with 12 points
and 10 assists to only one turnover,”
noted the coach.
Parker Truesdell hit some big
three-pointers to finish with nine.
Parker Pitzen had four points, Noah
Heggen and Jarod Anderson scored
three apiece, Lucas Kirchhoff two, and
Ryan Atkinson had one point.
“Overall I was really pleased to get
the road win,” said Ainley. “We took
care of the ball and forced them to 37
percent shooting from the field— two
keys to success.”
and won, led from the beginning and
won. We found some early success
scoring inside in the first half, but we
also left a couple great shooters open to
allow Lake Mills to hang around,” said
Coach Albertson.
The Cardinals led 28-26 at half-
time, but after the break they struggled
to slow down the Bulldogs’ best player,
Granger Kingland. The Lake Mills
senior drew fouls, hit free throws, hit
threes and scored on the block.
“It looked like it was his night and
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