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SportsPage 10 • March 16, 2016
Snelling earns
IGCA All-State
recognition
The Iowa Girls Coaches Asso-
ciation (IGCA) has released its 2016
All-State Basketball teams and Clear
Lake’s Emily Snelling has been hon-
ored.
The Clear Lake junior was a
Class 3A Second Team selection.
Snelling was the Lions’ lead-
ing scorer, averaging 17.1 points per
game. She sunk 41 percent of her
field goal attempts for a total of 359
points. She also led the team at the
free throw line, connecting on 80 of
109 attempts for 73.4 percent. Her
aggressive play yielded a team-high
102 steals and six blocked shots.
In addition to being a unani-
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS CALENDAR
•Men’s Basketball: NCAA Tournament
vs. Temple, Friday, March 18, at 2:10
p.m., Brooklyn, N.Y.
•Men’s Basketball: NCAA Tournament
vs. Iona, Thursday, March 17, at 1 p.m.,
Denver, Colo.
•Men’s Basketball: NCAA Tournament
vs. Texas, Friday, March 18, at 8:50 p.m.,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
•Baseball: Wed., March 16, vs. Pratt CC,
Pratt, Kan., 2 p.m.
•Baseball: Thurs., March 17, at Barton
CC, Great Bend, Kan., 1 p.m.
•Softball: Thurs.-Fri., March 17-18, at
Tucson, Az.
•Baseball: Wed., March 16, home vs.
Mount Mercy University, 4 p.m.
•Softball: Sat., March 19, at McPherson
College, McPherson, Kan., 1 p.m.
•Softball: Sun., March 20, at Haskell In-
dian Nations University, Haskell, Kan., 1
p.m.
•Baseball: Fri.-Sun., March 18-20, at Lin- Kirkwood; Dasiana Larson, GHV, Track
coln University, Maryville, Mo.
Sport Shorts
VFW holds Bean Bag Tournament
The VFW Post 4868 held their weekly Bean Bag Tournament on Wednesday,
March 9. The winner of the Afternoon Singles Match was Dale Anderson and
Stu Parr was the runner-up. The Doubles Match winners were Wendy and Kit
Alcorn. Dave Carney and Gordy Wiemann were second.
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EMILY SNELLING
mous First Team All-North Central
Conference pick, Snelling was named
to the Class 3A Northwest Regional
team, All-District Team and was a
Third Team All-State selection.
VITERBO
•Baseball: Sat., March 19, vs. Mount
Mercy University, Iowa City, Iowa
•Baseball: Sun., March 12, vs. Mount
Mercy University, Iowa City, Iowa
•Women’s Track & Field: Thurs.-Sat.,
March 17-19, at Alan Connie Shamrock
Invitational, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
•Baseball: Thurs.-Fri., March 17-18, at
Vero Beach, Fla.
•Baseball: Sat.-Fri., March 19-25, at Tuc- more to a complete scorer this year. a great percentage (over 35 percent),
son, Az.
•Men’s Track & Field: Fri.-Sat., March 11-
12, at NCAA Championships, Grinnell,
Iowa
Area athletes playing in a college
sport include: Spencer Davidson, CL,
Golf, NIACC; Sola Stephenson, GHV,
Track & Field, NIACC; Alex VanderPloeg,
CL, Track & Field, NIACC; Rebecca
Long, CL, Golf, NIACC; Joel Toppin,
GHV, Wartburg, Track & Field; Michael &
Mitchell Keeran, CL, Baseball, Waldorf;
Sara Barlow, CL, Softball, Waldorf; Tan-
ner Truesdell, CL, Baseball, BVU; Brock
Adams & Gavin Sheakley, CL, Baseball,
& Field, Liberty University; Rowdy Yates,
CL, Baseball, Viterbo University; Ozzie
Adams, CL, Baseball, Northwest Missouri
St.; Chandler Diercks, CL, & Andrea Top-
pin, Ventura, Track & Field, ISU.
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THOMAS STORBECK ZACH TATUM GHV players named to Top
First Team All-NCC Second Team All-NCC of Iowa All-Conference lists
PARKER TRUESDELL After a successful season with a record of 21-5 and a trip to the Substate
Third Team All-NCC finals, it is no wonder the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura boys are well represented on
the All-Conference teams for the the Top of Iowa Conference.
Senior Sam Cataldo was a unanimous First Team All-Conference selection.
Also making the First Team was junior Jonathan O’Connor. Freshman James
Betz was named to the Second Team and Payton James, a senior, earned Honor-
able Mention recognition.
“All of these players worked hard and made contributions on both ends of
the floor,” said Coach Joe Albertson. “Each of them have a set of unique skills
that helped our team be successful.”
Cataldo was the team’s leader. He averaged 17.2 points per game and was
fourth in the conference for scoring. He also led the team in rebounds with 8.6
per game and he was third in the conference in rebounds. He also recorded 57
blocks for the year.
O’Connor was the team’s second leading scorer, averaging 11 points per
game. He was also a strong presence from behind the three-point line, record-
ing 24 three-point shots. He also led the team in steals with 41 and he was a
good team player recording 68 assists.
Betz, the team’s big guy at 6’7”, scored 9.2 points per game and was ef-
ZACH LESTER ficient from the free throw line with 83.3 percent accuracy. He was the team’s
Third Team All-NCC second leading rebounder, averaging 6.1 per game. He also recorded 26 steals
and he had 29 blocked shots for the season.
James was the team’s three-point shooter. He led the team in trey’s with 39.
He averaged 6.6 points per game.
The TIC Player of the Year was Granger Kingland, of Lake Mills. Brian
Peterson, of West Hancock, was named the TIC Coach of the Year.
Four Lions earn All-North
Central Conference honors
Clear Lake junior Thomas Stor- great competitor.”
beck was named to the First Team According to Ainley, Parker
All-North Central Conference and Truesdell will go down as one of the
three other Lions were honored by best pure shooters to ever graduate
conference coaches. Senior Zach from Clear Lake. The senior averaged
Tatum was a Second Team All-NCC over 10 points per game and made
choice, while senior Parker Truesdell 69 three-pointers this season, ranking SAM CATALDO JOHNATHAN O’CONNOR
and sophomore Zach Lester were second for most all time in a season First Team TIC First Team TIC
Third Team selections. to Mike Oimoen. He had the sec-
Coach Jeremy Ainley noted ond most in the conference this year,
Storbeck missed being a unanimous and was in the top 10 in Class 2A in
First Team choice by one. “He really three-pointers made in the season. He
turned it on this year as a leader and made 99 for his career, which ranks
became a great basketball player for fifth most in Clear Lake history. “The
us,” said Ainley. “He went from a impressive thing about his number of
spot up shooter last year as a sopho- three’s made is that one— he did it at
Thomas had a remarkable year and but two— everybody knew that he
we look forward to building on it for could and would shoot it and he still
next year.” had those kind of numbers.” JAMES BETZ PAYTON JAMES
Storbeck averaged 19.6 points “For a sophomore starting varsi- Second Team TIC Honorable Mention
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