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“I just want to say how proud I am of our
kids and their performances through-
out the year.”
CLHS Boys
Track Coach
A.J. Feuerbach
Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter
GHV’s Sam Cataldo competes in the 110 meter hurdles at the State Meet. He
also competed in the 400 meter hurdles and the shuttle hurdle relay.
GHV’s Brooklyn Ossmon runs her leg of the shuttle hurdle relay. The team placed
18th with a time of 1:11.72.
Clear Lake’s Zach Lester runs a leg of the Distance Medley Relay. The relay fin- for the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys
ished 14th with a time of 3:40.70.
Waldron will represent Clear Lake
in Class 3A State Golf Meet
Clear Lake’s Dane Waldron will return to the Class
3A State Golf Meet for the fourth time this week, but
the Lion team was denied. The Lions, who have quali-
fied for State in 13 of the past 15 years, finished third
at Friday’s District Meet held at Waverly.
Waldron carded a 68 to share medalist honors
with Webster City’s Avery Fuhs.
Decorah and Webster City finished as the top two
teams with 293 and 296 respectively. Gilbert tied with
Webster City at 296, but the fifth score tiebreaker gave
the Lynx a one-stroke victory and a State berth. The
Lions were fourth with a 299. Oelwein rounded out
the field with 343.
“It’s hard to be really disappointed with these
scores. Usually anything under 300 and you are an
automatic State qualifier,” said Clear Lake Coach Eric
Perry. “This was easily the toughest and most talented
District in the state. There’s nothing to be ashamed of,
we lost to the best competition in the state.”
The coach said Waldron played great at Districts
and he expects the senior to challenge for the 3A title.
“He has worked hard year. He works 12 months a
year on his golf game, stays in great shape and uses his
head on the course,” said Perry.
State Action
Diercks claims third State title;
Strong performances all around
Chandler Diercks earned his third
State title in the long jump and his Clear 110 hurdles and was 21st in 15.90.
Lake teammates turned in a number of
strong performances at the Iowa Boys
and Girls State Track meet held Thurs-
day through Saturday in Des Moines.
Clear Lake Coach A.J. Feuerbach
said he was thrilled to get eight events
and 10 kids back to State for the second
year in a row It was the first time the
Lions have qualified four relays for State this team were phenomenal, taking this
since 1992.
Diercks, who captured his second
Drake Relays long jump title in April, (Adams), Dustin (King), and them
became just the fifth person in state
meet history to win the long jump event
three times. His leap of 23’ 3.25” was
.75” better than West Burlington’s Xav-
ior Williams and the rest of the Class 2A
field. Diercks was second in the event
his freshmen year and won the 3A long
jump as a sophomore and junior. This
year Clear Lake dropped to Class 2A.
Diercks was also part of three Lion
relays which competed at State. Zach Ta-
tum, Cooper Merrill and Makean Bang
teamed with Diercks for the 4x100 and
4x200. The 4x100 team finished 14th
in 44.47. The Lions were disqualified in
the 4x200.
The Distance Medley Relay with
Tatum, Diercks, Dustin King and Chase
Lester was 14th in 3:40.70.
Merrill, a junior, also competed as
an individual, qualifying in the 100 me-
ters. He was 23rd in 11.64.
Clear Lake’s shuttle hurdle team of
Parker Truesdell, Parker Crispin, Alex
Vander Ploeg and Chase Bacon was
11th in 1:00.61. The group will be
looking to return to State next year, with
Vander Ploeg being the only senior on
the relay.
GHV sends 10 events to
State Track competition
It was a big week on the blue oval
and girls track teams. The Cardinals
qualified 10 events, so there was a lot
of action at the State Track meet for
GHV fans to watch.
Chase Smith was the highest plac-
ing GHV competitor. Smith placed
fifth in the 3200 meter run with a time
of 9:45.77. Another long distance
runner, Logan Dahlbeck was 14th in
the 1600 meter run with a time of
4:37.00.
Ezra Marroquin also had a good
week, placing seventh in the 400 me-
ter run and 17th in the 200 meter
run. He ran the 400 in 50.98 and the
200 in 23.15.
Sam Cataldo placed 15th in the
110 meter hurdles, completing the race
in 15.57. He was 13th in the 400 me-
ter hurdles with a time of 56.47. He
also anchored the shuttle hurdle re-
Waldron, who was fifth last year at State and tied
for second as a sophomore, tees off at noon Friday, District Meet. He carded a 68. -Reporter photo
May 29, at Spring Valley in Livermore.
Thomas Storbeck fired a 73 for the Lions and was
just a couple of strokes short of advancing to State
himself.
“He played like a state qualifier,” said Coach Per-
ry about the sophomore. “He plays even par down
the stretch for us all the time.”
Another sophomore, Kyle Calaguas, was third
for the Lions with a 78.
“Kyle is growing up and learning how to play
competitive golf,” said the coach.
Seniors Tanner Storbeck, Austin Rurup and Jon
Carew came in with scores of 80, 82 and 83 for the
Lions.
“Tanner, Austin and Jon played solid and were
there for us when we needed their leadership, great
individuals. They will be missed in our program
along with Anthony Piscopo,” added Perry. “We ac-
complished a lot this year. Our overall record was
58-17, with so many successful outcomes and memo-
ries with great student/athletes. We represented our
community with respect and honor.”
Clear Lake
& GHV
Soccer
Results
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Crispin, a sophomore, also ran the Clear Lake’s Mekean Bang makes a handoff to Chandler Diercks. The two paired
with Zach Tatum and Cooper Merrill in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays.
Vander Ploeg, a senior, cleared 6’1” Diercks also competed in the long jump, where he earned his third State title.
in the high jump to place 19th.
“I just want to say how proud I
am of our kids and their performances
throughout the year,” said Feuerbach.
“All I ask is for them to work hard and
keep getting better. We peaked at the
end and that is awesome. The seniors on
program to where we are now-- Makean
(Bang), Alex (Vander Ploeg), Brock
all. I am so proud of Chandler and all
of his State titles and Drake titles. He
is a fine young man first and a phenom-
enal track athlete second. I wish him all
the success he can get at Iowa State. I
really appreciate all of the support from
our community and parents and school.
Clear Lake track thanks them all. We
look forward to our future.”
Jones
impresses
Just one Clear Lake girl partici-
pated in the State Track Meet this year.
Lexi Jones, a freshman, is likely to make
several return trips to Des Moines in
the years to come. Jones competed in
the long jump, an event she just started
midseason, as well as the high jump.
“What a neat experience for a fresh-
man to be a part of,” said Clear Lake
Coach Shawn Puttmann. “Both Coach
Scarrow and I see a lot of potential in
Lexi and the future of Clear Lake girls
track.”
Jones had a mark of 15’ 5.25” to
place 10th in the long jump and cleared
4’10” in the high jump to finish 14th.
Clear Lake’s Chase Bacon competes in the shuttle hurdle relay. The team placed
11th with a time of 1:00.61.
lay. The group also consisting of Con- Clear Lake freshman Lexie Jones clears the high jump bar in front of a large
ner Shaw, David Cook and JJ Loschen crowd at the State Meet. Jones also competed in the long jump.
placed 17th with a time of 1:02.03.
The Distance Medley team of
Loschen, Kevin Boehnke, Ezra Marro-
quin and Johnathan O’Connor placed
20th with a time of 3:44.00.
The 4x100 relay team of Marro-
quin, Boehnke, Cook and Loschen did
not finish the race.
“The boys had great performances
at State, many personal bests. The
team as a whole should be very proud
of their accomplishments this year. It
has already motivated them for next
year,” said Coach Kelsey Steffens.
Of the 12 boys that qualified for
State, nine will be returning next year.
For the girls team, the shuttle
hurdle relay placed 18th with a time
of 1:11.72. The team consisted of Mi-
randa Jackson, Jillian Heitland, Brook-
lyn Ossmon and Stacy Hackenmiller.
CL boys soccer tops
Mason City, 4-1
Clear Lake’s Dane Waldron earned medalist honors at Friday’s Monday, May 18, was Senior and Parent Night at Lions
field for the Clear Lake boys soccer team. The group put on a
show for fans, as they topped Mason City, 4-1.
“We have a talented class of seniors this year and tonight
was about recognizing their contributions to the Clear Lake
Soccer Program. This is a fun evening for us, as we typically
play several players in positions they seldom have a chance to
play during the regular season,” explained Coach Matt Ander-
son.
The line-up may have been unusual, but the result was the
same as it has been much of the season. The Lions improved
to 10-2 on the season.
In the 11th minute of the match Ernie Miszewski made a
goal line attack, maneuvering around several Mohawk defend-
ers before finishing the attack with a goal.
In the 16th minute Jack Finn got onto the score board
when he finished an attack on goal.
“It is only fitting that the third goal of the half would
come off an assist by Finn to Miszewski,” said Anderson. The
Lions took a 3-0 lead into the halftime.
In the 56th minute Jarod Anderson finished an attack on
goal.
The Mohawks found the net in the 72nd minute to com-
plete the scoring at 4-1.
“The second half was all about giving some defensive
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