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SportsPage 14 • June 3, 2015 Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter

High Performance Summer Camp to be offered for CL athletes

New Clear Lake Head Football each athlete’s sport. The camp will grades nine-12) can choose from two
Coach Jared DeVries has announced also familiarize the athlete with the times: Sunday from noon-1:30, Mon-
a Clear Lake Lions High Performance strength and conditioning program day, Wednesday and Thursday from
Summer Camp. The camp is de- that will be implemented during their 5:30-7 a.m.; or Monday, Tuesday,
signed to prepare all levels of athletes own in-season strength training. Wednesday, Thursday (three or four
for their future competitions. The ses- The cost of the camp for high days per week) from 6:30-8 a.m.
sions will be age and maturity specific, school athletes is $100; junior high High school girls (entering grades
as well as gender specific and based athletes, $75; fifth and sixth grade, nine-12) : Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
on needs. The programs will be com- $50. Make checks payable to Clear day, Thursday (three or four days per
prehensive and progressive in nature. Lake Schools. week) from 8-9:30 a.m.
Each athlete will progress at their own Workouts will take place at Clear Middle School boys (entering
level based on their improvement and Lake School facilities. No Clear Lake grades seven-eight): Monday, Tuesday
comfort level with the program. student will be denied entry for any and Thursday from 10-11 a.m.
All athletes will be pre- and post- reason. Middle School girls (entering
tested on age specific drills and exer- Camp will run for eight weeks, grades seven-eight): Monday, Tuesday
cises, similar to a sports combine. beginning June 1 and will be the only and Thursday from 9-9:30 a.m.
DeVries stresses that the Strength program offered this summer. Coach Boys entering grades five-six:
and Conditioning Camp is not de- DeVries noted all interested athletes Monday and Wednesday from 11
signed to make anyone a body build- can still sign up during the first week. a.m. to noon.
ing or power lifter. It is designed to Questions may be directed to CLHS, Girls entering grades five-six:
teach proper techniques on ground 357-5235. Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m.
based, three-dimensional, multi-joint High school boys (entering to noon.
movements which will carry over to

CL golfers earn post-season honors CL BASEBALL Eight Special Olympic athletes from the Clear Lake School District competed iin the North Area Spring Games (above). Joey
from page 12 Sberal (right) qualified for the State Summer Games. -Submitted photos
The conclusion of the State Golf Tournament also signaled the an-
nouncement of other post-season honors. preseason and it is a credit to him Special Olympic athletes compete
Clear Lake golfers Tanner Storbeck, Austin Rurup and Anthony Pis- to see this team bounce back so well in North Area Spring Games
copo were named to the Iowa High School Golf All-Academic team. This these last two games after a slow start.”
was an honor only 14 boys golfers in all four classes achieved. Three from The Lions jumped out to a 4-0 The Clear Lake School District resented by Reagan Wirtz, Logan Fes- competing made it an amazing expe-
one school was the most of any school. In order to earn this honor, golfers lead after one inning, but the Tigers sent eight Special Olympic Athletes to sler and Cody Fessler. Logan Fessler rience!”
must earn at least 27 (ACT), at least 1200 (SAT) and have a GPA of 3.75 brought four runs across the plate in the North Area Spring Games held in participated in the tennis ball throw The North Area Spring Games
or higher. the top of the second. Two more Li- Spirit Lake, Iowa, on Thursday, April and the standing long jump, while is the qualifier for the State Summer
“This may be the highest honor in athletics,” said Coach Perry. “These ons scored in the second and five runs 16. both Wirtz and Cody Fessler compet- Games held in Ames, Iowa, on May
student athletes can work hard in school and in the arena of play.” in the third gave Clear Lake a 11-4 Leah Fuhrman, Michael Jager, ed in the tennis ball throw and the 50 21-23, Joey Sberal represented Clear
lead. and Kiersten Munson were the high meter dash. Lake Schools at the State Summer
Sport Shorts Ben Mason went the distance on school athletes competing. Jager par- “The athletes did an excellent job Games, participating in the 50 meter
the mound for the Lions. The junior ticipated in the 50 meter dash and the representing Clear Lake Schools and dash (ages 12-15). He placed second
Youth Fishing Clinic scheduled June 6 gave up six hits walked one and struck 100 meter dash. Munson participated themselves. It was great to complete in the State competition.
out five in five innings pitched. The in the standing long jump and the 100 outside this year. It was a beautiful
A youth fishing clinic, conducted by the Iowa Department of Natural game was halted due to lightning, meter dash. Fuhrman participated in day on Spirit Lake’s track and fields,”
Resources will be held at McIntosh Woods State park, in Ventura, on Saturday, with Clear Lake getting the win. the softball throw and the 50 meter said Coach Angela O’Tool. “‘Let me
June 6. The clinic is designed for youth ages five to 15 and will begin at 8:30 “Ben did a great job of working dash. win, but if I cannot win, let me be
a.m. and conclude at 10 a.m. Following the clinic the Clear Lake Fishing Club through a tough second inning and Joey Sberal and Austin Jager were brave in the attempt,’ is the Special
will be holding a kids fishing tournament from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for those who our offense did a nice job of getting the middle school participants. Sberal Olympic Oath. Every Clear Lake
want to participate. The clinic will help celebrate National Fishing Week and back the runs right away we gave up and Austin Jager both competed in Special Olympics athlete carried out
the Iowa DNR's Free Fishing Weekend (June 5-7). that inning,” said Coach Thompson. the softball throw and the 50 meter that oath. The awesome help from
The Lions had 11 hits in the win, dash. the Clear Lake student body and staff,
Free fishing weekend June 5, 6 and 7 led by Brock Adams with three. Coo- Clear Creek Elementary was rep- along with the great efforts of those
per Merrill, Mitch Keeran and Ethan
Iowa residents may fish without a license on June 5, 6 and 7 as part of the McHenry had two hits apiece.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources free fishing weekend. The weekend al-
lows Iowans an opportunity to try fishing without purchasing a license. All other Area bikers GHV softball team tops FC, 6-1
regulations remain in place.
compete in Tour The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura softball team opened the 2015 season
Hospice gears up for annual golf open on an upswing, collecting a 6-1 victory over Forest City at home on Sat-
of Kansas City urday, May 30.
Hospice of North Iowa will hold its 23rd Annual Golf Open on Saturday, Brooklynn Ossman picked up the win on the mound. She gave up
June 6, at the Bear Creek Golf Course, in Forest City, Iowa, with a 9 a.m. shotgun Bike Races five hits, walked one and struck out two.
start. Registration fees are $50 each for individual golfers, and teams of four are Grace Tusha had the big bat for the Cardinals. A highlight of the
$200. The format is a four-person best shot. To sign up, please contact Barb Local bike racers competed in night was Tusha’s home run. She was 3/3 at the plate and had two RBIs.
Pauk, Titonka Savings Bank, 641-585-3247 or download a registration form at the Tour of Kansas City Bike Races Payton Bamrick and Megan Oetken each had two hits apiece. Bam-
www.hospicenorthiowa.com. Registration includes green fees, breakfast, snack, on May 29-31, in Kansas City, Mo. rick scored one run and had two RBIs. One of Bamrick’s hits was a
golfer's gift pack and lunch. Area races included Tyler Cur- double. Mackenzie VanGerpen also smacked a double and knocked in
tis, of Clear Lake, Jason Sholly, of one run and she scored a run. Tiara Van Gerpen had one hit and scored
CLWGA meets for Ladies Day Clear Lake, and Luke Brager, of two runs for the Cards. Jackie Van Oort also scored for GHV.
Ventura. Tiara Van Gerpen recorded two stolen bases, while Magan Krein,
Clear Lake Women's Golf Association, Veteran's Memorial Golf Club, Curtis, age 15, raced in the Ju- Morgan Hobbs, Mackenzie Van Gerpen and Van Oort all had one stolen
held Women's Day on Wednesday, May 20. The play of the day was whoever niors 15-16 category, and got first base apiece.
could score lowest on holes 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Madison Fischels was the winner. place in the Time Trial, first place
Runners-up were Bobbi Bendickson, Joan Keeper, Vickie Hensley and Shirley in the Circuit Race, and first place CL JV baseball tops Charles
Miller. in the Criterium. The points he re- City in season opener
ceived for his places in the individu-
VFW holds Bean Bag Tournament al events earned him the title for the The Clear Lake JV baseball team opened up their season with a 9-3
Juniors 15-16 Omnium (based on victory over Charles City at home on Monday, May 25.
The VFW Post 4868 held their weekly Bean Bag Tournament on Wednesday, total points over the course of the The Lions were led by Ben Mason and Jacob Peterson who both had
May 27. The winner of the Afternoon Singles Match was Stu Parr and Gordy weekend). two hits.
Wiemann was the runner-up. In addition, with his win in Tyler Curtis after the presentation of the Lead- The team was able to take advantage of some wild pitching and was
the Omnium, he took over the lead er’s Jersey for the Flyover. -Submitted photo able to collect eight walks.
Results for Oak Hills Ladies Golf On the defensive side, the Lions made some solid plays behind the
for the Midwest Flyover Series, and arm of Peterson, who allowed seven hits and just three runs over six in-
On Thursday, May 28, 22 ladies played golf at Oak Hills in Clear Lake. The received the Leader’s Jersey. The Midwest Flyover Series is a series of six Omnium nings.
events of the day were won by Connie Wheeler with closest to the pin on #3, weekends of racing, all in different states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebras- “For the first game of the season I was very happy with our perfor-
Bethal Lemke for longest drive on #5, and Gwen Gasperi for low score. Door ka, Iowa, and South Dakota). The racers earn points for their placements in each mance. We played a solid game defensively and had some great at bats,”
prizes were won by Joan Gribben, Pat Millard, Chyrl Bergvig, and Eleanor Mad- Omnium. Kansas City was the third event in the Series. said Coach Justin Uhlenhopp.
den. The ladies will meet next week for their salad and dessert lunch. The group Sholly and Brager competed in Men’s Category 3. Brager currently holds the
meets at 8:30 a.m. for registration and play begins at 9 a.m. every Thursday. All lead in the Flyover, and Sholly is in second.
area ladies are welcome. For further questions call Carolyn at 641-529-0005 or
Oak Hills and talk to Sheila.

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