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SportsPage 14 • Sept. 16, 2015
Clear Lake Reporter
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Continued from page 13
•Men’s Soccer: Wed., Sept. 16, home vs.
Buena Vista University, 5 p.m.
•Men’s Soccer: Sat., Sept. 19, at Knox
College, 1:30 p.m.
•Baseball: Thurs., Sept. 17, at Marshall-
town CC, 2 p.m.
•Baseball: Sat., Sept. 19, home, 1 p.m.
•Baseball: Tues., Sept. 22, at Muscatine
CC, 4 p.m.
•Women’s Tennis: Sat., Sept. 19, at Coe
College, 2 p.m.
•Women’s Tennis: Tues., Sept. 22, home
vs. Simpson College, 3:30 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Sept. 19, at Minnesota
State Moorhead, 1 p.m.
•Volleyball: Fri.-Sat., Sept. 18-19, at Wart-
burg Tournament
•Volleyball: Tues., Sept. 22, home vs.
Coe College, 7:30 p.m.
Area athletes playing in a college sport include: the home team won by scores of 25-
Tanner Tusha, Clear Lake, Football, Iowa State;
Andrea Toppin, Ventura, Cross Country, Iowa
State; Jackson Finn, Clear Lake, Men’s Soccer,
NIACC; Spencer Davidson, Clear Lake, Men’s
Golf, NIACC; Rebecca Long, Clear Lake, Wom-
en’s Golf, NIACC Adam Bueller, Clear Lake,
Football, Waldorf College; Meg Monson, Clear
Lake, Women’s Golf, Mount Mercy University;
Antonio DiMarco, Clear Lake, Men’s Soccer,
Grinnell College; Joel Toppin, Ventura, Cross
Country, Warburg; Pete Swenson, Clear Lake,
Football, Western Illinois; Emily Mathews, GHV,
Volleyball, Buena Vista University; Brock Ad-
ams, Clear Lake, Baseball, Kirkwood; Kirsten
Jordan, Clear Lake, Women’s Tennis, Central
College; Bryson Hamilton, Clear Lake, Football,
Augustana University.
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Lions face tough
competition on the court
Charles City and Mason City
provided some stiff competition for
the Clear Lake volleyball team Thurs-
day. Perennial power Charles City,
currently ranked eighth in Class 4A,
blanked the Lions, 3-0, but the team
played a much closer match with Ma-
son City before falling, 2-3.
“It was a rough night for us,” said
Coach Keith Sears. “It was a great
challenge to start the night facing a
strong Charles City team that forced
us to work a bit quicker than we’ve
been used to. It was an eye opener
for our girls as to the speed and sense service line. Emily Snelling led the
of urgency that we need entering into
games.”
In the first match at Charles City
13, 25-11 and 25-11. The Comettes
went on to also shut out the Mo-
hawks, 3-0 (25-11, 25-9, 25-14).
Against Mason City, the Lions
fought back in the first set to capture
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the win, 26-24. The battle was close GHV’s Bailee Frayne (13) and Hannah Lau go up for a block against a Belmond-Klemme hit. Lau led the team in kills with
in the second game as well, with the eight. The Broncos defeated the Cardinals, 3-0. -Reporter photos by Chris Barragy
Lions coming away with a 25-22 win.
“In the third and fourth sets we Busy week
started off with poor serve receptions for the
and dug ourselves into a hole that Cardinals
we couldn’t quite climb out of,” said
Coach Sears. The Mohawks evened It was a busy week for the Gar-
the games with wins of 25-13, 25-13. ner-Hayfield-Ventura volleyball team.
In the rubber match the Lions The team hosted Belmond-Klemme
pulled out the victory, 15-11. on Tuesday, traveled to Bishop Gar-
Statistical leaders for the Lions in rigan on Thursday and competed in
the triangular included Jessica Faber, the Belmond-Klemme Tournament
who was an amazing 27/27 from the on Saturday.
team with three kills and Chloe Muel-
ler topped the Lions with 33 digs.
“The girls worked hard and bat-
tled throughout the night. It was a
good learning experience for us and
challenged us to pick up our pace a
little earlier than we were used to,”
added Coach Sears.
Toppin running
strong for ISU
The number one ranked Iowa B-K 3, GHV 0
State women’s cross country team The Cardinals hosted the Broncos
started out the 2015 season with two on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Although GHV
good showings. On Friday, Sept. 4, put up a good fights, they couldn’t
they finished first at the Hawkeye pull off a win.
Early Bird Invitational held in Iowa B-K picked up wins in both the
City. On Friday, Sept. 11, the team first and second games with the same
finished second at the Oz Memorial score, 25-17. The Broncos went on to
Run in Falcon Heights, Minn. win the third set, 25-19.
Former Ventura High School Hannah Lau led the team, col-
standout, Andrea Toppin, has been lecting eight kills. She also had an as- GHV setter Sydney Childress sets a ball to Taylor Gerdes during the B-K match.
adding a strong boost to the ISU sisted block and five digs.
team. Toppin is a senior on the Cy- Also recording kills for the Car- dinals rallied for the final game, but “The girls competed throughout
clone team. dinals was Carlie Knutson with six, couldn’t close the deal and fell, 25-21. the entire matches as they brought a
At the Hawkeye Early Bird, Taylor Gerdes knocked down four “The girls started out strong in strong offense.”
Toppin placed fourth with a time of and Mackenzie Van Gerpen had two. the first set,” said Coach Kelsey Stef- GHV won the first match of the
10:21.3. The Iowa State runners took Sydney Childress led the team in fens. “We need to bring that level tournament against West Hancock
the top four spots, and all five runners assists with 11. Bailee Frayne added of intensity throughout the entire with scores of 21-16 and 21-8. Mack-
were in the top 10. The team finished three. match.” enzie Van Gerpen and Hannah Lau
with just 17 team points. Van Gerpen led the team on de- Mackenzie Van Gerpen and Han- again led the way. Lau recorded six
Toppin placed sixth at the Oz fense with six digs. Miranda Jackson nah Lau were hot at the net, with Van kills, 1.5 blocks, three digs and two
Memorial Run with a time of 22:26.0. dug up four, while Knutson and Jacki Gerpen collecting 14 kills and Lau re- ace serves. Van Gerpen recorded five
She was the third across the line for Van Oort each had three digs. corded 12. Lau also had two blocks kills and three digs. Sydney Childress
the Cyclones. Van Oort and Payton Bamrick and Van Gerpen had one. Jacki Van had 13 assists to lead the team. Pay-
had two ace serves apiece. Oort and Katie Rasmuson had six and ton Bamrick was strong at the service
Check out the sports B-G 3, GHV 1 four kills respectively. line with three ace serves.
pictures on our website It was a strong start for the Car- Bailee Frayne recorded 24 assists The Cardinals dropped the sec-
www.clreporter.com dinals, but they couldn’t maintain to lead the team. Sydney Childress ond match to West Fork, 21-14, 21-
intensity and fell to Bishop Garrigan, added seven assists. 17. Lau recorded 10 kills and two
12 N. 4th Street, Clear Lake 3-1, on Thursday, Sept. 10. Miranda Jackson led the team blocked shots. Van Gerpen led the
(641) 357-2131 GHV came out ready to go and in digs recordings 15. Lau added 10, way on defense with 10 digs. She
picked up the first win, 25-21. The while Van Gerpen had nine and Van also contributed seven kills. Childress
second game was a close one, with the Oort added seven digs. again led the team on assists with 19.
Golden Bears squeaking out a two Van Oort led the team at the ser- GHV rallied in the third match
point victory, 26-24. The third was vice line, recording 16 points on serve of the tournament and beat Iowa
all Bishop Garrigan, 25-11. The Car- and two aces. Lau had six points on Falls-Alden. They won the first set,
serve and two aces, while Van Gerpen 23-21, dropped the second, 21-14,
Sport Shorts had seven points on serve and one ace. and came back and won the third, 16-
B-K Tournament 14. Van Gerpen had a great match,
2 Person 8" Cup Best Shot planned Although the Cardinals didn’t recording 14 kills and 11 digs, while
make it out of pool play at the Bel- Lau had 11 kills and eight digs. Jacki
Veterans Memorial Golf Club will host a 2 Person 8" Cup Best Shot on mond-Klemme Tournament on Sat- Van Oort had three kills, five digs and
Saturday, Sept. 19, starting with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The cost is $25 per urday, they made tremendous im- one ace serve. Childress led the team
person and the field will be limited to the first 27 teams. Reserve a spot by calling provements as a team. in assists with 24.
VMGC at 357-4457. “We made some changes to our The team is home on Thursday,
line-up and the girls responded very Sept. 17. The JJV and JV teams take
well,” said Coach Kelsey Steffens. the court at 6 p.m., followed by the
varsity at 7:30 p.m.
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