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Class 2A, District 2 Football
Clear Lake &
GHV Volleyball
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SPORTS
CALENDAR
Thursday
•Clear Lake V volleyball at Charles
City, 5 p.m.
•GHV 7th/8th grade football home
vs. Osage, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV 7th/8th grade volleyball
home vs. Osage, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JJV/JV/V volleyball at Bish-
op Garrigan, 6 p.m.
Friday
•Clear Lake 9th grade football
home vs. Osage, 4:45 p.m.
•Clear Lake Dance Team perfor-
mance varsity football pregame, 7
p.m.
•Clear Lake V football home vs.
Osage (Homecoming), 7:30 p.m.
•GHV JJV football at Forest City,
4:45 p.m.
•GHV V football at Forest City, 7:30
p.m.
Saturday
•Clear Lake 9th grade volleyball at
Forest City
•GHV V volleyball at Belmond-Kl-
emme Tournament, 9 a.m.
Monday
•Clear Lake 9th/JV volleyball home
vs. GHV, 5:30 p.m.
•Clear Lake 10th grade football at
New Hampton, 6 p.m.
•GHV JV/V cross country at Bal-
lard, 5 p.m.
•GHV JV football home vs. Forest
City, 6 p.m.
•GHV JJV/JV volleyball at Clear
Lake, 6 p.m.
Tuesday
•Clear Lake 8th grade volleyball
home vs. Hampton-Dumont, 4:15
p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade volleyball at
Hampton-Dumont, 4:15 p.m.
•Clear Lake 8th grade football at
Algona, 4:30 p.m.
•Clear Lake 7th grade football
home vs. Algona, 4:30 p.m.
•GHV 7th/8th grade volleyball
home vs. West Hancock, 4:15 p.m.
•GHV JJV/JV/V volleyball home vs.
Lake Mills, 6 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Sept. 12, at Iowa
State, 3:30 p.m.
•Women’s Cross Country: Fri.,
Sept. 11, at Oz Memorial, Minne-
apolis, Minn., 7 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Sept. 12, home vs.
University of Iowa, 3:30 p.m.
•Football: Sat., Sept. 12, home vs.
Eastern Washington, 1 p.m.
•Men’s Soccer: Wed., Sept. 9, at
Iowa Central CC, 4 p.m.
•Baseball: Wed., Sept. 9, home vs.
Waldorf College, 5 p.m.
•Volleyball: Wed., Sept. 9, home
vs. Des Moines CC, 7 p.m.
•Volleyball: Fri.-Sat., Sept. 11-12,
at Rochester Comm. Tech. College
Invitational, Rochester, Minn.
•Women’s & Men’s Cross Country:
Sat., Sept. 12, at Grinnell College
Les Duke Invitational, 10 a.m.
•Baseball: Sat., Sept. 12, at Best
of the Midwest JUCO Showcase,
Rensselear, In.
•Men’s Golf: Mon.-Tues., Sept.
14-15, home Texas Intercollegiate
Hawks Creek
Men’s Cross Country: Fri., Sept.
12, at Les Duke Invitational, Grin-
nell, Iowa
•Football: Thurs., Sept. 12, at Illi- and Ike Branstad were 14th and 15th in
nois, 11 a.m.
MORE CALENDAR
on Page 12
Scores From 9-4 Games for 9-11
Webster City 21, Clear Lake 7 Osage @ Clear Lake
GHV 34, Humboldt 16 E-LC @ C-G
Algona 40, Esterville 18 GHV @ Forest City
Cresco 34, H-D 19 H-D @ South Hardin
IF-A 34, C-G 20
Osage 14, St. Ansgar 7
Spirit Lake 63, Forest City 10
Sept. 9, 2015 • Page 13
Cards Webster City
capitalize downs the Lions
and win Eighth ranked Webster City
34-16 GHV quarterback Lucas Prohaska scrambles with the ball during Friday night’s game against Humboldt. (3A) put an end to their 16- ZACH LESTER
Also pictured is Connor Smith (55). -Reporter photos by Chris Barragy game losing streak and moved
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura’s to 2-0 on the season Friday CARTER GARRINGTON
(2-0) defense powered through a win, 34-16. GHV’s Harley Forry picks up some yards for the Cardinals. Forry was night with a 21-7 victory over five from the six, DeVries and
rough first half to shut down the “I am very proud of this the Cardinals leading offensive player with 63-yards and two touch- Clear Lake. The young Lions the Lions decided to go for it.
Humboldt Bulldogs (0-2), 34- team,” said GHV Head Coach downs. fell to 0-2, but showed marked A screen pass was complete to
16. Scott VanDusseldorp. “We bat- improvement from their sea- Tatum, but the Lynx held him
Big plays in the first half led tled through on an extremely hot Thomas also completed an interception. Connor Smith son opener against Mason City. out of the end zone.
the way for a 14-7 Bulldog lead night and played more physical five of 19 passes for 170 yards, also added four and one-half. Seven turnovers were reduced to With five-minutes left in
at halftime. Between some cost- and had a better second half.” a touchdown and three intercep- Whipple and Matt Sonquist two, and the offense generated the half Fuhs and company
ly turnovers and the heavy step The Cardinals defeated the tions. His receivers were Mason each had four. Forry contributed 328-yards, compared to 121 the went to work.
of a GHV run machine, Hum- Bulldogs by limiting mistakes Wickett with three catches for three and one-half and an inter- week before. The Lion defense again
boldt started to slip and allowed and creating turnovers. Hum- 66 yards; Colton Monson with ception, while Joynt and Tucker Head Coach Jared DeVries rose to the task and stopped the
the Cardinals to take over. boldt reported five turnovers to one catch for 91 yards and a Datema chipped in two and one- was disappointed by the loss, Lynx at mid-field, giving the Li-
The first quarter of action GHV’s one. touchdown; and Devon Clark half. but saw positive steps. ons another chance to score be-
went scoreless, but saw move- While GHV produced sig- with one catch for 13 yards. The Cardinals travel to For- “We didn’t come to com- fore the half. The team picked
ment from both teams’ offenses. nificantly more rushing yards Defensively, the Cards were est City (0-2) this Friday to be- pete, we came to win,” said up two first downs, but stalled
In the opening play of the second (322-142), Humboldt made up led by Chase Theobald with gin district play. DeVries. “We didn’t play well at mid-field when the buzzer
quarter, Harley Forry was able to the margin by passing, generat- four and one-half tackles and enough. We made some im- sounded for a 14-7 Lynx lead at
finish off the Cardinal’s second ing 170-yards versus GHV’s 50. provements, but we have to get the break.
drive with a 21-yard touchdown. Offensive output was closely back to work on Monday.” Clear Lake started the sec-
The PAT was good for a seven- matched. GHV finished the The Lions started the game ond half with the same gusto
point lead. game with 377 total yards while by controlling the ball on an they had in the first. Jarod An-
A 59-yard pick up following Humboldt followed with 312. opening drive which took them derson’s interception on Web-
the return put Humboldt within GHV was lead on offense inside the Lynx 10 and ate up ster City’s third play gave the
spitting distance of the end zone. by Forry, who finished the game half of the first quarter clock. Lions the ball at the Lynx 36.
Still, the Bulldogs were unable to with 63-yards and two touch- Senior running back Carter Webster City’s defense quickly
convert, surrendering possession downs on 15 attempts. Baker Garrington asserted himself in shut down Clear Lake’s grab for
to the Cards on their own 12- added 104-yards on 15 attempts the drive, running for a pair momentum. Dinsdale picked
yard line. for one touchdown. Also con- of first downs. Kicker Jarod up yardage in bunches on the
After quickly surrendering tributing was Prohaska with Anderson attempted a 26-yard way to the Lion 16-yard line,
the ball, a couple plays went long 59-yards on six carries and one field goal try when the drive but again the Lion defense held
and the Bulldogs found their touchdown. Conner Shaw had stalled, but missed, leaving the them out to stay within a touch-
way into the end zone on a nine- 43-yards on 12 carries, Nick team scoreless. down.
yard Drew Thomas touchdown. Joynt finished with 33-yards on Webster City, led by full- The first of two second half
The PAT kick was good to tie it two carries and Jack VanDussel- back Gavin Dinsdale, was turnovers put the Lynx in posi-
up. dorp had 23-yards and a touch- forced to punt on their first pos- tion to score before the end of
The Cardinal offense con- down on nine carries. session. A juggled snap forced the third quarter. On third and
tinued to misfire, giving posses- Prohaska completed three the kicker to improvise, but the five at their own 28, Webster
sion back to the Bulldogs whose passes of an attempted six for Lion defense slammed the door City recovered a fumble on the
91-yard touchdown pass made 55-yards. Forry was the receiver and tackled him for a loss, giv- shotgun snap, giving them the
good use of an expiring clock, on all three passes. ing the Lions possession at the ball at the Lion 35. Four plays
for the 14-7 halftime lead. Whipple nailed four of five Lynx 32. Five plays later Parker later Dinsdale score from the
Long drives resulting in PAT kicks. Pitzen scored and Anderson’s five to cushion the Lynx lead.
turnovers were a major theme Leading the Humboldt kick was good to give the Lions The successful PAT made the
early in the third quarter. But rushing offensive was Kyle Mc- a 7-0 lead. score 21-7. Dinsdale was Web-
that streak was broken after good Beth with 129 yards on 17 car- The Lynx wasted no time in ster City’s leading risher with
field position yielded the Cards ries. Drew Thomas added 17 responding. On the third play 125-yards on 25 carries.
a Jack VanDusseldorp rushing yards on seven carries with one from scrimmage senior quar- With a quarter remaining,
touchdown. Dane Whipple’s touchdown. terback Avery Fuhs connected the Lions didn’t panic. The
PAT kick was good, 14-14. on the first of four passes to his
With the game tied, the brother, Alec, for a touchdown. See LIONS on page 15
Cardinal defense continued to On the night the combo con-
lay it on thick, creating another nected four times for 135-yards
turnover that resulted in a GHV and two scores.
lead in the last minute of the The first quarter ended in a
third on a Cade Baker 38-yard 7-7 tie.
run and Whipple PAT. The brother-to-brother as-
The fourth quarter saw more sault continued on their next
of the same, as the Cards fell into possession. This time Alec
their stride, marching the length made the catch for a 33-yard
of the field to score again on a score. The extra point kick put
Forry touchdown. the Lynx ahead, 14-7.
Two consecutive Bulldog The Lions were eager to
interceptions and a monster Pro- even the score. Quarterback
haska pick up got the Cards an- Zach Lester used a running at-
other hard-fought touchdown. tack provided by Garrington
Tough defense sealed the deal, and passes to Pitzen and Zach
as GHV chalked up their second Tatum to move the ball steadily
from their own 20 to the Lynx
six-yard line. On fourth and
GHV cross country boys win Newman
Invitational; Clear Lake is runner-up
The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura boys ran Sam Jones also participated in the varsity “The JV boys have great attitudes and
away with the title at the Newman Catholic race, placing 30th in 19:46. many of them are running varsity type
Invitational held Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Ma- “This is the first year in a long time that times,” said Clear Lake Coach Nick DiMar-
son City. The Cardinals placed all five of we can actually run as a team,” said Clear co.
their runners in the top six to win with 19 Lake Coach Nick DiMarco. “We have had Also running for the Lions was: Carter
points. Clear Lake was runner-up with 66 several very good individual runners the past Olk (33rd, 23:09), Gage Bendickson (35th,
points. Mason City was a distant third with few years, but we have not had enough to 23:14), Zeke Branstad (39th, 23:36), Jack-
91 points. attack other teams as a group. Ryan Faught son Hamlin (45th, 24:02), Noah Copney
GHV’s Chase Smith won the Invita- continues to lead our team during races and (53rd, 24:37), Brian Hillyer (67th, 25:15),
tional with a time of 16:30. The Cardinals we have a fantastic group of senior runners Carson Meyer (71st, 25:30), Hunter Ger-
captured the third through sixth placements, that are really taking a strong leadership role. hardt (82nd, 27:10), Joel Groeneweg (83rd,
with Reese Smith, finishing third in a time of This excellent combination is helping us be- 27:11), Daniel Tank (84th, 27:36), Nick
17:34, Logan Dalbeck ran the race in 17:46, come the best team that we can be.” Currier (90th, 28:27), David Guetzlaff
followed by Ray Cataldo, 17:52 and Derek JV Boys (91st, 28:29) and Tucker Phaiboun (98th,
Brown in 17:54. Austin Siegrist was 13th Clear Lake’s junior varsity team cap- 30:42).
with a time of 18:33. Also running varsity tured the team title in the JV competition.
for the Cards was Parker Schneiders who fin- The Lions narrowly defeated GHV, 45 to 47. TEAM RESULTS
ished 52nd with a time of 21:04. The Lions were led by Kaleb Froiland,
“The boys ran well for this time of the who finished third in 20:14. Jacob Wessels GARNER HAYFIELD-VENTURA 19
year,” said GHV Coach Jeff Short. “We need was seventh in 20:37 and Lewis Callaway
to continue to work hard so we are ready to palced 10th in 20:44. Jonah Pedelty and CLEAR LAKE 66
run at the end of the season.” Dylan Schuchard came in 11th and 14th re-
Clear Lake’s Ryan Faught and Eric spectively in 20:55 and 21:14. MASON CITY 91
Faught placed seventh and eighth running GHV’s Jared Graham and Jacob Meier
17:55 and 18:04 respectively. Sam Pedelty finished first and second in 19:41 and 20:10. WEST FORK 148
Andrew Scheur was fourth for the Cards in
18:36 and 18:51. Spencer Orr came in 22nd 20:14, followed by Derek Anderson in 19th FOREST CITY 175
in 19:09 to round out Clear Lake’s scoring. in 21:48 and Austin Case, 21st in 21:55.
NEW HAMPTON 203
NEWMAN CATHOLIC 217
IFA-AGWSR 222
OSAGE 225
NORTH BUTLER 288
CENTRAL SPRINGS 346
BISHOP GARRIGAN 366 GHV’s Derek Brown lead the way as Clear Lake’s Ryan Faught races to
catch up during the Newman Catholic Invitational. The two placed
ROCKFORD 367 sixth and seventh respectively. -Reporter photo by Chris Barragy
NO TEAM RESULTS: NORTH IOWA, LAKE
MILLS, ST. ANSGAR