GHV boys improve record to 15-6

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys improved their season record to 15-6 after defeating Osage on Monday, May 4.  The Cardinals recorded a solid 167, while Osage posted a 184.

Medalist honors went to Grady Umbarger, who carded a 37.  

“Grady is playing excellent golf, shooting his third straight 37.  He is all about hard work and getting better,” said Coach Ken Krause.

CL finishes third at NCC Meet

The Clear Lake boys golf team finished third at the North Central Conference Tournament played Monday, May 11, at the Algona Country Club.  The Lions’ Dane Waldron placed third with a (41-38) 79.  Humboldt’s Christian Birdsell also carded a 79.  Webster City, led by Avery Fuhs’ 78, won the team title with a score of 322.  Humboldt was second with 325 and the Lions posted a

CL soccer boys tops three ranked teams

The Clear Lake boys soccer team moved up a spot in the rankings this week after topping three ranked teams and giving impressive performance at the highly-regarded Waverly-Shell Rock Tournament.  The Lions are now ranked fourth in Class 1A with a 8-2 record.  Their next match is Monday, May 18, at home against Mason City.  It will be Parent/Senior Night.

GHV girls remain focused

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls track team is remaining focused and has been breaking personal and season best performances, which is exactly what Coach Dyan Childress wants to see at this point in the season.

“Next week we are headed into the biggest week of the season.  The girls are excited to go all out and see what we can do at the conference and district meets,” said Childress.

GHV Co-ed Meet

Cardinal soccer girls fall to A-P, 7-0

Looks can be deceiving.  Despite a 7-0 loss to Aplington Parkersburg on Thursday, May 7, the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls soccer team had some positive aspects come out of the game.

“A-P is just that good that it looked like we had a bad game.  But I am not disappointed with the loss, because we had some positives too,” said Coach Josh Banse.

GHV boys wins home meet

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys track team had a week of ups and downs.  After placing first at their home track meet, the Cardinals finished third in the Adam Sundall Relays held at Bishop Garrigan.

GHV Meet

It was a fun victory lap for the GHV boys track team.  They circled their home oval after winning the 2015 Don Hoppel Co-ed Relays on Monday, May 4.  GHV took top honors in the nine-team field with 122 points, followed by Clear Lake with 105.  Forest City was third with 90 points.

CL girls take third at NCC golf meet

The Clear Lake girls shot a season-low score, but it wasn’t enough to win the North Central Conference Tournament title this year.  The Lions were third in the team race behind Clarion-Goldfield-Dows and Humboldt, which each fired a 391.  C-G- won the tiebreaker with a fifth score of 108.  The tournament was played at Veteran’s Memorial in Clear Lake.

Tennis girls finish second

The Clear Lake girls tennis team finished second at the Waverly Quad held at Wartburg College Thursday, May 7.  The Lions defeated Aplington-Parkersburg and Waterloo East.  Their only loss of the night was to Waverly.  

Kylie Bottjen, playing in number two singles matches, went 3-0 on the day.  Number one player Kirsten Jordan went 1-2, with one of her losses coming to a state qualifier, 4-10.

CL boys tennis team way too much for the Bulldogs

The Clear Lake boys were too much for Hampton-Dumont in a tennis match played Thursday, May 7, in Hampton.  The Lions prevailed, 8-1.

CL 8, H-D 1

Sam Jones (CL) over Spencer Clark, 10-0

Ben Mason (CL) over Jonny Victor, 10-2

Jacob Peterson (CL) over Isaac Shelton, 10-0

Eric Hahn (CL) over Ray Ruiz, 10-6

Augi Bollhagen over Zach Nielsen (CL), 10-4

Hunter Gerhardt won by forfeit

 

DeVries named new head football coach

Jared DeVries, an Iowa high school football standout who went on to become a college All-American and played professional football, has been named as the next head coach for Clear Lake High School.

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