Jones qualifies for State; team on to Sub-State

 

The Clear Lake boys tennis team continued their winning ways in the post season.

Clear Lake traveled to Fort Dodge for boys Districts tennis action Thursday, May 9.  The Lions finished second as a team behind Fort Dodge St. Eds.  and the Lions’ top player, Sam Jones qualified for the State Meet with a second place finish in singles. 

CL girls golf team completes perfect 9-0 season

 

The Clear Lake girls golf team can check off another goal reached during the 2013 season.  After capturing the North Central Conference Tournament last week in Webster City, the Lions completed the regular dual meet NCC season with a perfect 9-0 record.

Soccer team tops G-H/V; falls to W-SR

 

The Clear Lake boys went 1-1 in soccer matches played last week.  The Lions ran out of time against Waverly-Shell Rock on May 6, falling 2-1, but came out ready to compete against Garner-Hayfield/Ventura and

 blanked the Cards, 5-0.  The Lions are back on the field Thursday at Garner.

Two more wins for CL soccer girls

 

The Clear Lake girls soccer team is in the final stretch of the regular season, with the final home game and Parent’s Night scheduled for Friday, May 17, against 

Golf team advances with an ugly win

 

It wasn’t pretty, but the Clear Lake boys golf team got the job done.

Despite playing their worst 18-hole tournament of the year, the Lions were good enough to advance in post-season play on Friday at Decorah.  

“Advancing-- that is the name of the game,” said Coach Eric Perry.  “The good news is, we have a lot to work on, and it is a week away.”

Cardinals face powerhouse programs at Sectional golf

This was the first year the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys golf team competed as a 3A team in Sectional competition and the Cardinals met up with some powerhouse programs, such as Decorah, Clear Lake 

and Waverly-Shell Rock.  The meet was held on Friday, May 10, in Decorah.

“As a team, we represented ourselves well with a fourth place finish in the eight-team field,” said Coach Ken Krause.  “Especially being a young squad with no seniors.”

CL girls tennis team ends impressive season

 

The Clear Lake girls tennis team closed out its regular season with a pair of wins and a loss to highly-regarded Waverly-Shell Rock.  The Lions ended the season with an impressive 8-2 record.  

CL 9, WC 0

For the second time this season the Lions posted a win over Webster City.  Coach Mary Jo Peterson noted the scores were closer this time, but the Lions prevailed, 9-0.  Despite the lopsided team score, several match scores were close.

CL girls track faces tough competition at NCC Meet

 

Clear Lake’s young girls track team found the going tough in the varsity competition at the North Central Conference Meet held Monday, May 6, at Eagle Grove.  However, several Lions finished among the top performers in the junior varsity competition.

The Lions finished 10th in the field of 10 in varsity standings.  Algona won the NCC title with 156.50 

points, easily outdistancing runner-up Webster City with 106.5.  Third place went to Humboldt with 106. 

G-H/V boys soccer team falls to Humboldt Wildcats, 3-2

 

It was a hard-fought, aggressive match when the Garner-Hayfield/Ventura boys soccer team hosted Humboldt on Friday, May 10.  

The Wildcats found the net early in the game to take a 1-0 lead.  The Cardinals got on the board with a great throw-in from Alex Van Gerpen to Jimmy Ermer, 1-1.  

Momentous night for G-H/V girls soccer team

 

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura girls soccer team had a momentous night on Friday, May 10, as the team captured its first win in program history.  The Cardinals topped Humboldt, 2-1.

Kelly Babcock recorded the first goal of the game in the second half to put the Cards up 1-0. 

The Wildcats returned the favor shortly after that to knot the game, 1-1.

With less than six minutes remaining in the game, G-H/V’s Sarah Marmaro scored to give the Cardinals the 2-1 victory.

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