Clear Lake falls to Ballard in state quarterfinals
The Lions finish the season with a 22-3 record.
Posted: Mar 10, 2021 12:23 AM
Posted By: Kaleb Gillock
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Clear Lake Lions battled to the final buzzer in Tuesday’s Class 3A state quarterfinal against top-seeded Ballard but fell short, 68-45.
Carson Toebe led the Lions with a game-high 22 points. Andrew Formanek had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, Eric Ritter chipped in 8 points, Joe Faber had 3 and Travaugn Luyoba scored 2.
Clear Lake finished the season with a 22-3 record including a fourth straight North Central Conference championship. The Lions have compiled a 66-9 record over the past three years for the most wins in Class 3A.
Clear Lake punches ticket to state tournament with win over Humboldt
The Lions return to Wells Fargo Arena for the first time since 2019.
Posted: Mar 2, 2021 11:49 PM
Posted By: Kaleb Gillock
KIMT NEWS 3 SPORTS – After a one year absence from the state tournament in Des Moines, the Clear Lake boy’s basketball team is headed back to Wells Fargo Arena.
The Lions defeated Humboldt 64-48 in Tuesday’s substate final. Carson Toebe led the Lions in scoring with 28 points, Joe Faber scored 12 and Eric Ritter had nine. Andrew Formanek also had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The No. 8 Lions will face No. 1 Ballard in the Class 3A quarterfinals at 2 p.m. on Mar. 9.
Several area athletes signed with their college of choice on Wednesday.
Posted: Feb 3, 2021 10:51 PM
Posted By: Kaleb Gillock
KIMT NEWS 3 SPORTS – National Signing Day is highly anticipated by athletes across the country. It’s a day for them to officially commit to their college of choice for athletics.
Friends and family members of four Clear Lake football players gathered in the gymnasium Wednesday morning to watch them sign their letters of intent.
Andrew Formanek signed with Iowa State, Tyres Green-Harrington will go to Ellsworth Community College, Ty Fisher and Carson Krefft each signed with Concordia-St. Paul.
A number of other signing ceremonies took place across the viewing area. Caleb Bacon from Lake Mills also signed his NLI with Iowa State, Mason City’s Ben Pederson signed with Sioux Falls, and Zach Ott signed with Bemidji State.
Mason City junior Jace Rhodes added another accomplishment to his wrestling resume on Friday night, as Rhodes beat Ankeny Centennial junior Drew Dunn to win the132 pound CIML Iowa conference
The Mason City girls basketball team pulled within six points of tying the game late in the fourth quarter of Saturday s game against Ankeny Centennial.