During a season full of challenges, Beckett Petersen provided tons of inspiration to the Lions.
Posted: Mar 4, 2021 11:25 PM
Posted By: Kaleb Gillock
KIMT NEWS 3 SPORTS – Years from now, the Clear Lake Lions won’t necessarily recall the wins and losses from this season, but they will remember all of the memories they made along the way. The 2020-21 season provided a journey the Lions could never have imagined.
“It’s been a long season, it’s been a grueling season,” said Head Coach, Bart Smith. “We’re really not taking anything for granted and playing with an attitude like this could be it because there for a while, it looked like we were going to be done.”
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 Clear Lake girls basketball team continued its recent hot streak with a 48-39 win over Roland-Story on Thursday night.Â
Three Lions players finished with double-digit scoring totals, led by senior Kaitlyn VanderPloeg with 14 points. Juniors Emily Theiss and Jaden Ainley had respective totals of 12 and 11 points.Â
With the win, No. 3 Clear Lake improved to 14-1 on the season, and has won six consecutive games.Â
The Lions will play Friday at Hampton-Dumont-CAL.Â
Girls Basketball
Algona 53, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 26: The Hampton-Dumont-CAL girls lost to Algona on Thursday night, 53-26, to fall to 5-11 on the season and 3-6 in conference play.Â
The Bulldogs will host Clear Lake on Friday night.Â
The Mason City girls basketball came extremely close again to pulling off a stunning victory over a ranked opponent on Tuesday night.
After going scoreless in the first quarter against Waverly-Shell Rock, the Mohawks outscored the Go-Hawks, 45-37, over the final three frames.Â
Mason City scored 20 points in the fourth but couldn t quite close the gap, as the Mohawks fell to 0-8 with a 49-45 loss.Â
Three players did all of the scoring for Mason City, as junior Jada Williams led the way with 19 points on 6-of-15 shooting, with four 3-pointers. Freshman Reggi Spotts had 16 points, and also contributed four 3-pointers, while fellow freshman Grace Berding had the rest of Mason City s 10 points.Â