Last Monday, the Clear Lake Lion baseball team picked up a win against Mason City by a score of 11-5.
That win was nullified later though, after it was determined that the Lions played with an ineligble player which caused a forced forfeit and Mason City receiving the win instead.
The Lions bounced back on Wednesday, against New Hampton.
Clear Lake 2
New Hampton 1
It was a close game last Wednesday, May 15, for the Clear Lake Lions against the New Hampton Chickasaws in a game that saw the Lions win 2-1.
The victory was the first since 2020 against New Hampton as the Chickawsaws enjoy a 7-6 all-time record against Clear Lake.
The Lions fell behind early, giving up a run in the bottom of the first inning, but the Lions hung in there and kept the Chickawas off the board the rest of the game.
The Lion bats got going in the fourth when they put the tying run across home plate.
The go-ahead run came in the top of the fifth and the Lions were able to control the game throughout the seventh to pick up the first official win of the season.
The Lions saw seven hits on 28 at-bats which was a .250 average.
Earning hits for the Lions was Luke Fuhrman with two and one each for Andrew Theiss, Dylan Bieber, Hudson Carney, Brady Bieber and Tanner Nelson.
Brady Bieber had one RBI while Fuhrman and Dylan Bieber both enjoyed runs for the Lions.
On the mound for Clear Lake was Hudson Carney who received the win after pitching 5.1 innings and throwing 91 pitches.
Carney allowed one run on one hit and walked four with 10 strikeouts.
Relieving the sophomore pitcher was fellow sophomore Luke Fuhrman who pitched 1.2 innings allowed one hit, walked one and struck out two.
West Fork 5
Clear Lake 3
The Lion boys were hosting an exciting non-conference game against the West Fork Warhawks on Monday when mother nature had other plans.
Both teams were seeing hits and plenty of quick plays in the infield. At the top of the fourth inning, West Fork had just jumped ahead of the Lion squad, 5-3, before lightning moved in and canceled the game.
There has been no word on whether the game will be restarted at a later date or just canceled. As of now, the Lions sit at 1-1 on the season.
The Lions will face Iowa Falls-Alden next Wednesday, May 29.
