Clear Lake rolls by Bulldog boys’ team

CLEAR LAKE – Clear Lake got out to a 20-0 lead and the Bulldogs never recovered en route to a 65-32 loss to the Lions at Clear Lake on Friday, Dec. 18.

The Lions accumulated 12 steals and turned interim coach Matt Lokenvitz’s team over 24 times in overwhelming the Bulldogs.

None of the visitors finished in double-digit scoring, led by six apiece for Jordan Severs, Cal Heeren and Payton McNealy.

McNealy also led the Bulldogs on the boards with six, but the Lions overwhelmingly out-rebounded them 41-21 with the size advantage.

The Bulldogs fell to 1-5 overall, 0-4 in the North Central Conference with a few more games to go before the Winter break.

Clear Lake 65, Bulldogs 32

Bulldogs (1-5, 0-4)– Jordan Severs 2-8 1-2 6, Eli Walton 0-1 0-0 0, Mario De La Cruz 0-2 0-0 0, Jace Spurgeon 0-4 1-2 1, Riley Heeren 1-4 0-0 3, Marco Guerrero 2-9 0-0 5, Tommy Birdsell 0-1 0-0 0, Cal Heeren 2-4 0-0 6, Benji Sauke 0-3 0-0 0, Logan Pfeffer 0-0 0-0 0, Kale Folkerts 0-1 0-0 0, Scott Harr 2-5 1-2 5, Payton McNealy 3-6 0-0 6, Will Sackville 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 12-48 3-6 32.

Clear Lake (4-1, 2-1)– Carson Toebe 4-9 2-3 12, Jagger Schmitt 2-7 0-0 6, Andrew Formanek 7-12 2-2 16, Travaughn Luyobya 0-4 0-0 0, Eric Ritter 0-4 0-0 0, Joe Faber 2-7 0-0 6, Noah Petersen 0-2 0-0 0, PJ Feuerbach 3-3 0-0 6, Jett Neuberger 5-6 0-0 0, Jaxon Gerhardt 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell Conway 0-0 0-0 0, Tucker Jones 1-2 0-1 2, Ethan Zickefoose 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-54 6-8 65.

Bulldogs      7   10     7   10      -   32

Clear Lake30   20     2   13      -   65

Three-point goals– H-D 5-19 (C. Heeren 2-3, Severs 1-3, R. Heeren 1-4, Guerrero 1-5, Walton 0-1, Birdsell 0-1, McNealy 0-1); CL 9-19 (Neuberger 3-4, Toebe 2-4, Schmitt 2-4, Faber 2-4, Luyobya 0-1, Petersen 0-2). Rebounds– H-D 21 (McNealy 6, De La Cruz 4, Harr 4, Spurgeon 3, Severs, Walton, R. Heeren, Folkerts); CL 41 (Formanek 15, Ritter 6, Schmitt 4, Toebe 3, Faber 3, Neuberger 3, Luyobya, Petersen, Jones). Assists– H-D 5 (Severs 2, Guerrero, Harr, McNealy); CL 17 (Toebe 5, Petersen 4, Schmitt 2, Luyobya 2, Ritter 2, Faber 2). Steals– H-D 8 (Spurgeon 3, De La Cruz 2, C. Heeren 2, Guerrero); CL 12 (Toebe 4, Luyobya 3, Neuberger 2, Formanek, Ritter, Faber). Blocks – H-D, None; CL 8 (Formanek 3, Ritter 3, Toebe, Jones). Total fouls – H-D 14, CL 10. Fouled out – H-D (McNealy).