It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Clear Lake ultimately got the result it was hoping for on Friday. They dodged a bullet, finishing off Clear Falls 38-37. Having pegged this as anyone's game, the MaxPreps state rankings were right on the nose.
Clear Lake's offense came in ready to rumble, picking up 24 points in the first half. Clear Falls wasn't quite able to keep up, scoring 7 to make it 24-7 heading into the break. Clear Lake almost let the matchup get away from them in the second half, but they had just enough oomph to take it.
Among those leading the charge for Clear Lake was senior Shae Suiaunoa, who picked up 77 yards on the ground on 17 carries and accumulated 156 passing yards. That makes it three straight good games in a row from Suiaunoa. Junior Brendon Holmes was in the mix, too, providing Clear Lake with two touchdowns.
The win got Clear Lake back to even at 4-4. The loss dropped Clear Falls' record to 4-5.
The teams are both focusing on improving their conference standings in their upcoming contests. Clear Lake will take on Clear Springs at home at 7:00 PM next week. Both of these red-hot teams will try to put the other on ice to keep their winning streaks alive. As for Clear Falls, they will face off against Clear Creek. These teams both are looking to take out their frustrations on one another after having lost close ones recently.
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