High school roundup from Monday June 23 — Clear Lake softball stays on top of NCC with win

CLEAR LAKE — Cheyanne Schroeder hit a two-run home run followed later by a walkoff two-run home run by Taylor Schwenn as Clear Lake beat Webster City 10-2 in six innings last night, as you saw on northiowanow.com. After trailing 1-0 after the first inning, the Lions plated four runs in the second, one in the third, and then had a five-run sixth inning powered by the round-trippers by Schroeder and Schwenn. Clear Lake continues to hold the lead in the North Central Conference with an 8-1 record, two games ahead of St. Edmond in the win column. The Lions host Forest City tonight in a non-conference contest that you’ll also see on northiowanow.com with a scheduled start time of 7:30

— other softball last night
#8/4A Fort Dodge 14-9, Mason City 3-1
#5/2A Osage 18, Lake Mills 5
#10/2A Central Springs 10, Nashua-Plainfield 0
North Butler 13, Northwood-Kensett 4
Forest City 15, North Iowa 2
Belmond-Klemme 9, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 4; GHV 6, Belmond-Klemme 3
North Union 12, West Hancock 0
#7/1A St. Edmond 10, Hampton-Dumont-CAL 0
Algona 12, Humboldt 4
Iowa Falls-Alden 11, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 0

MASON CITY — Fort Dodge swept an Iowa Alliance Conference North Division baseball doubleheader at Mason City last night, taking wins of 7-1 and 9-4, as you saw on northiowanow.com. Mason City drops to 13-9 overall and 5-5 in the conference and will travel to Des Moines East on Wednesday.

CLEAR LAKE — Clear Lake split their North Central Conference baseball doubleheader at home last night with Webster City. In the opener, the Lions held off a late seventh-inning rally by the Lynx for a 4-2 win. Luke Furhman had two runs batted in. Jaxson Anderson picked up the win, going 6 ⅔ innings, striking out 12. Webster City took the nightcap 12-2 in five innings after scoring three runs each in the first and second innings and then blowing the game open with a six-run fourth. Clear Lake is 10-8 overall and 6-4 in the conference. The Lions host Forest City tonight at 7:30, a game you can hear on Mix 107.3 KIOW.

SHEFFIELD — Newman needed single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to beat West Fork 7-5 last night in Top of Iowa Conference East Division baseball in Sheffield. Cal McGuire and West Cole each knocked in a pair of runs, while Gage Peterson socked a solo home run. Kameron Kropp picked up the win, striking out four. Newman is now 9-0 in the conference and 14-5 overall. The Knights host Bishop Garrigan tonight

— other baseball scores from Monday
Central Springs 3, Nashua-Plainfield 0
Osage 10, Lake Mills 9
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 18, Belmond-Klemme 7
West Hancock 19, North Union 13
Forest City 6, North Iowa 0
Collins-Maxwell 10, Rockford 0
Hampton-Dumont-CAL 8-8, St. Edmond 5-1
Algona 11-0, Humboldt 0-2
Iowa Falls-Alden 7-5, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 2-4