CLEAR LAKE — The Webster City Lynx football team returned to action on Friday night, as they made the trip north on I-35 to take on the Clear Lake Lions in non-district action at Lions Field in Clear Lake. Webster City entered at 1-1, while Clear Lake entered at 2-0 and ranked #3 in Class 2A.
Webster City would get the football first, and a three-and-out with a short punt resulted in a quick Clear Lake touchdown on a 36-yard pass from Jaxson McIntire to Kolby Hodnefield to put the Lions ahead 7-0. The Lynx would generate a first down on their next drive, but would eventually punt it back to Clear Lake, who put together a more conventional drive that ended with Jaxson McIntire scoring on a 34-yard touchdown run to put the Lions ahead 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. Clear Lake would score early in the 2nd quarter off a Sam Dodge 35-yard touchdown run to put the Lions ahead 22-0, as the Lions then executed a near-flawless 2-minute drill as Jaxon McIntire sneaked it in from a yard out with 38 seconds to go to put Clear Lake ahead 28-0 at the halftime break.
The 2nd half would see Clear Lake keep their foot on the gas as Kolby Hodnefield broke loose for a 57-yard touchdown run to put the Lions up 34-0. After a 4th down stop of the Lynx offense, Clear Lake would add another score on a 7-yard pass from McIntire to Trevor Theobald to put Clear Lake ahead 40-0 by the end of the 3rd quarter. Clear Lake added one more score early in the 4th quarter to but them up 47-0, as Webster City managed to put together a drive and score on a 1-yard touchdown run by Jaxon Griffith before time expired to bring the final score to 47-7.
Jaxon Griffith would lead the Lynx on the ground with 11 carries for 62 yards and a touchdown, while Aiden Hrnicek had 16 carries for 42 yards. Senior Eli Estlund led Webster City with 6 tackles and a TFL on defense on Friday night.
Webster City football returns to action on Friday night, as they host the Gilbert Tigers in their non-district finale on homecoming at Lynx Field, with kickoff at 7 PM.