Clear Lake wins Bass Bowling event, $500
LAKEPORT — Clear Lake High School won the third annual Bass Bowling event Sunday at Lakeside Family Fun and Event Center with a bit of help from their Kelseyville counterparts.
Clear Lake”s win was worth a $500 donation from Lakeside Family Fun Center to the school”s athletic fund.
The event called for the two schools to field three teams each – one from their respective varsity football, junior varsity football and cheer squads. The teams were to compete in bowling, laser tag and dodge ball.
Kelseyville had just enough students show up to fill out their teams, but Clear Lake could only fill out their cheer squad team. This meant that Clear Lake High would have to forfeit two-thirds of the competition and all but hand the $500 to Kelseyville for a third year in a row.
But after winning the bowling portion of the competition, most of the Kelseyville students left, leaving Clear Lake”s cheer squad as the only complete team. Clear Lake won the $500 by forfeit.
“There was no way the Cardinals were going to win unless Kelseyville dropped out,” Bass Bowl executive director Phil Smoley said. “Kelseyville had three times more students attend the event initially, but it was the Cardinals who were left at the end. I was impressed with the Cardinal girls because they were ready to compete in spite of the odds.”
Lakeside Family Fun and Event Center sponsors and manages Bass Bowling at their multi-purpose facility in Lakeport.
“They went way beyond our expectations to put on this event,” Smoley said. “They decorated the place in the schools” colors and had added staff to manage the events. It”s a great place to have an event and we will be back next year.”
Bass Bowling is a prelude event for the upcoming Bass Bowl, sponsored by SERVPRO of Lake and Mendocino counties. The SERVPRO Bass Bowl is the annual high school football rivalry game between the Cardinals of Clear Lake High and the Knights of Kelseyville, which takes place Friday night in Lakeport. This is the fourth year for the Bass Bowl and the Cardinals lead the series two games to one. The winning team takes home the Bass Bowl Trophy and totem pole.
For more information, go to www.BassBowl.com.
