With inclement weather hitting some area schools with closings, Clearwater has adjusted the girls basketball schedule. Originally scheduled for Thursday, January 25, the Clearwater/Greenville girls basketball game will be played on Monday, January 29 to accommodate postponement of the Greenville homecoming to January 25.

Basketball games for the week of January 22 will be played as follows:

• Monday, January 22 Clearwater vs. Viburnum @ Home
  Half of a JV Boys game will be played beginning at 5:00 pm.
  Girls Varsity will follow with the Varsity Boys game afterward.
• Tuesday, January 23 Clearwater @ Doniphan
  Girls Varsity will begin at 5:00 pm. Full JV Boys game follows.
  Boys Varsity game will finish up the night.
• Friday, January 26 Clearwater vs Greenville @ Home
  Junior Varsity Boys begin at 6:00 pm with Varsity Boys following.
• Saturday, January 27 Clearwater Varsity boys vs. Valle @ TRC  2:30 pm

The Lady Tigers defeated Viburnum Friday night 55-54, earning a berth in the Black River League Championship title game. They will play at 6:00 pm on Saturday, January 20 against South Iron. The varsity boys will take on Lesterville for the consolation championship earlier in the day at 1:30 pm. All games will be played at Bunker.

Shout out to the CertainTeed Corporation for their donation of $825 to the Clearwater Tigers baseball team to purchase a new net for the rolling on-field batting cage! Athletic Director Shannon England and Tigers Baseball Coach Cole Sheets accept the check from Gads Hill plant employees Brandon Lashley and Ben Diesel. Baseball players Benton Lashley and Parker Montgomery were also present for the award.

Due to illness and the cold weather, several interested students were unable to make it out to the Talent Show auditions this week. In light of this, there will be one final tryout next week on Friday, January 26 in Mrs. Montgomery’s high school classroom after school at 3:30.

ProStart hosted their first community event in the newly renovated FACS room as Rotary members enjoyed luncheon on Wednesday, January 17.

Tonight’s Black River League Tournament games at Bunker have been postponed. Tentatively, the plans are to move Monday night’s games to Wednesday with Tuesday’s games being played as originally scheduled. 

Tuesday will remain the same – Boys first round games.

Wednesday will be tonight’s games – Girls first round games (same times).

Thursday will remain the same – Boys Semis and 1 Boys Consolation game.

Friday will be Girls Semis (same times).

Saturday will remain the same as well.

If this update isn’t changed by further weather conditions, the Clearwater boys will play Bunker in the BRL Tournament at Bunker at 5:00 pm.
The Clearwater girls will play on Wednesday, January 17 at 6:30 pm against Ellington.

We do not have updated brackets yet so the following brackets are from the original schedule. Please make your own adjustments as mentioned above.
2018 BRL Varsity Girls Bracket    2018 BRL Varsity Boys Bracket 

• There will be no school in the Clearwater R-1 School District on Monday, January 15 as it is a scheduled school holiday, marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.