GRUNDY CENTER - Just three days ago, Charles City knocked off Class 3A No. 1 Clear Lake.

It was the first loss of the season for Clear Lake and just the seventh win of the year for Charles City.

But it was a game that was referenced by BCLUW coach Austin Schlatter to his Comets before the squad opened Class 1A District 4 play Monday.

T-R PHOTO BY TROY HYDE BCLUW senior Lane Caster (20) shoots over CALs Hunter Schleisman during the Comets 65-32 Class 1A District 4 win on Monday night in Grundy Center. Caster scored nine points in the victory. T-R PHOTO BY TROY HYDE BCLUW junior Ty Runge gets fouled from behind against a defender from CAL during the Comets 65-32 Class 1A District 4 win in Grundy Center. Runge scored 11 points on the night.

It was to show the Comets that upsets can happen and do happen. And it helped BCLUW not overlook 2-19 CAL, while also showing the Comets that anything can happen in the postseason moving forward.

Conner Ubben sidetracked early foul trouble and finished with 16 points, while Cole Silver and Ty Runge both scored 11 and the Comets avoided the first-round upset with an easy 65-32 victory over CAL.

"It's pretty nice to win," said Ubben. "You think about G-R in the back of your head before the game but once the game starts you have to kick it out of your mind. You have to take every team seriously."

BCLUW 65, CAL 32

At Grundy Center

CAL (2-20) - Mario Yanez 1 0-0 3, Austin Guerrero 3 0-2 8, Juan Carlos Calles 2 3-4 7, Caleb Striegel 2 0-0 4, Hunter Schleisman 3 1-2 7, Juan Gomez 1 1-2 3. TOTALS 12 5-10 32.

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