For Clear Brook football, its what might have been. For Clear Lake football, theres still a chance to get that one district win in the final game. On Friday the Wolverines spoiled Lakes homecoming with a 27-14 triumph. That ended Brooks 24-5A record at a disappointing 3-3 and 4-6 overall. The Wolverines bye week is next week, so they are finished for the year without making the playoffs. Next week Clear Lake will try to get on the W board for the first time this year in 24-5A when the Falcons host Ball in District Stadium on Thursday. Lakes district mark is 0-6 and 2-7 overall. While Clear Brook was favored to make post-season, it was thought that the Falcons would have a difficult time after losing 9 and 9 on each side of the ball from last years state semifinal run. But it wasnt expected that Lake would be winless in district with one game remaining. While the homecoming might have been a distraction to the Falcons before the packed District Stadium crowd, Lake coach Troy Aduddell surmised the entire season up to now. The whole year has been a distraction, he said. At the beginning we had no facilities, then came the hurricane and we played four games in 14 days and then we had two weeks off. That plays havoc with running the option. It takes practice and more practice. The kids have had to endure a lot of adversity, and I feel a lot for the seniors, Aduddell added. Weve been in every game, but the ball has not bounced our way. But partial redemption is still possible on Thursday against incoming Ball. We knew theyre (Tors) going to be fired up and play very physical football, he said. Hopefully the ball will bounce our way for a change. With the season over, Clear Brook coach Edward Arledge got a good look at some of his top players for next season. The players scoring the touchdowns were all underclassmen. But Arledge was very pleased with the way the Wolverines played the final game knowing there was no chance for making the playoffs. We talked about it with the realization that we couldnt make the playoffs, so how were we going to play this last game, Arledge said. We had a choice to make. To play lights out like were supposed to or lay down. The kids did a great job in preparing for the option. Clear Lake produced only 191 yards of offense against the Wolverines, its lowest output of the year. That included 16 yards passing. Falcon quarterback Jonathan Gilmer was 2-for-11 and was picked off twice. Brook didnt produce that much more yardage, 226, with 72 of those yards in the air. But the Wolverines didnt really have to gain that much yardage as Clear Lakes Achilles heel, the turnover, surfaced at inopportune times. All three of Clear Brooks touchdowns were scored after Clear Lake turnovers. The Wolverines took a 10-6 lead into the halftime locker rooms and gradually built that lead, thanks in part to the Falcon miscues. The 10-6 lead became 17-6 after quarterback James Holmes hooked up with Chad Bimage for a 23-yard touchdown with 4:24 left in the third period. Junior Brandon Yelovich, who kicked all three PATs also nailed two field goals for Brook. Clear Lake managed to get closer one more time as junior Ronnie Feaster went in from 29 yards out less than three minutes later. The Falcons, who missed the first point-after, went for two and made it to pull within three at 17-14. But Clear Brook kept Lake off the scoreboard in the fourth period while tacking on 10 points on Yelovichs 37-yard trey and Torrence Francis 24-yard run with nine minutes left in the fourth. Brook got on the board first in the opening period on Yelovichs 26-yard field goal five minutes into the game. Clear Lake then went on a 74-yard march with Feaster going the final 24 on the second play of the second quarter. The run for two points didnt quite make it. The teams traded possessions for most of the rest of the second period. But Clear Lake fumbled on its 19 with 1:41 left in the half. Three plays later wide receiver Rod Daniels went on a slant and caught Holmes pass for a 19-yard touchdown with only 20 seconds left in the half. Arledge lauded his senior players such as Holmes and Carlos Frank. James Holmes came in and did a great job at quarterback. In the games he threw for more yards than weve had passing the last two years, Arledge said. With a stellar lineup returning next year, Arledge cant wait. Were going to start the week building for next year, he said.