The final week of the regular season turned into a play-off readying two-step for Kingsland girls basketball. The Knights faced top teams from the SEC East and West. The original Kingsland versus Houston girls basketball game was scheduled for mid-season (postponed per snow). By the time the teams took the court, Houston (11-0, 18-5) was East Division champion and Kingsland … [Read more...]
Wrestling Teams Take on Play-Offs
The 2020 Section 1A and 1AA wrestling team play-offs saw each of the three county programs fighting to move on. FCLMC got the rare play-off win. LARP was up big before upper weights hindered its plight. Chatfield fell by a single point to the eventual section champion. In Class AA, LARP (5-seed, 9-9) took on PEM (4-seed, 13-9) in a quartefinal. Things went the Screaming … [Read more...]
Gophers Snag “Get Back” Wins
It has been an up and down year for Chatfield boys basketball. They started with just one win in ten games. The Gophers then won five straight. They then dropped four straight. Two of the ten losses to start the year were to Southland (90-87) and D-E (68-55). In TRC-West division re-matches, Chatfield got some “get back” wins. Jeff DeBuhr’s group won at the Rebels 74-68. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/7 – 2/14)
Lanesboro 72, G-E 42 (L: Sawyer Johnson 15 pts (4-7 threes); J.T. Rein 10 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Ryan Holmen 10 pts, 8 rebs. Game from Feb 7. All 12 Burros scored. Score/stats in last week’s paper were from Cochrane-Fountain City game) Fillmore Central 50, Goodhue 73 (FC: Haidyn Gunderson 12 pts, 8 rebs; Carson Kiehne 10 pts) M-C 44, L/P 85 (M-C: Ethan Underbakke 11 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/10 – 2/14)
La Crescent 49, M-C 38 (M-C: P. Danielson 21 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; Jordyn Newgard 7 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 27, R-P 43 (R-P: Kaylee Ruberg 13 pts, 13 rebs; Ellie Dahl/Alayna Helgemoe 8 pts. L: J. Schreiber 9 pts, 5 rebs; B. Ruen 6 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls. Trojans end 11-game losing streak) Caledonia 42, FC 53 (FC: K. Sikkink 21 pts (7-8 FTs), 7 rebs; Lauren Mensink 8 pts, … [Read more...]