It’s a good time to post a winning streak. To end the regular season, Kingsland’s boys are on a 7-game spurt. The foes weren’t a collective crème-of-the-crop, but wins are wins and confidence is always a good thing. Already four ‘W’s’ in, John Fenske’s group added three more victories the week of February 18. Kingsland pounded USC 84-46. Wyatt Pruter scored 28 points (4-7 … [Read more...]
Kingsland, Houston Move on in Girls Play-offs
Their season’s mirrored each other, and that trend stays the same in the play-offs. Kingsland and Houston’s girls each moved on to 1A quarterfinal games at Mayo Civic Center. The Hurricanes (7-seed, 15-10) downed A-C/G-E (10-seed, 13-8) 63-43. The ‘Canes led 38-21 at half, assuring they wouldn’t fall by upset like last year (lost as a 5-seed to 12-seed Southland). … [Read more...]
Rostad, Buchholtz Make History Amid SEC-East Race
Girls basketball teams Kingsland and Houston had a converging final week of the regular season. The Hurricanes (9-2, 13-9) entered atop the SEC-East, Knights (7-3, 12-9) in second, Houston two league games left, Kingsland three (including a head-to-head). Two seniors each set their school’s basketball all-time scoring marks. On Monday, Houston hosted La Crescent. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Landon Skalet hit 9 of 10 threes and scored a career-high 35 points, but Noah King authored a last second tip-in to propel #10 Caledonia past R-P 75-73. Kingsland’s boys had a 3-0 week, beating FC 54-46, Schaeffer 70-37, and G-E 75-44. Wyatt Pruter had 30 points versus Lions, 16 (pts), 13 (rebs), 11 (asts), 5 (stls) and 4 (blks) versus the Wolverines. The Knights (9-3, … [Read more...]
County-County Week
The first full week in February, tinged with some cancellations, featured six b-ball games between county teams. Monday authored the Kingsland/Chatfield (now) non-conference series. In Spring Valley, 6’8” senior center Josef Fahrenholtz had career scoring and rebounding highs (27 pts, 11-17 FGs, 19 rebs, 9 offensive) to lead the Gophers to a 77-69 win. Wyatt Pruter … [Read more...]