Three years ago, Jake Vetter took over the Kingsland girls basketball program. He pretty much used sophomores across the board. Those girls are now seniors. The Knights, courtesy of three straights wins where no foe scored 40 points, are off to a 6-2 start to the season. Kingsland beat Chatfield 59-23. Gracie Schmidt (12 pts, 4-6 FGs), Lauren Buchholtz (10 pts, 3 stls), … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2017
Thanks Bro
Heading into the season, the Schwichtenberg opposing coaches most strategized against when playing Lanesboro was leading scorer the past two seasons, senior guard Cole. Through two games, the three-point precision of younger brother Carson has stood out. Mabel-Canton got an antidote-needing taste. The 5’9” sophomore hit three three’s in each half and scored a career-high in … [Read more...]
Fossum/Hompe Hit for 48 in Gopher Win
It’d been quite some time since Gopher classmates Parker Fossum and Alex Hompe played high school basketball together. Injury annulled last year’s junior season completely for Hompe, partially for Fossum. Fossum was on varsity sophomore year. In game three of their senior seasons, the duo made up for lost time, putting on an efficiency clinic versus Kingsland. Hompe, a 6’2” … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP wrestling beat La Crescent 64-6 to move to 3-0 in the TRC, 5-2 overall. McCoy Tekautz remains ranked #1 at 152 in Class AA. Chatfield (2-1, 3-3) beat St. Charles 45-23. Jake Mandt defended his top ranking at 145 by beating #2 Lane Heim by 6-4 decision. FCLMC’s Jacob Thomas and Treyten Chiglo each went 3-0 at Wolves quadrangular. Cole Schwichtenberg assisted the last … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/19 – 12/23)
HL 47, Houston 63 (H: J. Hongerholt 17 pts (7-9 FGs), 19 rebs; Wesley Johnson 14 pts, 7 rebs; Micah Johnson 14 pts (7-11 FGs)) M-C 50, South Winneshiek 53 (MC: D. Wyffels 25 pts (6-8 FTs), 5 rebs, 4 stls. Game was a rescheduled Border Battle series in Decorah. FTs: MC 9-19, NW 25-35) Cotter 40, FC 38 (FC: Riley Means 11 pts, 5 rebs, 6 stls; Delton Sauer 9 pts, 6 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/19 – 12/23)
HL 36, Houston 55 (H: Jessica Kitching 17 pts (5-7 FTs), 9 rebs; Alyssa Rostad 13 pts. ‘Canes are 3-1, 3-2) SA 37, Lanesboro 34 (L: Emily Snyder 8 pts, 13 rebs, 3 stls; C. Ruud 8 pts. Game had 12 lead changes. Burros missed a couple game-tying three-pointers late) GM 49, M-C 38 (MC: Payton Danielson 16 pts (7-9 FGs), 5 stls) L-A 38, RP 57 (RP: M. Crawford … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/20)
LARP 64, La Crescent 6 (Ross Herber (106), Sam Schwendinger (120), Josh Doerr (126), Xavier Riser (132), Ethan Sense (152), Noah Herber (182), & Logan Schindeldecker (285) won by pin, M. Tekautz (170) by injury default, Dominick Jenkins (145 > 19-4) & Justin Mueller (160 > 17-2) by tech falls, Gable Speltz (113 > 9-4) & Cody Rain (220 > 3-1) by … [Read more...]
A little of this, A little of that. ~ Put up or shut up.
Put your money where your mouth is. Talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy whiskey! Being Irish, my favorite of the former sayings is the last one, and I don’t even like whiskey. All of these sayings are talking about “actions speaking louder than words.” I believe this. Since I have talked about appreciating others in recent columns, I have made a resolution to do just … [Read more...]
Student films chronicling change in Lanesboro for Smithsonian project
Premiere at St. Mane Theatre in Lanesboro on Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28. Lanesboro, MN. – For four months in 2016, three Lanesboro area students worked diligently on Lanesboro Arts’ Youth Access Technology Project (YATP), a local history media project of impressive scope and quality. Supported by the Smithsonian Institute’s Stories from Main Street program, … [Read more...]
Root River 1W1P final plan approved
13 local government units each will decide whether to adopt document Preston, MN – Better water management in the Root River Watershed is moving forward. On Monday, December 19, the Policy Committee of the Root River One Watershed, One Plan (1W1P) voted unanimously to approve the final draft of the water management plan at a meeting in Chatfield. Root River 1W1P’s … [Read more...]