Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central 56, La Crescent/Hokah 80 (FC: J. Kiehne 20 pts (7-14 FGs, 6-8 FTs), 4 asts; L. Hellickson 12 pts (6-7 FTs), 6 rebs. LCH had 28 offensive rebounds to FC’s 10, out-shooting FC 29 of 75 (39%) to 18 of 44 (41%)) Chatfield 57, Wabasha-Kellogg 46 (C: C. Johnson 20 pts (9-14 FGs), 6 rebs, 5 asts, 4 stls; E. Hopp 13 pts, 5 asts, 5 stls; … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
GMLOS gal wrestler Diann Smith took second place at the Section 1-4 girls tournament. She qualified for the state girls meet. Kaylee Ruberg scored 25 points including her 1,000th as R-P beat L-O 63-50. Jordian Leahy had 33 points in a SG 74-63 win over L/P, and 20 in a 55-37 Lion win over Southland. She hit 22 of 27 free throws in the games. John Prestemon scored 20 points … [Read more...]
…Controversial Last Second Shot Propels GM Over Burros, to 20 Wins
The first time they met, Grand Meadow’s girls beat Lanesboro 56-44. A re-match, this time counting for SEC standings, was a battle that went down to the wire. Each team employed a zone. Scoring was difficult. At the half, Lanesboro led 18-17. In the second half, the Burros used long inside players Kaci Ruen and Jessie Schreiber, who combined for nine second-chance-points, … [Read more...]
Lady Burros Grab First SEC Title Since 2007…
They didn’t take the hard route. Lanesboro girls basketball trekked to Adams and easily handled Southland 78-48 to out-right clinch the SEC-East title over Houston. Bret Klaehn’s group grabbed their first SEC division crown since 2007. The Burros were led by Kaci Ruen (23 pts, 11-16 FGs, 17 rebs), who authored her third double-double in four games, her 17th overall. Jessie … [Read more...]
Gopher Teams Notch Big Wins
Chatfield basketball teams each had a week denoted by big wins. It started with the boys. A year ago, they nearly pulled the biggest upset of the 1AA play-offs. They had 2-seed Stewartville, headed by D-I talent Will Tschetter, on the ropes, but ultimately fell in double OT 85-77. It was redemption time as a solid Gopher squad (13-6) took the HVL leading Tigers (12-1, … [Read more...]
Third Period Comeback Dooms Chatfield Wrestling’s State Hopes
It was a thrilling, to-the-wire dual and match. It was a devastating loss for Chatfield wrestling. The #1-seed Gophers (#8 in A, 14-1) met rival Dover-Eyota (3-seed, #9 in A, 18-8) for the 1A wrestling team title. After 13 weights, the score sat tied 30-30. This wasn’t unexpected. When the Gophers and Eagles met in the regular season, Chatfield led 32-31 heading to … [Read more...]
Trojans Up Streak to Nine
It was a good week for Class A 9th-ranked Rushford-Peterson’s boys basketball. On Monday, Chris Drinkall’s group took on Southland in a rematch of last year’s 1A semi (won by the Rebels 73-55). R-P jumped out 7-2 and never trailed. And though Southland never led, they pulled to down one four times, down two six times. Their last push made it 48-46. R-P responded spurting … [Read more...]
Warriors Get Help to Wrap Up TRC-East
Caledonia boys basketball had a ho-hum week of handily defeating three opponents. They got some help from a rival and wrapped up the TRC East crown. Brad King’s guys won league games over Cotter, 91-48, and Fillmore Central, 90-69. Fifteen Warriors scored versus the Ramblers, as the score was 53-21 at intermission. Mason King hit five threes and scored a team-high 17 … [Read more...]
SG Boys Caps Thee-Win Week with Buzzer-Beater, OT Win
A last-second three-pointer by Spring Grove sophomore Elijah Solum sent the key SEC game between the Lions (21-3) and Lyle/Pacelli (20-3) into overtime, tying it for the seventh time at 37-37 after a 20-20 halftime stalemate. Then two Solum free throws, the only points scored in OT, won it for SG, 39-37. The defensive duel was a rare regular-season matchup between two 20-win … [Read more...]
Gymnastics
Section 1A Meet (Cal/SG/Hou (128.050) finished 6th among eight teams. In this final meet, the Warriors had their highest team score of the season, greatly due to season-best performances on the balance beam. The three best individual scores came from Brianna Johnson on vault (8.600), Avery Augedahl on the floor (8.550), and Vivian Kittleson on vault (8.500). Paizley Lange had … [Read more...]