Over a pair of nights, a trio of good AA girls basketball teams with at least 11 wins went at it, as Caledonia (11-5) hosted #2 Goodhue (13-1) and Chatfield (11-4). First, Scott Sorenson’s girls took their shot at the Wildcats. The Warriors spotted Goodhue a 16-2 lead, as Cal began the game 1 of 11 shooting with six turnovers. Ava Privet hit three first half triples, but Cal … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling Takes Tri at GMLOS with Cal/Hou
Chatfield and Caledonia/Houston wrestling descended upon Grand Meadow for a notable Journal 11 Section 1A wrestling triangular hosted by GMLOS. Eight ranked wrestlers were in action. The Gophers continued their strong season with two wins. Chatfield (#10 in A, 6-1) versus the Warriors (Class A Lean and Mean, 10-1) was the marquee dual. Their match featured no forfeits, five … [Read more...]
Warrior B-Ball Teams Continue to Roll
Combined, their win streaks are 18. Caledonia’s basketball teams kept rolled to a combined 5-0 week. The girls beat L-A 67-45, Kingsland 64-28, and Cannon Falls 60-47 all on the road. Versus the Cardinals, Cal led 44-28 at halftime. They hit nine three-pointers. Alexis Schroeder (19 pts, five threes) led the way. Josie Foster (14 pts) and Ava Privet (12 pts, three threes) … [Read more...]
Cal/Hou Hosts Key 1A Quad
Caledonia/Houston, Chatfield, and Goodhue wrestling teams are hoping to be big factors in Section 1A. All are ranked or rated Lean and Mean. Those schools and Glenwood City (WI) hooked up for a notable quadrangular. Matt Mauseth’s Chatfield (4-1) squad took care of GC handily, 61-15. The Hilltoppers had just three wins, none after 152. Chatfield took forfeit wins at 170 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/11 – 1/15)
FCLMC Triangular (Neither D-E or LARP were close to full strength) > #11 in A Dover-Eyota 39, FCLMC 35 (Wolves led 5-0, but then not until 35-33 after 220. D-E won 113, 120, 132, 138, and 145. Eagles won by pinfall at 285 to win the match. Bodey Wright (220) won the matches only forfeit. Both teams were open at 126. Boston Wright (152), Cole Sass (160), O. Sass (182), … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/10 – 1/15)
Three Rivers Conference Chatfield 76, Rushford-Peterson 57 (C: P. Berg 24 pts (3-6 threes, 5-5 FTs), 7 rebs, 5 stls; Kara Goetzinger 19 pts (7-11 FGs), 8 rebs, 4 stls; Anna Kivimagi 6 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts; Shea Jech 7 pts. R-P: Ellie Ekern 18 pts (3-5 threes); Kaylee Ruberg 15 pts (7-12 FTs), 10 rebs; E. Jacobson 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Hannah Ronnenberg 8 pts, 4 asts. R-P … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/10 – 1/15)
Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central 68, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 77 (FC: Gunner Benson 16 pts (4-6 threes); Jayce Kiehne 14 pts (3-4 threes), 6 rebs; Luke Hellickson 14 pts (4-8 threes), 7 rebs, 4 asts; Bryce Corson 9 pts, 11 asts; Jake Fishbaugher 7 pts, 6 rebs. PEM: Aeron Stevens 21 pts. PEM started up 17-0 and led 33-17 at half. FC hit 13 of 27 threes (48%), … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
GMLOS’ #2-ranked Cohen Wiste won 138-pounds at the Stewartville Invite. SG’s boys (6-0, 9-2) beat Kingsland 50-35 and GM 44-40, as Tysen Grinde scored 20. The Lions have won five in a row. L-O’s boys (4-2, 7-3) beat Schaeffer 59-41 for their fifth straight, but fell 81-56 to West leader L/P (5-0, 9-2). John Prestemon had a triple-double (11 pts, 11 rebs, 10 asts), Stephan … [Read more...]
GM Girls Get to 10 Wins
After two weeks off, Grand Meadow girls basketball got back to playing. They won twice to get to 10 wins on the season. Ryan Queensland’s Larks had no problem with Spring Grove in a 66-21 SEC win. Four GM gals hit double figures; McKenna Hendrickson (19 pts, 4 rebs, 6 stls), Kendyl Queensland (17 pts, 4 rebs), Lauren Queensland (14 pts, 9 rebs), and River Landers (10 pts, … [Read more...]
LARP Wrestling Wins PEM Invite
Winning a weekend individual wrestling tournament isn’t easy. Southeast Minnesota has a plethora of good teams and wrestlers. The LARP Screamin’ Eagles did what they’ve haven’t done in a long time and pulled off the tough task. Tim Tekautz and Darrin Hegland’s group came out on top (182) at the PEM Invite, beating nearest foes Maple River/USC (173), Lake City (147), and PEM … [Read more...]