R-P’s boys started the New Year by absolutely denying their first two opponents in the first half of games. They yielded just 23 total points. It probably hasn’t happened too often that Hayfield boys basketball (9-1) sported a better record than the Trojans (5-4). Coming off a holiday loss to Randolph, R-P was all over the Section’s top-ranked QRF squad, leaving little doubt. … [Read more...]
Falcon Girls Post Fourth Straight Win (in OT)
For a third straight game, free throw shooting and Kandace Sikkink’s play were critical in FC’s girls posting a win. A close contest with Southland saw the Falcons never trail in the second half. The Rebels pulled even at 51, forcing overtime. There, FC got a couple quick baskets (Kassidy Broadwater, Sikkink). Paige Donlinger hit 4 of 4 free throws. The Falcons out-scored … [Read more...]
Twin Hurricanes in Double-H Land
Holiday tournaments were disappointing for Houston girls basketball (two losses). In the first two games of 2019, the Hurricanes top two players both spun to damage strength in a couple wins. In a 68-30 win over Faribault B.A., senior Alyssa Rostad (24 pts, 10-18 FGs, 4-9 threes, 13 rebs, 5 stls) and sophomore break-out Emma Geiwitz (20 pts, 9-14 FGs, 4 ats, 3 stls) combined … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP wrestling had about as back-and-forth a match a squad can have versus GMLOS. The lead changed hands 11 times, or at every weight from 132 thru 285. An S-Eagle forfeit 285 gave the Bulldogs the match, 38-36. LARP beat FCLMC 45-21 at the same triangular. Carter Jonsgaard and Dominic Jenkins wrestled out two wins. Jonsgaard (#5 at 120), Ross Herber (#6 at 113), and Noah … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/3 & 1/4)
FC 40, Southland 61 (FC: Josh Peters 14 pts, 5 rebs, 4 stls. Falcons: 0-5, 0-10) #6 in AA Caledonia 97, Chatfield 75 (Ch: Reid Johnson 18 pts, 11 rebs, 5 asts, 3 stls; Josef Fahrenholtz 17 pts (7-11 FGs); Landon Bance 12 pts (4-11 threes); Ben Brogan 12 pts (3-4 FGs, 6-9 FTs)) G-E 63, M-C 73 (MC: D. Loppnow career-high-tying 23 pts (10-16 FGs), 14 rebs, 3 asts, 6 stls, 4 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/3 – 1/5)
Chatfield 39, Caledonia 56 (C: Sarah Baum 9 pts (3-5 threes), 5 rebs) M-C 34, Medford 73 (MC: Payton Danielson 13 pts) Schaeffer Academy 45, Lanesboro 58 (L: Payton Benson season-high 18 pts (6-8 FTs), 6 rebs; Emily Snyder season-high 15 pts (7-8 FTs), 9 rebs; Sophia Simes season-high-tying 11 pts (7-11 FTs). FTs: L 24-37, SA 5-14. Burros: 1-5, 1-8) L/P 60, Kingsland … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/4 & 1/5)
LARP 45, FCLMC 21 (LARP took five weights by forfeit (120/138/160/170/182), FCLMC one (285). Dominic Jenkins (145) and Carter Weidemann (220) won by pin for LARP, C. Jonsgaard (126 > 8-3) by decision. Bradon Knutson (113) and Carter Hovland (145) had pins for FCLMC, Caden Anderson (132 > 6-5) a decision win); LARP 36, GMLOS 38 (R. Herber (120), C. Jonsgaard (126), and … [Read more...]
Falcon GBB Has a “Free”-For-All
One sure fire way to make it hard for an opponent to beat you, is to make it so said opponent’s best players aren’t on the floor the last few minutes of the game. In two holiday contests, FC girls basketball fouled out seven of ten of their opponents’ starters. The Falcons had a free-for-all at the free throw line, shooting 98 total freebies! Using a combination of speed and … [Read more...]
Nine Place at Bi-State
The holiday tourney featured 69 teams and 763 wrestlers. County wrestling squads LARP and Chatfield took on the two-day Bi-State Wrestling Classic in La Crosse. With more than 50 wresters per weight class, placing at all made quite an accomplishment. Nine guys from the Screamin’ Eagles and Gophers were able to do so (finish top 12). Team-wise, LARP tied for fifth (122.5) … [Read more...]
Johnson Leads Gophers to a New Year
Twenty-nineteen will begin like the past four years haven’t for Chatfield boys basketball. The Gophers will head to a New Year above five hundred for the first time since 2013-2014. A pair of WSU Tournament games wins assured it. The Gophers have also already matched last year’s win total. Versus Lanesboro, Chatfield out-scored the Burros 39 to 25 in the second half to … [Read more...]