They aren’t yet near last year’s 10-game win streak. But a four-game streak (after a 0-3 start to the season) is simply a very good turnaround for Houston girls basketball. The week of December 17 was particularly impressive. Dale Moga’s group beat a pair of tough SEC foes. Houston began by dropping a big number on rival Spring Grove, which entered the contest 5-1. The … [Read more...]
Young Trojans Win Fifth in Six Tries
Mark the calendar; 2019-2020 should be another watershed year for Rushford-Peterson boys basketball. Until then, Trojan fans get to watch a bunch of talented young players mature. Amidst that maturing process, R-P is still pretty good. Chris Drinkall’s Trojans beat a 1A rival and a typically tough TRC foe to run a winning streak to three. Versus Kingsland, the game was … [Read more...]
Chatfield Nips GMLOS
On the first full night of TRC wrestling action, an intriguing match-up occurred in Chatfield. Just days removed from GMLOS taking first, the Gophers second, at FCLMC’s Holiday Invite, the teams took to the mats for a league dual. The lead changed hands four times with the home Gophers coming from behind twice to notch a good win. GMLOS took the first two weights (9-0). … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
LARP wrestling beat St. Charles and W-K to improve to 2-0, 5-2 on the year. Ranked guys Ross Herber (#6 at 113) and Carter Jonsgaard (#5 at 120) each went 2-0, as did Dominic Jenkins (knocked off W-K’s ranked Tagen Miller 11-8), Tyler Kreidermacher, Gable Speltz, Caleb Mueller, and Carter Weidemann. Kingsland sisters Lauren (24 pts, 14 rebs) and Ellie Buchholtz (20 pts, 14 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/17 – 12/21)
SG 62, Kingsland 59 (K: W. Pruter 23 pts (4-11 threes), 8 rebs; Reid Kruegel 16 pts (4-8 threes), 7 rebs, 5 asts; L. Howard career-high 15 pts (6-8 FGs, 2-3 threes). Pruter rimmed-out game-tying three at buzzer) Lanesboro 62, Houston 93 (H: M. Schutte career-high 41 pts (26 in first half), 25 rebs, 7 asts; A. Van Gundy season-high 23 pts; C. Danielson career-high 20 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/17 – 12/21)
Chatfield 37, Z-M 83 (C: Paige Erickson 11 pts (5-7 FGs); Alanna Goetzinger 8 pts, 6 rebs) L-A 60, M-C 52 (M-C: M. Michels career-high 21 pts (9-14 FGs), 6 rebs; Payton Danielson 18 pts, 13 rebs, 5 asts, 3 stls) Hayfield 69, FC 42 (FC: Madison Scheevel 11 pts (3-9 threes); Paige Donlinger 8 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts; Emma Breitsprecher 8 pts, 8 rebs) Kingsland 64, R-P 42 (K: … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/18 – 12/20)
FCLMC 33, Waukon 39 (Wolves won five of first six weights to lead 27-6 after 138. They had just one win the rest of the way. Bradon Knutson (113), Cale Anderson (132), and Michael Barrett (285) won by fall, Caden Anderson (138 > 8-3) by decision. Wolves won two forfeits, lost one, with one double forfeit); FCLMC 30, South Winn 47 (Match started with eight consecutive … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/10 -12/15)
L-A 62, FC 72 (FC: Paige Donlinger 18 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts; M. Scheevel 17 pts (3-8 threes); Emma Breitsprecher 13 pts, 8 rebs, 5 stls. LA: Myia Ruzek 32 pts (11-17 FTs), 10 rebs) R-P 34, Cotter 48 (RP: Abbey Hoegh 9 pts, 7 rebs) Southland 61, Chatfield 47 (C: Silja Erickson 9 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Alanna Goetzinger 7 pts, 12 rebs; Lauren Cole 8 pts) FC 56, Caledonia 70 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/11 – 12/15)
Chatfield 60, Southland 47 (C: R. Johnson 16 pts, 6 rebs; J. Fahrenholtz 17 pts (8-13 FGs), 10 rebs, 7 asts) Cotter 23, R-P 69 (RP: L. Skalet 12 pts, 10 assists, 9 stls; L. O’Hare 12 pts (6-8 FGs); Ben Wieser/Vinnie Mason 8 pts each (8-10 combined FGs). Twelve Trojans scored) #6 in AA Caledonia 94, FC 40 (FC: C. Brown career-high 22 pts (6-12 threes)) M-C 45, GM 81 … [Read more...]
Goetzinger, Herber Win at FCLMC Invite
It was a bit of a down year for county teams, champion-wise, at FCLMC’s annual Holiday Wrestling Tournament. Only two guys won titles, but there were seven second place finishers and eight third place guys. GMLOS (227.5) rode eight first place finishers to the team title over Chatfield (198.5), which was participating in its first action of the year. LARP (125.5) tied for … [Read more...]