For three youngsters, it was a great experience that foreshadows potential big futures. For one esteemed senior, it was the end of a prep career. And though it was a good end, it wasn’t a perfect one. Jake Mandt (senior, Chatfield), Seth Goetzinger (freshman, Chatfield), Carter Jonsgaard (freshman, LARP), and Caden Anderson (freshman, FCLMC) were this year’s county entrants … [Read more...]
Knights Go 16-3 For Big Comeback
Boys high school play-off basketball is upon us. Both sections 1A and 1AA should be wild, crazy, and highly competitive. A first round 1A contest between 12-seed Grand Meadow (12-13) and 5-seed Kingsland (15-11) started the ball rolling. The Knights won the regular season meeting 55-53 (each team down a starter Kingsland Wyatt Pruter, GM Colt Landers). The post-season … [Read more...]
20 Wins, On to Rochester
In a way, Rushford-Peterson (1-seed, 19-7) gave Houston (16-seed, 11-16) some help. In another Round of 16 1A contest, the Trojans played minus their top scorer and tallest player (6’5” Ben Ansell). The senior’s absence (concussion) had little effect on the outcome. A 1A play-off in Rochester just wouldn’t be the same if team green didn’t show up. Tom Vix’s boys will be … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
The last county girls basketball team left standing fell. Kingsland bowed to top-ranked L/P 75-46 in a 1A quarterfinal. Kristi Fett (41 pts, 18 rebs), a 6’5” senior center, was too much for the Knights. Kingsland finishes at 14-14. It is the tenth time this year they have been at .500. The girls 1A final four was composed of all formerly “West” teams. One-seed #1 L/P … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball Play-Offs (2/27 & 3/1)
(1A Play-In) G-E (19-seed, 1-22) 52, FC (14-seed, 7-19) 76 (FC: N. Haugerud 23 pts (9-14 FGs, 3-5 threes), 14 rebs, 6 assist; Logan Corson career-high 16 pts (4-7 threes), 5 assists, Josh Peters 13 pts; Dawson Schmidt 11 pts) (1A Play-In) Lanesboro (18-seed, 2-23) 56, Hayfield (15-seed, 4-22) 60 (L: Andrew Luck 18 pts (4-5 threes, 7-10 FGs); Carson Schwichtenberg 16 pts (4-9 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Play-Offs (2/27)
(1A Qtr) Kingsland (8-seed, 14-13) 46, #1 L/P (1-seed, 26-1) 75 (K: Lauren Buchholtz 17 pts (6-6 FTs), 5 rebs; Kori Kruegel 11 pts; Ellie Buchholtz 9 pts, 8 rebs. L/P: K. Fett 41 pts (18-25 FGs), 18 rebs; Olivia Christianson 19 pts (9-13 FGs)) … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Week – Seth Goetzinger
Wrestling: Mandt, Goetzinger, Jonsgaard, Anderson Make State
One is a senior defending state champion making his fifth state appearance (fourth individual). The other three are freshman just getting their first tastes of big-time high school success, their first state tourneys. Jake Mandt (Chatfield), Seth Goetzinger (Chatfield), Carter Jonsgaard (LARP), and Caden Anderson (FCLMC) excelled at the Section 1A wrestling tourney. Each’s … [Read more...]
Lonely, Lonely Knights
Fillmore County, in recent memory, has been well represented when it comes to girl’s sub-section tournaments at Rochester Civic Center. One county team has made the 1A final every year dating back to 2004 (and maybe beyond). This year is different. With no sub-sections and just one bracket for both 1A and 1AA, with many county teams having down years (five of seven had … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Paige Donlinger had a career-high 21 points as FC’s girls won a play-in play-off game, beating L-O 98-23. Payton Danielson had 26 points to lead M-C past G-E 56-16 in a play-in game. R-P beat Hope Lutheran in a play-in game 51-30. Lanesboro nipped Faribault B.A. 34-32 in a play-in game. In the Round of 16, FC fell to #9 in Class A GM (48-32), M-C fell to #4 in Goodhue … [Read more...]