Kingsland 61, SG 79 (K: Zach Bubany 16 pts; Wyatt Pruter 15 pts (5-9 threes); I. Meisner 12 pts (6-7 FGs)) Cotter 39, R-P 63 (RP: Ben Ansell 17 pts (8-11 FGs), 6 rebs; Jake Paulson 11 pts (5-8 FGs); L. Skalet 9 pts, 4 assists; Trey Olson 8 pts (3-3 FGs); Luke O’Hare 7 pts, 7 assists) Chatfield 78, Southland 63 (C: R. Johnson 30 pts (11-21 FGs, 7-7 FTs), 9 rebs; J. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Play-Offs
(1A Play-In); L-O (20-seed, 1-25) 23, FC (13-seed, 10-16) 98 (FC: P. Donlinger 21 pts (9-18 FGs), 6 rebs, 7 assists, 6 stls; Madison Scheevel career-high 19 pts (5-6 threes); Emma Breitsprecher 9 pts, 4 stls; Alleigh Meyer 8 pts; Hadley Yoder 7 pts, 9 rebs. Falcons posted a 63-point first half, a season-high 98 points. Thirteen of 14 FC girls scored) (1A Play-in); G-E … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Week – Ross Herber
Houston Girls Finish 22-4
One could see the success coming. Houston girls basketball played last year’s good 1A East teams tough. They began this year as about the only (former) 1A East team with continuity. Twenty-six games later, Dale Moga has the good team. Houston ended the season with three more wins to finish 22-4 (SEC-East champs). It is the best Hurricane girl’s campaign ever dating back to … [Read more...]
Buchholtz Tops 1,000; Knights Sweep Sweep
In the span of a few hours, versus Chatfield, Kingsland b-ball players posted some rare feats. In Spring Valley, Lauren Buchholtz started the night 13 points away from 1,000. Late in the first half, after a Knight steal, the 5’8” junior guard out-raced all for an easy glide in lay-up. It put her at 1,001. She joins Paisley Larson (1,296), Amy Mahlum (1,217), Cheyenne Losey … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Wrestling Section 1A team tourneys took place. FCMLC (10-seed) lost to D-E (7-seed) 64-9. The Wolves’ season concludes at 2-16. LARP (6-seed) beat Triton (11-seed) 57-24. The Screaming Eagles then fell to Chatfield (3-seed) 54-22 in the quarters. LARP finishes at 10-11. Chatfield fell to Goodhue (2-seed) 46-22 in the semis. The match was tied 22. The Wildcats took the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
Lanesboro 46, FC 59 (FC: L. Ristau career-high 19 pts (9-15 FGs); Josh Peters 15 pts; Nate Haugerud 12 pts (6-7 FGs), 6 rebs, 5 assists. L: C. Schwichtenberg 22 pts (4-12 threes); A. Luck 14 pts (6-6 FTs). Falcons had a 19-3 first half run) Schaeffer Academy 71, M-C 61 (MC: D. Wyffels 16 pts, 8 assists; Dylan Loppnow 12 pts, 9 rebs; Brenden Kerns 11 pts; Logan Richardson … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
SG 51, M-C 53 (MC: Payton Danielson 16 pts, 9 rebs, 6 stls; Jordyn Newgard 12 pts (6-7 FTS)) Hope Lutheran 30, R-P 38 (RP: L. Lawston 15 pts, 7 rebs, 5 stls) L-O 32, FC 82 (FC: Kelly Ristau career-high 15 pts, 13 rebs; Paige Donlinger 13 pts (3-3 threes), 5 rebs; Madison Scheevel 12 pts (4-9 threes); Grace Miller 11 pts, 4 stls. Falcons hit 11 of 22 threes. FC has won … [Read more...]
Wrestling Team Sections (2/15 & 2/17)
(1A Wrestle-In) 11-seed Triton (5-16) 24, 6-seed LARP (9-10) 57 (LARP took four by forfeit, forfeited one. Gable Speltz (120), Sam Schwendinger (126), Jacob Meyer (152), Sam Puetz (160), and Noah Herber (182) had pins, Carter Jonsgaard (113 > 8-1) a decision win for Screaming Eagles) (1A Wrestle-In) 10-seed FCLMC (2-15) 9, 7-seed D-E (5-7) 64 (Wolves forfeited four … [Read more...]
Healing Through Winning
High school sports are supposed to be innocent. Kids play for the fun, for their parents and families, for the glory, and to learn lessons like discipline, dedication, team-work, and perseverance. The teenage years are supposed to be a carefree time in life. But tragedy doesn’t know an age. On back-to-back nights in Mabel, Cougar basketball players took the court days … [Read more...]