Vince Lombardi once famously asked, “what the hell is going on out here?” In section 1A boys’ basketball, it’s a good question. As of January 5, 1A’s top three perennial powers, the schools that have represented the section in each of its last four title games, R-P, Goodhue, and SG, all were ranked outside the QRF’s top four. The section’s top four QRF-teams were … [Read more...]
Looking For Wins
The 2017 portion of the 2017-2018 basketball season was a bit tough on FCJ covered teams. Ten of fourteen posted sub-500 overall records. Eight of those sub-500 squads took on each other early in 2018. Laying Down the Second Half Lawston A Lanesboro (2-6) at R-P (2-7) girls game was a free-throw-line tale of two halves. The visiting Burros went 13 of 21 in the first half, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling beat D-E 42-23. The Gophers improved to 4-0 (TRC foes) and 7-1 (overall). LARP wrestling (2-2, 4-3) beat FCLMC (0-3, 1-6) in a county-county dual. FCLMC’s Eric Kunz won 160-pounds at the Flanagan Invite. Houston boys basketball (2-3, 5-6) went 3-0 on the week. James Hongerholt had 23 points in a 65-62 win over Klawock City, Alaska. Alex Van Gundy had … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
Klawock City (AK) 62, Houston 65 (H: J. Hongerholt 23 pts; M. Schutte 21 pts; Alex Van Gundy 14 pts) Houston 64, Kee (Lansing, IA) 53 (H: A. Van Gundy 28 pts; Brady Happel 14 pts; J. Hongerholt 14 pts) Lanesboro 51, L/P 75 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 23 pts (7-8 FTs), 6 rebs; Andrew Luck 13 pts) M-C 58, Hayfield 69 (MC: D. Wyffels 20 pts (3-9 threes), 10 assists; Ryan Kuhn 9 pts. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
GM 66, M-C 31 (MC: Payton Danielson 13 pts, 8 rebs. GM: Jordyn Glynn 26 pts) Kingsland 54, L-A 46 (K: L. Buchholtz 26 pts (3-5 threes, 5-6 FTs), 7 rebs, 4 assists, 8 stls; Lindsey Welch 12 pts (5-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Ellie Buchholtz 8 pts, 10 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls. Knights had a 10-2 run late to go from up 42-40 to up 52-42) W-K 71, R-P 55 (RP: Kjersta Hinz career-high-tying … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 & 1/6)
Chatfield 42, D-E 23 (Chatfield went 4-2 in decision-matches. Carter Fishbaugher’s pin at 195 gave the Gophers an insurmountable 36-17 lead. Seth Goetzinger (106), Nathan Goldsmith (138), and A.J. Karver (220) also had pins. Cael Bartels (113 > 12-6), Chase Ketterhagen (132 > 5-0), Jacob Stephas (160 > 5-4), and Davontae Goldsmith (170 > 13-7) won by decision. … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Week – A. Rostad, Chapel, Kitching, Lee, Albrecht, B. Rostad, Geiwitz
A Mandt Apart
Chatfield senior Jake Mandt is a three-time individual state wrestling qualifier, the 2017 145-pound champion. He has over 150 career wins and 14 individual varsity tourney titles (unofficially). At the Rumble on the Red, in Fargo (N. Dak.), he did something that is darn near, if not, as impressive as his state title. The Rumble is a massive wrestling tournament. … [Read more...]
LARP Trio Places at Bi-State
This season marked LARP wrestling’s third in the Bi-State Classic at La Crosse Center. In 2015, LARP had no individuals place. They took 16th of 19 (Division II pool). Last year, they had four top 12 placers and finished 7th (of 20). This year, LARP took 8th (of 22). The Screaming Eagles had three placers. Two finished top five. Freshman Carter Jonsgaard (113) used … [Read more...]
Holiday Hoops
Holiday hoops action was highlighted by SEC (MC/Houston) versus TRC (FC/Kingsland) contests. A trio of girls scorers took center stage. One girls team ran its win streak to ten. A boys team improved to 8-4. Buchholtz and Danielson Duel On the first night of the TRC/SEC holiday games, M-C hosted Kingsland. The Knight girls used a 15-0 run out of halftime to expand a … [Read more...]