Only one Journal-covered boys basketball team made it out of the Round of 16 of their respective section tournaments. It wasn’t a shock it was R-P, but the section four cast will not include the Trojans. Maybe in a couple years, when this young Trojan group matures, their game versus Hayfield will be just a blip. Hopefully, this season will just be a blip, as it’s been … [Read more...]
Goetzinger/Bartels Finishes Highlight State Wrestling
Three Chatfield Gophers and one LARP Screamin’ Eagle took on the 2020 Minnesota state wrestling tourney. Chatfield’s entrants went 6-1 Friday, all advancing to Saturday. Junior Seth Goetzinger and senior Cael Bartels headlined the cast. Goetzinger redeemed a 2-2 performance last year (where he didn’t place after finishing third as a frosh), by rolling to the 145-pound Class … [Read more...]
Defensive Falcons Make Section Title Game
From an offensive perspective, they won’t wow you. Defensively, Fillmore Central’s girls work like crazy. Over the course of two play-off games, the Falcons forced 60 turnovers. Levi Olstad’s group twice used that diligence to win the battle of offensive attrition. The Falcons are in their third section title game in six years. In the quarters, FC (2-seed, 19-8) faced … [Read more...]
O’Hare Lifts R-P in OT
It wasn’t an encouraging first half for R-P’s boys. W-K played inspired ball, including having just one turnover in the stanza. The Falcons went to intermission with a healthy 27-13 lead. But the 1A Round of 16 contest between the Falcons (10-seed, 10-16) and Trojans (7-seed, 12-13) was far from over. R-P hit its first eight second stanza field goals. A 16-3 run quickly … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
In girls b-ball quarterfinals, #6 GM slid by #3 Houston 49-45, #4 Hayfield beat #5 Kingsland 47-43, and 8th-ranked #3 Goodhue downed #11 Chatfield 82-38. In boys play-ins, #14 Kingsland beat #19 B.A. 51-46 and #15 FC beat #18 M-C 76-43. Haidyn Gunderson had a career-high 32 points and Zach Haugerud added 21 for the Falcons. Kingsland then fell to #3 Randolph 69-42 and FC to … [Read more...]