PEM 45, Chatfield 30 (Gophers led 24-15 after 152. Tate Karver (113), J. Mandt (145), Davontae Goldsmith (152), & Alex Coe (285) won by pin, Seth Goetzinger (106 > 10-8) & Nathan Goldsmith (138 > 4-0) by decision) D-E 43, LARP 29 (S-Eagles led 20-0 and 29-13, but lost final five weights (three pins, two FFs). J. Doerr (120) and Xavier Riser (126) had pins, Ross … [Read more...]
Koop Becomes R-P’s Girls Scoring Leader
It was statistically inevitable. Back in 2013, a freshman named Brianna Koop scored 20-plus points in each of her first three varsity games for Rushford-Peterson. Her march toward Jade Pelzl’s Trojan girls scoring mark (1,747) was on. Heading into this, Koop’s senior year, the 5’8” forward sat 240 points away. Entering the week of January 16, with three games scheduled, Koop … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling on Rebound
Chatfield wrestling was the 2013-2014 Class A state wrestling champion (27-1). A year ago (2015-2016), with graduations and defections, they precipitously fell to 3-15. An up after a down is always a good story. Travis Bartels has the young, two-senior, three-junior, Gophers on a bit of a resurgence. Class A Lean and Mean Dover-Eyota was the latest TRC club to find out. The … [Read more...]
Boys Heavyweights Square Off
In sub-section 1A boys basketball, two teams have been at the forefront of things in recent history; Rushford-Peterson and Spring Grove. Tom Vix and Wade Grinde’s clubs have battled for three of the last five 1A East title games, including last year’s. And thus a match-up, with both teams with new pieces, was a mid-season ‘where we at’ test. The old pieces for last year’s … [Read more...]
Cougars Girls Run Streak to Six
It’s unknown just how long it has been since the Mabel-Canton girls have won six straight. Minnesota-scores.net is down, erasing ten years of game-by-game results. It hasn’t happened in at least four years. Courtesy of wins over Alden-Conger and Hope Lutheran, the Cougars ran their record to a county-best 11-4 (SEC 5-1). The Knights fell 51-41. M-C got double-doubles from … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FCLMC heavyweight Jacob Thomas (16-3) won his second tourney of the year, the Cooper Hawk Invite. Kenzie Broadwater went for 12 (pts), 10 (rebs), 8 (assists), and 9 (stls) in an FC girls’ loss to St. Charles. Broadwater then went 6 (pts), 11 (rebs), 15 (assists – career high), and 6 (stls) in a win over Southland. Kendyl Bennett added 23 points versus the Rebels. FC (5-4, 10-4) … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Kingsland 60, Cotter 45 (K: Z. Buchholtz 19 pts (6-11 FGs); J. Beck 15 pts (6-8 FGs), 11 rebs; Matthew Woods 10 pts, 9 rebs. Knights were 17 of 29 at free throw line) Stewartville 53, Chatfield 49 (C: Alex Hompe 13 pts; Parker Fossum 12 pts, 9 rebs; Dillon Bance 11 pts, 7 assists. Gophers are 1-6, 2-11) L-A 62, Lanesboro 52 (L: Co. Schwichtenberg 20 pts, 11 rebs; Carson … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
FC 46, SC 57 (FC: K. Broadwater 12 pts, 10 rebs, 8 assists, 9 stls; Tayah Barnes 9 pts, 6 rebs. FTs: SC 16-27, FC 6-14) Cotter 66, Kingsland 46 (K: Courtney Schmidt 16 pts (3-4 three’s); Kailey Link 7 pts, 7 rebs. Knights are 6-3, 10-5) Houston 46, Lanesboro 34 (H: A. Rostad 17 pts (3-5 three’s, 6-6 FTs), 9 rebs, 4 stls; J. Albrecht 11 pts, 9 rebs; Amber Chapel 7 pts, 10 … [Read more...]
Wrestling
FCLMC 23, SC 60 (Wolves forfeited eight weights, won one forfeit, went 3-2 in actual matches. Eric Kunz (152) and Walker Ward (220) won by pin, Cale Anderson (106) by 18-3 TF. Wolves are 0-6, 0-11) LARP 36, GMLOS 37 (Bulldogs jumped out 10-0, only for LARP to lead 36-19 after a forfeit win at 182. But the S-Eagles forfeited 195/220 and fell by pin at 285 to lose. Josh Doerr … [Read more...]
Falcon Girls a Big Sixth in a Row
It was a most unexpected outcome, though, not necessarily an unexpected win. Fillmore Central’s girls went to Eyota and took down the Eagles by 16, 44-28. Kendyl Bennett (12 pts, 6 rebs), Kenzie Broadwater (4 pts, 7 assists, 7 stls), and Tayah Barnes (8 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls) led the charge in the Falcons’ biggest ‘W’ of the season. Sophomore Madison Scheevel had eight points … [Read more...]