It was a perfect week for Kingsland Knight b-ball squads. The boys went 3-0. They blasted La Crescent 97-66. Zach Bubany (24 pts, 6-13 threes, 5 assists), Zach Buchholtz (19 pts, 8-10 FTs, 6 rebs), Jordan Beck (career-high 16 pts, 7-10 FGs, 9 rebs), Matthew Woods (career-high 16 pts, 7-10 FGs, 7 rebs) and Ian Meisner (10 pts, 8 rebs) all hit double figures. Kingsland went 19 … [Read more...]
C-Cubed Equals Burro Bounce-back
Lanesboro boys basketball entered the year coming off back-to-back losing seasons. Prior to that, they hadn’t had a losing season since prior to 2003. The down spell hangs precariously. After a 3-0 week, the Burros have eclipsed last year’s win total. Chris Hanson’s guys beat Alden-Conger (70-44), Grand Meadow (57-46), and Randolph (63-51). The C-cubed trio of Cole … [Read more...]
Passy R-P Back on a Run
Scores tell the ultimate story in a game of basketball. Passes tell another in any game involving the R-P boys this year. The Trojans have won four straight. Defense and a super disciplined pass-happy offense have been keys. Downing St. Charles (8-1, 10-3) was a marquee TRC win. R-P trailed 31-29 at the half. They held SC to 14 second half points, and 13 points below their … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Jake Mandt won 145 pounds at the Lake City Invite. Ranked #1 in Class A, Mandt is 18-2. Gopher wrestling (3-1, 6-4) lost 160 thru 220 to drop a battle of West Division leaders to PEM (3-0, 9-0). LARP seniors Josh Doerr (120) and Justin Mueller (170) each went 5-0 on the week. Doerr pinned Simley’s #1 at 126 Jake Gliva. McCoy Tekautz (#2 at 152 in Class AA) went … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Randolph 73, M-C 32 (MC: Logan Richardson 10 pts (5-7 FGs); D. Wyffels 8 pts, 7 rebs) LC 52, Chatfield 70 (C: A. Hompe 22 pts (10-15 FGs); Parker Fossum 19 pts, 10 rebs; Dillon Bance 12 pts, 5 assists) SG 65, M-C 29 (M-C: D. Wyffels 10 pts, 6 rebs; L. Richardson 8 pts, 5 rebs) Houston 46, GM 65 (H: Wesley Johnson 10 pts (2-15 FGs); James Hongerholt 10 pts) L-O 56, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
D-E 52, R-P 60 (RP: B. Koop 22 pts (7-10 FGs), 11 rebs, 5 stls; Mikayla Crawford 12 pts, 7 assists; S. Skalet 10 pts, 4 stls) SG 65, FC 48 (FC: K. Bennett 15 pts (6-10 FGs), 9 rebs; K. Broadwater 6 pts, 12 assists, 7 stls. FTs: FC 5-7, SG 16-31) Houston 36, Cannon Falls 45 (H: Becca Lee 10 pts) Randolph 48, M-C 43 (MC: C. Vickerman 15 pts, 8 rebs; Payton Danielson 13 … [Read more...]
Wrestling
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...]