They aren’t big, nor upperclassmen-laden. M-C girls basketball play bigger than they are, with discipline, and they have senior stand-out Coranda Vickerman. Adam Wilder’s girls beat Schaeffer Academy 57-52 to clinch the SEC-East division. Vickerman (24 pts, 9-16 FGs, 5-6 FTs, 10 rebs) led the way, as she’s done for three years now. M-C’s other senior, Courtney Graves, added 16 … [Read more...]
Knights Castle Besieged by Gophers
It’s been a pretty solid year for Kingsland basketball. Girls (15-9) and boys (13-9) teams could both finish above five-hundred. Chatfield’s squads (boys 5-15, girls 3-20) won’t. But for one night, they besieged Kingsland with a couple upsets. The Gopher boys hit their first seven, 16 of their first 19, and 22 of 30 first half field goals (10-15 threes) for a 54-33 halftime … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FCLMC wrestling fell to D-E 47-10 in a Section 1A dual to finish 0-16. D-E then won four of five decisions to topple Chatfield 42-27. The Gophers finish 7-6. PEM won five of seven decisions to beat LARP 39-22 in 1AA. LARP finishes at 8-13. Cole Schwichtenberg had 22 points versus Schaeffer (loss) and Houston (win). He has ten 20-plus point games and 13 double-double for … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/13 – 2/18)
FC 24, #9 in A SG 74 (FC: Nate Haugerud 6 pts, 4 rebs) #2 in AA Caledonia 83, Kingsland 72 (K: W. Pruter career-high 19 pts (7-9 FGs); Zach Bubany 15 pts (5-12 three’s), 5 assists; Z. Buchholtz 15 pts; Jackson Rindels 12 pts; Ian Meisner 8 pts, 7 rebs. Knights trailed by four at half) M-C 46, L-O 76 (MC: Brenden Kerns 15 pts; Drew Wyffels 9 pts, 5 rebs, 5 stls. M-C beat … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/13 – 2/17)
Pine Island 60, Chatfield 22 (C: M. Pederson 7 pts) Kingsland 50, Caledonia 75 (K: K. Link 11 pts; C. Schmidt 9 pts, 4 assists, 4 stls) FC 33, #10 in A L/P 66 (FC: Kenzie Broadwater 8 pts, 5 assists; Tayah Barnes 5 pts, 8 rebs, 5 stls) Houston 48, L-O 32 (H: A. Rostad 17 pts, 7 rebs; Jenny Albrecht 6 pts, 9 rebs, 5 stls; Amber Chapel 6 pts, 7 rebs, 5 stls) GM 51, FC … [Read more...]
Wrestling (Team Sections 2/16)
#12 FCLMC 10, #5 D-E 47 (Wolves forfeited six weights. Jacob Thomas (285) had a pin, Treyten Chiglo (113) a 12-0 MD for Wolves. FCLMC lost three by decision, three by major decision); #5 D-E 42, #4 Chatfield 27 (Eagles won first three weights (12-0). Gophers won three of next four (up 18-15). D-E won the next four (36-18). Eagle Reid Seelhammer’s pin at 220 sealed the meet. … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office Dylan Cantrell Bathke, 20, Rochester, Minn.; 6/15/2016, Theft – Take/Drive Motor Vehicle – No Owner Consent (Felony), Fine $500, Total Fees (including $24,882.15 in restitution), $25,472.15. Commit to Commissioner of Corrections, MN Correctional Facility St. Cloud – 13 months (stay seven years, six months). Local Confinement – 190 days. … [Read more...]
M-C Girls Clinch Share of East
Ever since splitting into two divisions (2009-2010 season), the SEC has had just one East girls champion; Spring Grove. The Lions’ seven-year run looks over. Adam Wilder’s Cougars have control. Mabel-Canton (7-2, 15-6) started the week with a 51-47 loss to good West squad GM (9-2, 14-7). Coranda Vickerman (13 pts, 11 rebs), Lexi Thorson (10 pts, 7 rebs), and Courtney Graves … [Read more...]
30 for 30 for 30
ESPN has a classic movie series entitled 30-for-30 about some of the best sports stories ever. R-P’s girls had a 30-for-30-for-30 week. A Trojan player hit for 30 points in all three wins. Terry Pelzl’s squad scored 48 first half points and beat L-O 74-56. Brianna Koop put up a career-high 39 points (11-21 FGs, 16-22 FTs, 9 rebs, 4 assists). Savannah Skalet helped out (12 … [Read more...]
Four for Fillmore
Fillmore Central boys basketball started the year 5 and 4. Then a month passed without a win (9-game losing streak). Then five days passed with four wins. FC won at La Crescent 53-45. Sophomore Josh Peters had a career-high (17 pts, 5-7 threes). Riley Means also had 17 (6-6 FTs, 8 rebs). Samuel Peters chipped in 10. The Falcons then notched their biggest win, knocking off … [Read more...]