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...]
Wrestling Teams Move to 4-1 in TRC
Chatfield and LARP wrestling teams each notched TRC wins to improve their league marks to 4-1. The Gophers took down a GMLOS group that sports four state ranked wrestlers. The Bulldogs jumped out 16-0 only for Chatfield to win seven of the next nine weights, including 170, 182, and 195, to pull ahead 36-25. They led 36-31 heading to heavyweight. GMLOS’ Clayton Luthe won … [Read more...]
M-C Girls Up to Nine Wins
Adam Wilder’s Mabel-Canton girls had a 2-0 week to continue their good season. For the second straight year, they downed La Crescent (57-47). Coranda Vickerman (19 pts, 13-19 FTs, 7 rebs, 5 assists), Courtney Graves (career-high tying 19 pts, 8-14 FGs), Payton Danielson (11 pts), and Lexi Thorson (4 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assists) led the way. The Lancers had won nine straight … [Read more...]