It was close until a stream of three-point buckets propelled the visiting Spring Grove girls past Houston, 66-54, in a high-stakes SEC showdown in the regular-season finale. The Lions (15-1, 21-5) thus claimed sole possession of the league title while also denying the Hurricanes (13-3, 16-10) a share. It was the Lions’ first crown in eight years and 11th all-time, more than any … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove’s boys b-ball posted a 3-0 week with easy wins over Rochester STEM, GM, and Martin County West. Wade Grinde’s #12 Lions (16-2, 21-3) have surpassed 20 wins. Courtland Drury-DeBoer scored 22 points as Kingsland beat Hayfield. The Knights (14-4, 18-5) have won eight of ten. Mason Howard scored 21 in a Lanesboro win over Alden-Conger. Will Harvey scored 28 but the … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/13 & 2/15)
Wabasha-Kellogg Triangular > FCLMC 33, W-K 39 (FCLMC led 33-27 heading to 215, but then lost by forfeit and Aidan Shones’ pin at 285 gave W-K the match. The Wolves also forfeited 133. FCLMC took forfeits at 107 (August Pfeffer) and 152 (William Lyke). Lane Sass (114), Connor Wingert (145), and Kane Larson (172) had pins. James Cullen (189) won a 12-7 decision); FCLMC 9, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Tollefsrud Drop 47 in OT Win Over FC
Mabel-Canton (11-11) and FC (14-11) played a game not contained by regulation. The Cougars sped to a 44-35 halftime lead behind Cayden Tollefsrud’s 20 first half points. FC was 16 of 20 from two-point range, 0 of 13 from deep in the stanza! M-C led into the second half until Falcon reserve Josh Haugerud keyed a comeback. The junior scored all 11 of his points amidst a 16-4 run … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Six Area Girls Make State
The second girls individual section tourney took place. Six area gals qualified for state at the Sections 1 & 3 event in Redwood Falls. FCLMC’s Vivienne Hoeltzle and Katie Whelan, LARP’s Lauren Honken, head the cast. Hoeltlzle, a junior ranked #9, authored four pins to earn the 118-pound crown. She topped GMLOS frosh Brandy Christenson in the finals. Christenson had … [Read more...]
Basketball: Trojans Perfect Week Includes Epic Boys Game
Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams had a perfect week. Chris Drinkall’s guys first beat Grand Meadow 79-38. Ten Trojans scored led by Dawson Bunke’s fantastic shooting (21 pts, 7-8 threes, 5 rebs). Carson Johnson (14 pts, 7-10 FGs), Sampson Wilkemeyer (8 pts, 4-4 FGs, 7 rebs, 4 asts), and Shane Rask (9 pts, 3-11 threes) helped. R-P hit 16 of 41 threes (39%). The Trojan girls … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Lions Clinch Crown Before Buzzer-Beating Loss
The Spring Grove boys lost a state-ranked, SEC showdown in the final seconds at Southland, but the Lions had already nailed down a fourth consecutive East Division title earlier in the week with runaway wins over L/P and M-C. The 79-26 home rout of the Athletics (7-9, 8-12) completed an SEC sweep, during which the Lions attempted a season-fewest four free throws (4 of 4) and … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (2/9)
Southeast Minnesota Conference Meet (For the third consecutive meet, the Warriors achieved a season-high team score (131.550) to place fourth among six teams. All-Conference honors are earned at this meet with freshman Harper Myrah repeated and joined this year by freshman Vivian Kittleson and freshman Paizley Lange. Kittleson tied for third among 43 athletes in all-around … [Read more...]
10th in 11 games. SG (14-1, 20-5) lost its second straight. Wrestling: Gophers Grab TRC Title at FCLMC’s Tri
Chatfield wrestling won its last two TRC duals to go unblemished through the league. The final two obstacles were Dover-Eyota and FCLMC. For all intents and purposes, it came down to Chatfield and the Eagles. The Wolves do not field a full team. Battles between the Gophers and D-E have been fierce lately. Last year, Chatfield won 34-32. A year previously, Chatfield won 35-31 in … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/8 & 2/9)
PEM Triangular > GMLOS 39, PEM 36 (The teams exchanged the lead over the last five weights. GM took its first lead at 27-24 following Cody Hyrkas’ pin (160). PEM then took 172 by forfeit to lead 30-27. Drake Payne (189) authored a pin to put GMLOS back in front 33-30. PEM then got a pin at 215 making it 36-33. GM’s Colten Gardner then notched a pin at 285 to give the … [Read more...]