The week of Monday January 9 featured five key 1A girls games; FC at Houston, Lanesboro at FC, Kingsland at Houston, Kingsland at GM, and Lanes-boro at Kings-land. The Knights had a great week. Falcons Push Past ‘Canes in Second Half A battle of Fillmore Central and Houston was that of recent state qualifiers (2020, 2021). FC (0-5, 3-6) had the largest first half lead, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/2 – 1/7)
Three Rivers Conference #7 in AA PEM 56, Rushford-Peterson 30 (R-P: Dawson Bunke 14 pts (4-9 threes). Grand Hengel DNP. Trojans > 1-2, 4-4) Dover-Eyota 57, Fillmore Central 72 (FC: J. Kiehne 25 pts (10-19 FGs), 8 rebs, 4 asts; Bryce Corson 13 pts (5-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Gunner Benson 10 pts, 11 rebs; Will Parker 9 pts, 7 rebs; Dillon O’Connor 8 pts (4-4 FTs), 7 rebs. FC … [Read more...]
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Caledonia/Houston (1-0, 12-4) wrestling took on the The Clash XX in La Crosse, a huge and high-end wrestling dual meet tourney with 32 teams from across eight states. The Warriors went 4-2 overall, going 1-2 on Day 1, finishing sixth in their qualifying bracket. They then went 3-0 to win the sixth-place bracket. Braxton Lange (two falls, two majors, tech fall, decision), Tucker … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Burros Top M-C, Houston
Lanesboro boys basketball mini-trekked, schedule-wise, through a pair of SEC-East foes, posting two wins. A week opening game versus Mabel-Canton saw the Burros (2-2, 3-3) scoring power exceed the Cougars (3-1, 4-2). Mason Howard hit four first half threes to help stoke a 33-16 Burro halftime edge. M-C then never got to within single digits, as Lanesboro prevailed 68-46. The … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Hurricanes Whirl Through Burros
The last five SEC-East girls basketball titles have been won by either Houston or Lanesboro. The Burros ended the Hurricanes’ four-year run last year, as the teams finished first and second in the division. The teams met up for their first meeting, and despite Lanesboro (3-0, 6-1) sporting a much better record than Houston (2-0, 2-6), the latter notched a good victory. Dale … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Warriors Trap Gophers, Down Tigers in Hoops Event
Caledonia girls continued their strong season with a couple section 1AA wins. In a matchup of TRC divisions leaders, the Warriors (4-0, 7-2), the East leader, had little trouble in dispatching with Chatfield (4-0, 8-3), the West leader. Cal senior guard Ava Privet hit 6 of 7 three-pointers, pouring in a game-high 25 points while adding 5 rebounds, as Scott Sorenson’s group … [Read more...]
Basketball: Spring Grove Teams Combine to Go 4-0
It was a good week for Spring Grove b-ball teams. Each won both of their games. Boys Upend State-Ranked Loyola The Spring Grove boys (3-0, 5-1) defeated Class A #9 Mankato Loyola, 61-54, at Byron for the Southern Minnesota Hoops Fest, sponsored by Breakdown. That came a day and half after swamping Southland, 57-33, in an SEC road game. Junior Elijah Solum singed … [Read more...]
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Paige Klug scored 22 points, hitting six threes, as Caledonia’s girls beat Maple River 81-52 at the Goodhue holiday tourney. A day later, Caledonia (7-2) fell to the host #10 in AA Wildcats (7-2) by a 57-54 final in a key 1AA contest. Kara Goetzinger scored 24 and 23 points, but Chatfield fell to Class AAA schools New Ulm 67-43 and K-M 84-59 at the WSU Tourney. She was 21 of … [Read more...]
Basketball: Trojans Host 3-Coops Tourney
Rushford-Peterson hosted a six school boys/girls holiday basketball shindig which also featured Spring Grove. The Trojans, Lions, Dawson-Boyd, Higher Ground Academy, Annandale, and West Lutheran competed. Joe Hatch’s Trojan girls got back to .500 with a couple wins. R-P downed West Lutheran handily, 67-30. R-P got four girls in double figures, Kaylee Ruberg (16 pts, 5 rebs), … [Read more...]
Basketball: Kingsland Hosts Fillmore Central For Holiday Games
Fillmore Central and Kingsland hooked up for a boys/girls doubleheader just after Christmas. The event saw both key Section 1A games go down to the wire. The squads with the better records, lost. The guys game was physical. The visiting Falcons (1-2, 4-2) constantly fought uphill. Kingsland (1-2, 1-5) got off to an 8-2 start. FC briefly led (12-11) but the Knights were … [Read more...]