Section 1A Meet (Cal/SG/Hou (128.050) finished 6th among eight teams. In this final meet, the Warriors had their highest team score of the season, greatly due to season-best performances on the balance beam. The three best individual scores came from Brianna Johnson on vault (8.600), Avery Augedahl on the floor (8.550), and Vivian Kittleson on vault (8.500). Paizley Lange had … [Read more...]

FCLMC Triangular > Stewartville 36, FCLMC 41 (Wolves lost three by forfeit without winning a forfeit, but still won dual.  Tigers took four straight from 120 through 138 to lead 24-9.  But FCLMC then won six straight from 145 through 195, the last five by pin, to go ahead insurmountably 42-24.  Wolves were subtracted a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct.  Clayton Knutson … [Read more...]

La Crescent/Hokah 47, Chatfield 51 (C: Peyton Berg 17 pts (3-5 threes, 4-6 FTs); Kara Goetzinger 13 pts, 9 rebs; Zayda Priebe 6 pts (3-4 FGs), 14 rebs.  Gophers pick up nice win for 1AA seeding as the teams sat 8th and 9th in 1AA QRF rank) Chatfield 58, Dover-Eyota 73 (C: K. Goetzinger 14 pts, 14 rebs; Jaiden Zimmerman 14 pts (3-10 threes), 4 asts; Z. Priebe 10 pts, 17 rebs.  … [Read more...]

Chatfield 47, La Crescent/Hokah 57 (C: Isaac Stevens 12 pts (5-7 FGs), 13 rebs (nine offensive); Drew Schindler 11 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; C. Johnson 9 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts; Eli Hopp 9 pts.  Chatfield was 4 of 24 (17%) from deep and 19 of 63 from the field (30%).  FTs: C 5 of 13 (39%), LCH 12 of 16 (75%)) Dover-Eyota 54, Chatfield 65 (C: D. Schindler 18 pts (4-8 threes), 4 asts; … [Read more...]

Caledonia’s boys lost their first game, to #7 in D-II DeForest Wisconsin, 60-57 on a last second shot.  Cal started 17-0.  The Warriors then beat Lourdes 77-65, Eau Claire-Memorial 64-52, and #7 in AA Maple River 71-49.  Jackson Koepke had 27 versus the Eagles.  Koepke had 22, and Eli King 20, versus Eau Claire.  King had 25 versus MR.  The TRC-East leading Warriors (9-0, 20-1) … [Read more...]

It has been an interesting year for FC girls basketball.  They started 0-7.  Abby Bothun had some nice games, but went down to injury.  Levi Olstad’s group owns just two league wins (albeit in the unforgiving TRC) and a below-f500 overall record.  But the Falcons, courtesy of three wins versus 1A foes the week of Monday, February 7, have won nine of their last 10 games versus … [Read more...]

Sports seasons are about ebbs and flows. Lanesboro’s girls experienced that the week of Monday February 7.  Bret Klaehn’s group went 2-1 with wins over R-P and L-O, a loss to GM.  Versus the Trojans, stars did work.  Burro junior center Kaci Ruen had a double-double (27 pts, 12-14 FGs, 3-4 FTs, 10 rebs).  She made more shots than her teammates (10 of 42 > 24%) combined.  … [Read more...]

Spring Grove’s boys ran its winning streak to eight by defeating Southland and LeRoy-Ostrander.  Versus the Rebels (12-3) in a non-conference battle of top SEC teams, Eli Wolff led Southland with 21 points and Tysen Grinde led SG (19 pts, 4-14 threes, 5 rebs, 4 stls).  It was just like the teams’ SEC matchup earlier in the year.  And like that game, the Lions pulled away with a … [Read more...]

The Section 1A boys post-season race should be a good one.  A likely key team will be the #9 in Class A Rushford-Peterson Trojans.  Chris Drinkall’s group ran its win streak to six with victories over Lanesboro and Fillmore Central.  Versus the Burros (10-8), junior guard Grady Hengel’s perfect night (9-9 FGs, 19 pts, 6 asts) highlighted a 67-37 victory.  R-P (15-4) was R-P … [Read more...]

LARP wrestling entered the second week of February sitting at 7-11.  The Screamin’ Eagles then had their busiest week of the year (two triangulars, one quadrangular).  They won all seven duals.  In Lanesboro, at FCLMC’s tri, LARP beat Stewartville 61-11 and the Wolves 57-20.  The S-Eagles had seven pins versus the Tigers; Spencer Nelson (106), Colten Jenkins (120), Quintin … [Read more...]