Boys Basketball: Trojans Storm Past Warriors to Sole Possession of First Place
The first time they played, Caledonia did what could possibly be termed an upset in taking down Rushford-Peterson, 71-64. It is hard to call it a true upset. Both are proud and capable basketball programs. But the Trojans returned nearly everyone off a 1A runner-up team. The Warriors returned one starter, graduated three 1,000-point scorers from a state team. The revamped team beating the experienced one was certainly surprising. In the second meeting, with first place in the TRC-East on the line, the Trojans emphatically took control of the division. R-P jumped out 15-5. By the time it was 24-16, seven Trojans had scored. The younger Warriors twice hit multiple threes in succession to make it a single-digit lead. But the R-P lead was as great as 37-21 in the stanza and 46-39 at intermission. Out of the second-half gate, Chris Drinkall’s group scored 15 of the first 18 points for a 61-41 lead. They led 81-55 at one point and cruised by an 85-64 final. Junior guard Cayden Lea scored a game-high 26 points (5-7 threes, 5-5 FTs, 4 asts). He hit four early first half threes to set a tone. Senior forward Landon Dahl neared a double-double (19 pts, 9-12 FGs, 9 rebs). Cole Thompson (12 pts, 4-5 threes), Carson Johnson (11 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts), Brode Vickerman (8 pts, 4-4 FGs), and Will LaFleur (6 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts) helped. Sophomore Grant King had a team-high 25 points (7-9 FTs, 5 rebs, 6 asts) for the Warriors. Aaron Stemper (13 pts), Colin Stemper (11 pts), and Anthony Hahn (9 pts) helped. R-P hit 33 of 56 shots (59%) including 11 of 19 from deep (58%). The Warriors, at 23 of 49 from the field (47%) and 8 of 16 from deep (50%), were not slouches with their shooting, but could not keep up. Winners of six straight, the Trojans have just won loss in their last 16 games, 99-91 when D-E’s Matt Matejka scored 50. R-P (9-2, 17-3) Cotter/Hope Lutheran (9-3, 16-7) and Caledonia (8-3, 12-7) top the TRC-East.
Boys Basketball: Burros Run Streak to Seven
The Lanesboro boys basketball’s train kept rolling with a three-win week. They started by avenging an 65-64 loss to Spring Grove. Midway through the second half, with leading scorer Nick Taylor resting on the bench, the Burros had a critical 8-2 run. It turned a 48-43 lead into a 56-45 edge, spurring a 61-52 win. Taylor (20 pts, 18 rebs) led the cause. Returning senior PG Mason Gilbertson (7 pts, 8 rebs) and Preston Clarke (8 pts, 4-6 FGs, 7 rebs) helped. Boone Moen and Conor Danielson each added 7 points. SG was led by Devon Willams (13 pts, 6-10 FGs, 7 rebs), Weston Ingvalson (12 pts, 3-11 threes), Lyric Stadtler (8 pts, 5 asts), and Ricardo Reynolds (7 pts, 6 rebs). The Burros then took down Lyle/Pacelli 73-51, never trailing. Taylor ripped for a career-high 31 points (12-24 FGs, 6-6 FTs, 10 rebs, 6 blks). Danielson (10 pts, 4 stls), Moen (10 pts, 6 rebs), Gilbertson (7 pts, 7 rebs, 8 asts, 4 stls) and Quadyn Kettner (8 pts) helped. L/P had 21 turnovers, Burros 10. Matt Asleson’s group then beat Grand Meadow at home 69-47, again never trailing. Lanesboro finished out the game 30-14. They made 18 of 29 two-point shots (57%), GM 9 of 18 (50%), helping the Burros shoot 49% overall (27 of 55) to the Larks’ 34% (15 of 44). Taylor (29 pts, 11-22 FGs, 5-6 FTs, 11 rebs) authored his 13th double-double and 11th in a row. Moen scored 15 points (5-6 threes). Levi Rogers (7 pts, 7 rebs) and Gilbertson (5 pts, 7 asts) helped. GM was led by Carter Glynn (13 pts), Cohen Craft (11 pts), and Logan Grafe (7 pts, 11 rebs). The Burros (11-2 in the SEC, 17-3 overall) lead the SEC-East over M-C (10-4, 15-6) and SG (8-6, 8-14). They have won seven in a row, 14 of 15. GM is 7-5, 11-8.
Basketball: Cougars Post Three-Win Week, Stay in East Race
While rival Lanesboro is having a big season, Mabel-Canton is quietly right behind. Russ Larson’s Cougars won three road league games on the week to stay in the SEC-East race. The Cougars topped LeRoy-Ostrander 71-42. M-C hit 10 of 29 threes (35%), L-O 3 of 17 (18%). Isaac Underbakke (19 pts, 11 rebs, 4 asts) and Nolan Garness (17 pts, 5-13 threes) led the charge. Kale Eiken added 11 (pts) and 9 (rebs). The Cardinals were led by Reid Hungerholt (12 pts, 7 rebs) and Grayson Stockdale (10 pts). M-C then won at Schaeffer Academy, 66-64. With a 14-2 run, the Lions cut a 53-37 Cougar second half lead, to 55-51. M-C had a three-point possession with 0:31 left to make it 64-58. SA’s Luke Frieze hit two threes in the final 0:20, but the second was with 2.7 seconds left resulting in the final. SA hit 12 of 32 threes (38%), M-C 6 of 16 (38%). The Cougars made 20 of 50 two’s (40%), SA 12 of 24 (50%). Garness (14 pts, 4-7 threes), Underbakke (12 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts), Eiken (12pts, 6 asts, 4 stls) and Kale Tollefsrud (11 pts) led M-C. Frieze scored 26. M-C then topped L/P 87-79. They had a 41-33 halftime lead cut to 43-42, then a 61-48 edge cut to 66-65. Up 70-69, M-C went 10-2 to lead 80-71 (2:34). Each team scored 46 second half points. Underbakke had a game-high 29 points (15-18 FTs) plus 11 boards. Darian Hershberger (13 pts, 5-7 FGs, 5 rebs), Brevyn Tollefsrud (13 pts), Eiken (11 pts), and K-Tollefsrud (9 pts, 5 asts) helped. M-C was 24 of 32 (75%) at the line, L/P 13 of 17 (77%). Both the Cougars’ FT makes, and percentage, were season bests. M-C has won seven of eight to improve to 10-4 in the SEC, 15-6 overall. They trail Lanesboro (11-2, 17-3) atop the SEC-East.
Girls Basketball: Storhoff and Burros Knock Off #8 Hayfield/SA
After five straight losses to teams with a combined record of 73-30 record (.709 winning percentage), Lanesboro’s girls ended the streak against a section top team. Against Class A #8 Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy (18-4), Jensyn Storhoff hit a deep three just before the shot clock expired with 1:41 left, and Emma Ruen a corner three with 1:09 left. The two big shots stoked Burro leads back to 69-62 and 72-65. They repelled the efforts of Hayfield/SA’s Maggie Hansen, who hit two threes and converted a three-point play in the final 3:30. With the Burros making 19 of 35 second half shots (54%), Steve Storhoff’s girls posted their best win of the year, 74-65. Lanesboro won the second half 50-40 after trailing 25-24 at intermission. Storhoff, a senior 2,000-point scorer, had a season-high 32 points (5-8 threes, 12-22 FGs, 8 rebs, 7 asts). Ruen added 15 points (4-7 threes), 12 in the second half, Cora Mayer a double-double (10 pts, 5-9 FGs, 10 rebs). Hay/SA was led by Hansen (23 pts, four threes) and Lily Morrisey (21 pts, 13 rebs, 6 asts). Jenna Christopherson (13 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts, 3 blks) and Avi Alexander (8 pts, 15 rebs) helped. Lanesboro hit 11 of 21 threes (53%), Hay/SA 7 of 24 (29%). Both the Burros’ makes and percentage were season bests. They came into the contest shooting 25% from deep. Hayfield/SA may have been looking ahead. They fell to 1A’s top team #3 NRHEG a day later 56-53. Lanesboro is 7-3 in the SEC, 13-10 overall.
Basketball: King/L-O Series Sees Cardinals Girls Win in OT, Knight Boys Get First Win
Basketball teams from LeRoy-Ostrander and Kingsland have all have struggled for wins this year. A same night series between said teams fostered an overtime win, and a first win. The girls game saw Maria Almaraz-Nolt hit two free throws with 7.2 seconds left to put L-O up 36-33. Knight senior Macy Runck hit a game-tying three just before the buzzer to send the game to overtime tied, 36-36! There, L-O did not make a field goal, had only one attempt, but prevailed. Almaraz-Nolt hit five of six free throws, and the Knights did not score, in a 42-36 Cardinal win. Almaraz-Nolt (17 pts, 10-14 FTS, 11 rebs) led the way. Miranda Nagel (8 pts, 4-5 FTs, 15 rebs) and Kendall Olson (8 pts, 10 rebs) helped. Runck (18 pts, four threes, 6 rebs) and Hailee Warren (10 pts, 9 rebs), who fouled out, led the Knights. L-O won on the glass 63 to 42, at the line 16 of 25 (64%) to Kingsland’s 7 of 12 (58%). L-O (1-10 in the SEC, 2-19 overall) picked up its first SEC win. The Knights fell to 3-8, 5-17. The boys’ game in Leroy had Dylan Osterhus’ Knights get win number one. Kingsland went ahead at 14-12 and then never trailed. A 15-2 run to start the second half made it 41-22. Dalton Bamlet, a 6’5” junior playing in his first game (transfer), gave the Knights some much needed size (15 pts, 15 rebs). Cardinal junior Reid Hungerholt went for 31 points (13-17 FTs) and 15 rebounds, but Kingsland prevailed 54-44. Collin Stuart was the Knights’ high scorer (17 pts, 6 rebs). Kaaleem Reiland (3 pts, 11 rebs, 7 asts) helped. Talan Lewison (0 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts, 5 stls) aided L-O’s cause. The Knights are 1-13, 1-20. L-O fell to 3-11, 5-14. Both boys and girls season series were thus splits between the teams.
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (2/2 – 2/6)
Wabasha-Kellogg 59, Chatfield 84 (C: C. Harstad 26 pts (12-22 FGs), 12 rebs; R. Stoehr 19 pts (8-13 FGs, 3-3 threes), 8 rebs, 7 asts; Kash McBroom 14 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls; B. McBroom 14 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts. Chatfield shot 52% with just 10 turnovers.)
Chatfield 79, Dover-Eyota 86 (C: C. Harstad 28 pts (5-17 threes, 5-5 FTs), 7 rebs; B. McBroom 25 pts (6-10 threes), 4 asts; R. Stoehr 12 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; K. McBroom 8 pts. The Eagles scored 51 in the second half. Threes: Chatfield 13, D-E 4. FTs: Chatfield 10 of 13 (77%), D-E 19 of 30 (63%). The Eagles have the two highest scoring outputs against the Gophers, 86 twice)
Fillmore Central 62, Cotter/Hope Lutheran 74 (FC: Bridon Bahl 17 pts (3-11 threes), 10 rebs, 7 asts; Logan Illg 15 pts (7-11 FGs); Adrian Rindels 12 pts, 10 rebs, 4 stls; Rylan Ristau 11 pts (3-9 threes); Clayton Schoepski 7 pts, 8 asts. FC played five guys, shot 52% (27 of 52), but had 21 turnovers, losing 29-14 on points-off-turnovers)
Chatfield 82, PEM 72 (C: C. Harstad 27 pts (7 of 13 threes) 5 rebs; R. Stoehr 27 pts (9-12 FGs, 3-6 threes, 6-6 FTs), 7 rebs; K. McBroom 16 pts (6-8 FGs), 6 asts; B. McBroom 10 pts, 5 asts.)
La Crescent/Hokah 81, Caledonia 86 (C: G. King 27 pts (three threes); Colin Stemper 14 pts; Aaron Stemper 11 pts; Coby Hammell 10 pts; Anthony Hahn 8 pts. The Warriors are 8-3 in the TRC, 12-7 overall)
Southeast Conference Boys Basketball (2/2 & 2/5)
Grand Meadow 56, Schaeffer Academy 77 (GM: Logan Grafe 19 pts; Keaton Gehling 12 pts; Carter Glynn 11 pts. GM won the team’s other meeting 74-39, a 56-point turnaround)
Southland 99, LeRoy-Ostrander 39 (LO: Grayson Stockdale 10 pts; Reid Hungerholt 9 pts, 8 rebs; Talan Lewison 8 pts.)
Non-Conference Boys Basketball (2/5 & 2/6)
Lewiston-Altura 98, Kingsland 27 (K: Kaaleem Reiland 10 pts)
Blooming Prairie 57 Spring Grove 53 (SG: Devon Williams 17 pts, 8 rebs; Lyric Stadtler 17 pts, 4 asts, 9 stls; Weston Ingvalson 14 pts (3-7 threes). Both teams scored 48 points from the field. BP overcame 26 turnovers with 43% shooting to SG’s 34%. Gabe Staloch scored 29 points. The Lions are 8-6 in the SEC, 8-14 overall. The Blossoms improved to 16-6 overall)
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (2/2 – 2/6)
Rushford-Peterson 53, Caledonia 76 (C: A. Klug 25 pts (7-16 threes), 5 rebs, 6 asts; Nicole Banse 16 pts (7-10 FGs, 4-7 threes), 8 asts, 4 stls; Ashlyn Reinhart 10 pts, 4 rebs, 6 asts, 6 stls; Kensey King 10 pts. RP: Kaia Loney 15 pts (7-10 FGs), 8 rebs; Torryn Schneider 14 pts (3-4 threes), 9 rebs; Nadia Happel 9 pts, 6 asts. Caledonia hit 14 of 30 threes (47%), R-P 6 of 24 (25%).)
Chatfield 66, Wabasha-Kellogg 51 (C: G. Schroeder 26 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts; Lexi Kivimagi 14 pts, 4 asts; A. Harmening 13 pts, 11 rebs, 6 stls. Over her last five games, Schroeder has topped 24 points four times, scoring 22 a game. Chatfield is 3-2 in the span)
Caledonia 81, La Crescent/Hokah 47 (C: A. Klug 31 pts (seven threes); N, Banse 11 pts; A. Reinhart 10 pts; K. King/Peyten Felten 8 pts.)
PEM 55, Chatfield 45 (C: A. Harmening 20 pts (8-13 FGs), 11 rebs G. Schroeder 9 pts; L. Kivimagi 8 pts, 5 asts. In a close game, PEM won the second half 33-22, pulling away late. The Gophers are 4-9 in the TRC, 7-16 overall)
Cotter/Hope Lutheran 54, Fillmore Central 39 (FC: Aubrey Daniels/Norah Nagel/Hannah Vaalemoen 9 pts. The Falcons had 33 turnovers versus the Rambler pressure. FC is 6-6 in the TRC, 13-9 overall)
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (2/3 & 2/5)
Grand Meadow 46, Kingsland 54 (K: H. Warren 21 pts (8-13 FGs), 15 rebs; Macy Runck 13 pts (3-13 threes), 9 rebs, 4 asts; Lydia Redman 10 pts (3-10 threes); Jaelee Hagstrom 6 pts, 8 rebs GM: Myla Stejskal 11 pts (3-11 threes); Mollie Voigt 11 pts, 5 rebs; Paisley Kolling 10 pts, 10 rebs; Gracie Foster 7 pts, 5 asts; Cloey Breitbarth 7 pts, 8 rebs. GM led 23-20 at the half and 35-26 with 10:22 left. Kingsland scored 28 of the final 39 points)
Houston 50, Southland 73 (H: A. Boldt 23 pts; Jorja Meyer 10 pts. SEC leading Southland hit 12 threes. They are 17-3)
Non-Conference Girls Basketball (2/2 – 2/6)
Fillmore Central 34, Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton 48 (SG/M-C: Kinley Soiney 14 pts, 8 rebs; Brinley Middendorf 8 pts, 9 rebs. FC: N. Nagel 11 pts, 5 rebs; Kyla Hellickson 10 pts; H. Vaalemoen 10 pts, 6 rebs. The Lions trailed by 14 before winning by 14. SG/MC scored a season-fewest 17 points in the first half, FC a season-fewest 11 in the second, a season low total period.)
Lanesboro 51, Rushford-Peterson 62 (R-P: T. Schneider 19 pts, 7 rebs, 6 stls; Alannah Skalet 12 pts, 8 asts; Emily Helgemoe 13 pts, 5 rebs; K. Loney 8 pts, 16 rebs. L: Jensyn Storhoff 13 pts, 4 asts; Cora Mayer 12 pts, 7 rebs; Hailey Erickson 10 pts, 7 rebs; Emma Ruen 9 pts (3-5 threes), 5 rebs. RP shot 24 of 54 (44%), Lanesboro 18 of 64 (28%). R-P is 6-5 in the TRC, 14-8 overall)
Caledonia 57, #2 in AAA Stewartville 66 (C: A. Klug 29 pts (three threes); N. Banse 7 pts)
Fillmore Central 48, Faribault B.A. 49 (FC: A. Daniels 14 pts, 5 asts, 5 stls; H. Vaalemoen 11 pts; N. Nagel 10 pts, 7 rebs; K. Hellickson 8 pts, 8 rebs. FC led 41-34 in the second half. BA hit two free throws to go ahead 48-47 (0:43.9), then one more to lead 49-47 (0:23.0). FC had three opportunities after that, but went 1 of 2 at the line and missed two shots)
LeRoy-Ostrander 44, St. Charles 46 (LO: Miranda Nagel 17 pts; Kendall Olson 11 pts, 6 rebs; Maria Alamaraz-Nolt 7 pts, 7 rebs)
Blooming Prairie 69, Grand Meadow 45 (GM: G. Foster 14 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts; Naomi Warmka 12 pts; P. Kolling 10 pts (5-6 FGs). The Blossoms won the second half 42-21 after leading 27-24 at intermission)
Houston 42, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 75 (H: A. Boldt 21 pts (10-16 FGs); Avery Kingsley 9 pts; J. Meyer 7 pts, 12 rebs. Houston was 2 of 21 from deep (10%). The Hurricanes are 7-4 in the SEC, 10-13 overall)
Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton 42, Decorah/North Winn 54 (SG/M-C: K. Soiney 15 pts, 4 asts; Siri Konkel 12 pts. The Vikings hit their first six shots and seven of their first eight, nursed single digit leads most of the game. With 13 more rebounds, Decorah outscored the Lions 13-0 in second-chance points. The Lions are 9-2 in the SEC, 15-6 overall)
Alden-Conger/G-E 66, Grand Meadow 63 (GM: G. Foster 20 pts; N. Warmka 15 pts. GM is 1-9 in the SEC, 2-21 overall)
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