Boys Basketball:Warriors Top Trojans and Hermantown, King Records 200th Win
Basketball boys powerhouses Rushford-Peterson and Caledonia went at it and their first of two series on the year. R-P’s guys entered the contest returning pretty much everyone, while the Warriors were nearly a full-scale reboot after graduation took a big toll from last year’s great state qualifier. But Grant King and the Warriors said sucks to varsity experience, as Caledonia and R-P carried on their b-ball rivalry. With ex-Trojan coaching legend Tom Vix in the stands, the teams played a physical war. King had two scoring spurts in the contest. The slick sophomore scored 10 straight Warrior points in the first half and then seven straight later in the second half. Said 7-0 run propelled Caledonia to a 57-48 lead. R-P then could not catch up, though it took a couple key free throws (in a one-and-one situation) from Warrior Griffin Gantenbein, his only two points of the game, to ice the contest. The makes turned a 67-64 lead into a 69-64 edge with 16-seconds left, the dagger. The Warriors notched a huge early season TRC win by 71-64 final. King (24 pts, 5 rebs, 9 asts) led the way for Caledonia. Aaron Stemper (13 pts) and Colin Stemper (9 pts, 4 stls) each hit a trio of threes. Coby Hammell added 12 (pts) and 6 (rebs). Junior point Cayden Lea scored a team-high (21 pts, 5-13 threes, 4 rebs, 4 asts, 4 stls) to lead the Trojans. Guard Will LaFleur (13 pts, 12 rebs, 6 asts) added a double-double. Cole Thompson (13 pts, 3-5 threes) and Landon Dahl (6 pts, 9 rebs) helped. Caledonia hit 11 of 18 free throws (61%), R-P 2 of 5 (40%). Each team hit 10 threes, but Cal did so in 22 attempts (45%), R-P in 32 (31%). The Warriors were 6 of 11 from deep in the second (54%) half and 14 of 25 field goal overall in the stanza (56%) while R-P was 6 of 18 (33%) and 13 of 30 (43%) respectively. It was Coach Brad King’s 200th career win. R-P beat GM earlier in the week (see “Non-Conference Boys Basketball”). They are 0-1 in the TRC, 1-1 overall. The Warriors then trekked to Minnehaha Academy and downed Hermantown 90-63 in a special non-conference game. G-King had 26 points to lead the way. Hammell (18 pts), Zeke Gengler (12 pts), Gantenbein (11 pts) each also reached double figures. The Warriors start the year 1-0 in the TRC, 2-0 overall.
Basketball:Cardinals Play Tight Doubleheader With AC/G-E
A boys and girls doubleheader between LeRoy-Ostrander and Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons had each game go down to the wire. In the girls contest, the Cards trailed 31-19 at halftime but made a big comeback. They started the second stanza with a 14-2 run to tie the game 33-33. With it 45-45, AC/G-E was fouled shooting a three and converted all three freebies to lead 48-45 (2:34). L-O twice got within one after that and took two shots to go ahead in the final minute. In the final 23.2 seconds, down 50-49, the Cardinals could not force a turnover defensively and ACGE got in interior basket to make it 52-49 with eight seconds left. LO only attempted a half-court heave from there, as they fell 52-49. Maria Almaraz-Nolt 17 points, 8-13 FTs, 11 rebounds) led the Cards. Kendall Olson (8 points) and Miranda Nagel (6 pts, 15 rebs) helped. L-O (0-2 in the SEC, 0-4 overall) was looking for its first win. Immediately after, the boys also dug a big hole too, trailing 25-10 in the first half. But they made a successful comeback. Late in regulation, a Reid Hungerholt three-point play gave L-O a 61-58 lead. But with five-seconds left, ACGE’s Darin Linn tied the game 62-62, sending it to overtime. There, L-O’s Mason Janssen hit a big three (1:09) to put the Cards up 70-67. Hungerholt hit two free throws (0:14.3) to make it 72-69. The Knights then banked in a three-pointer just after the buzzer, as L-O narrowly got the win, 72-69! Hungerholt (32 pts, 8-11 FTs, 4-11 threes, 13 rebs, 4 stls) led the way. John Bradley (15 pts, 7-9 FGs, 12 rebs) had a nice game inside. Grayson Stockdale (10 pts) and Janssen (8 pts) helped. It was the Cardinals’ first win (0-1 in the SEC, 1-2 overall).
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (12/5)
Chatfield 65, Wabasha-Kellogg 55 (C: C. Harstad 28 pts (4-9 threes, 11-12 FTs), 4 stls; Brandt McBroom 12 pts, 4 asts; Ross Stoehr 10 pts, 4 stls). Chatfield led 31-25 at the half. Gophers > 1-0, 1-1)
Southeast Conference Boys Basketball (12/2 – 12/5)
LeRoy-Ostrander 51, Spring Grove 81 (SG: L. Stadtler 22 pts (4-12 threes), 6 asts; Devon Williams 18 pts, 7 rebs, 7 stls; Kolton Nerstad 11 pts, 9 rebs, 5 asts, 5 stls; Weston Ingvalson 12 pts Ricardo Reynolds 9 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts; Emery Bartell 7 pts, 6 rebs. LO: R. Hungerholt 27 pts (4-9 threes, 5-6 FTs), 8 rebs; Grayson Stockdale 13 pts (3-10 threes). The teams combined for 16 threes)
Southland 86, Mabel-Canton 46 (M-C: Kale Eiken 13 pts; I. Underbakke 10 pts; Nolan Garness 8 pts; Kale Tollefsrud 8 pts. S: Tate Goergen 28 pts, 10 rebs, 7 asts, 7 stls. Southland had 25 offensive rebounds, 22 second-chance-points)
Kingsland 28, Lanesboro 70 (L: Nick Taylor 19 pts (8-11 FGs), 8 rebs; Mason Gilbertson 12 pts (5-6 FGs), 6 rebs; Conor Danielson 8 pts. K: Collin Stuart 9 pts; Tate Rasmussen 9 pts. Ten Burros scored)
Schaeffer Academy 67, Houston 43 (H: Hector Steinfeldt 11 pts, 8 rebs; Atreyu Florin 11 pts, 9 rebs.)
Houston 36, Spring Grove 62 (SG: E. Bartell 26 pts (10-18 FGs), 10 rebs; D. Williams 14 pts, 7 rebs; L. Stadtler 9 pts, 9 asts. H: H. Steinfeldt 7 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts; A. Florin 9 pts. There were eight lead changes before the Lions scored the last 10 points of the first half. Hurricanes > 0-2, 0-4)
Lanesboro 35, Southland 87 (L: N. Taylor 11 pts, 7 rebs; Levi Rogers 9 pts, 5 rebs. Southland led 60-16 at halftime, hitting 12 threes for the game while Lanesboro had 24 turnovers. Burros > 1-1, 2-1)
Schaeffer Academy 50, Mabel-Canton 58 (MC: I. Underbakke 23 pts, 12 rebs, 4 stls; K. Eiken 12 pts, 5 stls; Cael Wangsness 9 pts, 9 rebs. M-C led 39-30 in second half, gave up a 16-4 run to trail 46-43, scored the game’s final seven points. FTs: M-C 15 of 30 (50%), SA 8 of 16 (50%). TOs: SA 29, M-C 14. Cougars > 1-1, 1-1)
Grand Meadow 72, Kingsland 38 (GM: C. Glynn 16 pts, 14 rebs; L. Grafe 13 pts, 15 rebs; Cohen Craft 10 pts, 5 asts, 5 stls; Marshall Bleifus 11 pts (3-6 threes); Jackson Soltau 7 pts, 7 rebs. K: C. Stuart 10 pts, 8 rebs; T. Rasmussen 9 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Donte Smith 9 pts. GM led 26-22 at the half, won the second half 46-16. GM > 1-0, 2-1)
Non-Conference Boys Basketball (12/1 – 12/6)
Grand Meadow 36, Rushford-Peterson 84 (R-P: Cole Thompson 14 pts (4-8 threes); Cayden Lea 13 pts (3-8 threes); Will LaFleur 12 pts, 6 asts, 7 stls; Jaxson Meldahl 11 pts (3-3 threes); Brode Vickerman 8 pts (4-4 FGs), 8 rebs; Landon Dahl 8 pts (4-5 FGs), 4 stls; Creighton Hoiness 6 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls. GM: C. Glynn 13 pts, 10 rebs. R-P hit 16 of 34 threes (47%) and 33 of 60 FGs (55%))
Fillmore Central 79, Schaeffer Academy 72 (FC: C. Schoepski 20 pts (7-12 FGs, 5-6 FTs), 8 asts; B. Bahl 20 pts (7-14 FGs, 4-4 threes), 9 rebs, 6 asts; Logan Illg 14 pts, 7 rebs; Erik Tieskotter 8 pts, 10 rebs. SA started the game up 16-3 and led by 16 (28-12) in the first half. The Falcons won the second half 46-33. FC shot 51% (30 of 59), SA 43% (29 of 67).)
Lewiston-Altura 87, Spring Grove 53 (SG: L. Stadtler 13 pts, 8 asts; E. Bartell 12 pts, 7 rebs; W. Ingvalson 11 pts (3-6 threes); D. Williams 7 pts, 14 rebs. There were seven lead changes before a Cardinal 30-8 run heading into halftime.)
LeRoy-Ostrander 64, Kenyon-Wanamingo 93 (L-O: G. Stockdale 18 pts (6-10 threes), 6 rebs; R. Hungerholt 18 pts, 6 rebs; Jayden Smith 13 pts. Three Knights combined for 61 points)
Medford 56, Grand Meadow 78 (GM: Blake Hubbard 17 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts; C. Glynn 16 pts (4-8 threes), 14 rebs, 5 asts; Keaton Gehling 15 pts (5-12 threes); Jackson Soltau 8 pts; L. Grafe 8 pts, 11 rebs; Cohen Craft 6 pts, 13 rebs)
Houston 26, Wabasha-Kellogg 69 (H: A. Florin 12 pts (5-5 FGs))
Chatfield 67, Lanesboro 77 (L: N. Taylor 19 pts (7-11 FGs), 8 rebs, 4 asts; L. Rogers 15 pts, 6 rebs; Preston Clarke 12 pts (6-9 FGs), 5 rebs; M. Gilbertson 11 pts (4-5 FTs); Boone Moen 11 pts (3-5 threes). C: C. Harstad 36 pts (14-15 FTs), 5 rebs; Ross Stoehr 11 pts (5-5 FTs), 8 rebs; B. McBroom 9 pts, 7 rebs; Kash McBroom 9 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts. Chatfield led 49-36 at one point in the second half. Chatfield was 5 of 24 from deep. Harstad notably hit five sets of free throws and converted a set of three)
Fillmore Central 73, Kenyon-Wanamingo 77 (FC: B. Bahl 22 pts (5-8 threes), 13 rebs, 4 stls; C. Schoepski 17 pts, 4 asts, 4 stls; Rylan Ristau 13 pts (3-4 threes); L. Illg 11 pts (5-6 FTs), 13 rebs, 4 asts. FC led 49-37 in second half, but were then out-scored 40-24. Second half score; KW 53, FC 46. FC lost at the free throw line 22 of 31 (71%) to 8 of 18 (44%))
Goodhue 93, Fillmore Central 45 (FC: R. Ristau 12 pts; Cooper Pickett 10 pts; C. Schoepski 8 pts. Falcons > 0-0, 1-2)
North Fayette Valley 43, Spring Grove 41 (SG: L. Stadtler 13 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts; D. Williams 8 pts, 5 rebs; W. Ingvalson 8 pts. The 10th lead change in the second half came when NFV scored the winning basket with an offensive rebound with 15 seconds remaining. Lions > 2-0, 2-2)
South Winn 74, Kingsland 22 (Knights > 0-2, 0-3)
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