Southland’s boys beat Spring Grove 58-49 to end the Lions’ 41-game SEC winning streak. SG did sandwich wins over L/P 59-38 and Class AA #16 J-W-P 64-58 around that loss. The #18 Lions (5-1, 7-1) lead the SEC-East over Houston (3-4, 5-5) and M-C (3-4, 4-7). FC’s boys (1-5, 5-6) had a wild week. Despite leading 51-37 in the second half, they fell 80-76 in two overtimes to … [Read more...]
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (1/4 & 1/5)
PEM 51, Rushford-Peterson 46 (R-P: E. Ekern 22 pts (10-12 FTs), 11 rebs; Cassandra Boyum 9 pts (4-5 FGs), 6 rebs. The Trojans led 26-22 at intermission but were out-scored 29-20 in the second half. TOs: R-P 24, PEM 18. R-P > 3-3, 8-5) #8 in AA Dover-Eyota 71 Fillmore Central 37 (FC: Kammry Broadwater 17 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts, 3 blks; Alyssa Britton 12 pts (6-11 FGs). Seniors … [Read more...]
Non-Conference Boys Basketball (1/2 – 1/6)
Goodhue 80, Fillmore Central 76 in 2 OT (FC: J. Kiehne 23 pts (7-11 FGs, 9-11 FTs), 5 asts; L. Hellickson 21 pts (4-9 threes), 11 rebs, 3 blks; G. Kennedy 11 pts, 18 rebs; Josh Haugerud 8 pts. G: Luke Roschen 32 pts (7-15 threes), 17 rebs, 7 asts. FC led 51-37 in the second half before suffering a 6:47 scoring draught where the Wildcats ran 16-0 to lead 53-51. Kennedy had two … [Read more...]
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (1/5)
#5 in AA Caledonia 75, Wabasha-Kellogg 55 (C: L. Doyle 20 pts; Reid Klug 18 pts; Garrett Konz 12 pts; Will Hahn 8 pts. Caledonia led 29-24 at halftime, out-scored W-K 46-31 in second half. Juniors Mason Klug and Ethan Stendel did not play) Fillmore Central 72, Dover-Eyota 62 (FC: G. Kennedy 24 pts (11-16 FGs), 10 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls, 4 blks; L. Hellickson 20 pts (4-8 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 -1/6)
The Clash XXI (Caledonia/Houston competed in this 32-team two-day dual-meet tourney, going 1-5, taking 31st place. Owen Denstad and Isaac Blocker were two of 46 wrestlers to go 6-0. Braxton Lange picked up his 100th career win at the event) > Bracket D Quarters > D-III #3 Bettendorf 56, Caledonia/Houston 16 (Denstad (145) and Aiden Burns (107) had pins for the Warriors, … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Gophers Dominate Wolves’ Holiday Tourney
Entering the tourney #1 in Class A and with seven ranked wrestlers, it was no surprise Chatfield dominated FCLMC’s annual holiday wrestling tourney. The Gophers (248) topped LARP (149), GMLOS (143), and Ellsworth, Wis., (116) for the team title. Chatfield’s second “Maroon” team (114.5) took fifth of ten total squads. The host Wolves (79.5) took seventh. Triton, W-K, … [Read more...]
Wrestling: LARP Sweeps Lake City Tri to Start 7-0
It is their best start in many years. LARP wrestling swept a triangular at Lake City and they are now 7-0 on the year. They downed the host Tigers, 54-15. Christian Zibrowski (114), Carter Bronk (127), Colten Jenkins (133), Jordan Zibrowski (139), Quintin Betthauser (145), Carter Cady (160), and Zach Plank (189) had pins. Titan Tekautz (152) won by forfeit. Owen Lange (121) and … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central Approves 2024 Levy
Superintendent Heath Olstad reviewed the current budget and proposed property tax levy for 2024 with the board, as part of the Truth in Taxation hearing at the December 19 Fillmore Central School Board meeting. The board approved the total proposed school tax levy in the amount of $1,743,308.68. Superintendent Olstad said that the Christmas concerts at both the elementary and … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Kingsland’s Beau Wiersma (RB), Parker Johnson (DE), and Ayden Howard (WR), and LeRoy-Ostrander’s Camden Hungerholt (QB), were honored as Nine-Man All-State in football. Wiersma and Johnson already earned Associated Press 2nd team All-State (all classes). Nine-man All-State HM selections included L-O’s Malyk Schaefer (OL/DL), M-C’s Cayden Tollefsrud (RB/LB), and SG’s Jaxon … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (12/12 - 12/15) Chatfield 55, Wabasha-Kellogg 59 (C: B. Fretland 14 pts (4-8 threes); Carson Harstad 13 pts; Ross Stoehr 13 pts (5-9 FGs), 6 rebs. Game started with back-to-back 10-0 runs. The Gophers shot 23 of 47 (49%). Chatfield then led by 13 in the second half (about 10:00 left) but could not close it out. It is their third … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Three Rivers Girls Basketball (12/12 -12/15) Fillmore Central 57, La Crescent/Hokah 43 (FC: K. Broadwater 24 pts (6-9 FTs), 8 rebs, 6 stls; Haley O’Connor 8 pts, 6 rebs; Aubrey Daniels 6 pts, 4 rebs, 6 asts, 4 stls. Falcons ended five-game series losing streak to Lancers that dates to 2020) La Crescent/Hokah 44, Rushford-Peterson 66 (RP: Nadia Happel 14 pts; E. Ekern 13 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
TRC Girls Basketball (12/5) Caledonia 62, Fillmore Central 49 (C: A. Klug 32 pts (7-13 threes); Josie Foster 8 pts, 15 rebs. FC: K. Broadwater 20 pts, 14 rebs, 4 stls; Kyla Hellickson 11 pts, 10 rebs. Cal hit 11 threes to FC’s two) Chatfield 46, PEM 63 (C: E. Goldsmith 13 pts, 11 rebs; Katryn Johnson 10 pts. Chatfield shot 13 of 52 (24.5%), winning from deep (eight threes … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
TRC Boys Basketball (12/5) Fillmore Central 56, #8 in AA Caledonia 92 (C: L. Doyle 19 pts (3-8 threes), 7 rebs, 11 asts, 8 stls; E. Stendel 14 pts, 12 rebs; Mason King 12 pts; Reid Klug 12 pts, 8 rebs; Garrett Konz 10 pts. FC: L. Hellickson 22 pts (4-8 threes). Jayce Kiehne DNP) PEM 65, Chatfield 53 (C: Carson Harstad 17 pts; Cole Novotny 10 pts. Chatfield led 25-23 at … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling (2-0, 2-0) hammered Cal/Hou 58-6 and PEM 64-9 in a notable early season triangular. At the Hutchinson Tourney, Gophers Chloe Berg (124) and Grace Finley (142) each authored five pins in winning titles. FCLMC’s Kane Larson (11-0) won 157-pounds at the Logan Tourney. GMLOS’ Cael Smith won 126-pounds at the South Winn Tourney. Cal/Hou’s Owen Denstad went … [Read more...]
2023 Wrestling Preview
The wrestling season starts with changes. Section realignment took place. Chatfield and LFCMC remain in 1A with Dover-Eyota, Goodhue, GMLOS, Kenyon-Wanamingo, St. Charles, Triton, Wabasha-Kellogg and 1AA drop-down LARP. Caledonia/Houston moves into 1AA with Austin, Byron, Cannon Falls, Kasson-Mantorville, La Crescent/Hokah, Lake City, Pine Island, PEM., Stewartville, Waseca and … [Read more...]