Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton’s Siri Konkel had a point-assist double-double (15 pts, 10 asts) as the Lions beat St. Charles 69-32. SG/M-C (5-1, 8-2) leads the SEC over Southland (4-1, 6-1) and Lanesboro (4-1, 6-3). Caledonia’s girls, ranked #6 in Class AA, fell in two big games, losing a state quarterfinal re-match with Minnehaha Academy 55-54 and to Wisconsin’s … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5)
Girls Wrestling: Gophers Sweep Pine Island Quad As girls wrestling continues to grow, there will be increasingly more specific girls dual meets. Chatfield trekked to Pine Island for a girls quadrangular with the Panthers, Rochester-Mayo, and St. Charles. The Gophers, who have good girls wrestling participation numbers, won all three duals. They built a 45-18 lead on Mayo and … [Read more...]
Basketball (1/5)
Basketball: Trojan Teams Battle Southland in Key Cross Section Games Rushford-Peterson’s boys and girls basketball teams played a doubleheader at Southland. Though not pressing to Section seeding as much anymore (since the Trojans moved to Class AA), the game pitted four good teams against each other. The boys battle was a rematch of a 1A semifinal last year, won by R-P … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/29)
Caledonia’s basketball teams each went 2-0 on the week. The boys got 20 points from Coby Hammell in topping W-K 94-55, then Grant King scored 26 points as the Warriors topped Waverly-Shell Rock 70-49 at the Decorah Border battle. The Warriors (3-0, 5-1) and Winona-Cotter (2-0, 6-1) top the early TRC-East standings. The girls beat Houston 65-37 and W-K … [Read more...]
Basketball (12/29)
Basketball: R-P Boys Host SG, Goodhue and Chatfield The last full week before Christmas saw Rushford-Peterson boys in the spotlight, as they hosted rivals Spring Grove and Goodhue in notable non-conference matchups, then neighbor Chatfield in TRC action. On Monday, the Trojans (1-1 TRC, 2-1 overall) and Lions (2-0 SEC, 2-2 overall) carried on their decades long … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/29)
Wrestling: #2 Gophers Top D-III #1 Aquinas in Interstate Matchup For the third time in as many weeks on the season, Chatfield wrestling battled in a tough dual. For a third time, it was a three-point decision. For a first time, Matt Mauseth’s Gophers got the narrow win, knocking off #1 in D-III in Wisconsin La Crosse-Aquinas. Chatfield sent six ranked … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/29)
Girls Basketball: Incredible Comeback, Fantastic Finish for SG/MC Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton rallied from a 15-point deficit and won by one point with a 3-point basket by Siri Konkel with two seconds to play. Teammate Kinley Soiney grabbed previously undefeated Southland’s desperation inbounds at the buzzer, and the Lions escaped with a 61-60 home win to stay alive in the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/22)
Boys Basketball: Cougars Post Three-Win Week Against opponents from far and wide, Mabel-Canton boys basketball posted a three-win week. Hosting the furthest opponent (to the north), Faribault B.A. on Monday, M-C trailed 40-39 in the second half before they had an 18-3 run to lead 57-43. The spurt keyed a 70-60 victory. Turnovers were key, as B.A. had 23, M-C just six. Russ … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/22)
LARP wrestler Christian Zibrowski went 4-0 and took first at 127-pounds at the Northfield Tourney. Ranked #10 in state, he improved to 10-0. Rushford-Peterson beat La Crescent/Hokah 88-40, as junior point guard Cayden Lea had 19 points including surpassing 1,000 for his career. Grant King went for 26 (pts), 11 (asts), and 7 (stls) as Caledonia topped 100 points in beating FC … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/22)
Wrestling: Gophers and Komets Carry on Early Season Battle For the third straight year, southeast Minnesota wrestling powerhouses Chatfield (#2 in Class A) and Kasson-Mantorville (#2 in Class AA) hooked up for a spirited early-season dual (rankings as of December 4). The Gophers won the past two ballyhooed match ups, in 2023 by way of Miles Mulhern’s pin at heavyweight and a … [Read more...]