La Crescent-Hokah 117.250, Caledonia/Spring Grove/Houston 129.525 (For the second straight meet, the Warriors earned their best team score in four seasons. The team claimed the top four all-around positions: Vivian Kittleson 33.350, Harper Myrah 33.150, Madelyn Foellmi 30.800, Tyla Halverson 30.650. Harper had the highest individual score of 8.825 while winning the floor … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/30 – 2/3)
FCLMC Triangular > Riceville 30, FCLMC 36 (FCLMC won forfeits at 107 (August Pfeffer) and 114 (Lane Sass). Riceville took five forfeits. There were two double forfeits (127, 145). The Wolves won the four wrestled matches all by fall, Connor Wingert (139), Boston Wright (152), Kane Larson (160), and Cole Sass (172) and they led 36-16 after 172); Stewartville 59, FCLMC 7 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Knights Post Four-Win Week
Via a four-win week, Kingsland’s girls ran its win streak to five. Steve Hauser’s Knights used speed and depth to subdue Houston 63-48, Wabasha-Kellogg 58-29, Lyle/Pacelli 70-33, and Southland 65-60. The win over the Hurricanes saw Kingsland trail 34-33 in the second half, only to out-score the ‘Canes 30-14 to the finish. The Knights won on the glass 44 to 35 while outshooting … [Read more...]
Houston Considers HUDL
The February 1 Houston School Board meeting had Superintendent Mary Morem attending virtually and two board members, Nickki Johnson and Marissa Bailey, absent. Morem presented the Houston Hurricane Hero award to Heidi Wick, an MNVA math teacher, who also attended virtually. Morem joined parents, staff and students in lauding Wick for her creativity as an online math … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/29 – 2/2)
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (1/30 - 2/2) Lyle/Pacelli 24, Lanesboro 54 (L: Jensyn Storhoff 16 pts (4-10 threes), 4 asts, 5 stls; Ellie Howard 9 pts (3-12 threes). Burros hit nine threes (9 of 30) to L/P’s one (1 of 9) as the Burros ended a five-game losing streak) Southland 28, Houston 56 (H: A. Kingsley 22 pts (9-13 FGs), 4 stls; Aubry Boldt 13 pts (6-10 FGs); … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Houston’s boys got 27 points from Morgan Rohweder in beating G-E 67-59, then 36 points from the junior on nine made threes in beating L/P 78-53. Their loss on the week was 65-63 in OT to Kingsland (11-3), where Rohweder had 23 points. Knight Jayden Brink hit seven threes and scored 28 to lead all scorers. Rohweder averaged 28.7 PPG over the three games on 20 of 30 made threes! … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (1/22 - 1/25) Chatfield 52, Rushford-Peterson 62 (R-P: E. Ekern 23 pts (5-9 threes, 6-9 FTs); Rebecca Magin 10 pts, 7 rebs; Tayler Helgemoe 9 pts, 13 rebs, 3 blks; Nadia Happel 9 pts; Cassandra Boyum 6 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts. C: E. Goldsmith 18 pts (6-9 FGs), 5 rebs; Taylor Ask 15 pts (4-10 threes); Lexi Kivimagi 8 pts. FTs: R-P 15 of … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Basketball: Spring Grove Teams Streaking Spring Grove’s b-ball teams kept up their excellent seasons with a combined 5-0 week. Taylor Elton’s girls first took on Kingsland. SG trailed 24-20 early in the second half, but rebounded by hitting 8 of 16 trifectas in the stanza. They had a stretch of five possessions with four threes made and a three-point play to build a 38-29 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (1/15 - 1/19) Chatfield 42, #9 in AA Cotter 73 (Ch: Evy Goldsmith 14 pts, 6 rebs; Kendall Knutson 7 pts, 7 rebs. Cotter was 8 of 24 threes (33%), Chatfield 1 of 9 (11%). The Gophers shot 52% (17 of 33) but had 34 turnovers) #17 in AA Dover-Eyota 50, #13 in AA Caledonia 66 (C: A. Klug 18 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts, 6 stls; Nicole Banse 13 … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/18 & 1/19)
Cal/SG/Hou 127.875, Stewartville/Chatfield 111.600 (The Warriors claimed their first dual victory with their second-highest team score of the season. Paizley Lange had a great meet capturing the all-around crown after winning three of the four events: balance beam, vault and bars. Her 8.850 on beam was a meet-best score. Sabrina Lisota had the top score on the floor (8.400) and … [Read more...]