Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (2/8 & 2/9) PEM 59, Chatfield 56 (C: E. Goldsmith 22 pts (7-12 FTs), 11 rebs, 4 stls; Taylor Ask 16 pts (5-15 threes), 8 rebs. Ask hit all her threes in the first half. Chatfield led 30-26 at intermission. The Gophers (6-7, 12-11) missed a good look at a game-tying three. Chatfield hit 9 of 33 threes (27%), PEM 4 of 12 (33%). PEM … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove’s girls beat L/P and Southland to guarantee a share of the SEC title. The Lions (14-1, 20-5) lead Houston (12-2, 15-9). The teams meet in a season finale. Fillmore Central’s girls (6-6, 14-9) went 2-0 on the week including upsetting a short-handed Caledonia (11-2, 15-7) squad. Josie Foster had 25 in defeat. Kammry Broadwater scored 22 in FC’s other win over St. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Larks Post Big Week, Knock Off #20 SG
Grand Meadow posted a three-win week. Ryan Queensland’s gals first beat Kingsland 54-44 to sweep that season series. GM never trailed, built a 31-22 halftime edge, and led by at least four the rest of the way. The Larks hit 8 of 32 threes (31%), Kingsland 4 of 32 (13%). Lexy Foster (19 pts, 4-9 threes, 11 rebs) and Lauren Queensland (13 pts, 5-6 FTs, 16 rebs, 5 asts) led the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Knights Post Dramatic Three Win Week
Kingsland’s three-win week included two nailbiters. The Knights first handled Grand Meadow 80-26. Jayden Brink (26 pts, 6-15 threes, 6 rebs, 4 asts) and Max Erdman (18 pts, 7-9 FGs, 6 rebs) did work. Parker Johnson (12 pts, 6 rebs) and Courtland Drury-DeBoer (12 pts, 5 rebs, 5 asts) helped. A back-and-forth offensive tussle with Lanesboro had 11 lead changes. Kingsland took the … [Read more...]
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Camden Hungerholt, a 6’1” junior G from LeRoy-Ostrander, scored his 1,000th career point in a loss to Lanesboro at home on January 25. This was not mentioned in last week’s sports. Hungerholt averages 23.9 PPG for the Cardinals. M-C’s Cayden Tollefsrud scored 24 points in a win over Grand Meadow, surpassing 2,000 for his career. He then scored 39 in a win over Houston, as the … [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...]
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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...]