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...]
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Caledonia’s boys went 2-1 on the week. Mason King scored 21 and Garrett Konz 20 in a win over L-A. The Warriors (#4 in AA) did lose to Stewartville (#8 in AAA). Team Cal (7-0, 12-3) sits a half game back of La Crescent (8-0, 12-5) in the TRC-East. Winners of 10 of 12, R-P’s boys (4-3, 13-4) went 2-1 including beating St. Charles 103-94! Carson Johnson scored 20 versus the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (1/15 - 1/19) #4 in AA Caledonia 89, Dover-Eyota 70 (C: Reid Klug 18 pts; G. Konz 17 pts; Lewis Doyle 16 pts; Will Hahn 12 pts; Ethan Stendel 8 pts; Noah Treptow 8 pts; Ben Stemper 8 pts. The Warriors are 8-0 when scoring 80-plus points) Cotter 61, Chatfield 47 (Ch: C. Harstad 11 pts (3-3 threes), 4 stls; Brayden Fretland 8 pts, 5 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Four-Win Week Sends R-P to Five in a Row
They are playing good basketball. Rushford-Peterson’s girls are playing defense, moving the ball around, and taking good shots. Their efforts led to a four-win week that ran their win streak to five. Coming off taking down then ranked and then TRC undefeated, Class AA Dover-Eyota, Joe Hatch’s squad beat Lewiston-Altura 74-31. Ellie Ekern (14 pts, 4-7 threes, 5 rebs, 5 asts), … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/16 -1/20)
West Salem/Bangor 30, Caledonia/Houston 32 (Cal/Hou won five of six weights from 133 thru 172 to break a 12-12 and build a 32-15 lead. Aden Kulas (189) then fell by 5-4 decision, which assured a Cal/Hou win (led 32-18 with two weights left). Aaren Kulas (114) and Owen Denstad (145) won by fall, Aiden Burns (107) by injury default, Braxton Lange (133 > 16-3) and Isaac Blocker … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: State-Ranked Lions Roll to Three Road Wins
State-ranked #13 in Class A Spring Grove shot well, poorly and in-between while controlling three SEC rivals, one of which, Kingsland, was also state-ranked. Wade Grinde’s Lions never trailed, and the first two runaways were well in hand long before halftime. But the third was not wrapped up until a second-half run. In an 82-34 win at Houston, the Lions shot a season-high 42% … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Knights Beat L-O and W-K, Stay Perfect
Two more squads fell by the wayside as Kingsland’s boys basketball kept its record into mid-January perfect. A battle with LeRoy-Ostrander (5-1, 5-6) represented a contest between first and third place teams in the SEC-West with Southland (6-1, 7-2) in second. But division leader #17 in Class A Kingsland (6-0, 7-0) proved its sword sharp (despite still being without Jayden … [Read more...]
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Caledonia’s sixth-ranked boys beat PEM 85-42, as four Warriors made double figures. Brad King’s group (5-0, 10-2) picked up its 10th win. They sit a half game back of La Crescent/Hokah (6-0, 10-4) in the TRC-East. Spring Grove beat GM 82-8. Notably, standout Lions senior Elijah Solum returned to the court (9 points) after a torn ACL last spring. The Lions (6-1, 8-1) lead the … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Larks Shut Down Knights in SEC Rivalry Game
In a battle between the top two teams in the SEC-West over the past few years, Grand Meadow’s defense held Kingsland majorly in check in picking up a key SEC win in a league without divisions this year. Kingsland mustered some offense in the first half, though the Larks led 26-17 at intermission. But the Knights were held to nine second half points as GM picked up their best … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Knights Stay Perfect, SEC’s Only Perfect Team
John Fenske’s Kingsland boys kept up their fantastic start by posting two SEC wins despite not having All-SEC guard Jayden Brink (ankle). Kingsland only led winless GM 26-20 at halftime, but turned it on in the second 18-minutes for the 58-30 win. The Larks had just 10 second half points. Max Erdman (14 pts, 10 rebs, 4 stls) and Sam Snitker (10 pts, 5 rebs) got to … [Read more...]