Burros and Larks Play Series at Target Center Lanesboro and Grand Meadow basketball teams each got to play on the big floor in Minneapolis, as the teams participated in a special doubleheader at the Target Center. Shooting was a struggle for all teams in the big arena. Leading 15-14 at halftime, GM’s girls strung three straight makes together early in the second half to lead … [Read more...]
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Camden Hungerholt scored 35 points, but L-O fell to BP 61-48 at GM’s holiday tourney. Carson Harstad went for 25 (pts) and 10 (rebs) as Chatfield beat Prairie du Chien 79-39, then 25 more points in a 58-47 loss to Z-M, both at the WSU Tourney. The Gophers (1-2, 4-6) have eclipsed last year’s win total. Kendall Knutson scored 21 points as Chatfield’s girls beat Winona-Senior at … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/6)
Girls Wrestling: Christenson’s Title Highlights Area Girls at Bi-State A year ago, at the first ever girls Bi-State wrestling tournament, GMLOS had five placers and Chatfield two. Bulldog Diann Smith’s third place finish was the best finish. This year’s large event had the two squads back in action in La Crosse. Each had five girls’ place. GMLOS’ Brandy Christenson broke new … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/6)
Trojans Series with FC and Lanesboro Highlights Shoot-For-Three Games Rushford-Peterson hosted their Holiday 3-Coops Shoot-For-Three tournament. The Trojans played boys/girls series with Fillmore Central and Lanesboro. R-P’s teams had little trouble with the Falcons. The Trojans boys led 22-15 in the first half when FC starting point guard Clayton Schoepski picked up his … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/6)
Larks Run Streak to Six With Overtime Win They are currently on the longest win streak of the 21 basketball teams covered by the Fillmore County Journal. But to get there, there was a comeback win, and then nearly a collapse in a tense overtime game, both contests at Hayfield’s holiday tourney. Grand Meadow’s girls took on Kenyon-Wanamingo and the host Vikings at said event. … [Read more...]
Local Students to Showcase Artistic Talents
The level of artistic talent in our area is astounding. Some of that flair will be highlighted during the upcoming Juried High School Art Show. The annual art show sponsored by Lanesboro Arts is an event which is positive and supportive in many ways for the young student artists. The Juried High School Art Show will take place from January 11 through February 2, 2025, at … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (12/30)
LARP wrestling notched wins over Triton (36-33), Waseca (48-28), and Rochester-Century (45-21) at the Cobras triangular, then beat Lake City (55-12). The Screamin’ Eagles (2-0, 11-0) stayed perfect on the year. Zach Plank (189), Owen Lange (127), Carter Cady (152), Christian Zibrowski (121), and Quintin Betthauser (145) each went 4-0 in said duals. Class AA #2-ranked Caledonia … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/30)
Grand Meadow Ends 31-Game Losing Streak Last season, a young Grand Meadow boys team went 0-27. Adding in a couple losses to end the 2022-2023 campaign, and a couple more to start this season, the Superlarks losing streak sat at 31. But GM ended said streak at home versus Lyle/Pacelli. The Larks came back from double digit deficits in each half, and they also trailed in … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/30)
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (12/17 - 12/20) Houston 46, Southland 43 (H: A. Boldt 20 pts (8-9 FTs); Avery Kingsley 12 pts; Emily Botcher 10 pts. Houston won despite going 1 of 12 from deep. They did hit 13 of 17 free throws (76%)) Grand Meadow 53, Lyle/Pacelli 44 (GM: G. Foster 18 pts (3-10 threes), 15 rebs, 6 asts; Rylee Schaufler 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Aspen Kolling … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/30)
Wrestling: #1 Chatfield Tops #4 LCWM, Wins FCLMC’s Tourney The Chatfield wrestling machine kept rolling with a dominating top five dual matchup victory and a team win at FCLMC’s annual holiday tourney. The #1 Gophers’ second dual of the year was with #4 Lake Crystal-Wellcome-Memorial. The Knights were a state entrant a season ago, taking fifth, but a matchup with the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/23)
Hurricanes Notch Notable Early Win Over Schaeffer Academy Schaeffer Academy entered the contest riding high after beating usual SEC-East top dog Spring Grove. The Rochester Lions entered undefeated (4-0, 4-0) with other SEC wins over Kingsland, Lanesboro and Mabel-Canton. Houston entered having played just one game, with about a week since it occurred. But that did not stop … [Read more...]
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FCLMC’s Kane Larson notched four tech falls and a pin to win the 175-pound weight class at the 15-team La Crosse-Logan wrestling tourney. Ranked #5 at 172 in Class A, Larson improved to 11-1. Max Erdman scored a season-high 31 points as Kingsland beat Medford 75-38. Lanesboro’s Levi Rogers scored 22 points as Lanesboro won its first game, 64-48 over Lyle/Pacelli. Reid … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/23)
Chatfield Tops KoMets in Battle of Top Ranked Teams Kasson-Mantorville’s commentator called it the “Super Bowl of Section 1 wrestling.” For the second straight year, highly-ranked wrestling programs, Chatfield, #1 in Class A, and Kasson-Mantorville, #1 in Class AA, did battle in an early season dual. The Gophers entered as the defending Class A state champs while the KoMets … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/16)
Three Ranked Teams in Play in Caledonia/R-P Series Caledonia and Rushford-Peterson played their first basketball series of the year. The guys battle pitted #3 Class AA Warriors versus the Class A #9 Trojans. Using their length, Brad King’s group was too much for a young R-P group. The Warriors led 44-32 at intermission and then limited R-P to 5 of 17 shooting in the second … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/16)
Larks Fight Past Neighbors, Knights and Rebels Grand Meadow girls basketball had a two-game week, playing familiar faces (from track and field) in squads from Southland and Kingsland. At home versus the Rebels, GM trailed just three times, but the last was at 41-39 with under 3:00 to play courtesy of a Juliette Matheis three-pointer (her one deep make of the game). But down … [Read more...]