Caledonia girls basketball motto this year has been “reload.” The Warriors, last year’s 1AA runner-up, did just that with a group featuring mostly non-seniors. Scott Sorenson’s gals progressed to the 1AA semis. The #17 in AA Warriors (3-seed, 19-8) fought past Lake City (6-seed, 14-13) in a quarterfinal. The Warriors built a 35-19 lead late in the first half. The Tigers ended … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Lions Edge Falcons, Fall to #1 Goodhue
The 4-seed Spring Grove girls (22-5) survived a cold-shooting 1A quarterfinal duel versus 5-seed Fillmore Central (17-10) but could not stay with top seed Goodhue (23-5) in a subsequent semi-final, all at Rochester. In the 48-44 win over the Falcons, the Lions led by nine points in the second half, but the Falcons closed within two points at 46-44 with a rebound and two free … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Trojans Make 1A Semis, Fall to #3 Hayfield
Rushford-Peterson’s girls concluded an excellent season with their furthest post-season push since 2014-2015. Joe Hatch’s #20 in A Trojans (3-seed, 20-7) first played Grand Meadow (6-seed, 19-8) in a 1A quarterfinal. The Trojans scored 15 of the first 17 points for a 15-2 lead. GM responded with a 10-2 run to close to 17-12. The Trojans then ended the half scoring 17 of 19 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Will Harvey scored 25 points as 15-seed Lanesboro beat 18-seed Hayfield 63-48 in 1A play-in play-off game. Camden Hungerholt scored 34 points and brother Reid 22 but 16-seed L-O fell to 17-seed B.A. 67-64. Mason King scored 20 points and senior Lewis Doyle topped 1,000 for his career as 2-seed #7 in AA Caledonia beat 15-seed Chatfield 84-40. The Warriors (22-4) next play Cotter … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball Playoffs (2/26 – 2/29)
(1A Play-In) 17-seed Faribault B.A. (7-19) 67, 16-seed LeRoy-Ostrander (7-19) 64 (L-O: C. Hungerholt 34 pts (9-10 FTs), 5 rebs, 3 blks; R. Hungerholt 22 pts; Ryder Stern 6 pts, 8 rebs. L-O was 3 of 24 from deep (13%). Cardinals finish at 7-20) (1A Play-In) 18-seed Hayfield (5-22) 48, 15-seed Lanesboro (7-19) 63 (L: W. Harvey 25 pts, 4 stls; Kaden Stettler 8 pts, 7 rebs, 10 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Playoffs (2/26 – 3/2)
(1A Qtr) 9-seed Kingsland (16-8) 30, 1-seed #1 in A Goodhue (22-5) 75 (K: Macy Runck 14 pts. G: Elisabeth Gadient 23 pts, 7 rebs, 7 asts, 8 stls; Kendyl Lodermeier 17 pts, 9 rebs. Goodhue built a 46-25 halftime lead. Knights finish at 16-9) (1AA Qtr) 10-seed Chatfield (15-12) 23, 2-seed #16 in AA Rochester-Lourdes (18-9) 59 (C: Evy Goldsmith 12 pts, 17 rebs. RL: Lauren Hust … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Lion Boys’ Three Wins Include State-Ranked Matchup
Spring Grove (18-2, 24-3) posted three wins during the final week of the regular season, but the #12 Lions needed second-half surges to complete SEC sweeps of Mabel-Canton (9-9, 13-12) and Houston (10-10, 15-11) before busing to St. Paul to defeat #15 Nevis (18-6). Grove won 65-50 at M-C but led by only six points at halftime, it was tied 34-34 in the second half, and SG led by … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Playoffs (2/20 & 2/22)
(1A Play-In) 17-seed Lyle/Pacelli (1-25) 51, 16-seed LeRoy-Ostrander (3-23) 49 (L-O: M. Nagel 26 pts, 17 rebs, 3 blks; Jenna Olson 15 pts (five threes), 5 rebs. L-O beat L/P twice in the regular season. Cardinals finish at 3-24) (1A Round of 16) 14-seed Schaeffer Academy (9-17) 19, 3-seed #20 in A Rushford-Peterson (19-7) 62 (R-P: Nad. Happel 22 pts (7-9 FGs, 6-7 FTs); Ellie … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (2/20 - 2/23) Lewiston-Altura 44, Chatfield 66 (C: Carson Harstad 17 pts (3-10 threes); Masyn Kreter 16 pts. Kreter had 14 in the second half. Chatfield trailed 38-13 at intermission) Dover-Eyota 62, Chatfield 58 (C: C. Harstad 26 pts (4-13 threes), 5 rebs; Brayden Fretland 8 pts, 4 asts. Chatfield led 33-27 at halftime.) Southeast … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Trojans Better Results in Cotter, FC Rematches
Rushford-Peterson’s boys finished their regular season by improving upon earlier results versus fellow TRC-East teams. Chris Drinkall’s group out-scored Cotter 36-22 in the second half. The #18 in A Trojans annulled a 32-30 halftime deficit to post a 66-54 win. Dawson Bunke (17 pts, 4-8 threes, 9 rebs), Sampson Wilkemeyer (13 pts, 6-7 FGs, 4 rebs, 4 stls), Cayden Lea (14 pts, 4 … [Read more...]