Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (2/2) Chatfield 46, Dover-Eyota 64 (C: C. Harstad 22 pts (3-6 threes, 9-17 FGs), 5 rebs; Brayden Fretland 12 pts. Chatfield led 16-9 late in the first half (3:30) but then trailed 21-18 at halftime. Gophers > 0-10, 2-19) Cotter 57, #15 in AA Caledonia 70 (C: Reid Klug 15 pts, 7 rebs; Ethan Stendel 11 pts, 14 rebs; Garrett Konz 15 … [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...]
Girls Basketball: Gophers Upset Dover-Eyota
Chatfield’s girls (5-6, 11-10) notched their best win of the year by upsetting rival #16 in AA Dover-Eyota (11-2, 18-4) on the road. Freshman Lexi Kivimagi hit a big three to give the Gophers a 52-46 lead with about 1:30 to play. The Eagles then pulled to within down two (52-50) with four straight points. D-E then had two cracks at it, missing one shot in the final 0:15 … [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...]
Basketball: A Week of Personal Accomplishments
In a week of personal accomplishments, L-O’s Benita Nolt, FC’s Kammry Broadwater, and GM’s Lauren Queens-land surpassed 1,000 career points. Jayce Kiehne also set the FC boys all-time scoring mark. Falcon Girls’ Win Streak Includes 1,000-Point Scorers Broadwater and Queensland Fillmore Central’s girls continued their winning ways. The Falcons first took out … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Gophers Win Lake City Tourney
With 12 wrestlers in the top two and seven bringing home titles, #1 in Class A Chatfield took first at the Lake City Tourney (255.5). Rival Dover-Eyota (185.5) was the nearest foe. Class AAA Lean and Mean squads Northfield (135.5) and Mayo (133.5) took third and fourth of ten teams. Javier Berg (114), Hunter Polikowsky (127), Gage Bartels (133), Carson Rowland (152), Kail … [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...]