Carson Harstad scored 30 points, Ross Stoehr 28, and Brandt McBroom 21, as Chatfield downed D-E 92-86. The Gophers (6-3, 10-7) trail L-A (6-2, 11-3) in the TRC-West. Spring Grove’s boys, winners of five of six, got five in double figures in downing Kingsland 78-60 and Houston 74-51. Kaaleem Reiland for the Knights and Atreyu Florin for the Hurricanes each scored 23 in defeat. … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/2)
Girls Wrestling: Chatfield Takes Second at Second State Dual Meet In the second incarnation of the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association girls dual championship, Chatfield had themselves a big event. Last year, they took 13th of 16. After a trio of hard-fought duals, the 8th-ranked Gophers wrestled for the state team title this year. In the Round of 16, Chatfield faced #9 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/2)
Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Clinch Share of East, Klug Become All-Time Scorer Caledonia girls basketball is on a roll. Scott Sorenson’s #10 in AA Warriors had a dominating three-win week that featured their best player setting the girls’ all-time scoring mark. In an afternoon Martin Luther King Day game, the Warriors ended the seven-game win streak of #6 in Class A Mayer … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/26)
Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Run Win Streak to Five Caledonia’s girls continued their dominance of TRC competition with wins over Dover-Eyota at home and Lewiston-Altura on the road. The 9-4 Eagles usually put up a fight, but the teams’ league contest saw the Warriors dominate the second half 43-12. Said effort turned a 31-23 halftime lead into a 74-35 win. The Eagles were … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/26)
Wrestling: LARP Posts Seven-Win Week Including Topping #3 K-W LARP wrestling continued their strong season with seven dual wins in eight tries including sweeping a triangular and a quadrangular at home. In Lewiston on a Tuesday, LARP took care of #3 in A Kenyon-Wanamingo 43-21 and Winona High 69-6. The win over the Knights was the Screamin’ Eagles’ second victory over a … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/26)
Boys Basketball: Class AA Uncertainty It was week that showed that the Class AA race in boys basketball is very uncertain (save #2 Goodhue). Gophers Top East Co-leader Cotter, Albert Lea to Win Sixth Straight Chatfield’s boys continued to roll. On Monday, they notched a win over TRC-East leader Cotter/Hope Lutheran (4-0, 11-2), a team that had been ranked #6 in the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (1/26)
In notable SEC boys games, East-leading Lanesboro beat West second-place Grand Meadow 57-47 behind Nick Taylor’s double-double (19 pts, 14 rebs). Spring Grove then got a double-double (22 pts, 12 rebs) from Devon Williams including two free throws with 12.7 seconds left to prop a 65-61 Lion lead on the Burros in a 65-63 win. Taylor went for 28 (pts) and 13 (rebs) in defeat. He … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/19)
Wrestling: Warriors Top LARP, Sweep WK Triangular Wrestling in the TRC authored up another surprise. The first shock was LARP beating #2 Chatfield 39-36 to start the year. At W-K triangular, Caledonia/Houston (3-13) topped LARP (2-0, 8-1) by 36-36 score on criteria. The dual came down to the last weight between ranked wrestlers. Cal/Hou started with pins by Kiptyn Meiners … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (1/19)
Caledonia’s girls basketball beat PEM 81-54 and St. Charles 72-39. Aubrie Klug scored 39 versus the Bulldogs and 29 versus the Saints. The Warriors (7-0, 10-3) lead the TRC-East over Cotter/HL (4-2, 7-7). Nadia Happel scored 28 points as R-P topped W-K 88-25. Hailee Warren scored 23 as Kingsland topped St. Charles 56-48. Avery Kingsley scored 22 as Houston topped A-C/G-E 69-48. … [Read more...]
Basketball (1/19)
Basketball: Around the Horn Hoops It was a week of basketball games between area teams. LeRoy-Ostrander and Lanesboro had a boys/girls series, as did Fillmore Central and Chatfield, Spring Grove (SG/M-C) and Grand Meadow, Houston and L-O. The Falcons also hosted Kingsland in boys b-ball, as did L-O with GM, Mabel-Canton with Houston, Houston with Lanesboro, and SG with M-C. … [Read more...]