Wabasha-Kellogg Triangular > FCLMC 33, W-K 39 (FCLMC led 33-27 heading to 215, but then lost by forfeit and Aidan Shones’ pin at 285 gave W-K the match. The Wolves also forfeited 133. FCLMC took forfeits at 107 (August Pfeffer) and 152 (William Lyke). Lane Sass (114), Connor Wingert (145), and Kane Larson (172) had pins. James Cullen (189) won a 12-7 decision); FCLMC 9, … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Six Area Girls Make State
The second girls individual section tourney took place. Six area gals qualified for state at the Sections 1 & 3 event in Redwood Falls. FCLMC’s Vivienne Hoeltzle and Katie Whelan, LARP’s Lauren Honken, head the cast. Hoeltlzle, a junior ranked #9, authored four pins to earn the 118-pound crown. She topped GMLOS frosh Brandy Christenson in the finals. Christenson had … [Read more...]
Basketball: Trojans Perfect Week Includes Epic Boys Game
Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams had a perfect week. Chris Drinkall’s guys first beat Grand Meadow 79-38. Ten Trojans scored led by Dawson Bunke’s fantastic shooting (21 pts, 7-8 threes, 5 rebs). Carson Johnson (14 pts, 7-10 FGs), Sampson Wilkemeyer (8 pts, 4-4 FGs, 7 rebs, 4 asts), and Shane Rask (9 pts, 3-11 threes) helped. R-P hit 16 of 41 threes (39%). The Trojan girls … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/8 & 2/9)
PEM Triangular > GMLOS 39, PEM 36 (The teams exchanged the lead over the last five weights. GM took its first lead at 27-24 following Cody Hyrkas’ pin (160). PEM then took 172 by forfeit to lead 30-27. Drake Payne (189) authored a pin to put GMLOS back in front 33-30. PEM then got a pin at 215 making it 36-33. GM’s Colten Gardner then notched a pin at 285 to give the … [Read more...]
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Spring Grove’s girls beat L/P and Southland to guarantee a share of the SEC title. The Lions (14-1, 20-5) lead Houston (12-2, 15-9). The teams meet in a season finale. Fillmore Central’s girls (6-6, 14-9) went 2-0 on the week including upsetting a short-handed Caledonia (11-2, 15-7) squad. Josie Foster had 25 in defeat. Kammry Broadwater scored 22 in FC’s other win over St. … [Read more...]
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Camden Hungerholt, a 6’1” junior G from LeRoy-Ostrander, scored his 1,000th career point in a loss to Lanesboro at home on January 25. This was not mentioned in last week’s sports. Hungerholt averages 23.9 PPG for the Cardinals. M-C’s Cayden Tollefsrud scored 24 points in a win over Grand Meadow, surpassing 2,000 for his career. He then scored 39 in a win over Houston, as the … [Read more...]
Basketball: Boys OT Game Headlines FC/R-P Series
Rushford-Peterson and Fillmore Central had their first boys/girls series of the year. The guys game was an overtime gem. The home #18 in A Trojans (6-3, 15-4) came out smoking early. Senior forward Dawson Bunke hit five early threes and scored 16 points in the first eight minutes as Chris Drinkall’s group jumped out to 19-3 and 28-8 leads! But trailing 32-12, FC ended the half … [Read more...]
Basketball: Lions Sweep Falcons in Notable Non-Con Series
On back-to-back nights, good Fillmore Central and Spring Grove basketball teams played each other. The boys contest featured Wade Grinde’s #3 Lions (11-1, 13-1), riding a seven-game win streak, and Brady O’Connor’s Falcons (3-6, 10-7), winners of four straight. FC upset the Lions 55-54 in 2022. Elijah Solum hit a game-winning three last year in 69-65 SG victory. The 2024 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/30 – 2/3)
FCLMC Triangular > Riceville 30, FCLMC 36 (FCLMC won forfeits at 107 (August Pfeffer) and 114 (Lane Sass). Riceville took five forfeits. There were two double forfeits (127, 145). The Wolves won the four wrestled matches all by fall, Connor Wingert (139), Boston Wright (152), Kane Larson (160), and Cole Sass (172) and they led 36-16 after 172); Stewartville 59, FCLMC 7 … [Read more...]
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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...]