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...]
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...]
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...]
Rushford-Peterson Ready for 2024
The Rushford-Peterson School Board quickly completed their organizational portion of their meeting at their first meeting January 22. Board officials remain the same as last year with Chris Grindland, chair; Amy Woxland, vice-chair; Ken Sawle, treasurer; Matt Helgemoe, clerk. Meeting dates will be the third Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Board salaries were discussed. Ken … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Four-Win Week Sends R-P to Five in a Row
They are playing good basketball. Rushford-Peterson’s girls are playing defense, moving the ball around, and taking good shots. Their efforts led to a four-win week that ran their win streak to five. Coming off taking down then ranked and then TRC undefeated, Class AA Dover-Eyota, Joe Hatch’s squad beat Lewiston-Altura 74-31. Ellie Ekern (14 pts, 4-7 threes, 5 rebs, 5 asts), … [Read more...]
Non-Conference Boys Basketball (1/16 – 1/20)
Chatfield 65, Houston 70 (H: M. Rohweder 31 pts (10-19 FGs, 6-7 threes, 5-6 FTs), 9 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls; C. Geiwitz 9 pts, 7 asts; Zach Olson 9 pts, 8 asts; A. Wedl 8 pts, 12 rebs. C: C. Harstad 24 pts (5-11 threes), 4 asts, 5 stls; Ryan Rindels 12 pts; Cole Novotny 10 pts, 9 rebs; Masyn Kreter 9 pts. Chatfield closed the gap after the Hurricanes built a 45-25 halftime lead … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/16 -1/20)
West Salem/Bangor 30, Caledonia/Houston 32 (Cal/Hou won five of six weights from 133 thru 172 to break a 12-12 and build a 32-15 lead. Aden Kulas (189) then fell by 5-4 decision, which assured a Cal/Hou win (led 32-18 with two weights left). Aaren Kulas (114) and Owen Denstad (145) won by fall, Aiden Burns (107) by injury default, Braxton Lange (133 > 16-3) and Isaac Blocker … [Read more...]