Rushford-Peterson and Dover-Eyota had their yearly basketball series. An upset on the girls’ side was a major story. Dover-Eyota’s gals entered the game ranked #7 in Class AA, without a TRC loss, with just one loss period (to Class AAA Winona), and leading the TRC-West (8-0, 14-1). Rushford-Peterson’s girls (3-3, 8-5) ended a five-game series losing streak to D-E with a win … [Read more...]
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Caledonia’s sixth-ranked boys beat PEM 85-42, as four Warriors made double figures. Brad King’s group (5-0, 10-2) picked up its 10th win. They sit a half game back of La Crescent/Hokah (6-0, 10-4) in the TRC-East. Spring Grove beat GM 82-8. Notably, standout Lions senior Elijah Solum returned to the court (9 points) after a torn ACL last spring. The Lions (6-1, 8-1) lead the … [Read more...]
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (1/4 & 1/5)
PEM 51, Rushford-Peterson 46 (R-P: E. Ekern 22 pts (10-12 FTs), 11 rebs; Cassandra Boyum 9 pts (4-5 FGs), 6 rebs. The Trojans led 26-22 at intermission but were out-scored 29-20 in the second half. TOs: R-P 24, PEM 18. R-P > 3-3, 8-5) #8 in AA Dover-Eyota 71 Fillmore Central 37 (FC: Kammry Broadwater 17 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts, 3 blks; Alyssa Britton 12 pts (6-11 FGs). Seniors … [Read more...]
Wrestling: 10-0 LARP Sweeps Quad with GMLOS, Cal/Hou, and Westfield
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson wrestling continued its foray into the recent world of undefeatedness via a quadrangular sweep at GMLOS which also included Caledonia/Houston and Westfield. Tim Tekautz and Darrin Hegland’s group has just one ranked wrestler (#9 at 107 Christian Zibrowski), but they are physically stacked enough up and down the line-up that no team has beat … [Read more...]
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (1/4 & 1/5)
Lyle/Pacelli 18, Spring Grove 64 (SG: K. Soiney 20 pts, 4 rebs, 5 stls; Siri Konkel 14 pts, 3 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls; Kylie Hammel 11 pts, 5 rebs, 3 asts; Emerson Ingvalson 8 pts, 5 rebs, 7 asts, 4 stls. The Lions scored the first 14 points of the game, and the sophomore Soiney scored her 1,000th career point. SG > 5-0, 9-2) Grand Meadow 64, Schaeffer Academy 43 (GM: L. Foster … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Trojans Get to 10 Wins, Bunke Tops 1,000
Rushford-Peterson’s boys had an eventful week. They won two games. Versus PEM, Chris Drinkall’s bunch authored a comeback to earn their 10th victory. Their senior shooter surpassed 1,000 career points. R-P first easily handled LeRoy-Ostrander 88-45. Dawson Bunke (20 pts, 5-8 threes, 5-5 FTs) and Will LaFleur (19 pts, 7-9 FGs, 5-7 threes) combined for 10 threes and 39 points. … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 -1/6)
The Clash XXI (Caledonia/Houston competed in this 32-team two-day dual-meet tourney, going 1-5, taking 31st place. Owen Denstad and Isaac Blocker were two of 46 wrestlers to go 6-0. Braxton Lange picked up his 100th career win at the event) > Bracket D Quarters > D-III #3 Bettendorf 56, Caledonia/Houston 16 (Denstad (145) and Aiden Burns (107) had pins for the Warriors, … [Read more...]
Wrestling: LARP Sweeps Lake City Tri to Start 7-0
It is their best start in many years. LARP wrestling swept a triangular at Lake City and they are now 7-0 on the year. They downed the host Tigers, 54-15. Christian Zibrowski (114), Carter Bronk (127), Colten Jenkins (133), Jordan Zibrowski (139), Quintin Betthauser (145), Carter Cady (160), and Zach Plank (189) had pins. Titan Tekautz (152) won by forfeit. Owen Lange (121) and … [Read more...]
Basketball: Warriors Sweep Benefit Doubleheader at R-P
The games were not close but the related cause associated with the doubleheader was important as Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams hosted Caledonia. On the court, the Warrior girls used their length to handle the Trojans. Scott Sorenson’s group started the game 19-3 and never looked back in posting a 59-28 win. R-P’s plight was hindered by starting All-TRC point guard Ellie … [Read more...]
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Kingsland’s Beau Wiersma (RB), Parker Johnson (DE), and Ayden Howard (WR), and LeRoy-Ostrander’s Camden Hungerholt (QB), were honored as Nine-Man All-State in football. Wiersma and Johnson already earned Associated Press 2nd team All-State (all classes). Nine-man All-State HM selections included L-O’s Malyk Schaefer (OL/DL), M-C’s Cayden Tollefsrud (RB/LB), and SG’s Jaxon … [Read more...]