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...]
Basketball: Girls Upset Highlights R-P Sweeping D-E
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...]
Hot Shots
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...]