Spring Grove’s boys made the section semifinals, but saw their season end there. Solum Surges Lions Past Kenyon-Wanamingo in Quarters For the second time in two playoff games, Spring Grove (4-seed, 23-4) played a team nicknamed Knights. For a second time, Lions were greater than Knights. Versus Kenyon-Wanamingo (5-seed, 21-6) in a 1A quarterfinal, SG had to navigate one … [Read more...]
Trojans Make 1A Semifinals, Fall Agonizingly in Overtime to Goodhue
Rushford-Peterson’s boys made their second straight 1A semifinal. They then fell agonizingly in overtime. Trojans “Poisons” Too Much for Rebels Eighth-ranked Rushford-Peterson (2-seed, 21-4) used a pick-your-poison offensive attack to down Southland (7-seed, 17-6) in a 1A quarterfinal. The Rebels fell to R-P 61-52 in the regular season, a game where the Trojans hit 11 … [Read more...]
Turnovers Doom GM Girls in Section Finals
For half of the game, Grand Meadow’s girls (3-seed, 23-6) played #3 Hayfield (1-seed, 30-0) about even. It was the other half that didn’t go so well at all. The favored Vikings got off to a good start and ended emphatically to take out GM in the 1A girls basketball section title game. Hayfield 5’11” forward Aine Stasko was the story early in the game. With GM concentrating its … [Read more...]
Caledonia’s Boys to Play PEM for 1AA Title
Their performances versus Triton and Lewiston-Altura weren’t lights out. But wins are wins and Caledonia boys basketball posted 1AA quarterfinal and semifinal victories to make the 1AA championship game. Last year’s 1AA section champs will defend their title. It’ll be two one loss ranked teams going head-to-head. Warriors Ease by Snakes in Quarterfinals It wasn’t a … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys turned away by No. 1 Hayfield in section semi-final
The Spring Grove boys could not catch up after state-ranked No. 1 Hayfield (28-2) separated with an 8-0 first-half scoring spurt and went on to win, 54-40, during a 2022 Section 1A semi-final at Rochester. The Lions (24-5), state-ranked No. 10, with the No. 4 section seed, handled the ball better than they had the previous game, but not as well as they had most of the season. … [Read more...]
Leahy is all-conference Lion, McHugh also honored
Spring Grove senior Jordian Leahy was a First Team selection on the 2022 All-Southeast Conference Basketball Team as determined by the SEC coaches. Lion junior Addyson McHugh received Honorable Mention. It was a second SEC honor season for Leahy who received Honorable Mention in 2021. Both were also Academic All-Conference. Leahy, a 5-fo ot-6 senior guard, led Lion … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball – 1A/1AA Playoffs (2/28 & 3/1)
(1AA Qtr) 8-seed Chatfield (19-8) 53, 1-seed #8 Goodhue (24-3) 80 (C: Kara Goetzinger 19 pts (8-12 FGs), 6 rebs; Jaiden Zimmerman 12 pts, 4 asts. G: E. Gadient 31 pts (11-18 FGs, 4-9 threes), 6 asts, 5 stls; Tori Miller 18 pts; Anika Schafer 13 pts. Goodhue led 18-14 midway through first half, then out-scored Chatfield 34-13 the rest of the stanza. Gadient scored 25 in the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball – 1A Playoffs (3/1 & 3/3)
(1A Play-In) 17-seed Mabel-Canton (8-18) 54, 16-seed Wabasha-Kellogg (7-19) 66 (M-C: Alex Arneson 17 pts, 7 rebs; Jaymeson Tollefsrud 14 pts (4-6 threes, 5-7 FGs), 7 rebs; Jordan Larson 11 pts (4-4 FTs), 4 asts. W-K: Adam Dunagan 19 pts; Parker Springer 15 pts. Falcons held M-C leading scorer Cayden Tollefsrud to five points (2-12 FGs). W-K led 38-21 at halftime. Cougars finish … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s girls fell to #8 Goodhue 80-53 in a 1AA quarterfinal, as Wildcat sophomore Elisabeth Gadient had 31 points. The Gophers finish at 19-9. Caledonia’s girls fell to Lourdes 52-35 in another 1AA quarterfinal. Caledonia finishes at 17-11. Houston’s girls fell 67-29 in a 1A quarterfinal to #3 Hayfield. The Hurricanes (16-12) posted their fifth straight winning season … [Read more...]
Gophers Hold Down Z-M
Chatfield boys basketball (7-seed, 16-10) held Zumbrota-Mazeppa (10-seed, 6-20) to just 35 points in notching a Round of 16 playoff win. The Gophers built a 29-16 first half lead and coasted to a 59-35 victory over the Cougars. Cole Johnson stuffed the stat sheet to lead the way (16 pts, 6-12 FGs, 4-4 FTs, 8 asts, 8 stls). Connor Jax (11 pts, 3-5 threes, 5 rebs) and Drew … [Read more...]