They didn’t take the hard route. Lanesboro girls basketball trekked to Adams and easily handled Southland 78-48 to out-right clinch the SEC-East title over Houston. Bret Klaehn’s group grabbed their first SEC division crown since 2007. The Burros were led by Kaci Ruen (23 pts, 11-16 FGs, 17 rebs), who authored her third double-double in four games, her 17th overall. Jessie … [Read more...]
Gopher Teams Notch Big Wins
Chatfield basketball teams each had a week denoted by big wins. It started with the boys. A year ago, they nearly pulled the biggest upset of the 1AA play-offs. They had 2-seed Stewartville, headed by D-I talent Will Tschetter, on the ropes, but ultimately fell in double OT 85-77. It was redemption time as a solid Gopher squad (13-6) took the HVL leading Tigers (12-1, … [Read more...]
Third Period Comeback Dooms Chatfield Wrestling’s State Hopes
It was a thrilling, to-the-wire dual and match. It was a devastating loss for Chatfield wrestling. The #1-seed Gophers (#8 in A, 14-1) met rival Dover-Eyota (3-seed, #9 in A, 18-8) for the 1A wrestling team title. After 13 weights, the score sat tied 30-30. This wasn’t unexpected. When the Gophers and Eagles met in the regular season, Chatfield led 32-31 heading to … [Read more...]
Trojans Up Streak to Nine
It was a good week for Class A 9th-ranked Rushford-Peterson’s boys basketball. On Monday, Chris Drinkall’s group took on Southland in a rematch of last year’s 1A semi (won by the Rebels 73-55). R-P jumped out 7-2 and never trailed. And though Southland never led, they pulled to down one four times, down two six times. Their last push made it 48-46. R-P responded spurting … [Read more...]
Warriors Get Help to Wrap Up TRC-East
Caledonia boys basketball had a ho-hum week of handily defeating three opponents. They got some help from a rival and wrapped up the TRC East crown. Brad King’s guys won league games over Cotter, 91-48, and Fillmore Central, 90-69. Fifteen Warriors scored versus the Ramblers, as the score was 53-21 at intermission. Mason King hit five threes and scored a team-high 17 … [Read more...]
SG Boys Caps Thee-Win Week with Buzzer-Beater, OT Win
A last-second three-pointer by Spring Grove sophomore Elijah Solum sent the key SEC game between the Lions (21-3) and Lyle/Pacelli (20-3) into overtime, tying it for the seventh time at 37-37 after a 20-20 halftime stalemate. Then two Solum free throws, the only points scored in OT, won it for SG, 39-37. The defensive duel was a rare regular-season matchup between two 20-win … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls grab two road wins, receive No. 11 section seed
Jordian Leahy scored a career-high 33 points plus a 20-point performance as the Spring Grove girls closed the regular season with a pair of satisfying road wins at Southland, 55-37, and at Lyle/Pacelli, 74-63. The Lions the Section 1A Tournament with the No. 11 seed among 19 teams and open postseason play at No. 6 Rushford-Peterson. It will be a rematch with the Trojans having … [Read more...]
SG boys’ buzzer-beater sets up overtime triumph during three-win week
Elijah Solum nailed a buzzer-beating, 3-point basket to send the game into overtime, and then the sophomore guard scored the only two points in the extra period as the Spring Grove boys finally prevailed, 39-37, in a titanic defensive duel with visiting Lyle/Pacelli in a showdown of SEC division champions. It was the first matchup ever staged in Spring Grove between two teams … [Read more...]
Gymnastics
Section 1A Meet (Cal/SG/Hou (128.050) finished 6th among eight teams. In this final meet, the Warriors had their highest team score of the season, greatly due to season-best performances on the balance beam. The three best individual scores came from Brianna Johnson on vault (8.600), Avery Augedahl on the floor (8.550), and Vivian Kittleson on vault (8.500). Paizley Lange had … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/8 – 2/12)
FCLMC Triangular > Stewartville 36, FCLMC 41 (Wolves lost three by forfeit without winning a forfeit, but still won dual. Tigers took four straight from 120 through 138 to lead 24-9. But FCLMC then won six straight from 145 through 195, the last five by pin, to go ahead insurmountably 42-24. Wolves were subtracted a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct. Clayton Knutson … [Read more...]