The Spring Grove girls led 10-9 after six minutes of play, but the sixth lead change – which came with a 3-point basket by Grand Meadow’s Lauren Queensland – kickstarted a 10-point Superlark run. And the final 30 minutes would not remotely resemble those first six minutes on the way to the 66-21 final count at Grand Meadow on Jan. 11. The Lions, after scoring 10 points in … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys fend off Knights, Superlarks
The Spring Grove boys, after coasting past all four SEC East Division rivals by an average score of 67-26, received serious challenges while hosting the fourth-place and fifth-place squads from the SEC West. The Lions trailed in the second half of both contests before salvaging low-scoring wins with second-half scoring surges. They kept the games close with defense that … [Read more...]
Gopher Teams Sweep Week
Chatfield’s teams, all of them, boys basketball, girls basketball, and wrestling, saw only wins the week of January 3. The b-ball squads swept Triton first. At home, Chatfield’s guys out-scored the Cobras 48-38 in the second half, erasing a 30-29 halftime deficit. They prevailed 77-68. Juniors Drew Schindler (24 pts, 8-10 FTs, 4-10 threes, 4 asts) and Isaac Stevens (22 pts, … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 – 1/8)
Crestwood Tourney (Chatfield (159) took third and Caledonia/Houston (138) fourth behind Creston (214) and Crestwood (203.5). The Gophers lone champion was Kail Schott (170 > win fall, win 16-1 tech fall, win 10-5 decision). He is 14-4. Campbell Berge (195 > win fall, lose fall to Crestwood’s 20-2 Landon Schemmel), wrestling his first matches, and Caden Nolte (285 > win … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/3 – 1/8)
Three Rivers Conference Lewiston-Altura 60, Fillmore Central 42 (FC: Madison Simon 8 pts; Kammry Broadwater 8 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts; Abby Bothun 8 pts, 5 rebs; Courtney Hershberger 7 pts. LA: Layla Tews 24 pts) Rushford-Peterson 37, Lewiston-Altura 49 (R-P: K. Ruberg 23 pts, 8 rebs. Trojans > 2-2, 6-5) Southeast Conference Houston 58, Mabel-Canton 36 (H: S. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/3 – 1/8)
Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central 45, Lewiston-Altura 95 (FC: Will Parker 11 pts, 5 rebs; L. Hellickson 8 pts. Cardinals Thomas Menk (25), Collin Bonow (23), Kyle Frederickson (23) combined for 71 points. L-A is unbeaten at 9-0) #5 in A Rushford-Peterson 54, Wabasha-Kellogg 18 (R-P: Dawson Bunke 17 pts (5-7 threes); Malachi Bunke 7 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts; Grady … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Caledonia boys’ basketball, ranked #3 in AA, stayed perfect by beating D-E 92-68 and then AAA Byron 80-64 at the ‘Rochester Hoops Challenge’. Eli King had two 28-point performance while Jackson Koepke went for 21 and 23. La Crescent/Hokah (4-0, 7-0) and the Warriors (3-0, 9-0) are both undefeated atop the TRC East. L-A (4-0, 9-0) and PEM (3-0, 9-0) are atop the TRC West. … [Read more...]
Warrior Girls Notch Two Big Section Wins
Section 1AA girls’ basketball is going to be a dogfight. As of January 10, nine teams had at least eight wins. Scott Sorenson’s Caledonia Warriors joined that group by authoring a week where they beat two eight-win 1AA foes. All told, they went 3-0 to move their win streak to four. The Warriors first dropped TRC West leading Dover-Eyota (5-1, 10-3) by a 61-53 final. Alexis … [Read more...]
Cal/Hou Wrestling Stays Perfect, Sweeps FCLMC Tri
Caledonia/Houston wrestling stayed unblemished courtesy of winning three duals the first week after the New Year. In non-conference action, Cal/Hou hosted Waukon. Forfeits loomed large. The Indians won four of seven matches wrestled, but the Warriors took forfeits at 138 (Isaac Blocker), 145 (Tucker Ginther), 152 (Cory Scanlan), 195 (Ayden Goetzinger), 220 (Tyler Jennings), and … [Read more...]
L-O Boys Down Houston, Lanesboro, GM
LeRoy-Ostrander’s boys basketball had a big first week after the New Year. Versus Houston in a non-conference game, each team had a 30-point scorer. Cardinal senior forward Tanner Olson dropped a career-high 36 points (17-37 FGs, 6 rebs, 6 stls). Hurricane senior forward Tanner Kubitz dropped a career-high 30 points (9-18 FGs, 10-14 FTs, 15 rebs). The Hurricanes battled to end … [Read more...]