Defense provided two road routs for the Spring Grove boys, who have an early stranglehold on the Southeast Conference East Division race. There was some offense, too; In the 58-14 win at Rochester over Schaeffer Academy on Jan. 7, sophomore guard Elijah Solum poured in a career-high 30 points while junior guard Tysen Grinde tallied 20 along with a pair of career-highs with 9 … [Read more...]

The Spring Grove girls rallied past visiting Schaeffer Academy with a 10-point run midway through the second half and went on to win by eight, 49-42. The Grove girls had trailed early by as many as 10 points (17-7) before coming to back to take the lead just nine seconds before halftime. But they would be back down at intermission, 23-21, after Gabriella Buehler sank all three … [Read more...]

Rogers Holiday Matness (GMLOS (65) took 14th out of 30 total teams including many AA and AAA schools.  St. Michael-Albertville, the AAA #1-ranked school, took first (241) over AA #3 Becker (187), AAA #5 Anoka (177), and AAA #9 Apple Valley (154.5).  At least 10 teams in the top 10, or classified as Lean Mean, in Classes A, AA, or AAA, competed.  Cohen Wiste (#6 at 138) and … [Read more...]

Maple River 47, Caledonia 46 (C: Paige Klug 11 pts; Jovial King 10 pts; Alexis Schroeder 8 pts.  MR: Claire McGregor 22 pts.  McGregor hit two free throws in the final 0:20 which proved the game winners.  Warriors led 23-17 at halftime.  Cal hit 7 threes, Maple River 9.  FTs: MR 8-12, C 3-11.   WSU Tourney)  Waseca 38, Caledonia 47 (C: Ava Privet 10 pts; P. Klug 10 pts; Josie … [Read more...]

Elijah Solum scored 25 points as Spring Grove (3-0, 5-2) rebounded from a loss to R-P, beating D-E 44-33.  Taylor Glynn scored 23 points as GM’s boys beat Medford 65-47.  Peyton Berg had 20 points including making 10 free throws, but Chatfield’s girls (3-2, 8-4) lost to Onalaska-Luther.  Caledonia’s girls split games in Winona, losing 47-46 to Maple River, beating Waseca … [Read more...]

Dale Moga’s Houston girls, the defending section champs, posted a pair of wins at the Tri-City United holiday tournament to end 2021 well.  Versus LeSueur-Henderson, junior forward Sydney Torgerson had a huge night.  She put up a season-high (27 pts, 11-18 FGs, 5-5 FTs, 10 rebs, 3 asts, 4 stls) in leading team double-H to a 72-38 win.  Nicole Beckman (12 pts, 4-9 threes) and … [Read more...]

Chatfield boys basketball had a successful holiday tournament run.  Jeremy McBroom took his team to the WSU Holiday classic and picked up two wins.  They first beat Prairie du Chein 67-35.  Junior guard Drew Schindler scored a game-high 24 points (9-12 FTs, 5-8 threes).  He had 16 in the first half.  Eli Hopp (14 pts, 4-5 FGs, 4-4 FTs, 5 rebs), Connor Jax (10 pts, 6 rebs), … [Read more...]

There was a time a few years back where Rushford-Peterson’s girls and boys basketball teams were very strong.  The girls have fallen off in recent memory, but this season things are looking solid or better for both.  The Trojans hosted a two-night holiday tournament, with SG, D-E, and Randolph.  R-P’s teams both went 2-0.  The girls started things versus Spring Grove.  They did … [Read more...]

Le Seuer-Henderson 73, Houston 38 (H: Tanner Kubitz 14 pts (8-10 FTs), 6 rebs; Morgan Rohweder 12 pts (4-5 threes); Maddox Rodriguez 7 pts.  Tri-City United Tourney) Lester Prairie 73, Houston 40 (H: T. Kubitz 13 pts (5-8 FTs), 6 rebs; Zach Olson 10 pts (4-6 FGs).  Tri-City United Tourney.  Hurricanes > 0-3, 0-7) Medford 47, Grand Meadow 65 (GM: T. Glynn 23 pts (8-16 … [Read more...]