Chatfield and Caledonia/Houston wrestling descended upon Grand Meadow for a notable Journal 11 Section 1A wrestling triangular hosted by GMLOS. Eight ranked wrestlers were in action. The Gophers continued their strong season with two wins. Chatfield (#10 in A, 6-1) versus the Warriors (Class A Lean and Mean, 10-1) was the marquee dual. Their match featured no forfeits, five … [Read more...]
Spring Grove boys fall to state-ranked MCW, dismiss Madelia
The Spring Grove boys battled but could not quite upend one of the state’s top-ranked teams on a Friday night/Saturday afternoon western excursion. Undefeated Martin County West (13-0), ranked No. 1 in the Class A computer poll and No. 4 in the press poll, used a seven-point, second-half run to turn away the Lions, 41-33, as both teams were held to their fewest points of the … [Read more...]
Spring Grove girls come close against ‘Canes, conquer Cardinals
First team to 58 points won last week, and so did both visiting teams. The Houston girls edged Spring Grove, 58-55, on Jan. 18, two nights before the Lions won at LeRoy-Ostrander, 58-33. The Hurricanes had also scored 58 in their previous win against Spring Grove, but the Lions scored 23 more points in this conference rematch than they had at Houston in early December. At … [Read more...]
Lion boys hand Class AA Lancers first loss
The Class A Spring Grove boys dealt a first loss to Class AA La Crescent-Hokah, 56-41, on Jan. 18, one night after walloping Houston, 72-24. A strong first half propelled the Lions to both road wins. Oddly enough, the winless Hurricanes had more points at halftime (Lions led 54-20) than the unbeaten Lancers (Lions led, 36-14). But La Crescent-Hokah came out of the halftime … [Read more...]
Warrior B-Ball Teams Continue to Roll
Combined, their win streaks are 18. Caledonia’s basketball teams kept rolled to a combined 5-0 week. The girls beat L-A 67-45, Kingsland 64-28, and Cannon Falls 60-47 all on the road. Versus the Cardinals, Cal led 44-28 at halftime. They hit nine three-pointers. Alexis Schroeder (19 pts, five threes) led the way. Josie Foster (14 pts) and Ava Privet (12 pts, three threes) … [Read more...]
Cal/Hou Hosts Key 1A Quad
Caledonia/Houston, Chatfield, and Goodhue wrestling teams are hoping to be big factors in Section 1A. All are ranked or rated Lean and Mean. Those schools and Glenwood City (WI) hooked up for a notable quadrangular. Matt Mauseth’s Chatfield (4-1) squad took care of GC handily, 61-15. The Hilltoppers had just three wins, none after 152. Chatfield took forfeit wins at 170 … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/11 – 1/15)
FCLMC Triangular (Neither D-E or LARP were close to full strength) > #11 in A Dover-Eyota 39, FCLMC 35 (Wolves led 5-0, but then not until 35-33 after 220. D-E won 113, 120, 132, 138, and 145. Eagles won by pinfall at 285 to win the match. Bodey Wright (220) won the matches only forfeit. Both teams were open at 126. Boston Wright (152), Cole Sass (160), O. Sass (182), … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/10 – 1/15)
Three Rivers Conference Chatfield 76, Rushford-Peterson 57 (C: P. Berg 24 pts (3-6 threes, 5-5 FTs), 7 rebs, 5 stls; Kara Goetzinger 19 pts (7-11 FGs), 8 rebs, 4 stls; Anna Kivimagi 6 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts; Shea Jech 7 pts. R-P: Ellie Ekern 18 pts (3-5 threes); Kaylee Ruberg 15 pts (7-12 FTs), 10 rebs; E. Jacobson 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Hannah Ronnenberg 8 pts, 4 asts. R-P … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/10 – 1/15)
Three Rivers Conference Fillmore Central 68, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 77 (FC: Gunner Benson 16 pts (4-6 threes); Jayce Kiehne 14 pts (3-4 threes), 6 rebs; Luke Hellickson 14 pts (4-8 threes), 7 rebs, 4 asts; Bryce Corson 9 pts, 11 asts; Jake Fishbaugher 7 pts, 6 rebs. PEM: Aeron Stevens 21 pts. PEM started up 17-0 and led 33-17 at half. FC hit 13 of 27 threes (48%), … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
GMLOS’ #2-ranked Cohen Wiste won 138-pounds at the Stewartville Invite. SG’s boys (6-0, 9-2) beat Kingsland 50-35 and GM 44-40, as Tysen Grinde scored 20. The Lions have won five in a row. L-O’s boys (4-2, 7-3) beat Schaeffer 59-41 for their fifth straight, but fell 81-56 to West leader L/P (5-0, 9-2). John Prestemon had a triple-double (11 pts, 11 rebs, 10 asts), Stephan … [Read more...]