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...]
Lion boys coast past Cougars, other Lions
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...]
Spring Grove girls rally, complete SEC sweep of Schaeffer
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...]
Wrestling (12/29 & 12/30)
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...]
Girls Basketball (12/27 -12/30) Non-Conference (Holiday Games)
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...]
Hot Shots
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...]
Hurricane Girls Post Two Wins at TCU Tourney
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...]
Gopher Boys Go 2-0 in Winona
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...]