After two weeks off, Grand Meadow girls basketball got back to playing. They won twice to get to 10 wins on the season. Ryan Queensland’s Larks had no problem with Spring Grove in a 66-21 SEC win. Four GM gals hit double figures; McKenna Hendrickson (19 pts, 4 rebs, 6 stls), Kendyl Queensland (17 pts, 4 rebs), Lauren Queensland (14 pts, 9 rebs), and River Landers (10 pts, … [Read more...]
LARP Wrestling Wins PEM Invite
Winning a weekend individual wrestling tournament isn’t easy. Southeast Minnesota has a plethora of good teams and wrestlers. The LARP Screamin’ Eagles did what they’ve haven’t done in a long time and pulled off the tough task. Tim Tekautz and Darrin Hegland’s group came out on top (182) at the PEM Invite, beating nearest foes Maple River/USC (173), Lake City (147), and PEM … [Read more...]
Gymnastics
K-M/Triton 121.700, Cal/SG/Hou 118.225 (Paizley Lange placed first on the uneven parallel bars with a score of 7.850, while the Warriors’ highest individual scores came in vault where Sabrina Lisota (8.050) placed second and Brianna Johnson (8.025) third. In the all-around rankings, Lange was third while Avery Augedahl and Vivian Kittleson tied for fourth. Warriors > 1-2 … [Read more...]
Trojans Boys Post Big 1AA Wins
It is often a tough task for 1A schools to compete versus 1AA teams. R-P’s boys bucked that trend, downing a couple AA TRC obstacles. Versus Chatfield (6-1), the Trojans (6-2) broke a 19-19 first half tie with a 15-4 run to end the half. They led 34-23 at intermission. The lead ballooned to 43-27 in the second. But Chatfield upped their pressure. R-P’s offense struggled … [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...]
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...]
Lady Burros Down Houston, Assume Control of SEC-East
Houston girls basketball has controlled the SEC-East as of late, winning or sharing the last four division titles. That run might be over. Lanesboro, thanks to a second win over the ‘Canes, has seized the division. The Burros (3-1, 8-4) and Houston (5-2, 8-4) entered the contest as the only two East teams plus-500. Trailing 10-7, Lanesboro went on a 15-2 run to lead … [Read more...]
Lion girls left behind after competitive start at Grand Meadow
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...]