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...]
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...]