Lanesboro’s girls got 21 points from Kaci Ruen and two free throws from Malia Tessum late to beat L-A 68-67. The Burros are 3-1, 7-3. Caledonia wrestling beat Decorah 60-9 to improve to 6-0. Junior Tucker Ginther recorded his 100th career win. Cayden Tollefsrud had 25 points and Jordan Larson 22 as M-C scored a season-high in beating G-E 80-39. The duo combined for nine … [Read more...]
Gophers Girls Win Two, Head to Christmas at 8-2
They’ll head to Christmas with the most wins of any Journal 11 team. Brian Baum’s Lady Chatfield Lady Gophers aren’t super far from being 10-0. They’ve lost two close games (50-47, 65-60 in 2 OT) to quality opponents (D-E, PEM). The last days before the holiday break, Chatfield picked up two more wins over section foes. On Monday, Chatfield hosted and downed Pine Island, … [Read more...]
All-District Football: Southeast White
A multitude of players from the Class AA state champion Chatfield Gophers make the All-Southeast White team. Jeff Johnson’s crew gets seven A-D selections. Three, Ethan Ruskell (6’1” 210 DE/OL), Grady Schott (6’2” 200 TE/LB), and Caden Nolte (6’2” 275 OL/DL) are seniors. Four, Sam Backer (5’11” 195 QB/RB/S), Isaac Stevens (6’2” 180 OL/DL), Drew O’Connor (6’3” 180 TE/LB), and … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (12/23)
Cal/SG/H 118.950, Stewartville/Chatfield 117.115 (Seventh grader Paizley Lange was the night’s top scorer in two of the four events – the bars and the balance beam, while seventh grader Avery Augedahl was the best in floor exercise with the team’s best individual score, 8.200. Sophomore Sabrina Lisota was second in both beam and floor. Reflecting all four events, … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/21 – 12/23)
Decorah 9, #12 in A Caledonia/Houston 60 (Warriors took 106 (Owen Von Arx), 195 (Ayden Goetzinger), and 285 (Grant Ness) by forfeit. Braxton Lange (113), Brandon Ross (#1 at 126), Cory Scanlan (152), and Tyler Jennings (220) scored pins. Tucker Ginther (#6 at 145) won a 16-1 tech fall, his 100th career win. Simon Seymour (120) won an 8-0 major decision. Owen Denstad (#9 at … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/20 – 12/23)
Southeast Conference Lyle/Pacelli 25, Grand Meadow 57 (GM: Kendyl Queensland 14 pts (4-4 FTs), 8 rebs; McKenna Hendrickson 12 pts, 5 stls; Lauren Queensland 11 pts, 11 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls; River Landers 10 pts, 15 rebs; Sydney Cotton 5 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts. GM racked up 55 rebounds) Kingsland 70, LeRoy-Ostrander 28 (K: Shelby Beck 11 pts; Emily Miner 9 pts; Audrey … [Read more...]
Lions, Burros Split Series atop SEC East
The Spring Grove boys and the Lanesboro girls maintained/reattained their leads in their respective SEC East Division races as the Lion and Burro basketball teams played their first series of the year. At Spring Grove, defense was the key as the Lions boys (3-0 SEC) dismissed the Burro boys, 70-34. Meanwhile at Lanesboro, rebounding propelled the Burro girls (3-1 SEC) past … [Read more...]
FCLMC Hosts Annual Holiday Tourney With Chatfield, GMLOS, and LARP
Four of the five Journal 11 wrestling programs brought their singlets to Harmony for the annual FCLMC Holiday wrestling tourney. The Wolves, Chatfield, LARP, and GMLOS were joined by Zumbrota-Mazeppa plus smaller contingents from Triton, La Crescent/Hokah, W-K, Winona-Winona/Cotter, and Decorah. Z-M came out on top team-wise (247) over the Gophers (237.5), Screamin’ Eagles … [Read more...]
Knight Girls Big Winners in Key SEC Battles
The week of Monday, December 13 had a trio of SEC girls games with big early season SEC standings ramifications. The top four squads (arguably) all had at least one match-up with another top team; GM played at Kingsland, Lanesboro played at Kingsland, at GM played at Houston. The Knights-Larks battled was headlined by defense, specifically, Kingsland’s half-court zone. GM … [Read more...]
Lark Boys Run Streak to Four, Beating Knights/Canes
It wasn’t the best start to a season for a program that’s been pretty good in recent history. Grand Meadow’s boys opened the season with a 30-point loss at FC then a rivalry loss to Southland 60-51. They started 0-2. But a four-game win streak has been the rebuttal. Dakotah Rostad’s guys notched two wins the week of Monday the 20th over league foes. They took down Kingsland, … [Read more...]