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...]
Wrestling (1/5 – 1/8)
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...]