Lanesboro 72, G-E 42 (L: Sawyer Johnson 15 pts (4-7 threes); J.T. Rein 10 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Ryan Holmen 10 pts, 8 rebs. Game from Feb 7. All 12 Burros scored. Score/stats in last week’s paper were from Cochrane-Fountain City game) Fillmore Central 50, Goodhue 73 (FC: Haidyn Gunderson 12 pts, 8 rebs; Carson Kiehne 10 pts) M-C 44, L/P 85 (M-C: Ethan Underbakke 11 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/10 – 2/14)
La Crescent 49, M-C 38 (M-C: P. Danielson 21 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; Jordyn Newgard 7 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 27, R-P 43 (R-P: Kaylee Ruberg 13 pts, 13 rebs; Ellie Dahl/Alayna Helgemoe 8 pts. L: J. Schreiber 9 pts, 5 rebs; B. Ruen 6 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls. Trojans end 11-game losing streak) Caledonia 42, FC 53 (FC: K. Sikkink 21 pts (7-8 FTs), 7 rebs; Lauren Mensink 8 pts, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FC’s girls beat Caledonia 53-42 and L-A 75-50. Kandace Sikkink had 21 points versus the Warriors, 27 points and 16 rebounds versus the Cardinals. The Falcons (10-5, 18-8) are 1A’s 2-seed, will host 15-seed Faribault B.A. (6-20). Houston’s girls beat A-C/G-E 79-32 and Schaeffer 51-47. Emma Geiwitz had 23 and 20 points respectively. Twenty-win Houston (12-1, 20-6) is the … [Read more...]
Knights Procure West Title
For the second straight year since moving to the SEC, Kingsland girls are division champions. The Knights’ last three SEC scheduled games were at Spring Grove (5-17), at Houston (18-4), and then at Grand Meadow (15-8). Kingsland (10-0, 14-8) entered the final stretch run with two less losses than the Larks (10-2, 15-8) atop the West division. Steve Hauser’s girls needed … [Read more...]
‘Canes Get to 18 Wins
And to think, it wasn’t too many years ago (four) Houston girls basketball had never posted a winning season. The three-year run of excellence has continued this year. Dale Moga’s Lady ‘Canes took out three more SEC foes to stay perfect in SEC play. Houston held L-O down majorly offensively in a 69-14 non-conference win. Fourteen was a season-low for points given up (the … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling Pulls Double Shut-Out
Shut-outs don’t happen too often in wrestling. Winning every match by a six-point decision is also rare. Both of the above events are certainly aided by a squad simply not having numbers and thus forfeiting. At the St. Charles triangular, Chatfield used low opponent numbers and pulled off both. They double dual shut-out St. Charles, 82-0, and La Crescent, 84-0. The … [Read more...]
Cougars Post 3-0 Week
All the wins were single digits. The Cougars, who almost play iron-girl basketball at times (five players), weren’t overpowering. But three wins in a week is three wins in a week. M-C’s girls had their best week of the season. They first downed R-P 40-35 in non-conference action. Payton Danielson (11 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls) and Camryn Cox (10 pts) hit double-figures for M-C. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Mikkel Schutte had 26 points, but R-P got double-doubles from Luke O’Hare (19 pts, 11 rebs) and Justin Ruberg (19 pts, 10 rebs) in a 56-48 Trojan win over Houston. The Hurricanes then got 21 points each from Alex Van Gundy and Caiden Danielson in an 84-65 win over Kingsland. Houston hit 16 threes and got five guys to double figures. Brady Musel had 22 in defeat for the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/3 – 2/8)
R-P 56, Houston 48 (R-P: L. O’Hare 19 pts (9-18 FGs), 11 rebs; J. Ruberg 19 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts; Malachi Bunke 10 pts. H: M. Schutte 26 pts (9-18 FGs, 5-6 FTs), 13 rebs, 5 blks; Alex Van Gundy 12 pts) FC 41, Spring Grove 68 (FC: H. Gunderson 17 pts (3-4 threes, 7-11 FGs), 10 rebs, 4 stls; Zach Haugerud 11 pts (6-7 FTs). FC trailed by 10 (46-36) with 7:51 left) #11 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/3 – 2/8)
Chatfield 58, Pine Island 66 (C: Jaiden Zimmerman 14 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts; Peyton Berg 12 pts (3-8 threes); Tessa McMahon 9 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts) FC 72, Lanesboro 36 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 16 pts (4-5 threes); Kandace Sikkink 14 pts, 8 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 10 pts, 7 rebs. L: Payton Benson 13 pts) Kingsland 49, #7 in A BP 64 (K: E. Buchholtz 18 pts (7-9 FTs), 10 … [Read more...]