Lanesboro 61, Kingsland 69 (K: W. Erdman 20 pts (9-9 FTs), 6 rebs; B. Musel 14 pts (8-9 FTs), 13 rebs, 3 blks; Reed Merkel 9 pts; Nathan Lund 9 pts (3-4 threes). L: J. Prestemon 20 pts (6-6 FTs), 5 rebs, 7 asts; S. Johnson 19 pts (6-9 threes); Carter Clarke 9 pts (3-3 threes); J.T. Rein 9 pts, 5 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls. FTs: King 22-28, L 11-18. Knights end a five-game … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/18 – 2/20)
1A Play-In > 17-seed L-0 (0-24) 37, 16-seed R-P (3-22) 34 (R-P: Ellie Dahl 8 pts, 6 rebs; Alayna Helgemoe 7 pts, 4 rebs, 5 stls. Trojans finish at 3-23) 1A Round of 16 > 10-seed Lanesboro (9-17) 49, 7-seed Southland (11-11) 62 (L: Payton Benson 19 pts (7-9 FTs), 4 stls; Jessie Schreiber 9 pts, 13 rebs. Burros finish at 9-18) … [Read more...]
Knights Go SEC-Perfect to West Title
The final week of the regular season turned into a play-off readying two-step for Kingsland girls basketball. The Knights faced top teams from the SEC East and West. The original Kingsland versus Houston girls basketball game was scheduled for mid-season (postponed per snow). By the time the teams took the court, Houston (11-0, 18-5) was East Division champion and Kingsland … [Read more...]
Wrestling Teams Take on Play-Offs
The 2020 Section 1A and 1AA wrestling team play-offs saw each of the three county programs fighting to move on. FCLMC got the rare play-off win. LARP was up big before upper weights hindered its plight. Chatfield fell by a single point to the eventual section champion. In Class AA, LARP (5-seed, 9-9) took on PEM (4-seed, 13-9) in a quartefinal. Things went the Screaming … [Read more...]
Gophers Snag “Get Back” Wins
It has been an up and down year for Chatfield boys basketball. They started with just one win in ten games. The Gophers then won five straight. They then dropped four straight. Two of the ten losses to start the year were to Southland (90-87) and D-E (68-55). In TRC-West division re-matches, Chatfield got some “get back” wins. Jeff DeBuhr’s group won at the Rebels 74-68. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/7 – 2/14)
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...]