The 1A girls basketball race is intriguing. Three Journal-covered teams – Fillmore Central, Houston, and Kingsland – very much have chances at making the section final four (and beyond). FC entered the week as the kayfabe #1 team among the Journal seven. They were the first to reach ten wins. With two victories on the week, Houston caught up to and kayfabe tied/usurped FC … [Read more...]
Falcons and Gophers Tangle
It is routine in the Three Rivers Conference. Boys and girls basketball teams typically play each other the same night, a home game for each school. East and west divisional foes Fillmore Central and Chatfield did so on January 14. Neither school holds complete bragging rights because each got a win. In Preston, Chatfield’s boys led early 14-5. Nineteen first half free … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling regrouped from a difficult triangular double loss at D-E by beating LARP 64-9 and Caledonia/Houston 45-30 at a home triangular. The Gophers improved to 3-2, 9-3. FCLMC wrestling notched its fourth win of the year (1-5, 4-6), beating St. Charles 40-27. FCLMC’s four wins equals what they had the last five seasons combined and are the most in a season since … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/13 – 1/16)
Lanesboro 48, W-K 71 (L: Sawyer Johnson 16 pts; John Prestemon 7 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts. Burros: 2-7, 5-9) L-A 112, Houston 81 (H: M. Schutte 39 pts (14-16 FTs), 13 rebs, 6 asts, 4 blks; A. Van Gundy 30 pts (4-12 threes), 8 rebs. L-A had seven guys with nine or more points led by Gunner Reed’s 29) St. Charles 72, R-P 45 (R-P: Justin Ruberg 15 pts (4-5 FTs), 8 rebs; … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/13 – 1/16)
Cannon Falls 64, Chatfield 68 (C: T. McMahon 13 pts (3-4 threes), 10 asts; Mollie Henry 12 pts (5-7 FGs); J. Zimmerman 11 pts (5-10 FGs); Z. Priebe 9 pts (4-7 FGs), 5 rebs; Silja Erickson 9 pts; Peyton Berg 8 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts. Gophers led by as many as 19 in second half. Bombers hit a three at the end of the game for a four-point final) Lanesboro 44, M-C 54 (M-C: P. … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/16 – 1/18)
FCLMC Tri > St. Charles 27, FCLMC 40 (Teams double forfeited 106 and 195. FCLMC collected forfeits at 145 (Caden Anderson), 170 (Bodey Wright), and 285 (Stefan Nikoloski). Wolves built 16-6 and 22-12 leads, but dropped 152 and 160 to trail 22-21. FCLMC took three of the last four non-double forfeit matches (two by forfeit) for the win. Connor Wingert (113), Cale Anderson … [Read more...]
Upcoming Varsity Sporting Events
(See TRC or SEC pages for specific start times) Monday, January 27 (BBB) Kingsland at Chatfield (BBB) G-E at M-C (GBB) Chatfield at Kingsland (GBB) Houston at L-A (GBB) R-P at Cannon Falls (GBB) A-C/G-E at Lanesboro Tuesday, January 28 (BBB) Houston at FC (BBB) R-P at Kingsland (BBB) Lanesboro at Cotter (GBB) Kingsland at … [Read more...]
Athletes of the Week – 1.20.20
Falcons Frenzy to 10 Wins
They can frenzy it up. Led by Kassidy Broadwater’s speed and passing, Emma Breitspecher’s length and tenacity, and Kandace Sikkink’s power and athleticism, Fillmore Central’s girls can overwhelm teams unprepared for such attributes. The Falcons pitched a 3-0 week to get to double-digit wins. On Monday, the FC ratcheted it up in the second half versus Schaeffer Academy, … [Read more...]
Trojans Rally With Solid Wins
The section 1A boy’s race is a fierce competition. Early in January, perennial force Rushford-Peterson sat at 5-5 ahead of three key 1A match-ups. They dropped the first game only to post two solid section wins to make some noise in the 1A race. Hayfield was too much on Tuesday. R-P fell 66-46. Justin Ruberg (14 pts) and Luke O’Hare (11 pts, 5-9 FGs) hit double figures for … [Read more...]