Girls basketball teams Kingsland and Houston had a converging final week of the regular season. The Hurricanes (9-2, 13-9) entered atop the SEC-East, Knights (7-3, 12-9) in second, Houston two league games left, Kingsland three (including a head-to-head). Two seniors each set their school’s basketball all-time scoring marks. On Monday, Houston hosted La Crescent. … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Landon Skalet hit 9 of 10 threes and scored a career-high 35 points, but Noah King authored a last second tip-in to propel #10 Caledonia past R-P 75-73. Kingsland’s boys had a 3-0 week, beating FC 54-46, Schaeffer 70-37, and G-E 75-44. Wyatt Pruter had 30 points versus Lions, 16 (pts), 13 (rebs), 11 (asts), 5 (stls) and 4 (blks) versus the Wolverines. The Knights (9-3, … [Read more...]
Chatfield Battles Amid Tight 1A Wrestling Race
Wide open best described the Section 1A wrestling team tournament. The top seven teams, #5 in A Z-M (1-seed, 15-8), #12 in A Goodhue (2-seed, 22-8), Lean and Mean Chatfield (3-seed, 7-6), Lean and Mean D-E (4-seed, 14-7), Caledonia/Houston (5-seed, 13-7), and Lean and Mean GMLOS (6-seed, 14-6) all entered with at least six losses. Only Chatfield (3-1) posted a winning record … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/11 – 2/16)
FC 46, Kingsland 54 (K: W. Pruter 16 pts (8-11 FTs), 5 rebs, 7 asts; Reid Kruegel 14 pts, 6 rebs, 5 stls; Zach Hauser 13 pts (3-7 threes, 5-9 FGs). FC: Josh Peters 16 pts (4-8 threes), 5 rebs; Zach Haugerud 14 pts (5-8 FGs)) Pine Island 57, Chatfield 42 (C: R. Johnson 12 pts; David Castleberg 10 pts, 5 rebs) R-P 59, G-E-T 64 (RP: Justin Ruberg 17 pts (7-11 FGs), 7 rebs; … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/11 – 2/16)
D-E 73, R-P 44 (RP: A. Hoegh 25 pts (5-12 threes)) SG 58, FC 69 (FC: K. Sikkink 20 pts (6-12 FGs, 8-13 FTs), 8 rebs; Madison Scheevel 12 pts (3-10 threes), 7 rebs; Paige Donlinger 11 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts; Emma Breitsprecher 13 pts, 8 rebs; Kassidy Broadwater 3 pts (0-2 FGs), 10 rebs, 9 asts, 4 stls) Chatfield 41, Cotter 56 (Ch: Silja Erickson 9 pts, 6 rebs; Peyton Berg 8 … [Read more...]
Wrestling
(1A Wrestle-In) 11-seed FCLMC (0-16) 12, 6-seed GMLOS (14-6) 72 (Wolves got pins from Cale Anderson (120) and Michael Barrett (220). Every bout was a six-pointer. Wolves finish at 0-17) (1A Wrestle-In) 10-seed W-K (2-11) 18, 7-seed LARP (8-16) 45 (LARP took 132, 145, 182, and 285 by forfeit. Jordan Zibrowski (113), Ross Herber (120), and Carter Jonsgaard (126) had pins … [Read more...]
Skalet, Trojans Topple
The levels to the game were many. It was a re-match of last year’s section title game. It was a renewal of a great Section 1A boys basketball rivalry. It was a firm statement by the section’s perennial power, now under a new coach, and with a near completely new cast of players. And said team’s old coach stood on the other sideline in a surreal situation. On a Monday … [Read more...]
Morken Class A Coach of the Year
Volleyball season is a few months over, but statewide coaching honors were handed out. Mabel-Canton’s Lonnie Morken was named Class A Head Coach of the Year. The recognition was voted on by his volleyball peers who wanted to recognize his outstanding work this past season. The Cougars, devoid of any rotational player over 5’9”, went 30-6, losing in the 1A East final to … [Read more...]
‘Canes Surge, Eye Second East Title
They have two league games left and own a one game lead in their division. One year after winning its first ever girls basketball conference (division) title, Houston is eyeing a repeat. Three roads wins helped that cause. Houston beat R-P 68-45 in non-conference action. The ‘Canes were led by their senior/soph tandem of Alyssa Rostad (24 pts, season-best 6-7 threes, 8-13 … [Read more...]
County-County Week
The first full week in February, tinged with some cancellations, featured six b-ball games between county teams. Monday authored the Kingsland/Chatfield (now) non-conference series. In Spring Valley, 6’8” senior center Josef Fahrenholtz had career scoring and rebounding highs (27 pts, 11-17 FGs, 19 rebs, 9 offensive) to lead the Gophers to a 77-69 win. Wyatt Pruter … [Read more...]