Their season’s mirrored each other, and that trend stays the same in the play-offs. Kingsland and Houston’s girls each moved on to 1A quarterfinal games at Mayo Civic Center. The Hurricanes (7-seed, 15-10) downed A-C/G-E (10-seed, 13-8) 63-43. The ‘Canes led 38-21 at half, assuring they wouldn’t fall by upset like last year (lost as a 5-seed to 12-seed Southland). … [Read more...]
Gopher Boys Post Two Wins, Sour Saints
A season ago, Chatfield’s boys went 4 and 22. Jeff DeBuhr’s group will end this season nearly tripling their win total. The final week, Chatfield felled W-K 62-50, sweeping that season series (ending a four-game losing streak). Josef Fahrenholtz (14 pts, 7 rebs), Reid Johnson (12 pts), David Castleberg (12 pts, 5-7 FGs), and Chance Backer (11 pts, 5-7 FGs, 5 rebs) led the … [Read more...]
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R-P, M-C, Lanesboro, and Chatfield all won play-in play-off games in girls basketball. Abbey Hoegh had 24 to lead the Trojans past SA 68-38. Maddy Michels had a career-high 24 to lead the Cougars past B.A. 49-34. Lanesboro (18-seed) upset L-O (15-seed) 64-42. Alanna Goetzinger hit a buzzer-beater to lead the Gophers past CF 48-46. All subsequently fell. FC’s girls’ fine … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/18 – 2/22)
FC 41, #10 in AA Caledonia 90 (FC: Tyler Raaen 12 pts (5-10 FGs)) Houston 83, G-E 49 (H: J. Hongerholt season-high 27 pts, 13 rebs; A. Van Gundy 17 pts, 8 rebs; C. Danielson 12 pts; C. Van Gundy 12 pts; Mikkel Schutte 10 pts, 18 rebs, 7 asts) L-A 66, R-P 65 (R-P: Landon Skalet 19 pts (6-10 FGs, 5-7 FTs), 4 asts; Luke O’Hare 16 pts, 5 rebs) M-C 56, Lanesboro 45 (M-C: D. … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/18 – 2/21)
L/P 55, M-C 36 (M-C: Payton Danielson 9 pts; Kenidi McCabe 9 pts, 7 rebs) (1A Play-In) #19 Faribault B.A. (1-22) 34, #14 M-C (7-19) 49 (M-C: M. Michels career-high 24 pts (10-12 FTs), 10 rebs; P. Danielson 10 pts; Lexi Thorson 3 pts (1-3 FGs), 12 rebs, 9 asts, 3 stls) (1A Play-In) #17 Schaeffer Academy (5-18) 38, #16 R-P (5-21) 68 (R-P: A. Hoegh 24 pts (3-11 threes), 6 asts; … [Read more...]
Rostad, Buchholtz Make History Amid SEC-East Race
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...]
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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...]