The one Journal-covered school to “win” the “holiday games sweepstakes” was Kingsland. Behind splendid duos, Knight basketball teams swept Southland and Houston (in two dog-fights) to have a Merry after-Christmas and Happy pre-New Year. All four wins came on the road. Knight clubs first visited Southland. The girls won the first game of the doubleheader 56-48. Senior … [Read more...]
Falcon GBB Has a “Free”-For-All
One sure fire way to make it hard for an opponent to beat you, is to make it so said opponent’s best players aren’t on the floor the last few minutes of the game. In two holiday contests, FC girls basketball fouled out seven of ten of their opponents’ starters. The Falcons had a free-for-all at the free throw line, shooting 98 total freebies! Using a combination of speed and … [Read more...]
Nine Place at Bi-State
The holiday tourney featured 69 teams and 763 wrestlers. County wrestling squads LARP and Chatfield took on the two-day Bi-State Wrestling Classic in La Crosse. With more than 50 wresters per weight class, placing at all made quite an accomplishment. Nine guys from the Screamin’ Eagles and Gophers were able to do so (finish top 12). Team-wise, LARP tied for fifth (122.5) … [Read more...]
Johnson Leads Gophers to a New Year
Twenty-nineteen will begin like the past four years haven’t for Chatfield boys basketball. The Gophers will head to a New Year above five hundred for the first time since 2013-2014. A pair of WSU Tournament games wins assured it. The Gophers have also already matched last year’s win total. Versus Lanesboro, Chatfield out-scored the Burros 39 to 25 in the second half to … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Mikkel Schutte (31 pts, 20 rebs) and Alex Van Gundy (27 pts) combined to score 58 as Houston’s boys beat FC in a holiday game. Josh Peters had 21 points in defeat. The senior is averaging 20.7 PPG over his last six contests (24 made threes). Chatfield’s girls got their first win of the year over Lanesboro, 49-44. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/26 – 12/29)
L-A 62, Lanesboro 49 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 14 pts (4-11 threes), 5 rebs, 6 asts, 4 stls; S. Johnson 12 pts (4-11 threes); Andrew Luck DNP. Lewiston Auto WSU Holiday Game) Houston 81, FC 58 (H: M. Schutte 31 pts (11-20 FGs, 9-14 FTs), 20 rebs, 7 asts; A. Van Gundy 27 pts (10-17 FGs, 6-7 FTs), 7 rebs; J. Hongerholt 8 pts, 11 rebs. FC: Josh Peters 21 pts (5-12 threes). … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/26 – 12/29)
L-A 48, Lanesboro 32 (L: Payton Benson 11 pts; Emily Snyder 11 pts, 10 rebs. WSU Holiday Tourney Game) Chatfield 49, Lanesboro 44 (C: Alanna Goetzinger 11 pts, 10 rebs; Peyton Berg 11 pts; Tessa McMahon 9 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts. L: Lexie Johnson 14 pts, 15 rebs; E. Snyder 10 pts, 11 rebs. WSU Holiday Tourney Game. Burros: 0-5, 0-8) M-C 34, Southland 58 (Cougs: 3-2, … [Read more...]
‘Cane Girls Run Streak to Four
They aren’t yet near last year’s 10-game win streak. But a four-game streak (after a 0-3 start to the season) is simply a very good turnaround for Houston girls basketball. The week of December 17 was particularly impressive. Dale Moga’s group beat a pair of tough SEC foes. Houston began by dropping a big number on rival Spring Grove, which entered the contest 5-1. The … [Read more...]
Young Trojans Win Fifth in Six Tries
Mark the calendar; 2019-2020 should be another watershed year for Rushford-Peterson boys basketball. Until then, Trojan fans get to watch a bunch of talented young players mature. Amidst that maturing process, R-P is still pretty good. Chris Drinkall’s Trojans beat a 1A rival and a typically tough TRC foe to run a winning streak to three. Versus Kingsland, the game was … [Read more...]
Chatfield Nips GMLOS
On the first full night of TRC wrestling action, an intriguing match-up occurred in Chatfield. Just days removed from GMLOS taking first, the Gophers second, at FCLMC’s Holiday Invite, the teams took to the mats for a league dual. The lead changed hands four times with the home Gophers coming from behind twice to notch a good win. GMLOS took the first two weights (9-0). … [Read more...]