In the span of a few hours, versus Chatfield, Kingsland b-ball players posted some rare feats. In Spring Valley, Lauren Buchholtz started the night 13 points away from 1,000. Late in the first half, after a Knight steal, the 5’8” junior guard out-raced all for an easy glide in lay-up. It put her at 1,001. She joins Paisley Larson (1,296), Amy Mahlum (1,217), Cheyenne Losey … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Wrestling Section 1A team tourneys took place. FCMLC (10-seed) lost to D-E (7-seed) 64-9. The Wolves’ season concludes at 2-16. LARP (6-seed) beat Triton (11-seed) 57-24. The Screaming Eagles then fell to Chatfield (3-seed) 54-22 in the quarters. LARP finishes at 10-11. Chatfield fell to Goodhue (2-seed) 46-22 in the semis. The match was tied 22. The Wildcats took the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
Lanesboro 46, FC 59 (FC: L. Ristau career-high 19 pts (9-15 FGs); Josh Peters 15 pts; Nate Haugerud 12 pts (6-7 FGs), 6 rebs, 5 assists. L: C. Schwichtenberg 22 pts (4-12 threes); A. Luck 14 pts (6-6 FTs). Falcons had a 19-3 first half run) Schaeffer Academy 71, M-C 61 (MC: D. Wyffels 16 pts, 8 assists; Dylan Loppnow 12 pts, 9 rebs; Brenden Kerns 11 pts; Logan Richardson … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
SG 51, M-C 53 (MC: Payton Danielson 16 pts, 9 rebs, 6 stls; Jordyn Newgard 12 pts (6-7 FTS)) Hope Lutheran 30, R-P 38 (RP: L. Lawston 15 pts, 7 rebs, 5 stls) L-O 32, FC 82 (FC: Kelly Ristau career-high 15 pts, 13 rebs; Paige Donlinger 13 pts (3-3 threes), 5 rebs; Madison Scheevel 12 pts (4-9 threes); Grace Miller 11 pts, 4 stls. Falcons hit 11 of 22 threes. FC has won … [Read more...]
Wrestling Team Sections (2/15 & 2/17)
(1A Wrestle-In) 11-seed Triton (5-16) 24, 6-seed LARP (9-10) 57 (LARP took four by forfeit, forfeited one. Gable Speltz (120), Sam Schwendinger (126), Jacob Meyer (152), Sam Puetz (160), and Noah Herber (182) had pins, Carter Jonsgaard (113 > 8-1) a decision win for Screaming Eagles) (1A Wrestle-In) 10-seed FCLMC (2-15) 9, 7-seed D-E (5-7) 64 (Wolves forfeited four … [Read more...]
Healing Through Winning
High school sports are supposed to be innocent. Kids play for the fun, for their parents and families, for the glory, and to learn lessons like discipline, dedication, team-work, and perseverance. The teenage years are supposed to be a carefree time in life. But tragedy doesn’t know an age. On back-to-back nights in Mabel, Cougar basketball players took the court days … [Read more...]
Gophers/Bulldogs Battle For TRC Wrestling Title
For wrestling, the TRC has two divisions, East and West. With some help from a postponement, West co-leaders PEM (8-0, 18-6), and Chatfield (8-0, 11-1) met in primetime (Saturday, 7 p.m.) to conclude the regular season. The dual for TRC supremacy was decided by a single point. It came down to the final weight. Chatfield got wins from Seth Goetzinger (106 > 12-5 D), Cael … [Read more...]
‘Cane Girls are SEC-East Champs
Houston girls basketball had already clinched a share of their first SEC-East title prior to a league match-up with L-O. The ‘Canes beat the Cards in December 66-32. A re-match was similarly lop-sided. Alyssa Rostad scored 28 points (4-5 threes, 6-7 FTs, 5 rebs, 4 assists, 6 stls) to lead Houston to a 79-39 win. Dale Moga’s ‘Canes are stand-alone SEC-East champs. Amber … [Read more...]
Lutes Lifts FC Past Lions
On January 29, FC boys basketball beat L-O for their first win over a plus-500 team in almost a year. It took just 10 days to top another good SEC team. Versus Schaeffer Academy, Aaron Mensink’s group (3-10, 5-15), trailed 38-32 with under 3:00 left. Josh Peters then hit a three (38-35). After a big Matt Lutes block, the senior scored, making it 38-37 (1:51). Schaeffer … [Read more...]
Knights Steal it From Lions
Spring Grove’s girls led Kingsland 57-50 with a little over two minutes to go, only for Kingsland to rally for a nice victory. The Knights ended on an 8-0 run. Freshman Ellie Buchholtz had six of those points. Senior Kori Kruegel had the game winning bucket (from E-Buchholtz) with about ten seconds left. Lion Lauryn Bohr took a shot with 0:02 but it was no good. The … [Read more...]