This year is set to be Tom Vix’s last at R-P. Over the last five seasons, one of the squads his teams have feasted on, going 8-0, has been Kingsland. In the squads’ final get-together with Vix coaching R-P, the script flipped. A pair of Kingsland guards authored a going away present, just before the holidays; a Knight win. Junior Wyatt Pruter and senior Zach Bubany scored … [Read more...]
‘Canes Make it Eight Straight
It was a long trip. The ride home probably gave Houston’s girls basketball players and coaches plenty of time to enjoy where they are at. Courtesy of a 70-41 win over Faribault-B.A, the Hurricanes ran their win streak to eight. Houston’s top three scorers on the year, Amber Chapel (16 pts, 7-12 FGs)), Jessica Kitching (16 pts, 4-6 threes, 5-8 FGs, 5 rebs, 5 assists), and … [Read more...]
Sister Power
There is girl power and then there is what happens when a pair of sisters are both very good. Kingsland girls basketball used a little sister power, and good efforts from its starting five, to post two (section) wins. The Lady Knights first hosted W-K. The Knights used a 12-0 late-first-half run to take a 33-21 lead. But by early second half, W-K was again even (40-40). … [Read more...]
FC’s Rid Monkeys
On the same night, a couple of Fillmore Central’s squads got off winless streaks of differing proportions. FCLMC wrestling competed at the Triton Triangular. Versus the host Cobras, senior Eric Kunz’s pin at 170 stoked the Wolves’ lead to insurmountable levels (36-9) with four weights left. A 36-33 victory gave FCLMC its first dual meet win since January 24, 2015, a streak … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling beat W-K 45-30 to improve to 6-1 on the year. Chatfield boys b-ball got a late Landon Bance three (64-64), a Michael Fishbaugher layup (66-64), and then an Austin Hines block at the buzzer to down Cotter/Hope Lutheran 66-64. Mabel-Canton’s boys won the board-battle 54-27 and downed Lanesboro 73-41. Four Cougars hit double-figures. M-C moved to 1-3 (SEC), … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/19 – 12/22)
M-C 73, Lanesboro 41 (MC: Brenden Kerns 16 pts (4-7 threes); Drew Wyffels 14 pts, 5 rebs, 8 assists; Blake Henry 11 pts, 9 rebs; Dylan Loppnow 10 pts (5-7 FGs), 12 rebs. L: C. Schwichtenberg 21 pts (3-9 threes, 6-12 FTs), 5 rebs; Brady Johnson 10 pts, 8 rebs) #7 in A R-P 48, La Crescent 49 in OT (RP: Payton Hahn 14 pts (3-8 threes), 6 rebs; L. Skalet 13 pts; J. Paulson 9 pts, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
La Crescent 51, R-P 42 (RP: M. Oian career-high 14 pts (6-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Nicole Blagsvedt 10 pts. R-P led 31-22 at half) Cotter 51, FC 40 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 9 pts, 6 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 8 pts, 6 rebs. FTs: C 14-27, FC 5-7) Chatfield 40, SC 67 (C: M. Pederson 15 pts (4-6 threes); Megan Hopp 9 pts; Belle Berg 8 pts) M-C 23, Kee (Lansing, IA) 52 (MC: Kenidi McCabe … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/11)
W-K 30, Chatfield 45 (Gophers won first five (27-0) and seven of first nine weights (39-9). Seth Goetzinger (113), Jake Mandt (152), and Jacob Stephas (160) had pins. Cael Bartels (126) won via tech fall (22-4). Chase Ketterhagen won an MD (10-2). W-K forfeited 106, 120, and 220. Gophers are 3-0 versus TRC foes, 6-1 overall) LARP 15, GMLOS 61 (Ross Herber (106) and Sam … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/11 – 12/16)
Chatfield 54, W-K 45 (C: Alanna Goetzinger career-high 16 pts (8-11 FGs), 6 rebs; M. Pederson 10 pts (5-6 FTs); Megan Hopp 9 pts, 6 assists. Goetzinger had 14 second half points) FC 50, La Crescent 57 in OT (FC: E. Breitsprecher 15 pts; Alleigh Meyer 10 pts; Paige Donlinger 7 pts, 8 rebs; Courtney Nelson 8 pts. FTs: FC 9-23, LC 20-42. FC led 48-46 late, but a foul away from … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/11)
GMLOS Triangular > John Marshall 36, FCLMC 30 (Orion Sass (113), Caden Anderson (132), and Eric Kunz (170) had pins for Wolves. Bradon Knutson (106 > 7-2) and Cale Anderson (126 > 6-0) won decisions. A JM pin-fall win at 285 won the match. FCLMC forfeited two, won one forfeit. There were two double FFs); FCLMC 24, GMLOS 58 (Caleb Kunz (145), E. Kunz (170), Michael … [Read more...]