This season marked LARP wrestling’s third in the Bi-State Classic at La Crosse Center. In 2015, LARP had no individuals place. They took 16th of 19 (Division II pool). Last year, they had four top 12 placers and finished 7th (of 20). This year, LARP took 8th (of 22). The Screaming Eagles had three placers. Two finished top five. Freshman Carter Jonsgaard (113) used … [Read more...]
Holiday Hoops
Holiday hoops action was highlighted by SEC (MC/Houston) versus TRC (FC/Kingsland) contests. A trio of girls scorers took center stage. One girls team ran its win streak to ten. A boys team improved to 8-4. Buchholtz and Danielson Duel On the first night of the TRC/SEC holiday games, M-C hosted Kingsland. The Knight girls used a 15-0 run out of halftime to expand a … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
R-P’s boys (1-3, 5-3) hosted their own holiday tourney, posting season-bests in points in wins over Mankato-Loyola (74-35) and Klawock, Alaska (76-42). In other SEC/TRC holiday games, James Hongerholt had 24 points to lead Houston past FC 64-43. The Falcons then got four in double figures to beat M-C 66-47. FC’s girls beat M-C’s in double overtime 51-46, as the teams … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/28 – 12/30)
Mankato-Loyola 35, R-P 74 (RP: Payton Hahn 13 pts; Peyton Morrison 11 pts; Kobe Lind 9 pts; Luke O’Hare 9 pts, 7 rebs; Ben Ansell/Dawson Dahl 8 pts. Trojans holiday tourney) FC 43, Houston 64 (H: J. Hongerholt 24 pts (10-12 FGs); A. Van Gundy 19 pts. FC: Nate Haugerud 10 pts, 8 rebs, 4 stls. Hurricanes led 24-22 at halftime, out-scored FC 40-21 in second stanza. SEC/TRC … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/28 – 12/30)
M-C 46, FC 51 in 2 OT (FC: Madison Scheevel 9 pts, 5 stls; Alleigh Meyer 8 pts, 6 rebs. MC: P. Danielson 17 pts (10-15 FTs), 6 rebs. FGs: FC 13-62, MC 12-42. FTs: FC 23-51, MC 18-29. Threes: MC 4-16, FC 2-18. Game was tied 40-40 after regulation and 42-42 after first overtime. FC ends a 5-game skid. SEC/TRC holiday game. Falcons: 2-4, 3-6. Cougars: 1-3, 2-8) … [Read more...]
Pruter/Bubany Lead Knights Past R-P
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...]