Miracle may be a strong word. When R-P boys basketball beats an opponent, it’s rarely a miracle. One week plus removed from the Minneapolis Miracle, Stefon Diggs’ 61-yard TD catch to beat the New Orleans, Tom Vix’s group sent TRC shockwaves by beating some other Saints. St. Charles entered the contest coming off its only loss, 81-57 to defending Section 1AA champ Lake … [Read more...]
Knights Run County TRC Gauntlet
Fillmore County boasts four TRC schools. Kingsland’s basketball teams have now swept the other three. Knight squads beat Chatfield and R-P in December. In late January, Kingsland swept FC to run the gauntlet. In Preston, John Fenske’s guys grabbed a 70-47 victory. They were plus-11 at the free throw line (16 of 26 to 5 of 12). Team double-K got four in double figures. … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling Improves to 9-1
On parents and youth exhibition night, Chatfield wrestling continued its excellent year, hounding St. Charles through the middle weights, to post a convincing win. The Gophers led 16-11 through 132, only to win five straight; Nathan Goldsmith (138, 8-4 D), Campbell Berge (145, pin), Luke Ihrke (152, pin), Jake Mandt (160, forfeit), Davontae Goldsmith (170, 18-7 MD). Chatfield … [Read more...]
A Quick Strengthen
A weakened storm restrengthened quickly. Hurricane girls basketball regrouped from its worst shooting night (23%), it worst loss (51-43 to W-K). Houston tied a season-high with 21 assists, put up a season-high in points, and shot a season-best 55% (34-62) in beating Spring Grove 80-57. Alyssa Rostad had career-highs in points (30) and threes (7-10). Amber Chapel (18 pts, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Jake Mandt (#1 in Class A at 145) won his fourth tourney of the year (Lake City). He improved to 25-0 (corrected). LARP wrestling had two one-point matches at the K-M duals (beat Winona 40-39, lost to Worthington 37-36). Ross Herber (106), Carter Jonsgaard (113), Gable Speltz (120), Ethan Sense (170/182), and Noah Herber (182/195) each went 4-1 on the week. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/23 – 1/27)
Chatfield 43, La Crescent 61 (C: Landon Bance 9 pts (3-5 threes); Ben Brogan 8 pts, 6 rebs; Austin Hines 7 pts, 12 rebs) M-C 47, GM 73 (MC: Dylan Loppnow 12 pts (6-8 FGs), 8 rebs; Pierce Lind 10 pts, 6 rebs; Blake Henry 10 pts; D. Wyffels 4 pts, 7 rebs, 9 assists. Cougars: 0-16 threes) Schaeffer Academy 61, Houston 46 M-C 54, SG 73 (MC: Ryan Kuhn career-high 13 pts, 4 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/23 – 1/26)
La Crescent 43, Chatfield 45 (C: Macy Pederson 14 pts (3-6 threes); B. Berg 13 pts; Alanna Goetzinger 10 pts, 9 rebs) L-O 30, M-C 56 (MC: K. McCabe 23 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls; Payton Danielson 18 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assists, 4 stls) R-P 25, St. Charles 63 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 pts. Seven other Trojans scored, but no more than 4 points) Schaeffer Academy 47, Lanesboro 29 (L: … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/23- 1/27)
Waukon 33, FCLMC 45 (Wolves jumped out 21-0. Match was tied 33-33 after 195. Wolves took 220/285 by forfeit to win second dual of year. FCLMC was winless the past two years. Each team had three forfeits. Bradon Knutson (106), Cale Anderson (113), Caleb Kunz (145), and Eric Kunz (160) had pins for FCLMC. Caden Anderson (126) won a 7-4 decision); St. Charles 51, FCLMC 9 … [Read more...]
Gopher Wrestling Moves to 8-1
The last time Chatfield wrestling started the year 8-1, it was 2013-2014. That 8-1 start became a 27-1 Class A state championship season. It would be a bit much to expect that much from this year’s Gophers. Section 1A boasts defending Class A champion #1 Z-M (16-4), plus #3 Goodhue (13-3). But Travis Bartels group is off to a great start. Caledonia/Houston was the latest … [Read more...]
Rostad Tops 1,000, Hurricanes Move to 14-3
It was a week that ended with a tough loss. But Houston’s girls watched their top player hit a ballyhooed threshold and they beat a couple league foes to stay atop the SEC-East. Junior Alyssa Rostad entered a match-up at Schaeffer Academy needing 17 points to hit 1,000 for her career. With an assist from her sister Becca, the 5’5” guard nailed a three to become one of six in … [Read more...]