Full-Strength Knights Post 3-0 Week A finally-at-full-strength Kingsland boys squad notched a 3-0 week. A non-SEC game versus Fillmore Central was a battle. The Falcons were down multiple rotation players and it showed early. The Knights jumped out 23-7. FC first fought back to down four twice. Kingsland replied, building a 37-25 lead. FC then battled back again, spurting … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/27)
Grove Girls Extend Winning Streak to Six The Spring Grove girls improved to 11-3 while extending their winning streak to six. Four of those wins involved overcoming second-half deficits, including two of the three games the week of Monday, January 13. The Lions dominated their only conference game at Lyle/Pacelli (77-34). It was sandwiched between non-conference wins at … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/27)
Wrestling: All Five Area Squads Mix It Up The week in wrestling saw the five ‘Journal-covered’ squads mix it up. Caledonia/Houston hosted Chatfield and W-K for a triangular. LARP hosted GMLOS and W-K. Dover-Eyota hosted the Gophers and FCLMC. The Cal/Hou tri in Houston had three very lopsided matches. Top-ranked Chatfield dominated, beating the Falcons 75-0 and the … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/14 & 1/18)
Cal/SG/Hou 132.4250, PI/ZM 133.4000 (The Warriors received the highest varsity and junior varsity team scores under the current coaching staff. Cal/SG/Hou had three of the top four all-around gymnasts with Vivian Kittleson second, Harper Myrah third and Ayla Lange fourth. Myrah placed first on vault and placed second on the floor with the team’s second-best score (8.7000). … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Cayden Lea scored 28 points as R-P’s #7 in Class A boys beat PEM 78-47. Cole Thompson scored 22 as R-P beat Kingsland 74-52 for their ninth win in a row. Max Erdman had 21 in defeat. The R-P win streak ended with a 78-71 loss to West leading St. Charles (5-1, 11-3). The Trojans (5-2, 10-2) trail #2 in AA Caledonia (7-0, 11-2) in the TRC East. Ben Udstuen went for 22 (pts) and … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (1/7 & 1/9)
Cal/SG/Hou 129.6500, K-M/Triton 128.000 (The Warriors’ team win resulted from an especially good night on the balance beam. Cal/SG/Hou claimed five of the top six all-around scores with Vivian Kittleson second, Ayla Lange third, Harper Myrah fourth, Tyla Halverson fifth and Madelyn Foellmi sixth. Kittleson placed first on the uneven parallel bars and had the team’s best score … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/7 – 1/11)
LARP 31, Albert Lea 34 (In a tight dual with three lead changes and two ties, LARP led 15-6 after 127, but trailed 31-21 after 172. Zach Plank (189) won a 13-0 major and Chase Drazkowski (215) via pin to tie the dual 31-31. At 285, Albert Lea’s Evan Schroeder won 4-3 over Jaden Perez for the win. Christian Zibrowski (121) and Quintin Betthauser (145) also had pins for the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (01/20)
East Leading ‘Canes, Cards Winners of Busy SEC Week Teams from the SEC-East played multiple game versus each other, plus versus LeRoy-Ostrander. Houston at Spring Grove went to overtime. Jake Merchlewitz’s ‘Canes built a 37-23 second half lead before SG roared back. Devon Williams scored seven straight points and Bryce Berns scored six via the drive late, the last … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (01/20)
SG Tops King, GM, and R-P, Leads SEC The Spring Grove girls took sole possession of first place in the SEC with a 79-53 runaway win over Kingsland followed by a bizarre comeback 59-49 road victory at Grand Meadow. A day later, the Lions took a tight 56-53 non-conference home victory over section rival Rushford-Peterson. The Lions led the Knights all game, including a 38-26 … [Read more...]
Charli Oeltjen Signs for UW – Stout
Chatfield’s Charli Oeltjen has signed a letter of intent to participate in both cross country and track and field at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She is flanked by her parents Quentin and Julie Oeltjen, plus Chatfield cross country and track and field head coaches Niki and Jeff DeBuhr. Photo submitted … [Read more...]