For the third straight year, #7 SG (1-seed 24-3) faced off with R-P (2-seed, 19-8) for the 1A East title. The Lions entered in rare territory; they’d won three straight over the Trojans (including 53-43 in January). R-P threw the first punch, answering an opening SG three-pointer with a 9-0 spurt. Defensively, they scrapped their typical 1-3-1 half-court trap for a triangle … [Read more...]
FC Girls Section Runner-Up
The last two times a Fillmore County girls teams played Goodhue in a section title game, it wasn’t pretty. R-P fell to the Wildcats 75-38 in 2014 and 85-52 in 2016. The latter game started a Goodhue dominant run. The Wildcats won by 31 (77-46), 39 (74-35), and 25 (89-64) on the way to last year’s Class A state title. They (#2 in state, West 1-seed, 24-4) returned plenty and … [Read more...]
Jake Mandt State Class A Champ
FC Girls Basketball 2017
Mandt Champ, Tekautz 3rd at State Wrestling
Their once was a (handle-bar moustache) professional wrestler who used his mania to run wild. At the 2017 Minnesota state meet, a (mustached) Chatfield guy authored some mania of his own. Junior 145-pounder Jake Mandt spent most of the year ranked #1 in Class A. A few years back, he wrestled around with Chatfield’s last individual state titlist, Hank Friederichs. Mandt’s fate … [Read more...]
High Flying 5-Seed Claims 1A East
FC (5-seed, 15-12) and Kingsland (3-seed, 17-10) came into the 1A East girls semis as the “underdogs.” R-P (1-seed, 19-6) and M-C (2-seed, 20-7) came as the favorites. But amongst the top five seeds, there was a lot of parity this year. Tournament results were apropos. Teams that hadn’t won in the regular season, won. Sophomores came up huge in the semis, as teams with the … [Read more...]
Trojans and Knights Make Boys Semis
Two county boys teams moved on to the 1A East semis. “Old reliable” R-P (2-seed, 17-8) battled past FC (7-seed, 11-15) in the final game at Rushford gymnasium. The Falcons started the game 9-2. Trojan sophomore Landon Skalet then hit three three’s, the only made Trojan trifectas of the stanza (3-19). They were part of a 17-3 R-P run. FC scored the last four of the half to … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/27 – 3/2)
Kingsland 39, St. Charles 80 (K: Z. Bubany 8 pts. Knights shot 14-57) (1A East Play-In) > #9 Houston (5-20) 57, #8 M-C (8-18) 56 (H: Wesley Johnson 20 pts (7-12 FGs), 8 assists; James Hongerholt 20 pts (8-14 FGs); Tyler Albrecht 11 pts, 9 rebs. MC: Drew Wyffels 14 pts, 10 rebs, 4 assists, 4 stls; Blake Henry 11 pts, 13 rebs; Logan Richardson 10 pts (4-5 FGs); Brenden … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/20 – 2/23)
PEM 70, FC 39 (FC: K. Bennett 10 pts; Paige Donlinger 9 pts; K. Broadwater 8 pts, 4 stls) #10 Hope Lutheran (7-17) 15, #7 Lanesboro (7-16) 54 (L: A. Gathje career-high 16 pts (8-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Haley Polin 10 pts; Cassidy Ruud 9 pts, 7 rebs; Lexie Johnson 6 pts, 6 rebs, 6 assists) #12 Chatfield (4-21) 33, #5 Pine Island (17-9) 53 (C: Kyra Dokken 7 pts. Gophers finish at … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/20 – 2/25)
L-O 59, Lanesboro 61 (L: C. Scott 20 pts (7-10 FGs), 5 rebs, 4 blks; Co. Schwichtenberg 17 pts, 10 rebs, 6 assists; Carson Schwichtenberg 13 pts. Scott scored 9 of Burros’ last 11 points) A-C 56, M-C 54 in OT (MC: B. Henry 15 pts, 15 rebs, 4 stls; Drew Wyffels 13 pts, 7 assists; Brenden Kerns 12 pts) #2 in AA Caledonia 75, Chatfield 43 (C: Brandon Ebnet 10 pts; A. Hompe … [Read more...]