Senior Alyssa Gathje had a career-high 16 points as Lanesboro beat Hope 54-15 in a 1A East play-in game.  R-P’s boys won two, including beating L-A in overtime, avenging a loss.   The Trojans (13-3, 17-8) are 1A East’s 2-seed and await 10-seed Hope Lutheran (6-19) or 7-seed FC (4-12, 10-15).  Collin Scott (20 pts) sank two free throws (0:02) to propel Lanesboro over L-O 61-59. … [Read more...]

With a blizzard on the horizon, girls 1A quarterfinal contests represented the calm before the storm. Four senior-driven teams moved on to what should be a highly competitive 1A East final four.  One Journal-covered team is guaranteed a spot in the section title game. Four Journal teams are in the semis. Top seed R-P (18-6) scored 52 first half points versus 9-seed W-K … [Read more...]

    They were one day warriors.   A blizzard turned the Section 1 individual wrestling meets into a 12-hour Saturday affair.  Chatfield, LARP, and FCLMC each had a guy qualify for state.  Six county guys finished third.  A bunch of seniors concluded excellent careers.  A junior continued his prominence.  Chatfield’s Jake Mandt (bye, pin, 20-9 MD) made the … [Read more...]

It was another big week of R-P girls basketball. On Monday, Brianna Koop fouled like she normally scores (often), so Savannah Skalet dissipated Houston’s spin.  Dale Moga’s ‘Canes had a chance with Koop mostly on the bench.  The game was tied at halftime.  Houston trailed 36-34 with 10:00 left. R-P then went on a 10-run (46-34). Eight came as second-chance-points. Skalet (6) … [Read more...]

It’s been a pretty solid year for Kingsland basketball. Girls (15-9) and boys (13-9) teams could both finish above five-hundred. Chatfield’s squads (boys 5-15, girls 3-20) won’t.  But for one night, they besieged Kingsland with a couple upsets.  The Gopher boys hit their first seven, 16 of their first 19, and 22 of 30 first half field goals (10-15 threes) for a 54-33 halftime … [Read more...]

FCLMC wrestling fell to D-E 47-10 in a Section 1A dual to finish 0-16. D-E then won four of five decisions to topple Chatfield 42-27. The Gophers finish 7-6. PEM won five of seven decisions to beat LARP 39-22 in 1AA. LARP finishes at 8-13. Cole Schwichtenberg had 22 points versus Schaeffer (loss) and Houston (win). He has ten 20-plus point games and 13 double-double for … [Read more...]

FC 24, #9 in A SG 74 (FC: Nate Haugerud 6 pts, 4 rebs) #2 in AA Caledonia 83, Kingsland 72 (K: W. Pruter career-high 19 pts (7-9 FGs); Zach Bubany 15 pts (5-12 three’s), 5 assists; Z. Buchholtz 15 pts; Jackson Rindels 12 pts; Ian Meisner 8 pts, 7 rebs.  Knights trailed by four at half) M-C 46, L-O 76 (MC: Brenden Kerns 15 pts; Drew Wyffels 9 pts, 5 rebs, 5 stls.  M-C beat … [Read more...]

Pine Island 60, Chatfield 22 (C: M. Pederson 7 pts) Kingsland 50, Caledonia 75 (K: K. Link 11 pts; C. Schmidt 9 pts, 4 assists, 4 stls) FC 33, #10 in A L/P 66 (FC: Kenzie Broadwater 8 pts, 5 assists; Tayah Barnes 5 pts, 8 rebs, 5 stls) Houston 48, L-O 32 (H: A. Rostad 17 pts, 7 rebs; Jenny Albrecht 6 pts, 9 rebs, 5 stls; Amber Chapel 6 pts, 7 rebs, 5 stls) GM 51, FC … [Read more...]

#12 FCLMC 10, #5 D-E 47 (Wolves forfeited six weights. Jacob Thomas (285) had a pin, Treyten Chiglo (113) a 12-0 MD for Wolves. FCLMC lost three by decision, three by major decision); #5 D-E 42, #4 Chatfield 27 (Eagles won first three weights (12-0). Gophers won three of next four (up 18-15). D-E won the next four (36-18). Eagle Reid Seelhammer’s pin at 220 sealed the meet.  … [Read more...]