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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]