Week one of scheduling for Fillmore Central’s girls and new coach Levi Olstad was unforgiving. Match-ups with powers Caledonia and Rushford-Peterson (two losses). Week two of scheduling was confidence-inspiring. The Falcons overmatched a trio of teams for a 3-0 week. Schaeffer Academy fell 61-23 for Olstad’s first varsity win. Sophomore Paige Donlinger had 11 points (4-5 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FCLMC senior Treyten Chiglo won 113-pounds at the La Crosse Logan Invite. LARP’s Justin Mueller and Xavier Riser each went 3-0 at the Byron Duals, Mueller beating D-E’s Class A 6th-ranked Marcus Otomo 5-2. Haley Polin hit three free throws late to nudge Lanesboro past L-O 32-28. Riley Means had a career-high (19) and Sam Peters tied his best effort (19) as FC’s boys beat … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/6-12/10)
Southland 71, Kingsland 70 (K: Z. Buchholtz 25 pts (9-13 FTs), 7 rebs, 3 stls; Z. Bubany 22 pts (7-7 FTs); Ian Meisner 10 pts; Jordan Beck 7 pts, 9 rebs. Knights are 0-1, 0-1) L-A 43, FC 34 (FC: Logan Corson 9 pts (6-6 FTs), 3 stls) Chatfield 58, PEM 72 (C: Parker Fossum 15 pts, 6 rebs, 3 stls; Alex Hompe 13 pts; Dillon Bance 13 pts (6-6 FTs), 5 rebs) Caledonia 65, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/5-12/9)
Kingsland 55, Southland 40 (K: Courtney Schmidt 12 pts, 4 assists; Lauren Buchholtz 8 pts, 8 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls) M-C 52, L-O 39 (M-C: C. Vickerman 16 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists, 3 stls; C. Graves 16 pts, 7 rebs; P. Danielson 14 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 31, GM 42 (L: H. Polin 19 pts, 7 rebs) R-P 51, Caledonia 78 (R-P: B. Koop 19 pts (7-10 FTs), 9 rebs, 5 stls; S. Skalet … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/8-12/10)
Chatfield 31, W-K 39 (Falcons took five of final six weights, turning a 25-12 deficit into a 39-31 win. Chase Ketterhagen (126), Nathan Goldsmith (145), Jake Mandt (152), & Carter Fishbaugher (195) had pins, Cael Bartels (120) an 11-2 MD, and Seth Goetzinger (106) a 9-7 D for the Gophers. They are 0-1, 1-3) La Crosse Logan Invite (FCLMC took 6th of 10. All six Wolves … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/1 – 12/3)
Triton 48, LFCMC 25 (FCLMC FF’ed eight with one double FF. Wolves won the five matches wrestled; T. Chiglo (120), E. Kunz (152), and J. Thomas (285) won by pin, Cale Anderson (106) by 11-0 MD, Caden Anderson by 7-2 D); LARP 68, Triton 12 (Cobras FF’ed three weights, S-Eagles one. Gable Speltz (113), D. Jenkins (138), E. Sense (145), J. Mueller (160), S. Puetz (170), Noah Herber … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/2 – 12/3)
M-C 60, G-E 82 (MC: Drew Wyffels 19 pts (five 3’s); Blake Henry 13 pts, 11 rebs; Brenden Kerns 13 pts, 7 rebs) L/P 40, M-C 47 (MC: D. Wyffels 12 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists; B. Kerns 12 pts. Cougars are 1-1) … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (11/29 – 12/3)
G-E 14, Lanesboro 40 (L: H. Polin 11 pts, 11 rebs, 6 stls; Caroline Mayer 11 pts, 4 stls) FC 31, Caledonia 62 (FC: K. Bennett 8 pts, 8 rebs; Kenzie Broadwater 6 pts, 6 rebs, 9 stls) Chatfield 48, Southland 62 (C: Macy Pederson career-high 15 pts (5-8 FGs, 3-4 FTs), 3 stls; Mariah Bell 14 pts, 10 rebs, 4 stls. Gophers led 38-30 with around 11-minutes to play) SG 45, … [Read more...]
Collision Course?
The basketball season is just beginning. A lot can happen yet. Nevertheless, the last two county girls teams left standing a year ago made early statements to start 2016-2017. Rushford-Peterson opened 3-0, beating Cotter (63-56), Lanesboro (50-34), and Fillmore Central (47-29). Brianna Koop ushered in her senior year loudly (29 pts, 14-18 FTs, career-high 22 rebs, 6 assists) … [Read more...]
Wreslting Preview
The county wrestling scene starts with a change. GMLOKS is no longer. GMLOS now exists. With Kingsland out of the cooperative (they’ve had just a single wrestler the past few years), the Journal Sports will no longer cover the Bulldogs. The move allows GMLOS to compete in Class A versus AA. The LARP Screamin’ Eagles went 8-13 in duals last year, falling to Albert Lea in a … [Read more...]