The FCLMC Wolves wrestling is comprised of three school districts: Fillmore Central, Lanesboro, and Mabel-Canton. The youth wrestling program is open to any child in kindergarten through sixth grade. To promote a team approach to learning the basic skills of wrestling, the youth team is led by Head Coach Paul Snell and coaches Jason Hovey, Mark Hovland, Troy Knox, Blaise … [Read more...]
K-Bennett Shoulders Falcons Past Cougars
A night later, in the same gym, Fillmore Central’s girls made noise. The Falcons have a senior center with broad shoulders. Through the first six games of the year, Kendyl Bennett wasn’t a major factor. FC’s leading scorer from 2015-2016 (10.3 PPG) tallied a modest 43 points (7.2 PPG). Versus Mabel-Canton, she powered her way to a huge game in another tit-for-tat contest. … [Read more...]
Wrestling Teams Go Big For Holidays
Two county wrestling squads competed in very large multi-day tournaments between Christmas and New Year’s. LARP took on the all classes Minnesota/Wisconsin Bi-State Invite at the La Crosse Center. Tim Tekautz and Dave Riebel’s guys finished 17th of 60 teams. They took 7th among the 20 Division II schools. Eleven of 12 guys to compete notched at least two wins. Four seniors … [Read more...]
Cougar Girls Spring On Knights
For a second time, Adam Wilder’s girls proved, that on any given night, they can beat anyone in the sub-section. Mabel-Canton can now lay claim to knocking off the two schools that brought home section 1A hardware last year. At the second annual TRC versus SEC set of holiday games featuring FC, Kingsland, M-C and Houston, the Cougars sprung. They knocked off last year’s 1A … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
A full-strength R-P boys b-ball team beat B.A. and the hosts at the Hayfield Invite. Jake Paulson, Dawson Dahl, and Noah Carlson hit double-digits each game. After a 0-3 start, R-P is even (1-1, 3-3). They’ve held foes to less than 35 PPG in the three wins. Kingsland and FC’s boys each handled Houston and M-C. The Knights blitzed to a 32-12 start (12-15 FGs, 6-7 three’s) in … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/22 – 12/29)
Chatfield 69, St. Charles 79 (C: A. Hompe 24 pts (10-14 FGs); Jason Lowrey 13 pts (6-8 FGs); P. Fossum 10 pts, 12 rebs, 7 assists. Game from December 22) Chatfield 64, Hayfield 62 (C: A. Hompe 19 pts (8-9 FGs); P. Fossum 19 pts, 6 rebs; Brandon Ebnet 12 pts (4-4 three’s). Vikings had a game-winning three-point play late. Game from December 23 at Mayo Civic Center) … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/22 – 12/29)
Chatfield 27, Hayfield 65 (C: Macy Pederson 9 pts (3-6 three’s). Game from December 22) SC 42, Chatfield 35 (C: M. Pederson 13 pts (3-7 three’s), 3 stls; Mariah Bell 10 pts, 10 rebs. Game from December 23) FC 61, Houston 50 (FC: K. Bennett 16 pts (8-11 FGs); P. Bennett 13 pts, 7 rebs; K. Broadwater 12 pts (5-5 FGs), 5 rebs, 8 assists, 5 stls; T. Barnes 8 pts, 6 assists, 3 … [Read more...]
Knight Girls Start 6-2
Three years ago, Jake Vetter took over the Kingsland girls basketball program. He pretty much used sophomores across the board. Those girls are now seniors. The Knights, courtesy of three straights wins where no foe scored 40 points, are off to a 6-2 start to the season. Kingsland beat Chatfield 59-23. Gracie Schmidt (12 pts, 4-6 FGs), Lauren Buchholtz (10 pts, 3 stls), … [Read more...]
Thanks Bro
Heading into the season, the Schwichtenberg opposing coaches most strategized against when playing Lanesboro was leading scorer the past two seasons, senior guard Cole. Through two games, the three-point precision of younger brother Carson has stood out. Mabel-Canton got an antidote-needing taste. The 5’9” sophomore hit three three’s in each half and scored a career-high in … [Read more...]
Fossum/Hompe Hit for 48 in Gopher Win
It’d been quite some time since Gopher classmates Parker Fossum and Alex Hompe played high school basketball together. Injury annulled last year’s junior season completely for Hompe, partially for Fossum. Fossum was on varsity sophomore year. In game three of their senior seasons, the duo made up for lost time, putting on an efficiency clinic versus Kingsland. Hompe, a 6’2” … [Read more...]