Rushford-Peterson’s girls concluded an excellent season with their furthest post-season push since 2014-2015. Joe Hatch’s #20 in A Trojans (3-seed, 20-7) first played Grand Meadow (6-seed, 19-8) in a 1A quarterfinal. The Trojans scored 15 of the first 17 points for a 15-2 lead. GM responded with a 10-2 run to close to 17-12. The Trojans then ended the half scoring 17 of 19 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Will Harvey scored 25 points as 15-seed Lanesboro beat 18-seed Hayfield 63-48 in 1A play-in play-off game. Camden Hungerholt scored 34 points and brother Reid 22 but 16-seed L-O fell to 17-seed B.A. 67-64. Mason King scored 20 points and senior Lewis Doyle topped 1,000 for his career as 2-seed #7 in AA Caledonia beat 15-seed Chatfield 84-40. The Warriors (22-4) next play Cotter … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball Playoffs (2/26 – 2/29)
(1A Play-In) 17-seed Faribault B.A. (7-19) 67, 16-seed LeRoy-Ostrander (7-19) 64 (L-O: C. Hungerholt 34 pts (9-10 FTs), 5 rebs, 3 blks; R. Hungerholt 22 pts; Ryder Stern 6 pts, 8 rebs. L-O was 3 of 24 from deep (13%). Cardinals finish at 7-20) (1A Play-In) 18-seed Hayfield (5-22) 48, 15-seed Lanesboro (7-19) 63 (L: W. Harvey 25 pts, 4 stls; Kaden Stettler 8 pts, 7 rebs, 10 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Playoffs (2/26 – 3/2)
(1A Qtr) 9-seed Kingsland (16-8) 30, 1-seed #1 in A Goodhue (22-5) 75 (K: Macy Runck 14 pts. G: Elisabeth Gadient 23 pts, 7 rebs, 7 asts, 8 stls; Kendyl Lodermeier 17 pts, 9 rebs. Goodhue built a 46-25 halftime lead. Knights finish at 16-9) (1AA Qtr) 10-seed Chatfield (15-12) 23, 2-seed #16 in AA Rochester-Lourdes (18-9) 59 (C: Evy Goldsmith 12 pts, 17 rebs. RL: Lauren Hust … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Lion Boys’ Three Wins Include State-Ranked Matchup
Spring Grove (18-2, 24-3) posted three wins during the final week of the regular season, but the #12 Lions needed second-half surges to complete SEC sweeps of Mabel-Canton (9-9, 13-12) and Houston (10-10, 15-11) before busing to St. Paul to defeat #15 Nevis (18-6). Grove won 65-50 at M-C but led by only six points at halftime, it was tied 34-34 in the second half, and SG led by … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Playoffs (2/20 & 2/22)
(1A Play-In) 17-seed Lyle/Pacelli (1-25) 51, 16-seed LeRoy-Ostrander (3-23) 49 (L-O: M. Nagel 26 pts, 17 rebs, 3 blks; Jenna Olson 15 pts (five threes), 5 rebs. L-O beat L/P twice in the regular season. Cardinals finish at 3-24) (1A Round of 16) 14-seed Schaeffer Academy (9-17) 19, 3-seed #20 in A Rushford-Peterson (19-7) 62 (R-P: Nad. Happel 22 pts (7-9 FGs, 6-7 FTs); Ellie … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Boys Basketball (2/20 - 2/23) Lewiston-Altura 44, Chatfield 66 (C: Carson Harstad 17 pts (3-10 threes); Masyn Kreter 16 pts. Kreter had 14 in the second half. Chatfield trailed 38-13 at intermission) Dover-Eyota 62, Chatfield 58 (C: C. Harstad 26 pts (4-13 threes), 5 rebs; Brayden Fretland 8 pts, 4 asts. Chatfield led 33-27 at halftime.) Southeast … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Trojans Better Results in Cotter, FC Rematches
Rushford-Peterson’s boys finished their regular season by improving upon earlier results versus fellow TRC-East teams. Chris Drinkall’s group out-scored Cotter 36-22 in the second half. The #18 in A Trojans annulled a 32-30 halftime deficit to post a 66-54 win. Dawson Bunke (17 pts, 4-8 threes, 9 rebs), Sampson Wilkemeyer (13 pts, 6-7 FGs, 4 rebs, 4 stls), Cayden Lea (14 pts, 4 … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Warriors Rout Lancers, Down Ramblers, Share TRC-East Title
The Caledonia boys have a had good season. However, injuries to starters Reid Klug and Lewis Doyle left the Warriors not at full strength for a good chunk of the year. But Brad King’s group (11-1, 19-4), ranked #18 in AA to start the week, is healthy and ended the season with two wins. The first was a big one versus TRC-East leading #17 in AA La Crescent (13-0, 19-6). In the … [Read more...]
Boys Wrestling: 13 Qualify for State Headed by Nine Gophers
At the 1A individual meet, section team champion Chatfield continued its excellent season by qualifying nine guys for state. LARP and FCLMC each got one entrant. In Class AA, Caledonia/Houston qualified two. The Gophers pulled the super-rare feats of getting all 13 of their wrestlers to the semifinals and eleven to the finals. All 13 finished top three. Claiming section … [Read more...]