Drama was short-lived in a state-ranked conference showdown at Spring Valley when Class A No. 14 Spring Grove dealt a first loss to No. 17 Kingsland, 60-40. Seven minutes elapsed before the first Kingsland basket, by which time the Lions led, 14-1. The Knights never recovered after nine turnovers during their first 15 possessions. Grove led by 14 points at halftime (33-17) and … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Six Area Girls Make State
The second girls individual section tourney took place. Six area gals qualified for state at the Sections 1 & 3 event in Redwood Falls. FCLMC’s Vivienne Hoeltzle and Katie Whelan, LARP’s Lauren Honken, head the cast. Hoeltlzle, a junior ranked #9, authored four pins to earn the 118-pound crown. She topped GMLOS frosh Brandy Christenson in the finals. Christenson had … [Read more...]
Basketball: Trojans Perfect Week Includes Epic Boys Game
Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams had a perfect week. Chris Drinkall’s guys first beat Grand Meadow 79-38. Ten Trojans scored led by Dawson Bunke’s fantastic shooting (21 pts, 7-8 threes, 5 rebs). Carson Johnson (14 pts, 7-10 FGs), Sampson Wilkemeyer (8 pts, 4-4 FGs, 7 rebs, 4 asts), and Shane Rask (9 pts, 3-11 threes) helped. R-P hit 16 of 41 threes (39%). The Trojan girls … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Lions Clinch Crown Before Buzzer-Beating Loss
The Spring Grove boys lost a state-ranked, SEC showdown in the final seconds at Southland, but the Lions had already nailed down a fourth consecutive East Division title earlier in the week with runaway wins over L/P and M-C. The 79-26 home rout of the Athletics (7-9, 8-12) completed an SEC sweep, during which the Lions attempted a season-fewest four free throws (4 of 4) and … [Read more...]
Gymnastics (2/9)
Southeast Minnesota Conference Meet (For the third consecutive meet, the Warriors achieved a season-high team score (131.550) to place fourth among six teams. All-Conference honors are earned at this meet with freshman Harper Myrah repeated and joined this year by freshman Vivian Kittleson and freshman Paizley Lange. Kittleson tied for third among 43 athletes in all-around … [Read more...]
10th in 11 games. SG (14-1, 20-5) lost its second straight. Wrestling: Gophers Grab TRC Title at FCLMC’s Tri
Chatfield wrestling won its last two TRC duals to go unblemished through the league. The final two obstacles were Dover-Eyota and FCLMC. For all intents and purposes, it came down to Chatfield and the Eagles. The Wolves do not field a full team. Battles between the Gophers and D-E have been fierce lately. Last year, Chatfield won 34-32. A year previously, Chatfield won 35-31 in … [Read more...]
Wrestling (2/8 & 2/9)
PEM Triangular > GMLOS 39, PEM 36 (The teams exchanged the lead over the last five weights. GM took its first lead at 27-24 following Cody Hyrkas’ pin (160). PEM then took 172 by forfeit to lead 30-27. Drake Payne (189) authored a pin to put GMLOS back in front 33-30. PEM then got a pin at 215 making it 36-33. GM’s Colten Gardner then notched a pin at 285 to give the … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (2/8 & 2/9) PEM 59, Chatfield 56 (C: E. Goldsmith 22 pts (7-12 FTs), 11 rebs, 4 stls; Taylor Ask 16 pts (5-15 threes), 8 rebs. Ask hit all her threes in the first half. Chatfield led 30-26 at intermission. The Gophers (6-7, 12-11) missed a good look at a game-tying three. Chatfield hit 9 of 33 threes (27%), PEM 4 of 12 (33%). PEM … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Spring Grove’s girls beat L/P and Southland to guarantee a share of the SEC title. The Lions (14-1, 20-5) lead Houston (12-2, 15-9). The teams meet in a season finale. Fillmore Central’s girls (6-6, 14-9) went 2-0 on the week including upsetting a short-handed Caledonia (11-2, 15-7) squad. Josie Foster had 25 in defeat. Kammry Broadwater scored 22 in FC’s other win over St. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Warriors Score 100 on FC, Top #10 Onalaska in Double OT
Caledonia’s week featured a 100-point effort and a double OT game. The Warriors led Fillmore Central 57-40 at halftime and won 103-70! Mason King had 26 points (9-15 FGs, 4-8 threes, 4-5 FTs, 6 stls) to lead the way. Lewis Doyle (14 pts, 6-8 FGs, 4 asts), Will Hahn (14 pts, 6 rebs), and Reid Klug (11 pts, 6 rebs) also hit double figures. Ethan Stendel and Ben Stemper each went … [Read more...]