The Spring Grove boys opened the 2023-2024 basketball season with a runaway 68-36 road win over Schaeffer Academy on Dec. 12. Those other Lions residing in Rochester, hit a pair of early 3-point field goals and two free throws to lead 8-4 before being engulfed and undone by an avalanche of turnovers. Spring Grove outscored Schaeffer by 17 points in the first half (32-15) and by … [Read more...]
Wrestling: Gophers Dominate Wolves’ Holiday Tourney
Entering the tourney #1 in Class A and with seven ranked wrestlers, it was no surprise Chatfield dominated FCLMC’s annual holiday wrestling tourney. The Gophers (248) topped LARP (149), GMLOS (143), and Ellsworth, Wis., (116) for the team title. Chatfield’s second “Maroon” team (114.5) took fifth of ten total squads. The host Wolves (79.5) took seventh. Triton, W-K, … [Read more...]
Wrestling: LARP Sweeps Lake City Tri to Start 7-0
It is their best start in many years. LARP wrestling swept a triangular at Lake City and they are now 7-0 on the year. They downed the host Tigers, 54-15. Christian Zibrowski (114), Carter Bronk (127), Colten Jenkins (133), Jordan Zibrowski (139), Quintin Betthauser (145), Carter Cady (160), and Zach Plank (189) had pins. Titan Tekautz (152) won by forfeit. Owen Lange (121) and … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Burros Post Back-to-Back-to-Back Wins
Lanesboro girls basketball pulled a tough feat. The Burros won back-to-back-to-back games on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in succession. Their standout sophomore point guard Jensyn Storhoff led the way. Steve Storhoff’s group first easily dispatched with Lyle/Pacelli 63-32. Storhoff (22 pts, 3-7 threes, 9 rebs, 7 asts, 7 stls) stuffed the stat sheet, aided greatly by Hailey … [Read more...]
Basketball: Lion Teams Combine for 4-0 Week
Basketball teams from Spring Grove had a good week. The girls posted two wins to get off to a great start to the season while the boys opened with a couple of “W”s. The Lion girls first snuck past Schaeffer Academy. It was close all game with no team leading by more than six. Siri Konkel hit five of six free throws in the final 19 seconds to help propel SG to the 42-38 win. … [Read more...]
Basketball: Knight Teams Post 4-0 Week
Kingsland’s basketball teams each played two games on the week and each won both. John Fenske’s boys downed Schaeffer Academy 68-55, led by double-digit scorers Jayden Brink (17 pts, 3-7 threes, 8 rebs, 5 asts), Max Erdman (14 pts, 7 rebs), and Courtland Drury-DeBoer (11 pts) plus Sam Snitker (9 pts, 5 rebs). Kingsland then transitioned Glenville-Emmons into submission via a … [Read more...]
Basketball: Warriors Sweep Benefit Doubleheader at R-P
The games were not close but the related cause associated with the doubleheader was important as Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams hosted Caledonia. On the court, the Warrior girls used their length to handle the Trojans. Scott Sorenson’s group started the game 19-3 and never looked back in posting a 59-28 win. R-P’s plight was hindered by starting All-TRC point guard Ellie … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Gopher Girls Post Three Win Week
A young Chatfield girls basketball team won three games to move its win streak to four. First-year head coach Kyle Tollefson’s team posted TRC wins over Wabasha-Kellogg 69-38 and St. Charles 69-23 while beating Cannon Falls 77-47 in non-conference. Versus W-K, Chatfield collected 22 offensive rebounds and outscored the Falcons 23-0 in transition. Senior Evy Goldsmith (22 pts, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball: Hurricanes Down Larks in Key SEC Game
In a key early SEC girls game, Houston and defending West champion Grand Meadow did battle. Most notable in the first half was the Larks starting the game 0-16 from deep and digging a hole as deep as 19-8. But GM then hit four of five threes, and by halftime, they led 27-26. The second half was then tight. GM’s biggest lead was six (34-28), Houston’s biggest also six (51-45). … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball: Howard’s Shots Rally Burros for Wild Win
Lanesboro’s boys trailed by four with less than a minute left in regulation, by three with under 30 seconds to go in overtime, and by four late in a second overtime, but somehow came out victorious over Lyle/Pacelli. Senior guard Mason Howard hit two huge shots to lead his team to a needed win. In regulation, a Howard three and one David Harvey free throw annulled a 60-56 … [Read more...]