The first full week in February, tinged with some cancellations, featured six b-ball games between county teams. Monday authored the Kingsland/Chatfield (now) non-conference series. In Spring Valley, 6’8” senior center Josef Fahrenholtz had career scoring and rebounding highs (27 pts, 11-17 FGs, 19 rebs, 9 offensive) to lead the Gophers to a 77-69 win. Wyatt Pruter dropped a career-high 35 points (5-13 threes, 6-6 FTs) in defeat. Reid Johnson (17 pts, 6-12 FGs, 4-5 FTs, 5 rebs) and Landon Bance (15 pts, 5-13 threes > seventh five three-pointer game) aided the Gopher effort. David Castleberg added 9 (pts) and 6 (rebs). Reid Kruegel (12 pts, 5 rebs, 5 stls) was the only other Knight in double figures. In Chatfield, the Lady Gophers notched their best win of the year, 66-54. Brian Baum’s group went 7-0 out of intermission to take control at 36-27. Frosh guard Tessa McMahon (19 pts, 7-12 FGs, 6 rebs, 5 stls), Alanna Goetzinger (15 pts, 5-10 FGs, 11 rebs), and Mollie Henry (11 pts) led the way. Lauren Buchholtz (18 pts, 11 rebs, 4 asts) and Ellie Buchholtz (12 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts, 5 stls) led the Knights.
On Tuesday, the R-P/FC basketball series took place. In Harmony, the Falcon girls ended the first half on a 15-0 run (25-22 deficit into a 37-25 halftime lead). The lead ballooned to 45-25 early in the second. The Trojans got as close as 47-40. FC closed it out for a 61-48 victory. The starting five of Kandace Sikkink (19 pts, 8 rebs, 5 stls), Paige Donlinger (11 pts, 9 rebs), Emma Breitsprecher (11 pts 7 rebs), Kassidy Broadwater (10 pts, 8 rebs, 6 asts, 5 stls) and Madison Scheevel (8 pts) accounted for all but two of FC’s points. Abbey Hoegh (17 pts) and Lauren Lawston (14 pts, 12 rebs) paced the Trojans. The Falcons improved to 9-5, 15-7. In Rushford, winless FC played its best half of basketball of the year, but R-P’s boys still led 31-23 at intermission. The Trojans controlled the second half for a 69-42 win. Sophomore Kobe Lind (23 pts, 9-10 FGs, 3-3 threes) notched a career-high. Justin Ruberg (10 pts, 4-5 FGs, 5 rebs) and Vinnie Mason (10 pts, 4-6 FGs) also hit double-digits for R-P, the former (a freshman) notching his sixth straight double digit game. FC was led by sophomore Zach Haugerud (12 pts > fourth straight double-digit game) and Josh Peters (8 pts, 5 stls). The Falcons fall to 0-12, 0-20.
After Thursday’s games were cancelled, Friday featured Lanesboro/M-C boys, Kingsland/Lanesboro girls. The Burro guys rode their senior tandem of Carson Schwichtenberg (18 pts) and Andrew Luck (18 pts) to a 57-50 win over the Cougars. A 14-5 run out of intermission was critical (30-27 lead to 44-32 edge). M-C only as close as five (55-50) from there. Dylan Loppnow (15 pts, 5-7 FGs, 5-8 FTs, 12 rebs) was the only Cougar in double figures. The Burros (3-8, 7-12) are 5-4 after a 2-8 start. Lanesboro’s girls played Kingsland much tighter than the teams’ previous meeting (65-39 Knight win). Josh Schrieber’s group led 31-30 at half, but fell to Steve Hauser’s Knights 57-54. Ellie B. (19 pts, 17 in first half, 3-11 threes, 7 rebs, 4 asts, 5 stls), Lauren B. (14 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts, 5 stls), and Sam Wernimont (14 pts, 4-10 threes) led the victors. Lexie Johnson (11 pts, 7 rebs), Payton Benson (10 pts), Emily Snyder (9 pts) led Lanesboro, which falls to 2-11, 3-19.
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