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Girls Basketball (1/24 – 1/29) Three Rivers Conference

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Mabel-Canton’s Kinley Soiney rises up over Spring Grove’s Addyson McHugh in the team’s SEC-East match-up. The Cougars prevailed 35-30, avenging a 45-38 loss in Spring Grove earlier in the year.
Photo by Heather Kleiboer

Caledonia 47, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 63 (C: Alexis Schroeder 13 pts; Paige Klug 10 pts; Ava Privet 7 pts. PEM: Abigail O’Reilly 27 pts. Game was tied 46-46 (under 4:00). Bulldogs ended on a 17-1 run. FTs: PEM 13 of 24 (54%), C 5 of 10 (50%))

Rushford-Peterson 50, St. Charles 46 (R-P: K. Ruberg 29 pts (6-8 FTs), 7 rebs, 4 stls; Ellie Ekern 12 pts. SC led 18 to 14 at halftime. Saints led most of second half, but R-P rallied late, outscoring Saints 36 to 28 after intermission)

Cotter 68, Chatfield 41 (Ch: Evy Goldsmith 12 pts; Zayda Priebe 6 pts, 6 rebs)

Cotter 79, Fillmore Central 37 (FC: Alyssa Britton 11 pts. Ramblers led 44-10 at half. Falcons > 1-9, 6-12)

Chatfield 59, St. Charles 16 (C: Sydney Allen 14 pts (4-4 threes, 5-6 FGs); Z. Priebe 8 pts, 6 rebs; Anna Kivimagi 8 pts, 4 asts; Shea Jech 8 pts, 6 rebs; K. Goetzinger 7 pts, 4 rebs, 5 asts; E. Goldsmith 7 pts. Gophers led 48-14 at half)

Caledonia 54, Rushford-Peterson 41 (C: P. Klug 12 pts, 6 rebs; Jovial King 11 pts (4-5 FGs, 3-5 FTs), 5 rebs; A. Privet 9 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; A. Schroeder 8 pts, 5 rebs. R-P: Tayler Helgemoe 8 pts; K. Ruberg 7 pts, 8 rebs; Hannah Ronneberg 6 pts, 7 asts; Emarie Jacobson 6 pts, 7 rebs. Warriors built a 28-14 halftime lead. Caledonia > 7-3, 13-7)

Southeast Conference

Kingsland’s Emily Miner and Houston’s Sydney Torgerson tussle for the ball in the teams’ SEC East/West collision. The ‘Canes were down a key player, but Kingsland controlled things, prevailing 73-45.
Photo by Christine Vreeman

Schaeffer Academy 12, Grand Meadow 87 (GM: M. Hendrickson 24 pts (5-7 threes, 9-13 FGs); R. Landers 15 pts (6-7 FGs); L. Queensland 13 pts, 5 rebs; K. Queensland 10 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts, 4 stls; Lexy Foster 11 pts (3-6 threes), 6 rebs, 4 asts. Larks led 44-5 at half. They scored a season-high point-total and matched a season-low total for points given up)

Southland 43, Mabel-Canton 35 (M-C: Kinley Soiney 13 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts, 5 stls; Hope Erickson 7 pts, 7 rebs. Cougars were 1 of 10 threes (10%) and 6 of 17 FTs (35%))

Lyle/Pacelli 41, Lanesboro 51 (L: K. Ruen 29 pts (13-21 FGs), 16 rebs; M. Tessum 8 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts, 6 stls; Brielle Ruen 7 pts, 8 rebs, 5 asts. K-Ruen was 13 of 21 (62%) field goals. All other Burros shot 7 of 44 (16%))

Spring Grove 30, Mabel-Canton 35 (M-C: K. Soiney 14 pts (5-9 FGs, 3-3 threes), 10 rebs; Gwen Tollefsrud 8 pts. SG: J. Leahy 11 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls; K. Kraus 11 pts, 11 rebs. The Cougars led only 28-26 before pulling away with a late six-point run. Cougars won despite a 5 of 16 free throw (31%) effort. M-C > 3-6, 6-11. Lions > 4-6, 5-14)

Southland 65, LeRoy-Ostrander 60 (L-O: Benita Nolt 19 pts, 13 rebs, 4 stls; Jordan Runde 17 pts, 5 rebs, 4 stls; Sam Volkart 13 pts (6-7 FTs), 13 rebs; Jenna Olson 9 pts (3-8 threes). Cardinals > 2-6, 3-14)

Schaffer Academy 16, Lanesboro 73 (L: M. Tessum 22 pts (six threes); K. Ruen 20 pts; Jessie Schreiber 11 pts. Burros win their sixth straight game. Tessum had five first half threes)

Non-Conference

Chatfield defenders Jaiden Zimmerman (left) and Kara Goetzinger (right) defend L/P’s Kirsten Koopel in the teams’ Saturday make-up game. The Gophers got 22 points from Goetzinger in posting a 66-27 win, as Chatfield improved to 13-6.
Photo by Leif Erickson

Fillmore Central 60, LeRoy-Ostrander 31 (FC: A. Britton 16 pts, 14 rebs; Courtney Hershberger 11 pts, 6 rebs, 5 stls; Madison Simon 11 pts; Lauren Mensink 4 pts, 11 rebs, 7 stls. L-O: S. Volkart 15 pts (3-6 threes, 6-9 FGs), 9 rebs, 4 asts, 5 stls; B. Nolt 5 pts, 14 rebs. Teams hot 7 of 52 from deep (14%) combined. Falcons win third straight and fifth straight versus 1A foes)

La Crescent/Hokah 74, Houston 37 (H: S. Torgerson 22 pts. LCH: Cali Esser 26 pts; Molly Bills 21 pts)

Spring Grove 55, Waukon 71 (SG: J. Leahy 23 pts (3-5 threes), 4 stls; Addyson McHugh 8 pts; Lydia Solum 6 pts, 4 rebs, 5 asts.  Lions shot 40% (20 of 50) but Indians shot 28 of 42 (67%))

LeRoy-Ostrander 30, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 59 (L-O: J. Runde 14 pts; B. Nolt 12 pts, 11 rebs)

MFL-Mar Mac 53, Lanesboro 37 (L: K. Ruen 13 pts; J. Schreiber 10 pts. Burros > 7-1, 13-5)

Rushford-Peterson 35, Grand Meadow 55 (GM: K. Queensland 15 pts (5-5 FTs, 5-8 FGs); R. Landers 13 pts, 9-10 FTs), 6 rebs; L. Queensland 8 pts, 9 rebs; M. Hendrickson 8 pts.  R-P: K. Ruberg 16 pts, 5 rebs. FTs: GM 19 of 23 (83%), RP 6 of 13 (46%). Larks led 26-11 at halftime. Trojans > 3-7, 8-11. Larks > 8-2, 14-4)

Lyle/Pacelli 27, Chatfield 66 (C: K. Goetzinger 22 pts (9-14 FGs), 10 rebs; Jaiden Zimmerman 11 pts (3-4 threes), 6 stls; S. Jech 3 pts (1-7 FGs), 15 rebs; S. Allen 8 pts; A. Kivimagi 7 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts)