Girls Basketball: #10 Warriors Run Win Streak to Five
Caledonia’s girls continued their dominance of TRC competition with wins over Dover-Eyota at home and Lewiston-Altura on the road. The 9-4 Eagles usually put up a fight, but the teams’ league contest saw the Warriors dominate the second half 43-12. Said effort turned a 31-23 halftime lead into a 74-35 win. The Eagles were held to a season-low point total. Warrior senior guards Nicole Banse (5 of 11 threes, 5 assists, 5 stls) and Aubrie Klug (3-7 threes, 6-6 FTs, 4 stls) combined for eight threes and each tallied 23 points. Kensey King (8 pts, 10 rebs) and Ashlyn Reinhart (6 pts, 6 rebs, 7 asts) helped. Caledonia hit 10 threes to D-E’s four. At the 10-4 Cardinals, Banse (31 pts, 11-19 FGs, 4-5 threes, 5-5 FTs, 7 asts, 5 rebs) and Klug (30 pts, 7-16 threes, 6 rebs, 4 asts) pulled the rare feat of each scoring 30 in the same game and combining for 11 made threes. The Warriors scored a season-high in a 91-51 win. King (10 pts, 9 rebs), Reinhart (6 pts, 4 rebs, 7 asts), Jessica Stendel (4 pts, 10 rebs), and Bayla King (6 pts) also played their parts. The 10th-ranked Warriors won their fifth in a row. They (9-0, 12-3) lead the TRC-East over Cotter/HL (7-2, 10-7). The average margin of victory in league has been nearly 34 points per game (closest league game, 19 points). Klug is averaging a team-best 25-plus points per game with five over 30.
Girls Basketball: Burro Girls Tough Out Three Wins
Lanesboro’s girls toughed out three wins on the week, two low-scoring affairs, and non-conference contest that went to the wire. Hosting Kingsland, the teams combined for just 75 points. Lanesboro only briefly trailed and the lead hovered around 10 all second half in a 44-31 win. Jensyn Storhoff (20 pts, 3-9 threes, 6 rebs) led all scorers. Cora Mayer (10 pts, 9 rebs, 6 stls) and Emma Ruen (8 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts) aided the Burro effort, which played just six girls. Kingsland’s Macy Runck scored a team-high 10 points. Versus Chatfield in non-conference action, the game had 11 lead changes. Chatfield’s Sedona Thompson hit a scooping lay-up with 25-seconds left to tie it 58-58. Storhoff then found Mayer to put Lanesboro ahead 60-58 with 15-seconds left. Chatfield then had a shot blocked and a turnover their final possession. Lanesboro won 60-58. Chatfield shot better at 40% (23 of 58) to Lanesboro’s 32% (22 of 68). The Burros won offensive rebounds 17 to 11, turnovers 18 to 28. They were also plus-six at the free throw stripe, making 13 to Chatfield’s 7. Storhoff (34 pts, 9 rebs, 4 asts, 10 stls) nearly had a triple-double. Mayer added 10 (pts) and 9 (rebs). Grace Schroeder (15 pts, 11 rebs), Amaya Harmening (15 pts, 7-12 FGs, 7 rebs), Lexi Kivimagi (15 pts, 3-4 threes), and Thompson (9 pts) led the Gophers, who are 2-6 in the TRC, 4-11 overall. Lanesboro ended the week with a second straight AA victory, over Pine Island 48-28. Mayer (15 pts, 9 rebs), Ruen (13 pts, 3-7 threes, 6 rebs), and Storhoff (9 pts, 12 rebs, 7 asts, 3 stls, 3 blks) did the big work. The Burros shot 28% (16 of 58) but PI shot 14% (8 of 56) including 1 of 17 from deep. Winners of three straight, Lanesboro (6-1 in the SEC, 10-5 overall) trails SG/M-C (7-1, 12-3) and Southland (7-1, 12-2) atop the SEC race.
Girls Basketball: Trojans Post Three Win Week
Rushford-Peterson’s girls won three games on the week, two in TRC action. Joe Hatch’s group took down St. Charles 76-42. Senior guard Torryn Schneider (23 pts, 7-10 FGs, 3-4 threes, 6-8 FTs, 6 rebs, 6 asts, 5 stls) had a big game. Kaia Loney (17 pts, 7-11 FTs, 8 rebs) and Nadia Happel (11 pts, 7 stls) helped. R-P hit 9 of 26 threes (35%), forced 37 turnovers. The best win was beating Dover-Eyota 64-51 on the road. Loney (20 pts, 6-6 FTs, 7 rebs) was high-scorer. Alannah Skalet (14 pts, 5 rebs) and Schneider (13 pts, 5 rebs) helped. D-E was 2 of 16 from deep (13%). R-P was also plus-nine at the charity stripe; 16 of 22 (73%) to the Eagles’ 7 of 14 (50%). At LeRoy-Ostrander to cap things, the Cardinals started up 7-2 only for R-P to end the half 40-5 to lead 42-12 at intermission. The Trojans prevailed 57-20. Happel (14 pts, 5 rebs), Loney (12 pts, 7 stls), Schneider (9 pts, 7 asts, 5 stls), and Emily Helgemoe (9 pts, 5 rebs) made it a team effort. The Trojans (5-3 in the TRC, 10-6 overall) have won four in a row. Miranda Nagel had 7 (pts) and 8 (rebs) to lead L-O. The Cards are 0-9 in the SEC, 0-15 overall.
Three Rivers Conference Girls Basketball (1/12 – 1/16)
Wabasha-Kellogg 33, Fillmore Central 59 (FC: K. Hellickson 21 pts (9-16 FGs), 5 rebs, 6 stls; Sophia Bronner 14 pts (4-7 FGs, 6-9 FTs), 15 rebs, 5 stls; Norah Nagel 10 pts (8-12 FTs), 5 stls. Leading 25-22 at intermission, FC won the second half 34-11.)
Chatfield 51, Cotter/Hope Lutheran 55 in OT (Ch: Grace Schroeder 15 pts (5-5 FTs); Lexi Kivimagi 13 pts (3-7 threes), 6 rebs; Amaya Harmening 9 pts, 13 rebs. Cotter won the first half 30-20, Chatfield the second 29-19. The Ramblers won OT 6-2)
Fillmore Central 46, PEM 60 (FC: Hannah Vaalemoen 15 pts, 7 rebs; S. Bronner 10 pts, 6 rebs; Aubrey Daniels 9 pts, 5 rebs. FC had 25 turnovers, PEM nine. The Bulldogs were 8 of 29 from deep (28%), FC 2 of 13 (15%).)
Fillmore Central 53, Cotter/HL 80 (FC: H. Vaalemoen 18 pts (7-13 FGs); S. Bronner 14 pts, 6 rebs; N. Nagel 9 pts, 5 rebs. Cotter made 10 of 23 threes (44%), FC 2 of 7 (29%). The Falcons are 4-5 in the TRC, 8-6 overall)
Southeast Conference Girls Basketball (1/13 & 1/16)
LeRoy-Ostrander 47, Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton 79 (SGMC: K. Soiney 24 pts (six threes), 9 rebs, 4 asts, 3 stls; Siri Konkel 21 pts (three threes). 4 asts; Kylie Hammel 8 pts, 10 rebs, 8 asts, 4 stls; Izabel Kaufmann 9 pts. LO: Miranda Nagel 14 pts, 14 rebs; Keira Lewison 11 pts (3-6 threes); Mabel Johnson 8 pts, 6 rebs; Maria Almaraz-Nolt 8 pts, 9 rebs. Soiney recorded her 1,000th career rebound. Up by seven at halftime, the Lions doubled up the Cardinals 46-23 in second half, scored a season-high)
Houston 54, Kingsland 28 (H: Aubry Boldt 19 pts (3-8 threes); J. Meyer 11 pts, 20 rebs; Avery Kingsley 7 pts, 5 asts. K: Jaelee Hagstrom 9 pts; M. Runck 8 pts. The Knights are 2-6, 3-13)
Southland 66, LeRoy-Ostrander 27 (LO: Miranda Nagel 11 pts)
Non-Conference Girls Basketball (1/12 – 1/17)
Lewiston-Altura 66, LeRoy-Ostrander 55 (L-O: M. Almaraz-Nolt 18 pts (7-9 FGs), 9 rebs; Kendall Olson 12 pts (4-13 threes), 7 rebs; M. Nagel 14 pts, 13 rebs; Keira Lewison 8 pts. L-A (10-4) led 30-28 at intermission on L-O (0-12))
Kingsland 24, Blooming Prairie 55 (The Knights scored eight first half points, leading scorer had five points)
Grand Meadow 49, Wabasha-Kellogg 45 (GM: G. Foster 20 pts (7-9 FTs), 9 rebs, 4 asts; Naomi Warmka 10 pts, 9 rebs; Myla Stejskal 9 pts. Getting their first win (0-7, 1-13), GM had a 10-2 run, going from down 36-32 to up 44-38.)
Spring Grove/Mabel-Canton 52, La Crescent/Hokah 40 (SG: K. Hammel 15 pts, 15 rebs, 6 asts, 5 stls; Layla Kittleson 12 pts; S. Konkel 10 pts, 6 asts; Brinley Middendorf 8 pts, 6 rebs. An 11-point run wiped away a one-point Lancer second half lead.)
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