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Girls Basketball (12/20 – 12/23)

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Spring Grove guard Jordian Leahy is fouled while driving into the lane in the Lions game at Lanesboro. Burro defenders are Skyler Check, Ella Cambern (#14) and Jessie Schreiber (#11). Leahy led Spring Grove in scoring with 16 points, but Lanesboro claimed a convincing 58-35 conference victory to assume first place in the division. Photo by Lee Epps

Southeast Conference

Lyle/Pacelli 25, Grand Meadow 57 (GM: Kendyl Queensland 14 pts (4-4 FTs), 8 rebs; McKenna Hendrickson 12 pts, 5 stls; Lauren Queensland 11 pts, 11 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls; River Landers 10 pts, 15 rebs; Sydney Cotton 5 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts.   GM racked up 55 rebounds) 

Kingsland 70, LeRoy-Ostrander 28 (K: Shelby Beck 11 pts; Emily Miner 9 pts; Audrey Webster 9 pts (3-7 threes), 5 stls; Kennedy Fenske 8 pts, 4 rebs; Katelyn Hauser 8 pts; A. Reiland 7 pts, 7 rebs, 7 asts, 10 stls; Elise O’Connor 6 pts, 5 rebs; Cassidy Redman 5 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts.  L-O: Benita Nolt 13 pts, 14 rebs.  Nine different Knights had multiple made field goals and 10 scored.  Cardinals > 1-4, 1-7) 

Schaeffer Academy 39, Houston 70 (H: S. Torgerson 25 pts (11-15 FGs), 7 rebs, 6 asts, 8 stls; Lilly Carr 15 pts (6-9 FGs, 3-3 FTs), 7 rebs; Nicole Beckman 11 pts (3-8 threes); Olivia Beckman 10 pts, 4 rebs, 6 asts; Priya Kingsley 0 pts, 4 rebs, 8 asts, 5 stls) 

Non-Conference

Chatfield’s Tessa McMahon gets Caledonia’s Alexis Schroeder in the air before a shot in the team’s TRC battle. McMahon’s steady hand at the point helped the Gophers to a 59-54 win, as they improved to 8-2 on the year.
Photo by Paul Trende

Cotter 61, Kingsland 57 (K: Katelyn Hauser 11 pts; E. Miner 10 pts, 6 rebs; A. Reiland 9 pts, 10 rebs, 3 asts, 5 stls; A. Webster 8 pts, 5 rebs; Alexys Harwood 6 pts, 6 rebs.  C: Sofia Sandcork 24 pts (4-12 threes); Megan Morgan 17 pts.  Knights used an 8-0 run in the first half to expand an 18-17 lead into a 26-17 edge.  They led 30-24 at halftime.  Kingsland led 51-44 only for Ramblers to end game on 17-6 run.  Cotter got 41 points from two players while seven Knights combined to score 55 of 57 points.  FGs: K 22 of 51 (43%), C 19 of 54 (35%).  Turnovers: K 26, C 16.  FTs: K 7 of 10 (70%), C 17 of 24 (71%).  The game was a battle of the 7-1 Knights and the 5-2 Ramblers.  Cotter has now won six straight) 

Schaeffer Academy 17, Rushford-Peterson 64 (R-P: T. Helgemoe career-high 22 pts (6-10 threes), 7 rebs; Ellie Ekern 9 pts, 4 asts; Brie Papenfuss 7 pts, 9 rebs; Kaylee Ruberg 6 pts, 8 rebs, 4 asts; Hannah Ronnenberg 6 pts, 8 rebs.  Trojans hit 11 of 31 threes)

Mabel-Canton 38, La Crescent/Hokah 57 (M-C: Kinley Soiney 14 pts (3-4 threes), 5 rebs; Katrinda Whalen 6 pts, 8 rebs) 

St. Charles 33, Mabel-Canton 36 (M-C: Camryn Cox 13 pts (8-10 FTs), 4 rebs; MaKenzie Kelly 7 pts, 4 asts; Kinley Soiney 4 pts, 5 rebs, 4 stls; Hope Erickson 5 pts, 8 rebs.  FTs: M-C 16-27.  SC : 6-12.  Cougars > 2-3, 3-7) 

Lanesboro 68, Lewiston-Altura 67 (L: K. Ruen 21 pts (10-15 FGs), 10 rebs; J. Storhoff 16 pts (6-7 FGs), 4 rebs, 5 asts; B. Ruen 12 pts, 6 rebs; M. Tessum 11 pts, 4 asts, 5 stls; J. Schreiber 6 pts, 9 rebs, 6 asts.  Burros led most of the game, but trailed in the final five minutes.  Tessum hit one of two free throws to tie the game at 65-65 (1:17).  L-A made a jumper to go ahead 67-65 (0:57).  Storhoff made one of two free throws to make it 67-66 (0:32).  L-A then near immediately missed a three.  Tessum was fouled on the rebound.  She hit two free throws (0:22.6).  L-A missed two threes thereafter.  FGs: Lanes 27 of 54 (50%), L-A 27 of 53 (51%).  Threes: L 7 of 19 (37%), L-A 10 of 20 (50%).  FTs: L 7 of 11 (64%), L-A 3 of 6 (50%))

Kingsland 47, La Crescent/Hokah 69 (K: E. Miner 16 pts, 7 rebs; A. Webster 14 pts (four threes); A. Reiland 2 pts, 5 rebs, 4 asts, 5 stls.  Lancers scored 30-plus points in each half)