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Alayna Helgemoe hit her second free throw with 1.2 seconds left to lift R-Ps’ girls past Schaeffer 52-51.  Houston’s boys posted a 2-0 week, paced by Athletes of the Week Alex Van Gundy and Mikkel Schutte.  The Hurricanes beat Lanesboro 72-63, as Caiden Danielson had 24 points.  Schutte (22 pts, 11 rebs, 7 asts, 5 stls, 10 blks) and Van Gundy (18 pts, 12 rebs) added huge/big games.  Sawyer Johnson hit six threes and scored 22 for the Burros in defeat.  Houston (6-2, 8-6) then out-scored L-O 99-91!  Van Gundy (35 pts) and Schutte (32 pts) each topped 30 points.  The ‘Cane girls (6-0, 9-4) went 2-1 on the week, staying perfect in SEC play, atop the East, with two league wins.  Emma Geiwitz (30 pts) and Sydney Torgerson (career-high 20 pts, career-high 17 rebs, 8 asts) had big games in a 69-54 win over SG.  Geiwitz (24 pts) and Jenny Albrecht (12 asts, 13 stls) were big in a 62-26 win over L-O.  Kingsland got a season-high 26 points from Ellie Buchholtz in a 76-52 win over L-A.  Buchholtz also had 20 points in a 63-50 loss to K-W.  The Lady Knights lead the SEC West (6-0, 9-7).  Walker Erdman had 25 points, as Kingsland boys beat G-E 61-26.  Reid Johnson had 21 points, though Chatfield fell to L-A 70-54.  Chatfield’s Cael Bartels (120) and Seth Goetzinger (145) each took first at the Crestwood Flanagan Tourney.  Both guys beat ranked Iowa wrestlers for titles.  Each went 5-0 on the week.  Bartels (#3 at 120) is 15-3.  Goetzinger (#5 at 138) is 16-4.  Teamwise, the Gophers (1-2, 7-3) dropped two rivalry matches with PEM and D-E.  LARP’s Gable Speltz (138) was champion at the PEM Invite.  He is 19-4.  The Screamin’ Eagles beat FCLMC and USC to improve to 3-0, 5-1.