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Chatfield wrestling regrouped from a difficult triangular double loss at D-E by beating LARP 64-9 and Caledonia/Houston 45-30 at a home triangular.  The Gophers improved to 3-2, 9-3.  FCLMC wrestling notched its fourth win of the year (1-5, 4-6), beating St. Charles 40-27.  FCLMC’s four wins equals what they had the last five seasons combined and are the most in a season since 2013-2014’s squad went 8-13.  County state ranked wrestlers are, in Class A, Chatfield’s Cael Bartels (#3 at 120) and Seth Goetzinger (#5 at 138), in Class AA LARP’s Ross Herber (#4 at 132).  Ellie Buchholtz had a season-high 29 points, as Kingsland’s girls (7-0, 10-7) stayed SEC perfect by beating Randolph 61-59.  The Knights lead the SEC-East over GM (7-2, 9-6).  Payton Danielson had 17 points (9-9 FTs) and 14 rebounds as M-C’s girls got a redemption win over Lanesboro 54-44.  Danielson then had 23 points and 12 rebounds in a loss to L-A 53-41.  Tessa McMahon had 13 points and 10 assists as Chatfield’s girls beat Cannon Falls 68-64.  Mikkel Schutte (39 points) and Alex Van Gundy (30 points) each topped 30 points in a game for a second time this year, though Houston fell 112-81 in a score-fest versus L-A.