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LARP wrestling beat St. Charles and W-K to improve to 2-0, 5-2 on the year.  Ranked guys Ross Herber (#6 at 113) and Carter Jonsgaard (#5 at 120) each went 2-0, as did Dominic Jenkins (knocked off W-K’s ranked Tagen Miller 11-8), Tyler Kreidermacher, Gable Speltz, Caleb Mueller, and Carter Weidemann.  Kingsland sisters Lauren (24 pts, 14 rebs) and Ellie Buchholtz (20 pts, 14 rebs) proved the epitome of double-double trouble in a 64-42 win over R-P.  Lauren also had a double-double in a 65-39 win over Lanesboro, and 21 points in a loss to Goodhue.  The Knights went 2-1 to improve to 2-2, 4-3.  Kassidy Broadwater put up a Kenzie Broadwater-like line (15 pts, 17 rebs, 6 asts, 5 stls) in an FC 66-55 win over W-K.  Kandace Sikkink added 11 (pts) and 18 (rebs).  The Falcons are 4-2, 5-4.  R-P’s girls trailed by 15 at one point, only to fall to PEM late 69-65.  Abbey Hoegh had a career-high 28 points.  The senior averaged 22.0 PPG over three Trojan games.  Teammate Megan Oian had a pair of double-doubles in a win over Cannon Falls, the loss to PEM.  Maddy Michels had a career-high 21 points as M-C’s girls lost to L-A.  Houston’s Mikkel Schutte had another huge week in a win over Lanesboro and a loss to Kingsland (see Athlete of the Week).  Schutte (41 pts), Alex Van Gundy (23 pts), and Caiden Danielson (20 pts) all hit for at least 20 in the Lanesboro win.  Andrew Luck had 23 in defeat.  Carson Schwichtenberg had 20 points, but Lanesboro fell to Goodhue 52-46.  Wyatt Pruter had 23 points as Kingsland’s boys narrowly lost to Section power SG 62-59.  Zach Hauser posted a career-high 22 points as Kingsland (3-2, 3-4) beat Houston (1-4, 2-4).  Josh Peters had 28 points, hitting five threes for a third time this season, but FC (0-4, 0-7) lost to GM.  Josef Fahrenholtz (22 pts, 11 rebs) notched his fourth straight double-double, but Chatfield (1-3, 2-3) lost to La Crescent.