The 2017 portion of the 2017-2018 basketball season was a bit tough on FCJ covered teams. Ten of fourteen posted sub-500 overall records. Eight of those sub-500 squads took on each other early in 2018.
Laying Down the Second Half Lawston
A Lanesboro (2-6) at R-P (2-7) girls game was a free-throw-line tale of two halves. The visiting Burros went 13 of 21 in the first half, the Trojans 3 of 8. Lanesboro led most of the stanza and 20-17 at intermission. The second half was the opposite. R-P went 12 of 16 to Lanesboro’s 3 of 5. It was opposite for Trojan Lauren Lawston too. The junior forward had 17 (pts) and 9 (rebs) in second 18-minutes. R-P took the lead at 25-23 and posted a 49-39 victory. Lawston (career-high 24 pts, 9-14 FTs, 10 rebs, 5 stls) led the way. Megan Oian (11 pts, 5-7 FTs, 9 rebs) helped. Lanesboro was led by sophomore Payton Benson (17 pts, 3-11 threes). Emily Snyder (8 pts, 13 rebs,), Bailey Ruen (8 pts, 7 rebs), and Josie Semmen (6 pts, 8 rebs) were the other Burro scorers. Thirty-turnovers doomed Lanesboro. Each team played minus a starter. The Burros were devoid leading scorer Lexie Johnson.
Falcon Girls Prey on Gopher Turnovers
A girls game between Chatfield (3-8) and FC (3-6) came down to turnovers. Levi Olstad’s Falcons started the game by not turning the ball over on 19 straight possessions. They then did so their next five. In the first half, FC led by as many as seven (19-12), Chatfield by as many as six (31-25). The Gophers were up 32-29 at half. In the second, Chatfield got their first field goal on their second possession, then didn’t get another until their 29th possession. They had 24 turnovers in the stanza, never comfortable handling FC’s pressure defense. The Falcons had a prolonged 22-1 run that made it 51-35. FC prevailed 60-48. Madison Scheevel had a career-high 15 points (7-8 FTs) off the bench. Emma Breitsprecher (12 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls) and Alleigh Meyer (10 pts) also hit double figures. Grace Miller (8 pts, 5 rebs, 5 stls) and Paige Donlinger (6 pts, 6 rebs, 6 assists) added balance for FC. Belle Berg (13 pts), Macy Pederson (11 pts), and Alanna Goetzinger (9 pts, 10 rebs) led Chatfield. The Gophers totaled 36 turnovers. FC had 25, though ten were inconsequential, occurring in the final four minutes. Chatfield was without Shelby Isensee. The Falcons improve to 3-4, 4-6. Chatfield falls to 2-6, 3-9.
Peters Shoots Falcon Boys Past Gophers
The FC (2-7) versus Chatfield (3-7) boys game was mostly Falcons. FC got a trio of threes from junior Josh Peters early on. Aaron Mensink’s guys jumped out 19-3. FC led 28-13 at halftime and by as many as 18 in the second (47-29). Late, Gopher leading scorer, freshman Reid Johnson, tallied every point in an 11-0 run that trimmed FC’s lead to 54-48 (about 2:00 left). But FC immediately got a leak-out basket (56-48). The Falcons won their second in a row by a final of 58-51. A trio of guards led the way. Peters had a game-high 20 pts (6-10 threes). Nate Haugerud (8 pts, 8 rebs, 6 assists, 3 stls) and Logan Corson (9 pts, 5 rebs) helped. For Chatfield, Johnson began the game 0-for-8, but finished 6-for-7. He did all his damage in the second half (14 pts, 8 rebs). Landon Bance (12 pts, 4-11 threes) and Bennett Gathje (11 pts) helped. Chatfield was 1 of 1 at the free throw line, FC 12 of 22. The Gophers played without Josef Fahrenholtz. The Falcons are 1-3, 3-7. Chatfield is 1-5, 3-8.
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