The Spring Grove girls won two of three games last week, all of which at home and all decided before halftime. Fillmore Central lashed the Lions, 78-36, on Feb. 8 before the Grove girls claimed a 68-38 thrashing of Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons on Feb. 10, one night before completing a season sweep of LeRoy-Ostrander, 60-42. The latter was a conference contest after Spring … [Read more...]
Lion boys sweep Southland, roll past LeRoy-Ostrander
The Spring Grove boys, for a second time this season, used a second-half scoring spurt to subdue Southland. Then they netted a season-most 15 threes on the road while extending their winning streak against LeRoy-Ostrander to 34 games. The 51-38 home win over the Rebels on Feb. 7 was a non-conference decision; the Lions had taken the SEC game in Adams (59-37) back in December. … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central girls basketball awards banquet
Fillmore Central girls basketball held their awards banquet on July 19. In the top photo are Academic All Conference winners. In back, from left, Alyssa Britton, Kelly Ristau, Kammry Broadwater, Kassidy Broadwater, Kandace Sikkink, Emma Breitsprecher. Front row, from left, Ashlyn Simon, Lauren Mensink, Sydney Bronner, Marissa … [Read more...]
A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part III
The boys basketball All-Decade top 20. Those listed had to be covered by the Journal Sports. Careers that spanned just into 2010 are less regarded. Athletes from Houston are only those 2013-on. Rankings are based off honors, team winning, stats, career longevity, coaches ranking, player comparison, and college credentials. Said rankings are very much subject to debate! Special … [Read more...]
10th Annual Boys All-County Team
1st Team Mikkel Schutte (6’4” Sr. F/C Houston): The Hurricanes rangy stat-stuffing double-double machine, Schutte had a stellar senior year, putting up the extremely rare stat line of 20.5 PPG, 12.1 RPG, 5.3 APG, 2.5 SPG, and 3.7 BPG. Led his team in all five categories. In SEC-league games, finished top three in all five (1st rebounding/blocks, 3rd … [Read more...]
Falcons Fall in State Quarterfinals
It will be a long remembered season. Fillmore Central’s girls’basketball took on its first ever state tourney. But the ending will be more memorable for reasons not sporting. FC’s girls trekked to Minneapolis to play basketball. The Falcons (22-8) drew tournament 3-seed, #4 in state Henning (28-2). Before the teams even took the court, it was announced all consolation and … [Read more...]
Falcon GBB Clinches First Ever State Berth
Blooming Prairie (21-5) came into the 2019-2020 Section 1A title game ranked #9 and the top seed. They put it on Hayfield in the 1A semis 62-33. Fillmore Central (21-8) came in unranked and seeded second. They nipped GM 43-41 in the semis. The Blossoms and Falcons were the last two teams left standing in a very open 1A field (given Goodhue’s departure to Class AA). The … [Read more...]
Young Trojans Fall in Quarters
Only one Journal-covered boys basketball team made it out of the Round of 16 of their respective section tournaments. It wasn’t a shock it was R-P, but the section four cast will not include the Trojans. Maybe in a couple years, when this young Trojan group matures, their game versus Hayfield will be just a blip. Hopefully, this season will just be a blip, as it’s been … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/24 – 2/27)
M-C 41, Grand Meadow 71 (M-C: Reid Crawford 9 pts (3-4 threes); Gavin Johnson 9 pts. Game from Feb 21) L-A 83, M-C 49 (M-C: Cayden Tollefsrud 19 pts (5-9 threes), 5 rebs, 4 asts; G. Johnson 7 pts, 12 rebs. Game from Feb 22) 1A Play-in > 19-seed Faribault B.A. (1-25) 46, 14-seed Kingsland (7-19) 51 (K: Walker Erdman 13 pts (7-12 FTs), 10 rebs; Lucas Howard 11 pts; … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Play-Offs (2/24)
1AA Qtr > 11-seed Chatfield (10-17) 38, 3-seed Goodhue (24-3) 82 (C: Jaiden Zimmerman/Sydney Allen 8 pts. Wildcats used defense to build 48-16 halftime lead. Gophers finish at 10-18) 1A Qtr > 6-seed GM (17-9) 49, 3-seed Houston (21-6) 45 (H: Emma Geiwitz 15 pts, 7 rebs; Sydney Torgerson 11 pts, 14 rebs; Becca Rostad 8 pts, 4 stls. GM: R. Queensland 20 pts, 5 rebs. … [Read more...]