La Crescent 43, Chatfield 45 (C: Macy Pederson 14 pts (3-6 threes); B. Berg 13 pts; Alanna Goetzinger 10 pts, 9 rebs) L-O 30, M-C 56 (MC: K. McCabe 23 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls; Payton Danielson 18 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assists, 4 stls) R-P 25, St. Charles 63 (RP: Lauren Lawston 8 pts. Seven other Trojans scored, but no more than 4 points) Schaeffer Academy 47, Lanesboro 29 (L: … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/15 – 1/20)
FC 36, Goodhue 43 (FC: Josh Peters 11 pts (3-11 threes); Matt Lutes 9 pts; Logan Corson 8 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assists, 3 stls. FTs: FC 2-5, G 10-19. Wildcats took lead for good in final eight minutes. Defending section champ Goodhue is 9-7) W-K 73, Lanesboro 52 (L: C. Schwichtenberg 18 pts, 9 rebs, 8 assists; Andrew Luck 15 pts. WK: Zach Kjeseth 25 pts) GM 59, Houston 56 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/16 – 1/20)
FC 53, Southland 52 (FC: Paige Donlinger career-high 15 pts (9-23 FTs); Alleigh Meyer 9 pts, 7 rebs; Grace Miller 8 pts, 6 stls. S: McKendry Kennedy 23 pts (11-12 FTs). Falcons went ahead late in first half, never trailed thereafter. Rebels made a push at the very end. FTs: FC 18-45, S 16-24. Falcons had six girls shoot free throws and none hit over 50%) Caledonia 49, … [Read more...]
‘Cane & ‘Coug Girls Do OT Again
It can be called a rivalry by this point. SEC-East girls foes Houston and Mabel-Canton have now gone to overtime three straight years. Underdog M-C (3-10) led Houston (11-2) with around three minutes to go, 38-33. The ‘Canes attacked the hoop and got to the free throw line, to build a 41-38 lead with 0:25 left. With under ten ticks, M-C had the ball still down three, but … [Read more...]
R-P Boys Run Streak to Six
Section 1A beware (not that they aren’t anyway); R-P boys basketball is again looking like R-P boys basketball. Tom Vix’s Trojans defended and offended their way to wins on back-to-back nights in Rushford, bringing their win tally to six in a row. The Trojans subdued Spring Grove in a re-match of last year’s 1A East title game. Short of down 2-0, R-P led the duration. SG … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield’s Jake Mandt stayed undefeated (26-0) and won his third tournament of the year, the Stewartville Invite. The #1-guy in the state at 145 racked up four pins for his title. Jake has (unofficially) a 47-match win streak. He hasn’t lost in over a year, at the 2016 Rumble on the Red. Seth Goetzinger (18-7) went 4-1 to take second. LARP wrestling took third (of 14) at … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/8 – 1/13)
M-C 46, Alden-Conger 47 (MC: Drew Wyffels 11 pts, 4 assists, 5 stls; Blake Henry 8 pts, 9 rebs; Pierce Lind 8 pts, 7 rebs; Brenden Kerns DNP. Threes: M-C 2-19, A-C 6-11. Lind made a put back with 10 seconds to give M-C the 46-45 lead. Knights made a contested shot at the buzzer for the win) PEM 64, FC 51 (FC: Luke Ristau career-high 14 pts; Brock Walsh 8 pts; Nate Haugerud … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/8 – 1/12)
FC 46, Lanesboro 19 (FC: Paige Donlinger 8 pts, 7 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 6 pts, 6 rebs. L: Bailey Ruen 6 pts, 7 rebs. Ten Falcons scored; eight with either two or three made field goals. Halftime score was 27-5) La Crescent 55, Kingsland 61 (K: L. Buchholtz 23 pts, 13 rebs, 6 stls; Ellie Buchholtz 10 pts, 4 stls) G-E 10, Houston 60 (H: A. Rostad 21 pts (5-10 threes); B. … [Read more...]
(Can’t) Quite Really Figure
Vince Lombardi once famously asked, “what the hell is going on out here?” In section 1A boys’ basketball, it’s a good question. As of January 5, 1A’s top three perennial powers, the schools that have represented the section in each of its last four title games, R-P, Goodhue, and SG, all were ranked outside the QRF’s top four. The section’s top four QRF-teams were … [Read more...]
Looking For Wins
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, … [Read more...]