Chatfield 69, St. Charles 79 (C: A. Hompe 24 pts (10-14 FGs); Jason Lowrey 13 pts (6-8 FGs); P. Fossum 10 pts, 12 rebs, 7 assists.  Game from December 22)  Chatfield 64, Hayfield 62 (C: A. Hompe 19 pts (8-9 FGs); P. Fossum 19 pts, 6 rebs; Brandon Ebnet 12 pts (4-4 three’s).  Vikings had a game-winning three-point play late.  Game from December 23 at Mayo Civic Center)  … [Read more...]

Chatfield 27, Hayfield 65 (C: Macy Pederson 9 pts (3-6 three’s).  Game from December 22) SC 42, Chatfield 35 (C: M. Pederson 13 pts (3-7 three’s), 3 stls; Mariah Bell 10 pts, 10 rebs.  Game from December 23) FC 61, Houston 50 (FC: K. Bennett 16 pts (8-11 FGs); P. Bennett 13 pts, 7 rebs; K. Broadwater 12 pts (5-5 FGs), 5 rebs, 8 assists, 5 stls; T. Barnes 8 pts, 6 assists, 3 … [Read more...]

Three years ago, Jake Vetter took over the Kingsland girls basketball program. He pretty much used sophomores across the board. Those girls are now seniors. The Knights, courtesy of three straights wins where no foe scored 40 points, are off to a 6-2 start to the season. Kingsland beat Chatfield 59-23. Gracie Schmidt (12 pts, 4-6 FGs), Lauren Buchholtz (10 pts, 3 stls), … [Read more...]

It’d been quite some time since Gopher classmates Parker Fossum and Alex Hompe played high school basketball together. Injury annulled last year’s junior season completely for Hompe, partially for Fossum. Fossum was on varsity sophomore year. In game three of their senior seasons, the duo made up for lost time, putting on an efficiency clinic versus Kingsland. Hompe, a 6’2” … [Read more...]

HL 47, Houston 63 (H: J. Hongerholt 17 pts (7-9 FGs), 19 rebs; Wesley Johnson 14 pts, 7 rebs; Micah Johnson 14 pts (7-11 FGs)) M-C 50, South Winneshiek 53 (MC: D. Wyffels 25 pts (6-8 FTs), 5 rebs, 4 stls. Game was a rescheduled Border Battle series in Decorah. FTs: MC 9-19, NW 25-35) Cotter 40, FC 38 (FC: Riley Means 11 pts, 5 rebs, 6 stls; Delton Sauer 9 pts, 6 … [Read more...]

HL 36, Houston 55 (H: Jessica Kitching 17 pts (5-7 FTs), 9 rebs; Alyssa Rostad 13 pts. ‘Canes are 3-1, 3-2) SA 37, Lanesboro 34 (L: Emily Snyder 8 pts, 13 rebs, 3 stls; C. Ruud 8 pts. Game had 12 lead changes. Burros missed a couple game-tying three-pointers late) GM 49, M-C 38 (MC: Payton Danielson 16 pts (7-9 FGs), 5 stls) L-A 38, RP 57 (RP: M. Crawford … [Read more...]

Hopefully, by each team’s offensive displays, they’ll each have solid years. Kingsland’s boys played at Lanesboro in a game of individual scoring spurts, a contest that pry was too close for comfort for the winners. Kingsland senior Zach Buchholtz was aggressive early, scoring 13 of the Knights’ first 17 points. The fighting John Fenske’s jumped out 17-10. But a 10-3 Burro run … [Read more...]

Kingsland 57, D-E 36 (K: Z. Bubany 27 pts (4-10 three’s, 5-7 FTs), 6 assists, 10 stls; J. Beck 11 pts, 6 rebs. Bubany and Jackson Rindels combined for 16 steals, harkening back to the Tanner Lange/Sam Eberle days) Houston 50, HL 70 (H: W. Johnson 22 pts (8-13 FGs); Brady Happel 7 pts, 7 rebs. ‘Canes are 1-2, 1-2) Goodhue 56, R-P 33 (RP: Jake Paulson 10 pts. Trojans are 0-1, … [Read more...]

Houston 57, HL 43 (H: A. Rostad 20 pts (4-12 three’s, 4-4 FTs), 7 rebs, 4 stls; Jessica Kitching 18 pts, 9 stls; Amber Chapel 10 pts, 7 rebs, 6 stls) Lanesboro 33, Houston 40 (H: J. Kitching 9 pts, 10 rebs; Annette Dulek 9 pts; Jenny Albrecht 5 pts, 15 rebs. L: Cassidy Ruud 9 pts; Emily Snyder 9 pts, 6 rebs; Haley Polin 7 pts, 7 rebs. Hurricanes are 2-1, 2-2. Burros are 1-2, … [Read more...]

Sports and injuries are synonymous with one another. Players get hurt. It is an unfortunate part of the game. Again, a key R-P athlete has been befallen by injury. Where the Trojans’ girls’ game with Mabel-Canton would’ve went had Mikayla Crawford not hurt her ankle, is unknown. Where it went once she was out, is known. The Cougars pounced on at an opportunity and pulled … [Read more...]

It was quite a half, quite a game for the Mabel-Canton junior. With the team’s leading scorer through two games, Drew Wyffels, nursing an injured left wrist (and he’s left-handed), teammate Brenden Kerns was given a greenlight to score. And score he did versus Houston. Kerns topped his career-high of 18 by halftime, scoring 21, helping M-C to a 31-15 lead. Houston went with … [Read more...]

Week one of scheduling for Fillmore Central’s girls and new coach Levi Olstad was unforgiving. Match-ups with powers Caledonia and Rushford-Peterson (two losses). Week two of scheduling was confidence-inspiring. The Falcons overmatched a trio of teams for a 3-0 week. Schaeffer Academy fell 61-23 for Olstad’s first varsity win. Sophomore Paige Donlinger had 11 points (4-5 … [Read more...]

Southland 71, Kingsland 70 (K: Z. Buchholtz 25 pts (9-13 FTs), 7 rebs, 3 stls; Z. Bubany 22 pts (7-7 FTs); Ian Meisner 10 pts; Jordan Beck 7 pts, 9 rebs.  Knights are 0-1, 0-1) L-A 43, FC 34 (FC: Logan Corson 9 pts (6-6 FTs), 3 stls) Chatfield 58, PEM 72 (C: Parker Fossum 15 pts, 6 rebs, 3 stls; Alex Hompe 13 pts; Dillon Bance 13 pts (6-6 FTs), 5 rebs) Caledonia 65, … [Read more...]

Kingsland 55, Southland 40 (K: Courtney Schmidt 12 pts, 4 assists; Lauren Buchholtz 8 pts, 8 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls) M-C 52, L-O 39 (M-C: C. Vickerman 16 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists, 3 stls; C. Graves 16 pts, 7 rebs; P. Danielson 14 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 31, GM 42 (L: H. Polin 19 pts, 7 rebs) R-P 51, Caledonia 78 (R-P: B. Koop 19 pts (7-10 FTs), 9 rebs, 5 stls; S. Skalet … [Read more...]

M-C 60, G-E 82 (MC: Drew Wyffels 19 pts (five 3’s); Blake Henry 13 pts, 11 rebs; Brenden Kerns 13 pts, 7 rebs) L/P 40, M-C 47 (MC: D. Wyffels 12 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists; B. Kerns 12 pts. Cougars are 1-1) … [Read more...]