FC versus Lanesboro in boys basketball has always been a good rivalry. Lanesboro opened its gym versus Preston-Fountain. The 2017 incarnation proved the most lopsided of the last seven meetings. A player with ties to both districts propelled the winners. Cole Schwichtenberg, dissed his mom’s former district (P-F), made dad proud (Lanesboro), by scoring 20 first half points. … [Read more...]

R-P 58, D-E 40 (RP: P. Hahn career-high 16 pts (5-10 three’s); Jake Paulson 12 pts; Luke Rasmussen 11 pts (6-6 FTs), 4 stls; N. Carlson 10 pts, 5 rebs, 4 assists, 5 stls) Houston 48, SA 81 (H: Brandon Grupe career-high 13 pts; Alex Van Gundy 9 pts, 3 stls; James Hongerholt 8 pts, 6 rebs) SC 79, Kingsland 68 (K: Z. Buchholtz 18 pts (8-10 FTs), 7 rebs; Jacob Rindels/Wyatt … [Read more...]

LC 46, FC 65 (FC: K. Bennett 17 pts, 7 rebs; K. Broadwater 12 pts, 12 rebs, 10 assists; T. Barnes 15 pts, 4 stls) SC 62, M-C 60 (M-C: C. Vickerman 23 pts (7-7 FTs), 6 rebs, 5 assists; Courtney Graves 12 pts; Payton Danielson 11 pts, 6 rebs. Cougars cut into a Saint lead late, but had no game-winning/tying shot attempts) Lanesboro 15, M-C 49 (MC: P. Danielson season-high … [Read more...]

The FC/R-P girls/boys basketball series had won concurrent theme. Falcon teams looked for redemption. In Preston, the Falcon boys (1-9, 5-11) took the floor after a 63-41 loss to Lanesboro. Their performance versus R-P (8-1, 11-5) was partially, but not ultimately redeeming. The teams, with opposing streaks (R-P +5, FC -7), logged through a field-goal-lacking first half. It … [Read more...]

It was statistically inevitable. Back in 2013, a freshman named Brianna Koop scored 20-plus points in each of her first three varsity games for Rushford-Peterson. Her march toward Jade Pelzl’s Trojan girls scoring mark (1,747) was on. Heading into this, Koop’s senior year, the 5’8” forward sat 240 points away. Entering the week of January 16, with three games scheduled, Koop … [Read more...]

In sub-section 1A boys basketball, two teams have been at the forefront of things in recent history; Rushford-Peterson and Spring Grove. Tom Vix and Wade Grinde’s clubs have battled for three of the last five 1A East title games, including last year’s. And thus a match-up, with both teams with new pieces, was a mid-season ‘where we at’ test. The old pieces for last year’s … [Read more...]

It’s unknown just how long it has been since the Mabel-Canton girls have won six straight. Minnesota-scores.net is down, erasing ten years of game-by-game results. It hasn’t happened in at least four years. Courtesy of wins over Alden-Conger and Hope Lutheran, the Cougars ran their record to a county-best 11-4 (SEC 5-1). The Knights fell 51-41. M-C got double-doubles from … [Read more...]

Kingsland 60, Cotter 45 (K: Z. Buchholtz 19 pts (6-11 FGs); J. Beck 15 pts (6-8 FGs), 11 rebs; Matthew Woods 10 pts, 9 rebs. Knights were 17 of 29 at free throw line) Stewartville 53, Chatfield 49 (C: Alex Hompe 13 pts; Parker Fossum 12 pts, 9 rebs; Dillon Bance 11 pts, 7 assists. Gophers are 1-6, 2-11) L-A 62, Lanesboro 52 (L: Co. Schwichtenberg 20 pts, 11 rebs; Carson … [Read more...]

FC 46, SC 57 (FC: K. Broadwater 12 pts, 10 rebs, 8 assists, 9 stls; Tayah Barnes 9 pts, 6 rebs. FTs: SC 16-27, FC 6-14) Cotter 66, Kingsland 46 (K: Courtney Schmidt 16 pts (3-4 three’s); Kailey Link 7 pts, 7 rebs. Knights are 6-3, 10-5) Houston 46, Lanesboro 34 (H: A. Rostad 17 pts (3-5 three’s, 6-6 FTs), 9 rebs, 4 stls; J. Albrecht 11 pts, 9 rebs; Amber Chapel 7 pts, 10 … [Read more...]

It was a most unexpected outcome, though, not necessarily an unexpected win. Fillmore Central’s girls went to Eyota and took down the Eagles by 16, 44-28. Kendyl Bennett (12 pts, 6 rebs), Kenzie Broadwater (4 pts, 7 assists, 7 stls), and Tayah Barnes (8 pts, 6 rebs, 4 stls) led the charge in the Falcons’ biggest ‘W’ of the season. Sophomore Madison Scheevel had eight points … [Read more...]