Adam Wilder’s Mabel-Canton girls had a 2-0 week to continue their good season. For the second straight year, they downed La Crescent (57-47). Coranda Vickerman (19 pts, 13-19 FTs, 7 rebs, 5 assists), Courtney Graves (career-high tying 19 pts, 8-14 FGs), Payton Danielson (11 pts), and Lexi Thorson (4 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assists) led the way. The Lancers had won nine straight … [Read more...]

Lanesboro 58, G-E 38 (L: Co. Schwichtenberg 34 pts (15-24 FGs), 13 rebs; Collin Scott 12 pts, 6 rebs) Chatfield 41, W-K 57 (C: Dillon Bance season-high 17 pts (3-9 three’s)) GM 49, M-C 53 (MC: D. Wyffels 19 pts, 10 rebs, 8 assists, 10 stls; Brenden Kerns 18 (3-8 three’s). Cougars are 3-4, 5-9) FC 37, PEM 68 (FC: Will Nolan 7 pts) PEM 38, RP 44 (RP: Luke Rasmussen 10 … [Read more...]

W-K 51, Chatfield 65 (C: M. Pederson 27 pts (8-16 FGs, 5-12 three’s, 6-6 FTs), 5 stls; Britney Fretland career-high 14 pts (5-7 FGs, 3-4 three’s). Gophers snap 12-game skid) L-O 38, Houston 49 (H: J. Kitching 14 pts (7-9 FTs), 14 rebs, 4 stls. Hurricanes snap 5-game skid) Chatfield 36, R-P 49 (RP: B. Koop 22 pts (6-7 FTs), 5 rebs; M. Crawford 14 pts, 6 assists, 7 … [Read more...]

It was an inauspicious start (from afar). In a rarity, powerhouse R-P boys basketball sat winless after three games. But they weren’t full strength (no Noah Carlson). All three losses were to strong foes. There was maybe a state football hang-over. R-P’s win-streak now stands at five. It is going to take someone scoring more than 33 points to down the Trojans. Over the five … [Read more...]

Kingsland (7-3) and Rushford-Peterson (5-2) girls basketball have been semi-aligned as of late. Each team’s senior classes played a lot as sophomores, producing a tentative rivalry. But it’s been all Trojans. Dating back to 2012, they’ve won six straight. A Brianna Koop buzzer-beater propelled R-P past Kingsland in last year’s 1A East final. Revenge is such a good motivator. In … [Read more...]

On a frigid January night, basketball games between Fillmore Central and Chatfield each had one school narrowly beating, poetically nipping, the other. The Falcon boys were hot early, making seven straight and 10 of 12 field goals for a 34-24 halftime lead. With 5:48 left, Bennett Gathje hit a three to give the visiting Gophers their first lead (44-42) since very early (12-9). … [Read more...]

FC 47, W-K 68 (FC: R. Means 10 pts, 6 assists; D. Sauer 10 pts, 5 rebs) Chatfield 56, Cotter 59 (Chat: A. Hompe 19 pts (9-14 FTs), 7 rebs, 5 assists; B. Ebnet 12 pts (3-6 three’s), 6 rebs) Lanesboro 68, Hope Lutheran 57 (L: Co. Schwichtenberg 26 pts, 11 rebs, 6 assists; Car. Schwichtenberg 23 pts (5-9 three’s); C. Scott 10 pts, 8 rebs, 5 assists, 4 stls, 3 blks; … [Read more...]

W-K 33, FC 66 (FC: K. Bennett 19 pts (7-10 FGs), 7 rebs; K. Broadwater 13 pts, 6 assists, 11 stls; T. Barnes 10 pts) Cotter 53, Chatfield 48 (C: M. Bell 19 pts, 10 rebs; M. Pederson 12 pts; Makara Fahrenholtz 8 pts, 8 rebs) Lanesboro 38, Hope Lutheran 32 (L: Haley Polin 14 pts, 8 rebs; Emily Snyder 6 pts, 8 rebs, 5 stls) L-A 24, Kingsland 63 (K: Lauren … [Read more...]

A night later, in the same gym, Fillmore Central’s girls made noise.  The Falcons have a senior center with broad shoulders.  Through the first six games of the year, Kendyl Bennett wasn’t a major factor.  FC’s leading scorer from 2015-2016 (10.3 PPG) tallied a modest 43 points (7.2 PPG). Versus Mabel-Canton, she powered her way to a huge game in another tit-for-tat contest.  … [Read more...]

For a second time, Adam Wilder’s girls proved, that on any given night, they can beat anyone in the sub-section.  Mabel-Canton can now lay claim to knocking off the two schools that brought home section 1A hardware last year.   At the second annual TRC versus SEC set of holiday games featuring FC, Kingsland, M-C and Houston, the Cougars sprung.  They knocked off last year’s 1A … [Read more...]