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...]