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...]
Falcon Girls a 3-0 Week
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...]
Boys Basketball (12/6-12/10)
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...]
Girls Basketball (12/5-12/9)
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...]
Boys Basketball (12/2 – 12/3)
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...]
Girls Basketball (11/29 – 12/3)
G-E 14, Lanesboro 40 (L: H. Polin 11 pts, 11 rebs, 6 stls; Caroline Mayer 11 pts, 4 stls) FC 31, Caledonia 62 (FC: K. Bennett 8 pts, 8 rebs; Kenzie Broadwater 6 pts, 6 rebs, 9 stls) Chatfield 48, Southland 62 (C: Macy Pederson career-high 15 pts (5-8 FGs, 3-4 FTs), 3 stls; Mariah Bell 14 pts, 10 rebs, 4 stls. Gophers led 38-30 with around 11-minutes to play) SG 45, … [Read more...]
Collision Course?
The basketball season is just beginning. A lot can happen yet. Nevertheless, the last two county girls teams left standing a year ago made early statements to start 2016-2017. Rushford-Peterson opened 3-0, beating Cotter (63-56), Lanesboro (50-34), and Fillmore Central (47-29). Brianna Koop ushered in her senior year loudly (29 pts, 14-18 FTs, career-high 22 rebs, 6 assists) … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (11/26)
Houston 51, Gilbert, IA 69 (H: Jessica Kitching 14 pts (4-11 three’s), 9 rebs, 4 assists; Alyssa Rostad 12 pts, 7 rebs) … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball Preview
The season begins with a bunch of county teams trying to rally after less than ideal 2015-2016 campaigns. It was bound to happen. Rushford-Peterson was bound to finally not win the section. After a four-year state run, the Trojans fell to Spring Grove in last year’s 1A East finals. Tom Vix’s group finished 14-3 (TRC), 20-9 (overall), as 1A East runner-up. It was their sixth … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Preview
The last county girls squad left standing a year ago was Rushford-Peterson. For a fifth straight year, Terry Pelzl’s Trojans made the 1A East title game. For the second time in those years, they won it. R-P won 13 of their last 15, falling to eventual dominant state Class A Champion Goodhue. They finished 9-8 (TRC), 20-10 (overall), as Section 1A runner-up. R-P graduated a … [Read more...]