FC’s girls beat Caledonia 53-42 and L-A 75-50. Kandace Sikkink had 21 points versus the Warriors, 27 points and 16 rebounds versus the Cardinals. The Falcons (10-5, 18-8) are 1A’s 2-seed, will host 15-seed Faribault B.A. (6-20). Houston’s girls beat A-C/G-E 79-32 and Schaeffer 51-47. Emma Geiwitz had 23 and 20 points respectively. Twenty-win Houston (12-1, 20-6) is the … [Read more...]
‘Canes Get to 18 Wins
And to think, it wasn’t too many years ago (four) Houston girls basketball had never posted a winning season. The three-year run of excellence has continued this year. Dale Moga’s Lady ‘Canes took out three more SEC foes to stay perfect in SEC play. Houston held L-O down majorly offensively in a 69-14 non-conference win. Fourteen was a season-low for points given up (the … [Read more...]
Cougars Post 3-0 Week
All the wins were single digits. The Cougars, who almost play iron-girl basketball at times (five players), weren’t overpowering. But three wins in a week is three wins in a week. M-C’s girls had their best week of the season. They first downed R-P 40-35 in non-conference action. Payton Danielson (11 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls) and Camryn Cox (10 pts) hit double-figures for M-C. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/3 – 2/8)
R-P 56, Houston 48 (R-P: L. O’Hare 19 pts (9-18 FGs), 11 rebs; J. Ruberg 19 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts; Malachi Bunke 10 pts. H: M. Schutte 26 pts (9-18 FGs, 5-6 FTs), 13 rebs, 5 blks; Alex Van Gundy 12 pts) FC 41, Spring Grove 68 (FC: H. Gunderson 17 pts (3-4 threes, 7-11 FGs), 10 rebs, 4 stls; Zach Haugerud 11 pts (6-7 FTs). FC trailed by 10 (46-36) with 7:51 left) #11 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/3 – 2/8)
Chatfield 58, Pine Island 66 (C: Jaiden Zimmerman 14 pts, 4 rebs, 4 asts; Peyton Berg 12 pts (3-8 threes); Tessa McMahon 9 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts) FC 72, Lanesboro 36 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 16 pts (4-5 threes); Kandace Sikkink 14 pts, 8 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 10 pts, 7 rebs. L: Payton Benson 13 pts) Kingsland 49, #7 in A BP 64 (K: E. Buchholtz 18 pts (7-9 FTs), 10 … [Read more...]
Falcons Girls Get Big Win in FC/Houston Split
The FC/Houston boy/girl series was highlighted by the key Section 1A match-up between the gals teams. The Hurricanes (14-4) led FC (13-5) most of the first half. But the game’s key was ‘Cane leading scorer Emma Geiwitz’s foul trouble. She had three in the first half, picked up her fourth early in the second, then fouled out. Houston’s ability to “point-up” against FC’s … [Read more...]
Gophers Sweep Knights
The Chatfield/Kingsland non-conference series was all Gophers. Brian Baum’s girls (7-12) were the record underdog versus Steve Hauser’s Knights (12-7). For the second straight season, record didn’t matter and Chatfield prevailed. Silja Erickson’s offensive rebound of a missed free throw (0:30) gave the Gophers more free throw chances. They hit just one, but it made it a … [Read more...]
Trojans and Falcons Split
R-P and FC’s squads went at it. The FC boys (3-13) had a woeful night from deep (1-22). R-P (8-10) got a great night from Luke O’Hare. The Trojans led 21-16 in the first half before going on an 11-2 run to take command 32-18. Paced by O’Hare’s 18 points (7-10 shooting, seven straight made FGs), R-P led 40-20 at intermission and cruised to a 64-43 win. O’Hare matched his … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/27 – 1/31)
G-E 54, M-C 49 (M-C: Cayden Tollefsrud/Gavin Johnson 12 pts) Lanesboro 61, Cotter 56 (L: J. Prestemon 25 pts (8-14 FGs, 4-7 threes, 5-5 FTs), 5 rebs, 6 asts; Ryan Holmen 16 pts (8-9 FGs); Sawyer Johnson 10 pts (3-8 threes); J.T. Rein 7 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts) GM 77, FC 40 (FC: H. Gunderson 18 pts (7-13 FGs), 8 rebs; C. Kiehne 13 pts. GM: Colton Landers 35 pts) M-C … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/27 – 1/31)
AC/G-E 58, Lanesboro 61 (L: S. Taylor 12 pts (6-12 FGs), 9 rebs; J. Schreiber 11 pts, 15 rebs; Sophia Simes 9 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; Payton Benson 8 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Alida Berg 9 pts, 6 rebs) Houston 60, L-A 53 (H: S. Torgerson 22 pts (10-13 FGs), 15 rebs; E. Geiwitz 19 pts, 11 rebs, 7 asts) R-P 28, Cannon Falls 54 (R-P: K. Ruberg 15 pts (5-12 threes), 5 rebs) … [Read more...]