M-C 46, FC 51 in 2 OT (FC: Madison Scheevel 9 pts, 5 stls; Alleigh Meyer 8 pts, 6 rebs. MC: P. Danielson 17 pts (10-15 FTs), 6 rebs. FGs: FC 13-62, MC 12-42. FTs: FC 23-51, MC 18-29. Threes: MC 4-16, FC 2-18. Game was tied 40-40 after regulation and 42-42 after first overtime. FC ends a 5-game skid. SEC/TRC holiday game. Falcons: 2-4, 3-6. Cougars: 1-3, 2-8) … [Read more...]
Pruter/Bubany Lead Knights Past R-P
This year is set to be Tom Vix’s last at R-P. Over the last five seasons, one of the squads his teams have feasted on, going 8-0, has been Kingsland. In the squads’ final get-together with Vix coaching R-P, the script flipped. A pair of Kingsland guards authored a going away present, just before the holidays; a Knight win. Junior Wyatt Pruter and senior Zach Bubany scored … [Read more...]
‘Canes Make it Eight Straight
It was a long trip. The ride home probably gave Houston’s girls basketball players and coaches plenty of time to enjoy where they are at. Courtesy of a 70-41 win over Faribault-B.A, the Hurricanes ran their win streak to eight. Houston’s top three scorers on the year, Amber Chapel (16 pts, 7-12 FGs)), Jessica Kitching (16 pts, 4-6 threes, 5-8 FGs, 5 rebs, 5 assists), and … [Read more...]
Sister Power
There is girl power and then there is what happens when a pair of sisters are both very good. Kingsland girls basketball used a little sister power, and good efforts from its starting five, to post two (section) wins. The Lady Knights first hosted W-K. The Knights used a 12-0 late-first-half run to take a 33-21 lead. But by early second half, W-K was again even (40-40). … [Read more...]
FC’s Rid Monkeys
On the same night, a couple of Fillmore Central’s squads got off winless streaks of differing proportions. FCLMC wrestling competed at the Triton Triangular. Versus the host Cobras, senior Eric Kunz’s pin at 170 stoked the Wolves’ lead to insurmountable levels (36-9) with four weights left. A 36-33 victory gave FCLMC its first dual meet win since January 24, 2015, a streak … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Chatfield wrestling beat W-K 45-30 to improve to 6-1 on the year. Chatfield boys b-ball got a late Landon Bance three (64-64), a Michael Fishbaugher layup (66-64), and then an Austin Hines block at the buzzer to down Cotter/Hope Lutheran 66-64. Mabel-Canton’s boys won the board-battle 54-27 and downed Lanesboro 73-41. Four Cougars hit double-figures. M-C moved to 1-3 (SEC), … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/19 – 12/22)
M-C 73, Lanesboro 41 (MC: Brenden Kerns 16 pts (4-7 threes); Drew Wyffels 14 pts, 5 rebs, 8 assists; Blake Henry 11 pts, 9 rebs; Dylan Loppnow 10 pts (5-7 FGs), 12 rebs. L: C. Schwichtenberg 21 pts (3-9 threes, 6-12 FTs), 5 rebs; Brady Johnson 10 pts, 8 rebs) #7 in A R-P 48, La Crescent 49 in OT (RP: Payton Hahn 14 pts (3-8 threes), 6 rebs; L. Skalet 13 pts; J. Paulson 9 pts, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball
La Crescent 51, R-P 42 (RP: M. Oian career-high 14 pts (6-9 FGs), 7 rebs; Nicole Blagsvedt 10 pts. R-P led 31-22 at half) Cotter 51, FC 40 (FC: Kassidy Broadwater 9 pts, 6 rebs; Emma Breitsprecher 8 pts, 6 rebs. FTs: C 14-27, FC 5-7) Chatfield 40, SC 67 (C: M. Pederson 15 pts (4-6 threes); Megan Hopp 9 pts; Belle Berg 8 pts) M-C 23, Kee (Lansing, IA) 52 (MC: Kenidi McCabe … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/11 – 12/16)
Chatfield 54, W-K 45 (C: Alanna Goetzinger career-high 16 pts (8-11 FGs), 6 rebs; M. Pederson 10 pts (5-6 FTs); Megan Hopp 9 pts, 6 assists. Goetzinger had 14 second half points) FC 50, La Crescent 57 in OT (FC: E. Breitsprecher 15 pts; Alleigh Meyer 10 pts; Paige Donlinger 7 pts, 8 rebs; Courtney Nelson 8 pts. FTs: FC 9-23, LC 20-42. FC led 48-46 late, but a foul away from … [Read more...]
Hurricanes Spin Into Rarely Charted Waters
They are spinning semi-out-of-control. Houston girls basketball is off to a (very rare) great start. They’ve won seven in a row, a feat that hasn’t happened since sometime prior to 2006. They beat a couple neighboring schools for the first time in over a decade. Dale Moga’s squad racked up three wins on the week to move into rarely charted waters. Houston turned defensive … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
The first R-P boys basketball game in the new gym was a win, as the seventh-ranked Trojans (2-1, 3-1) beat L-A 57-39. Ian Meisner had 21 points, but Kingsland fell to PEM. It was the Knights boys only loss on the week. They (2-3, 5-3) won three other games. Payton Danielson was one steal short of a triple-double (11 pts, 10 rebs, 9 stls) as M-C’s girls beat Lanesboro. Josh … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/11 – 12/16)
Kingsland 60, PEM 72 (K: I. Meisner 21 pts (8-16 FGs, 5-5 FTs); W. Pruter 19 pts (3-9 threes)) La Crescent 77, FC 25 (FC: Nate Haugerud 8 pts, 7 rebs. FC went 7 of 68 from field (12.6%)) W-K 62, Chatfield 53 (C: R. Johnson 16 pts (3-6 threes); Ben Brogan 9 pts, 10 rebs) Hayfield 42, Kingsland 73 (K: I. Meisner 16 pts (7-13 FGs), 5 rebs; J. Beck 14 pts (7-10 FGs), 5 rebs; … [Read more...]
Knights Sweep Gophers
The last time Chatfield and Kingsland b-ball team’s hooked up, the Gophers, upsets in both games, swept at late season series last year. In the first meeting this year, the black and silver got revenge. In Spring Valley, junior Wyatt Pruter had a career-high 29 points (11-11 FTs) with 6 assists as Kingsland’s boys downed Chatfield 64-56. Jordan Beck (12 pts, 6-9 FGs, 7 rebs) … [Read more...]
Double-H Girls Run Streak to Four
Sports are cyclical. Most teams have high years and down years. Houston girls basketball has had its players in the past five years, including two 1,000-point scorers (Abbey Loken and Kelly Jerviss). But they’ve had only one 4-1 start in the last 13 years (plus), the season with both Loken and Jerviss (2013-2014). They have had only one four-game win streak in the last ten … [Read more...]
Hongerholt Vaults ‘Canes Past M-C
The season is just barely started, but SEC boys squads Mabel-Canton and Houston can now put one high-pressure game on their resumes. The teams battled wire-to-wire in a game of interesting trends. M-C started 7-1, as Drew Wyffels cross-courted the ‘Canes 1-3-1 trap to Blake Henry often early. Houston replied with a 16-4 run to lead 17-11. The six point leads were the … [Read more...]