It was a work-in-progress second week for Rushford-Peterson’s basketball teams. Each lost contests on school nights. A big boys 1A East title game re-match with Spring Grove was re-scheduled per electrical issues. But on Saturday, Trojan squads trekked to Decorah for the first weekend of the second season of the Border Battle. Each came up victorious. At Luther College, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/1 – 12/9)
Kingsland 53, La Crescent 60 (K: Zach Bubany 18 pts, 4 stls; Wyatt Pruter 14 pts (4-10 three’s); Jordan Beck 6 pts, 9 rebs. Knights led 38-31 at intermission. The Knights top three shooters by volume went 13 for 46, or 28%) Kingsland 72, Southland 47 (K: I. Meisner 22 pts (8-14 FGs, 6-9 FTs), 9 rebs, 5 assists; W. Pruter 15 pts (3-8 three’s); Z. Bubany 10 pts. A night … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/1 -12/9)
Caledonia 56, R-P 39 (RP: Kjersta Hinz 15 pts (5-9 FGs, 5-6 FTs), 7 rebs; L. Lawston 9 pts (5-6 FTs). RP: 35 TOs) L-A 48, FC 66 (FC: Alleigh Meyer 13 pts (6-11 FGs), 4 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls; Courtney Nelson 13 pts (7-8 FTs); Paige Donlinger 11 pts; Emma Breitspecher 10 pts, 7 rebs, 4 stls) Kingsland 62, Southland 48 (K: L. Buchholtz 22 pts, 10 rebs, 5 assists, 4 … [Read more...]
Cougar Boys Up Scoring to 2-0 Start
The first week of boys and girls basketball action saw county teams play 22 total games. Only one posted a 2-0 start. A year ago, Mabel-Canton’s boys had a best offensive showing of 64 points. They topped 60 just five times. Versus Glenville-Emmons, M-C ripped the Wolverines on the glass and posted an 83-55 victory. M-C had 58 rebounds to G-E’s 29 (27 to 9 offensive … [Read more...]
Falcons Girls Control Trojans
The last time FC and R-P’s girls met, the Falcons ended the Trojans hopes of a 1A East repeat. FC beat R-P in last year’s 1A semis. Most of those teams’ critical pieces graduated. Levi Olstad’s squad nonetheless brought enough back to post a near from-start-to-finish early season victory. R-P’s only lead was 1-0. In an up-and-down high-speed contest that featured 45 fouls, … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (11/30 & 12/2)
L-O 50, Kingsland 73 (K: J. Beck 16 pts (8-14 FGs), 18 rebs; Ian Meisner 17 pts (7-8 FGs); Zach Bubany 11 pts, 4 assists; Wyatt Pruter 11 pts. Knights are 1-0) GM 53, Lanesboro 46 (L: Carson Schwichtenberg 19 pts, 9 rebs; Brady Johnson 13 pts (3-4 three’s). Burros are 0-1) L/P 68, Houston 58 (H: J. Hongerholt 29 pts; Alex Van Gundy/Connor Van Gundy 9 pts. ‘Canes are … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (11/28 – 12/2)
Lanesboro 54, G-E 42 (L: L. Johnson 21 pts, 5 stls; Payton Benson career-high 16 pts; Bailey Ruen 10 pts, 18 rebs) Caledonia 74, FC 41 (FC: Paige Donlinger 14 pts (7-11 FTs), 7 rebs; A. Meyer 8 pts, 6 rebs. TOs: FC 32, C 13) Houston 43, GM 67 (H: A. Rostad 14 pts (3-8 three’s), 6 rebs; A. Chapel 9 pts, 3 stls. Halftime score was 28-22 Larks) R-P 28, Cotter 69 (RP: Nicole … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball Preview
The last county boys team left standing a year ago were the Trojans of Rushford-Peterson. Tom Vix’s group fell in double OT to Goodhue in the 1A title game. R-P finished 13-3 (TRC), 20-9 (overall), as 1A Runner-Up. Team green lost its two All-TRC picks (Noah Carlson, Luke Rasmussen). It returns a nice group of guys that should keep them in the Section title mix. Jake … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball Preview
The girls basketball season starts with a bunch of voids to be filled. A ton a talent including seven All-Conference picks graduated last year. Five of seven FCJ covered schools lost (multiple) high-profile, experienced players, including two all-time leading scorers. The last county girls basketball team left standing last season were the Fillmore Central Falcons. In … [Read more...]
Rushford-Peterson rehires Vix for basketball position
By Kirsten Zoellner At the July 17 meeting, the R-P School Board pulled a recommendation by administration to rehire of former varsity boys basketball coach Tom Vix from the consent agenda for special consideration. The district had sought applications for the position and both Vix and current assistant coach Chris Drinkall had applied. Typically, the district hires from … [Read more...]
Burros Boys Top FC, M-C
FC versus Lanesboro in boys basketball has always been a good rivalry. Lanesboro opened its gym versus Preston-Fountain. The 2017 incarnation proved the most lopsided of the last seven meetings. A player with ties to both districts propelled the winners. Cole Schwichtenberg, dissed his mom’s former district (P-F), made dad proud (Lanesboro), by scoring 20 first half points. … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (1/30 – 2/4)
R-P 58, D-E 40 (RP: P. Hahn career-high 16 pts (5-10 three’s); Jake Paulson 12 pts; Luke Rasmussen 11 pts (6-6 FTs), 4 stls; N. Carlson 10 pts, 5 rebs, 4 assists, 5 stls) Houston 48, SA 81 (H: Brandon Grupe career-high 13 pts; Alex Van Gundy 9 pts, 3 stls; James Hongerholt 8 pts, 6 rebs) SC 79, Kingsland 68 (K: Z. Buchholtz 18 pts (8-10 FTs), 7 rebs; Jacob Rindels/Wyatt … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (1/30 – 2/4)
LC 46, FC 65 (FC: K. Bennett 17 pts, 7 rebs; K. Broadwater 12 pts, 12 rebs, 10 assists; T. Barnes 15 pts, 4 stls) SC 62, M-C 60 (M-C: C. Vickerman 23 pts (7-7 FTs), 6 rebs, 5 assists; Courtney Graves 12 pts; Payton Danielson 11 pts, 6 rebs. Cougars cut into a Saint lead late, but had no game-winning/tying shot attempts) Lanesboro 15, M-C 49 (MC: P. Danielson season-high … [Read more...]
Redemptions Denied
The FC/R-P girls/boys basketball series had won concurrent theme. Falcon teams looked for redemption. In Preston, the Falcon boys (1-9, 5-11) took the floor after a 63-41 loss to Lanesboro. Their performance versus R-P (8-1, 11-5) was partially, but not ultimately redeeming. The teams, with opposing streaks (R-P +5, FC -7), logged through a field-goal-lacking first half. It … [Read more...]
Koop Becomes R-P’s Girls Scoring Leader
It was statistically inevitable. Back in 2013, a freshman named Brianna Koop scored 20-plus points in each of her first three varsity games for Rushford-Peterson. Her march toward Jade Pelzl’s Trojan girls scoring mark (1,747) was on. Heading into this, Koop’s senior year, the 5’8” forward sat 240 points away. Entering the week of January 16, with three games scheduled, Koop … [Read more...]