The 2017 portion of the 2017-2018 basketball season was a bit tough on FCJ covered teams. Ten of fourteen posted sub-500 overall records. Eight of those sub-500 squads took on each other early in 2018. Laying Down the Second Half Lawston A Lanesboro (2-6) at R-P (2-7) girls game was a free-throw-line tale of two halves. The visiting Burros went 13 of 21 in the first half, … [Read more...]
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Chatfield wrestling beat D-E 42-23. The Gophers improved to 4-0 (TRC foes) and 7-1 (overall). LARP wrestling (2-2, 4-3) beat FCLMC (0-3, 1-6) in a county-county dual. FCLMC’s Eric Kunz won 160-pounds at the Flanagan Invite. Houston boys basketball (2-3, 5-6) went 3-0 on the week. James Hongerholt had 23 points in a 65-62 win over Klawock City, Alaska. Alex Van Gundy had … [Read more...]
Wrestling (1/5 & 1/6)
Chatfield 42, D-E 23 (Chatfield went 4-2 in decision-matches. Carter Fishbaugher’s pin at 195 gave the Gophers an insurmountable 36-17 lead. Seth Goetzinger (106), Nathan Goldsmith (138), and A.J. Karver (220) also had pins. Cael Bartels (113 > 12-6), Chase Ketterhagen (132 > 5-0), Jacob Stephas (160 > 5-4), and Davontae Goldsmith (170 > 13-7) won by decision. … [Read more...]
A Mandt Apart
Chatfield senior Jake Mandt is a three-time individual state wrestling qualifier, the 2017 145-pound champion. He has over 150 career wins and 14 individual varsity tourney titles (unofficially). At the Rumble on the Red, in Fargo (N. Dak.), he did something that is darn near, if not, as impressive as his state title. The Rumble is a massive wrestling tournament. … [Read more...]
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R-P’s boys (1-3, 5-3) hosted their own holiday tourney, posting season-bests in points in wins over Mankato-Loyola (74-35) and Klawock, Alaska (76-42). In other SEC/TRC holiday games, James Hongerholt had 24 points to lead Houston past FC 64-43. The Falcons then got four in double figures to beat M-C 66-47. FC’s girls beat M-C’s in double overtime 51-46, as the teams … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/28 – 12/30)
Mankato-Loyola 35, R-P 74 (RP: Payton Hahn 13 pts; Peyton Morrison 11 pts; Kobe Lind 9 pts; Luke O’Hare 9 pts, 7 rebs; Ben Ansell/Dawson Dahl 8 pts. Trojans holiday tourney) FC 43, Houston 64 (H: J. Hongerholt 24 pts (10-12 FGs); A. Van Gundy 19 pts. FC: Nate Haugerud 10 pts, 8 rebs, 4 stls. Hurricanes led 24-22 at halftime, out-scored FC 40-21 in second stanza. SEC/TRC … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/28 – 12/30)
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...]
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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...]