1st Team Ellie Buchholtz (5’8” junior G/F, Kingsland): Arguably the SEC’s best all-around talented player, led Kingsland in scoring (19.4 PPG), assists (4.3 APG), and steals (3.1 SPG) while finishing second in rebounding (6.7 RPG). Said numbers (save rebounding) all exceeded Sister Lauren as a senior. Ellie scored in double digits in all but two games while hitting … [Read more...]
Falcon GBB Clinches First Ever State Berth
Blooming Prairie (21-5) came into the 2019-2020 Section 1A title game ranked #9 and the top seed. They put it on Hayfield in the 1A semis 62-33. Fillmore Central (21-8) came in unranked and seeded second. They nipped GM 43-41 in the semis. The Blossoms and Falcons were the last two teams left standing in a very open 1A field (given Goodhue’s departure to Class AA). The … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
In girls b-ball quarterfinals, #6 GM slid by #3 Houston 49-45, #4 Hayfield beat #5 Kingsland 47-43, and 8th-ranked #3 Goodhue downed #11 Chatfield 82-38. In boys play-ins, #14 Kingsland beat #19 B.A. 51-46 and #15 FC beat #18 M-C 76-43. Haidyn Gunderson had a career-high 32 points and Zach Haugerud added 21 for the Falcons. Kingsland then fell to #3 Randolph 69-42 and FC to … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/24 – 2/27)
M-C 41, Grand Meadow 71 (M-C: Reid Crawford 9 pts (3-4 threes); Gavin Johnson 9 pts. Game from Feb 21) L-A 83, M-C 49 (M-C: Cayden Tollefsrud 19 pts (5-9 threes), 5 rebs, 4 asts; G. Johnson 7 pts, 12 rebs. Game from Feb 22) 1A Play-in > 19-seed Faribault B.A. (1-25) 46, 14-seed Kingsland (7-19) 51 (K: Walker Erdman 13 pts (7-12 FTs), 10 rebs; Lucas Howard 11 pts; … [Read more...]
Fillmore Central enters negotiations with new superintendent
At their February 25 meeting, the Fillmore Central School Board approved a motion to enter into negotiations with Heath Olstad for the position of superintendent. Olstad will continue to serve as the high school principal, and the position of K-6 principal will be posted. Thanks were extended to Mrs. Biel, Ms. Lindstrom, and Mrs. Woellert for organizing the Breakfast Club … [Read more...]
Falcons Hold B.A. to 23 Points
Twenty-three points probably isn’t going to win you a lot of basketball games. In a 1A Round of 16 match-up of Faribault B.A. (15-seed, 6-20) and FC (2-seed, 18-8), the Falcons’ defense did the work. The scoreboard between two diverging seeds was thus lopsided. FC held B.A. to nine first half points (33-9) and Michael Jordan’s number for the game in an easy 58-23 win. It … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/17 – 2/22)
Lanesboro 61, Kingsland 69 (K: W. Erdman 20 pts (9-9 FTs), 6 rebs; B. Musel 14 pts (8-9 FTs), 13 rebs, 3 blks; Reed Merkel 9 pts; Nathan Lund 9 pts (3-4 threes). L: J. Prestemon 20 pts (6-6 FTs), 5 rebs, 7 asts; S. Johnson 19 pts (6-9 threes); Carter Clarke 9 pts (3-3 threes); J.T. Rein 9 pts, 5 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls. FTs: King 22-28, L 11-18. Knights end a five-game … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/7 – 2/14)
Lanesboro 72, G-E 42 (L: Sawyer Johnson 15 pts (4-7 threes); J.T. Rein 10 pts, 6 rebs, 4 asts; Ryan Holmen 10 pts, 8 rebs. Game from Feb 7. All 12 Burros scored. Score/stats in last week’s paper were from Cochrane-Fountain City game) Fillmore Central 50, Goodhue 73 (FC: Haidyn Gunderson 12 pts, 8 rebs; Carson Kiehne 10 pts) M-C 44, L/P 85 (M-C: Ethan Underbakke 11 … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/10 – 2/14)
La Crescent 49, M-C 38 (M-C: P. Danielson 21 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts; Jordyn Newgard 7 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 27, R-P 43 (R-P: Kaylee Ruberg 13 pts, 13 rebs; Ellie Dahl/Alayna Helgemoe 8 pts. L: J. Schreiber 9 pts, 5 rebs; B. Ruen 6 pts, 8 rebs, 6 stls. Trojans end 11-game losing streak) Caledonia 42, FC 53 (FC: K. Sikkink 21 pts (7-8 FTs), 7 rebs; Lauren Mensink 8 pts, … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
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...]