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...]
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...]
Wrestling (12/11)
W-K 30, Chatfield 45 (Gophers won first five (27-0) and seven of first nine weights (39-9). Seth Goetzinger (113), Jake Mandt (152), and Jacob Stephas (160) had pins. Cael Bartels (126) won via tech fall (22-4). Chase Ketterhagen won an MD (10-2). W-K forfeited 106, 120, and 220. Gophers are 3-0 versus TRC foes, 6-1 overall) LARP 15, GMLOS 61 (Ross Herber (106) and Sam … [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...]
Wrestling Takes Center Stage
Between a Chatfield/LARP dual and the FCLMC holiday wrestling tournament, mat action took center stage the week of December 11. Chatfield stood tall. It wasn’t too long ago the Gophers were hitting up big weekend dual meets and showing their grit versus higher class squads. It wasn’t long ago the Gophers were state champions. After a couple down years, Travis Bartels’ … [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...]
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...]
Wrestling
Byron “Dave Scharberg Memorial” Quad > Byron 38, LARP 32 (Match was tied 26-26 after 182, but Screamin’ Eagles forfeited 195 and 220. R. Riebel (138) and N. Herber (182) won by fall. R. Herber (106 > 12-1) and Gable Speltz (120 > 13-1) won by MD. Sam Schwendinger (126 > 6-1) and D. Jenkins (145 > 13-11 in SV 1) won by decision. Byron FF’ed 285); LARP 38, D-E … [Read more...]
Wrestling Preview
Chatfield wrestling rebounded last year. A year after going 3-15, the Gophers went 7-6 (6-3 versus TRC foes). Travis Bartels’ group lost to D-E in the 1A quarters. The top returnee, in his high school swan-song, is senior Jake Mandt. The three-time state placer was last year’s 145-pound section and state Class A champion (31-2). Mandt is 137-19 the past four years. The … [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...]
Post Season Football Awards
With Caledonia and Spring Grove each winning state titles, post-season football awards come out well after most teams finished. A plethora of county athletes make their respective All-District teams. In the MSE-East, R-P’s 8-2 squad has seven A-D players. Jake Paulson (6’0” 180 WR/LB) earns his second nod. The senior big play maker had another great receiving year (33-691 … [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...]